I have to admit... I've seen some really good drummers in my time... After going back and watching all these old Blondie concerts, Clem Burk was just amazing... he's a totally under rated drum player!
Kills me every time I listen. This is just one of those rare perfect live performances. At their peak and just killing it. Really needs to be part of a released live set. Never get tired of listening or watching this.
+Paul Novak Aaaaaaand I'm visiting it again, and no less stunning yet again. I swear, science needs to come up with the answer for aging and death and fast, if only to let this band continue for decades to come.
Definitely a group that has stood the test of time, and endured. These two songs to my opinion display how enchanting Debbie`s voice can be. Great music,like most great art is timeless....
Oh man.............every member of this historic band is beyond words! Of all the songs they ever performed, "Shayla" to me, was the absolute best. What a voice!
The best Blondie songs evoke dreamlike feelings that felt familiar and age-old to me even the first time I heard them. They are sacred; they are numinous. In "Shayla" and "Union City Blue" I hear different shades of eerie grey night, one brooding and one desolate. Most male Blondie fans rave about Harry's sex appeal, but to me she isn't a sex symbol. She feels like a weird old aunt, charismatic in her eccentricity but also slightly unsettling. There may be more technically skilled bands than Blondie, but none can convey the variety of beautiful and haunting powers that Blondie did. There may be more technically skilled singers than Deborah Harry, but none of their voices will ring with the numinous power in her voice.
I've watched every Blondie vid I can find and this whole concert (on DVD) was the best, definitely in their element and prime. I think she was pretty damn high too. She is in the moment. The whole band is. 41 years later and nothing out there can be compared to this.
Takes me back to my youth.. I had this on cassette and would listen to on my SONY walkman while skiing Tahoe in the 70s. I counted SIX times in this video Clem twirled his left hand drum stick flawlessly... Oh how lucky we all are to have Blonde !
The music..the band....the lips.....the cheekbones....the hair.....once in a while God treats the human race.....as Shirley manson said the prettiest gal in any room on any planet...….
This is such an Awesome song. One of there best. also a fun song to play on the drums. Love Debbie's vocals on this song. My first band I absolutely fell in love with. They still Rock!!!!!
AAHH My 2 favorite songs by this band. Great job!!! My all time top 3 woman in rock & no, not in any particular order, Deb, Suzi Quatro, & of course Stevie Nicks. Oh yea, lets not forget Linda Ronstadt either. Back when music was actually something you could listen to.
I adore Blondie... especially Blondie/Plastic Letters/Parallel Lines... and Clem is my all time fave drummer... The lamé suit was wél before ABC made it their trademark...
So sad that this great Glasgow venue was demolished & replaced with a "Walkabout" Australian theme bar, i have so many memories of the Apollo, fantastic place!
Not sure how I missed these two tunes while they were contemporary (although I was certainly only a casual Blondie fan), but I like them now an awful lot.
They were labeld punk rock.if so they were the greatest punkers of all time.i say hard dance rock.clem burke was, and still is, one of the best drummers there is.
..and it's not to compare with the delicate power of this..but in 1995 Radiohead (back at their The Bends era peak) did a stunningly heavy killer cover of Union City Blue..look up "Radiohead - Union City Blue live 1995". Just found it today..and yeah..unsung musicianship here (the band wasnt just Debby)..reminds me of Elliot Easton in the Cars=unsung brilliantly tasteful riff machine
There's another video of the same two songs, but Clem really kills it going into Union City, and better video. I can't find it here anymore. Never the less, the entire band & voice are spot on.
Go Clem! LOL! Someone once uploaded this exact video except they had enhanced the percussion on it so it really stood out. Wish I could find that version again!
It was from a Russian viewer, if it's the one that had a centigrade weather number on it (being that it was New Years Eve). It had equal camera time of both Debbie and Clem...Freakin'...Burke 😍
@@theonlyguiltymaninshawshan7909 Yes!!!! Truly....Many do not realize each member added something special and rare.. Chris finger picks like Lindsay Buckingham,and it may sound simple until you want it to sound exact and not over power..Leigh Great Bass player and The keyboard players are tiptop from each era..
@@aldenunion Lindsay is amazing. I saw him with Christine McVie a few years ago at the Fox Theater here in St. Louis. Watching/listening to him play “Never Going Back Again” was splendor times ten.
@@theonlyguiltymaninshawshan7909 Your so fortunate..Such creativity is long lost and just not seen anymore unless on a Recording of a past gem. Next Generations will be sharing as we did our parents Beatles and Elvis.lol... I am in the Northeast where such is few an far between since the 2000's struck. lol....
Que bien se complementan ambos temas, le dan un aire nostálgico y melancólico al show. Impecable la banda, el batero se luce. Blondie y sus chicos son eternos!
