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deranged ‘TVC 15’ – its vocal interjections obviously<br />

influenced by The Yardbirds’ ‘Good Morning Little<br />

Schoolgirl’ – was a comical take on <strong>Bowie</strong>’s recent<br />

months spent watching grainy Second World War<br />

footage over and over; while the magnificent,<br />

sensitive ‘Golden Years’ also reflects <strong>Bowie</strong>’s ability<br />

to surface <strong>from</strong> a cocaine jag and dispense insightful<br />

career advice or a hilariously deadpan joke.<br />

Although the melodicism of Hunky Dory was by now<br />

a thing of the past, Station to Station is packed with<br />

invention – a bizarre blending of spritely and<br />

monumental themes – and marks the point at which<br />

David <strong>Bowie</strong> moved <strong>from</strong> pop musician to<br />

phenomenon.

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