The Zimmers "My Generation"
Posted April 14th, 2007
Hat Tip: Dave Barry – “IF YOU ARE, LIKE THIS BLOG, GETTING ON IN YEARS, BUT YOU STILL VIVIDLY REMEMBER THE SIXTIES...” Who in turn gives “thanks to Claire Martin.”
Added April 02, 2007 From oskpeturs
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqfFrCUrEbY
The oldest and greatest rock band in the world - meet The Zimmers and their amazing cover of The Who's "My Generation".
Lead singer Alf is 90 - it's quite something when he sings "I hope I die before I get old". And he's not the oldest - there are 99 and 100-year-olds in the band!
The Zimmers will feature in a BBC TV documentary being aired in May 2007. Documentary-maker Tim Samuels has been all over
The finale of the show is this group of lonely old people coming together to stick it back to the society that's cast them aside - by forming a rock troupe and trying to storm into the pop charts.
Some massive names from the pop world have thrown their weight behind The Zimmers... The song is produced by Mike Hedges (U2, Dido, Cure), the video shot by Geoff Wonfor (Band Aid, Beatles Anthology), and it was recorded in the legendary Beatles studio 2 at
Look out for the single being released from May 21 - with proceeds going to a good cause.
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