Brian Eno - Baby's On Fire Reaction

[@hfhifi6878]

Fripp melted my turntable with that solo the first time I played it.

[@lawrencekelli]

One of the best solo's ever!

[@deanhamilton6543]

Absolutely, a very underrated LP,and song

[@hfhifi6878]

@@deanhamilton6543 It's not underrated. Music journalists and critics have always regarded it as a great album and a top guitar solo. I think you're looking for "unknown" or "unappreciated". Remember, that album was really out of the norm when it came out. It did well in the UK charts because Roxy was a big thing.

[@tinofiniquity6083]

And every time since I expect: it sounds as if it could have been recorded tomorrow…

[@peterrichard3706]

Heard this back in 73. Playing on fm. Amazing!! I see the girl digs it. Nice

[@prokesuk]

Fripp is not the only guitar player on this song. That solo is part Fripp, but it is also part Paul Rudolph. What is going on exactly I don't know, but it is probably Eno's studio tricks. Go listen to the first Pink Fairies album to hear what Rudolph sounds like. Rudolph also played the amazing guitar solo on Hawkwind's Chronoglide Skyway.

[@OronOfMontreal]

I consider "Here Come the Warm Jets", Eno's first solo album, to be the first modern Punk Rock album. We more often hear that The Ramones' first LP in 1975 or The New York Dolls' 1974 debut was the first 1970s Punk album, but Eno hit us in 1973, with this assault on our senses. It may not be all three-minute, two-chord chunks, but it has enough enough of such gems to count.

[@JesusGomez-ob2qt]

Well this is just factually incorrect, it's universally considered that Lou Reed and Iggy Pop invented punk with the velvet underground and the stooges, even david bowie had released punk songs the year prior to eno, this is definitely not punk either lol

[@br.martindallyosb1147]

Eno's lyrics, especially in his earlier albums, are to die for. His wordplay is so delightful, so enjoyable. And his musical ideas and his choice of musicians is so unique --- it's no wonder he's been so influential, and artists want to work with him (and he virtually always brings the best out of the people he works with. Even though his work is so important, there is a childlike joy in so much of his work. So glad you gave this a listen!

[@Sandy-dd4le]

I have to agree, he's like a lyrical equivalent of the writing if Mervyn Peake, the joy of language for it's own sake. And on a more comedic note, as far as I'm aware, he is the only person to ever use the word, heuristic, in a song!

[@br.martindallyosb1147]

@@Sandy-dd4le Oh, the joy you've given me! Somebody else has noticed he used heuristic in a song! My heart soars! "Back Water" is one of my favorite Eno songs.🙂

[@rickbarker4121]

Considered by many to be one of the best guitar solos ever!

[@billmay7364]

Anytime FRIPP & ENO join forces . Well it's a Rabbit Hole worth going down. Eno first 4 records. Here Come the Warm Jets. Taking Tiger Mountain. Another Green World. Before and After Science. Those 4. Are like reading a Great Book. Those records will take you on a Trip.

[@weaseldragon]

I would add Bowie's "Heroes" among the great Fripp/Eno collaborations.

[@gomezaddams4347]

“This is kind of interesting”. LOL, an understatement for the ages. And, please, never pause this Fripp solo to comment. That’s like interrupting god as he’s handling out the Ten Commandments.

[@Creekrock44]

Babys on fire is one of the best songs ever , it's rock at its best.

[@Sandy-dd4le]

Cheers for that! All Eno's albums are worth a look, but particularly the earlier ones where he still uses a lot of vocals. A big part of Eno for me is the bizarre and childlike way he creates odd characters... Like Juan and Juanita in this song. Or Frank in the song Blank Frank. That Robert Fripp solo is so unusual, it's my go to solo to challenge any big headed rock guitarists I run across, generally it blows their minds. I think because it's structured wildly differently to what their used to, and knowing Fripp, it's probably in some odd tuning and/or mode anyway. It does seem make a lot of guitarists think about things differently about their approach. Iirc, Marc Riley & The Creepers did a decent, if not very different, cover of this.

[@dennisvernonhaydock]

My all-time favorite guitar solo. The song was inspired by Nick Ut's horrifying Pulitzer-Prize winning photo of nine-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc running and screaming after being burned in 1972 napalm attack during the Viet Nam war.

[@stevensprunger3422]

I just came back here today to listen that again and watch your guys reaction Amazing‼️‼️

[@nj1639]

Watching the movie "Those Lovely Bones", a snippet of lead guitar occurred in the soundtrack during a pivotal scene. The familiarity was unmistakable, the song and artist hidden in a fog of years gone by - and then a bit clarity and it hit me. Baby's on Fire. Props to whoever was responsible for the music score on that flick. I hadn't listened to that LP in 45 years or so.

[@StoneShards]

Peter Jackson, the director of "The Lovely Bones", contracted with Eno for a lot of the soundtrack to the movie. "The Big Ship" features prominently, as well, in the film--a great film, btw...star-studded...

[@stevensprunger3422]

Oh my goodness this is my favorite song of all time Brian Eno I can’t believe you picked this song I remember when this came out OK so who album is epic and you know of course collaborated with David Bowie Robert Fripp and do you know M boy used to sit around to discuss Captain Beefheart who grew up in my little city where I live who I met at a collaborative is Frank Zappa their way over there in Europe talking about captain Beefheart and Brian Eno was an innovator of after this album he came out with music for airports what is an innovative with a cold so called the genre New Age music he didn’t invent that stupid term but that’s what they called it after that and they came up with a whole FM station here after that was dedicated to the new age music anyway I’m so happy you picked this song it’s my favorite so what happened was Brian Eno lay down the whole track and then invited Fripp in in one take that’s his guitar solo and one take hearing it for the first time isn’t it goddamn amazing

[@garycarver5005]

Absolutely loving and feeling your voyage of discovery through British music of the late 70's and early 80's, for me reaction videos are great for stirring recollections of the thrill upon hearing these sounds for the first the time at the time of release. Great job guys.

[@rdumontdebeque]

Love it. Wore the record out back in the day.

[@letstalk3265]

the drummer is the great Simon King. He played in the heyday of the great Hawkwind. On later Eno albums Phil Collins played drums too.

[@hanierfamily]

Phil? Now, that's interesting.

[@johndavy3073]

I hope you understand that I am not endorsing the half way closer to the camera.

[@gillesmurat7362]

Hello from France: Oh!!! Robert FRIP!!! The most important musical event since man walked on the moon...

[@bobpointer69]

How Roxy Music would of sounded if Eno and Ferry’s egos had not got in the way.

[@newpuritan9292]

Robert Johnson, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Brian Eno, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Fela Kuti, Patti Smith John Lydon, David Byrne, Mark E Smith, Nick Cave, PJ Harvey….music for the ages.

[@Creekrock44]

@@newpuritan9292 patti best female rockstar ever

[@eddisstreet]

Don't forget Chirpy Chirpy Cheap Cheap

[@newpuritan9292]

@@eddisstreet I had forgotten it. Thank you for reminding me!

[@eddisstreet]

@@newpuritan9292 all part of the service

[@sdwill66]

One of my favourite collabs is with Phil Manzanera on the Diamond Head album, particularly Miss Shapiro. I still can't figure out how many different guitars are in the intro.

[@jasonfrodoman1316]

Yes. Another must have album.

[@Sandy-dd4le]

I think i prefer the live version on the 801 album, but both are terrific. Phil Manzanera is a criminally under valued guitar player.

[@weaseldragon]

At least one of the parts starts with Manzanera plucking the strings above the nut.

[@TooSkinnyKenny]

on the Manzanero album that instrumental song that is a guitar/oboe duet is just stunning.

[@The0ldg0at]

The first time someone put a guitar as input to an analog synthetiser.

[@jasonfrodoman1316]

If you are going down this rabbit hole you should probably check out 801 Live. The entire album. Oh. And especially the 801 rendition of the Beatles TNK.

[@Sandy-dd4le]

Love the 801 live album. There's actually a couple more live albums now, I'm sure they're on Expression Records.. They seem to be recorded at much the same time, but released much more recently.

[@alaska_uk1303]

@@Sandy-dd4le Live in Hull and live in Manchester released 2000/2001

[@jasonfrodoman1316]

@@Sandy-dd4le Personally, I played both the 801 Live album and the Viva Roxy Music live album until they were basically destroyed. Same with the David Live album. And Reed's Rock n Roll Live album. Guess I just love the LIVE.

[@lemming9984]

TNK is better than the Beatles' version IMHO!

[@jasonfrodoman1316]

@@lemming9984 ditto

[@taliesinechoes4513]

There was a magazine article from either a guitar magazine or Rolling Stone that had a countdown of the 100 greatest Rock guitar solos of all time, and though I would've given it to of all people, Eddie Hazel, of Funkadelic's, for their song Maggot Brain, and I'm much more of a Jimmy Page fan, I can't argue with their choice of Robert Fripp, for his guitar solo on this song, which was the magazine's number 1 choice.

[@hanierfamily]

Yeah, that's a masterful bit of playing.

[@hfhifi6878]

Rolling Stone always hated Prog so I'm sure it wasn't them.

[@ponkoffmusic]

Hahaha, the girl enjoys the crazy guitar solo a thousand times more than the guy. 😂

[@hanierfamily]

I(Chris) enjoyed it thoroughly. My brain was following the guitar.

[@crazytrain7114]

HA! It got hold of her, the most tortured solo in existance. Makes the hair stand up on the back of my head, too, and I've been listening to it since release.

[@Grithron2]

In case no-one's mentioned this, in the film Velvet Goldmine they have the Bowie character sing this before pausing mid-solo to strike that familiar pose with the Ronson character The first two Eno albums (Warm Jets / Tiger Mountain) I recommend to any lyric-sensitive person. The guitar solo made me think: are you familiar with John Cale's Gun (another song where the guitar solo is rather obviously being sampled and remixed in real-time by Eno) ?

[@hanierfamily]

We are not familiar with that one

[@lemming9984]

I mainly bought 'Fear" for the Eno involvement, but love it in it's own right! Talking of Lyric Sensitive - Seven Deadly Finns is one of my favourite Eno lyrics.

[@weaseldragon]

@@lemming9984 Seven Deadly Finns: Eno's dirty mind at work.

[@britishtechnosea9591]

I love Brian Eno but this isn't the first Eno song I'd listen to. His first two records are still my favourites. Back in the 80's there a song called Quasimodo's Dream by The Reels. Could you guys react to that tune? Thx

[@tkportnorris]

How do you get to be your age and never have heard this? Asking for a friend.

[@TooSkinnyKenny]

The song still sounds futuristic even in 2023. I suspect the nasally vocal though is why it wasn’t a pop hit.

[@undergroundwarrior70]

Someone mentions that this album (Eno's first solo debut album) to be the first modern Punk Rock album. I really do not agree. It is more of a Glam Rock album of that time period, since he was with Roxy Music which they were a Glam Rock band that started out in 1972, and I was 18 in 1974, so I did have the LP back then. Glam Rock came to an end about 1976. Many punk rock and new wave bands were influenced by Glam Rock bands and singers, as well as many of them during the early to mid 80's with the Synth Pop bands.

[@nichotto]

Glam died at the end of ‘73 beginning of ‘74. I was 15/16 when I bought Here Come The Warm Jets when it came out. It wasn’t a glam record. Glam was pure commercial pop. As a ‘punk’ ,76/‘77, the movement was a natural turn of events - a generation shift. I was listening to all sorts back then, everything from Yoko Ono, Doctor Feelgood, the Velvet Underground and snapped up all the New York music when it became available, from Patti Smith to the Ramones. It was a reaction against prog rock and music that seemed obsessed with fantasy . I just wanted something real and relevant with soul and human emotions. It’s probably why I became less and less interested in Eno’s ‘cleverness’. I think my last album of his was Before and after Science.

[@johnisaacs5127]

This song needs to be played so loud that Fripp's fingers scraping on the strings sound like chalk on a blackboard. Be careful, or the surrounds on your base speakers will be shredded fragments on the floor when you get done.

[@johndavy3073]

I love how the subservient half looks for approval from the half way closer to the camera. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYiwf56ver2Nis0

[@hanierfamily]

We are sitting right beside each other. Chris stands about 9 inches taller. He's just really big. LOL As for subservient, you're going to have to get to know us better.

[@stevensprunger3422]

And I’m not a particular fan of guitar solos but this is my most favorite goddamn guitar solo of all time check out no pussyfooting with him and Fripp Invented and then it electronic device called frippertronix

[@sdwill66]

Frippertonics was more a technique than a device, tape loops and multiple overdubs. Fripp is one of my favourites from King Crimson through to his solo stuff like Exposure. It still seems bizarre watching him on his Sunday Lunch videos with his wife Toyah.

[@Sandy-dd4le]

@@sdwill66 sunday lunch is a joy

[@stevensprunger3422]

@@sdwill66 Well I saw him live it was a device it was a digital device not necessarily a tape loop it was a digital looping device

[@ijustneedmyself]

I'm in the same boat as you as far as not necessarily being a fan of guitar solos, but these solos are magnificent. It's so hard for me to choose between this solo and the one on St. Elmo's Fire. There's also another one that's escaping me right now 😩

[@weaseldragon]

@@ijustneedmyself St. Elmo's Fire is a better song (lyrics and composition) and Fripp's solo is astonishing, so I give the edge to St. Elmo's Fire. To me, it seems more timeless (but I still love both)

[@stueystuey1962]

Eno is a little bit diff. Guitar solo by Robert Fripp is ingenious. As albums go Taking Tiger Mountain is probably a smoother ride. Eno if not already noted produced U2's first album, a few Bowie albums, rhcp, talking heads and others.

[@nolagospeltracts8264]

Steve Lillywhite produced U2's early albums. Eno was at the helm for Unforgettable Fire, Joshua Tree & Achtung Baby

[@weaseldragon]

Eno did not get producer credit on any Bowie album. He collaborated on several, including the Berlin Trilogy. (Eno also produced Ultravox!, as well as Devo's debut album.)

[@tkportnorris]

You should research after your 1st listening.

[@bigdave1302]

Robert Fripp from King Crimson on guitar. The guy looks bored.

[@hanierfamily]

How could I be bored with that guitar solo going on?!

[@robertmondoux6466]

ABSOLUTELY should NOT have cut that solo in the middle - and right in the pause gap! That gap of ABSENT guitar for 4 seconds is PART of the guitar solo. Shame.

[@cygnusx-1800]

No not really....

[@johndavy3073]

OK I am standing down a bit, she gets this. I appreciate you conservative woman. Thank you kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYiwf56ver2Nis0

[@hanierfamily]

Now, there's no need for insults. Conservative? That's damn near the worst thing to be called. We both loved this song.