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[MUSIC]

HN BJOlondie, one of the
greapop t bands of any era.

CAMILLBlonA die were
basically a newavew

phenomenon, I think who ki
ofnd took cool underground

music to theains mtream.
SUNTA Always creing,at

phnever following, alwaysi se
tting trends. JOHN Theyrground

had everythi. DEngBBIE
(sings,

on music video) Uhuh, -hmake
me tonight. WILL T perhefect

punk-pop band fronted theby
most iconic woman in mic.us

CAMILLA And you can kind o
fsee her and everyone from

like mainstream pstapors to
kind of the cooler

underground musicians.OE I J
think Blondie are a grteam

pop band with the soun
thdat's kind of timeless.

SUNTA Yeahthey, 've released
so many sos thngat you put

in ona club and everyone
wi go llup and dance. DEBBIE

(singson m, usic video) Oh,
your haiis br eautiful,

oh... [MUSIC]

JOHN bbieDe Harry came from
New Jeey. rsShe was a jazz

fan who founhersd elf in a
folk group cald "Wleind in

the Willows" in the late
s. B60y the very early 70s,

she'd mod tove New York.
She'd become pt ofar the

avant-garde scene. JOHN(CON
s.TINUED) And in 1973, 70s,

she met Chris ein.St WILL
Chris Stein was e sothn of

avanNew York, JewishOHN(CON
s.TINUEintellecals,tu, 70s,

"Bohemian." He'd been in
nds,ba

his ma clainim to fame prior
to Bloie inds that he was in

band that ce sonupported the
Velvet Underoundgr. WILL

(CONTINUED) So he waverys
cool. JOE Debbie was a

vo
calist in a band called,
"The Stilettos" and Chris

jo
ined as a guitarist and
that was the beginning of

thr creieative but also
romant parictnership. DEBBIE

(sgs, inon music video) With
myands h cuffed at my side.

WILLhris C Stein and Debbie
Harrmet y a young drummer

caed Clllem Burke who--very
stish.yl He was very much

into thehole w 60s look and
he broug a ghtuy called Gary

Valentine and ey jthust
looked great. You kn,ow

they looked the part ando
s that's really how the band

formed. JOE And the groupbeca
me,

ondiBle which was actually
nad afmeter what truckers

and people used to shouts
a they drove past Debbie

Hay. Trrhat was sort of the
cacallt they gave them and

the band tootheik r name
from that. CAL Ler,at

the nd abadded keyboard
player,

Jimmy Deri asts they played
around t Newhe York scene.

E NoJOw, we see they were
pa of rta New York new wave

punk scene athe t time but,
I mean,

anyoneho h was ever heard
any Blone wodiuldn't really

pcall them a punk grouprut,
o even particularly a new vewa

grou p. But they were playing
in a ll the same clubs at the

same time. CAMILLA SCBGBo 's
was the club that evybodery

wa
s playing at that point
and Blondie became regulars

playing there. Theshary ed
stages with those--Patty

Smitplayh ed there,
Television,

Talking Heads, the Rames.on
It was all that kind ofy

scenof pe eople that
basically gr up,ew

playing aroundoget ther in
this one scene tn fohermed

this incredible music le
gacy. DEBBIE (sings,w

on music video) u juYost had
to laugh. SUNTA Bldieon

end upde being really
well-knownn Au istralia

befo anyrewhere else because
thisusic m TV show,

"Countwn,"do played one of
their sos. Bngut they didn't

play t traheck they were
supposed wch whias

"X-Offender." They eed undp
playing the "B-side"hich w

was "In the Flh" weshich
some say was accidt. SenUNTA

(CONNUEDTI) Some say was on
purposbecae use "In the

Flh" wesas a much more
mainstre,am

commerciallykind, of
acceptable song. DEBEBI

(singson m, usic video)
Darlin',

rlinda', darlin'. I can't
wa to ithear you.

Rembermeing your love is
nothinwithg out you in the

flesh. WILL They hadhis t
big--really a kind of,

u knyoow, gentle pop ballad
ich whlaunched this

ba
nd--which elsewhere, if
they were known at all were

known as onef th oe
burgeoning punk band JOEs.

The track wahuges ly
popular. Became a nuer imbn

Australia, resulted in a
nAustralian tour. JOE

(CONNUEDTI) And the
Australian stu wasff the

ringspboard for obviously,
thmaine stream success

elwhersee in the world. But
itas t what one little

motive chae, sncomeone
putting on the wng trorack

which led allto of that.
DEBBIE (sings,

on music video) coulI dn't
resist you. I'm nodeaft ,

dumband , blind. SUNTA
Blondie's rst fialbum which

was self-titled wa't asn
great success. They,

you ow, knhad obviously,
just staed ortut and they

were putng dtiown music for
the firstimet as a group,

finding their way.nd t Ahere
are some great tras onck it

but it just didn rea'tlly
work commercially welasl as

they probly bahoped it would
at the te. WimILL I think

bthe first album was very u
ch a New York album. Itlasl as

was very much a producof
t that scene and the songs

were about things th's
at going on their life at the

time. JOAnd E the second
album from theroup g was

"Plastic Letters" whh onicce
again is quite raw. u caYon

hear t forhemation of the
latest snd. ouDEBBIE (sings,

on mic vusideo) Oh, Denis
doo-beo,-d

I'm in love with you. nisDe
latest sndoo-be-do,E (sings,

I'
m in love with you. Denis do
o-be-do,

I'm in love withou. ySUNTA
When Blondie coved "erDenis"

originally by ndy Ra& The
Rainbows as "Dene,is

the
y took what was like
a--qte cuiheesy doo-wop

close harmony so witngh a
man singing to a gl anird

completely twisted it an
ddid their own thing with it.

BBIEDE (sings, on music
vide Oh,o)

whene wa wlk it always feels
so ne. Aicnd when we talk,

it seems like paradise.
nis,De

Denis, I'm so in love with o
u. Oh. CAMILLA The video

was absolutely brilliant.
MILLCAA (CONTINUED) I mean,

thers soe'lo as kind of ones
to wch jatust purely because

of Debbie Harry, cldn'out
keep your eyes off oher f in

th
at video. The band kind of in
the background it's all

about Debbie. She ealsst the
show. Very playful,

very sort ofoque cttish with
the camera. n't Cakeep your

eyes off of her. S's
he incredible. DEBBIE (sings,

on music veo) idDenis,
Denis,

avec tes yeux si ble.
ux Denis,

Denis, moi j'ai flashe a no
us deux. WILL It launched

De
bbie Harry as pin up. Butreal
ly,

that was something thata Cho
us dris Stein had beenhed

orchestrating ywayan. It
wasn't by chance. LLWI

(CONTINUED) You know, she'
sreally beautiful and really

sexynd c aool. You know,
it's an azinamg combination.

You know, e's shthe pin-up
of the CBGB'punks cool New

York scene andudde snly
she's a--pinned-upn th oe

walls teeofnage boys the
world ov. CAerL Blondie's

fi
rst two albums were
reasedle by Private Stock

but in 1977, they were
sign by edthe record giant,

Chrysas. DliEBBIE (sings, on
music vio) Ide'm in love

with you. WILL Cysalhris
being the kind of

businessman whrealo ized
that Debbie Harry swa

extremelremay rkable as was
the bandhems telves. Part of

the de wasal that they
needed to wo witrkh a pop

producer and they nt wweith
Mike Chapman. CAL keMi

Chapman was the chapmain
n neChinn-Chap and they were a

British prodtionuc
songwriting team who'dad h

hi
ts with all sorts of
arsts tifrom Suzi Quatro to

Hot Chocolate. DEBBIE(sin
songwritigs,team who'dad h

on music veo) idDon't leave
me hanging otelen phone.

JOHN Blondie h verady much a
punk ethos to rerdincog.

Mike Chapman didn't wo
lirkke that at all. He was

extremy meelticulous. He
recorded Bndielo almost as

though they were arog prock
band. JOHN (CONTIND) BUEit

by bit, layer by layer,
buil ding up this near wall

of pop punk sod. Tunhis
caused an awful a looft

fr
iction because although
Blon die were extremely

ambitious, this waall s new
territory to them.EBBI DE

(sgs, inon music video)
Telephe. JonOHN Mike Chapman

won in thend a end the
result was "Parael Lllines"

which would go on seltol 20
million copies. DEIEBB

(sings, musonic video) It's
good to he youarr voice,

yo
u know it's been so long. If
I don't get your calls

then everything goes wng.ros
DEBBIE (CONTINUED) I wt toan

tell y somouething you've
known alalonl g. Don't leave

me hanging on the tephonlee
CAMILLA Parallel Lin ises

undoubtedly a mastpiecere.
It's a seminal recor It'd.s

a great new wave record t
bu it's also just a great kdin

of, you kn, a owgreat record
in itself at'sth gone on to

inspire so many bands.
MILLCAA (CONTINUED) It's

filled with great ngs,so
"Hanging on the Telephe."on

It's an absolutely amazi
ngsong,

"One Way Or otheAnr." You
know,

it's packed full of th
emand,

really, it's kind of a
blue print for how to make a

igreat record. JOE And ob
viously,and,

it'sn al abum that has lots
of gat treracks in it. The

big breakoutrack t for
Blondie worldwide s "Hwaeart

of Glass." [MUSIC]

DEBBIE (singson m, usic
video) Once I had lovea and

it was a gas. Soon turd
ne out had a heart of glass.

DEBBIE (CONTINUED) (ngs,si
on music video) Seemedike l

the real thing, only to fi
mundcho mistrust,

love's gone behindJOHN.
Well,

Heart of Glass w oneas of
the very last songto gs o on

Parael Lllines. It was a
fragment oan if dea that

they'd had for seval yerears
and it was based--eth

shuffle of the rthm hywas
based on Saturday Nitgh

Fevesounr dtrack which
Debbie andhris C both

adored. SUNTA It'shat t
moment when Blondie sttar

really visibly and really, b
Debviously,ris C both

dabbling in other nresge and
bringing in elemen thatst

they want and, of course
,this is the disco song. They

ev calenl it, "The Disco
Song."EBBI DE (sings,

on musicideo v) Love is so
confusing,

the's erno peace of mind.
DEBB (COIENTINUED) (sings,

on m usic video) If I fear
I'losim ng you,

it's just no good you
asinteg like you do. WILL

This was t divheisive one.
This is the e thonat really

sort set the catmong a the
pigeons in this so of rtcool

CB
GB's scene for whom disco wa
s a terrible thing. WILL

(CONTINUED) It wasctua ally
influenced by Kraftwk,er

no
t really a band that you'd as
sociate with disco. Clem

Burke who is a big Kraftwe
farkn and he wanted to get

no
t that 4/4 beat that Krawerkfts
socispecialize in. It sounds

like it's a drum macne bhiut
it's not. It's Clem rkeBu

playing very, veryell w
indeed. DEBBIE (sings,

on music video) Lostnsid ie,
adorable illusion and I

cannot hide. JOHN Th isis
also an example of howrave b

Blondie were. Disco was se
enas the music of the enemy.

But Blondididne 't care.
They just likeit. d SUNTA

It's so contagious and
tchyca and so well-written,

it's so pop. But at thsamee
time because Debbie Hayrr

delivers it in this very
aloo f and cool way,

it's still very credible as
well . CAMILLA And the video

for Heart of Gss ilas
another phenomenal

performance fromebbi De
Harry. CAMILLA (CONTUED)IN

Again, it's the Debbiearry H
aShow. You know,al

thbande are playing but you
dot lon'ok at them,

you're looking aDebbt ie.
SUNTA The way she ngs siis

like, I don't ev carene
whether you're listeng onir

not. I'm just gonna si
ngthis. I'm not interested in

what y're oudoing at all. I
love it,

it jus'st so cool. DEBBIE
(sings,

on music video) On I hcead a
love and it was a s. Sgaoon

turned out to be a paiin
n the ass. Seemed like the

real tng, hionly to find
mucho mistru,st

love'sone gbehind.

MUSI [C]

DEBBIE (singson m, usic
video) When I met u inyo the

restaurant, you could ll Ite
was no debutante. SUNTEatA

to the Beat was the xt
ne album to follow up,

Parael Lllines. There must
have bn a eelot a lot

pressure on them tkindo of
replicate that sucss acend

acallytu, they did, you
know,

itas n wot a very successful
alm. JbuOHN They'd left the

punk scene behd anind they
were now an estaishebld pop

band who were a huge almt
oseverywhere in the world,

not so much America. DBIEEB
(sings,

on music video) eamiDrng.
WILL It was very pducerod.

It had sou and that was--it
was--is qut'ite slick but

still there's something
out abDebbie Harry's voice

and shs vee'ry characterful.
DEBBIEsing (s,

on music veo) idPleasure's
real or is ifantt asy?

DEBBIE (CONTINUED) (sing
s,on music video) Reel to reel

livising rarity. People
stop a standre at me. We

just
walk on by. We just
ke on epdreaming. JOHN And

this albumame cout and it
had three grt sieangles on

itJOHN. (CONTINUED) It had
"Atoc,mi

i
t had "Dreaming," and it
had "Union City Blue."

[MUSIC]

JOHN It has everythg thinat
you'd want from a Bldieon

single. This massive echng
oi drums from Clem Burke and

this gre bigat chorus. JOHN
(CONTINU) EvEDery member of

ondiBle was contributing
somethg toin this song.

DEIE (BBsings, on music
video)h, O

oh, what are we gonndo?a
Union,

Union, Uon Cniity blue.
CAMILLA Eat theto Beat was

the first video album er
ev which is kind of incrediebl

d what they did was they
made a video for each song

ich kind of sounds funny
now. People do it all the

ti. Bumet at that point, it
was ite qua big deal and

eventuallyit w, as released
as well as VHS a in those

days. DEBBIE (ngs,si on
music video) In tuuoisrqe

Unn, Uionion, Union City
blue. LL UWInion City Blue

was shot by Dad Mavillet and
this was an exple amagain of

Chris Stein using s
hi image-led vision for

Blondie. WILL (CTINUONED)
It's got this amazg aeinrial

shs ofot North American
docklandand s it's just

ry, vevery evocative.
Blondiweree really in this

purple patch where they d
ha all the attitude from punk

and they had the--a kind o
fcool,

you know, that youthat-- you
get from growing uand p also

coming of age in New Yor
whken it's really a tough

city. WILL (CONTINUED) B
utthey learned sophistication

theat same time. They
learnesongd writing. They're

rkinwog with great producers
d I anthink Debbie Harry had

grown into a reallyey
confarident singer as well. So

that combination for a
fe-briw-ef few years was

ju--itst slightly could do
no wng. ro[MUSIC]

AL A Cutoamerican was
Blondis fie'fth album and

once ain, gafeatured the
band experimtingen with

genres. CAMILLA Rapte's uran
incredible track and

actuly, alI think it's the
first ke UliS number one to

featurrappe ing in it.
DEBBIE (raps,

onusic m video) Fab Five
Freddyold tme everybody's

fly. DJ's spinning I said
,my

myDEBB. IE (CONTINUED)
(raps,

fly.on music video) Flash is fa
st,my

Flash is cl. Foorancois sais
pas,

Flashe no deux. And u
yo don't stop,

sure shot. Go out to t
heparking lot. And... CAMILLA

Which kinisd of sad that it
wasn'tn ac atual rap group

or hip hop gup trohat had
that first hitut B blondie

di
d it. They took rap to a
main stream audience. JOHN

De
bbie Harry and Chris Stein ha
d made friends with a guy

caed Fllab Five Freddy. He
was DJ,a

he was a graffiti artist, he
's a rapper,

he's
everything. He took
th to emthis big rap show in

ThBrone x. So they wanted to
doomet shing which

inco rporated rapping. JOHN
(CTINUONED) So "Rapture"

cos almeong. JOE I'm a hip
hop n myfaself and to see

the moment where it comes in
to the mainstream is

something quite special an
dactually Debbie Harry is a

pretty good rapper. DEIEs in
to the mBBn(raps, is

on music video) One oneto,
man to man. Dance toe to

toe. Don't me toovo slow,
'cause the manrom fMars is

throh wiugth cars. WILL The
Tides Hi igh is very sweet

song and it's reggae-tinge
Itd.'s not really a reggae

song of su. Itch's kind
of--it's almosliket it's

sort of earlintry oduction
to reggae for oplepe who've

neve
r heard it which is
grt. DeaEBBIE (sings,

on mic vusideo) The tide is
high b I'mut holding on.

DEBB IE (CONTINUED) (sings,
musonic video) I'm gonna be

yourumbe nr one. SUNTA The
Tide iHighs is a brilliant

pop so andng the original
which is reg agae classic is

actually quite tonedown d
compared to their versn.io

They really kindf up oped
the brass instrumes onnt it

and made it sound a t
lo bigger. SUNTA (CONTINUEDI)

think it's an soluabtely
brilliant track. WILIL

think Blondie re vweery
clever at that. I thkin

Blondie we verrey good and
this is someing ththat Chris

St
ein points out that there wi
ll always into different

kinds of music. Theyrew gup
in New York. It's a

multi-cultur plaalce. They
weren't close-ndedmi. They

re nweever going--just be
stightra punk rock. JOHN The

videtoo,o that was also
slightlyistu drbed. There's

a lot Debofbie Harry in it
too. B theutre was also this

very curious Vad-likere
figure who seem to bspyie ng

oner a hs her apartment
filledp wi uth water. Before

she escaped, sheoine jd the
rest of the bandn th oe New

rk sYotreets. JOHN
(CONTINUEDI ha) ve no idea

what it meant but it looked
grea t. WILL They had this

incribleed run. By 1980,
Debbie Hry waras so famous

at sthhe was on the Muppet
Sh appowearing as an

honorary frog out.sc WILL
(CONTINUED) You ow,kn

this was a long y frwaom
CBGB's but at the sa timmee,

he
r and Chris Stein had got in
to heroine. And so once

that came , I inthink the
problems reallstary ted.

JOHN The Hunter s thwae
Blondie album and itasn' wt

particularly successl byfu
their previous standar andds

this contrutedib to a lot of
the intern tenalsions that

were goi on ngwithin the
group at theime. t DEBBIE

(sings, on music video) InBay
lon,

on the boulevard of brene
group at okdreams, DEBBIE

my w ill power at the lowest
b. Oebh,

what can do? I WILL So the
band start to edfall apart.

d alAnso, there's a
bit--sorof at lot of very,

ve bigry money issues. JOE
The her otmembers as well

understandab hadly grown
kind of jealous Debofbie

Harry's profile. She w anas
absolutely media darli.ng

The re of stthe band
compared had aairl fy

nondescript profile. WILL Ev
entually,

the ba splndit up in, I
think 1982WILL. (CONTINUED)

I me
an, Debbie Harry had
lachedun her solo career as

well. And there's a loof
tht pressure from the record

label to just push her.
SUA WhNTen Debbie Harry

started her solo career,
ere thwere peaks and

troughs. I think she's
ruggstled for a while to

find the snd oour direction
that she wted anto be as a

solortis at. JOE Without the
band bind ehher,

it j ust didn't quite feel
thsamee and that's when

none of the ackstr are
particularly memorle. abCAL

Around this time, risCh
Stein became very ill thwi

nthe life-threateninge
paautoulimmune disease,bCAL

pemphigus. DEBBI(sinE gs)
Super friends. WILYou L can

see that they have this
very ,

very deep bond which I think
ntincoues to this day. A

re
al respect for each other, th
ey split up,

yo
u know, as people do. But wh
en Chris Stein got sick,

they--by this pot, tinheir
relationship was or buvet

she continued to look afr
te him and pretty much gavep u

her career to look aft himer
and he got better. DEBEBI

(s
ings) I am still in touch wi
th your presence,

de. SUarNTA It took 17 years
foBlonr die to finally get

back together,tart s working
together again,

d stanart recording
together. d I Anthink at

that time, you know,
viouobsly,

lot a of time had passed, it
s a wachance for them almost

to kind of revisithe
t reason why they were in a

band together thein first
place. WILL No Et waxis the

first post-reunion aum Ilb
suppose. And it was prtyet

go. Itod was probably better
th mosant people would have

expect fored a band that's
split upnd, a

you kn, haowd been seen
because th wasat their day.

DEBBIE (sings, on sicmu
video) Ooh,

don't you wanntakea her?
WILL They had a ng csoalled,

"Maria" d I anthink for the
band wasroba pbly the

sweetest piece of succsr?
esWILthey'd ever had because by

this point, they rea'dlly
gone for it. DEBBI(sinE gs,

on music video) Maria,
u'veyo gotta see her. DEBBIE

(CONNUEDTI) (sings, on music
vide Go o)insane and out of

your min Regd.ina, Ave
Maria. SUNTA It s liwake

Blone frdiom the 70s but
with almt wiosth more guts

and wi morthe confidence.
SUNTA (CTINUONED) I guess

that comes witage h and, you
know,

with feeli liknge, they were
doing thin vergsy much on

their own tes. JrmOHN It
went to number iBritn ain

an
d this meant that they had nu
mber one singles in the

70s,the 80and s,the 90s.
JOHN (CONTINUE AndD) there's

a song, it wasure pBlondie.
DEBBIE (sings,

on mic vusideo) Maria,
you've gottaee h ser. Go

insane and out of your md.
in SUNTA Blondie's most recten

albums show thathey' tre
still trying to be

invatinove. SUNTA
(CONTINUED) ey'rThe still

ve mucryh bringing in
differenelemt ents of genres

and music th intaterest
them. They're stilnotl

restinon tg heir laurels.
They're ill stmaking sure

thathat wthey're doing is
exciti to ngthem that

they're beincreag tive and
always strivinto dg o

something new.MUSI [C]

DEBBIE ings(s, on music
video) All Iant wis a room

wi
th a view. A sight worth
eingse,

a vision of you.OHN J
Blondie's influence is

almost incalcuble.la Anybody
who's been a reanablsoy

pretty singer with attite
ud owes something to Blondie.

JO (COHNNTINUED) So if you
look aGarbt age,

pif you look at Katy Pey,
rr if you look at Gwen Stefian

in No Dot, yubou'll see that
these pele hopave

incooratrped bits of Debbie
Harrs loy'ok,

ts obif her attitude, and
heunasr hamed pop

sensilitiby too. SUNTA
Debbie Har is ryan icon of

our generation a shend has
managed to maintaithatn as

wellCAMI. LLA Blondie being
hugelynflu iential and I

think you saw rticpaularly
in the 90s,

it w as a real research and
tereinst in their career.

And a loof bt ands that
point we're rerencfeing

Parallel Lines andayin sg
that was kind of onef th oe

albums that made them wa
ntto be in a band. WILL The

songs are just so good. u
Yo know,

so
it's gonna be an
inflnce ueon anyone who--in

a ba whond wants to write
great sos bengcause the

songs are perft. SecUNTA
Blondie,

I think are one of t moshet
important bands of this

time. They have provedime t
and time again that th areey

alwaystriv sing to be
creative ando ch tange

thin. SUgsNTA (CONTINUED)
Never kintod of just settle

for one sound d thanat's so
exciting and tt's haso

interesting. DEBE (sBIings,
on music video) ur hYoair is

beautiful. Oh, tonig.
ht DEBBIE (CONTINUED) (sings,

on music videoAtom) ic. Oh,
oh,

atomicOh, . Oh. Oh, oh,
atomic. Oh,

oh, atomic. DEBBIE
(CONNUEDTI) Oh,

oh.