Nothing special to say about this one - just that it’s one of my all-time favourite songs. As a child I used to know all the lyrics, including the famous rap section.
By the way, this is the first of many cases where I couldn’t find the original video on YouTube due to copyright claims and/or it not being available in certain geographical territories…
May 11, 2009 at 2:38 pm
HA! I totally remember this song. I used to babysit for a neighbor who used to play it all of the time. When it would come on the radio, though, my mom would say, “She starts out with such a pretty voice, and then does that terrible talking part…”
May 11, 2009 at 5:57 pm
I saw Blondie at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark in 1999. Blur was also there, which I presume was a contender for this second post.
This song is unfamiliar to me, though. It rocks as much as any song with an unchanging bass riff can.
May 13, 2009 at 7:56 am
Never heard Rapture? Inconceivable!
Yes, Blur were also contenders for this post, as were Bjork, The Beautiful South, Boards of Canada and David Bowie.