My Generation (Limp Bizkit song)
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| Single by Limp Bizkit | ||
| from the album Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water | ||
| Released | September, 2000 | |
| Format | CD | |
| Recorded | 2000 | |
| Genre | Nu Metal, Rapcore | |
| Length | 3:41 | |
| Label | Interscope Records | |
| Producer(s) | Fred Durst DJ Lethal |
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| Limp Bizkit singles chronology | ||
| "Take a Look Around" (2000) |
"My Generation" (2000) |
"Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" (2000) |
"My Generation" is a song by Limp Bizkit from the album Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water. The song was released as the first single simultaneously with "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle).
[edit] Track listing
The song was released as two different singles (parts) with slightly different covers.
Part 1:
- My Generation (radio edit)
- Back O Da Bus
- My Generation (music video)
Part 2:
- My Generation (album version)
- It's Like That Y'all (featuring Run DMC)
- Snake In Your Face
[edit] Music Video
The music video for My Generation shows Limp Bizkit performing live on a acrylic glass stage (probably a reference to the line, "the sun don't shine through my windowpane"), while other scenes show their fans being rebelious. During the breakdown of the song, each band member is shown spereately, disappearing and reappearing. The video contains lots of flicking off and references to the word fuck, which are censored with blurs ahd white spots
[edit] Lyric notes
- "John Otto, take 'em to the Mathews bridge"
Refers to the Mathews Bridge in Jacksonville, Florida
- "Welcome to the jungle, punk/take a look around"
Could possibly refer to the Guns N' Roses song 'Welcome to the Jungle' As well as the song 'Take A Look Around' also on Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water.
- "We downloaded the Shockwave/for all the ladies in the cave/to get your groove on"
Macromedia Shockwave was a popular multimedia player prior to the invention of Macromedia Flash. 'Getcha Groove On' is another song on Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water.
- "And maybe I'm the one who flew over/ the cuckoo's nest/ well guess who's next?"
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a famous novel first published in 1962. Jack Nicholson starred in the film adaptation in 1975.
