I think I passed out the first time I laid eyes on Debbie Harry, probably around the time this song came out. I watched Videodrome because she was in it, which helped make me the weirdo I became. Years later, there was a punk-metal band I followed who would play disco music between sets, and "Heart of Glass" was one of the songs I remember them playing. They actually did a cover of "Disco Inferno" (below). Years after that, I read that Blondie used to cover disco songs when they were in the New York punk scene in the '70s. I guess I don't know if either band was doing it ironically or it was a deliberate homage, with the added bonus that the contrast was amusing*. I like to think it was the latter.
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* Not unusual, though. I think most of the punks I knew had wide-ranging tastes in music.
Best Rock from Viet Nam, which for me is more like "throwback to junior high." Giving in to a little nostalgia now and then is good for the soul, I think.
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