THE GREATIST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME

30. "MY GENERATION"-THE WHO

THE WHO'S FIRST TRIBUTE TO THIER FIRST FANS -A GROUP OF
YOUNG BRIT'S KNOWN AS MOD'S WHO RODE SCOOTERS,DRESSED
SHARP,KEPT THIER HAIR PRETTY SHORT, AND TOOK WEEKEND
TRIPS TO BRIGHTON EN MASSE.MOD'S WEREN'T THE WHO'S ONLY
FANS THOU-THEY HAD UNIVERSAL APPEAL TO YOUNG PEOPLE
THE WORLD OVER.
"PEOPLE TRY TO PUT US DOWN"
"JUST BECAUSE WE GET AROUND"
OWE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF IT'S MESSAGE FROM THE BEACH BOY'S
SONG "I GET AROUND" LIKE THE RAMONES IN A LATER TIME-THE WHO
WERE BIG BEACH BOY FAN'S ESPECIALLY DRUMMER KEITH MOON.
"MY GENERATION" SPEAKS IN A UNIQUE WAYS TO THE NEW YOUTH POP
CULTURE THAT WAS QUICKLY GAINING NUMBERS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
BEFORE THE 1960'S WERE OVER AT LEAST HALF THE PEOPLE IN THE FREE
WESTERN WORLD HAD BECOME AWARE THAT THEY WERE PART OF A
LARGER GROUP.ONE THAT WOULD COMPLETELY CHANGE THE WHOLE
WORLD OF POP CULTURE AND INDEED IT'S REVERBARATIONS CAN STILL
BE FELT TODAY.

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