Television

Television is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting sound with moving images in monochrome (black-and-white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions. It can refer to a television set, a television program, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium, for entertainment, education, news and advertising.

Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s. After World War II, an improved form became popular in the United States and Britain, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion. In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the US and most other developed countries. The availability of storage media such as VHS tape (1976), DVDs (1997), and high-definition Blu-ray Discs (2006) enabled viewers to watch recorded material such as movies. At the end of the first decade of the 2000s, digital television transmissions greatly increased in popularity. Another development was the move from standard-definition television (SDTV) (576i, with 576 interlaced lines of resolution and 480i) to high-definition television (HDTV), which provides a resolution that is substantially higher. HDTV may be transmitted in various formats: 1080p, 1080i and 720p. Since 2010, with the invention of smart television, Internet television has increased the availability of television programs and movies via the Internet through services such as Netflix, iPlayer, Hulu, Roku and Chromecast.

Television (Dr. John album)

Television is a studio album by New Orleans R&B artist Dr. John.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Mac Rebennack; except where indicated

"Television" – 4:36

"Lissen" – 4:29

"Limbo" – 4:30

"Witchy Red" – 4:16

"Shadows" (Mac Rebennack, Doc Pomus) – 4:03

"Shut D Fonk Up" (Mac Rebennack, Anthony Kiedis) – 5:10

"Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Again)" (Sylvester Stewart) – 4:03

"Spaceship Relationship" – 4:05

"Money (That's What I Want)" (Berry Gordy, Janie Bradford) – 3:23

"U Lie 2 Much" – 4:30

"Same Day Service" - 5:00

Personnel

Dr. John - vocals, piano, organ, keyboards, Korguitar

Hugh McCracken - guitar, dobro, bass harmonica, S900 drum

Georg Wadenius - guitar

David Barad - bass, background vocals

Fred Staehle - drums, winger tree

Errol "Crusher" Bennett - percussion, congas

Alvin "Red" Tyler - tenor saxophone

Ronnie Cuber - baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, horn arrangements

Charles Miller - trumpet, whistles, horn arrangement ("Shut D Fonk Up")

Randy Brecker - trumpet

Television (Television album)

Television is the eponymous third album by American rock band Television. The album was released in 1992, fourteen years after the band's second studio album and subsequent break up in 1978. A video for "Call Mr. Lee" was filmed and aired on MTV to limited play.

Reception

Television has generally been well received by critics. Rock critic Robert Christgau wrote "I prefer the more rocking, songful old Television, but it's a tribute to Tom Verlaine's conceptual restlessness and force of personality that in a world where alternative guitar means making noise or mixing and matching from the used bins, these four veterans have regrouped with a distinct new sonic identity. Droll, warm-hearted, sophisticated, cryptic, jazzy yet unjazzlike, they sound like nothing else—except, just a little, old Television". David Fricke of Rolling Stone wrote that "It was worth waiting fifteen years." Milo Miles of The New York Times wrote "Trying to adjust after a long layoff, these musicians have assembled a scaled-down Television, though one with exquisite design details."

Television

Bing-a-bong-a-bing-bong
Bing-bong
Bing-a-bong-a-bing-bong
Bing-bong
Television, say you love me
Television, say you care
Loneliness is my profession
Show me those who are not there
Television, murmur to me
Deep inside my room tonight
You're the devil's fishbowl, honey
I undress before your lies
Your lies...
Your lies...
Television, open to me
My remote is in my hand
I can dim you to a red light
Honey, try to understand
I'm there...
So there...
Bing-a-bong-a-bing-bong
Bing-bong
Bing-a-bong-a-bing-bong
Bing-bong
Television, I'm so sorry
If I turned you off back there
I'm so small in your dimension
My kid will look like you, I swear
I swear...
Oh, I swear...
Bing-a-bong-a-bing-bong
Bing-bong
Bing-a-bong-a-bing-bong
Bing-bong
Bing-a-bong-a-bing-bong
Bing-bong
See through me
See through me
See through me
See through me
See through me
See through me
See through me

Television

Television (Dr. John album)

Track listing

Personnel

Television (Television album)

Reception

Television

ALBUMS

Live at the Old Waldorf

The Blow Up

Poor Circulation

This Case Is Closed

Television

Adventure

Television With Bryan Eno

1992-11-06: La Cigale, Paris, France

Live Portland Oregon 1978

Double Exposure

Marquee Moon

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