Blondie

[moorje]

Blondie are the latest subject of The Guardian's "20 Greatest":

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/14/blondie-20-greatest-songs-ranked

Whether you agree with the inclusions or the rankings, it's pretty clear that 20 is too small a number for Blondie.

 

[heartmightmelt]

Hard agree for "Good Boys" being in there.

 

[moorje]

Hard agree for "Good Boys" being in there.

I’m impressed Good Boys is in there over Maria.

 

[mrp2910]

Thrilled my favourite is at number 8. But I could easily do a top 50 and even then the order would change by the hour.

 

[bonnieetclyde]

Yeah, not sure I could pick 20 only.

 

[TeamDorinda!!]

Good Boys not being available on streaming (along with the parent album and its follow-up) is honestly a hate crime.

 

[bonnieetclyde]

Panic of Girls is such a great album. I'm thankful to own it on CD but would love it on streaming, along with The Curse of Blondie.

 

[moorje]

Despite not really being a favourite of mine, I own three copies of Panic Of Girls because of all the regional bonus tracks.

 

[bonnieetclyde]

'What I Heard' should be a classic Blondie song.

 

[moorje]

'What I Heard' should be a classic Blondie song.

What I Heard, Fun and Long Time can rival anything from their prime.

 

[bonnieetclyde]

I'm a sucker for this too

 

[moorje]

I'm a sucker for this too

I really like Ghosts Of Download. It could have been even better if it was less over-produced as done here:

 

[bonnieetclyde]

I really like Ghosts Of Download. It could have been even better if it was less over-produced as done here:

Ghosts of Download walked so Pollinator could run.

 

[mrp2910]

What I Heard, Fun and Long Time can rival anything from their prime.

Add in Too Much as well. Gutted it wasn't a proper single.

 

[bonnieetclyde]

This isn’t from 2021 is it?

 

[VitaminBee]

'What I Heard' should be a classic Blondie song.

I love it and am happy that I got the download of it but it really should be on streaming. Though, I hate the final version of Mother and prefer whatever version was released in the UK as a promo cd.

 

[heartmightmelt]

I got that 2010 Parallell Lines newspaper-mounted free CD just for the slightly-earlier mix of "What I Heard" on it.

 

[bonnieetclyde]

Do we know the exact issue as to why those albums are not on streaming? Do Blondie not own the rights to the material of The Curse and Panic of Girls?

 

[VitaminBee]

I got that 2010 Parallell Lines newspaper-mounted free CD just for the slightly-earlier mix of "What I Heard" on it.

That’s the version I have for both What I Heard and Mother. I don’t know if I’ve ever head the slightly different final mix for the former though.

 

[heartmightmelt]

It's slightly more punchier. I'm not sure if calling it a different mix is technically correct, it might just be mastered differently to the album version.