16-09-2015 17:28 via feeds.theguardian.com

Blondie – 10 of the best

They were initially dismissed by the New York punks as too kitschy and pop, but Blondie soon outgrew CBGB to become the biggest pop sensation of the late 70sWhen they emerged in 1974 from an embryonic incarnation called the Stilettos/Stillettoes (the spelling fluctuated), Blondie were initially dismissed by New York punk scenesters. They were too kitsch, too pop, and Debbie Harry too much of a heart-stopping bombshell; their aesthetic of camp glamour didn’t chime with the art punk of downt
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