My Generation

I read in ROLLING STONE that the stuttering is meant to sound like the mods, who were all on amphetamines. It is not making fun of them. The song is saying that older people should not judge the youth according to their outdated standards, but let them live how they want to.

Forgetting all that shit about the stuttering....

The REST of the song is about how Pete is scorning the older generation, because he was driving in a new car he bought and an older woman drove up next to him and said "Driving Mummy's car now are we?"

It pissed him off so he wrote this song. Kind of saying that just because they're young doesn't mean they can't provide for themselves, and that the older generation sucks ass.

<b>I think the stutters are supposed to mean the kids are not being able to say what they really want to say... They get very angry but calm down just for the sake of being able to say how they feel. Note most of the stutters sounds like they're going to say a foul word:

"Things they do look awful c-c-cold" = Things they do look awful crap. "Why don't you all fff-fade away" = Why don't you all fuck off. "I'm not trying to cause a big s-s-sensation" = I'm not trying to cause a big stir.

Well that is just my guess. </b>

i was told the stutter was put in there because roger used to have a stutter. this was one of the first songs they wrote, when roger still had a stutter, and they thought it sounded cool on this song, so they left it in...i'm probably wrong tho

best bass EVER john entwistle is the best ever.

die hilary duff... die... i also read that she (er, not her, some big person who does her thinking for her) changed the words to "hope i don't die before i get old." let's not offend people now.

Kewl song about youth anxst and rebellion. Like the earlier version of "Teen Spirit"

many bands have covored this song but no1s will be as good as the original

what the hell. i think shauncreany needs to lay off the pills himself

And thus the old fogey have the right to think the civilization is stepping ever closer to the grave. That seems to be a universal theme in the perpetual war beteen young and old. The young think the old fogeys are keeping them back and vice versa. Both sides think the other is dangling society as a whole over the void. We all fall down and become no more. By and large, both sides believe mental madness reigns. While My Generation speaks about the angst of the youth, Mama's Little Helper by the Stones speaks about the angst of the mother and her need for Prozac or whatever antidepressant she is on. The mother is a representation of the old and everybody is driving her nucking futs. The 1960's was probably the key battleground who was going to destroy us faster. It has been repeated in every subsequent decade since then, reaching a head in the 90's and it has yet to really manifest itself once more. I could be ranting nonsensically but that is what I think about the subject.

omg, i read in the paper that hilary duff did this song, its an insult to such a great song! i couldent believe it. yeah this song does have an excellant bass solo, and also with the stuttering, i heard it was an accident when they practiced it and they decided to keep it.