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Patti Smith

My Generation

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“My Generation” is a song by the British rock group The Who, which became a hit and one of their most recognizable songs. The song was named the 11th greatest song by Rolling Stone on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and 13th on VH1’s list of the 100 Greatest Songs of Rock & Roll. It’s also part of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and is inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for “historical, artistic and significant” value. In 2009 it was named the 37th Greatest Hard Rock Song by VH1. The song, composed by Pete Townshend at the age of twenty in 1965, was written for rebellious British youths called Mods, and expressed their feeling that older people “just don’t get it”. The song was released as a single on 5... Read on...

Song lines: ♪ My generation, baby ... I'm so goddamn young ... I hope I die because of it (Talkin' 'bout my generation

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More songs by Patti Smith (See Charts): Everybody Wants To Rule The World, 1959, Helpless, Gone Again, Land, The Boy In The Bubble, Summer Cannibals, Gloria, People Have The Power, and Dancing Barefoot.

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