The Who - My Generation
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"My Generation" appeared on The Who's debut album of the same name. It was released as a single on 5th November 1965, reaching No. 2 in the UK charts and 74 in the US. "My Generation" was recently named the 11th greatest song by Rolling Stone magazine on their list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
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Lyrics:
People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Just because we get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I hope I die before I get old (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
This is my generation
This is my generation, baby
Why don't you all f-fade away (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
And don't try to dig what we all s-s-say (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm not trying to cause a big s-s-sensation (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-g-generation (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
This is my generation
This is my generation, baby
Why don't you all f-fade away (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
And don't try to d-dig what we all s-s-say (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm not trying to cause a b-big s-s-sensation (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-generation (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
This is my generation
This is my generation, baby
People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Just because we g-g-get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Yeah, I hope I die before I get old (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
This is my generation
This is my generation, baby - Hudba
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This song makes me wish I was alive in the 60s then I remember I'm black
why im white we are all the same just love each other
A banger of a comment
XD its like: Fuck!
Situations that make you happy you aren't a time traveler
🤧
97% of comments-Ok Boomer
2%-Good music
1%-A Silent Voice
I'm here from A Silent Voice
@@jordan2941 I'm too here because of that
A silent voice
0%-Kingsman
A silent voice
RIP the two members of The Who
John Entwistle (October 9, 1944 - June 27, 2002), aged 57
Keith Moon (August 23, 1946 - September 7, 1978), aged 32
You both will be remembered as legends.
Also RIP to Douglas Sandom (26 February 1930 - 27 February 2019), aged 89
How did keith moon EVER Live to be 32 ?!?! For THAT Matter , How did Iii ?!?! 😅
❤❤
The entire band is an influence on me and the bands I was in. One of the greatist bands there is!!!
I'm 71 years old and still a fanatical WHO fan LONG LIVE THE WHO GREAT, GREAT BAND.
I'm 21 years old and I like the Who too.
This song really be bringing all ages together
@@ITheNightmare Good boy!
@@ITheNightmare i’m 13 and they’re my favourite band or atleast top 3 with oasis pulp stereophonics type stuff
Please to meet you. However I am the world's biggest WHO fan. Lol
I was so surprised to hear this song in A Silent Voice I was actually thrown off a little lmao
Same I was so confused
Facts
It caught me so off guard, I thought I was hallucinating
I l o v e this song
It was fitting so perfectly and immediately I loved it
This song is the “ok boomer” of the 60’s
Hahahahha!
The sad part is the generation that’s singing are the boomers I’m pretty sure. They have become the very thing they swore to destroy.
@@samaccardi "YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DESTROY THE SITH NOT JOIN THEM!!"
@@samaccardi "just because we get around" yep, baby boomers
@@beloved8500 yeah okay obi wan
Funfact: this song still a banger in every generation
Hey you might enjoy a band called The Doublejumps if you like The Who
no carti, no listen
Lol nah its aged pretty horribly actually
@@senorsoup8790 why you here then
@@joeyratulowski1607 no carti, no listen
No matter what Generation, the song applies to all generations at relative points of time, therefore making it all the more enjoyable.
Which is why it’s still popular. It’s an age thing everyone in general can understand
Unfortunately dissociated with the current one because obedience is key and not rebellion. I miss the hippies.
i used yous to th[nk that in my twentys now im in my eightys i surpose il have to live another 100 years
"Hope I die before I get old." Both surviving members of the original line up have passed their 70th birthdays.
So much for hoping
Life's always been fulla ironies, ain't it?
they're young inside
+Alexandre Albertoni how is that irony you dummy
Temporally they have reached a certain age but metaphysically that is in a spiritual sense they have in fact not gotten old.
a song about boomers by boomers when they weren’t boomers
@French Jesus get outside for once
@@Sillimant_ I guess he wont be going outside anytime soon :>
@@cyrrus6062 yeah this comment aged like milk. He can still go outside though, he's french so there's nothing valuable lost there
Half of them are from silent generation not boomers
@@Sillimant_ I'm 6 days late but damn, shots fired💀
I was born in 1995, but this song makes me feel as if I had lived in the 60s. I like so much this feeling!🥰
Same! I was born in 2004 but the 60s were a total vibe
The A Silent Voice references in this comment section are amazing lmaoo
Indeed they are
not amazing
And also in the movie called “Eurotrip”
manga's are for losers
"Why don't you all f-......... fade away!"
Perfect soundcheck song thought!
Are you talking about Fadeaway by the Bo Deans? Love that song. What happened to them? Are they still producing music?
@@jschuler53 it’s a lyric to the song
“Why don’t you all ffffade away
Don’t try to dig what we all s-s-say”
xd
You already faded away if you don't care how the music evolved you have no concept of what music was like besides your hip hop in your freaking rap and another thing you are not the silver fox
It is called my generation by the Rolling Stones
I was showing my parents A Silent Voice and when this popped up my dad was so hyped
Yep same!
what'd they think of the movie?
LOL SAME
YOU WATCH ANIME WITH YOUR PARENTS??? LUCKY BASTARD I REALLY WANNA WATCH A SILENT VOICE EITH MY MOM
@@evening_awning I showed my mom and grandma, my mom almost made me stop because of the bullying but she cried in the end and liked it a lkt
Keith Moon's drum solo at the end perfectly encapsulates the wild rebellious spirit of youth. What a perfect ending and a definitive moment.
Nothing beats Roger Daltry waking up the gang at Woodstock at 4am as the sun shining on his epic fringe jacket singing, “feel Me”. It was a time.
And the way it gets faster, then go right into "Summertime Blues" 😎
I think Who-Woodstock is a image that if they fry my brain It will be still in place. Absolutely epic
it's amazing how this song can be used to describe every young generation compared to the older ones, still, after so many years
It's timeless.
Life is a cycle
ok boomer
@@ceciliablack3487 Exactly!
EXACTLY
“Hope I die before I get old”.
Townshend, who wrote the line and Daltrey, who sing it, are respectively 73 and 74 and more alive than ever. (And still kickin ass on stage).
That's because being old is a mental state, not a physical one
Riccardo Condorelli Keith Moon died days before he was going to appear in Life Of Brian one of the last people that seen him was Eric Idle that embodies the mentality
@@brendanmccabe8373 WHAT?!?!?! SADNESS:( :( :( :( :( :(.
Oscar Cormier it’s in Idles autobiography
@@samicouderc627 Certified idiot right here. There version is a cover and was released a year later
❤I swear to God I lived in the best times as a young 12yrs old
Ironically a song called “My generation” have described every generation since 1965 ✌️ The Who are the best
Has stuttering ever sounded cooler?
Scatman is the second coolest.
aivopark scatman doesn't stutter, that is how the music genre scat is performed
One movie, the king's speech
To people who stutter, it's easier done than said.
Thad tuiol i agree
Music store owner: Why do you need 20 drum kits?
The Who: Cause we have a tour with 20 stops.
Music store owner: You need 1 drum kit for each stop?
The Who: Yes, do you have any gunpowder?
I don't get it
@@maridinchisty1127 Keith Moon famously blew up his drum kits at the end of this song.
@@wrencormier513 Or, more correctly, at the end of the Who's famous/infamous performance at the Smothers Brothers Hour!
What does that even mean?
@@memeboi4421 read replies
Watched A Silent Voice 17 times and I still claim this song as an absolute banger.
Wow! John etwistle's bass solos are smooth and licky!
now THEIR generation is mocking MY generation
I know right, shit's fucked up.
to do well
lol atleast their generations music is a whole lot better than our generations.
That's messed up
That's because society has gone down the gutter.
This works with all generations
yesssssssssssss
This works with our generations since 1960s, a New Era
Yeah. I listend to this song, when I was a boy.
Lol, no, it doesn't.
@@AM-os4ty yes, it does
I listen to the Who virtually every day. Terrific band. I was 17 when this song came out.
Two hundred and eight seconds of pure, unadulterated rock and roll. A song for this generation,my generation, your generation-in fact EVERY GENERATION. 🎸🎸🎸
Hey you might enjoy a band called The Doublejumps if you like The Who
Shirley you jest
@@jollyjoker888 Please don't call me Shirley
I turned 60 this year. WTF? I tried my damndest to never get old and it happened anyway.
GrtSatan damn you're lucky I'm only 16 but I wish I was 75 I mean 72
I turn 54 in June and I feel the same....so i'm just gonna take another hit and ride this shit to the grave.
Kennedy Ramirez why lol it hurts
me too it...it happens lol
and your generation make us unable to afford anything decent and you mock us unable to be as successful as you. High price housing and student loans, outsource everything to foreigners. Your generation had it the best. No WW2, jobs are many with decent wages. You get to sell your "vintage" stuff for lots of money.
I never knew the world health organization had good music
xD
they probably had to use alot of money to get the music to be good
Who?
IDEK.
hdvrb
Im a oldies fan and im proud that Silent Voice used this song in the movie💖💖
Listening to this both when it was brand new and now is like being caught in a time warp. I can still picture myself rockin' in my '52 Plymouth Cranbrook with a tube radio when I was 19.
This song is 51 years old, but still fucking accurate. Rock on!
shit waddUp
Here comes that boy. Oh shit, what's up?
Shitty meme you piece of kale
dat boi oh shit can I die?
oh shit waddup !
Koe no Katachi reminded me of this sick track
A silent voice? I don't see any relation of that anime with this song.
@@MoxieCrimeFighterJillette pretty sure that was the opening song for the movie
Mark Santana it’s referring to ishida childhood. Mainly that.
@@MoxieCrimeFighterJillette bruuhhh, thats the anime opening and it also kinda shows somestuff related to ishida, like i wanna die before i get old, ishida and hus friends are jumping of a small bridge :0
@@MoxieCrimeFighterJillette the opening literally used this song...
I found this from "A Silent Voice" and I'm absolutely VIBIN'. I love the vibes this gives off, just childish fun!
shut up
@@huntermoran3118 xD
CONNIE GOT YOU
Keith Moon was simply outstanding, in this song. Just love the way he performed, as a a drummer. He was one of the best timekeepers, in terms of Rock n Roll music, among many others throughout his whole entire generation, if you really want to know my honest opinion. Unfortunately, Keith Moon has most certainly died much too young, before he got to grow old. Thank you! Johnny, Montréal, Canada 🇨🇦
He had nothing on Bonham!
@Lee Jeffords Indie A&R @mojostyles1 Rolling stone magazine had Mooney third greatest ever, behing Bonham and Ginger Baker.
@@juliemanarin4127I disagree, Bonham is the best drummer, but it's not like Moonie was a million miles away, his playing style was different in a way but still manic and brilliant. I think what separates them is Bonzo's drumming was filled with plenty of new techniques for the time that were simply outstanding and revolutionised the definition of rock along with the rest of zeppelin whereas moons insane energy really worked in his favour and made a lot of songs recorded by the who. So in short terms, you're right. Long term, it's a lot deeper
This works with all generations
From “A Silent Voice,” don’t regret it. Absolutely one of my favorite songs now.
same
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No, this is the Boomer theme song.
@@AxelQC lol no, it's far better than today's crap
Same
"Im not trying to cause a big sensation" Well, Pete, did you fucking fail at that
Sgt. Pepper "DON'T PUSH THE GIANT RED BUTTON, I SAID DON'T PUSH IT"
I was born in 91' and my brothers on the next 2 years and we grew up listening to The Who thanks to dad. Can say the 90's early 00's was the latest era of really good music, but nothing compares to THE WHO.
What a band.
My favorite baseline on any song!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
one of the greatest bass line ever made
Maxime SIMON this and roundabout
...greatest bass line perhaps rivaled by that of Boris the Spider.
@@gub4941 and ace of spades by motorhead is pretty awesome
@@caseyr1434 and "The Cure - Lovecats" and "Fleetwood mac - The Chain".
@@yutehube4468 ya know what, bass just has cool riffs
A real classic by the Who, which sums up the fact that the 60s generation provided the best music of all time
Ok boomer
And they still do - Paul McCartney and Diana Ross at Glastonbury, Rolling Stones on 60th anniversary tour
70s, 80s and 90s better
@@sibro4747 If you count electronic production there’s a fair few
The whole genre of punk wasn’t wven around in the 60s
This song will be relevant until the end of time.
Who's watching this in 2024?
I am😂
The who
The people with good taste of music 🎉❤
I am
Your dad.
We sang, "I hope i die before I get old," now we are all bloody old and still a live... Well most of us. hahaha. Some us still hate the establishment!!
We hate them even MORE now.
Fucked up
Your fight is dead. Your generation will be always remembered as "Filthy Hipsters".
@@4f52 They never saw that coming did they. Now Millennials are calling them old husks.
@@4f52 fuck no! milleniums are that!
I always think he's about to say "why don't you all fuck off" at 0:30.
+James Batchelor i think that's the point haha
Have you seen 'Quadrophenia'?
That's what fade away means
As a stutterer in my youth,I loved the idea of making a song spoken directly to me.Great song,powerful band Thanks,Pete.
Heard this song in A Silent Voice and Minions. Love it :)
And my generation is Filthy Frank eating a hair cake.
I still like it.
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Ryan Digricoli
Your Point? Lmao
This has got to be one of the best rock and roll songs of all time.
for sure ... this and "roll over beethoven" by e.l.o.
@@steveross6294 I wouldve gone with Kuiama, Cant Keep It Out Of My Head or MrBS
Gen Z: "OK, Boomer"
Boomers: "My Generation"
Power move: Use My Generation against the Boomers
I don't get why everyone is calling this a boomer song when it couldn't be more Gen X.
This song was written when Boomers were rebelling against authority. Now they are authority (or are aging out of power and nostalgic for when they ran things).
The "hope I die before I get old" was Townshend recognizing in 1965 that his generation would eventually turn into everything they hated. How very right he was.
I'm a Gen Z and it seems like being a Boomer is cooler.
@@Tofu10_ it must be really cool to support segregation
Ok zommer
Rock n roll Mod era n rave n dance n disco , cannot get better should be on contact replay
This is a song every generation since middle age can identify with
Make that ancient greece
16 when this record was released and hit me between the eyes---never thought I would make it to 65 tho, but ho hum.....yes it was a dynamic time then--- I will probably be singing this at the weekly sing song in the care home in 20 years time.....:(
hope you're still doing well
How are you doing now?
"Roger Daltrey has also commented that he had not rehearsed the song prior to the recording, was nervous, and he was unable to hear his own voice through the monitors. The stutter came about as he tried to fit the lyrics to the music as best he could, and the band decided it worked well enough to keep."
Yo welcome
I have heard the Pete Townshend demo of this song, and there was stuttering on the demo.....
the bass solos were so good I never realised there was a guitar solo after
The first punk rock song by a decade by the best rock band ever!!!!
This isnt the first punk rock song
@@bingus1924 most punk has roots from the Who and Led Zep to a certain extent
It was known for its unusual hard sound though
This song is for all those social anxiety bois who used to bully a deaf girl when they were younger and now has 0 friends.
@@Bubby3D It's a reference to the japanese animated movie called "A Silent Voice"
@ElyC West no, I was just telling someone what the joke was.
@ElyC West wasnt a woosh moment more a r/helpfull moment
Cool lmao koe no katachi is the best anime movie
This is me. I have no one.
i love this song but the dancing at 0:07 gets me everytime lol
1965-66. Senior year of High School. Good times, endless party. Almost.
I love how energetic and angry this song sounds.
I remember how much we loved this song when it came out. My mates Dad was very upset about it. He used to tell us, it's not funny having a speech impediment haha. Now I'm old I still love it.
That Bassline !!
This song gets stuck in my head for obvious reasons out of nowhere and I'm not complaining
so, im 16 and I just joined a band called imagine that
Lead singer is 55
Drummer is 44
Bass player is 32
rhythm guitar is 20
Lead Guitar is 16
and we just played this at our first gig after months of trying to find a bar that would let a 16 and 20 year old play. Perfect
Imagine that
diden't... left... good looks
+zackattack94 Fuck off honestly
+zackattack94 not about making it big, just about making something, making a few songs and playing in front of a crowd. you don't need a stadium filled with people.
+zackattack94 totally is if that's your opinion. but for some there's alot fun and fulfillment in it.
Mods and Rockers, good snapshot of the times, with Churchill thrown in too! Excellent!
This was a song of MY generation ! Love the men in bowler hats too - my dad became a ‘ man from the ministry ‘ when he worked at the Ministry of Transport in London and had to cross Blackfriars Bridge on his way to work !!!!
Best bass ever. Bought the 45 when it came out. Absolutely wore it out.
This song is never gets old.
Something weird considering the name and the lyrics of the song...
It'll die before it can ever get old.
Mr Moon going crazy on the drums at the end 😂
Nicholas Davies to this day, I consider it the number drum solo in rock ever. No other song that has captured such angst in an epic way.
TheFantastic moon
72 and still hoping I die before I get old...rock on kids
Hey you might enjoy a band called The Doublejumps if you like The Who
Oh to be back in the 60's again...... memories light the corners of my mind....
I used to be indifferent to the line "I hope I die before I get old," but the older I get, the more I appreciate its meaning.
I was surprised to hear this in A Silent Voice as well.
I will always love This song
Heard it once while watching “A silent voice” and I couldn’t get it out of my head it is just that good
Piss off with your anime Bs
This footage is fantastic, The Teddy Boys and Mods. LOVE the song & it fits so well!!!
Us mods were the best
koe no katachi :D
Fantastic rocker from 1965 !!! Killer bass solo from John !!!
One Of The Greatest Bands Of All Time !
My Youth Club in 1966 played this non stop. I LOVE this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Way ahead of their time. Changed the music scene. Influenced the punk scene. THE WHO........BRILLIANT!!!!!!!
"I hope I die before I get old"
Classic.
Real timeless classic for one of the best band of ever !
60s youth anthem.Luv the psych freakbeat sounds.Reality of the coming times of 60s youth.
People don't realize how far ahead of its time this song and band was. Theres punk, hard rock, prog rock in there ten years before it happened, lots of key changes, a bass guitar solo!! Practically unheard of in popular music of the time and even now. Back in those days, bands used to be pretty boys smiling and wearing matching suits. Then along came the Who, the first proper band. Not a backing band for a lead singer or 2 songwriters. 4 real musicians.
That bass by Entwistle is monstrous!!!!!!
So many thoughts run through my mind with this song. I think about what parents at the time though when they heard this coming from their kids bedrooms. The lyrics. The drums at the end. So far ahead of their time. Heavy metal in it’s infancy. Love it!!
I can proudly say I knew about this song before watching A Silent Voice
That generation definitely has the best music👌
Yes they did kids now in THIS generation don't know what they're missing.
My boss know where it’s at. Old fucker, still works, and he still listens to all the great things in the day.
@@serrazimmerman5046 We got memes
@@coolperson962 yes. But i am talking about Music wise.
This is my generation in England what wonderful days great to look back.... mods and rockers.. beatniks .... bikes and scooters .... The Who My Generation...
Carol P Thank you for your wonderful comment.... England has changed so much in the way of good music.. but I am sorry to say I now live in Texas not crazy on country music lol ! take care my dear or should I say Love :)
Geoffrey Head How do you like your rights to own a gun and fire it?
Geoffrey Head And they all got old or died now. Time sux.
I LOVE YOU Good way to die before I get old.
Timeless! 👍🎶
Love this song from the best mod group ever the WHO from an old mod of 69 years old 🤩😊😎🤗
Cheered one of the most important bands in the history of popular music
Almost sixty years old and still the fight song of the rebel youth, that is rock and roll !
10% Comments Koe no Katachi.
90% Good times.
yup
30% Simpsons reference
Grant C.
What you sayin’ about my generation?
90% Koe no Katachi
5% The Who fans
5% The Simpsons
What is the joe no thingy
I am nearing the age of 60. I am reasonably strong and healthy.
I volunteered for nearly five years in an advanced care nursing facility.
I’ve endured the trauma of watching my parents mentally deteriorate from the worst possible affliction on the planet.
I pray that I NEVER suffer this way.
I pray that my family never has to endure this slow, painful loss.
Therefore, I smoke.
“I hope I die before I get old.” 🎶
The Who - ‘My Generation’
A Timeless Classic
That bass ! Pure genius !
"Why don't u all just ffffffff......fade away" he really wanted to say fuck 😂😂
I thought he was gonna tell us all to fuck off. lol :)
Quadrophenia
he originally fell over the line, they kept it in and expanded upon it
It's making fun of Mods.
So true
Where are my fellow Zillennials? This song has always been awesome.
The Who was my Aunt's favorite band, she passed when I was in 1st Grade and she was a good woman, The Who will always make me think of my Aunt.