Talk:My Generation

message: While it made me laugh out loud, the claim that Townshend came up with the song's famous lyric because he heard an old painter muttering "I hope these dry before it gets cold" is certainly spurious.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.224.54.60 (talk) 14:22, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

message: I removed the cleanup notice.  I believe the information it referred to had already been removed.  Sensation002 01:53, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup 

message: I'm having trouble finding out when the title track of "Magic Bus" was recorded. The song is identical in structure and melody to "My Generation. It only differs in beat and lyrics. I'm trying to figure out if it is prototype to My Generation or did it come later as just a rehash?--Mark 2000 06:49, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Magic Bus as Prototype 

message: I have added the Zimmers' to the list of notable covers. --82.11.32.93 16:00, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Zimmers 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:MyGenerationUK.jpg

message: How does the notable covers section need to be cleaned up? Hyacinth (talk) 21:59, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It doesn't. That's what "Notable Covers" sections are supposed to look like. And that other tag ("Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided") under the "In popular culture" section, needs to go as well. There is nowhere else in the entry that the section outlining the effect of "My Generation" in popular culture could go. Some Wiki contributors the moment they see a section titled "In culture", they tag it! -The Gnome (talk) 23:07, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup: Notable covers

message: I think these days more people are familiar with the Limp Bizkit song. It's a lot heavier.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.40.118.28 (talk) 08:25, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability 

message: According to the liner notes of the sound track to The Kids Are Alright, the solo was in fact performed on a Damelectro, and that it was the third one Entwistle bought. Middle Eye 512 (talk) 21:30, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bass solo 

message: and am not happy with either  heavy metal, stoner rock.  Wikipedia describes Stones rock as something started in 1990s, and the Who don't (opinion) really fit as Heavy Metal either. Carptrash (talk) 00:21, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  I'm looking at the Genrea 

message: if the section in Popular Culture that reads:
:"In a 2009 Pepsi commercial used to promote their new logo"
should read, "The song was used in a 2009 Pepsi commercial used to promote their new logo?"  Since I never heard the ad I am not inclined to make this change.   Carptrash (talk) 14:19, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  I am wondering 

message: There are problems with both these sections, despite what is said in the above section.
#  They are both entirely uncited.  This is never good.
# What criteria is being used to decide which covers are "notable"?  Currently it appears that anyone can list any cover they know of.  They don't need to make it verifiable or demonstrate any notability.
# The "in popular culture" section is 90% trivia of no significance. It demonstrates no, or very little, impact of the song on popular culture. It is amply demonstrated in other parts of the article that the song is well-known and popular, so it's news to no-one that, amazingly, it can be heard on TV and in films.  No-one is ever going to read the entirety of this undesirable list format because it says very little of interest.
As of Dec. 9, 2013, there are no covers shown in the article, although there is a category listing for Patti Smith songs.  I remember the Patti Smith cover with John Cale playing bass.  Also, should there be mention of songs that refer to "My Generation", such as Generation X's "Your Generation" and Sham 69's "Whose Generation"? Jtyroler (talk) 10:00, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable Covers & Popular Culture 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Is there any doubt that this is Townshend, Daltry, Moon and Entwistle? I his bio Pete mentions three of them but not Moon.  I am going to use that as a source.  Pleae feel free to join in the discussion. Carptrash (talk) 20:36, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why are we having reverts on the "Personnel"  section? 

message: In the article for the song "My Generation," the release date in listed as 29 October 1965, but in the sidebar for the album the release date is listed as 5 November 1965.
CltNC830 (talk)  — Preceding undated comment added 23:24, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Release date 

message: When you go to see the singles chronology, for the release year of this single instead of “1965” it says a bunch of 0’s followed by a singular 7. Is this a joke????????? I hope someone cleans this up. Tengoritmo (talk) 19:12, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is “00000007”? 

message: Hi,
I was wondering if we can put in garage rock in this page; considering it has the qualities of a garage rock song and is noted by the sources, though is there a way we can put it in there? 203.185.244.152 (talk) 11:47, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Garage rock