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From '' Ljusåret Kommer '' Label: Ljudspåret ‎-- LSLP 201 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Sweden Released: 1980 Tracklist A1 Strutfuten Kommer A2 Nästa Helg Så Kanske A3 Ålrajt A4 Ett Liv A5 Vem Äger Rätten B1 Ruset B2 Jag Vill Inte Gå Till (Nät) B3 My Generation B4 Du E Du B5 Det Är Mörkt B6 För Mej Är Det Lungt B7 Nånstans Å Va GLO (Gothenburg Ligist Organization) ------------------------ "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, 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". In popular culture The performance of "My Generation" on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was another defining moment in the television comedy series. As they often did during that period, The Who destroyed their instruments at the conclusion of their performance. However, a stage hand, at the request of Keith Moon, had overloaded Moon's kick drum with explosives. When they were detonated, the explosion was so intense that Moon was injured by cymbal shrapnel and bandmate Pete Townshend's hearing was permanently damaged. "My Generation" was sung live by three of the main stars of the 1980s BBC sitcom The Young Ones (Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer). Edmondson, as Vyvyan, said "Why don't you all fuck off", in place of the original line containing "fade away". The line "I hope I die before I get old" was the inspiration for the They Might Be Giants 1985 song "Hope That I Get Old Before I Die", a reaction against the stereotypical values of rock and roll in the 1960s. "Weird Al" Yankovic's first polka medley "Polkas On 45" closes with a polka version of the first verse of "My Generation". Danny Tanner sings his own comedic attempt at the song with Jesse and the Rippers in the "Ol' Brown eyes" episode of Full House. British pop singer Robbie Williams also released a song in 1997 called "Old Before I Die". The song reached #2 in the UK charts. The Who's BBC Radio version is featured in the 1999 film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. A clip of "My Generation" was played in a 2004 episode of The Simpsons, "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays". MC Lars parodied the line "I hope I die before I get old" in his 2005 single "iGeneration" (also referencing the title "My Generation"), with the line "I hope I die before I get sold". In Limp Bizkit's song "My Generation" the word "Generation" sung with a stutter resembling the one in The Who's song. The Disney video game Ultimate Band features a cover of "My Generation" in its tracklist. The video game Rock Band features the Live at Leeds recording of the song, albeit heavily edited, as part of a 12 pack of downloadable tracks from The Who. The song "Americana" by the punk rock band The Offspring, features the line "I want it right now because my ge-generation don't like to wait", imitating Roger Daltrey's stutter. The song was parodied by Harsh Reality as "(Talkin' 'bout) My Own Abortion". It appears in the TV sitcom "Seinfeld". George makes a comment about a comedian being "the voice of a new generation; My Generation" In an episode of CSI, Catherine states at a crimescene "I hope I die before I get old", a reference to the song as The Who is repeatedly homaged in CSI, as Roger Daltrey appeared in an episode and the themes to the 3 CSI shows are songs by The Who. Kurt Cobain was quoted as saying "I hope I die before I turn into Pete Townshend." Was featured in a 2009 Pepsi commercial, depicting pop culture through the decades, the respective 1900s, 1920s, 1940s, (e.g. Times Square's 1945 tickertape parade welcoming returning World War II troops), 1950s, the late 1960s, late 1970s, middle and end of 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s (e.g. turning of the millennium) day among them. A recent Looney Tunes cartoon was titled My Generation G-G-Gap (featuring a stut...