Posted by StonesCat on September 15, 1999 at 22:40:13:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: "999" -- Keith Ahead of His Time?! posted by The Noseless Old Newsboy on September 15, 1999 at 00:49:25:
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: :Clash fans will remember the line "...dial 999" from Police On My Back, though I'm blanking whether that's it or not.
: Joe Strummer gargles those lyrics in "London's Burning".
: 999 was also the name of a non-memorable punk band whose one hit was called "Homicide".
: All of the above references do indeed point to the fact that 999 is the emergency phone # in Merrye Olde Angle Land. You Yanks would call it 911 I believe.
Thanks for the correction. Waiting for the live album next month.