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Blondie's Parallel Lines
by Kembrew McLeod
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Pub Date
Mar 24 2016
| Archive Date
May 02 2016
Description
Released in the US in 1978, Blondie’s Parallel Lines brought the band their first commercial success. By mixing punk, disco and radio-friendly rock with nostalgic influences from 1960s girl groups, pop and surf rock, the album was a departure from Blondie’s earlier two albums. Parallel Lines embraced the diversity of New York City's varied music scenes, and embodied the social conflicts that played out between fans of disco, pop, punk and mainstream rock.
Kembrew McLeod's critical account of Parallel Lines and the story of Blondie's rise also serves as an alternative history of 1970s American popular music. It challenges the conventional wisdom that dismissed disco as fluffy (and implicitly feminine) prefab schlock, while at the same time elevating punk's pop influences.
Released in the US in 1978, Blondie’s Parallel Lines brought the band their first commercial success. By mixing punk, disco and radio-friendly rock with nostalgic influences from 1960s girl groups...
Description
Released in the US in 1978, Blondie’s Parallel Lines brought the band their first commercial success. By mixing punk, disco and radio-friendly rock with nostalgic influences from 1960s girl groups, pop and surf rock, the album was a departure from Blondie’s earlier two albums. Parallel Lines embraced the diversity of New York City's varied music scenes, and embodied the social conflicts that played out between fans of disco, pop, punk and mainstream rock.
Kembrew McLeod's critical account of Parallel Lines and the story of Blondie's rise also serves as an alternative history of 1970s American popular music. It challenges the conventional wisdom that dismissed disco as fluffy (and implicitly feminine) prefab schlock, while at the same time elevating punk's pop influences.
Marketing Plan
Introduction: “Went Walking One Day on the Lower East Side … ”
Chapter One: Downtown New York in the 1960s and 1970s
Blondie’s New York Genes
Punk’s Bubblegum Roots
The Avant-Garde Goes Pop!
Children of The Velvet Underground
Max’s Kansas City
Chapter Two: Blondie’s Arty Antecedents
Off-Off-Broadway Sets the Stage for Punk
Eric Emerson Makes the Scene
Two Stars Align in the Glitter Age
Punk’s Trash Aesthetic
Chapter Three: Parallel Scenes
The Downtown Disco Underground Emerges
Blondie Stumbles Into Existence
CBGB and the Bowery Neighborhood
The Downtown Rock Scene Coalesces
Chapter Four: From the Bowery to Blondiemania
Debbie and Chris Rebuild
Blondie Takes Off
“Going Professional”
Art and Commerce
Chapter Five: “Disco Sucks,” “Chicks Can’t Rock,” Blah Blah
Blah
“Heart of Glass” Breaks Blondie In America
From CBGB to Studio 54
“Death To Disco!"
Punk vs. Disco?
Gender Trouble
Conclusion, or, Fade Away (and Radiate)
Postscript: Blondie Points To the Future, Then Ceases To Exist
Introduction: “Went Walking One Day on the Lower East Side … ”
Chapter One: Downtown New York in the 1960s and 1970s
Blondie’s New York Genes
Punk’s Bubblegum Roots
The Avant-Garde Goes Pop!
...
Marketing Plan
Introduction: “Went Walking One Day on the Lower East Side … ”
Chapter One: Downtown New York in the 1960s and 1970s
Blondie’s New York Genes
Punk’s Bubblegum Roots
The Avant-Garde Goes Pop!
Children of The Velvet Underground
Max’s Kansas City
Chapter Two: Blondie’s Arty Antecedents
Off-Off-Broadway Sets the Stage for Punk
Eric Emerson Makes the Scene
Two Stars Align in the Glitter Age
Punk’s Trash Aesthetic
Chapter Three: Parallel Scenes
The Downtown Disco Underground Emerges
Blondie Stumbles Into Existence
CBGB and the Bowery Neighborhood
The Downtown Rock Scene Coalesces
Chapter Four: From the Bowery to Blondiemania
Debbie and Chris Rebuild
Blondie Takes Off
“Going Professional”
Art and Commerce
Chapter Five: “Disco Sucks,” “Chicks Can’t Rock,” Blah Blah
Blah
“Heart of Glass” Breaks Blondie In America
From CBGB to Studio 54
“Death To Disco!"
Punk vs. Disco?
Gender Trouble
Conclusion, or, Fade Away (and Radiate)
Postscript: Blondie Points To the Future, Then Ceases To Exist
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Paperback |
| ISBN |
9781501302374 |
| PRICE |
$14.95 (USD)
|
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Available Editions
| EDITION |
Paperback |
| ISBN |
9781501302374 |
| PRICE |
$14.95 (USD)
|
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