"When we were growing up, it was a very dark time. England was rebuilding from the war and freedoms we take for granted now didn't exist. You could be beaten up by police, shot at, or jailed for protesting the system. I always find it slightly amusing when a young band of today sings angsty lyrics because really, kids have nothing to complain about now except that their parents won't buy them the latest cell phone or pair of designer jeans."
>>64304904
hell be fine.
>>64304904
Pete is a fuckin dork the guy was clearly jealous of Roger his entire life
>like this spoiled boomer cunt ever had any real hardship in his life
>like any of the 60s generation had any real hardship when there was no conscription anymore and you could just walk into a job
>>64304904
Why are boomers the worst generation to have existed
>You could be beaten up by police, shot at, or jailed for protesting the system.
People in Britain literally get arrested for saying mean things on the Internet. The police literally come to their house and arrest them and charge them.
This guy has Ivory Tower syndrome.
>>64305182
Because of the Marshall plan.
>freedoms we take for granted now didn't exist.
>implying muh freedurms
>You could be jailed, beat up by police, or shot at for protesting the system.
>implying these things don't still happen today
>kids nowadays have nothing to be upset about except that their parents wouldn't buy them the latest cell phone or pair of designer jeans.
fucking baby boomer post war cunt
nah I actually slightly lost it at this
Fucking rich coming from a guy who's generation had free university education... that generation could walk into a job straight after their free education and earn a damn sight more than a starting salary for this generation. The twat had free milk at school and everything.
>Implying kids of his generation had stuff to be upset about except their parents not buying them more mirrors for their moped
>Implying kids of his generation had stuff to be upset about except their parents not buying them a new three button suit
fuck that guy.
>t-t-talkin bout my generation
>>64304904
>grow up in rural kansas
>still true
Remember /mu/: always ask for citation.
>>64304904
>Write a song about defending your generation
>This generation has it so easy
Oh irony.
People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Just because our parents won't buy us the latest cell phone or pair of designer jeans (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
>>64305424
More correctly, British kids had less to whine about than us because they weren't being drafted into a war in some fucking jungle somewhere. Or deal with the Civil Rights Movement.
>>64304904
So how are all those kids you molested doing, Pete.
>>64305558
Over here the Mods and Rockers had it so cushy that they got bored and had running battles on the beaches over girls and who had the highest pinball score.
>>64305717
The 60s was sick.
All the middle class did was ride the gravy train, go to work, take drugs, and go clubbing. his generation was no different to the disenfranchised youth of today... except his generation was disenfranchised through boredom, as Macmillan said, they 'never had it so good'.
The Beatles had an actual grimy working class upbringing in Liverpool. Lemmy said they were real while the Rolling Stones were middle class babbies.
didn't he get caught with cheese pizza?
>>64305968
While "researching" a book he was writing.
>>64305944
Black Sabbath and Judas Priest were also working class boys from Birmingham. For them, music was a way of escaping a life of toiling in a factory or cleaning sewers.
>>64304904
I imagine the kids being abused for child porn have plenty to be upset about, Pete.
>>64306186
extreme cherry picking
also I'm sure at least some of them enjoy it
>>64306210
it's not cherry picking, it's a joke over the fact that Townshend is an accused pedophile.
>>64306253
I think it's a testament to how good the music he made with The Who is that he's not had his career completely destroyed.
>>64306310
More like a testament to what you can get away with if you have enough money/fame/connections. But then, pretty much all 60s-70s rockers were complete scum anyway.
How is it that Paul McCartney ended up being both the corniest and the most "with it" guy of his generation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=163_C5UVU-I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVf8z4syKDc
>>64306603
Because John Lennon never lived to see today's music.
>>64304904
>>64305182
He didn't actually say this you idiots.
>>64306704
Come on, Lennon at the time of his death was as much of a soppy, sentimental guy as McCartney. He ridiculed Paul and the Rolling Stones for still trying to be rock stars as they were pushing 40.
>>64304904
> everybody young person is rich today
>>64306186
>after he used a credit card to view a child porn website as part of personal research while writing his autobiography
kek
>>64304904
Daily reminder that this faggot got caught looking at CP then told everyone he was doing it as part of his own investigation into how easy it is to access CP.
Just checked it
>never directly says that he wasn't into CP
>tries to buy sympathy by claiming (probably making up) he was molested as a child by a guy looking like Hitler
>still has the nerve to talk shit about anyone else
This guy is reaching humanity's new lows.
>>64306372
>>64306603
Is Paul the only musician of his era that didn't become an angry old grump?
>>64306876
Brian Wilson?
>>64306876
Bowie still counts?
>>64306928
I'm not sure if Brian can be butthurt in his current mental state.
>>64306962
He gave an interview a few years ago where they asked him what artists of today he dislikes and he said "Oh, I could name some but I'd rather not hurt their feelings."
>>64306997
based
>>64305183
COME GET ME COPPER
FUCKING NIGGER KIKES
BACK IN MY DAY, WE HAD TO WALK 25 MILES IN A BLIZZARD TO BUY NEW GUITARS AFTER SMASHING THEM ON STAGE. KIDS TODAY CAN NEVER KNOW THAT FEEL.
JUST NONCE MY SHIT UP
>>64306942
Bowie just stopped doing shit to spend time with his family
which is pretty admirable
>>64306876
The Rolling Stones have always seemed like chill guys.
>>64305458
Gonna have to (you) myself for ya'll benefits. DON'T BELIEVE STRANGERS ON THE INTERNET.
>>64306876
Yfw Pete Townshend yelled at tiny child waving a sign to smash his guitar.
Mfw my second favorite musician turned into a giant raging manchild
>>64307244
Anyone who knows a little about Pete knows that when he plays, he really, really gets into it so if you get too close to him, shit tends to happen. Abbie Hoffman found that out good.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9572773/Pete-Townshend-I-paid-for-child-porn-to-prove-British-banks-were-channelling-sex-ring-cash.html
>>64304904
His countrymen are living through 1984 dystopia with east eurasia right up their arse instead of off in some far away mysterious place only seen during the 5 Minutes Hate.
Pete, you are the overinsulated out of touch fag.
