Why Is Blondie Considered Punk?

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 02-25-2010, 08:42 PM

Hahaha
No way! I totally understand. I have to have music on when I clean. When I cook it makes it such a good time.

Mancini Scratch · 02-25-2010, 08:50 PM

Totally with you on that.

I love listening to Reggae when I'm doing the pots.

Vancouver · 02-25-2010, 11:04 PM

Always wondered this. Sounded like Disco to me.

Bobina · 02-25-2010, 11:13 PM

When I think 'Blondie' I think Rap baby! For me, Rapture was the first rap song popularized mainstream. Of course there's Grandmaster Flash's The message and the Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's delight from the same time period. But TV played Blondie. All classics from a former era.

SATCHMO · 02-26-2010, 12:19 AM

I always considered Blondie to be new wave, myself.

Unknown Soldier · 02-26-2010, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by bogey_j

blondie gets lumped in with the rest of early new york punk, but the stuff i've heard from them seemed pretty far off from punk. from what I understand in their early days they were a punk band, so can someone show me what they sounded like in those days

As somebody else said the definition of punk was very different back in the late seventies. For the record, their first album was very punk sounding but as time went on, they quickly came under the new wave banner and always had a retro feel like the Ramones as well. They also incorporated rap, reggae and disco into their late 70`s and early 80`s sound as well. All in all new wave would be the best label to give them.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-26-2010, 08:56 AM

Blondie's first album is has a little bit more rock edge to it than their other stuff but it's nothing like punk.

It's also a load of rubbish as well.

Blondie were a good pop band, in fact i'd say one of the best ever to come out of the U.S.
I prefer to leave it at that.

SBWNik · 03-27-2010, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

I always considered Blondie to be new wave, myself.

There's something in that, but when Blondie were becoming popular the term 'New Wave' hadn't really become common currency. Or at least that's how I remember it.

Other bands had a similar sound that we would consider too lightweight now to be a true punk band - Boomtown Rats, Adam & The Ants, perhaps Generation X - but at the time 'punk' was the only label available for these bands. I could be wrong, but my memory is that 'New Wave' was only a contraction of 'New Wave of Punk Rock' anyway?

Punk wasn't a sound, it was an attitude and a statement. It was about sex more than music. It was a sound for a disgruntled subsection of society.
Now it's a sound, a cliche, an expression for largely commercialised youth.

Sorry, it's not punk. Blondie were punk, Towers Of London most certainly aren't.

**Janszoon** · 03-27-2010, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SBWNik

Other bands had a similar sound that we would consider too lightweight now to be a true punk band - Boomtown Rats, Adam & The Ants, perhaps Generation X - but at the time 'punk' was the only label available for these bands. I could be wrong, but my memory is that 'New Wave' was only a contraction of 'New Wave of Punk Rock' anyway?

I don't know that I'd put Generation X in that list. In a lot of ways their style is pretty similar to the Clash, though a lot less eclectic of course.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-27-2010, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SBWNik

Other bands had a similar sound that we would consider too lightweight now to be a true punk band - Boomtown Rats, Adam & The Ants, perhaps Generation X - but at the time 'punk' was the only label available for these bands.

Adam and the ants were very much a punk band when they started. Just listen to their first peel session.

02-25-2010, 11:04 PM	#13 (permalink)
Vancouver Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 188	Always wondered this. Sounded like Disco to me. __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/VancouverFlanke The face is familiar but I can't quite remember my name.

02-26-2010, 08:56 AM	#17 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Blondie's first album is has a little bit more rock edge to it than their other stuff but it's nothing like punk. It's also a load of rubbish as well. Blondie were a good pop band, in fact i'd say one of the best ever to come out of the U.S. I prefer to leave it at that. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

02-25-2010, 08:42 PM	#11 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	Hahaha No way! I totally understand. I have to have music on when I clean. When I cook it makes it such a good time.

02-25-2010, 08:50 PM	#12 (permalink)
Mancini Scratch Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 55	Totally with you on that. I love listening to Reggae when I'm doing the pots.

02-25-2010, 11:13 PM	#14 (permalink)
Bobina Groupie Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: In the sunshine of my life Posts: 11	When I think 'Blondie' I think Rap baby! For me, Rapture was the first rap song popularized mainstream. Of course there's Grandmaster Flash's The message and the Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's delight from the same time period. But TV played Blondie. All classics from a former era.

02-26-2010, 12:19 AM	#15 (permalink)
SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	I always considered Blondie to be new wave, myself.