Generation Gap

About Generation Gap

"The Generation Gap" was a single by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was released on RCA Records in 1988 as a single-only release. It was written by Charlie Craig, Betty Craig, Jim Hayner and was a cover of Jeannie C. Riley's 1970 country song. The B-side, "Jungle Bells" was written by Dave Faulkner. Riley's original version charted at number 62 on Hot Country Songs in 1970. The song was the B-side to her single "My Man", which charted at number 60 on the same chart in the same timespan. "... we persuaded Rick Grossman to join, contributing his tremendous bass skills ... Almost immediately we were in the studio recording a single-only release "The Generation Gap", a song originally recorded by Jeannie C. Riley (of "Harper Valley PTA" fame). I changed a couple of lines to suit myself but the ones about grown-ups getting stoned were from the original." - Dave Faulkner. The single represents the earliest recorded performance by the most stable version of Hoodoo Gurus.  more »

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1970

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Wa wa wa wa wa wa
When you see a little baby sittin' on his mama's lap
Well it's just the beginnin' of a thing called the generation gap
It's not the difference of age now everybody's talking bout
It's all those no-no's that make up the generation gap
Well the grown-ups go out now to parties and get stoned
But that's somethin' they won't talk about around the children at home
But they ain't foolin' anybody now cause the kids are gonna find it out
It's just another reason for the thing called the generation gap
The generation gap is a mighty mighty big hole
You ain't gonna fill it up with all the lies bein' told
Wa wa wa you'd better clean your house
If you expect to narrow the generation gap

Wa wa wa wa wa wa
Daddy says that drinkin' is a sin that we'll have to pay for
Well then what's that liquor bottle doin' in the dash of his car
And who's the man that calls mama everytime that daddy's out
Now do you still wonder why we still have the generation gap
The generation gap is a mighty...
Now do you still wonder that we got the generation gap
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Jeannie C. Riley

Jeannie C. Riley (born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson, October 19, 1945) is an American country music and gospel singer. She is best known for her 1968 country and pop hit "Harper Valley PTA" (written by Tom T. Hall), which missed (by one week) becoming the Billboard Country and Pop number one hit at the same time. In subsequent years, she had moderate chart success with country music, but never again duplicated the success of "Harper Valley PTA". She became a born-again Christian and began recording gospel music during the late 1970s. more »

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