I remember being an angsty young man and noting the hypocrisy of jaded older men who had conceded to capitalism, family, practicality, quiet desperation. In those early years, Jimmy too is beginning to make concessions and older guys who work dirty jobs are a symbol of what he's likely to slide into, so he feels compelled to call them out.
The journey of masculinity involves being emasculated, just as the journey of humanity involves being dehumanized, in our empty modern life of work/pay/leisure and for Jimmy, in search of a deeper meaning to life than dances and fighting - he is right to think, this ain't it. What I love about the Who is the complexities and open questions tagged on to the simple punk message "society is stupid." Sure, it is, now what will you do about it.
I remember being an angsty young man and noting the hypocrisy of jaded older men who had conceded to capitalism, family, practicality, quiet desperation. In those early years, Jimmy too is beginning to make concessions and older guys who work dirty jobs are a symbol of what he's likely to slide into, so he feels compelled to call them out.
The journey of masculinity involves being emasculated, just as the journey of humanity involves being dehumanized, in our empty modern life of work/pay/leisure and for Jimmy, in search of a deeper meaning to life than dances and fighting - he is right to think, this ain't it. What I love about the Who is the complexities and open questions tagged on to the simple punk message "society is stupid." Sure, it is, now what will you do about it.