Pete Townshend / The Who - Baba O'Riley

[@Slikrock]

For me, this is the best violin solo in rock and roll. I never get tired of it. I love the crowds appreciation, it adds so much.

[@johnnydtractive]

Pete's voice sounds so incredible here.

[@zodifa]

Gaby Lester.... the violinist. A friend of mine. Simply Great!

[@CottageOfTheCrone]

She is one of the reasons I come back to this over and over and over. Simply magnificent.

[@BumAtLarg]

I love all the old testement references. Never realized how many were in the lyrics. ^^

[@jessicafischerqueen]

It's not Mick Jagger on drums. It's that amazing chick who also played extra drums on Mike Oldfield's live debut of "Tubular Bells III".

[@lyedavide]

Her name is Jody Linscott.

[@kevinchandler179]

Thank God, Mick Jagger is no where around this performance 🙏!!! The Stones are the most overrated terrible band ever!!! I still to this day, don't understand why anyone thinks they were great? Zeppelin, The Who, Kiss the original lineup, Fleetwood Mac, and the Eagles are the best!!!!

[@davir6]

Pete loves his music so musch. Thats amazing.

[@Viktorvelat95]

those vibrations are best,when i hear even them it makes me happy,but after the piano and voice,i cry cause of happiness,great song!!!

[@dablueman21]

Pete seems to be able to do Roger's roar.

[@lyndamcardle4123]

John "Rabbit" Bundrick....ex - Free, Andy Fairweather-Low among many....what a trouper, great musician and I will always remember with fondness "Muddy Water" and "Common Mortal Man" from Free's 1972 album "Heartbreaker" tracks 1 & 2 respectively from side 2.

[@toeboe106]

Townshend is a genius no other word for it and what a performer.Just wish that younger more modern singers were as passionate about their music as he is and not just focussed on their "looks "and wallet.

[@shelleysnow5904]

There are many of us who remember a performance of Behind Blue Eyes by Pete with just his accoustic guitar. It was soul wrencing but can't find it anywhere anymore.

[@HisRoyalLinus]

just in case anyone might be wondering, why everyone is cheering as mad, when chyna sings the first chorus (and rabbit is applauding). this is actually the second take of the song in that evening, something got stuck in her throat the first time round, so pete had it started again. lovely concert.

[@CottageOfTheCrone]

Really nice to have some back story on that, thank you!

[@tommybob66]

Somebody on Twitter earlier said, who can play an instrument who is a great songwriter and blah blah blah well this is my favorite guy that knows how to do everything he plays all kinds of instruments

[@FabriceOnno]

replaying, replaying and replaying again. Thanks for this vid :)

[@skia]

OMG!!! Credits Backing Vocals - Billy Nicholls, Chyna, Cleveland Watkins*, John “Rabbit” Bundrick Bass - Chucho Merchan Guitar - Pete Townshend, Phil Palmer Harmonica - Peter Hope-Evans* Keyboards - John “Rabbit” Bundrick Mixed By - Bobby Pridden* Orchestra - The London Chamber Orchestra Percussion - Jody Linscott Producer - Billy Nicholls Vocals - Pete Townshend

[@LiquidGardener]

How do you put words to do justice to something this great!!??? Pete is pure gold. I spent an evening with no one around absolutely blasting Who's Next through a Nakamichi amp and JBLs....hee hee hee :) Pette and I share the same birthdate, I always raise a glass to him ;)

[@fcojaramillo7106]

what is doing Mick Jagger at the drums?

[@annahallenius1016]

your violinsolo is ingenious Gaby! I miss you!

[@bapyou]

The fiddle at the end needed to be cranked up! But still, fantastic to see someone do the fiddle part live. Fantastic!

[@iliveintimbuktoo]

11 thumbs down? I didn't know Satan watched KZbin! haha!

[@CanalAngeloMarioNeves73]

Amazing song ❤

[@jimmythefish]

That guitar sounds sooo good.

[@AndrewMcGhie]

Wow. Speechless

[@nicklawrence6865]

Such a beautiful piece

[@Ronplucksstrings]

@Slikrock ...not to nickpick, but it is a Viola...and if you like that, check out this arragement of Baba O'Riley for string quartet: "Teenage Wasteland/Baba O'Riley - string quartet version"

[@cuico2008]

The violin lady... she played very well I think! She really played with gusto, que belleza!

[@Slikrock]

@toeboe106 yes genius, the violin solo is one of the most kick ass rock pieces ever, the spontaneous ovation at the end says it all.

[@Doctorj63]

Who was that awesome drummer?

[@Tranchera]

@auvisvoisin The 'interactive' portion of Pete trying Lifehouse, I believe, came after Who's Next. But obviously the songs for Lifehouse were written before Who's Next, because half of them were on that album.

[@juliansmith4295]

WOW

[@loonymoongirl]

AWESOME.....the violin is so SWEET in this!!

[@tommymac1967]

the drummer is jodylynn scott, she is a percussionist, and rabbit is the keyboard player since 1079 i think right after moon died

[@ivanmontesserrano1669]

Exquisitoooooo.....! El violín y las percusiones, me llevaron a las nubes......dulce versión, deliciosamente acompañada

[@chrissiecusatis5832]

Awesome

[@davjamrid]

@riggersD Ummmmmm I think he wrote the song. He can do whatever he likes to the lyrics. I think he did F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C!!!

[@TheBangersMash]

I love this song!!!

[@Tranchera]

Daltrey. And I think Townshend has a fine voice. Different, and certainly not as amazing as Roger's, but still commendable.

[@timmi59]

It's nice to see that nearly half a century later old Pete's got some verve left in him. Rock on, Pete. Rock on.

[@HawkeyeCapt4077]

im sorry my mistake...the keyboardist is rabbit....the woman drummer has played with pete and the who in the late 80s for their tommy tour and in the 90s with the quadrophenia tour....shes mainly just a percussionist and i dont really think shes trying to portray the notion of being a typical drummer, i think shes just there to keep the beat and provide some interesting sounds

[@vickenb]

Man, I wanna say i really love your choice of videos from this concert. Gotta love Pete Townsend's voice. Boy i can't wait till November 9th! Got me a nice pair of tickets for the concert! mmm mmm mmm ...keep the good stuff coming...

[@KAFKUBA]

Why don't these videos get millions of views

[@thebarkingpumpkin]

bigal1670 Thats Jody Linscott

[@wannababrit]

Is there anything as good as Pete's "aging" voice with grit? Let me answer that: NO.

[@sofarsogut]

Yes: my aging voice LOL

[@reneerice5369]

@@sofarsogut Haha, gotta admit, he's sounding good and I'm sure so are you!

[@sofarsogut]

@@reneerice5369 last time I saw The Who in concert was in 2016. first time in 1970

[@yveswauters4832]

C'est super, merci beaucoup jaime

[@davidogden3683]

Erm No! Lifehouse, as the description says. was the original idea but Pete couldn't get the idea acoss to the band so it was more or less abandoned and the songs became 'Who's Next'. Pete then went on to expand the ideas for Lifehouse in his solo work in the years and decades to come. Quadrophenia (the greatest thing ever wrtitten) is a totally separate piece of work and has little or nothing conceptually to do with Lifehouse.

[@billybigtime2808]

Absolute goosebumps listening to this

[@swimfreak822]

OMG its a Hummingbird I love that guitar such a classic sound

[@Guitaroverkill]

Yes

[@bcrater6400]

J-200 actually

[@joeh7581]

This song always reminds me of the scene in the movie "Summer of Sam"

[@cava675]

I'm in love w/Gabrielesa ,the viola soloist.

[@lucignola57]

Straordinario!!!!

[@loonymoongirl]

ok... AWESOME....the VIOLA is so SWEET in this!!! And this is a KICKASS version of baba, it can be a little different, it's ok! And the "random black chick" has the voice of an ANGEL (she's probably the only one able to hit the high notes now...LOL)

[@Vincentvuoto]

Happy Birthday Pete!

[@fransschmitz2628]

amazing Pete!

[@marciogarcia2846]

CSI : New York theme

[@EllaVarner]

El violín con Gabby Lester hacen de ésta canción una melodía sublime.

[@MaxxJansson]

Is it the amazing Phil Palmer back there as well?

[@spez1989]

yes i whole heartedly agree it should be pete writing and playing the guitar and roger just singing his ass off.

[@Saphiroko]

Is that a theremin that's making the awesome music at the beginning of the song? I always thought it was a piano!

[@rezairamrey2062]

Ahhh memories watching CSI New York

[@Tranchera]

This isn't Zak. They were referring to the lady standing behind Pete in this video.

[@RoOodOoOloOmeg]

well compared to others, but my friend, where were those others? you're sorrounded by the people you need, and if you think jody did a bad work, so tell to Pete, but please stop doing those stupid sexist comments. by the way, I don't care your musical knowledge because it can't be measured. and as there are thousand better, there're some others like me who support that good work and are going to defend that work. I don't care if you liked, but stop those comments.

[@waterloosunsetsfineyaa682]

オバちゃんのバイオリンの素晴らしさが光るね✨

[@reneerice5369]

Wonderful

[@pearlvana05]

ooh that bass kicked right in =)

[@DonnellyBoy]

the black backing singing girl...is that Skin from Skunk Anansi??? :o

[@Anthony0721]

thank you for the spelling correction

[@RoOodOoOloOmeg]

do you know about whom are you talking about? the drummer girls is jody linscott, and even if she's introduced as the percussionist, she plays drums better than you would. not to have a drumset here and play it just as the song requires (not as keith did) doesn't mean she can't drum. she can more than you, besides she plays percussions better than you would.

[@starlitblond]

he is so good..

[@MasterExploder323]

Awesome, but damn it if I don't miss Moon's drumming...

[@8000cheese]

@STimo95 when mistakes are made, that particular performance is just a "version" of the original song, lol

[@Femmzz]

I like this

[@tommymac1967]

the black girls singing is chyna i met her in 1989 with the who in a bar in dc

[@leesuhrenay]

omgg me too! (i play violin also) i was like, "third position is hard, just use the E string..." lol btw how many positions are there for violin? 5? or are there more?

[@hellajellaful]

gaby lester- my aunt wooot.

[@WilderLB23]

That concert is this

[@TomSiler]

How on earth could anyone know this song as "Teenage Wasteland" and not Baba O'Reilly"? (sarcasticon)

[@arletteledoyen5839]

❤

[@alnpel]

Damn, Steven Tyler banging those drums really hard there, lol!

[@Mansion416]

It would have been more cooler if Roger was singing Pete's part of the song

[@SMARTMOD0]

good going pete

[@Tranchera]

He's holding a bass. We're talking about the girl behind the drum kit... drumming.

[@TB163]

@toeboe106 You should watch the youtube video titled "Jason Mraz -I'm Yours (live)". Make sure you watch it all the way through and see if you can tell me he's not passionate about his music and focused on his looks and wallet.

[@BenGorb]

You fucking said it mate.

[@JPLV]

@toeboe106 Not focused on their looks? Did you see how the rock bands dressed in the 60's and 70's. Don't tell me that they didn't care about their appearence.

[@lensgirl]

roger needs to be singing this song

[@dianaaguinaga3908]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@peacemaker2988]

summer of sam.came here after watching it its a movie about son of sam serial killer in 1976 to 77 when he got caught.

[@alexsantos6843]

Temos BR's aqui?

[@canalprussiano985]

Eu.

[@Tranchera]

Not focused on looks?! Check out his tux.

[@aaronblackmore]

Coño! Phil Palmer!

[@tekkenhalo]

Wait.. Did he mess up the lyrics at one point? The Sally part..

[@PhilCastro9851]

did he make an oops?

[@linclink]

Roger does a good job on this, but...overall I truly prefer Pete's voice by a lot over Roger's. At this point I'd much rather hear solo Pete than what is left of The Who. Blessings!!

[@STimo95]

2:53 wonder if he really changed those lyrics, or if he made a mistake...

[@davir6]

and Gaby Lester kicks ass, by the way

[@brandonlace]

@Tranchera at least its not a straight billed baseball cap

[@bapyou]

Turn up the fiddle!

[@dylans96]

i dont know why some people are so upsosed with rap and hip hop. it sucks. rock is the only real music and the who is the best rock band

[@Itzfeeling]

HOLY SHIT I s2 WHO

[@ProfessorPancakes420]

i'm sure pete could do it haha. he has quite a way with synths