- published: 05 Jun 2013
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Generation Y, also known as the Millennial Generation (or Millennials),Generation Next, the Net Generation the Echo Boomers are the demographic cohort following Generation X. There are no precise dates for when Generation Y starts and ends, and commentators usually use birth dates ranging somewhere from the late-1970s or early 1980s to the late 1980s, early, mid, or late 1990s, or even as late as the early 2000s. All definitions include at least those born between 1981 and 1989. Members of this generation are called Echo Boomers, due to the significant increase in birth rates through the 1980s and into the 1990s, and because many of them are children of baby boomers. The 20th century trend toward smaller families in developed countries continued, however, so the relative impact of the "baby boom echo" was generally less pronounced than the original boom.
Characteristics of the generation vary by region, depending on social and economic conditions. However, it is generally marked by an increased use and familiarity with communications, media, and digital technologies. In most parts of the world its upbringing was marked by an increase in a neoliberal approach to politics and economics; the effects of this environment are disputed.
Four o'clock in the morning and my coffee got cold
And I've been watching the streetlamps flick off with the dawn
So I take a deep breath inwards and my hair's pulled down my throat
I look up at the sky ask do you mind if I smoke?
La da da, la da da, la da da da da da da
Oh, oh, la da da da da da da
La da da, la da da, la da da da da da da
Talkin' bout degeneration
And what about democracy and what about equality?
We're all asking the age old question so what about me?
And we turn to face the cameras pointing knives towards each others back
Saying I'm a product of my generation. You could make a film about that
La da da, la da da, la da da da da da da
Oh, oh, la da da da da da da
La da da, la da da, la da da da da da da
Talkin' bout degeneration
And the bigwigs down on fleet street are cashing in on this parade
Selling hot dogs by disaster zones counting every dollar made
And we pay out for the gossip and the latest on our own demise
Like the prints supposed to be our ears, like the screens supposed to be our eyes
La da da, la da da, la da da da da da da
Oh, oh, la da da da da da da
La da da, la da da, la da da da da da da
Talkin' bout degeneration
You said that it meant nothing
You said that you just met her
Well as far as your excuses go baby
You could do better
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Oh, oh, la da da da da da da
La da da, la da da, la da da da da da da
Talkin' bout degeneration
Said I'm talkin' bout degeneration