Seniorhood — Talkin’ ’bout My Generation

The song “My Generation” made popular in the sixties by The Who was recently re-recorded in the infamous Abbey Studios by The Zimmers, a new rock-n-roll group composed of 40 British seniors, whose members’ ages range from 69 to 100. 

Tim Samuels, a documentary filmmaker for the BBC, founded the group when working on a series about disenfranchised seniors in Great Britain.  “The Zimmers are all about giving old people a voice again…” Samuels said.  “So many are just brushed under the carpet and ignored, and this is about trying to make everyone sit up and take notice of our seniors.”   

Prior to this successful remake of “My Generation,” many of the band members had forgotten what it was like to kick back and have a good time.  Trading in days all too often filled with loneliness and repetition, these forty members of The Zimmers have been given a unique opportunity to show the world through their music what an untapped resource the senior population can hold.   These people are experiencing a renewed sense of worth, and it seems the only numbers they are concerned with right now are, “a one, and a two, and a …”

The Zimmers plan to put out a full-length album on May 28th to include songs such as the Beatles, “When I’m (one hundred) 64, “Firestarter” by The Prodigy, and “We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off (to have a good time)” by Jermain Stewarts.