Blondie -- "Atomic"
Blondie always split the difference between the cool, streetwise swagger of New York's underground scene and the shameless whoredom of whatever was popular at the time. This was precisely what made them great.
Consider "Atomic": a pulsating beat that is more than just a little bit disco, a great guitar line that carries the song, a vocal performance -- isolated to the middle of the song, instead of following the traditional structure of verses and choruses throughout the song -- that makes up in personality what it lacks in technical proficiency. As with most great bands, Blondie would have gone nowhere without an impeccable drummer -- Clem Burke, one of the best drummers of his era.
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