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Who’s legendary guitarist Pete Townshend He admitted that the band’s most iconic song, “My Generation,” had become “a burden.”
“I hate to play it,” admitted Townshend, 79, on the episode of Tuesday, March 25, of the “Switched on Pop” podcast.
“My Generation” defined a lifetime of the 1960s rebellion with its proto-heavy metal sound and blistering words from Townshend, where he declared, “I hope I die before I get old.”
Townshend reflected on the impact of “my generation” during his podcast interview, admitting that his swagger style hindered Who in the long run.
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“Well, I think the band members, for me and the band members, became a burden,” he said. “We were still playing as our locking song in our late 20s. It felt us that the conversation was over.”
The musician went on, “When we first went to New York in 1967, there were children who were called up for Vietnam, but Vietnam’s issue was over and we were still doing ‘my generation on stage and I probably crushed guitars and (drummer) Keith Moon was still cutting his drums up and we were still doing so.
John Entwhistle, Roger Daltrey, Keith Moon and Pete Townshend perform on ‘Where The Action’ by Dick Clark ‘
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesThe set list started to change eventually. “After we started performing (1969 Rock Opera) TommyWe would close the show with (‘See me, feel me’), but if there was a desire for an encore, we would eventually play ‘summer blues’ and then follow up with ‘my generation’ and break guitar or whatever we were doing at the time, ”he added.” There were long periods where we would try to do that. My explanations of why I was doing were not accepted. “
Townshend acknowledged that his frustrations with “my generation” increased over time alone, especially as fans expect to hear the song at each show.
“We didn’t want to continue playing at the end of the show,” he admitted. “And I have to say, (Roger Daltrey, who’s singer) and I recently made a couple of teenager shows at the Royal Albert Hall and we played ‘My Generation’ and I hate to play it.
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“My Generation” was highly controversial at the time of its release in 1965, with the BBC initially refusing to play on the radio because Daltrey’s preventive voices were considered offensive to actual stutterers.
The track’s anthemic message became popular anyway, forcing the BBC to dissolve its ban and leave my generation back on the charts. Eventually, number 2 arrived on the UK’s single chart in 1965, although only number 74 hit it in the US
Speaking about the song ban on “Switched on Pop,” Townshend contrasted how dealt with the argument to the way that contemporaries like The Beatles often refuses to tackle serious topics in their early years.
“When you look at early interviews with the Beatles, what they did is every time they were asked a serious question, they made a joke,” he noted. “I tried to answer questions seriously, but I knew there were topics that I had to stay away from. I would have really defended myself on the stuttering. It wasn’t supposed to be taking piss for people stumbling. It was supposed to grow up in this group of boys who took so many amphetamins that they couldn’t speak.”
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WHO last performed on Teenager Cancer Trust benefit in March 2024, where “my generation” was part of a jam set full of their hits from the 1960s and their ’70s.
Townshend and Daltrey will reunite at this year’s Teenager Cancer Trust concert on Thursday, March 27, at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The duo will be supported by Level 42, which got hits with “Something about you” 1985 and “Lessons in Love.” 1986.
