Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p "My Generation" is a song by the British rock group The Who, which became a hit and one of their most recognisable songs. The song was named the 11th greatest song by Rolling Stone on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and 13th on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Songs of Rock & Roll. It's also part of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and is inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "historical, artistic and significant" value. In 2009 it was named the 37th Greatest Hard Rock Song by VH1.The song was released as a single on 5 November 1965, reaching No. 2 in the UK, the Who's highest charting single in their home country and No. 74 in America. "My Generation" also appeared on The Who's 1965 debut album, My Generation (The Who Sings My Generation in the United States), and in greatly extended form on their live album Live at Leeds (1970). The Who re-recorded the song for the Ready Steady Who! EP in 1966, but it was not included on the EP, and this version was released only in 1995 on the remastered version of the A Quick One album. The main difference between this version and the original is that instead of the hail of feedback which ends the original, the band play a chaotic rendition of Edward Elgar's "Land of Hope and Glory". In the album's liner notes the song is credited to both Townshend and Elgar.A music video featuring a montage of live performance clips has been played on music stations. In 2009, Pepsi produced a music video for its advertising using scenes and cultural icons from the 20th century: 1900s (decade)s derby hats and hatpins, 1920s Prohibition era flappers, 1940s ticker tape parades for 1945's World War II returnees, 1950s souped up drag racing, James Dean-esqe hairstyles, 1960s hippies and their opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, 1970s later decade disco, 1980s break dancing and fall of the Berlin Wall and 1990s grunge, moshing and hip hop.. }
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- My_Generation abstract ""My Generation" is a song by the British rock group The Who, which became a hit and one of their most recognisable songs. The song was named the 11th greatest song by Rolling Stone on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and 13th on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Songs of Rock & Roll. It's also part of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and is inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "historical, artistic and significant" value. In 2009 it was named the 37th Greatest Hard Rock Song by VH1.The song was released as a single on 5 November 1965, reaching No. 2 in the UK, the Who's highest charting single in their home country and No. 74 in America. "My Generation" also appeared on The Who's 1965 debut album, My Generation (The Who Sings My Generation in the United States), and in greatly extended form on their live album Live at Leeds (1970). The Who re-recorded the song for the Ready Steady Who! EP in 1966, but it was not included on the EP, and this version was released only in 1995 on the remastered version of the A Quick One album. The main difference between this version and the original is that instead of the hail of feedback which ends the original, the band play a chaotic rendition of Edward Elgar's "Land of Hope and Glory". In the album's liner notes the song is credited to both Townshend and Elgar.A music video featuring a montage of live performance clips has been played on music stations. In 2009, Pepsi produced a music video for its advertising using scenes and cultural icons from the 20th century: 1900s (decade)s derby hats and hatpins, 1920s Prohibition era flappers, 1940s ticker tape parades for 1945's World War II returnees, 1950s souped up drag racing, James Dean-esqe hairstyles, 1960s hippies and their opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, 1970s later decade disco, 1980s break dancing and fall of the Berlin Wall and 1990s grunge, moshing and hip hop.".