DISQUS

Beau · 7 months ago

The Blondie version has four advantages: Debbie Harry, Jimmy Destri, Clem Burke and Debbie Harry.
Andrew Tonkin · 7 months ago

Beau: Chris Stein is looking for you.
Beau · 7 months ago

I didn't mention Stein because I thought the guitar in the original was pretty good. Destri added some nice touches, Burke was a vast improvement on drums, and Debbie Harry was a massive improvement on vocals.
drcastrato · 7 months ago

thanks for posting this. i always loved blondies version too, but this one is pretty rad.
Thierry · 7 months ago

While the sound quality is sometimes subpar (espectially on some of the live tracks), that whole Nerves compilation is well worth seeking out for fans of the garagey end of American power pop (like, say, the Real Kids or any of the other bands on the Rhino D.I.Y. Come Out and Play compilation).
Reint · 1 month ago

The Blondie version, definitely. Of course I must give The Nerves credit for writing but the Blondie version just sounds more fresh, better produced (but still raw and punky) and more alluring. I think that's the beauty that can happen with covering songs. You add some of your own and it can change in something totally new. When you hear the Blondie version first, you just think ''Where did that came from, how was this written?''