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Exploring the meaning behind the strange rap in Blondie hit ‘Rapture’

Far Out Magazine
Although there were subtle intentions to break down barriers, these boundaries were crushed beneath the surface of the song's strange aura as...
2 months ago

On This Day: Blondie Hit No. 1 With the First Song Featuring Rap, "Rapture"

American Songwriter
On This Day: Blondie Hit No. 1 With the First Song Featuring Rap, “Rapture” ... It all started with a party in the Bronx, New York, in 1978.
8 months ago

Duran Duran and Blondie Bring the Rapture to Cruel World Festival

Variety
Duran Duran, Blondie and Simple Minds lit up the Brookside at Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the 2024 Cruel World festival.
6 months ago

Duran Duran and Blondie Bring the Rapture to Cruel World Festival

duranduran.com
Bands including Duran Duran, Blondie and Simple Minds lit up the golf course with a fiery musical energy that was all the more impressive for their long...
6 months ago

“Some people loved it and some people hated it…”: Blondie’s Clem Burke on the making of their classic hit Rapture

Louder
Blondie's 1981 single Rapture was a ground-breaking song for the New York icons. Taken from their hugely successful 1980 album Autoamerican,...
10 months ago

“I saw this video of somebody breaking down Heart of Glass. The guy said, ‘Here’s Chris Stein’s guitar part.’ I was like, ‘No, that’s my guitar part’”: Frank Infante sets the record straight on his iconic Blondie riffs and solos

Guitar World
The former Blondie guitarist looks back on his time with the new wave sensations: the triumphs, the turbulence, the tones, and why he always has to set the...
8 months ago

Grandmaster Flash on shooting 'Wild Style' in his kitchen, how Blondie's 'Rapture' changed his life and why he once 'looked at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a place that would never accept us'

Yahoo
“Rapture,” which came out in January 1981, was the first single featuring rap vocals to go to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
21 months ago

Grandmaster Flash & The Blondie Effect

www.spin.com
As co-founder of the New York City new wave band Blondie, Harry was always ahead of her time; the “it” girl of the '70s and '80s.
23 months ago

The Story Behind Blondie’s Iconic “Rapture”

Consequence of Sound
In 1981, the Autoamerican single became the first song featuring rapped vocals to top the US charts, and its accompanying video the first “rap” clip to appear...
36 months ago

The Number Ones: Blondie’s “Rapture”

Stereogum
“Rapture” isn't really a rap song. It's a stretch to refer to what Debbie Harry does on “Rapture” as rapping. Instead, she does a sleepy and...
55 months ago