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Post by horsemen4ever on Dec 8, 2019 22:59:14 GMT -5
So I think a under rated band is Blondie. In the late 70's / early 80's they were huge. The lead singer Debbie Harry she was a big star, she hosted Saturday Night Live and The Muppet Show on the same season.
I always wonder could they have been bigger if the timing was a bit better with MTV. Either MTV launches a few years early during their prime, or they have hits a little bit longer during the MTV eta. They were perfect for MTV, they had this beautiful lead singer that was perfect for MTV, and their music videos were in my opinion very creative and great.
I do wonder why even after the band broke up, Debbie didn't have more of a successful solo career.like I said before she on her own was a big star, hosted Saturday Night Live, guest starred on the Muppet Show, etc. Was "The Hunter" that bad that even poisoned Debbie individually star power.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Dec 9, 2019 7:43:36 GMT -5
The problem with Debbie is she went solo in an era where you had the likes of Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Pat Benataar and others appealing to the same audience with stronger material. I have a few of her solo albums and overall I enjoy then, but they kind of feel like rehash weaker Blondie material from the tail end of their first run. There were some standout tracks, but French Kissing in the USA wasn't as good as what her rivals were doing... Written by Chuck Lorre who did the TMNT theme, and went on to become the Stan Lee of middling sitcoms.
I've loved Blondie's comeback period, No Exit is absolutely fantastic, the singing lessons Debbie took in her time away from the spotlight really paid off.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 9, 2019 9:01:37 GMT -5
Aside from their being some stiff competition for Debbie Harry going solo, I think her drug use probably hindered her. She’s admitted to a lot of reckless drug use and I think it was bad even by 1980’s standards. I just watched Tales from the Darkside: The Movie and she looks great in that. Then I remembered her appearing on Mad TV in the late 1990s, less than a decade later. It’s jarring if you watch the two back to back. It’s like when Jake Roberts left the WWF in 1992 and came back in 1996, ravaged by drugs levels.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Dec 10, 2019 15:00:32 GMT -5
I don’t think their debut self titled album gets enough love, that has some bangers- Rip Her To Shreds, A Shark In Jets Clothing, X Offender, Attack Of The Giant Ants, etc.
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Dec 10, 2019 15:16:08 GMT -5
The thing that blows my mind about Blondie is they're how most people outside the New York area ever heard rap.
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Post by horsemen4ever on Dec 10, 2019 19:05:21 GMT -5
I don’t think their debut self titled album gets enough love, that has some bangers- Rip Her To Shreds, A Shark In Jets Clothing, X Offender, Attack Of The Giant Ants, etc. A fellow self titled first album fan. I agree, and personnel for me it comes to this and Plastic Letters as far as favorite album. For me it is like Prince, the early stuff before they hit it big I prefer, not saying the other alubms are bad. Though I do think the early albums are better balanced. For exampled Eat To The Beat, the big singles "Dreaming", "Atomatic", "Union City Blues", all the other songs on that ablums not really a fan of. Autoamerican to a lesser extant I feel the same. Speaking of Prince, he was influenced by them for sure. Ever see the video for "Touched By Your Presence (Dear)", Prince was influnced and dare I say ripped it off in the "When Doves Cry" video. |
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