'Parallel Lines'

At some point, humanity's going to have to come together and decide that Blondie's "Heart of Glass" is one of the damnedest badass songs in the history of sound.

Never thought much of it. Thought it a disco song. Then if you really listen to it and listen to Blondie as a whole (and Parallel Lines is a brilliant place to start) and understand what they were doing musically, then you get "Heart of Glass."

It's the jam.

Although it made Blondie incredibly popular and Parallel Lines a well-sold album, "Heart of Glass" as a disco song was a point of controversy. For one, the band was well aware of what it sounded like and the sped-up second version gave it a rock edge. Once it was the released, the punks that went to see Blondie at CBGBs in New York weren't too pleased.

That doesn't make it a bad song. Although it might make Blondie sell outs and punks horrible purveyors of popular music.