That song’s amazing. That album is 1972 and the movie Network was 1976. Guess The Tubes were mad as hell before Howard Beale was.
I think it also was the inspiration for this song.
Frank Zappa - I’m The Slime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdtGo2Ib9oI
Remote Control came out in ‘79. The whole album is very good. It was co-produced by Todd Rundgren, and some consider it to be their best album.