Musical Musings #14: My Generation

Continuing on with the 60's theme, this week's prompt is The Who's My Generation (the fim clip that follows is recorded at Woodstock in 1969!) It is named the 11th Greatest Song on Rolling Stones list of 500 Greatest Songs of all time and part of the Rock and Roll Hall of fames 500 Songs that shaped Rock and Roll. It was released in early November 1965.

Written by Pete Townsend for the rebellious British youth called 'mods', it was an echo of the youths disenfranchisement from their parent's generation and their feelings of how the older generation just didn't get them. Townshend reportedly wrote the song on a train and is said to have been inspired by the Queen Mother who is alleged to have had Townshend's 1935 Packard hearse towed off a street in Belravia because she was offended by the sight of it during her daily drive through the neighbourhood.

It is considered to be one of the most distilled statements of youth rebellion in rock and roll, and is one of the acknowledged forebearers of punk.

Using the theme of being misunderstood or wanting to be understood, follow your muse through the thrashing sounds of My Generation to find your story.