Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images “Spectral Eyes”, the latest single from Blondie, finds the new-wave legends joining forces with another ... read more
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Bon wrote bib, all of it If you know bons lyrics from all 7 albums, you know it's his lyrics, shufeld around sure, but there his. There there right through. To flick switch. I hear bon big time on thunderstruck as well. ...