My Generation / Shout and Shimmy

by The Who

My Generation / Shout and Shimmy cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 29 October 1965
  • Label: Brunswick
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 6:29
  • Community rating: 4.23/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The quintessential anthem of teenage rebellion for the 1960s British mod subculture. Pete Townshend famously penned the stuttering lyric 'hope I die before I get old' allegedly after the Queen Mother had his Packard hearse towed away from outside her residence. The track is deeply notable for John Entwistle's lightning-fast bass solo, which was practically unheard of in pop-rock recording at the time.

Genres

Descriptors: alienation, melodic, call-and-response, Riff-Driven, adolescence

Tracklist

  1. My Generation (3:14)
  2. Shout And Shimmy (3:15)

Credits

  • The Who - primary artist
  • Pete Townshend - written-by
  • James Brown - written-by

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