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Generation ABC

by The Bedroom Philosopher

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Generation ABC 02:22
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Yep yep yep yep yep yep yep yep Uh-hoh uh-hoh It doesn’t matter where you are in the big brown land What circles you mix in or who understands There’s always one subject that gets them involved More than sports or politics or even rock ’n’ roll It’s does anyone remember The Mysterious Cities Of Gold? Cos we’re Generation ABC Glued to the telly in the late eighties Spinning out to the tunnel in Dr Who Kiddy karaoke to Peter Combe yeah Yep yep yep yep yep yep yep yep Uh-hoh uh-hoh Roger Ramjet used to pop a few too many pills And Worzel Gummidge was off his head it used to make me ill And Sooty was so cute but one episode he got banned Cos’ it contained a shower scene and Sooty was just a hand on Generation ABC Quality programming kept me off the streets Degrassi Junior High and Zit Remedy BTN used to make me scream Yep yep yep yep yep yep yep yep Uh-hoh uh-hoh Mr Squiggle was taken off the air after it left a kid half dead He tried to turn his TV upside down and it landed on his head And then there was that line guy who’s quite hard to explain He was drawn in white on a green background and he used to come on and say Mmmmmmbaaah! Hase esu me be su da? Yeah, anyway… Eden Gaha was the quizmaster on a little show called Vidiot He made the pairs on Double Dare look like a pack of idiots The Afternoon Show made afternoons glow weekdays at four thirty Hosted by James Valentine he made it cool to be nerdy on Generation ABC Can’t go to the toilet it’s commercial free Penfold off Danger Mouse looks like our P.M. Goodie goodie yum yum yeah it never ends Yep yep yep yep yep yep yep yep Uh-hoh uh-hoh Yep yep yep yep yep yep yep yep Uh-hoh uh-hoh Today’s song was brought to you by the Bedroom Television Workshop It was brought to you by the number two ah ah ah ah And the letters ABC
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Dr Karl (Wireless mix) 04:03
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Dr Karl Dr Karl Callin Dr Karl Dr Karl Dr Karl Where are you? Where does all my money go? And why doesn't my goatee grow? And why do my socks all have holes? And what the heck's in this sausage roll? And why did I cry at the start of Titanic? And when I'm wearing Speedos why do I panic? Why does my guitar never sounds in tune? How come Nicky Webster doesn't cover Hey Jude? And what is the meaning of life? Is it to get a house and a job and a car and a wife? Or to slide naked down the waterslides of life? I dunno I’m just askin’ Dr Karl Dr Karl Callin Dr Karl Dr Karl Dr Karl Where are you? Dr Karl Dr Karl Callin Dr Karl Dr Karl Dr Karl Anyone there? Why are beanbag beans so damn expensive? And why does Popstars make me so pensive? And why do we have a natural fear of washing up? And why do girls only do girls push ups? And why do we learn trigonometry? And is there a science to sports commentary? And why is cloning such a no no? Did anyone see Shakira's latest video? Did Laura Palmer really kill the dodo? Why doesn't ice melt on Iced Vovos? Why can't I learn anything on a yoyo? Why didn't I die from eating play do? Is there such a thing as rhyming overdose? Rendering the listener completely comatose? Dr Karl Dr Karl Callin Dr Karl Dr Karl Dr Karl Where are you? Dr Karl Dr Karl Callin Dr Karl Dr Karl Dr Karl Is anyone listening? The answers to all these questions Is yes I mean no I mean look it up on the internet Keywords Dr Karl Dr Karl Callin Dr Karl Dr Karl Dr Karl Where is everybody?
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No Bum Blues (feat. Jim Trail) 01:35
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Generation ABC (Wireless mix) 03:42
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Yep yep yep yep yep yep yep yep Uh-hoh uh-hoh It doesn’t matter where you are in the big brown land What circles you mix in or who understands There’s always one subject that gets them involved More than sports or politics or even rock ’n’ roll It’s does anyone remember The Mysterious Cities Of Gold? Cos we’re Generation ABC Glued to the telly in the late eighties Spinning out to the tunnel in Dr Who Kiddy karaoke to Peter Combe yeah Yep yep yep yep yep yep yep yep Uh-hoh uh-hoh Roger Ramjet used to pop a few too many pills And Worzel Gummidge was off his head it used to make me ill And Sooty was so cute but one episode he got banned Cos’ it contained a shower scene and Sooty was just a hand on Generation ABC Quality programming kept me off the streets Degrassi Junior High and Zit Remedy BTN used to make me scream Yep yep yep yep yep yep yep yep Uh-hoh uh-hoh Mr Squiggle was taken off the air after it left a kid half dead He tried to turn his TV upside down and it landed on his head And then there was that line guy who’s quite hard to explain He was drawn in white on a green background and he used to come on and say Mmmmmmbaaah! Hase esu me be su da? Yeah, anyway… Eden Gaha was the quizmaster on a little show called Vidiot He made the pairs on Double Dare look like a pack of idiots The Afternoon Show made afternoons glow weekdays at four thirty Hosted by James Valentine he made it cool to be nerdy on Generation ABC Can’t go to the toilet it’s commercial free Penfold off Danger Mouse looks like our P.M. Goodie goodie yum yum yeah it never ends Yep yep yep yep yep yep yep yep Uh-hoh uh-hoh Yep yep yep yep yep yep yep yep Uh-hoh uh-hoh Today’s song was brought to you by the Bedroom Television Workshop It was brought to you by the number two ah ah ah ah And the letters ABC

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Celebrating 20 years of Beddy Phil - "the rock eisteddfod for home school children.' Taking ya back to where it all began. The original weekly segment on Triple J's Morning Show. Dig.

Read more about Generation ABC: www.bedroomphilosopher.com/2022/05/26/generation-abc-2022/

Check out The Bedroom Philosopher origin story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIqvoWolOow&t=227s&ab_channel=TheBedroomPhilosopher

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released February 28, 2003

All songs written by Justin Heazlewood and recorded by Jim Trail at ABC Studios, Canberra in 2002.
Track 1 from the forthcoming rerelease Living On The Edge...Of My Bed.
Dr Karl features Dr Karl and Vicki Kerrigan
Generation ABC (Wireless mix) features Gaby Brown.

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The Bedroom Philosopher

Indie song & dance man. Alpha nerd. Big swans fan (not the team).
Celebrating 20 years of Beddy Phil ...
" The rock eisteddfod for home school children. "

After discovering irony from a mail-in voucher on the back of a That’s Life mag, BP taught himself music on a Melody Pop and a guitar he built in grade 8 woodwork. His first song was about Home & Away and his second was about depression. ... more

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