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Originally Posted by mobertol
Did you go on Wikipedia and write that yourself? 
I listened to Joe Jackson all the way from Accy to Strasbourg on a coach (school exchange trip) Easter 1979, that and Outlandos D'amour, almost wore the tapes out -both on A&M if i remember rightly.
It's fair enough on the part of a record company -who want to make money on their investment, to suggest the direction of an artist's first output - their own style will prevail if they are destined for success. Joe Jackson and The Police have stayed the test of time as artists even though their first songs were less "them", as you suggest in the case of JJ. The Police had a "Punk" first record -Landlord, which was not a hit -  |
Go to 52:27 on this film about Sex Pistols and you'll see a young Sting and Stuart Copeland putting up a poster....
Notice how Stings still wearing flares
ha ha ha!