BEAT GENERATION, THE

Created on 30/11/2005
Latest update on 01/11/2023

Artist: Bob McFadden & Dor
Author: Rod McKuen
Label: Brunswick
Year: 1959

Written and performed by Rod McKuen, alias Dor (anagram). In eponymous beatnik scene exploitation film starring Mamie Van Doren.

Covers:

1959:

Mamie Van Doren [in same film]

1976:

Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers [as The Blank Generation, released in '91]

1977:

Richard Hell & The Voidoids [idem, transplanting the subject to the punk era; protesting has always been a good excuse; there's a Television version from '74 with Richard as well]

1985:

Angel Corpus Christi [idem]

1986:

Beat Farmers

2020:

Raconteurs [as Blank Generation]

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