50 years ago … DAVID BOWIE – “TVC 15”
Automatic translation. Improvements are constantly being worked on.
On April 30, 1976, David Bowie’s song “TVC 15” was released as the second single from his album “Station to Station”. Did you already know these 5 facts?
★ “TVC 15” was recorded at the end of 1975 at Cherokee Studios (Los Angeles).
★ The content is about the protagonist’s girlfriend, who is devoured by a television.
★ David Bowie found inspiration in a dream by Iggy Pop and his role in “The Man Who Fell from the Sky” (1976).
★ Yardbirds and Kraftwerk were also sources of inspiration for “TVC 15”
★ The song reached number 33 in the UK singles charts.
Listen to the 2016 remastered version of “TVC 15”:
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