Blondie - Mucho Mistrust?

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Mucho mistrust? Are these rerally the lyrics to Heart of Glass? If so, what does it say about latino influence in Blondie lyrics? Did it arrive via Puerto Rican hip-hop? Or are the words really 'mutual mistrust'? Or is it something completley different?

I need this for 'work', I'm not just messing about. The hard of hearing community's enjoyment of Brooke 'sister of Kevin' Shields vehicle 'Endless Love' depends on this.

― Peter Stringbender (PJ Miller), Thursday, 9 June 2005 07:33 (twenty years ago)

It was definitely "mucho mistrust."

How do I know? Because Bothwell's leading punk band of the late '70s, Raw Deal, rehearsed it a few times and took great pleasure in altering the lyric to "Marcello mistrust." How I chortled.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 9 June 2005 07:37 (twenty years ago)

I always thought it was a reference to the NME Lone Groover cartoon strip from around that time.

"Mucho Mucho Mucho marvey, I got a chick from the Yugoslavey"

(I'm serious)

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 9 June 2005 07:39 (twenty years ago)

I'm pretty sure you'll find it's really 'mush on my truss'. Possibly a messy hernia reference, I'm not sure.

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 9 June 2005 07:40 (twenty years ago)

I remember the later days of the Lone Groover, when "he" started taking the piss out of punk. The hapless Tony Benyon was shown the door shortly thereafter.

Whatever happened to J Edward Oliver who used to do the awesome EC Ryder strips for Disc and Music Echo back in my days of youth?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 9 June 2005 07:40 (twenty years ago)

"Marcello mistrust" doesn't even scan. Remind me not to buy that Raw Deal box-set.

Peter and I imagined 300 goony answers to this before noon. How nice to have it sorted out so swiftly.

(xpost - may have spoken too soon)

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 9 June 2005 07:42 (twenty years ago)

Thank you, Marcello.

This thread has already taken on a completely unexpected life of its own.

I wish the film would do the same.

― Peter Stringbender (PJ Miller), Thursday, 9 June 2005 07:44 (twenty years ago)

I think it was some time after punk that Tony Benyon went. I remember one of the lastish strips was a joke about headbands (i.e. bands on your head) and Pronto or Tonto replied "Oh I dunno, I quite like the Teardrop Explodes..."

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 9 June 2005 07:50 (twenty years ago)

I thought Ray Lowry was doing the cartoons by that time (are any of his NME reviews up on the Web yet? Talk about proto-blog...).

Raw Deal also did an ace version of "Nut Rocker." They retitled it "I'm Gonna Pogo All Over Your Head."

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 9 June 2005 07:51 (twenty years ago)

I'm fairly certain there was some time when they both were doing strips.

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 9 June 2005 07:53 (twenty years ago)

Ah, how nice...the J Edward Oliver website.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 9 June 2005 08:08 (twenty years ago)

Ah how nice is right. I remember his stuff from my Record Mirror years. I did see his name on a comic strip once since, but nice he's still doing his ting.

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 9 June 2005 08:11 (twenty years ago)

IIRC Th' Lone Groover actually released a record.... in fact I suspect I may even have a copy....

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 9 June 2005 09:19 (twenty years ago)

It was an e.p. on Charly records. Supposedly recorded in 1971. More than that, I don't know.

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 9 June 2005 09:20 (twenty years ago)

I know I had a "Th' Lone Groover" comic book thing called "How To Be A Rock Star".

My favourite Tony Benyon cartoon was of two hippies one of whom is admonishing the other for wearing T-shirt with a band / musician name on it:
"Hey man, don't follow leaders"
"You're righ man - Dylan said that"
"Yeah man, Dylan's the greatest"

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 9 June 2005 09:28 (twenty years ago)

yes, I have/had that one.

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 9 June 2005 09:53 (twenty years ago)

I lent mine to a guy I was in a band with in 1984, along with my copy of The Unforgettable Fire, and I never saw either of 'em again.

I kinda miss that book.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 9 June 2005 10:37 (twenty years ago)

Did it arrive via Puerto Rican hip-hop?

Did such a thing exist in 1980?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 9 June 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)

i always think she's singing "i'm riding high, i've fallen for the jewish lie"

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 9 June 2005 19:46 (twenty years ago)

Wait, what is she singing?

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 9 June 2005 19:50 (twenty years ago)

whenever i read one of marcello's posts i become convinced that (a)england is on another planet and (b) i never want to visit there.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 9 June 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)

i always think she's singing "i'm riding high, i've fallen for the jewish lie"

Bizarre coinkydink: according to some real estate agents at my mother's firm who helped sell one of their former apartments, evidently Debbie and Chris are big collectors of Nazi memorabilia.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 9 June 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)

iiiiiiiiiiinteresting.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 9 June 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

also, they named their band "blondie." as in BLONDE HAIR!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 9 June 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

In between what I find is pleasing
And I'm feeling fine, love is so confusing
There's no peace of mind if I fear I'm losin' you
It's just no good, you teasin' like you do

Once I had a love and it was divine
Soon found out I was losing my mind
It seemed like the real thing but I was so blind
Mucho mistrust, love's gone blind

Lost inside adorable illusion and I cannot hide
I'm the one you're using, please don't push me aside
We coulda made it cruisin', yeah
Coulda made it cruisin', yeah

Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out to be a pain in the ass
But I was so blind
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

Yeah, riding high on love's true bluish light, ooh, oh

― latebloomer: Pain Don't Hurt (latebloomer), Thursday, 9 June 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

dude, we've already established they're nazis. case closed.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 9 June 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

love's true bluish light???

How have I lived with this song for 15 years without having any idea that was what she was singing? I thought it was love's sick and foolish lie or something.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 9 June 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

Wouldn't Chris Stein be jewish, tho'?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 9 June 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

Err... 25, not 15. Damn time flies.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 9 June 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)

evidently Debbie and Chris are big collectors of Nazi memorabilia.

does chris stein still consider himself jewish? (xpost)

― metal assembly (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 9 June 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)

Nick, as I said to my co-worker, I'm pretty sure I could reproduce that song phonetically to a great degree of accuracy, but I had never until yesterdy given the words so much as a passing thought.

I would like to think this is the hallmark of a truly great pop song.

I don't think they are nazis.

I think there was Puerto Rican hip-hop, or at least Puerto Rican 'roots' of hip-hop, i.e. timbales an' ting 'breaks' played over and over again.

I should know, I organised hundreds of block parties when I was chief entertainments organiser in the ghetto.

― Peter Stringbender (PJ Miller), Friday, 10 June 2005 06:44 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Look, if Rapture isn't the most amazing song of humankind, then...what?

― Vampire Business (Bimble...), Saturday, 24 June 2006 04:13 (nineteen years ago)

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