The Stooges – 1969

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Well it's 1969 OK all across the USA
It's another year for me and you
Another year with nothing to do
Last year I was twenty one I didn't have a lot of fun
And now I'm gonna be twenty two I say oh my and a boo-hoo
It's 1969 OK all across the USA
It's another year for me and you
Another year with nothing to do
Another year with nothing to do
It's 1969
1969 1969 1969 1969 baby
And it's 1969 bayyybee
Baby
Baby
Baby

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Track duration: 04:07

"1969" as written by James Jr./asheton Osterberg

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    General Comment:Every word that comes out of Iggy's mouth is godly.
    Flag XNeverMindon May 25, 2011   Link
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    General Comment: "last year, i was twenty one
    i didn't have a lot of fun
    and now i'm gonna be twenty two
    i say 'oh my' and-a 'boo hoo!'"

    ...only iggy pop could make twenty five words or less this legit..
    Flag smashingyngmanon June 11, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:sorry to go all in-depth revisionist history on you but...i doubt its iggy saying that 'music was shit and boring' or that punk wasnt around or whatever, given their place in the detroit scene with the MC5, the up etc. plus you can't talk about 'all the hippy shit' in this context when you think about the white panther party & all the other militant 'yippie' groups linked to the music scene. the punk music/culture evolved from the angrier elements of the hippie counter culture, it didnt just spring from nowhere.

    aaaaanyways. fucking excellent song.
    Flag troutmaskedon November 05, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:best alternative rock song ever
    Flag Ichlabuchlaon July 23, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I think the "nothing to do" is because it was all the hippy shit at the time and punk hadn't been invented. So they had nothing to do in that society.
    Flag BrainFreeze100on July 05, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I think the "nothing to do" is because it was all the hippy shit at the time and punk hadn't been invented. So they had nothing to do in that society.
    Flag BrainFreeze100on July 05, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I think the "nothing to do" is because it was all the hippy shit at the time and punk hadn't been invented. So they had nothing to do in that society.
    Flag BrainFreeze100on July 05, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:it also has a lot to do with the fact that music during the time was shit and boring, except the doors of course.
    it talks about the fact that people were stuck in small dead-end towns with nothing to aim for, where as iggy, ron asheton and the rest of the stooges were havin a great time gettin high and having sex with hot groupies.
    this was the birth of the REAL rebels, mainly jim morisson and iggy pop.
    Flag lukeyboy3on July 03, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:"this marked the beginning of the end for the hippie shit...

    wow, i always thought he said "war across the USA". "

    Hahahaha. Me too.
    Yeah I'm pretty sure it's the end of a shit generation.
    Plus it's hating growing old.
    Flag AnnettesGotTheHitson October 25, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I dont quite understand, there was a lot to be fighting for wasn't there? Vietnam for instance. Its still a great song. PiKeulo it couldnt be a song for generation unless the song was fundamentally changed as it focusses on 1969.
    Flag longliveconradon May 01, 2006   Link

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