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Blondie - Rapture

And you don’t stop, sure shot
Go out to the parking lot
And you get in your car and drive real far
And you drive all night and then you see a light

And it comes right down and lands on the ground
And out comes a man from Mars
And you try to run but he’s got a gun
And he shoots you dead and he eats your head

Big 80’s!

“Heart of Glass” by Blondie
(Words/Music: Deborah Harry and Chris Stein, Album: Parallel Lines, Chrysalis 1979)

By the time the Sex Pistols finally dissolved, New Wave bands like Blondie had moved quite a ways away from their early days at CBGB’s. Their third album, Parallel Lines, found the band embracing modern technology and sound recording techniques, particularly synthesizers, which were popularized during disco. As a result, the band was better received at Studio 54 than CBGB’s as their songs gained worldwide popularity and singer Debbie Harry became one of the most recognizable stars in the world. As a result, the band was accused of “selling out” their punk roots and trying to become famous. The band usually downplayed this idea by expressing that they believed in experimenting with various musical styles, and “Heart of Glass” was their take on a disco-style song. In hindsight, this seems quite a plausible explanation given that they would later release singles which incorporated reggae (“The Tide Is High”) and rap (“Rapture”).

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