So, you'd never heard "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" or talking blues, or was it more the notion of moving from eating cars to a diet of guitars?
Well, frankly, there are a Whole Lot of fan people who want to forget about Gil Scott-Heron when it comes to rap, and all of them have a lot more reason to hang their heads.
I was a huge fan of Blondie and of Debbie Harry's solo adventures, as well. I was more surprised that they were able to get "pain in the ass" onto the radio in "Heart of Glass" and "I'll give you some head/And shoulders to cry on" in "You Look Good in Blue" in those even more puritanical days. They're still doing some good work, in the new recombination. I just missed the Bangles on Saturday, despite having tickets, as I was slightly under the weather and Alice was moreso...they're still doing good work, too...(for varying reasons, the bassists are the alienated and now absent members of both the Bangles and the Go-Go's).
Patricia Abbott is the author of more than 125 stories that have appeared online, in print journals and in various anthologies. She is the author of two print novels CONCRETE ANGEL (2015) and SHOT IN DETROIT (2016)(Polis Books). CONCRETE ANGEL was nominated for an Anthony and Macavity Award in 2016. SHOT IN DETROIT was nominated for an Edgar Award and an Anthony Award in 2017. A collection of her stories I BRING SORROW AND OTHER STORIES OF TRANSGRESSION will appear in 2018.
She also authored two ebooks, MONKEY JUSTICE and HOME INVASION and co-edited DISCOUNT NOIR. She won a Derringer award for her story "My Hero." She lives outside Detroit.
Patricia (Patti) Abbott
SHOT IN DETROIT
Edgar Nominee 2017, Anthony nominee 2017
CONCRETE ANGEL
Polis Books, 2015-nominated for the Anthony and Macavity Awards
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So, you'd never heard "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" or talking blues, or was it more the notion of moving from eating cars to a diet of guitars?
Well, frankly, there are a Whole Lot of fan people who want to forget about Gil Scott-Heron when it comes to rap, and all of them have a lot more reason to hang their heads.
Always a huge Blondie fan, At the time, she was huge.
I was a huge fan of Blondie and of Debbie Harry's solo adventures, as well. I was more surprised that they were able to get "pain in the ass" onto the radio in "Heart of Glass" and "I'll give you some head/And shoulders to cry on" in "You Look Good in Blue" in those even more puritanical days. They're still doing some good work, in the new recombination. I just missed the Bangles on Saturday, despite having tickets, as I was slightly under the weather and Alice was moreso...they're still doing good work, too...(for varying reasons, the bassists are the alienated and now absent members of both the Bangles and the Go-Go's).
Must admit I kind of like this song.
Not Blondie's finest hour, IMHO.
Oh, my, I hadn't thought of this song in years! Thanks for the memory, Patti.
I was waiting for you to say that Jervaise ! ! !.
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