FIRST TIME LISTENING TO THE WHO - BABA O'RILEY (REACTION!!!)

[@daveking9393]

Wow, too bad it didn't resonate with you more. Iconic song for many. Not many will take criticism of this well... Live is better, but this has a place in history that is unshakable for many.

[@simoncruise964]

How someone who supposedly likes rock music can dismiss this and say I wouldn't listen this again is beyond me, as you say an iconic song and I never tire of hearing this.

[@daveking9393]

@@simoncruise964 He is of course entitled to his opinions, which this is. A man who tells it like he sees it. I certainly don't agree with all of his likes and dislikes but regardless his insights toward production, instrumentation and ability to relate these to the audience, his interest in learning, humor, and the occasional lyric dive add MUCH more than other channels. He delivered these on this tune even though it didn't move him as much as many, including me, would have liked. The Who has so much to offer, I'm sure he will find some tunes that move him and even a few he may add to a road trip playlist one day.

[@donthomasdunigan7004]

@@simoncruise964 Plenty of people dismiss this as repetitive, low-tech looping and speeding up a keyboard piece. It's really no big deal, so why be so "hurt" when someone honestly assesses it as dull and "old news"? Peace. (How someone can dismiss.........? That's questioning taste, a subjective realm all our own).

[@simoncruise964]

@@daveking9393 I agree I think he's one of the better reactors, but when I saw he was reacting to this I thought he's gonna love this, just shocked he didn't like it and said I wouldn't listen to this again after just one listen.

[@jayrahvisions]

That's the beauty of subjectivism and individuality we all like different things, and that is okay. I don't care about people's criticism that I won't care for it. I remained objective gave some aspects that I did enjoy which was the second half of the song. So if you only listen to what you don't wanna hear you'll never hear how much I enjoyed certain aspects of it. Lol if people haven't figured it out yet, I'm not like other channels fakin it for views if I like it I like it, if I don't I have no issue stating as such. But I also respect the musicianship always and give props.

[@minkhollow]

That was not Roger doing falsetto. That was Pete. He very occasionally took lead vocals - "The Song Is Over" has him on verses and Roger doing the chorus. As for the story here, Who's Next is the scraps of a third rock opera project (Tommy and Quadrophenia are the only ones released as the intended full stories).

[@keef7224]

Some other great Pete vocals, lead or shared... Going Mobile Our Love Was Odorono Sunrise Glittering Girl Sensation Blue Red and Grey However Much I Booze Cut My Hair I’m One Drowned 1921 The Acid Queen Pure and Easy Naked Eye Long Live Rock Eminence Front

[@jameswilson8433]

The synth sequencer was a brand new toy when this came out. Also, it's constant presence makes the drums and violin catching up to it more impressive. There's an episode of Joe Pera Talks to You where Joe becomes obsessed with the song.

[@terryminator4208]

Kieth Moon going ballistic on the drums as always.

[@mikecaetano]

Oh man! Have you got a rabbit hole to dive in with The Who! "Won't Get Fooled Again", "Love Reign o'er Me", "Who Are You", "The Real Me", "Bargain", "5:15", "Behind Blue Eyes", "Pinball Wizard," "Long Live Rock," "Magic Bus" (from Live at Leeds) and so many more.

[@matthewhetzler4912]

My kid’s first favorite band was The Who. When he was five, and wanted to hear this song he would ask to hear Big Piano. I guess the piano entrance after the synth intro sounded “big” to him. Anyway, great to hear you react to Big Piano! Great tune, and keep The Who reactions coming.

[@yankri88]

The Real Me is a bass masterpiece. Highly recommend it.

[@joelliebler5690]

Won’t Get Fooled Again is the one!

[@matthewhetzler4912]

Seconded!

[@jameswilson8433]

Do ya?

[@TakeOffeur]

Oh yes, this one, you will love it!

[@mariaportengen2959]

A great English rock band. Keith Moon was a legendary drummer!

[@seamusburke639]

I love how Keith Moon punctuates the bass notes with a cymbal crash, like a period at the end of a sentence.

[@joelliebler5690]

Pete is the genius behind the band! Great song and my fourth favorite on my favorite rock album of all time!👍🏻❤️☮️✌🏻🎤🎼 Try reacting to This Song Is Over and Behind Blue Eyes!

[@williamjclinton1]

This is one of the songs you would drive hundreds of miles to see them do this live . Standing next to sweaty strangers under the influence in the dark and it was worth it .Roger swinging the mic and watching the great John Entwhistle work and even Pete Townsend do a jig during the "turkish" part .Majestic .Magnificent. Iconic.

[@vernonallen3370]

Much of the material that made Who’s next was supposed to be for a concept album project called Lifehouse , which dealt with a future where you could instantly travel to places and times via a sort of virtual reality ,in a society that had become disconnected and remote. It proved too complex at the time for Townsend to explain to the other members and in his frustration he dropped the idea. Some of the songs were recycled and became Who’s next. Several decades later Townsend revisited Lifehouse and completed it as a solo album. Recently departed guitarist Leslie West of the band Mountain, was recruited to do some guide guitar tracks during the demo stages of recording Who’s next as Pete Townsend had damaged his hand and was unable to play. Some of West’s lines were left in the final mix.

[@scottyr618]

"I don't need to fight to prove I'm right. I don't need to be forgiven." One of my favourite lyrics of all time, and a motto I strive to live my life by. P.S. I agree that Keith's drums should have been louder.

[@3xclusiv3sodak]

Behind Blue Eyes and The Seeker are fire.

[@redgamer821]

Love The Who! Can't wait till you do more tunes from them.

[@bostonwhofan]

As great as The Who are in the studio, it is live on stage where Who Heaven is! You should consider reacting to The Who performing "Young Man Blues" at the Isle of Wight concert! It is staggeringly awesome: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2rFoHmwnbqJfZY

[@michaelgrillo4333]

You like base, get on the magic bus with these guys; one of their early cuts -" Magic Bus"

[@michaelgrillo4333]

Thanks for the like - pull yourself some cuts from the "Who Live at Leeds"

[@MrNegative57]

I love how honest you are on your reaction to a song. Refreshing. You can't like em all. I'm 56, and twice you've made reference to a different genre of music and I had never noticed before. Turkish traditional on this and medieval on Stairway.

[@edh3709]

Love ya dude. First time saying this. Don't question genius. But I respect your opinion.

[@f.murphy8340]

"A Quick One" from the Rolling Stones "Rock and Roll Circus". Worth it just to watch Keith Moon. Their operatic genre pre-cursor to "Tommy" a year later.

[@EricJ2002]

THANK YOU FOR THIS ONE MAN! God Bless! ❤

[@joelliebler5690]

John was the only member that stood still on stage and let his bass guitar do the talking!👍🏻❤️☮️✌🏻

[@nancymjohnson]

Pete was experimenting with the sound (synthesizer) as something from the future, from his home one night and found that. I think it’s incredible 😁

[@NikkieTwix]

I love this band so much. You should definitely do who are you and behind blue eyes

[@Boatzilla2]

Dude, you oughta check out "Won't Get Fooled". Primo drumming by Moon. In fact, INSANE drumming by Moon on it.

[@lisarainbow9703]

"Slipkid" is an early Who song with a great groove....

[@royalway12]

I graduated high school in the mid 70's. This was our anthem song.

[@wendyt7958]

Roger has such a great rock voice..unforgetable

[@juliemanarin4127]

Great band...their whole album Who's Next that this comes from is great!

[@djimaging2]

it was a Lowrey Berkshire Deluxe TBO-1 home organ (1968 model) that was used for the "synth" sound on "Baba O Riley". Pete was using a setting called “marimba repeat.

[@TheDivayenta]

One of the greatest bands ever!!!!!!! All the CSI songs are Who songs.

[@DonFormica]

As I like to say: your favorite band's favorite band. (Everybody in Rush loves The Who) Rodger Daltrey is singing the lead but that falsetto part was Pete singing.

[@rustysmittyful]

This is my favorite Who song and I love the "like a Nintendo game" at the intro. How have I never noticed that before? Haha.

[@korybeavers6528]

ALL Who songs need to be seen live

[@keef7224]

The synth part was absolutely used as a metronome: pre-recorded by Pete and played back onstage through a tape machine. Same as on Won’t Get Fooled Again and Who Are You, Keith would wear headphones on this tune (duct-taped to his head, of course) and stay rhythmically married to the track to keep the band in time. Hard to imagine that a “sloppy” wild-man drummer like him could summon the discipline to stay locked in to a click track on stage, but he did. The problem was the tape machine could malfunction, and it often did!

[@panterafan43]

Perfect time to ask and beg you to react to “A Quick While he’s Away” from The Rolling Stones Rock N Roll Circus! I’m gonna requesting? Jk, I do like your appreciation of music. Oh one other thing, I know you don’t like live or videos, in the case of that song it has to been seen and heard

[@jameswilson8433]

The reason the Stones buried it for twenty years. The Who spanked them that night. I'm also fond of Jethro Tull with Tony Iommi.

[@FolkSongsEtAl]

I second that - some great footage, great performance.

[@Boatzilla2]

CSI (the TV show ruined this song, but also brought it back into my house, because my wife loved the show.) This was pretty big. When you're at a Who concert and they say, "They're all wasted" and we were, it was pretty cool.

[@stevegibbons8941]

Agree totally !

[@sfjarhead4062]

Loving your new outro creds

[@sarahzentexas]

You’ve reacted to Love, Reign O’er Me, which to me is absolute peak Who. Hard to compare this one to that one, as they’re tonally such different subjects. You’d probably love Pinball Wizard because it’s more rock and less arranging/keyboard-heavy.

[@redfishradical]

Like Rush, Pete Townsend & Co. were fearless explorers doing their thing, not giving a damn what was expected or what was popular at the time. LOVE your reactions brother, you dive deep and see much that I've forgotten, and I thank you for this!

[@gregcormier2379]

This was written after The Who had performed at Woodstock. It was Pete's reaction to the whole free love and drug culture taking place at the time. Check out either Won't get fooled again or Love reign o'er me. These are more you're too liken.

[@stephencaruso760]

Behind Blue Eyes and Quadrophenia and Love Reign Oer Me Magic Bus

[@garysteinert8555]

515 ....The Real Me... Join Together... Pete solo White City w David Gilmour.

[@gregorybrown3272]

A little background for you : The title of the song refers to Meher Baba, Pete Townshend's spiritual mentor, who was teaching him how to live a better life and be a better person, Pete was trying to overcome his upbringing in the harsh, violent, and misogynistic environment of his youth. The line "I don't need to fight, to prove I'm right; I don't need to be forgiven" is a reflection of the some of the lessons he was learning. He added the "O'Riley" in the title because he thought the fiddle solo gave the song a bit of an Irish sound.

[@PlanetRaconteur]

Looking very handsome today young man. Sharp, very sharp. And as always, an outstanding reaction!

[@pamkuhn4124]

I agree with you

[@noheamike5036]

I don't know if they used that as a metronome, but they may have. The Alan Parsons Project used tapes like that as metronomes often, many (not all) of which are left in the final versions of the tracks. I know they used some tape loops on this album, but not sure what tracks.

[@anahatatutu]

Read up on composer Terry Riley - one of the title namesakes, and you might see more what they were going for with the synth underpinning. Gypsy fiddle outro is awesome.

[@Lwize]

These synth sounds were pretty wild for 1971.

[@williamallen3715]

Yep. Dats Pete. Your so right.

[@tuffguy007]

May be a generational thing...check out the concert videos of "Emminence Front" from the 1982 or "Won't Get Fooled Again" from 1978 . Watching these guys might help you connect with this music. Because it is such great music!

[@realbser1956]

Understand completely and respect your opinion. I’ve heard similar things said about Kieth Emerson’s work with ELP, meaning that sometimes his synth and keyboards were seen as a bit overpowering at times. Not in my opinion-but I can see why people might feel that way if they did not know the whole body of work. Enjoy your honesty Jay 👍

[@joelliebler5690]

I agree with you about the synths!

[@shawnk7832]

Whooop whooooop!

[@marksiracusa6114]

Great reaction. Check out Pete’s guitar work in Going Mobile!!

[@avenueb]

this is what's called a Rock Anthem

[@redSectorA]

Those are 32nd notes for the synth intro.

[@jcartwrt]

As much as I like listening to the Who, including this song, I agree that the synthesizer can be tiresome. I like the song more than you do, but don't give up on The Who. Listen to their Live at Leeds album, especially Young Man Blues, and the My Generation medley.

[@Steelwings19658]

I love to see one of these reactors try and go into the studio and and create a masterpiece like this. Dull reaction at best.

[@BalbazaktheGreat]

It's always disappointing when you share something with somebody and they don't appreciate it the same way you do. That said, I really respect it when you keep the reactions real, so here's a like and a comment for that.

[@paulosborne1729]

Got to watch the Blue Man Group cover this song.

[@joaquinlibertini4850]

The Mr. Big versión of this song is great

[@alanmcclure9546]

Jay,,, gunna react to you sometime in the future on my other channel,,, will fill you in then, but Thanks,,, always enjoy your reactions,,, your cool as it gets man..by the way, are you a musician yourself, as you see stuff other people do not quite understand in the building of tunes. (sorry,, somehow that was supposed to be a question) if only I could remember my ? in the right place,, lol

[@alanmcclure9546]

And sorry for the second comment, but, on that syth,,,, tough shit, and get over it,, when you make something better,, then talk,,, lol..They fit a whole song into that synth lick, and no matter where they came in, "IT MATCHED THE MELODIC".. still love ya man!!!!!

[@babylonsister118]

Hey Jay! You should check out some Pete Townsend solo stuff!

[@jimmyramos6814]

you might like the way thr blue man group coverd it. if you like percussion then check out the blue man group

[@rushdiehard8784]

eminence front from the who. magic,

[@donnagonatas3155]

Please watch the video for Who are you. Keith is unbelievable!

[@jameskirschling7887]

I liked your comment about the synth at the beginning because you're right we were like WTF is that. I agree the drums should have been louder. About you not really liking the song, hey, there are a lot of songs I don't care for and people can't understand why. To each his own taste.

[@craigproctor9560]

You should listen to the who quadrophonia album from 1973

[@Igotwelched]

Gotta listen to velvet revolver fall to pieces you’ll like it

[@slimpickins9124]

It grows on you....

[@dangabbert3944]

I get your reaction. I was never crazy about this song, but I don’t think it was meant to stand alone from the album.

[@kellysmith3917]

Please react to Soundgarden or Stone Temple Pilots! Great bands with a bunch of killer songs!

[@williamallen3715]

Lol

[@jeremiahdunn6546]

dare I say pearl jams cover of baba in concert is the best version of this song

[@christopherglock7239]

Daltry the lead singer used harmonica not violin

[@1969JohnnyM]

Is it a flute, a violin, no its not a violinist its the singer playing a mouth organ.

[@shawnk7832]

Brother, you n feel the same way about this song! Only reason I don't love this is why I don't love this... however...😁back end of this song is as good as any other

[@charleslatora5750]

Do not be driving on a long open wide highway and do not be drunk, stoned or any varuation. because you will get up to a hundred miles an hour and the hwy patrol will be chasing you. Watch for bumps on road cuz you could get airborne. trust me

[@panterafan43]

The live version is much better

[@PatriotRebel]

The lyric is "alfalfa my meals". Rookie mistake....lol

[@kellysmith3917]

I would agree with you! I respect The Who but never was a big fan. I was much more into Led Zeppelin, ACDC, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd

[@edartigas1191]

I dig your reaction but some of these you need to re-listen off camera when chilling without having to comment so you can get a focused reaction ,remember the year that these come out yes that was new technology he (John) probably had to lay down the arpeggiator first as a click track remember this was recorded to tape with no automation. Most of the songs from this era are ground breaking.

[@Bill_Jones.]

You ought to be a producer.

[@jayrahvisions]

I used to be and still do from time-to-time. Appreciate that brotha.

[@sloveniangulash9314]

I still wait for Rage Against the Machine - Wake up or Down rodeo :(

[@joelliebler5690]

There are much better songs on this album!