SummersRadio™ Debbie Harry & Kermit The Frog - 'Rainbow Connection'/ Debbie Harry - 'You're Too Hot'/ 'In Love With Love' (London Extended Mix)
Debbie Harry turns 70 today - SummersRadio™ wishes you a Happy Birthday Debbie! We're celebrating with a few selections from beyond the massive Blondie hits.
First up is this classic duet with Kermit The Frog - 'The Rainbow Connection' - from an episode of The Muppet Show in 1980... Enjoy!
'You're Too Hot' is one of the standout tracks from her 2007 solo album 'Necessary Evil'... Enjoy!
This is the 'London Extended Mix' of 'In Love With Love' - a single from her 1986 album 'Rockbird'... Enjoy!
SummersRadio™ Rare Mashup + Free Download! Blondie vs. Philip Glass - 'Heart Of Glass' (Daft Beatles Mashup)/ Blondie - '11:59'
First of all kudos to another music blog - The Omelette Chronicles http://theomelettechronicles.wordpress.com/ for exposing me to this wonder today! This mashup was created last fall but for the most part it's remained rather underground thus far.
Jonas C aka Daft Beatles is a mashup artist/ dj from London. He posted his first mashup online a year ago - of Daft Punk vs The Beatles 'Something About Us Comes Together' - hence his moniker. In just the last twelve months he's since posted 48 tracks on his Soundcloud page (all mashups) which you can check out here: http://soundcloud.com/daft-beatles
This version of 'Heart Of Glass' lifts the vocal from Blondie's 1979 hit of the same name - which floats in a most beautiful and haunting manner over Philip Glass's (instrumental) track 'Violin Concerto II' - and the results are quite stunning.
Blondie is one of my all time favourite bands - and I'm very happy to say that Debbie Harry is still alive and well - but it sounds like she's singing from the heavens here. Someday when she is no more I can picture myself listening to this powerful track and weeping. Despite being an upbeat worldwide disco smash, as Jonas C says himself 'I always thought they were bleak lyrics... "Soon found out I was losing my mind...'.
Tomorrow (July 1st) is actually Harry's 67th birthday and she still looks amazing (as always) - Happy Birthday Deborah! ♥♥♥
If this mashup is to your liking it's available as a free download simply by clicking on the icon below... Enjoy!
Bonus Track! Here's a Blondie original that's always had an eerie feel to it for me - especially if you're listening to it at the right time of the night. Like 'Heart Of Glass', '11:59' is a track from Blondie's third album 'Parallel Lines' - in fact it was the b-side of 'Heart Of Glass' in North America. The lyrics have quite an urgency to them - you're left wondering if she'll survive until the next day... Enjoy!
SummersRadio™ New Music! Blondie - 'Mother' Blondie have just released a limited edition 'Fan Pack' of their new album this week! Blondie's new album is called 'Panic Of Girls' - it's their ninth studio album - and their first since 'The Curse Of Blondie' which was released in 2003. The cd is set for release in the U.K. on July 4th (no confirmed date yet for North America) and will contain 11 tracks - and the Fan Pack released this week contains 2 bonus tracks and a 132 page magazine!
The magazine is 100% Blondie approved and it contains all new exclusive interviews with the band and is packed with a wealth of exclusive, never-before-seen pictures of Blondie – including rare treasures from Chris Stein’s own archive!
Here's the full tracklisting for 'Panic Of Girls':
1. D-Day 2. What I Heard 3. Mother 4. The End The End 5. Girlie Girlie 6. Love Doesn't Frighten Me 7. Words in My Mouth 8. Sunday Smile 9. Wipe Off My Sweat 10. Le Bleu 11. Horizontal Twist (BONUS TRACK) 12. Mirame (BONUS TRACK)
