[GoBucks2002]

Perhaps this is a mis-interpretation on my part, but I always thought of the song as a counter-countercultural anthem. As if The Who was saying, "we were led by one group, then another took over, but nothing really changed."

[dirtboy]

See the link in post #61 - you're dead-on target.

[SoCal Pubbie]

If you read the lyrics on post 35, you can come to no other conclusion. At the very least it's a weary look at the promises of a new society the hippies were promoting.

[Blind Eye Jones]

'Perhaps this is a mis-interpretation on my part, but I always thought of the song as a counter-countercultural anthem. As if The Who was saying, "we were led by one group, then another took over, but nothing really changed."'

My take too!