The lead song on the Nerves’ EP, “Hanging on the Telephone” was gloriously covered by Blondie, and became the opening track on their breakthrough album Parallel Lines.  Rumor has it that someone put the Nerves EP on while the band was on their way to a gig, and the rest is history.  “Heart of Glass” might have been their #1 hit song, but as the follow-up, “Hanging on the Telephone” reached #5 in the UK and ensured that Blondie would remain a force in rock music well into the 1980’s – in fact, they are still touring and recording good albums to this day.

 

(April 2010)