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Blondie — Heart Of Glass
Album: Parallel Lines
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Released: 1978
Length: 4:04
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Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mutual mistrust, love's gone behind

Once I had a love and it was divine
Soon found out I was losin' my mind
Seemed like the real thing, but I was so blind
Mutual mistrust, love's gone behind

In between
What I find is pleasin' and I'm feelin' fine
Love is so confusing, there's no peace of mind
If I fear I'm losin' you, it's just no good
You teasin' like you do

Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mutual mistrust, love's gone behind

Lost inside
Adorable illusion and I cannot hide
I'm the one you're usin', please don't push me aside
We could've made it cruisin', yeah

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La-la-la-la-la-la-la, yeah, ridin' high
On love's true bluish lie

Ooh, oh
Ooh, oh
Ooh, oh
Ooh, oh

Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out to be a pain in the ass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mutual mistrust, love's gone behind

In between
What I find is pleasin' and I'm feelin' fine
Love is so confusing, there's no peace of mind
If I fear I'm losin' you, it's just no good
You teasin' like you do

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 SmackDaddy wrote:


I stand by what I wrote. New Wave bands weren't part of the CBGB scene,

Wrong!!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 cely wrote:

I disagree with this.  Having lived through that time and been at shows by both types of band, punk was not the same as Blondie et al who were labeled new wave immediately because they were new and different but not punk.  Punk was an entirely new aesthetic, an anarchistic fuck everything attitude, and that included music in a lot of ways.  Fuck melody, harmony, steady beats, solos, everything.  Punks said "you think the music sucks, well good.  And fuck you too."  New Wave bands, like Elvis Costello and the Attractions, got that name because they were, unlike punk, trying to be accessible as well as different.  That doesn't mean they were pathetic and sold out, as the punks were certain at the time that they did, but it does mean you had two starkly different goals that needed, and received, two different names.  Blondie, please, is not punk. 


I stand by what I wrote. New Wave bands weren't part of the CBGB scene,
Posted 1 year ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
A True Beauty..
Posted 1 year ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
 timmus wrote:
I wonder how many of us can name a member of Blondie that isn't Debbie Harry 

Chris Stein. (without looking) But after that, I'm blank.
Posted 1 year ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
Never the best singer ever, but suave and sexy, Debbie.
Posted 1 year ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
 nicknt wrote:

The very first crush of my life. Ah, I was 11 at that time.



Stop this now.  It will only get worse. 
Posted 2 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
 timmus wrote:
I wonder how many of us can name a member of Blondie that isn't Debbie Harry.
 
Hollywood should make a comedy about the federal witness protection program putting some of its witnesses in bands with a pretty female singer, which helps them fall off the radar into anonymity.

Ummm...without looking...Clem Burke...dude knew his way around a drum kit...Atomic being an excellent example.  I get where you're going with your comment but really its just more a symptom of Lead Singers Disease and less about Debbie's delightfulness.  Can you name a member of Maroon 5 other than Adam Levine (blech) or one of Buddy's Crickets?  More about the microphone and less about the anatomy.  

I will concede that Debbie in the 70's was completely and utterly distracting however...completely...
Posted 2 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
a fun album, great to sing along with when driving alone
Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
I wonder how many of us can name a member of Blondie that isn't Debbie Harry.
 
Hollywood should make a comedy about the federal witness protection program putting some of its witnesses in bands with a pretty female singer, which helps them fall off the radar into anonymity.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 mgkiwi wrote:
Alpine wrote: Agreed - she gave me many a sore wrist!!!!

TMI
Posted 2 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 nicknt wrote:

The very first crush of my life. Ah, I was 11 at that time.



I still have a crush on her .. and i'm 72!
Posted 2 years ago by richard237    [ Reply ]
The very first crush of my life. Ah, I was 11 at that time.
Posted 3 years ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
Is this a young Debbie Harry facing down the bull?

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Posted 3 years ago by kazoo    [ Reply ]
And, that end, where Clem takes them (a little hamhandedly) through alternating ¾ and 4/4 sections. Fun.
Posted 4 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
 radioparadise wrote:
the less blondie on RP, the better.
 Yes captain obvious 

Posted 5 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
the less blondie on RP, the better.
Posted 5 years ago by radioparadise    [ Reply ]
 SmackDaddy wrote:
 
 
I disagree with this.  Having lived through that time and been at shows by both types of band, punk was not the same as Blondie et al who were labeled new wave immediately because they were new and different but not punk.  Punk was an entirely new aesthetic, an anarchistic fuck everything attitude, and that included music in a lot of ways.  Fuck melody, harmony, steady beats, solos, everything.  Punks said "you think the music sucks, well good.  And fuck you too."  New Wave bands, like Elvis Costello and the Attractions, got that name because they were, unlike punk, trying to be accessible as well as different.  That doesn't mean they were pathetic and sold out, as the punks were certain at the time that they did, but it does mean you had two starkly different goals that needed, and received, two different names.  Blondie, please, is not punk. 
Posted 5 years ago by cely    [ Reply ]
 TRC wrote:
Heart of Glass defines Disco and if you hate Disco you are not listening to the right Disco.
 
This and I feel Love.
Posted 5 years ago by mariodrv    [ Reply ]
 GREAT WAY TO START THE DAY 
Posted 5 years ago by diannemck56    [ Reply ]
 MJdub wrote:
A bit before my time and I've always had a hard time relating to it.  I remember as a kid hearing the work "punk" being used to describe Blondie, and then I'd hear stuff like this and think WTF?  I don't get it.

That's because you really don't understand what Punk was. Punk wasn't all  thrash and hardcore. It was about a DIY ethic, breaking the rules, doing it differently, following your own path and esthetic. Lazy people will lump this in with "New Wave"  but it wasn't nor were the Talking Heads. Punk traces it's roots to the Velvet Underground, MC5, Iggy/Stooges, then the Ramones, New York Dolls, THEN the Sex Pistols, Clash, and  the rest of the Brits. You have to also understand what else was going on - Stadium Rock, Prog Rock and Disco, all considered to be insufferable by the kids and the only thing on the radio. Meanwhile in Britain you had Margaret Thatcher's government, high unemployment, widespread despair and New York wasn't much better. Then came the LA bands with X leading the way, then the New American Music by the Blasters and others. Eventually the hardcore scene took the edgiest stuff and broke the knob. Both in LA, NY, and DC.

Check out John Doe's "More Fun in the New World" book/audiobook out now. 

Posted 5 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
Gotta take a listen to this string band cover by Twisted Pine. Heard them play it live this winter at a house party that was, no joke, next door to where Deborah Harry now lives. She wasn’t at the party. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q9yZs-CfCsY
Posted 5 years ago by helloitsme    [ Reply ]
 teapot wrote:
I’d say ‘seminal’ band, but that’s a masculine term. Blondie is nothing without the iconic Debbie Harry, one of the most charismatic frontpersons ever. The rest of the band are good, too, of course. LOL.
 
Haha. Y'know, she doesn't seem the type to be a dick about it. I mean a p- oh you know what I mean.
Posted 5 years ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
A bit before my time and I've always had a hard time relating to it.  I remember as a kid hearing the work "punk" being used to describe Blondie, and then I'd hear stuff like this and think WTF?  I don't get it.
Posted 5 years ago by MJdub    [ Reply ]
This song was so fresh when it first came out and still sounds great nearly 40 years later! :) 
Posted 5 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:
 
Oh my!!! 

Whew!
Posted 5 years ago by nottheusualkind    [ Reply ]
The perfect single - great song, more than watchable video, pulsating rhythm, swagger and charisma in vocal delivery, captivating drumming.
Posted 5 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by basspizz    [ Reply ]
40 years ago 
Posted 5 years ago by Sbed    [ Reply ]
Posted 6 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 teapot wrote:
I’d say ‘seminal’ band, but that’s a masculine term. Blondie is nothing without the iconic Debbie Harry, one of the most charismatic frontpersons ever. The rest of the band are good, too, of course. LOL.
 
Ovulary, then?  LOL - sexism in our language does exist...yet some of the alternatives seem less than pleasing.  Oh well...GROUND BREAKING it is!!  Long Live RP!!  (and this happened to be my 1000th song comment!!) 
Posted 6 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Clem Burke's drumming makes this song. If you can find the full album version there's a full minute of his excellence at the end.
Posted 6 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
I’d say ‘seminal’ band, but that’s a masculine term. Blondie is nothing without the iconic Debbie Harry, one of the most charismatic frontpersons ever. The rest of the band are good, too, of course. LOL.
Posted 6 years ago by teapot    [ Reply ]
mucho mistrust? Well no.
Posted 6 years ago by Pjesnik    [ Reply ]
 bigB_3 wrote:

Awesome. My first concert...1981, I believe.

 
Wow!  You certainly could have done way worse for your first back in '81.  REO Speedwagon and The Rockets also invaded hockey rinks that year.
Posted 6 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
Heart of Glass defines Disco and if you hate Disco you are not listening to the right Disco.
Posted 7 years ago by TRC    [ Reply ]
I love Blondie (and Debbie too : )
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
OK, it doesn't really sound like that Arcade Fire song (Sprawl II).
Posted 14 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 drews wrote:
Heart of Glass era! Debbie Harry was such a fox back then, but has not aged well


 

Well, that photo on the far right is not the most flattering photo of her, and she is 65 years-old by the way.

Posted 14 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 drews wrote:
Heart of Glass era! Debbie Harry was such a fox back then, but has not aged well


 
Dude, she's 65 and has battled breast cancer. Get real. You're kind of an ass. 

Posted 14 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
My first vinyl album; my first heartthrob.

Oh yeah, and fantastic sketch below.  New wallpaper! 
Posted 14 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
 drews wrote:
Heart of Glass era! Debbie Harry was such a fox back then, but has not aged well

 
Wah? Looks pretty good to me for sixty- five; especially when you post a pic of her pulling face - not quite fair i think.
Posted 14 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Heart of Glass era! Debbie Harry was such a fox back then, but has not aged well


Posted 14 years ago by drews    [ Reply ]
 billybob123 wrote:
The rerelease of this album on cd has a bunch of extra tracks, including a demo of this song without all the synthesizers and it's remarkable how well the song stands up without all that extra production.
 
And it highlights Clem Burke's excellent drumming. 
Posted 14 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
WOW. I sure hope you get paid to do that! Beautiful!! {#Clap}
Posted 14 years ago by choffman2001    [ Reply ]

Debbie Harry by ~Bitterkawaii


Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
I try so hard to be positive, but... NO NO NO NO NO NO!! NO Blondie earworms, PLEASE!!!! {#Cry}
Posted 14 years ago by choffman2001    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2}

Back in the day {#Arrowd}


Posted 14 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
The rerelease of this album on cd has a bunch of extra tracks, including a demo of this song without all the synthesizers and it's remarkable how well the song stands up without all that extra production.
Posted 14 years ago by billybob123    [ Reply ]
One of the best commercial pop songs of all times!{#Clap}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Weak vocals— Cheesy melody. Brings back memories... but there are better memories from that era!
Posted 15 years ago by Mangoman    [ Reply ]
 Ecocruiser wrote:
Time to retire this song!
 

Never!
Posted 15 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 Ecocruiser wrote:
Time to retire this song!
 
Retire YOURSELF.  This is (still) one sexy and lovely song.  Play it again next month!!!
Posted 15 years ago by Ballzak    [ Reply ]
Time to retire this song!
Posted 15 years ago by Ecocruiser    [ Reply ]

Those of you who enjoy this track may want check out one of the bonus tracks on this album "Once I Had A Love".  I assume it's a demo version of Heart of Glass, but with no electronics or other production treatments.  The guitar work replacing the synths is really good and Debbie's vocals are just a little bit off.  I think it still has that punk sound, which Heart of Glass totally ditched.


Posted 15 years ago by billybob123    [ Reply ]
 lmic wrote:
Resistance...futile... Must...rate...9....
 
You will now be assimilated. Welcome to the collective. {#Group-hug}
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
*sigh*

Deborah Harry, my first true musical love
Posted 15 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
 ZLEX wrote:
SAW HER AND THEM AT CBGB'S, LATE 70S — KNEW THAT THE MUSIC WAS BACK — SHE HAD ON NO UNDERWEAR — WHY BOTHER.
 
I saw her/them at CBGB a few times back then too (when only their first album was out).  Once she had these Coca-Cola-emblazoned, bell-bottom hiphuggers on.  My goodness!


Posted 15 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
SAW HER AND THEM AT CBGB'S, LATE 70S — KNEW THAT THE MUSIC WAS BACK — SHE HAD ON NO UNDERWEAR — WHY BOTHER.
Posted 15 years ago by ZLEX    [ Reply ]
UUUU UOOOOOOO....
Posted 15 years ago by MICKUERVO    [ Reply ]
 mjaded wrote:
EVER SEE HER ON THE MUPPETS? THAT WAS CLASSIC.
 

She was also in a totally messed-up movie in the 80's called "Mother Goose Rock and Rhyme".  Along with Paul Simon, Little Richard, Cindy Lauper and Bobbie Brown...even at twelve, it struck me as something you should probably watch tripping to really appreciate.
Posted 15 years ago by pinklife    [ Reply ]
 mgkiwi wrote:


Agreed - she gave me many a sore wrist!!!!
 

TMI. But, yeah, she is still hot for a "geezer."

Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
What a great album. Yes, I had the album.

PS- Debbie harry is 64!

Posted 15 years ago by Moonman1    [ Reply ]
My feet are moving...."Mein Fuhrer..........I can WALK!"
Posted 15 years ago by wycado    [ Reply ]
 mgkiwi wrote:


Agreed - she gave me many a sore wrist!!!!
 

Dude. Way, way oversharing. Seriously.
Posted 15 years ago by holborne    [ Reply ]
Wow. I remember spinning this on a 45.
Posted 16 years ago by sutcliff    [ Reply ]
 RadioDoc wrote:

Love the Ramones. Wouldn't take a music appreciation class from any of them though.
 
That's hilarious, and very apt.

Posted 16 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
Classic tune. No question about it.
Posted 16 years ago by Rickvee    [ Reply ]
jude_the_obscure wrote:
Joey Ramone commented the day this was released that Blondie had "sold out".
And listen to their later releases...
Posted 16 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Sucked then and guess what? sucks now.
Posted 16 years ago by blades    [ Reply ]
Alpine wrote:
She's still hot. She has to be older than me and i'm 49.5.
Agreed - she gave me many a sore wrist!!!!
Posted 16 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
jude_the_obscure wrote:
Joey Ramone commented the day this was released that Blondie had "sold out".
So?
Posted 16 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
She's still hot. She has to be older than me and i'm 49.5.
Posted 16 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
perpetualdeja_vu wrote:
Blondie frightens me. Don't know why.
Maybe you're a bottle of bleach?
Posted 16 years ago by Krow_Pie    [ Reply ]
jude_the_obscure wrote:
Joey Ramone commented the day this was released that Blondie had "sold out".
People said the same thing about the Stones when Some Girls was released. Love the Ramones. Wouldn't take a music appreciation class from any of them though.
Posted 16 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
Blondie frightens me. Don't know why.
Posted 16 years ago by perpetualdeja_vu    [ Reply ]
Joey Ramone commented the day this was released that Blondie had "sold out".
Posted 17 years ago by jude_the_obscure    [ Reply ]
The song is okay I guess but the timeing is bad...had a teacher who played it several times a week for three years in high school
Posted 17 years ago by Arianrhod    [ Reply ]
Good drummer in this band.
Posted 17 years ago by SchoepTone    [ Reply ]
GChevy410 wrote:
There we go! Two good semi-poppy instant classics back to back. Awesome. Also I would've totally done her back in the day.
Even with her at 62, I think I still would.
Posted 17 years ago by Lotus_Miata    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]
And before you know it you're suddenly 62.
Posted 17 years ago by slartibart_O    [ Reply ]
Blondie - Heart Of Glass Teddybears - Punkrocker (w/ Iggy Pop) Hmmmm. Let's see: the godfather of punk still being vital and current, and the queen of CBGB's reminding us that not all of Blondie's work was vital... Still rates high, but reminds me how much I detested this when it came out. The good thing was that when I was djing in a disco, I could slip this in between all the other crap I had to play - how subversive, how PUNK!
Posted 17 years ago by rtkmusic    [ Reply ]
....and after this, a segue into Zappa's Disco Boy! Come on, Bill!
Posted 17 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
lmic wrote:
Must...rate...9...
good ole blondie the atomic girl
Posted 17 years ago by wferrier    [ Reply ]
There we go! Two good semi-poppy instant classics back to back. Awesome. Also I would've totally done her back in the day.
Posted 17 years ago by GChevy410    [ Reply ]
And this is why I listen...
Posted 17 years ago by Vandy005    [ Reply ]
EVER SEE HER ON THE MUPPETS? THAT WAS CLASSIC.
Posted 17 years ago by mjaded    [ Reply ]
looks like Bill managed to go three years without playing this... until today.
Posted 17 years ago by dreadpixie    [ Reply ]
Resistance...futile... Must...rate...9....
Posted 17 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
Karmala wrote:
A classic.
Awesome. My first concert...1981, I believe.
Posted 17 years ago by bigB_3    [ Reply ]
nope. <-(
Posted 20 years ago by Tbola    [ Reply ]
A classic.
Posted 20 years ago by Karmala    [ Reply ]
didn't like it then, don't like it now.......
Posted 20 years ago by rulebritannia    [ Reply ]
Hoo boy...
Posted 20 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]