Advent 21

Hanging on the Telephone is so identified with Blondie that it comes as a surprise to learn that it is a cover version. The original version was recorded in 1976 by The Nerves - no, me neither! You can track the original down on Spotify and it comes out sounding like an underpowered cover of Blondie. The famed Blondie version is a more layered rendition and the stand-out track on the brilliant album Parallel Lines. This is one of the songs of 1978, the year I met the Groupie. Happy days.