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Im not a fan of them, but i like it very mutch, and i think that they had a lot of style in the early 80's dont you think?! I just love "Call me", "Rapture" and "Atomic"!
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"The Tide Is High", "Heart Of Glass" & "I Feel The Spin" are my favorites by Blondie.

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Atomic Kitten's version of "The Tide Is High" is currently Top 10 in Oz, complete with crappy dancing video.
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Well, if you think that's bad it actually went to number 1 over here in England *shudders*.

I think Blondie are pretty cool, my favourites would be :

Sunday Girl
Dreaming
Heart Of Glass
Island Of Lost Souls
Tide Is High
Call Me
Atomic
Rapture
One Way Or Another
Maria

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Atomic Kitten's version of "The Tide Is High" is currently Top 10 in Oz, complete with crappy dancing video.
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it makes me cringe every time i hear it on the radio..i just hate the way they sing those stupid dramatic pauses..

'every girl wants you to be (dramatic pause)-her man'

I can just picture the stupid hand movements and stupid looks that accompany it in the video! (haven't seen it myself)

If I were Debbie Harry, I'd fly over and slap them silly  :P

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it makes me cringe every time i hear it on the radio.

If I were Debbie Harry, I'd fly over and slap them silly  :P
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Darn tootin'! The continuos damaging of classics will never end at this rate.  ::)

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Rapture (even though it is a really stupid song)
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They're 'stupid lyrics' style resembles that of Red Hot Chili Pepper lyrics, especially songs off 'By The Way'.

Rapture is great though - it's the dumb lyrics that make it cool! I can recall every word  of the 'rap', beacuse it's so stupid! Hmm, lets see ... ;D

...go out to the parking lot
and you drive all night
and you see a light
and it comes right down
and lands on the ground
and out comes teh man from mars
and you try to run
but he's got a gun
and he shoots you dead
and he eats your head
and now you're in the man from mars
you go out at night, eating cars
you eat cadillacs, lincolns too
mercurys and subaru
and you don't stop
you keep on eating cars
then when there's no more cars
you go out at night
and eat up bars
where the people meet
face to face, dance cheek to cheek... ok I will stop now :P

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Island of lost souls (catchy as heck)

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Yeah - totally! Although its great, it's a highly underrated Blondie track.

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I'm sorry to say but I didnt care for Atomic Kitten singing Blondie.  They did not do it justice.  
It seems that it's so easy to be a #1 hit in England.
There are many one hit artists, and even more that like to do remakes.  Anyone can be a 'pop' star there.  
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Music, in Britain at least, appears to be a throw-away art form these days. Westlife, A1, Atomic Kitten (who were promising initially) have all made their money and fame off someone else's music. I get the impression that they think the paying public are so stupid, that they are not aware that the songs they are listening to have been made (and mainly made better) before.

However, back to the thread, yes Sasha, I believe that Atomic Kitten butchered Blondie's version. It had no soul and the girls tacked on a wierd 'when you get this feeling' chorus to it for no good reason at all.