True Colors Tour: Deborah Harry

Deborah Harry serves up some "Necessary Evil" at True Colors.

So, yes, Deborah Harry was one of the True Colors performers. She’s a total rock icon and legend, who back in the late ’70s and early ’80s epitomized cool, punky, hot New York downtown fierceness. Blondie was a hugely seminal rock band, and Harry influenced generations of female rock/pop stars to come (like… Madonna, Courtney Love, Gwen Stefani, just for starters).

Harry’s in great voice these days and still has her cat-like moves, and from the sound of the tunes she played at True Colors last night, I think she’s got some good music coming on her forthcoming solo album, Necessary Evil. And I know she wants to focus on and introduce audiences to her new material (like she says in this article). But it’s still a bit of a letdown to not get to hear her sing any Blondie songs at all during the show. I mean… The audience would have gone completely bonkers to hear “Heart of Glass,” “Call Me,” “One Way or Another…” You get the idea. And since you’ve got Cyndi and Erasure serving up some of their best-loved favorites, that just further emphasized how much one misses hearing some classic Blondie awesomeness.

Don't get me wrong. Ms. Harry still rocks and is a totally major pop icon. It would just be really cool to be reminded why musically during this fun tour, ya know? Especially when the crowd is totally expecting it… That’s all I’m saying.

Comments

[Jeffrey Hightop]

I was considering skipping this tour because I figured it would be a nostalgia-fest. I am thrilled Deborah Harry is doing new material and an all-solo set to boot. I've now decided to get a ticket to the New York show and check it out.

Blondie has toured practically non-stop for the last ten years. If you haven't seen them do "Heart Of Glass" or "Call Me" recently, then I'm afraid it's your own fault.

Debbie's got cojones (well, figuratively) to come out and do not only her new material such as "Two Times Blue," but also her older hits such as "Rush Rush" and "French Kissin'." These songs are real treats to her fans, who haven't had a chance to hear them live in the past ten years. Some of them have never been performed live at all!

If anything, the fault is with the advertising, which hyped up Blondie songs even though they didn't have Blondie on the tour.