Vandaag is het precies 49 jaar geleden dat “My Generation” werd opgenomen. UDiscoverMusic heeft een artikel.
“To understand just what a powerful statement Pete Townshend’s new song made, it’s worth considering what the fellow heavy-hitters on the British rock scene were up to at the time. The Beatles were just coming off ‘Help’ and were soon to move on to ‘Day Tripper’ and ‘We Can Work It Out.’ The Stones were just unleashing ‘Get Off Of My Cloud,’ the Kinks had just been in the top ten with ‘See My Friend’ and the Animals’ new single was ‘It’s My Life.’ All extremely powerful singles, but for sheer, animal energy and anger, ‘My Generation’ was the definitive statement of the era“
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