[2] But they too acknowledge the power of Moon's "intermittent controlled" drum patterns and remark that it contains a preview of some elements of later Who songs, such as Townshend's "tentative crash chords".

[7] Segretto also believes that the "shuffling rhythm" was influenced by Martha and the Vandellas' "Heat Wave".

[7] Segretto claims that like "The Kids Are Alright," also from My Generation, "La-La-La-Lies" "transform[s] the romantic song into something defiant", in this case by declaring that his love is strong enough to withstand the "slander of jealous parties".

[8] Rolling Stone critic Dave Marsh called it "as personal as anything Pete Townshend ever wrote".

[10] In November 1966, the song was released in Britain as the fourth single from the My Generation album without the permission of the Who.