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Music Quotes:

I once served a steak to Janis Joplin at Max's Kansas City. She was quiet and very polite. She didn't eat her steak but left a five dollar tip.
- Debbie Harry
Submitted by: LucidLupin
 

Band Name Origins:

  • First Deb was in 'wind in teh willows' but she left and formed 'the stilettos.' then she and chris started a band called 'angel in the snakes' but the name didn't take. Truckers and construction workers were constantly calling out things like 'give us a kiss blondie!' because of her bottle blonde hair. Chris and Deb decided to give it a try, and the rest, as they say, is history Submitted by: Olivia
  • Blondie had two blonde backup singers in their early days. That made three blondes (with Debbie) and the name stuck after the singers quit. Submitted by: Evenreven

Performer Pseudonyms:

Also known as: Debbie Harry. Submitted by: Bird69

Former Career:

Name
New Career
Comments & Submitter Name
"Deborah Harry""Playboy Bunny"In the 1960's Debbie waited on tables as a Bunny at a Playboy Club in the Catskill Mountains, NY. - Union City Man

Literally Impossible Song Titles:

Song/Performer
Comment
Submitter Name
"Island Of Lost Souls,"A soul can't be put anywhereUnion City Man
"Rip Her To Shreds,"That's physically impossible.Union City Man
"Heart Of Glass,"Hearts aren't made of glassUnion City Man

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name
Song & Band Name
Comments & Submittor Name
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number""Call Me," BlondieKathy
"Telephone Line""Call Me," BlondieKathy
"Your Eyes""Call Me," Blondierow
"When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring?)""Call Me," BlondieKate
There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available.

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"Heart Of Lass" originally "Heart Of Glass"
Valerie Cameron
"Heat Of Glass" originally "Heart Of Glass"
Eac Zeffron
"All Me" originally "Call Me "
Sounds like the lament of many Hollywood starlets.
Peter

Add a Letter To a Song Title:

"Dennis" originally "Denis"
Jen
"Denise" originally "Denis"
Jen
"Marcia" originally "Maria"
Joe Siebert
"One Sway Or Another" originally "One Way Or Another"
Josh
"Hearth Of Glass" originally "Heart Of Glass"
Quite a fragile hearth!
Courtney (about as bad as tennis elbow)

There are additional Blondie song titles with a letter added available.

Change a Letter In a Song Title:

"One Day Or Another" originally "One Way Or Another"
Serafina
"One Pay Or Another" originally "One Way Or Another"
Alina
"One War Or Another" originally "One Way Or Another"
That's what George W. Bush & Dick Cheney will have
Alina
"One Wax Or Another" originally "One Way Or Another"
Alina
"Trench Kissing In The USA" originally "French Kissing In The USA"
Eac Zeffron

There are additional Blondie song titles with a letter changed available.

Song Parodies:

Original Song Name
Parody Song Name
Parody Author
"Heart Of Glass""Big Fat Ass"Invisible Boy
"Heart of Glass""Shards of Glass"Matthias
"The Tide Is High""Imbibed Quite High"Guy DiRito
"Call Me""Wall-E"Agrimorfee
"The Tide Is High""Things Done While High"the_conqueror_of_parodies
"The Tide Is High""My Ride Has Died"Guy DiRito
"For Your Eyes Only""For Our 'Ice' Only"Guy DiRito
"The Tide Is High""The Slide Is High"Rex Ungericht
"Rapture""Fractured"Below Average Dave
"Heart of Glass""Fart Some Gas"Harry

There are additional Blondie song parodies available.

Untapped Commercial Ideas:

Song Name
Product
Submittor
Eat To The BeatPoliGripCautious Lip
Call MeTelephone Companiessybill
Call MeVerizon Caroline
Call MeAT&T Long DistanceEd
Hanging On The TelephoneAT&T long distanceEd
There are additional Blondie commercials that haven't been done yet available.

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name
Company/Organization
Submittor
One Way Or Another Stalker HotlineMP
Call MeDataTech Systems Ltd.Charlotte
The Tide Is HighFlorida Tourism Bureau (during hurricanes)Big Mark
Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45)Any Airline CompanyGenevieve
AtomicNuclear Power PlantLarcen Tyler
There are additional Blondie on hold music ideas available.

Duets Not Yet Performed:

First Band/Song Name
Second Band/Song Name
New Song Name
Submittor
Lady
   Kenny Rogers
Call Me
   Blondie
Lady, Call Me
The #1 & #2 songs of the year in 1980
Eric Andrews
I Want You To Want Me
   Cheap Trick
In The Flesh
   Blondie
I Want You To Want Me In The Flesh
Edward
Hanging By A Moment
   Lifehouse
Hanging On The Telephone
   Blondie
Hanging By A Moment On The Telephone
Edward
Keep Me In Your Heart
   Warren Zevon
Heart of Glass
   Blondie
Keep Me In Your Heart of Glass
And display me on your curio shelf.
Martha Hankins
There are additional Blondie duets that haven't been done yet available.

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :

Concrete Blondie
Concrete Blonde combined with Blondie
Just like the first band's name, only with one letter inserted!
Submitted By: Jen
Platinum Blonde
Platinum Weird combined with Blondie
Both bands are amazing separate, so try to imagine what they'd sound like as one group. Two lead singers could really add spunk to Platinum Blonde, don't you think?
Submitted By: Chris Bodily TM
Everything But The Blondie Girl
Everything But The Girl combined with Blondie
Submitted By: Donna Gelpigi
Blondie Redhead
Blondie combined with Blonde Redhead
What happens when Debbie Harry meets Little Orphan Annie...
Submitted By: Cat

Misheard Lyrics:

"Atomic"
Misheard Lyrics:
I had baked beans tonight
Original Lyrics:
Uh-huh make me tonight
"(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear"
Misheard Lyrics:
Was it just by chance
That our speakers met?
Original Lyrics:
Was it just by chance?
Could this be kismet?
"Rapture"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fa Fa Freddy told me everbody's style, the DJ spinnin' flashin' my mind Flash is fast, Flash is cool, Francois se fas, Flashe no cool.
Original Lyrics:
Fab Five Freddie told me everybody's high
DJ's spinnin' are savin' my mind
Flash is fast, Flash is cool
Francois sez fas, Flashe' no do.
"Heart Of Glass"
Misheard Lyrics:
What kind of love
is this a gas
soon found out
had a heart of glass
Original Lyrics:
Once had love
And it was a gas
Soon turned out
Had a heart of glass.
There are additional Blondie misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Story:

"The Tide Is High"
Misheard Lyrics:
The tide is high, but I'm moving on.
Original Lyrics:
The tide is high, but I'm holding on.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Kimberly Barnhart

I've always sung this song incorrectly, as has my sister. We both really didn't pay attention to the entire lyrics, and just sang the chorus. One day, my husband was playing a Blondie CD, and I was singing. He asked me, incredulously, to repeat what I had sung. Then, he said, 'You do realize that what you are saying is pretty much the opposite of what she is actually singing, don't you?'

There are additional Blondie misheard stories available.

Song Parody Fragments:

"The Tide Is High"
Better Lyrics:
The Tide is high but the Rinso's low
I'm gonna buy me a box of Rinso
Rinso
Rinso
Original Lyrics:
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on
I'm gonna be your number one
Number one
Number one
Submitted by: crazydon

Funny Lyrics:

"The Attack Of The Giant Ants"
The Funny Lyrics:
Giant ants from space
Snuff the human race
Then they eat your face
Never leave a trace
Why They're Funny:
Haha, giant ants. Plus the song pauses for a cool sound effects moment. This song always cracks me up.
Submitted by: highfive
"Rapture"
The Funny Lyrics:
Cause the man from Mars, Stopped eatin' cars,
And eatin' bars, And now he only eats guitars,
Get up!
Why They're Funny:
Why freestyle with your brain, when you can freestyle without it?...
Submitted by: Hawk of Sweden
There are additional Blondie Funny lyrics available.

Repetitive Lyrics:

"Atomic"
The Repetitive Lyrics:
Aha, make me tonight,
make it right, make it magnificent.
Oh, your hair is beautiful. Atomic.
Why They're Repetitive:
That 3 lines is pretty much all that happens in the song. On the other hand, that's 3 more intelligible lines than the average 70s song has. Huh? Yeah, that's why I said 'intelligible'. Didn't claim they made sense, did I?
Submitted by: Singularity
 

Nonsensical Lyrics:

"Rapture"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
Fab Five Freddy told me everybody's fly.
D.J. spinning, I said, My, My.
Flash is fast, flash is cool.
Francois, c'est pas flashe non due.
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 it lands on the ground.
And out comes the man from Mars.
And you try to run but he's got a gun.
And he shoots you dead and he eats your head.
And then you're in the man from Mars.
You go out at night eating cars.
You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too.
Mercurys and Subaru.
And you don't stop.
You keep on eating cars.
Then when there's no more cars you go out at night
And eat up bars where the people meet.
Face to face.
Dance cheek to cheek.
One to one.
Man to man.
Dance toe to toe.
Don't move too slow 'cause the man from Mars is through with cars.
He's eating bars.
Yeah, wall to wall.
Door to door.
Hall to hall.
He's gonna eat 'em all.
Rapture.
Be pure.
Take a tour through the sewer.
Don't strain your brain.
Paint a train.
You'll be singing in the rain.
Said don't stop to the punk rock.
Well now you see what you wanna be.
Just have your party on T.V.
'Cause the man from Mars won't eat up bars where the T.V's on.
And now he's gone back up to space where he won't have a hassle with the human race.
And you hip hop.
And you don't stop.
Just blast off, sure shot.
'Cause the man from Mars stopped eating cars
And eating bars
And now he only eats guitars.
Get up!
Why They're Nonsensical:
What does all this mean? About a man from Mars eating cars? What the? I know it rhymes, but it doesn't make any sense!
Submitted by: pencilbox
"11:59"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
Leaning in your corner like a candidate for wax
Why They're Nonsensical:
This is difficult to picture
Submitted by: siddha
There are additional Blondie nonsensical lyrics available.

Insulting Lyrics:

"Rip Her To Shreds"
The Insulting Lyrics:
She thinks she's Brenda Starr
Her nosejob is real atomic
All she needs is a long knife scar
Why They're Insulting:
Ooooh, Debbie Harry really hit below the belt with this one! If I was a rich woman, I'd definitely be insulted if someone compared me to a petty comic strip, insulted my nosejob, and then suggested that I be injured! But I'm not rich, and I love the song.
Submitted by: Cat
 

Inappropriate Lyrics:

"Call Me!"
The Inappropriate Lyrics:
Call me! any day or night, call me!, call me!, call me!
Why They're Inappropriate:
This song is about a call-girl.
Submitted by: Art
"Little Girl Lies"
The Inappropriate Lyrics:
He loves her so much, he don't wanna lose her And there's no other girl he likes to ball better
Why They're Inappropriate:
its kinda obvious and i didnt catch this little line for awhile but when i did, i burst out laughing!
Submitted by: Ben L.
There are additional Blondie inappropriate lyrics available.

Dirty Lyrics:

"Call Me"
The Dirty Lyrics:
I'll give you some head
And shoulders to cry on.
Why They're Dirty:
The dirty little joke that is split between these two lines is not so evident when you only hear the song!
Submitted by: Agrimorfee
"Picture This"
The Dirty Lyrics:
I will give you my finest hour,
the one I spent watching you shower.
Why They're Dirty:
I was listening to the vinyl LP of Paralell Lines and laughed like hell, when these lyrics came up.
Submitted by: RT

Songs That Open With Their Titles:

"The Tide Is High"
Opening Lines:
The tide is high, But I'm holding on.
Comments:
The third #1 for Blondie was released in the fall of 1980 (it was #1 song for two weeks in January 1981) and was taken from the "Autoamerican" album (the slightly later #1 hit "Rapture" would also be taken from this album). It was actually a remake of a minor 1967 UK hit by the Jamiacan group The Paragons (John Holt the lead singer of The Paragons wrote the song). The all female group, Atomic Kitten would have a 2002 UK hit with "The Tide Is High" which was more pop than Blondie's version, but much of Atomic Kitten's version is borrowed from Blondie's version.
Submitted by: Peter
"Heart Of Glass"
Opening Lines:
Once I had a love and it was gas, Soon turned out had a heart of glass.
Comments:
"Heart Of Glass" was the group, Blondie's first #1 single back in 1979. Although, it was a #1 tune, it was met with much controversy. Up until the release of this tune that blended both the popular at the time, disco, with the less popular but rock critics darling punk and the up and coming new wave, no punk or new wave group would attempt what Blondie had done. A matter of fact, it was seemingly a hard and fast rule that no group with it's roots in punk (and with punk audiences, it was sort of considered a sacrilege amonst punk artists and fans) would ever attempt a disco tune. Blondie though decided to go ahead and do so, and obviously did quite well with mixing the genres. Unfortunately for a while it seemed to alienate them from the punk fans that had originally supported them. But Blondie was paving the way for the more popular new wave of the early 1980's and alternative rock sounds of the 1990's and beyond with "Heart Of Glass" and adventually even the hardcore punk fans of the time would realize that Blondie was onto something that needed to be done. The song and the originally "studio performance" (they weren't even performing though and were lip synching to the recording -- and that is obvious) video was released on the "Parallel Lines" album back in the fall of 1978. When it started to become more popular on disco dance floors, the group Blondie cut another video of "Heart Of Glass" (with the sound improved) that is a very historic look at the night life of New York city in the late 1970's. The second video starts with a very cool aerial camera nighttime view of the World Trade Center (destroyed on 9/11/2001). It then scans over some of the city streets, including passing by "The Ed Sullivan Theatre", and then takes us inside of the old "Studio 54" Disco where Blondie is onstage "performing" (again if you take a close look they are not performing, since they are playing with their instruments and a disco ball and the electric guitars, keyboards, drums and even lead singer Debbie Harry's microphone is not plugged in, and there was also no audience in the video -- "Studio 54" was actually closed for the shooting of the video). After Blondie performs the tune, and Debbie Harry sings her last note, there was one last nighttime aerial shot of the World Trade Center.
Submitted by: Peter
There are additional Blondie spelling lyrics available.

Scary Song Lyrics:

"Rip Her To Shreds!"
The Lyrics:
The whole song, but especially the title and this line: "All she needs is an old knife scar!"
Why:
It's really violent and threatening!
Submitted by: Sarah
"X Offender"
The Lyrics:
And when I get out, there's no doubt I'll be sex offensive to you.
Why:
She lusts after the cop who arrests her for some sort of sex crime and plans to seduce him when she gets out of jail. Creepy.
Submitted by: Sarah
There are additional Blondie Scary Song Lyrics available.

Band Name Anagrams:

Lion Bed Submitted by: Marcia Todd
Noble Id Submitted by: Cautious Lip
Lone Bid Submitted by: Peter
Another fairly easy one to do.

Song Title Anagrams:

"Hog Fart Sales" originally "Heart Of Glass"
Submitted by: Valerie Cameron
"Goat Flashers" originally "Heart Of Glass"
Submitted by: Valerie Cameron

Songs That Are Banned:

"Heart Of Glass"
During the first couple of weeks of 1979, the New Wave band, Blondie is forced to replace some of the words to this #1 hit to gain air-play on U.S. Top 40 radio. The lyrics "Once I had a love and it was a gas / Soon found out, I had a heart of glass" were inserted over the top of the original lyrics "Once I had a love and it was a gas / Soon turned out to be a pain in the ass."
Submitted by: Peter

Song Title Acrostics:

HOG: "Heart Of Glass"
Submitted by: Peter

Song Title Spoonerisms:

"Ship Her To Reds" originally "Rip Her To Shreds"
Submitted by: Doodah Bobo

Foreign Language in English Songs:

"Denis"
The Lyrics:
Denis, Denis, avec tes yeux si bleus
Denis, Denis, quand j'ai peche pour deux
Denis, Denis, pour un baiser d'eternite
Denis, Denis, je suis folle de toi
Denis, Denis, embrasse moi ce soir
Denis, Denis, pour un baiser d'eternite
Why:
The first and fourth lines of the verse sung in French are roughly equal to the lines "With your eyes so blue" and "I've got a crush on you" earlier in the song.
Submitted by: Dave
"Call Me"
The Lyrics:
Ooh, he speaks the languages of love
Ooh, amore, chiamami chiamami
Oo, appelle-moi mon cherie, appelle-moi
Anytime anyplace anywhere anyway
Anytime anyplace anywhere any day, anyway.
Why:
Just before the instrumental break, Debbie offers her love to "call me" in Italian and French.
Submitted by: Dave

Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:

"heart of glass"
The Lyrics:
had a heart of glass, soon turned out, to be a pain in the ass!
Why:
a rollocking melody, revolving around an annoying loser,who's sensitive to boot!, some "FEEL GOOD" song!
Submitted by: art
 

Products Bands Should Endorse Based on Their Name:

clairol hair dye
she's very blonde
Submitted by: tictacs941

Movies Named After Song Titles:

""War Child" (1982)"
2008 Documentary about a former child soldier
Submitted by: Cautious Lip

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