I woke up to the song “The Tide is High” playing in my mind this morning and I instantly felt like it was a sign from Tommy. We used to sing / play that song together in the early years, and I remember us laughing together while we changed lyrics.
Blondie – The Tide is High:
There was another Blondie song that he seemed to love more than “The Tide is High” though. It was called 11:59. I had never heard 11:59 before he kept talking about, so I finally listened to it and learned the lyrics so I could sing it with him because he loved it so much.
I remember over the years if people were singing along to “The Tide is High” or any other Blondie song, Tommy would sometimes ask them, “Do you know 11:59?” It was always kind of disappointing to him that people didn’t know it, because he loved it so much.
So, here’s 11:59:
That is definitely a defining song from Tom’s childhood. Brings back a flood of memories (as well as “Heart of Glass” – he loved that one too).