9/81 NY Times compares Bella Donna to Debbie Harry's 'KooKoo'

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Originally Posted by brad975

"Rapture" was a fluke. Debbie is a little too stiff/detached to be funky. Her subsequent attempts at rap (from "Military Rap" on KooKoo to "Shakedown" on The Curse of Blondie) have generally been embarrassing.

Rapture was actually a bit embarassing mostly because Debbie's "flow" (I hate that I actually know this term and I hate even more the fact that I'm using it) isn't the smoothest.
What ultimately saved that song in my opinion is the fact that the band took a great risk with it and made a daring and unexpected choice venturing into this unforeseen blend of new-wave, pop and rap; A step like this can work just the first time around. Also having the rap part follow right after a melodic one has a good surprise effect, when I heard Rapture for the first time I thought there was something wrong, that maybe it suddenly skipped to a diffent song altogether and it took a moment to realize it wasn't so.