BLONDIE Sync Listen - Plastic Letters & Parallel Lines (Wed 18/11, 8:30 pm)

06 Fan Mail
10 Denis
05 Bermuda Triangle Blues
05 Youth Nabbed As Sniper
05 Contact In Red Square
10 (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
07 I'm On E
08 I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No
06 Love At The Pier
 
10 Fan Mail
10 Denis
07 Bermuda Triangle Blues
09 Youth Nabbed As Sniper
10 Contact In Red Square
10 (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
05 I'm On E
10 I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No
06 Love At The Pier
 
"Love at the Pier" is divine especially when it slows down near the final chorus.
 
07 Fan Mail
08 Denis
07 Bermuda Triangle Blues
08 Youth Nabbed as Sniper
08 Contact in Red Square
10 Presence, Dear
07 I'm on E
07 I Didn't Have the Nerve to Say No
09 Love at the Pier
 
The verses of No Imagination are so much better than the chorus
 
10 Fan Mail
10 Denis
07 Bermuda Triangle Blues
09 Youth Nabbed As Sniper
10 Contact In Red Square
10 (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
05 I'm On E
10 I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No
06 Love At The Pier
07 No Imagination
 
06 Fan Mail
10 Denis
05 Bermuda Triangle Blues
05 Youth Nabbed As Sniper
05 Contact In Red Square
10 (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
07 I'm On E
08 I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No
06 Love At The Pier
06 No Imagination

Considering the brevity of the tracks I feel like I'm wading through treacle an awful lot.
 
"No Imagination" is my least favorite so far - I usually skip it.

07 Fan Mail
08 Denis
07 Bermuda Triangle Blues
08 Youth Nabbed as Sniper
08 Contact in Red Square
10 Presence, Dear
07 I'm on E
07 I Didn't Have the Nerve to Say No
09 Love at the Pier
05 No Imagination
 
Kidnapper is so out of place it's ridiculous. It obviously rips off All Shook Up and is a pastiche of sorts, but just doesn't feel like it works at all.
 
"All is fair in love and war, so I don't want your love no more" is a cracking lyric.
 
Kidnapper sounds like it was recorded and produced during much earlier sessions.
 
"Kidnapper" does sound out of place, might have fit better on the debut.
 
06 Fan Mail
10 Denis
05 Bermuda Triangle Blues
05 Youth Nabbed As Sniper
05 Contact In Red Square
10 (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
07 I'm On E
08 I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No
06 Love At The Pier
06 No Imagination
04 Kidnapper
 
07 Fan Mail
08 Denis
07 Bermuda Triangle Blues
08 Youth Nabbed as Sniper
08 Contact in Red Square
10 Presence, Dear
07 I'm on E
07 I Didn't Have the Nerve to Say No
09 Love at the Pier
05 No Imagination
05 Kidnapper
 
Wikipedia suggests that Kidnapper was a single in Japan. Who thought that was a good idea?
 
10 Fan Mail
10 Denis
07 Bermuda Triangle Blues
09 Youth Nabbed As Sniper
10 Contact In Red Square
10 (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
05 I'm On E
10 I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No
06 Love At The Pier
07 No Imagination
04 Kidnapper
 
Detroit 442 remains in my all time top ten Blondie tracks. It's just relentless.
 
I'm on the plant assembly line
TOO LATE NOW!
TOO FAR BEHIND!
 
10 Fan Mail
10 Denis
07 Bermuda Triangle Blues
09 Youth Nabbed As Sniper
10 Contact In Red Square
10 (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
05 I'm On E
10 I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No
06 Love At The Pier
07 No Imagination
04 Kidnapper
11 Detroit 442
 
dmlaw said:
Wikipedia suggests that Kidnapper was a single in Japan. Who thought that was a good idea?
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Kind of like how "I'm Gonna Love You Too" was the lead single in Europe(?) for Parallel Lines despite the wealth of riches from the same album. But more on that later..
 
06 Fan Mail
10 Denis
05 Bermuda Triangle Blues
05 Youth Nabbed As Sniper
05 Contact In Red Square
10 (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
07 I'm On E
08 I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No
06 Love At The Pier
06 No Imagination
04 Kidnapper
07 Detroit 442
 
07 Fan Mail
08 Denis
07 Bermuda Triangle Blues
08 Youth Nabbed as Sniper
08 Contact in Red Square
10 Presence, Dear
07 I'm on E
07 I Didn't Have the Nerve to Say No
09 Love at the Pier
05 No Imagination
05 Kidnapper
10 Detroit 442
 
I hated Cautious Lip as a child. I thought it was tedious. Time has changed my opinion, but I still think it doesn't fit with the rest and would have been best kept as a b-side
 
POP! said:
Kind of like how "I'm Gonna Love You Too" was the lead single in Europe(?) for Parallel Lines despite the wealth of riches from the same album. But more on that later..
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It was Picture This in most places, wasn't it?
 
10 Fan Mail
10 Denis
07 Bermuda Triangle Blues
09 Youth Nabbed As Sniper
10 Contact In Red Square
10 (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
05 I'm On E
10 I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No
06 Love At The Pier
07 No Imagination
04 Kidnapper
11 Detroit 442
06 Cautious Lip
 
Are people doing the bonus tracks? I'm going to leave it here as I found all that rather hard work.
 
With the length of these songs, I think I'm spending more time on adverts than on music.
 
Wasn't I'm Gonna Love You Too the US lead single too? It doesn't even have a video!
 
06 Fan Mail
10 Denis
05 Bermuda Triangle Blues
05 Youth Nabbed As Sniper
05 Contact In Red Square
10 (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
07 I'm On E
08 I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No
06 Love At The Pier
06 No Imagination
04 Kidnapper
07 Detroit 442
05 Cautious Lip

Very much 3* overall.
 
Parallel Lines at 9:10 ... those interested in the bonus tracks can re-visit at the end if they wish.
 
"Cautious Lip" has potential to be a moody "Fade Away & Radiate" esque moment but doesn't really ever live up to anything really.
 
Cautious Lip feels like it belongs on a whole different album.
 
As much as I love it, I'm not convinced I can be bothered with Parallel Lines tonight
 
07 Fan Mail
08 Denis
07 Bermuda Triangle Blues
08 Youth Nabbed as Sniper
08 Contact in Red Square
10 Presence, Dear
07 I'm on E
07 I Didn't Have the Nerve to Say No
09 Love at the Pier
05 No Imagination
05 Kidnapper
10 Detroit 442
05 Cautious Lip
 
I definitely gained some appreciation for some of the songs from that listen, particularly that one two punch of I Didn’t Have The Nerve.. and Love At The Pier, but still doesn’t DO IT for me.
 
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