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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier
Of all the new-wave groups of that era, the change in direction by Blondie was bold if somewhat poorly advised and kind of led to their downfall. The group weren`t talented enough to incorporate the rap, reggae and jazz influences that they were trying to do, a group like the Talking Heads could have done it so much better. Rapture was a great song as was T-Birds from the same album.
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As for the album Autoamerican, and the style of music that they implicated at that time. It seems very subjective in my opinion to suggest that it led to their downfall as a band. My perception is, it led to the pinnacle of their career, as the single "Rapture" being one of the first rap songs to hit #1 on the charts. The hypothesis that The Talking Heads could had done it better than Blondie at that time, just seems to be a hypothetical opinion to me, and nothing more.