Source: Deborah Harry Index of Galleries
"‘The Power of the Visual Image'" by Scott Coblio (edited and adapted by Allan Metz)
The author notes "the power of the visual image" for Blondie, as reflected in the photography contained in this book–Ed.
Source: Deborah
Harry Index of Galleries
Simply speaking, Blondie was a visual band. At a time when many rockers were faceless (Alan Parsons, Foreigner, et al) Blondie grabbed hold of pop iconography, borrowing and stealing and pasting together what would become a brilliant abbreviation of American Pop history.
"... lighthearted as if from another time, yet not at all another dead slice of sixties nostalgia" raved Lester Bangs raved in his Village Voice review of the debut album. Indeed, Blondie's visual and aural attack seemed not so much to make time stand still as eliminate it altogether. In Blondie-time, it was as if all eras enjoyed simultaneous co-existence. Yesterday as tomorrow.
And thereby hangs what must be called Blondie's secret weapon--transcendence. Blondie's appeal lingers because they transcended their times. By going backward and sideways, they ended up forward....