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David Bowie: Finding Fame

Erm... ..but one of the problems you havewith this instrument is that a note only lasts...

Erm... ..but one of the problems you have
with this instrument is that a note only lasts eight seconds... ..and then it cuts out. So if you hold a chord long enough, and sometimes you need to hold it
for a lot longer than eight seconds, after you get to the eight
second mark, it starts to... CHORD DISTORTS AND DIES ..to do that, which is
why I hated the bloody thing, to be brutally honest with you. ♪ And the papers want to know
whose shirts you wear ♪ Now it's time to leave the capsule
if you dare... ♪

Full Transcript

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Erm...
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..but one of the problems you have with this instrument is that
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a note only lasts eight seconds...
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..and then it cuts out.
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So if you hold a chord long enough,
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and sometimes you need to hold it for a lot longer than eight seconds,
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after you get to the eight second mark, it starts to...
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CHORD DISTORTS AND DIES
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..to do that, which is why I hated the bloody thing,
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to be brutally honest with you.
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♪ And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
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♪ Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare... ♪
Duration
38 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:23
Uploaded
Jun 17, 2025
Genres
Production
BBC Studios,BBC Music

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Movie Summary

Documentary following five years of Bowie's early career, from the late 1960s through to the on-stage death of Ziggy Stardust in 1973 and features never seen before archive interviews with some of Bowie's earliest collaborators.