This song serves well as an introduction into another album based on a socio-political commentary of the youth, as well as the people who should be taking the power into their own hands, instead of drinking the "poison" the "bastards of 1969." Its an attack on the ideals of the previous generation and this generation for failing to man up and change things; a call to arms, so to speak.
"My generation is zero
I never made it as a working class hero."
In a nutshell: the old American dream is dead, what is the next generation going to do?
Hope the rest of the album provokes as much discourse as this song did. Also, the music has improved: Butch Vig is a genious.
This song serves well as an introduction into another album based on a socio-political commentary of the youth, as well as the people who should be taking the power into their own hands, instead of drinking the "poison" the "bastards of 1969." Its an attack on the ideals of the previous generation and this generation for failing to man up and change things; a call to arms, so to speak. "My generation is zero I never made it as a working class hero." In a nutshell: the old American dream is dead, what is the next generation going to do? Hope the rest of the album provokes as much discourse as this song did. Also, the music has improved: Butch Vig is a genious.