Watching The Detectives - 30 years old ?

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Watching The Detectives - 30 years old ?

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/events/clash/

The Clash – 30 Years On

Wednesday 18 April

Throughout the day BBC 6 MUSIC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music



BBC 6 Music celebrates the 30th anniversary of the release of The Clash's eponymous debut album, arguably one of the most important rock 'n' roll albums of all time.



So..............

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_q ... _n16896366

Reggae was punk's blues, a touchstone for new-wave rockers. Elvis Costello wrote his reggae-inflected "Watching the Detectives" within 24 hours of hearing The Clash's first album.

http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/elv ... detectives

In the summer of 1977, Costello was still an aspiring songwriter when he took the Clash's debut back to his London flat and "listened to it for thirty-six hours straight," he recalled. "And I wrote 'Watching the Detectives.' "
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