Watching the Detectives

...and rejected. Duran Duran's former drummer Roger Taylor , who retired from the band in 1986, joined the band in studio to play drums on "Watching The Detectives " and "Perfect Day" (as well as a cover of "Jeepster" by T. Rex that did not...

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...amount of room to croon and offsetting the reckless rush of "Lip Service" and "Radio, Radio". They obliterate the reggae rhythms of "Watching the Detectives" but play up the noir mood before launching into a start-stop bridge. And after...

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...in June 2009, and has included segments investigated by "Guest Detective" Eduardo Pagan , a noted historian and author. Elvis Costello's "Watching the Detectives" (from his 1977 album My Aim Is True) is the show's theme song. Its unique...

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...and the material. The show features several early versions of what are now considered Costello classics, including "Pump It Up," "Watching the Detectives," and a fiery version of "(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea." Little information...

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...the late '70s punk/new wave movement captured a band and an artist at their most impassioned. The concert included My Aim Is True's "Watching The Detectives," "Less Than Zero" (with new lyrics Costello penned for American listeners),...

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...there was no getting around the fact that Costello was the man behind several classic rock staples, including the "My Aim Is True" tracks "Watching the Detectives," "Alison" and "Less Than Zero," on Tuesday night he was in town to show a...

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...I've be working on some of the songs for more than 15 years." He declined to play the hits the crowd kept shouting for ("Alison" and "Watching the Detectives" led the catcalls). "That's for another show," Costello mumbled. But he repeatedly...

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...rock'n'roll band of their time, the Attractions. There have been many moments since when chutzpah has become hubris, as when he re-arranged "Watching the Detectives", replacing the right notes with wrong ones, on his equally quixotic chat show...

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...tap is the first new Dixie Chicks song since the group's Grammy sweep in 2007, "Lucky One," and Elvis Costello and the Police jamming on "Watching the Detectives" and "Walking on the Moon," taped during Costello's new Sundance Channel show,...

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...Before' [originally recorded on a Dirty Dozen Brass Band album] and 'Episode of Blonde' that have a Latin element, or 'Clubland' and 'Watching the Detectives,' which have big-band elements in them." "But they can also play a chamber song...

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