Brian Eno - Baby's On Fire (1973)

Robert Fripp
Paul Rudolph
Footage from - China My China Promo Video (1974), Napalm Girl (1972)
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[@paulcrawley5339]

50 years after i bought this album it still sounds as good

[@christopherrussell343]

Not only but also still friggin gripping WTF am I listening to avant guarde mind blow to this day

[@blazingstar9638]

Heck yea

[@cathyt502]

It was so fun to dance to at the club '79 Chicago!

[@gomezaddams4347]

If Earth is ever threatened by an alien invasion, we could use Fripp’s solo to warn the aliens of what level of chaos and violence humans are capable of.

[@MARVELOUDIO]

we are the living nitemare :)

[@luciakopp9317]

It's mindblowing !

[@AvelUnderWill]

If aliens ever invade, we should just play a shitload of Flipper.

[@goobah01]

Loved this since 1973. Fripp’s guitar is simultaneously unhinged and perfectly controlled. Only Fripp can do this.

[@Geoffreydarcy-pv4mq]

Dr. Frippenstein.

[@marienbad2]

Sounds like he's gonna lose it but he never does.

[@barrybrevik9178]

I think that Adrian Belew could likely do as well, and possibly Steven Wilson.

[@danamaguire4285]

@@barrybrevik9178I was thinking that this solo was reminiscent of Adrian. It predates him though.

[@JacobGorny]

What's funny is Fripp during his audient review sessions at the end of shows once told the story about hearing the solo playing on the radio and thinking the soloist was really cracking and then when the verse came back he realized the song was 'Baby's on Fire' - and it was him.

[@delphi-moochymaker62]

Me and my friends used to rock this in high school in 1977. It was still new and cutting edge years after release. Eno and Fripp were so far ahead of their time.

[@truvakaplan2376]

Eno fans: There is an Eno Cafe and Record Store on Morton Street in Baltimore City. Name of the Cafe: Baby's on Fire 🔥🤩🔥

[@hoibsh21]

I''m gonna have to visit!

[@JacobGorny]

At least it wasn't St. Elmo's Fire.

[@davidoran123]

Fripp/Rudolph just tear up this guitar solo..........still on fire in 2024

[@CB-rv9kb]

Lucky he gave up on his first career choice of real estate agent...

[@tedmills]

It was only recently on a deep headphone listen that I realized there are two Fripp solos layered on top of each other. Absolute fire

[@ludwigfeuerbach]

@@tedmills thanks for pointing that out! So much depth!!

[@roberthale6572]

I said you right,you right,you said I know, I said do you,,in the back room,I waited for you,you waited for me,,et al

[@DWKThedogbreaths]

Contrary to Wikipedia this seminal so is played mostly by Paul Ruďolf late of Pink Faries, Fripp comes in at the end when the style changes to a picked guitar sent through a gate. Listen to any old Punk Faries with Rudolf playing his absolutely outrageous solos you hear it is him on this track. Fripp played on the album and at the end of Rudolf's electrifying solo, but the bulk is not Fripp, just the minute at the end. Fripp is a master at the riff and his work on Bowies Scary Monsters album is monumental. But, Rudolf should take the credit here.

[@susanborkenhagen58]

As soon as I heard this song for the first time I did an entire art project around it for my art class. This never gets old. Eno is so talented.

[@mitchellglaser]

I remember some DJ playing this track the day Michael Jackson’s head caught fire while shooting a Pepsi commercial. Ah memories!

[@shoebillsrcool]

One of the best songs ever. 🔥👶🏻🔥👶🏻🔥👶🏻🔥👶🏻🔥

[@joserodrigues-vq8pz]

Baby's on fire Better throw her in the water Look at her laughing Like a heifer to the slaughter Baby's on fire And all the laughing boys are bitching Waiting for photos Oh the plot is so bewitching Rescuers row row Do your best to change the subject Blow the wind blow blow Lend some assistance to the object Photographers snip snap Take your time she's only burning This kind of experience Is necessary for her learning If you'll be my flotsam I could be half the man I used to They said you were hot stuff And that's what baby's been reduced to [Solo] Juanita and Juan Very clever with maracas Making their fortunes Selling secondhand tobacco's Juan dances at Chico's And when the clients are evicted He empties the ashtrays And pockets all that he's collected But baby's on fire And all the instruments agree that Her temperature's rising But any idiot would know that

[@2011ppower]

One of my alltime favourite guitar solo's brilliantly whacky🤯

[@Vlad65WFPReviews]

a great song though I prefer the classic live version on the 801 album - one of the best LPs of all time

[@loubaggs8427]

agreed, and Bill MacCormick's bass on that album is outstanding

[@stevekilligrew788]

801 Live; absolutely astonishingly marvellous.👍

[@philippebyrnes1213]

One of my all-time favorite guitar solos. I've blown at least 2 sets of speakers playing this song. Not sure about a 3rd set speakers as details of the night in question remain a little foggy. ;-)

[@Tori_Celeste1]

Also recognised as best ever solo by many musicians and people, including me!

[@TimJackson-eq6iy]

I have all the Fripp and Eno albums. Such brilliant music.

[@sandytrunks]

Checking in on May 3rd 2024... "Baby's on Fire" could be the soundtrack to our current times. "Juanita and Juan" could be the "illegals" the extreme right wing are barking about these days. "The laughing boys are bitching Waiting for photos Oh the plot is so bewitching" describes the jackals of the current media to a tee! Brian saw all this in 1973!

[@richard1849]

This entire album is nothing short off masterful... Thanks for sharing. I didn't find this until 2010 era, I feel ashamed lol.

[@tomfenn7149]

Here come the warm jets... IMO still Eno's finest hour.

[@nsbd90now]

Great song and album. Also... check out the live version on "801"

[@rickkowalske4116]

Wrif rock Cafe played this on midnights in the early ,mid 80s working at Danny's foods livonia mich

[@WR3ND]

The cat started singing to this... 😳

[@Geoffreydarcy-pv4mq]

🔥👶🔥 Fripp's on fire.

[@krollpeter]

This song IS Fripp

[@markjuergens4826]

I bought this when I was 16 a few years after it came out. Still fun!

[@jonnybgoode007]

Thanks for this. I bought this album back in 1974 when I was Sixteen. Amazing. Thanks, again.

[@cynthiaslusher5212]

So fucking great. Haven't heard this in a very long time.

[@gerdp.2704]

Vor 40 Jahren tausendmal gehört - und jetzt wieder. Überwältigend wie damals! Die Gitarre fetzt richtig, schrecklich schön!

[@Andrew-j3l]

This song...star spangled banner live at woodstock and tools tempest leadbreaks rule...im 67 and my guitarist son reckons Fripps torturing the guitar....Im in audio nirvana....smoke a banana!!

[@edwardspencer3906]

801 Live... Incredible live version of this..

[@danamaguire4285]

Yes!!!

[@Ravenghoul]

I was first introduced to this song in the movie Velvet Goldmine.., it’s a great Glam Rock anthem of my mums generation 🖤. So well written & ahead of its time.

Now I understand where the Smashing Pumpkins got their inspiration

[@DonaldDeghetto]

Fripp and eno for ever lives

[@geoffreypiltz271]

Not heard this original before, but a long time fan of the 801 Live recording.

[@Hardrocksopera]

What's doing Robert Fripp is ... There is no name for that !

[@Steve-wz5pz]

You can hear his whole layering career starting right here. Mind-blowing stuff, and a half century ago.

[@michaelchrist5356]

Yes , Alex jones in a dress.!!!

[@grayyarn]

Great work with this video.

[@balzahugues7382]

Comme Quoi,...le Post-Punk, Est né avant le punk... MDR. 💜💜🙏

[@ThayerManns]

Got this while stationed in Okinawa. My top 3 solos of all time. This and Alll the love in the universe with Santana. Danger Bird Neil Young. All 3 are in first place

[@Frank-sm9yl]

I adore Fripp. This could have been a Roxy Music song with Phil playing the guitar. Brian's twangy voice sounds unusual on purpose. Ferry would have been more interesting as the vocalist.

[@thomaskauser8978]

That's what Babies reduced to...

[@davidwharton841]

Here come the warm jets was and is a great album. Brother bought it on release and I'd 'borrow' it.

[@lightsone2159]

There's a very good version of this on the 801 Live cd he and Phil Manzanera put out in '76.

[@Didi-m9b]

yes, I found Manzanera's version more engaging to my taste but this is great too!

[@BreconWalsh]

Eno is One.

[@ΟρέστηςΚαραογλάνης]

King Fripp

[@blazingstar9638]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@r.hill.2369]

Somehow I heard this before my time. Still sticks with me.

[@gravelbury1680]

Baby need’s a Third Uncle

[@mickwaniarcha1861]

That's what Cindy tells me!

[@stuartfrance811]

Or a King with a lead hat...

[@mickwaniarcha1861]

@@stuartfrance811 or a Julie with. Well, that's the opinion of The spider and I.

[@davidspisak7273]

21世紀少年

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

When ZEF does it they freak out!!!!!!!!! Though babies on fire is nothing new💋

[@peterschmitz6446]

You already can hear rythmical Structures, which later were perfected in "My Life in Bush of Ghosts".

[@maplelafe7671]

Nah not really...mlitbog is from another world

[@dennismurphy2979]

Without Frippertronics this song couldn't be half the song it used to

[@S.Innuendo]

Brian Eno must be blessed by some God of Sound...his talent is not from this world.

[@MadchenLear]

Crazy Gloria sounds just like this, melody wise.

[@gordonglover6912]

801....

[@ytubepaul]

Haunting gittar!

[@Deedee-ee1sg]

Terrific track! Such a FAB gem from the 70s! Best decade for innovative and unique artists and bands.

[@jabyrd_60]

I agree with you one hundred percent

[@Powerneck]

Fantastic ❤

[@vincenzociccale]

Capolavoro!!!

[@robinhawkins335]

the guitar is sick. My first listen to this song ever and Im buying what they are selling.

[@troygaspard6732]

Did kids in Britain see this? Eno's debut album is one the most influencing LPs of the 70s.

[@GrantTarredus]

I also wonder, because I’ve loved the song and album for decades without ever seeing this. Thanks for uploading it.

[@nighttime-sn4gw]

No, its a fan edit based on the China My China Promotional Video from 1974

[@GrantTarredus]

@@nighttime-sn4gw THANK YOU.

[@daverice2426]

@@nighttime-sn4gw With Judy Nylon and Patti Palladin, speaking of people who were just ridiculously ahead of their time...

[@nighttime-sn4gw]

@@daverice2426 The other woman with black hair is Polly Eltes, she also sung on Mother Whale Eyeless

[@richardwarner3705]

I always liked this song. It made me look for more Brian Eno.🎼🎵🎶

[@AndreaSzabo7171]

🔥🔥 💘💘💘💘💘. 🤭

[@peregrinemccauley5010]

Reminds me of the Virgin Prunes.

[@davidmorgen4558]

not a real video,but still good!

[@pmimagery1295]

Yeah! I still understand this!🤣😂😎🤓🧐

[@st8ar1b7f-za9s1in]

フリップのギターソロはキャリア中最高のプレイ

[@davidspisak7273]

20世紀少年

[@MondoReyTV1]

All these videos kick ass as well

[@jonowens460]

Great Tune😂❤

[@Yuyi1588]

❤

[@prezdentraygun8790]

Eno the Synth God.

[@daverice2426]

He was certainly marketed that way and did some amazing synth parts w/Roxy but there's really not very much synth at all on those first couple records, at least not as a standalone instrument. I certainly thought of him as some kind of "synth wizard" as a kid hearing this stuff, same with the first couple DEVO records, but they're pretty much normal instruments arranged and recorded in REALLY interesting ways. Still listen to this stuff all the time.

[@fmbk900]

awesome⚡

[@libertard6101]

Is this pre -Bowie? 🙏🏼

[@billr3053]

Yes. Eno & Bowie collab in 1977 on album “Low”.

[@libertard6101]

Thanks….. sooo good 👍🏽

[@narasimha7187]

Meanest lyrics of all time?

[@danwest3825]

Still brilliant

[@brianskywalker8076]

Just so ahead of his time

[@RobertoLobina-fn1or]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😎

[@massimomagrini4452]

The track is quite nice but I don't like his high pitched nasal voice line here, basically based on just two notes. And I am a huge Eno fan.

[@michaelperry6641]

Wow!! 🤘😎

[@lawnmower3699]

Excellent❤

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

Harpocrates. The crowned and conquering child.

[@MarcioSilva-ssiillvvaa]

WOW!!

[@ちくりん1984-level]

何と言っても、ロバート・フリップのソロが圧巻！

[@lisacolbert5987]

Indeed !

[@davidspisak7273]

矢吹丈

[@alcandy7868]

🤩👍💥💃🎸💎

[@chuckunplugged]

Frippy!

[@liborsionko]

Miss

[@JuanSchapiro]

Bebi is on fire a classic futuristic glam slam from the ciberpankekes del 2056 and needles in a camel eyes theme temazoo🎉dios bendiga a brian and your videos, sale un needle camel eyes🎉

[@davidspisak7273]

"Ooh, you make my motor run, my motor run... Gun it coming off of the line, Sharona"

[@MrSeezero]

Awesome.

[@IIJOSEPHXII]

Brian Eno's first two albums have been utterly memoryholed, because they're the only two albums he made. RIP

[@johnlozinger1695]

Lol what are you talking about

[@IIJOSEPHXII]

@@johnlozinger1695 Another Green World, an album that isn't memoryholed, was made by an imposter. Brian Eno was replaced not long after he completed Taking Tiger Mountain By Stealth.

[@LukSter18998]

@@IIJOSEPHXIIthat’s terrible

[@LukSter18998]

was it because he mentions the heifer??

[@IIJOSEPHXII]

@@LukSter18998 well he mentions the baby's like a heifer, so I don't know what the hell he was exposing or what he was into. I only heard of and listened to his first two albums for the first time last year. I investigated him as an offshoot of investigating Roxy Music who were replaced with imposters between Siren and Manifesto. I don't know what Roxy Music were into either. When Eno left they brought out Pyjamarama which contains the lyric, "They say you have a secret life, made sacrifice your key to paradise." Whatever they were into it didn't do them any good. Compare and contrast the lyrics to Eno's first two albums with the next two albums. He's very erudite and intelligent on HCTWJ and TTMBS, but on the next two if it's the same guy they gave him a lobotomy. I don't think they did though.

[@LuckyBastardProd]

Damn I haven’t heard this song since I was like 7, had no Idea it was an Eno song!😂

[@danabrahams7892]

at moments this album is incredible... this isn't bad, but there are some true masterpieces on it

[@stutzbearcat5624]

Oh my god this sucks sooo bad it's beyond words. Couldn't these guys at least throw in ONE MORE CHORD occasionally?

[@roberthale6572]

So what's your go to then,,you either get it or you don't,, why's it got to soo bad? Just curious,,maybe you should listen to some spandex metal,bad power ballads might be more palatable,, maybe Cinderella s every rose has it's thorn,, maybe metal box by Pil,,I don't know anything but baby's on fire is just what I needed when heard it because I couldn't just listen to classic mor radio forever

[@countvlad8845]

I think if you can make art boring, then you are doing well. By that standard, the guys were doing really well, like a grade 9 guitar club doing what you would expect. The more boring, the more the intent of the audience to see something profound, and, by George, they have found it. Profound boredom! And this is what we call art today.

[@IanWilliams-j2h]

Maximus fantasticus

[@keithmilburn4866]

Superb