The Kids Are Alright (1979)
Roger Daltrey: Self (The Who)
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Quotes
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Roger Daltrey : My main ambition now is to get back on the road with the horrible Who. The worst Rock-n-Roll group in the world.
Interviewer : [off] The worst?
Roger Daltrey : Yes! You couldn't pick more - four more horrible geezers that make more - I mean, make the worst noise that you've ever heard in your life!
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Tom Smothers : [coming back to Roger] And you must be Roger.
Roger Daltrey : Well I must be.
Tom Smothers : Are you?
Roger Daltrey : Yes.
Tom Smothers : And where are you from?
Roger Daltrey : Oz.
[audience laughs]
Tom Smothers : [taken aback] Roger from Oz?
Roger Daltrey : Yes!
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Tom Smothers : So, Roger from Oz, what's the next song you're gonna sing?
Roger Daltrey : "My Generation".
Tom Smothers : Your generation?
Roger Daltrey : Yeah.
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Roger Daltrey : [singing] I don't need to be forgiven, No, no, no, no, no, no
Pete Townshend : Don't cry, Don't raise your eye, It's only teenage wasteland. Yeah!
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Roger Daltrey : [singing] People try to put us d-d-down
Pete Townshend , John Entwistle , Keith Moon : Talkin' 'bout my generation
Roger Daltrey : They do, just be-cause we get around
Pete Townshend , John Entwistle , Keith Moon : Talkin' 'bout my generation
Roger Daltrey : Things they do look awful c-c-cold
Pete Townshend , John Entwistle , Keith Moon : Talkin' 'bout my generation
Roger Daltrey : I hope I die before I get old...
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Roger Daltrey : [singing] God, there's got to be another way, Well, who are you?
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Pete Townshend : [singing] I'll tip my hat to the new constitution, Take a bow for the new revolution, Smile and grin at the change all around, Pick up my guitar and play, Just like yesterday, Then I'll get on my knees and pray
Roger Daltrey : We don't get fooled again, Don't get fooled again! No, no! No, no, no! Don't get fooled again - - - - - Yeah! Meet the new boss, Whoa! Same as the old boss
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Roger Daltrey : Rock-n-Roll's got no future. It don't matter.