The Whining Stranger's Song of the Day: 14 August 2006

"Rapture" by Blondie (from the album, Autoamerican, 1980)

This one is best appreciated in video form, in all its early-MTV glory. Deborah Harry--as Marc Jacobs knows so profitably--remains iconic, not just a sultry chanteuse but an image for the ages. And look for Jean-Michel Basquiat's cameo around 1:57 into this. Look, too, for the grafitti, and listen to DH's rap, which for many pop music fans was an introduction to an emerging culture that was about to storm big on a national level in the next few years.