This Blonde loves Blondie

Let me start this post off with a disclaimer: I am tired.  So tired, in fact, that my eyelids feel like they are being pulled down by ten-ton weights.

(I am just telling you this in case I start misspelling simple words and rambling on about how much I miss my puppy at home.)

And yet- I set here- writing you another blog post because that is how much I love you, anonymous reader.

If that’s not dedication, I don’t know what is.

The other week I was introduced to a band that I had written off on the basis that I thought it’s name was a joke: Blondie.

But actually, who decided on that name?  And why?

According to my well-known go-to source, Wikipedia, the name came from truck drivers who yelled “Hey, Blondie” at the lead singer Deborah Harry as they drove by.

Huh. A little anticlimactic, but okay. 

Looking at the album cover for the Best of Blondie album, I suppose they had a reason. 

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Blondie/dp/B000003JAL

I get it but it still seems a little superficial to me.

I just want them to have a better name I LOVE their song “Telephone,” but their band name just doesn't do it for me. 

Honestly, wouldn't it be a little embarrassing to be tell everyone that my new favorite band was Blondie?

It just doesn’t seem right, me being a blonde and all.

Anyways, the song that originally drew me to them was, as I said, “Hanging on the Telephone.”  Not to sound cliche, but it rocks. Give it a listen. 

I heard this song in my Comm 307 class, Sound Clash: Popular Music and American Culture.  Jack Halberstam, the author of Gaga Feminism, came to our class and talked about how this song could be seen as an influence of Lady Gaga’s “Hanging on the Telephone.”

I was hooked.

This is was sassy, with an awesome rock beat.  Deborah Harry has a strong, female voice that is sharp and powerful.

It’s a great song to play when you’re getting ready to go out and you’re feeling a little feisty.

Ladies, give it a try.

The next song that I found that was in this same rock and roll vein by Blondie was the well-know song “One Way or Another.”

Finding out this song was by Blondie was awesome because it such a classic rock song that we’ve all heard but might not know where it’s from.

The song “Call Me” is another one that you might recognize.

I sense a reoccurring theme with communication.  “Hanging on the Telephone”… “Call Me”….?  

Next hit: "Text Me, Beep Me, If You Want to Reach Me."

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Blondie/dp/B000003JAL

It's too bad they disbanded. That could have totally been a hit...  

Anyways, “Call Me” might not be quite as well-known as “One Way or Another,” but it’s fun and sassy too.

I like.

Another song that you would definitely recognize if you pulled out the Best of Blondie Album is “Heart of Glass.”  But this song isn’t really the rock and roll sound that I’ve been searching for.  Honestly, it makes me think of the Disco..

Thoughts?

What is this sound?

Another song that you might want to check out is “Rip Her to Shreds.”  The first time I heard this song is when I was at a Joan Jett concert this summer. I didn't know where it was from, but I liked it.  You can only imagine my excitement when I discovered that it came from Blondie.

All in all, I guess I will give Blondie a break on the name, because their music is great. 

Now that I have hopefully changed your life by introducing you to some great rock songs, I’m going to crawl into my bed and watch Modern Family until I fall asleep.

Bliss. 

Goodnight world!