Tune in tomorrow for a very special episode of the Nostalgic Nerds Podcast. All about Television. But the nerdy science-y television stuff. 

So, we had to do a song all about the way a tube TV manages to keep the image in sync. Snaps, triggers, latch, return. It was just begging to be a snappy, poppy, funky song. 

Lyrics below:

[Verse 1]
Picture starts to drift
Rolling on the glass
That beam won't fire on time
Vertical hold is slack
Phase is off the mark
Every sixty-three, we're gonna
Bring this picture round
[Pre-Chorus]
On my count
On my mark
Every sixty-three
Now
[Chorus]
Snap back (snap back)
Fire the pulse
Latch on (latch on)
Trigger the return
Snap back (snap back)
Every line, every field
Snap back (snap back)
Do what you're told
[Verse 2]
Picture's still on the run
Frame rate's coming down
Subcarrier drifts to blue
Fringe on every edge
Sync pulse coming late
Every sixty-three, we're gonna
Bring this picture round
[Pre-Chorus]
On my count
On my mark
Every sixty-three
Now
[Chorus]
Snap back (snap back)
Fire the pulse
Latch on (latch on)
Trigger the return
Snap back (snap back)
Every line, every field
Snap back (snap back)
Do what you're told
[Bridge]
Locked to the line (locked to the line)
Locked to the field
Sync pulse coming in on time
Phase clean, no drift
Snap
Fire
Latch
Return
Every sixty-three
Picture's back on track
[Final Chorus]
Snap back (snap back)
Fire the pulse
Latch on (latch on)
Trigger the return
Snap back (snap back)
Every line, every field
Snap back (snap back)
Locked in the frame
[Outro - vocal fading]
Snap back (snap back)
Snap back (snap back)
Every sixty-three

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