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How Many Bands Does It Take to Screw up a Blondie Tribute?

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I grew up breathing Blondie. There's no band whose music I know any better, and I consider this to be the best, most fun tribute album I know. I absolutely can't stand almost any other I've ever heard, but I've been listening to this one a lot.

Of course, none of them bests Blondie, but The Short Fuses' "Maria" comes close. Tuuli's "Accidents Never Happen" is crunchily bratty, and High School Sweethearts' "Living in the Real World" is its equal...but Debbie tore both those vocals up more herself.

I love it. And I can't believe I'm saying that about a cash-in tribute record.

Honestly, I loved this tribute album from the minute I heard it. I love Blondie, and when I found the album, I was thrilled that some bands that I love were on it (Buck, the Beards, the Chubbies, etc...). I guess it really comes down to who is listening to it.I love almost anything put out by Sympathy For the Record Industry, and this is no exception.Even 2 of the members of Blondie approved it. I love the harder edge that songs are given, and the vocalists, while some do their best Deborah Harry impressions, mostly use their own voices...maybe some people would have prefered a tribute album with superstar bands, but as for me...this one was perfect.

Recently come back to this album, took me months to track it down in the days before I discovered amazon,was interested in it at the time as I was getting into riot grrl and pop punk. I still think this is one of the best albums for showcasing what the genres can do. The songs are all familiar but the bands here take the essence of Blondie and set it on fire. Was never more than casually interested in Blondie although admire Debs and liked the idea but the punch these girls put into the songs make them so much better than the originals for me. Fave is still the Hissyfits Attack of the Giant Ants, its just beautiful.

The graphics on the front of this "collection" are truly what sold me. VERY pleasant and exciting artwork leads the buyer to believe the music is just as exciting. PLEASE NOTE: Listing an entire and interesting array of "bands" to cover these Blondie tunes, the album itself is a shameful and cheezy conglomerate of seemingly two different bands using many different band names to conjure the idea that many "artists" are involved in playing on this "tribute". The same flat out-of-key voice shows up on almost every one of these monotone, worse-than-the-worst-drunken-karaoke-night-I-ever-heard attempts at belting out a Blondie tune tracks. I was so disgusted with the shamefulness of it all: Most lyrics from every song are incorrect several times, the notes are not even the chords used in the original tracks, and finally, you can almost hear the "band" laughing at us as we listen to this sham of a release. The one attempt at artistic integrity is indeed very pleasant: "Look good in Blue" is covered with flair and a beauty revealed as if hearing the song for the first time and deserves to be separated from this album. If Blondie is to be highlighted by a tribute, I am begging the buyers out there to avoid the blatant disregard for the energy, life and feel that Blondie gave us in so many songs that this collection ... on.

This is NOT a Blondie Album, but a Blondie TRIBUTE album. Most of them are indie rock bands just slamming 'em out in 4/4 style. More like the punk rock from Blondie's roots. Standouts are Squatweiller and The Kowalskis with more RIPPING versions than the original. Raw, as sometimes Blondie's power got killed by overproduction. BUY THIS if you love rock and roll and not the MUZAK versions of Blondie songs.

First of all I am a huge Blondie FANATIC--I have almost everything EVER recorded on CD/LP/CS/DVD/VID/VCD etc. I have this an some other tribute albums and all I have to say is LISTEN to the sound clips EVERYONE--I did not have that option when I purchased this CD. I don't know why I bought it, maybe a weak moment (cuz I have to have everything even remotely related to Blondie), but TRUST ME this CD sucks. There are a couple of bright spots, original even, but overall it leaves one with the impression of "Why did they bother?". Stick to the original, you won't regret it.

Don't be fooled! This Album SUCKS!
It was given one star for the fact that it's blondie related and it's neat to hear most of the more rare Blondie songs done in a "new" manner.

It says Blondie Tribute and is called: How Many Bands Does It Take to Screw up a Blondie Tribute?

Answer: ONE There is only one woman singing all 22 tracks under the disguise as 22 bands. It is apparent in the names that were chosen for the bands that they just pulled it out of a hat.
Chris Stein nor any other band member has given any sort of review on this. This was made purely for the fact that at it's time of release Tribute CD's were all the rage for Big artists.

IF YOU WANT A REAL BLONDIE TRIBUTE ALBUM check out "Platinum Girl". at least they actually have real artists and bands covering blondie.

How many bands does it take to screw up a Blondie tribute? Twenty four, evidentally. With the sole exception of The Come Ons there isn't one redeeming band on this thing.