The Who - The Kids Are Alright

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The Who - The Kids Are Alright "The Kids Are Alright" is a song written by Pete Townshend of The Who. It appears as the seventh track on the group's first album, My Generation (1965). This song and the album's title track would become anthems for the group and the Mod movement of England in the 1960s. It would later become the name of the documentary for the band in 1979.The song features a standard I-IV-V chord progression in the key of D while the chorus uses a II-V-IV-I-II chord progression. It has been said that Townshend heard a Henry Purcell piece on the piano, prompting him to re-work the melody and harmony for the chorus of the song.[citation needed] In addition to appearing on "My Generation," the beginning of the song can be heard on Quadrophenia, after the song "Helpless Dancer" has faded out. The song has been covered by bands such as The Queers, Goldfinger, Eddie And The Hot Rods, The Pleasers, Dropkick Murphys, Hi-Standard, Green Day and Pearl Jam and surprisingly Belle & Sebastian who closed their set with it at the Bowlie Weekender in 1999. In 2008 Billy Bob Thorntons band The Boxmasters recorded a version of the song as the closing number on the second disc of their album The Boxmasters. In present-day live performances, The Who add a lengthy extra section to the end of "The Kids Are Alright", featuring partly improvised lyrics. After John Entwistle's death, the extra lyrics would occasionally make reference to him, and his love of old red wine, which would later inspire their song "Old Red Wine", a tribute to Entwistle. Lyrics: I don't mind all the guys dancing with my girl That's fine, I know them all pretty well And I know sometimes I must get out in the light Better leave her behind where the kids are alright... The kids are alright... Sometimes, I know I gotta get away Bells chime, I know I gotta get away And I know if I don't, I'll go out of my mind Better leave her behind where the kids are alright... The kids are alright... I know if I go things would be a lot better for her I had this plan but her folks wouldn't let her I don't mind, I feel i gotta get away Bells chime, i know I gotta get away And I know if I don't I'll go out of my fuckin' mind Better leave her behind where the kids are alright... The kids are alright... (3x)

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