"Call Me" by Blondie

[Marcio**]

Guitar player Frank Infante of pop/new wave band Blondie said : He [Moroder] had this basic synth track, Debbie had the vocal thing - I did the guitar part that goes 'duddle-a-dah, duddle-a-dah' :)

[FrontPage22]

This has never been one of my fave Blondie moments. Then again, I think "Heart of Glass" & "Rapture" were their only dance moments worth mentioning...

"Atomic" & "Call Me" just seemed limp to me.

[neonlights]

I love that extended version on the Autoamerican remaster.. Those drums right at the beginning, the guitars with that signature Giorgio synth beat in the back and all those extended solos.. Just plain kicks ass

[efunk_adelic]

Originally Posted by FrontPage22

This has never been one of my fave Blondie moments. Then again, I think "Heart of Glass" & "Rapture" were their only dance moments worth mentioning...

"Atomic" & "Call Me" just seemed limp to me.

these are some of the songs that helped change the dancefloor to more rock oriented music.

[discofrank]

Originally Posted by efunk_adelic

these are some of the songs that helped change the dancefloor to more rock oriented music.

"Atomic" kicks ass!!!!!!! LOVE it and ALWAYS wished there was a special extended disco mix of this tune. It is MUCH deserved.

[Westwood]

HOw can you not like "Call Me"? It's one of the best songs of the 80s man!
Anyway, about an Extended version of "Atomic". There is one!
When Blondie began being remixed in the early 90s (Blondie-Beautiful-The Remix Album, Remixed-Remade-Remodeled) Atomic was reissued and the USA got the Dbl vinyl treatment (yey) and they included a NEW Extended Disco version called New Disco Mix and you'd swear it was a genuine one done in the 70s!
It was in 1994, the mix is also on the 2CD part set in the UK.

[discofrank]

Originally Posted by Westwood

HOw can you not like "Call Me"? It's one of the best songs of the 80s man!
Anyway, about an Extended version of "Atomic". There is one!
When Blondie began being remixed in the early 90s (Blondie-Beautiful-The Remix Album, Remixed-Remade-Remodeled) Atomic was reissued and the USA got the Dbl vinyl treatment (yey) and they included a NEW Extended Disco version called New Disco Mix and you'd swear it was a genuine one done in the 70s!
It was in 1994, the mix is also on the 2CD part set in the UK.

I have this dbl lp. The "new disco mix" is NOT a genuine one. I have posted a similar thread concerning this a few months back - and someone told me there was an extremelly rare 12" release with extended breaks and all the good stuff an original would have... Never seen it - or heard about it since then, and I'm always hunting.

[kaliffen]

Originally Posted by discofrank

I have this dbl lp. The "new disco mix" is NOT a genuine one. I have posted a similar thread concerning this a few months back - and someone told me there was an extremelly rare 12" release with extended breaks and all the good stuff an original would have... Never seen it - or heard about it since then, and I'm always hunting.

http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?cat...73&adtype=1558
And the extended version
http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?cat...01&adtype=1558

[discofrank]

Originally Posted by kaliffen

http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?cat...73&adtype=1558
And the extended version
http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?cat...01&adtype=1558

Thank you for the links - but on both these releases atomic is featured as the LP version 4 something minutes and the single version 3 something minutes... :(

[FrontPage22]

As far as I am aware, there ne'er was an extended 12" in 79 when the cut appeared, just the LP mix from "Eat To The Beat".

I guess I irked a few folk when I dissed these two cuts. I just thought "Atomic" was too disco by half.

"Live It Up" from "autoamerican" is a rarely mentioned Blondie track, and did have an extended mix if I am not mistaken...promo only though.

[WolverSyr]

Hmmm My first post & how appropriate...in a Blondie thread. One of my favorite bands.

The extended Live It Up is on the B-Side of the Rapture 12."
Nice version. I believe I bought it as an import. I still see it on the used records sites now & then.

Atomic was released as a UK 12". Unfortunatly it was not an extended version. The appeal was the B-side - a live version of David Bowie's "Heroes".

[EricHG23]

Moroder once said this was written first for Stevie Nicks.

Regarldess I usually think of it more as a Moroder/Harry track than Blondie but that coul dbe unfair. the full logn version is *incredible* prob my fave disco/rock fusion song and I think it still sounds great now (I liek the whole American Gigolo soudntrack though this is the only dance track). I find the regular edit hard to listen to though

I also love Atomic. Xenomania did a mid 90s mix that isn't too badly updated and sounds pretty good

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[Boogie Child]

"Love and Passion" by Cheryl Barnes is another great dance song from the 'American Gigolo" sountrack.

[EricHG23]

Originally Posted by Boogie Child

"Love and Passion" by Cheryl Barnes is another great dance song from the 'American Gigolo" sountrack.

Was Love and Pasison a single? it's kinda atypical of Moroder disco though the song has grown on me (i didn't play it much at first) still nothign as insistant as Call me

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[discogazebo]

[b]Callme isn't one of my favourite Blondie songs. As a matter of fact, I do not think that Blondie was such a great disco group. I mean, I adore Blondie as a new wave/pop-group but the disco songs arenät their best. A IG[b]
exception is "Atomic", I just love it