PACMAN? | Baba O'Riley - The Who (Reaction)

[@reallymysterious4520]

The album Who's Next is easily one of the Top 10 Greatest Rock Albums

[@AliasMark69]

Parts of this iconic song have been used in commercials for years. "They're All Wasted". The WHO are seriously a band you are going to like a lot.

[@jackp8583]

Yes, that was a violin at the end of the song. The video game sounds throughout the song are early analog synths, Pete Townshend was one of the pioneers of using them.

[@Fairygrl_TW]

Last time I saw the Who live in concert was at the The Who concert disaster in Cincinnati at the Riverfront Coliseum December 3, 1979, which ended in tragedy where 11 fellow concert goers were killed in stampede outside the doors. Was amazing concert but such tragic end. Was a scary night, I was only a teenager and never witnessed anything like it before. The band was devastated and never played Cincinnati again until...but, forty-three years after that tragic night, the Who finally returned to Cincinnati. Thanx so much, take care, Peace

[@AliasMark69]

"Wow, What An Experience That Was"...... I just smile again.

[@johnmccarthy-behindtheveil]

this song is about their experience playing at Woodstock. They were known as the worlds loudest rock band at one time. Great live shows.

[@bartstarr100]

Actually it's about their appearance at the Isle of Wight festival that same year.

[@johntarnowski9086]

​@@bartstarr100No, it's about Woodstock

[@bartstarr100]

nah. It's actually about Lifehouse, but the idea came for the Isle of Wight. Which is England. Pete didn't know dick about America.

[@DavidCalvert-mh9sy]

My teens was in the 1960s. There were 4 bands that stood out for me; the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks. And the Who. To my mind, all bands and artists that followed walked in the footsteps of these 4 groups.

[@norcalkatonk7875]

“Won’t Get Fooled Again” . . . another classic from Who’s Next. That intro though . . .

[@writerwade9241]

"The Seeker" 😉

[@johntarnowski9086]

Greatest Rock Band Ever

[@AliasMark69]

I consider (many) The WHO as the third most important British Band that influenced all others that followed. Beatles, Stones, Who... stand on the podium of Classic Rock Greatness. Thanks again JM.

[@claimguy]

I did not know Led Zeppelin Scottish!

[@phillipharrison7283]

Not part of the British invasion of the early 60s. Zeppelin are the newer 'generation'. Beatles, Stones and Who are still the prime 3 of the British influence on 1963 to 1966 of the youth culture. Zeppelin eclipsed the whole thing. US bands were battling to keep up. The only 2 of any strength were the Doors and CCR

[@AliasMark69]

I was going to make that point. L.Z. Is NOT part of the "British Invasion" They were one of the groups influenced by the three other groups, like everyone after them were.@@phillipharrison7283

[@AliasMark69]

We could add The Kinks to the original British invaders, but not on the same level as the top three.@@phillipharrison7283

[@chaipup7045]

The Kinks aremore influential. They even influenced the Who's first couple of songs

[@dabassmann]

It's funny watching your reaction to music intros or lyrics that we grew up with and you are hearing for the first time!! In many cases we've heard these songs thousands of times and know every word. We're glad you are taking the time to hear and learn about all this GREAT music!

[@mottthehoople684]

ONE BAND...FOUR LEADS

[@kckelly7889]

I always need a cigarette after the, uh conclusion.

[@andrelevesque2405]

Hi. Here’s what I could find about that intro and outro: The repeating set of notes were recorded using a Lowrey Berkshire Deluxe TBO-1 organ using its marimba repeat feature to generate them. Dave Arbus played the violin solo during the outro.

[@jimwillride]

This is fantastic reaction channel. Thanks man. ❤

[@AliasMark69]

You found the Best Reactor on YT.

[@cindiherriott3259]

The intro was 1968 Lowrey electronic home organ with a Marimba repeat turned on. By far one of the best songs of our time.

[@franksullivan1873]

Definitely in my top ten bands of all time.

[@AliasMark69]

"Baba O'Riley" Out here in the fields I farm for my meals I get my back into my living I don't need to fight To prove I'm right No, I don't need to be forgiven Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Don't cry Don't raise your eye It's only teenage wasteland Sally, take my hand We'll travel south cross land Put out the fire And don't look past my shoulder The exodus is here The happy wolds are near Let's get together Before we get much older Come on Teenage wasteland It's only teenage wasteland Teenage wasteland Oh, yeah Teenage wasteland They're all wasted

[@dadmateryn8092]

it was a 1968 Lowrey electronic home organ with Marimba repeat turned on.

[@AliasMark69]

The WHO….. “The Kids Are Alright” Tour 1989. Rich Stadium Buffalo N.Y……..Roger stands front/center and Jogged the entire time singing "Who Are You?" looking backwards like he was being chased.. He was 45 years old… AWESOME After the concert the Who were being interviewed on the local radio station and the DJ asked the band…. “So what do you think about that new RAP music coming out”…. Roger Daltrey laughed and started to answer when John Entwistle said….. “let me answer this one….. It seems to me that if you can’t write music, can’t play music, can’t sing music, if you know absolutely nothing at all about music, well then, you do rap now don’t you”….. Then. Pete Townshend said….. “If Hitler was going to come back and torture the world again he would use rap music. Roger Daltrey laughed and said…. “Isn’t that the truth”

[@lazerx1828]

Interesting how every comment is their personal "cut-and-paste", mostly technical, but nobody listened to you enough to answer your question: *BABA O'RILEY* , which many people think is called "Teenage Wasteland", has a few different inspirations. The song, originally written by guitarist Pete Townshend, was inspired by two people; Meher Baba (an Iranian spiritual master) and Terry Riley (an American composer). It was originally written for a project that Townshend was working on but had been scrapped at the time. According to Townshend, after the band played their 1969 Woodstock concert, the field was covered in trash from fans, which inspired the line: "Teenage Wasteland". In an interview, the singer also said the song was inspired by “the absolute desolation of teenagers at Woodstock, where audience members were strung out on acid and 20 people had brain damage. The irony was that some listeners took the song to be a teenage celebration.”

[@bartstarr100]

It was called a "Sequencer" basically the pre-cursor for the modern synthesizer. That last solo was a violin played by Dave Arbus.

[@rollomaughfling380]

It wasn't a sequencer, it was a Lowrey organ.

[@cmzeman]

The sound starting the song is Pete Townsend programmed synthesizer. The outro is a violin.

[@beverlybrown2673]

I was a little too young to really understand and appreciate The Who when they were at the peak of their popularity. As I've matured, I've grown to love a lot of their music.

[@richardjacobs7632]

Great album that should be in everyone’s collection! Thanks

[@seanalexis0823]

Great song choice. Thanks for your videos!!!❤

[@AliasMark69]

One of the first uses of a machine that repeats notes and time signatures in the beginning. Pete played a simple keyboard rif and the notes are repeated. Cool stuff back then.

[@AliasMark69]

My Mother "Dotty" assembled John Entwistle's Rickenbacker Bass used in this song, and the Red "RIC" Pete Townsend smashed on display in the RnR HOF

[@AliasMark69]

The rollicking, double-time outro part had already been recorded, when Dave Arbus was invited in to add violin. “That was Keith Moon's idea,” The drummer had visited the progressive rock group East Of Eden in the studio next door, and thought their violinist would make a perfect addition. In most live performances, this part is played instead by Daltrey on harmonica.

[@scottkeeler2306]

That’s when a synthesizer took up a small bedroom.

[@RalphSpoiledsport]

"Video game melody" gave me a belly laugh, because you're right. They were part of the innovators with synthesizers. Google images of "Pete Townshend studio", and look at the black and white pictures.

[@eduardoaguilar7361]

An eternal classic.

[@AliasMark69]

You liked.... "Hotel California", "In The Garden Of Allah", "Dirty Laundry", "Get Over It" from my 3rd favorite writer, try this next... Don Henley - "Sunset Grill"

[@AliasMark69]

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[@AliasMark69]

The WHO and JBL Headphones..... Some things were made for each other.

[@mikecaetano]

The Who headlined the memorial concerts held for the New York Fire Department in the years after 9/11. Their performance of "Baba O'Riley" was a highlight among highlights, with a thousand fire fighters rocking out with the band. As for the introduction... "I used gated Lowrey organ via EMS VCS3 gated filter. No sequencer. I got my ARP 2500 system (huge) just after I’d recorded the first few demos for Who’s Next. Baba O’Riley was a cheat. I couldn’t get the sequencers and mix-sequencers on the ARP under my fingers fast enough so I emulated sequencing and tape delays using the Marimba Arpeggiator effect on my Lowrey Berkshire." --Pete Townshend (unconfirmed)

[@robertjones6971]

Any " who " song needs to be reacted to live ! The who rocks !🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@kens32052]

This is the theme song of the CSI NY tv show.

[@carminebokesch1279]

Thank you for that !!!! I still have no idea what the instrument at the beginning is. Roger Daltrey is a great singer, still

[@AliasMark69]

1980.… KLOS RADIO in L.A. Survey…. Greatest Male Rock Vocalist….#1 Robert Plant- Led Zeppelin #2 Roger Daltrey-The WHO #3 Steve Perry- Journey #4 John Lennon- The Beatles #5 Mick Jagger- Rolling Stones #6 David Gilmour - Pink Floyd #7 Rod Stewart #8 Paul Rodgers - Bad Co #9 Steve Tyler - Aerosmith #10 Elton John #11 Freddie Mercury - Queen #12 Paul McCartney - The Beatles

[@jakeelliot2868]

Wonder whose idea it was to have all the band members piss on the wall and then call the L.P. "Who's Next"

[@AliasMark69]

Imagine you are 12 years old, you buy the first album from The Doors, with 3 friends we pack the bong and listen to the album that changed everything.... everything, We liked the entire album,"Light My Fire" was awesome, and then this happened to us..... The Doors - "The End"

[@AliasMark69]

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[@timgrady4630]

Magnificent Classic . More , please . Blessings to you and your dear ones in His doubtless Guarantee of Everlasting Life (John 3:16) .

[@BaccarWozat]

This song is great, the opener of their album "Who's Next". But the original concept for the album was titled "Lifehouse", about a future world ruined by pollution, in which people live in lifehouses where they are safe and can breathe clean air, and surrounded by their computers (there was no internet in 1971, but one gets the sense that they had that in mind). The concept required incredibly meticulous playing, so they gave up on that, removed a few great unfinished songs ("Teenage Wasteland", for example), added the song "My Wife" so it wouldn't focus on the negative aspects of the concept, moved "Baba O'Riley" to the front, and retitled the album. The album cover shows they urinated on the lifehouse, indicating what they thought of that project and ironically polluting it.

[@AliasMark69]

Soon you should add another MONSTER name to your Playlist of Classic Rock bands. Over time you will want to see more from them. They are going to make a serous impression on you, like they did an entire generation back in 1968.... Steppenwolf... The band has sold more than 25 million units worldwide, releasing 8 gold albums and 13 Hot 100 singles, including three top-10 hits. Please do these five iconic songs in this order.... "Born To Be Wild"... "Magic Carpet Ride".... "Rock Me"... "Sookie Sookie"... "The Pusher"... Thanks

[@AliasMark69]

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[@Retroearthling]

pretty sure it's a looped synthesizer

[@lauraulnye6857]

You should check out there song- My Generation (1967) on The Smothers Brothers show.❤❤❤❤❤0

[@chellj8175]

Check out the video too !! 😊

[@thomasperkins7318]

Pete Townshend loves long intros.

[@bostonwhofan]

I highly recommend you react to "Love Reign O'er Me" by The Who next. In my opinion, it's not just the greatest song by The Who, it's the greatest song of all time by anyone!

[@markiosty8748]

Synthesizers playing violin (keyboards)

[@anthonyguiliani-b1x]

how about a reaction to the cover art something sadly missing with mp3 or even cd's

[@svtinker]

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