5th May 2017
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Soundtrack Of My Life
Blondie singer – we are not worthy
THE FIRST ALBUM I BOUGHT
CAL TJADER
Latin Kick
“The first album I ever bought was Cal Tjader, or Paul Desmond, something like that. I was into jazz then. It would give me a solitude and privacy that I really liked.”
THE FIRST GIG I WENT TO
SUN RA
Tompkins Square Park, New York
“Im thinking that the first gig I stumbled on was in Tompkins Square Park with Sun Ra, which just blew me away. The Blues Project and Paul Butterfield I guess, too. Those kind of guys were around a lot.”
THE SONG I WISH I’D WRITTEN
ANYTHING BY MUSE
“Thousands, ha! Anything by Muse, I guess. They have a marvellous sound, it’s so distinctive and beautiful.”
THE SONG THAT MAKES ME DANCE
ANYTHING BY BLONDIE
“I sort of wanted to hop up when we were playing some of our stuff with other people! Sometimes a song will come on, you know, that was from part of my past, or something like that, and it will get me hopping, you know?”
THE MUSIC THAT REMINDS ME OF NEW YORK
JOHNNY THUNDERS
“Oh, I guess something from The Young Rascals or Lou Reed. Yeah, Johnny Thunders. I mean, any of the bands that came up with us! Talking Heads songs…”
THE SONG I WANT PLAYED AT MY FUNERAL
QUEEN
Who Wants To Live Forever
“The one we used to put on to drive everybody out of a party!”
Blondie’s new album ‘Pollinator’ is out now. They play Barclaycard presents British Summer Time at Hyde Park on June 30
