("Heart of Glass" by Blondie) ♪ Once I had a love and it was a gas ♪ ♪ Soon turned out had a heart of glass ♪ ♪ Seemed like the real
thing, only to find ♪ ♪ Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind ♪ ♪ Once I had a love and it was divine ♪ ♪ Soon found out I was losing my mind ♪ ♪ Seemed like the real
thing but I was so blind ♪ ♪ Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind ♪ ♪ In between ♪ ♪ What I find is pleasing
and I'm feeling fine ♪ ♪ Love is so confusing,
there's no peace of mind ♪ ♪ If I fear I'm losing
you, it's just no good ♪ ♪ You teasing like you do ♪ ♪ Once I had a love and it was a gas ♪ ♪ Soon turned out had a heart of glass ♪ ♪ Seemed like the real
thing, only to find ♪ ♪ Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind ♪ ♪ Lost inside ♪ ♪ Adorable illusion and I cannot hide ♪ ♪ I'm the one you're using,
please don't push me aside ♪ ♪ We could've made it cruising, yeah ♪ (lively keyboard music) ♪ Nah nah nah ♪ ♪ Nah nah, nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah ♪ ♪ Nah nah nah ♪ ♪ Nah nah, nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah ♪ ♪ Nah nah nah ♪ ♪ Nah nah, nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah ♪ ♪ Yeah, riding high ♪ ♪ On love's true bluish light ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh, whoa oh ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh, whoa oh ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh, whoa oh ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh, whoa oh ♪ ♪ Once I had a love and it was a gas ♪ ♪ Soon turned out to
be a pain in the ass ♪ ♪ Seemed like the real
thing only to find ♪ ♪ Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh, whoa oh ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh, whoa oh ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh, whoa oh ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh, whoa oh ♪
I love how the instrumental bridge drops into 7/4 and is still disco danceable.
I always hated people who called Blondie a sellout for making a disco song instead of the stuff that made the punk scene happy. This song is arguably better than their earlier stuff.
EDIT: Their, not her. I always associate Blondie with Debbie Harry lol
This song is so good and she is such a babe
The way her lips move is mesmerising.
For anyone who is interested this album, Parallel Lines, is jam packed with banger after banger after banger. The whole album is 10/10, give it a listen!
One of my favorite songs from the disco era, but check out the original demo version that is not disco at all, but completely punk rock. It's a perfect demonstration of corporate record label polishing to listen to the demo and then the final product the producers crafted in studio.
https://youtu.be/QS_6LLam0Qs
Edit: and here is the best long cut version of the final song (disco purrrfection versions rock)
https://youtu.be/YaV0hcrW41I
Man I loved her, really turned the 80s in a different direction
I had a punk band in high school that covered this once and it was so bad we weren’t allowed to play in my parents basement anymore.
Sorry, tangent here! Was walking back to tent city from a hugely hilariously cringeworthy headline closing act from Bon Jovi at Isle of Wight 2013 when me and my buddy realised that Blondie were the closing act in one of the tents, so we stopped in to check it out.
The tent was packed to the rafters, and we stood at the back and caught the last 30mins or so. The very first thing we noticed was that Debbie Harry from 300m away is hot as fuck, then googled her age then stood back in quiet admiration while they absolutely nailed a great rock version of atomic. Btw the guitarist who did the improv solo to atomic, who was at least 30years younger than the band stole the show.
I realise this story is getting very Abe Simpson onion belt, anyway it was fucking cool and so am I