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The Who's 'My Generation' born from a specific incident

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The Who's Roger Daltrey and Pete Townsend performed during the Who Cares Benefit For Teen Cancer America Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 28, 2013, in New York City.
Rick Diamond | Getty Images 2013

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Today's Morning Edition music is from The Who with "My Generation," which was released 50 years ago Thursday.

Pete Townsend, who wrote the lyrics, says his contempt for the older generation was inspired in part by a specific incident.

He lived in a flat near Buckingham Palace and drove a Packard hearse, which he parked out front. Townsend says that the Queen Mother saw it and was offended and ordered the police to tow it away.