The Kids Are Alright (song)

The Kids Are Alright is a song that was written in 1965 by guitarist and composer Pete Townshend of British rock group The Who.

The Kids Are Alright was released as the seventh song on the album My Generation and as a single in Germany and in the USA. The Kids Are Alright and the title song My Generation was for the flourishing in the British capital Mod scene into a kind of anthem. In 1979, Jeff Stein made ​​a film about The Who, who also bears the title The Kids Are Alright. According to legend, Pete Townshend had heard a song by Henry Purcell, Purcell and copied piano melody on the guitar and the second verse of Henry Purcell's song as a chorus.

The song was later covered by groups like Goldfinger, Green Day and Pearl Jam. The rock group The Offspring released in 1998 the song The Kids Are not Alright, which is a nod to the Who- piece with his socially critical lyrics.

Nowadays add The Who when they play this song at concerts, extra long, often improvised solo melodies added, such as Roger Daltrey stated in an interview in early 2006.

Pete Townshend Roger Daltrey • • • John Entwistle Keith Moon

Pino Palladino • Zak Starkey • John Bundrick • Simon Townshend • Kenney Jones

My Generation • A Quick One • The Who Sell Out • Tommy • Who's Next • Quadrophenia • The Who by Numbers • Who Are You • Face Dances • It's Hard • Endless Wire

Discography

• The- Who- Song
• Rock song
• Song 1965