EAT TO THE BEAT BLONDIE POLL IS HERE

Goddamn the images!

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"Dreaming," cause they tell me that it's like free an' shit.

Difficult -- the first half is my favorite Blondie album.

"Union City Blue."

Don't you know my evil heart wants secretly for Union City Blue to win? But I know the Brits will come and Atomic will beat it, I know. But that's okay. I'll live (*weeps*).

"dreaming" is my favorite blondie song and one of my favorite rock n roll drumming songs ever.

so many to choose from but "shayla' does it for me.

Yes! Rock and roll drumming. I can get behind that.

Hardest part! No, hang on Dreaming. No. Shit. I'll get back to this. There should be some revisionism starting on this thread. Eat to the Beat is way better than parallel lines.

Dreaming.

I always thought the song "Eat to the Beat" was kinda wonky.

"Dreaming" is my favourite Blondie tracks, although I prefer "Parallel Lines" as an entire album.

Ach, I'm a Plastic Letters partisan. Dreaming, I guess.

i would probably have said "dreaming" too if i hadn't totally od'd on it. one of the (possibly) top 5 memories of my whole life is going to my first ever concert which was blondie at edinburgh odeon (january 12th 1980 - these things stay with you forever) on the "eat to the beat" tour and them starting off with "dreaming". much as i was in total awe of debbie, clem burke beating hell out of that drum kit with the arrows on the bass drum (a la "atomic video") completely blew my mind and is possibly responsible for a life long obsession with DRUMS.

ATOMIC

Atomic is the favourite pop song of all time, maybe. I remember AMG says something like 'it's an inferior version of Heart of Glass'. Whoever wrote that needs to retire, quickly.

I can see how in the context of this album though it might not win--it does rather prop up the second side.

i always wish there had been an extended, mainly instrumental version of ATOMIC

hmmm, personally I thought Atomic much improved in the single edit. So 'Dreaming' gets my vote.

UCB

Always my fave blondie song.

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Wow. No-one else voted for Hardest Part.

I KNEW ATOMIC WOULD CRUSH IT! I JUST KNEW!!!

Punk Pop 1 Disco 0 :)

(And "Union City Blue" scoring high as well means punk pop dominates even more. Good :) )

UNION FUCKING CITY BLUE

On occasion, this is the greatest pop album ever recorded.

thanks to this thread i discovered Slow Motion. great innit? thanks, thread!

I was listening to this recently thinking exactly the same thing. It's a contender for my favourite Blondie song and I'm sure if it had been a single it would have been another number one for them.

In England.

In Scotland.

i always wish there had been an extended, mainly instrumental version of ATOMIC

RIP

i mean HOW much better is this than Parallel Lines? it's not even funny.

UNION FUCKING CITY BLUE

― Bimble, Sunday, October 14, 2007

i mean REALLY

Living In The Real World should've got at least a vote or two.

how did "union city blue" not take this?

Would have gone for Hardest Part. No loves for Union City Blue myself.

I like this album, but wouldn't put it above Parallel Lines. Really unsure as what I would have voted for here... both 'Dreaming' and 'Union City Blue' are all-time for me.

It was Debbie's birthday yesterday. 68! Twice as old as when this record came out.

Dreaming deserves this, and it's Clem's baby

I have never heard this record! ("Dreaming" aside obv)

Don't think I voted in this but Union City Blue has always been my favourite Blondie song fwiw

Absolutely sterling drumming throughout this record, and it sounds powerful in a way that Autoamerican and The Hunter don't.

this track "Long Time" from the new one is p good.

I remember reading that Blondie were becoming hardcore drug fiends circa this album, a trend which continued on the following two records.

"Your hair is beautiful" might be my favorite lyric in a pop song.

I was otm in 2017.

Nice! Have you heard Glen Campbell– or John Cowsill– sing “Crying”? Do you remember the good old days before the video for “Ghost Town”?

thanks to this thread i discovered Slow Motion. great innit? thanks, thread!

― piscesx, Sunday, 29 May 2011 19:07 (nine years ago) link

I was listening to this recently thinking exactly the same thing. It's a contender for my favourite Blondie song and I'm sure if it had been a single it would have been another number one for them.

― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 29 May 2011 19:35 (nine years ago) link

In England.

― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 29 May 2011 20:07 (nine years ago) link

In Scotland.

― stirmonster, Monday, 30 May 2011 04:31 (nine years ago) link

In 1964.

So Atomic... wow, yes, it's spectacular. Don't think I'd really listened to it before. Disco dream pop.

Alfred, I forwarded your Atomic write-up to a friend who had been deeply skeptical when I included it on a "greatest songs of the past 50 years" playlist. It didn't persuade him, but he at least acknowledged that my opinion was not a cry in the wilderness.

aw thanks! Yeah, it's perfect for solo dancing after a martini or two when you know your hair is beautiful.

i will never ever tire of Atomic.

destri's songs always had cool chord progressions

So Atomic... wow, yes, it's spectacular. Don't think I'd really listened to it before. Disco dream pop.

oh my. i will never tire of it either but so jealous of having that first experience right now. my ultimate groundhog day might well be the first day i heard it.

Almost perfect album.

Their best performance as a band.

"Atomic' is the greatest record in history.

can't disagree