Re: (TV) Long article on Blondie w/TV references

[Keith Allison <keith@marquee.demon.co.uk>]

In message <20050214174930.46479.qmail@web60905.mail.yahoo.com>, Phil 
Obbard <pobbard@yahoo.com> writes
> They lack any real style or distinctive sound, and a lot of their 
> recordings could use more depth and/or bass. The songwriting is only 
> occasionally clever and the band plays like a watered-down Cars, though 
> they did produce a few great singles.

I always thought the first TV tour of Europe must have been fun with 
Fred in the band and Blondie supporting. I did once ask Fred 
(half-jokingly) if he ever wished he'd stayed in Blondie in view of 
their subsequent success. He laughed and said something like, "Well, at 
least I got the musical respect!"
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