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Heart Of Glass by Blondie

Biografie van de kunstenaar Blondie

Blondie Is An American Rock Band Founded In New York City In 1974 By Singer-Songwriter Deborah Harry And Guitarist Chris Stein. The Band Was A Pioneer In The Early American New Wave And Punk Scenes Of The Mid-70s Developing Their Sound In Famous NYC Clubs Such As CBGBs. With Hits Such As "Atomic" "Call Me". "Heart Of Glass" And "Maria" As Well As Sales Of Over 40 Million Records Worldwide They Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2006. Their Original Lineup Consisted Of Deborah Harry Vocals Chris Stein Guitar Bass Guitar Clem Burke Drums Percussion Jimmy Destri Keyboards And Gary Valentine Bass Guitar Guitar . Band Lore States That Their Name Came From Both A Flippant Reference To Adolf Hitler's Dog Blondie As Well As Vocalist Harry's Bright Blond Hair. Previously Having Been A Playboy Bunny Harry Fronted The Early Version Of The Band. Initially Known As "Angel And The Snakes". They Built Up Underground Fame In NYC. Blondie Released Their First Album 'Blondie' In 1976. The Album Was Mildly Successful And Spawned The Australian Hit Single "In The Flesh". Gary Valentine Left The Band Later That Year And They Continued Briefly As A Foursome Recording 'Plastic Letters' And Gaining More Airplay With Their Track "Denis". Still In Touch With Their Punk Roots Having Played In Clubs Such As CBGBs And Hung Out With Rock Artists Such As The Ramones The Band Broke Out Into Other More Diverse Influences Such As Older Dance And Pop Music Particularly Interested In Phil Spector's 'wall Of Sound' Technique. Valentine Was Replaced By Los Angeles-Based Musician Frank Infante Guitar Bass Guitar In 1977. Infante Had Already Played Guitar On One Track On 'Plastic Letters'. The Band Went Out Playing Live With Infante And Stein Swopping Between Playing Guitar And Bass Guitar Throughout Each Concert. The Band Also Added British Born But LA-Based Nigel Harrison Bass Guitar Making Blondie A Six Piece Group For The First Time. Harrison Was A Former Member Of The Glam Rock Band Silverhead. In 1978 They Released The Album That Would Make Them International Stars Titled 'Parallel Lines'. The Album Spawned Several Hit Singles Including The Number One Hit "Heart Of Glass" "Sunday Girl" "Hanging On The Telephone" A Cover Of The Famous Power Pop Track By The Nerves And "One Way Or Another". The Success Of The Heavily Disco Influenced "Heart Of Glass" A Song Sometimes Censored For Its Use Of Strong Language For The Time And Considered By The Band As Tongue-In-Cheek Proved Controversial Among Many Fans Of The Band's Punk Background But It Managed To Break Them Through At A Massive Level. They Released Three More Albums 1979's Eat To The Beat 1980's Autoamerican Containing The Number One Singles "The Tide Is High" And "Rapture" And 1982's The Hunter As Well As A Number One Single "Call Me" From The Score Of The 1980 Film "American Gigolo". In 1980 Harrison Contributed Several Unused Blondie Songs To Ex-Silverhead Singer Michael Des Barres Solo Album I'm Only Human. In 1981 Harry Released A Solo Album Koo Koo Destri Released A Solo Album Heart On A Wall. Burke Recorded And Played Live With The Eurythmics And Stein Started A Record Label Named Animal Records. In 1982 Health Problems For Stein Declining Sales And Inter-Band Tension Caused The Band To Split. Harry Kept A Low Profile For A Few Years While She Nursed Now Former Boyfriend Stein Through A Serious Illness But Then Continued A Solo Career As An Actress/singer. Reformation Plans Begun In 1997 With A Line-Up That Included Harry Stein Destri Burke Valentine And Harrison. Infante Was Not Invited To The Reunion. Valentine And Harrison Were Eventually And Unceremoniously They Claim Replaced By Paul Carbonara Guitar And Leigh Foxx Bass . The Band Released No Exit In 1998 Which Did Quite Well In Both US And UK Charts And Contained The Number One Hit Single "Maria". The Album Did Not Include Any Song Contributions From Valentine Or Harrison Despite Them Recording Early Sessions For The Album And Valentine Being Assured By Stein That They Would Use His Already Recorded Song "Amor Fati". Harrison And Infante Later Filed An Unsuccessful Lawsuit Claiming Breach Of Contract For Not Including Them In The Reunion. The Curse Of Blondie Was Released In 2003 And While Not Matching Its Predecessor In Sales Was Critically Acclaimed And Spawned The Global Dance Hit "Good Boys". Destri Retired From Touring In 2004. Kevin Patrick Keyboards Destri's Former Keyboard Tech And Assistant Replaced Him Soon Followed By Matt Katz-Bohen In 2008. The Band's 2006 Induction Ceremony Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Was The Scene Of An Awkward Moment Between Infante And Harry During Which He Asked That The Former Members Be Allowed To Play Along With Fellow Inductees Harry Stein And Burke During The Band's Set Since It Was The Original Band That Was Being Inducted. Harry Replied "Can't You See My Band Is Up There?" Prompting Infante To Counter "I Thought It Was Blondie That Was Being Inducted." In 2006 The Band Toured As The Opening Act For The New Cars On The "Road Rage Tour." Although Harry Was More Than 60 Years Old The Band Still Managed Incendiary Versions Of Their Old Hits While Playing With Enough Fire To Remind The Audience Of Their Punk Roots. In 2007 The Band Embarked On A Tour Of Europe To Coincide With The DVD Release Of The First Ever Music Video Album "Eat To The Beat". Harry Has Since Resumed Her Solo Career Releasing 2007's Necessary Evil. On June 5 2008 Blondie Commenced A World Tour To Celebrate The 30th Anniversary Of Parallel Lines With A Concert At Ram's Head Live In Baltimore Maryland. The Tour Covered Some Eastern And Midwestern US Cities Throughout The Month Of June. In July The Tour Took The Band Overseas To Israel The UK Russia Europe And Scandinavia Wrapping Up On August 2 2008 At Rockefeller In Oslo Norway. Clem Burke And Paul Carbonara Both Recently Told Interviewers That The Band Is Working On Another Record Which Would Be Their First New Album Since The Release Of The Curse Of Blondie In 2003. Carbonara Described It As "a Real Blondie Record. Blondie Undertook A North American Tour Of Mid-Sized Venues With Pat Benatar And The Donnas In The Summer Of 2009. Following The Tour In October The Band Began Recording Sessions For Their Ninth Studio Album With Producer Jeff Saltzman In Woodstock New York. In December 2009 The Band Released The Song "We Three Kings" To Coincide With The Christmas Holiday. The New Album To Be Titled Panic Of Girls Which Was Being Mixed At The Time Was Said To Follow In 2010. Chris Stein Stated That Dutch Artist Chris Berens Will Provide The Cover Art. In April 2010 It Was Announced That Guitarist Paul Carbonara Had Amicably Left Blondie To Pursue Other Projects And Was Replaced By Tommy Kessler. Panic Of Girls Is Tentatively Set To Be Released In 2010/2011. In June 2010 Blondie Began The First Leg Of A World Tour Named "Endangered Species Tour" Which Covered The United Kingdom And Ireland Supported By UK Band Little Fish. The Set Lists Featured Both Classics And New Material From The Forthcoming Panic Of Girls. After A Break In July The Tour Will Resume In August And Cover The United States And Canada Over A Course Of Six Weeks. Blondie Is Then Set To Take The "Endangered Species Tour" To Australia And New Zealand In November And December. It Was Revealed That The Bands Album Will Be Released On The Australian Sony Label In November 2010 And Elsewhere In January 2011. Songfacts Reports That Mother The First Single From Panic Of Girls Received Its Global Premiere On BBC Radio On March 17th 2011 And Was Made Available For Purchase On May 23 2011. In May 2017 A New Album Was Released Named Pollinator With The Single "Long Time" Which Saw The Daylight In March. In 2021 The Band Released A Short Film Along With A Soundtrack EP Titled Vivir En La Habana. They Also Released An Alternate Version Of Their Song Rapture Titled “Yuletide Throwdown” Which Featured Fab 5 Freddy. In 2022 Blondie Released A Sunday Girl EP Consisting Of An Unreleased Demo And Live Version
of The Song As Well As The Previously Released French Version Of The Track In Honor Of Record Store Day. The Band Went On A UK Tour With Support From Johnny Marr Followed By A US Tour With Support From The Damned Titled “Against The Odds Tour” Which Chris Stein Did Not Attend Due To Health Problems. They Also Announced The Release Of Their First Archival Project And Box Set Titled Against The Odds 1974 - 1982 Which Took Six Years To Compile Began Recording Their Twelfth Studio Album And Remastered Their Music Videos In HD.

Frogtoon Muziek - Nummerinformatie: Heart of Glass

"Heart Of Glass" Is A Song By American New Wave Band Blondie. Featured On The Band's Third Studio Album Parallel Lines It Was Released As A Single In 1979 And Topped The Charts In Several Countries Most Notably In The United Kingdom And United States. Rolling Stone Ranked The Song Number 255 On Its List Of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. History "Heart Of Glass" Was Originally Recorded In 1975 Under The Name "Once I Had A Love " And Was Much Slower With A Blues/reggae Vibe To It. The Song Was Frequently Performed On Tours Then Was Re-Recorded With The Same Title In 1978 When The Song Was Made A Bit More Rock-Oriented. When Blondie Recorded The Album Parallel Lines Disco Was Big On The Music Scene And Producer Mike Chapman Decided To Give The Song The Disco Twist That Made The Song What It Is Today And One Of The Best-Known Blondie Recordings. For The Single Release The Track Was Remixed By Chapman With The Double-Tracked Bass Drum Even More Accentuated. The Song Was Released In January 1979 And Reached Number One In Both The US And The UK. The UK B-Side Was "Rifle Range" From Blondie's Self Titled Debut Album While The US Single Used The Parallel Lines Track "11 59". The Accompanying Music Video For "Heart Of Glass" Was Filmed At Studio 54 In New York City. The Versions Appearing On The 7" Single Issued In Early 1979 Varied From Country To Country Some Used The Regular Album Version UK 3 54 Others An Edited Album Version US 3 22 And Others An Edited Version Of The 12" Disco Mix 4 10 Which Is The One Usually Found On Current Hits Compilations Like The 1994 Anthology The Platinum Collection Greatest Hits Sight Sound 2005 And Greatest Hits Sound & Vision 2006 . For The Band's Very First Hits Compilation 1981's The Best Of Blondie Producer Mike Chapman Created A Special Mix Including Elements From Both The 12" Disco Version And The 12" Instrumental 4 33 . The 1981 Version Appears On 2002's Greatest Hits. Controversy Almost Immediately After Its Release "Heart Of Glass" Became The Subject Of Controversy Because Of Its Disco Sound. At The Time Blondie Was One Of The Bands At The Forefront Of New York's Growing New Wave Musical Scene And Were Accused Of "selling Out" For Releasing A Disco Song. According To Blondie Frontwoman Deborah Harry "Heart Of Glass" Made The Band Pariahs In The Eyes Of Many Of Their Fellow Musicians In The New York Music Scene. The Band Was Accused Of Pandering To The Mainstream That Many Punk/new Wave Bands At The Time Were Actively Rebelling Against. There Was Also The Issue Of The Use Of The Expression "pain In The Ass" Used In The Final Chorus Within The Lyrics Which At The Time Did Not Sit Easily With The BBC. The Radio Version Changed It To "heart Of Glass." In Australia The Song Was Banned From Radio For Its "strong Language." Despite The Controversy The Song Was A Huge Hit And Helped Propel Blondie From Cult Group To Mainstream Icons. The Band Itself Has Acknowledged The Success Of The Song In Helping Their Careers And Has Downplayed Criticism Of The Song Pointing Out That Blondie Always Experimented With Different Styles Of Music And That "Heart Of Glass" Was Their Take On Disco. The Band Itself Has Jokingly Taken To Referring To The Song As "The Disco Song" In Interviews.

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