Okay--so I admit that the title of this post is a bit odd. Let me explain. I was watching "Behind the Music: Remastered" on VH-1 Classic.com. It was the episode about Pat Benatar, who is probably my absolute favorite female singer from the '80s (and my idol!). Toward the end of the episode, they showed a clip of Debbie Harry from Blondie because she and Pat had recently toured together. This reminded me of how much I enjoyed the song "Maria" by Blondie, which was released in 1998. So, technically, that is not an '80s song, but it was the first hit for the group since they broke up in 1982.
Anyway, Pat and Debbie are both amazing singers, and I wanted to share a light song this evening, so I thought "Maria" was perfect. Looking at the lyrics and reading a bit about the song, I found out that it is about a boy's love/infatuation for a girl from because the boy was shy and "awkward." The whole "Maria" and "Ave Maria" related to the idolization concept and the idea of the girl being sort of "untouchable" to this extremely insecure boy. Pretty neat. I hadn't thought much about it before since I just loved the vocal quality in the song and the very awesome chime sounds. I do hope you will enjoy this tune. There are so many Blondie and Pat Benatar songs that are amazing, so perhaps this will be sort of an interlude to more posts with their music!
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