Ele esperava morrer antes de ficar velho, mas continua fazendo rock

Ontem, dia 19 de maio, um dos meus ícones completou 64 anos. Logo ele, que esperava morrer antes de ficar velho... Mas o que é ficar velho? Peter (Pete) Dennis Blandford Townshend não sabe o que é isso. Multiinstrumentista, é na guitarra que expressa suas idéias e transmite emoção.

Para homenagear este "jovem" dinossauro do rock, trouxe um vídeo que, de certa forma, é icônico e de certa maneira representa um resumo da história do The Who. Ao vivo, no Festival de Woodstock em 69, Pete, Roger, John e o incrível Keith detonam, mais uma vez, sua usina de força ao tocarem My Generation e deixarem o palco em pedaços, sob os uivos da platéia incrédula com o que acabara de assistir.

Para mais informações sobre o que Woodstock representou para o rock e para a juventude, clique aqui, que a minha amiga Requeri explica tudo isso muito bem, em alguns posts.

My Generation
Pete Townshend

People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Just because we get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I hope I die before I get old (Talkin' 'bout my generation)

This is my generation
This is my generation, baby

Why don't you all f-fade away (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
And don't try to dig what we all s-s-say (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm not trying to cause a big s-s-sensation (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-g-generation (Talkin' 'bout my generation)

This is my generation
This is my generation, baby

Why don't you all f-fade away (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
And don't try to d-dig what we all s-s-say (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm not trying to cause a b-big s-s-sensation (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-generation (Talkin' 'bout my generation)

This is my generation
This is my generation, baby

People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Just because we g-g-get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Yeah, I hope I die before I get old (Talkin' 'bout my generation)

This is my generation
This is my generation, baby