Richard Hell and The Voidoids – Blank Generation (1977)

El grupo punk Richard Hell and The Voidoids publicaron su álbum de estudio de debut Blank Generation en septiembre de 1977 a través de Sire Records. Lo produjo Richard Gottehrer, fundador de la distribuidora The Orchard y conocido por las carreras musicales de Blondie, Madona, The Ramones.

La banda la formó Richard Hell en la ciudad de Nueva York en 1976, ex miembro del grupo Neon Boys, Television y The Heartbreakers.

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Richard Hell and The Voidoids – Blank Generation – Letra

I was saying let me out of here
Before I was even born
It’s such a gamble when you get a face
It’s fascinating to observe what the mirror does
But when I dine for the wall that I set a place

I belong to the Blank Generation, and
I can take it or leave it each time, well
I belong to the.. generation, but
I can take it or leave it each time

Triangles were falling out the window as the doctor cursed
He was a cartoon, long forsaken by the public eye
The nurse adjusted her garters as I breathed my first
The doctor grabbed my throat and yelled God’s consolation prize

I belong to the Blank Generation, and
I can take it or leave it each time, well
I belong to the.. generation, but
I can take it or leave it each time

To hold the T.V. to my lips, the air so packed with cash
Then carry it up flights of stairs and drop it in the vacant lot
To lose my train of thought and fall into your arms tracks
And watch beneath the eyelids every passing dot

I belong to the Blank Generation, and
I can take it or leave it each time, well
I belong to the.. generation, but
I can take it or leave it each time

(Taken from Richard Hell and The Voidoids – Blank Generation Lyrics)