BLONDIE

May 27, 2008 at 7:23 am (Sexualisation.) (, )

This album cover for band Blondie shows lead singer Debbie Harry licking a record. Do you think this picture helped sell a couple more records? I think a lot of women in the rock and rock industry were used to attract an audience. Was the use of sexual connotations in songs, live performance and photo shoots a way to gain peoples attention and draw a larger more diverse audience. Why dont we see a male member of Blondie on the cover licking a record? Because they don’t have the sex appeal like women do.

Lauren

2 Comments

  1. alex3120 said,

    May 28, 2008 at 1:46 am

    Blondie definitely used Debbie Harry as a way to sell more records. I doubt they would have sold as many records if their lead singer was not so photogenic!

  2. ellie3120 said,

    May 28, 2008 at 6:22 am

    That is so true Lauren. I watched a documentary on Blondie a couple of weeks ago and even the band members wore shirts that said “BLONDIE IS A BAND!”
    In a man’s world, I suppose, sex really does sell.

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