Sadly, I played "Rapture" on a jukebox in a bar once about 10 years ago and nobody knew who that was. I can't imagine how it would go over now.

/Still have a crush on her

She kept saying that someday she's gonna get me, but she never did.

/Maybe next week

63, holy shiat. She was one of the first mainstream rappers. Painful. Even mmore painful than regular rap.

My ring-tone.

I just saw her Saturday night at Summerfest. She still rocks!

In 1978 I was 12 years old.

Debbie made it move. Still does, as a matter of fact.

She made it OK to be blond and beautiful.

Pop posing as punk.

In before "What's a phone booth?"

Man! She makes me want to eat to the beat!


*crickets*

/well, the other good songs were already taken!

Control_this:She made it OK to be blond and beautiful.

Yeah, because up until then, blondes were persecuted and the brunettes were getting a free ride.

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NYZooMan:Pop posing as punk.

That's what I thought too. Which is why I skipped their show when they came to Gainesville in 1979 (I think that was the year).

And I also thought the opening act was pop posing as punk too. Too bad I missed the show, because I ended up liking The Police.

It's worth seeking out the original version of this song -- by the Nerves, with Peter Case on bass.

Great voice, too.

So it's too late for a Videodrome sequel?

/see ya in Pittsburgh?

NYZooMan; who ever said Blondie was a punk band? no posing, just being who they were.

I just never got her appeal. Fairly lousy singer. Anyway, here is a version better than Blondie or The Nerves... from an unlikely source.

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Ahh, yes, "Happy Birthday" Fark links.

You know the submitters just go to the Wikipedia "Born Today" page every day, finds people who Farkers would know and submits as many links as possible to get greens.

/like Debbie Harry, though

Oh quit living in the past.

Time is a biatch...

Pop posing as punk?

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Couldn't find the raw stuff from '76, Youtube must've pulled it.

//hated "rapture"
///admired the guts to bring rap into mainstream.

Ah, Blondie before Rapture, The Tide Is High (WTF was that anyway?). Great band. Clem Burke is a criminally underrated drummer. And looky at Chris Stein with his Rick 450!

/Loves my '69 Rick 450
//Hey, it's my only possession worth bragging about
///'cept for these slashies

Well, not to be a jerk about it, she was THIRTY THREE when this video was made.

Kinda old to trying to make it, dontchathink?