These results mostly seem about right (Victor is TOO LOW for me but I realise it's not exactly a fan favourite). Call Me is a cool song but definitely second-tier as far as their hits go.
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 13 July 2017 21:27 (six years ago) link
NFW
First ridiculisuly wrong placement
― ramen play on 10 (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 13 July 2017 21:28 (six years ago) link
That's way low for a bunch of those, imo. "In The Sun", "Fan Mail" and "Walk Like Me" were all in my top 10.
― smug dinner-jazz atrocity (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 13 July 2017 21:31 (six years ago) link
Surprised to see 'Call Me' this low, should really be Top 10. The full version is awesome.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 13 July 2017 21:33 (six years ago) link
Fan Mail is such a good opener. The way it just bursts into life is so thrilling. The same goes for In The Sun which was very high on my list. They had so much energy on those first four albums.
I'm not a big fan of Maria but it was a nice moment when that got to number one.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 13 July 2017 21:39 (six years ago) link
It got nowhere near that here in the US.
― smug dinner-jazz atrocity (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 13 July 2017 21:40 (six years ago) link
i really, really disliked "call me" when it came out. it just felt all wrong and not at all blondie to me. i have grown to like it quite a bit as time has marched on but it still feels to me like an odd anomaly in their catalogue.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 13 July 2017 21:41 (six years ago) link
The UK embraced Blondie a lot more than any other country.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 13 July 2017 21:42 (six years ago) link
i didn't have the nerve to say no and accidents never happen were my votes from this stretch, a couple of great destri jams.
"the nerve" would've been higher on my ballot but it sort of peters out at the end.
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 13 July 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/gvVa12b.jpg
22. Denis [6 votes | 0 #1 votes | 144 points]Plastic Letters, Feb 1978
― nate woolls, Thursday, 13 July 2017 21:47 (six years ago) link
I didn't vote for Call Me, but it really doesn't feel like much of an anomaly to me. It has elements of a lot of their most popular songs, like "Atomic," "Heart of Glass," "One Way or Another," but doesn't quite reach those heights.
Still, it's a hell of a lot better than a lot of other songs that topped the Billboard year-end charts
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 13 July 2017 22:12 (six years ago) link
I should have voted. "Call Me" rules. TOO LOW.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 July 2017 22:15 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ouQM5ZB.png
21. Slow Motion [7 votes | 0 #1 votes | 155 points]Eat to the Beat, Oct 1979
― nate woolls, Thursday, 13 July 2017 22:17 (six years ago) link
too low!
― piscesx, Thursday, 13 July 2017 22:30 (six years ago) link
so everyone knows, Spotify has been getting updated:
https://open.spotify.com/user/beeok/playlist/4vk7yu7IXBOznDw6rKdxBV
― Winter Is Coming (Bee OK), Thursday, 13 July 2017 23:32 (six years ago) link
at first i did forget all about "Call Me" and when i was putting my ballot together i was thinking i'm missing something. realized it was not on any proper album and therefore the reason for overlooking it. decided to include it and ended up as my number 20.
― Winter Is Coming (Bee OK), Thursday, 13 July 2017 23:35 (six years ago) link
i'm 3/20 so far, i guess i'm a Top 20 voter.
― Winter Is Coming (Bee OK), Thursday, 13 July 2017 23:39 (six years ago) link
7/20 in my case. Including "Victor"!
― Maximum big surprise! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 14 July 2017 00:29 (six years ago) link
Slow Motion is too low. Such an incredible rush of a song. How did they not release it as a single? It would have been the perfect follow up to Atomic.
― kitchen person, Friday, 14 July 2017 01:27 (six years ago) link
the song "Slow Motion" was originally planned to be the fourth single release from the album, and producer Mike Chapman even made a remix of the track, but following the unexpected success of "Call Me", the theme song to movie American Gigolo, these plans were shelved and the single mix of "Slow Motion" remains unreleased.
― stirmonster, Friday, 14 July 2017 01:53 (six years ago) link
Interesting. Shame they didn't give it a chance to have its moment. It belongs on their Greatest Hits albums.
― kitchen person, Friday, 14 July 2017 01:58 (six years ago) link
5/20 for me. While I ultimately left them off my ballot, I'm glad "Look Good In Blue," "Living In The Real World," "Victor" and "Maria" all placed.
The biggest surprise placement for me is "I'm Gonna Love You Too" - I don't dislike it, but it definitely sounds like filler to me compared to the rest of the album.
I think I'm tired of "Call Me," and I've never really cared for "The Tide Is High" or "Denis."
"Accidents Never Happen" was in my top 5 - so good.
― lingereffect (Kent Burt), Friday, 14 July 2017 03:00 (six years ago) link
5/20 - i voted for a lot of parallel lines tracks, so i imagine most are still to come
― voodoo chili, Friday, 14 July 2017 03:12 (six years ago) link
I did the same thing and accidentally left it off the list of tracks I posted on the first thread, I hope it didn't lose votes because of that.
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 09:44 (six years ago) link
'The Tide is High' is one of my least favourite Blondie singles, if not absolute least favourite at this stage. Can't stand it.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 14 July 2017 13:23 (six years ago) link
It is my absolute least favourite. still amazed it was such a massive hit.
― stirmonster, Friday, 14 July 2017 13:28 (six years ago) link
I can't stand it either. These days I hear it more often on the radio than "Heart of Glass."
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 July 2017 13:40 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/tnxnBAs.jpg
20. Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45) [7 votes | 0 #1 votes | 159 points]Plastic Letters, Feb 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 13:51 (six years ago) link
Great start to the top 20. The guitar playing is so beautiful and always reminds me of Felt (especially in that intro). One of Debbie's best vocals.
― kitchen person, Friday, 14 July 2017 13:57 (six years ago) link
all time. had i submitted a ballot it would have been top 10.
― stirmonster, Friday, 14 July 2017 14:04 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/wcLliZo.jpg
19. In the Flesh [8 votes | 0 #1 votes | 166 points]Blondie, Dec 1976
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 14:15 (six years ago) link
darlingdarlingdarling
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 July 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ZJFyoJD.jpg
18. Rip Her to Shreds [9 votes | 0 #1 votes | 168 points]Blondie, Dec 1976
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link
Bermuda Triangle Blues was such a great discovery when I finally got around to buying Plastic Letters.
Every time I think of Rip Her to Shreds it segues into Superman by R.E.M. (and vice-versa).
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 14 July 2017 14:58 (six years ago) link
These two were two spots away from each other on my ballot, and pretty close to their actual placement here! "She looks like she stepped out of the middle of somebody's bruise" is still one of the greatest lyrics anywhere.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 14 July 2017 15:07 (six years ago) link
oh is THAT what she sings!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 July 2017 15:09 (six years ago) link
haha speaking of misheard Blondie lyrics, I just learned yesterday that she says "mucho mistrust" instead of "intimate trust" in HoG.
― sleeve, Friday, 14 July 2017 15:11 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/NtWt2Hk.jpg
17. Pretty Baby [7 votes | 1 #1 vote | 178 points]Parallel Lines, Sep 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 15:18 (six years ago) link
My #1 - only 6 others voted for this?!
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 14 July 2017 15:25 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/BBk9MQu.jpg
16. One Way or Another [8 votes | 0 #1 votes | 189 points]Parallel Lines, Sep 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
Other than "Call Me," the only big Blondie hit that I'm just not into.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 July 2017 15:52 (six years ago) link
I love One Way or Another, but to me it only sounds right coming right after Hanging on the Telephone.(The way Living Loving Maid only sounds right after Heartbreaker.)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 14 July 2017 16:03 (six years ago) link
Lead you to the supermarket checkout, some specials and rat food, get lost in the crowd =
https://i.giphy.com/media/3o6ozkQbdfOIyCC6wU/giphy.webp
Also love the way Clem threatens to turn the beat inside out just before the guitar solo, so when he hits that drumroll you think you've gained an extra beat.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 14 July 2017 16:06 (six years ago) link
Your looks are larger than life
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 July 2017 16:11 (six years ago) link
I love Debbie Harry's unabashed lust; she never hid her sexual feelings for guys. Madonna paid attention.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 July 2017 16:12 (six years ago) link
when i was younger i thought the line, 'I'm not the kind of girl who gives up just like that' was about 'not giving it up' when it is very opposite that
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 14 July 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/66Mfwcn.jpg
15. Will Anything Happen? [8 votes | 0 #1 votes | 207 points]Parallel Lines, Sep 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 17:30 (six years ago) link
I never got around to voting, but glad to see placement of "Will Anything Happen?" I especially love the double-tracked vocals on "Will IIIIIIIIIII ever see you again?"
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 14 July 2017 17:40 (six years ago) link
Redundant to say this becz Clem Burke rules in general, but great drumming on this one too.
didn't Television try to steal him from Blondie? or am I mis-remembering?
― sleeve, Friday, 14 July 2017 17:46 (six years ago) link