I was sayin', "Let me out of here", before I was even born It's such a gamble when you get a face It's fascinatin' to observe what the mirror does But when I dine it's for the wall that I set a place I belong to the blank generation And I can take it or leave it each time I belong to the unverified generation But I can take it or leave it each time Triangles were fallin' at 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 I belong to the unverified generation But I can take it or leave it each time To hold the tv to my lips, the air so packed with cash Then carry it up flights of stairs and drop it in the vacant lo 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 I belong to the unverified generation But I can take it or leave it each time I belong to the blank generation And I can take it or leave it each time I belong to the unverified generation But I can take it or leave it each time
I was sayin', "Let me out of here", before I was even born It's such a gamble when you get a face It's fascinatin' to observe what the mirror does But when I dine it's for the wall that I set a place I belong to the blank generation And I can take it or leave it each time I belong to the unverified generation But I can take it or leave it each time Triangles were fallin' at 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 I belong to the unverified generation But I can take it or leave it each time To hold the tv to my lips, the air so packed with cash Then carry it up flights of stairs and drop it in the vacant lo 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 I belong to the unverified generation But I can take it or leave it each time I belong to the blank generation And I can take it or leave it each time I belong to the unverified generation But I can take it or leave it each time
Malcolm McLaren, então manager dos Sex Pistols, assistiu à performance de Richard Hell & The Voidoids com a faixa “Blank Generation” e ficou impressionado com seu estilo.
Imediatamente após a apresentação, McLaren voltou a Inglaterra para conversar com o líder da banda, Johnny Rotten, e sugerir a criação de uma música semelhante.
A inspiração resultou na composição “Pretty Vacant”, que se tornou um hino icônico do punk britânico.
A relação entre os dois grupos foi tão marcante que a colaboração informal entre McLaren e Hell foi citada em entrevistas como um dos momentos de cruzamento entre o punk norte-americano e o britânico.
A influência de “Blank Generation” sobre “Pretty Vacant” foi confirmada por entrevistas posteriores com membros da Sex Pistols, que lembram a conversa como decisiva para a nova faixa.
Apesar de “Blank Generation” não ter sido lançada como single, seu impacto foi reconhecido como um gatilho direto para a criação de um dos maiores hinos do punk, demonstrando a importância de encontros inesperados entre artistas.
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