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My Generation Technique
Great lyrics move us like the world's best poems. Take a close-up look at the art.
Music
A handful of elements combine to distinguish "My Generation" from other songs, musically speaking. A pulsing introduction quickly gives way to a series of call and response vocals. Toward the mi...
Setting
Pete Townshend's anthem may have been embraced broadly, but it was primarily local in its inspirations. The immediate inspiration was an event that occurred outside his London home: the towing of h...