I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
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)
Don't try to dig what we all s-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)
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
My my my generation
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
My my my generation
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)
(Talkin' 'bout my generation) this is my generation
(Talkin' 'bout my generation) this is my generation
(Talkin' 'bout my generation) this is my generation
(Talkin' 'bout my generation) this is my generation
(Talkin' 'bout my generation) this is my generation
(Talkin' 'bout my generation) this is my generation
(Talkin' 'bout my generation) this is 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)
Don't try to dig what we all s-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)
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
My my my generation
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
My my my generation
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)
(Talkin' 'bout my generation)
(Talkin' 'bout my generation) this is my generation
(Talkin' 'bout my generation) this is my generation
(Talkin' 'bout my generation) this is my generation
(Talkin' 'bout my generation) this is my generation
(Talkin' 'bout my generation) this is my generation
(Talkin' 'bout my generation) this is my generation
(Talkin' 'bout my generation) this is my generation
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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.
@OpinionHead Valium.
@OpinionHead Howdo, it was valium, now called diazepan that was Mother's Little Helper. In the song Mick sings about a little yellow pill but now it's the blue 10 mg one that everyone thinks about, I mean there are 5s and 2s but it's much easier to just quickly swallow 5 or 10 blues rather than 25 or 50 itty bitty Jack & Jill's. Just saying. <br /> I'd love to have a go at driving one of them old futs, even if it wasn't still nucking. They just don't make motors like they used to.
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.
@who_rock Of the handful of explanations I've read re <br /> the case of "Who said to put that famous stutter in the first Who Anthem, anyway"? I wonder if, before they released it, if any one of The Who members; Pete in particular, if they were able to project how powerful, important, impactful, and beautiful "My Generation" would become to their generation (plus the generations that have followed)? I gotta believe that when their work on 'MG' was finalized in the studio and they could playback their creation - they knew they had made more than a hit..I wonder what was going through their minds and bodies (something only a performance artist can experience; I get it; and they deserve lotza huge accolades!) Anyway, my wager is definitely on @who_rock; you, sir gave the answer that most sounds like The Who; they got lucky in the important moments, didn't they? To 'stumble' upon a 'blah-blah'; which happened to be exactly what they needed at that very moment? And, wink-wink, I'm sure it didn't have anything to do with their strong dedication and discipline to their craft! Yes, they are a very disciplined band!). They earned every penny and applause, they did! <br /> I think I Did see a very quick slice of film that was obviously a studio where Roger was stuttering into the mic and then ya hear someone off-camera saying exactly what @who_rock said he heard.....and so it goes.