Heart of glass, and maria as well as sales of over 40 million records worldwide. Rapture is a song by the american poprock band blondie from their fifth studio album, autoamerican 1980. Many old school new wave fans view rapture as the point at which blondie officially lost the plot, but listened to in the context of the bands entire career, this early foray into hiphop makes perfect sense. It should also be noted this was the first time rap entered the mainstream as this song went all the way to no.
Meaning of blondies rapture at frankly curiousfrankly. The band returned with the curse of blondie, their 11th album, featuring 14 powerful new songs probably the most musically varied and experimental album in the groups history. Toe to toe dancing very close barely breathing almost comatose wall to wall people hypnotised and theyre stepping lightly hang each night in rapture back to back sacrailiac spineless movement and a wild attack face to face sadly solitude and its finger popping twentyfour hour shopping in rapture fab five freddie told me everybodys high. Blondie is an american rock band founded in new york city in 1974 by singersongwriter deborah harry and guitarist chris stein. Blondie had formed in the mid1970s and was initially classified as both new wave and punk. Rapture is a predicted event in certain systems of christian eschatology rapture or the rapture may also refer to. In march 2015, harry held a residency of several weeks at the cafe carlyle in new york. Rapture wasnt the first song involving rap to be successful. Burke remained with the band throughout the first stage of their career and was instrumental in the late 90s reunion. Learn to play guitar by chord tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons and much more.
The rapture is a 1991 drama film written and directed by michael tolkin. During 198081 rapture was issued as both a 7 and 12 a side in varying lengths and mixes. In 2015, blondie members debbie harry and chris stein made a guest appearance alongside the gregory brothers in an episode of songify the news, and they collaborated again to parody the united states presidential election debates, 2016. In 2004 at vh1s annual divas live concert, debbie harry performed rapture with rapper eve, who performed her own original rap.
Debbie harry raps on her isolated vocal for blondie rapture. Toe to toe dancing, very close barely breathing, almost comatose wall to wall, people hypnotized and theyre stepping lightly hang each night in rapture back to back. The band was a pioneer in the early american new wave and punk scenes of the mid70s, developing their sound in famous nyc clubs such as cbgbs. Young teenager agnes, her retired widower father, and their caretaker karen, live in an old house on the brittany coast in france. Rapture buddhism, a common translation of the pali word piti, which is a factor of meditative absorption. The strokes recently performed at a rally for bernie sanders before the. When blondies rapture earned an unlikely distinction best. Blondie rapture 1981 super extended purrfection version duration. Video of blondies rapture, shown on top of the pops, 1981. Billboard hot 100 chart, where it stayed for two weeks. I havent used lsd since military school in the 1990s. The tour bagan on july 5, 2017, at the mountain winery in saratoga, california. Rapture by blondie song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no.
Version, lange, titel, label nummer, format medium, datum. Toe to toe dancing very close barely breathing almost comatose wall to wall. Complete list of blondie music featured in tv shows and movies. Debbie harry, the lead singer of blondie, is a talented songwriter, mesmerizing.
Chrysalis 7243 8 58277 2 3,chrysalis f2 58277 format. Rapture buddhism, a common translation of the pali word piti, which is a factor of meditative absorption a feeling of ecstatic joy or delight, synonymous with ecstasy. The album sold more than two million units worldwide and, behind it, the band completed two tours of the u. Blondie will perform on good day live show begins at 9.
The song was featured during the main title treatment of the feature film american gigolo. Im always touched by your presence, dear blondie harry, deborah. They wrote great rock hooks and brilliant, ironic lyrics. Toe to toe dancing very close barely breathing almost comatose wall to wall people traduction anglais. From their early days on the cbgb scene beginning as early as 1974 to their subsequent superstardom, which by the turn of the decade had allowed for a consecutive quartet of platinum albums, blondie s career had taken off in an unprecedented manner for an american new wave act. Jun 12, 2014 blondies rapture vid is a cultural history of ecstasy posted on june 12, 2014 by jules evans i was reading evelyn underhills wonderful chapter on ecstasy and rapture, from her book mysticism, and it made me want to listen to blondies rapture underhill always has this effect on me.
However, this isnt ronnie spector with a studio band, blondie is a band and this band complements its lead singer with excellent songwriting skills and a musical backdrop that gives this project an extremely promising future. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Blondie rapture with lyrics and dancing aliens music video duration. It stars mimi rogers as a woman who converts from a swinger to a bornagain christian after learning that a true rapture is upon the world. Blondie rapture 1981 rapture is a combination of disco, funk, and hip hop with the rap section forming an extended coda.
Debbie harry, chris stein and others tell the story of the making of the 1981 hit. If you ever liked these two originals, you will love these augmentedfully extended versions meant for the discoteque they never sounded better. Rapture is a song by the american poprock band blondie from their fifth studio album. When blondies rapture earned an unlikely distinction. Most notably, it included an extended rap section, performed by harry. The song title rapture served to indicate this element. If you are watching this dvd and millions of people around the world have just disappeared, you need to know the truth. If you ever liked these two originals, you will love these augmentedfully extended versions meant for the discoteque. Rapture, with debbies cool rap, gets a funky latino wrap. This is a mix of the classic moody top 40 track by the doors riders on the storm and the number one 1981 rap classic rapture by blondie.
Jan 01, 2009 check out rapture by blondie on amazon music. Elvis presley little sisterget back 290770 rehearsal version complete and with new audio duration. May 09, 2007 why do people say blondie invented hiphop. The curse of blondie 2003 included the hit single good boys. This song has been floating around for sometime now on bootleg records and now comes the commercial release of rapture riders that is now on the us dance charts and has 2 videos done for it. Live it up on the flip tells about the flipside of partying, the truth of too much partying. Hot 100 chart, and kurtis blows track the breaks was the first certified gold rap single in 1980. For their third studio album, 1978s parallel lines, they were matched with producer mike chapman. Hear debbie harry rap on her isolated vocal for blondies rapture. At age 18 drummer clem burke was a cofounding member of the group blondie along with chris stein and debbie harry. I got to doodlin around with another blondie song and i kinda pushed it as far as i could without making it boring. Feb 21, 2015 rapture blondie lyrics gaby uquillas trujillo. Blondies rapture vid is a cultural history of ecstasy. Few bands shaped the punk rock and new wave genres more than blondie.
Blondie rapture veroffentlichungen, rezensionen, mitwirkende. In january 1981, rapture was released as the second and final single from the album. Nov, 2016 madonna is the real singer, songwriter, and music producer of the song, rapture performed by blondie. With william barnes, jean michel basquiat, blondie, clem burke. I really liked this song and video so on that note, blondie. Blondies rapture vid is a cultural history of ecstasy posted on june 12, 2014 by jules evans i was reading evelyn underhills wonderful chapter on ecstasy and rapture, from her book mysticism, and it made me want to listen to blondies rapture underhill always has this effect on me. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Blondie captures that girl group sound that phil spector rode to fame with back in the 60s. Feb 01, 2016 video of blondie s rapture, shown on top of the pops, 1981. July 1, 1945 is an american singer, songwriter, model and actress, known as the lead singer of the new wave band blondie.
Her recordings with the band reached number one in the u. Lead singer debbie harry peels back the curtain in the new memoir, face it, which shell bring to d. Most of the 7 singles had walk like me as the b side, though. The sites critical consensus reads, derivative and clumsily assembled, rupture manages the tricky feat of making arachnophobia seem dull. It was launched in support of blondies eleventh studio album, pollinator 2017, and garbages sixth studio album, strange little birds 2016. The rage and rapture tour is a coheadling concert tour by american new wave band blondie and american rock band garbage. The next single, rapture, represented an almost complete 180. What amazes me most about blondie s rapture is the super original funky hip. Rapture, be pure take a tour, through the sewer dont strain your brain, paint a train youll be singin in the rain i said dont stop, do punk rock well now you see what you wanna be just have your party on tv cause the man from mars wont eat up bars where the tvs on and now hes gone back up to space where he wont have a hassle with the. It was launched in support of blondie s eleventh studio album, pollinator 2017, and garbages sixth studio album, strange little birds 2016. Heres where it all started to go wrong, with blame falling on fame, egos and infighting.
Watch the music video and discover trivia about this classic pop song now. Inducted into the prestigious rock and roll hall of fame in 2006, blondie emerged as the great pop icons of new yorks celebrated late 70s new wave punk scene by defying easy categorization. Blondie will also perform live on the late late show with craig kilborn. The song became their fourth and last single to reach no. Official video of blondie performing rapture from the album autoamerican. Blondie made it mainstream, and even makes references in the song to those who rapped before her.