Happy Birthday Debbie Harry - 77 today

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  1. Farnham_Red

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    Seem to remember having a bit of a crush on her when I was a teenager a long long time ago

    Good excuse to dig out this classic from Top of the Pops in the 1970's which is when she first came to my attention

     
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    I saw Blondie in May. Considering Debbie's age, they were fantastic from start to finish. And it wasn't a short set either.
     
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    My first love, and still .......
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    Me too
     
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    Possibly the most exotic thing I'd seen as an impressionable 10 year old.
     
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    What an icon.
     
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    It was the singing in French that got me... Nothing to do with the shirt and boots, honestly.
     
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    Ah….never forget watching that first time around as a 13/14 year old. Happy birthday Debbie x
     
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    Heart of Glass on TOTP as an 11 year old......life was never the same.......
     
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    77 bloody hell. According to wiki Blondie formed in 1974. Heart of glass 1978. I'd Got it in my head they burst on the scene early 80s.
    Mrs thought same as I would have. Late 60s at worst.
    Not a big fan as such. but knew her songs.
     
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    I remember hearing Denis Denis in 1977/8 in a pub in Newcastle (The Pineapple I think) then seeing them on TOTP a few days later, I was hooked....
     
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    Great band Blondie that encapsulated the New York scene of the time. Disco, punk, new wave, etc.

    They were a superb band & Harry was a heart throb to all of us of a certain age.
     
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    She was part of the Andy Warhol/ Chelsea Hotel set in the late 60's.
     
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    She was and still is in my w%&k bank
     
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    I thought exactly the same. I would have put it as the start of the 80s, which means she was mid thirties at that point?? I would never have guessed that. We all had crushes on her at school and in reality, she was older than my mam. That's just wrong.
     
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    I have always worshipped this woman.
     
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    And yer can't say fairer than that! :)
     
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    Saw her at Warwick Uni in 1991. She was absolutely smashed. Could barely stand up, let alone sing. I’m glad she’s turned things around - she looks in better shape now than she did 30 years ago.
     
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