The Who - Baba O'Riley | REACTION

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[@ViewsFromThe502]

Thanks for the info guys! It's Dave Arbus on violin during the outro. Roger plays the harmonica for the live versions!

[@AmericanVanGogh]

Baba comes from a spiritual guru of Townshend and Riley was one of his admired composers.

[@TherealBo4_God863]

Who are you is a great song by them

[@stratcat3216]

Pete basically created the synth-sequencer and created this sequence .. he was amazing

[@optimusprime2]

great reaction, man Please Please!!! react to another great song of the who called "baby don't you do it" (full version) from this same album Who's Next, believe me, you are gonna get crazy man!!! Please react to that!! Please Bro!! 🙏

[@johntarnowski9086]

Greatest Rock Band Ever

[@symbiosisai]

They would be if Led Zeppelin and The Beatles didn't exist

[@ibrahimaze7076]

Queen the best

[@livealittle1100]

@@ibrahimaze7076 lol. Few years ago y'all didn't even know a band called Queen existed. It's all because of the movie called Bohemian Rhapsody 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@metfan674]

They’re right up there. Top 5 for sure.

[@francoisdelpeuch8527]

The song's title combines the names of Meher Baba and Terry Riley, two of Townshend's philosophical and musical mentors at that time (1971).

[@danlefou]

It's also a pun on baba au rhum, a French cake soaked in rum.

[@johnoconnor431]

i was born in 1952 and i was lucky to hear some of the greatest bands from late 60's , 70s and mid 80s

[@dougwill8850]

The Muppets "Animal" was supposedly mirrored after Keith Moon.

[@jeannieboles6173]

How could he not be.❤️

[@cbaker1249]

My wife saw them live several times; back then they were considered the best live band in the world. My god, they were remarkable, highly dynamic, threatening almost, but boy oh boy, what a freakin performance!

[@mikebailey3723]

Roger Daltry is great vocalist on "Reign O'er Me" great song

[@richardpatterson302]

It's a fiddle at the end, in live shows Daltrey plays it on harmonica.

[@stephenpizzini235]

Baba O’Riley is a great song, it’s awesome.

[@aaronswartz4788]

Keep this in mind. 1971 and dude (Pete Townshend) was experimenting with sequencers. All of rap and new wave may now say thank you.

[@Altman1953]

As an instrumentalist, although known primarily as a guitarist, Townshend also plays keyboards, banjo, accordion, harmonica, ukulele, mandolin, violin, synthesizer, bass guitar, and drums.

[@timwhitnell7145]

Here's what I found online about the opening riff: Townshend played a Lowrey TBO-1 organ at his home studio. He tried to run it through an ARP Synthesizer/sequencer, but couldn't get the sound he was looking for. Instead, he used the "Marimba repeat" setting on his Lowrey to create the arpeggiated, complex repeating pattern.

[@therewolf615]

Keith Moone on drums. One of the greatest rock drummers. Nicknamed "Moone the Loon."

[@normandavidtidiman9918]

It's MOON - no e!

[@alanshepherd4304]

I received a bonus at work in 1973?, I went out and bought this album and Dark Side of The Moon, locked myself in my bedroom and played them continuously, drove my parents mad!!!😂😂😂🇬🇧

[@stephenpizzini235]

The background sound is not a glockenspiel, it is a lowery TBO-1 Mid 60’s Solid Organ, that is what Pete Townshend played.

[@jollyj3285]

Every song on Who's Next is worth reacting to!!!

[@patricknicolucci5073]

"Baba O'Riley," the frenetic sequence was played by Townshend on a Lowrey Berkshire Deluxe TBO-1 organ using its marimba repeat feature. This modal approach used for the synthesizer track was inspired by the work of minimalist composer Terry Riley.

[@patricknicolucci5073]

The song's title combines the names of Meher Baba and Terry Riley, two of Townshend's philosophical and musical mentors.

[@tradeladder146]

British Genius. 👍

[@davidobrien3600]

At the end the speed becomes so fast with Keith drumming so powerfully they sound like a high speed locomotive

[@minkhollow]

Check out "My Generation" as performed on the Smothers Brothers show for a taste of their live shenanigans (and a contribution to Pete's hearing loss).

[@drstrangelov3]

yes!!!!

[@CC-Wulf]

That was Pete Townshend singing the high notes about teenage wasteland, not Roger Daltry. That was a violin at the end of the song in the album. Roger uses a harmonica when performing live.

[@garynicol1059]

You should check out pinball wizard, behind blue eyes, and Pete's solo music. Pete Townsend wrote everything for the who. Guitar riffs, keyboards and glockenspiel lol

[@charlesmarkley220]

That is how you finish a song gentlemen.

[@richardpatterson302]

Play "Who Are You" and complete the CSI trio.

[@sallydorsey1851]

Great band

[@y2daisy]

By the time Pete Townshend (TOWNS-end) wrote this song he had become quite anti-drugs, though he was still drinking. At Woodstock he'd kicked Abby Hoffman off the stage when Hoffman rushed up while The Who were trying to play and began a rambling soliloquy about the virtues of taking LSD. Townshend was dismayed by the sight of all the stoned teenagers at Woodstock, and felt their youth was being wasted. Townshend wrote most of the songs for The Who, and he was like the original angsty teenager. He could be cynical, bitter, cutting, and even cruel, but like most cynics he was an idealist at heart. Many of his songs were about the search for peace, for an ultimate reality, or for God.

[@bobgrant-beer3020]

Nice one Guy’s. I’ve got an amazing bit of trivia for you, Pete Townsend has hearing loss in one ear. It was caused by Kieth Moon letting off an M80 inside his base drum. You can see the moment when Pete’s ear drum ruptured , when he winces on an old piece of live footage on an old American or British TV show way back. I think it is Monochrome. The Who were the first band I saw in the 70’s on Acid, Don’t tell me Mum and Dad, 😂 lol. I’m 60 now. Suffice it to say, I wanted the gig to go on forever. Stay Safe my American Cousins, much Love from the UK. 🇬🇧🇺🇸👍🇺🇸🇬🇧👍❤️😷. I love you guys.

[@chrisw647]

"...it was caused by Keith Moon letting off an M80 inside his bass drum..." Sorry for Pete's ruptured eardrum & hearing loss, but picturing Keith Moon thinking that was a neat idea & doing it cracks me the hell up lmfao, the nutty li'l scamp

[@davidgauvin3431]

soundtrack of my life

[@williamdunne9325]

The best use of a synthesizer ever.

[@John-gq7vt]

In live performances Daltrey played the outtro on a harmonica. On the studio version it is a violin.

[@SBel65]

“Perfectly Good Guitar” by John Hyatt (because Pete Townshend was known for smashing his guitar on the stage at the end of a concert)…

[@tradeladder146]

In the U.S. initially they had to cut the line , THERE ALL WASTED FROM their Set, only in America LOL.

[@jeannieboles6173]

Mumble odd years ago I was in a co-workers car and the song came on and she said she liked the song but couldn't find it on any platform. (She was looking up Teenage Wasteland) I told her what the actual title was, poor girl looked quite gobsmacked.

[@MissAstorDancer]

Why not just Google "Teenage Wasteland"? Even though that's not the actual title of the song, it comes right up!

[@jeannieboles6173]

@@MissAstorDancer It was mumble something years ago and the Google was not available yet kiddo.

[@MissAstorDancer]

@@jeannieboles6173 So, what "platforms" was she looking for the song on?

[@jeannieboles6173]

@@MissAstorDancer Napster, Zune, Apple or whatever. This would have been early days like 25 years ago. Hand phones were not computers like they are now. Also, the lady was my age or older so we didn't do the newfangled thing of computy thing at home. Luddite generation.

[@jeannieboles6173]

Weird, Google might have been a thing at the time(after googling Google heh!) But would not likely have found the proper song title, you need old farts like me to correct the kiddos. Hah!

[@summitbuilding6842]

The intro is my ring tone!

[@stephenpizzini235]

The Background Sound For Baba O'Riley is a Lowrey TBO-1 Mid 60's Solid State Organ

[@Survivor2002]

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is a big Who fan, so yes, every show in the CSI franchise has a Who song as its theme. CSI: PRIME is "Who Are You"; CSI: NY is "Baba O'Riley"; CSI: MIAMI is "Won't Get Fooled Again".

[@SimplyTakuma]

CSI: Las Vegas is Who Are You

[@jimp4666]

you guys should watch the videos for this one and Won't Get Fooled Again. The Who recorded them live at Shepperton Studios for the movie "The Kids Are Alright" but seeing them play it out is pretty awesome.

[@scottnewman1579]

need to checkout Who Are You

[@davidelswick6660]

Yes! Who Are You - maybe their greatest song!

[@mjm5081]

Magic! 🙏❤🌹Keith and John🌹❤🙏

[@Lidds1973]

They played at The Valley (football ground, home Charlton Athletic & the main singers team). Attendance was c 100k & officially the loudest concert ever

[@cindyp1033]

Listen to Bargain from this same album. Keith Moon shines and John Entwistle on bass is a beautiful thing! Fire!❤️🔥

[@gmgroucho77]

It's Dave Arbus on violin, not a harmonica.

[@ViewsFromThe502]

Thanks for the info! Apparently Roger plays the harmonica for the live version!

[@gmgroucho77]

@@ViewsFromThe502 No problem.

[@richardshillam7075]

Got this on cassette in 78. No titles. Named it Teenage Wasteland:-)

[@tempest_91]

Lindsay: God, how could I be so awful to actually suggest that you play an entire song correctly all the way through! God knows Zeppelin only play half of “Stairway To Heaven” and The Who never even practices ”Teenage Wasteland.” Ken: ”Baba O’Riley.” Lindsay: What? Ken: The name of the song is “Baba O’Riley”… It’s on Who’s Next? -Freaks and Geeks

[@jonathanlocke6404]

I've been listening to this band for over forty years, and I never knew that Townshend was pronounced "Townsend"...I always wondered why people spelled it wrong so frequently...

[@first25q43]

The sound you that keeps repeating. Was made on an ARP Synthesizer. Pete played one note at a time. To create the sound. He kept changing the knobs for distortion. Then he used wires plugged in to certain holes. To get the sound. I know I did not explain it right.

[@Marcus-Oh-really-yes]

Pete Townshend did play the keyboard/synthesizer, especially when composing. Like you already know, the h isn't combined with the s for a "sh" sound in Pete's last name, and the h is silent. I always thought it was like th h in Britain's "Stonehenge," You don't go out of your way to enunciate a hard H in "Stonehenge," and the N sound connects and flows right into the ending "enge." :-) Here's a video clip of how Pete came up with the sythesizer part for "Baba O'Riley": kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWbZoIGvh9KpjtU

[@johnyvico]

Athena is another great song

[@glenbmc3734]

Don't feel bad, Ty. I've listened to this song for 50 years and thought the title was Teenage Wasteland too.

[@diverdown631]

The synth sounds you hear are sequencers playing through arpeggios automatically

[@MoMoMyPup10]

Who > Stones

[@23skidoo46]

Pete the man of the biggest sounding chords in rock history.

[@craigproctor9560]

You all should react to the who. Who are you music video from 1978 Keith moon last song with the who Keith moon died on September 7 1978 from a drug overdose in London

[@robmacdonald5127]

Watched the Who live @ live 8 2005 .and pink floyd . Amazing . Only missing led zeppelin on the gig to make up the best bands ever . Who were amazing. Ps Pete Townsend did play keyboards on some tracks along with guitar . They are brilliant live .

[@scottbeaton1519]

Guys that was the violin.... Daughter did harmonica live but that was violin

[@hesch-tag]

Time for Behind blue eyes

[@stephenpizzini235]

It’s Called Bah Bah O’Riley Not baa baa o riley, it’s Named After Meher Baba and Terry Riley, it basically means Baba of Riley.

[@jeffreypetree7163]

I Like trying to sing like roger . Rough loud tough voice . Been thinking about him for about couple weeks for some odd reason. Hope he's doing well , health.. GB 12-11- 2021

[@johntarnowski9086]

Checkout The Real Me and Love Reign O'er Me

[@Tr1k1e]

Both great tracks but that base line on The Real Me as fantastic also love 5 : 15

[@denniscarter3657]

‘The Real Me’ from Quadrophenia …go listen.

[@craigproctor9560]

You all should listen and react to the who quadrophonia album from 1973 and movie from 1979

[@pamnicklas5536]

Keith Moon is subdued on this 😂😂😂...wait a bit!

[@michaelt.b264]

By the way there's no synthesizer on this song that's Townsend doing hammerons on a guitar

[@tarrakieran2057]

The original band that created high prices on concert tickets- everyone would pay one price to see the bands.. but they had the "Trample" issue that killed several people, in Canada, I think.. after that, you had to pay prices for good seating- back then it was general admission, so you just paid 2 bucks and got the chair/seat you wanted- but after the deaths they started selling tickets, with designated seats... to make more money

[@Coowallsky]

Cincinnati was where the crushing accident happened. The assigned seating was not a mandate by The Who. It was by the entities that owned coliseums, auditoriums, music halls and stadiums.

[@fpanpurrzachariah6290]

In England the letter H is often left out.Depends on where you come from.

[@DustinHawke]

O'Riley is about as Irish as you can get. lol

[@davidnorman4923]

CSI New York!

[@scottbeaton1519]

Admonished... Pet Townsend

[@kens32052]

CSI NY theme song.

[@robertwalker1803]

Another album I would consider a “ Greatest Hits” album from top to bottom….and the album cover and album title are the best.

[@Lonestar1430]

And their album / opera-rock "Tommy" is just a masterpiece

[@frankhall7740]

it's a violin actually.

[@heatherturner6955]

Oh Oh Oh Riley! (Ryan)! :)

[@heatherturner6955]

Got new headphones... Oh man - sounds so good!!!

[@markdraine3571]

Town -shend ,really alright ..I heard a D.J in 70's pronounce it that way..I always thought that that would be fine with Pete . Actually , sounds cool ..Go with it. Another reaction station ,Dicon Dissectional , the kid got corrected for your pronunciation .This is obviously a big deal..Screw it. From now on , I'm going to use the Shend part

[@stephenpizzini235]

It’s Pronounced Bah Bah Oh Rye Lee

[@michaelt.b264]

That's not a harmonica it's a violin played by Dave Arbus it was only a harmonica in the live versions .

[@kevincooper2317]

How about Russ Ballard “Voices”? Killer song!

[@jeffreypetree7163]

Ya i thought song was teenage wasteland too lol. Also thought it was baby Oriley Not baba. Duuuu

[@lsp3]

That's a sequencer that's programmed at the beginning. It's not something they're playing by hand.

[@georgeprice4212]

Lowery organ through an ARP, actually. Pete Townshend even showed how he did the intro on the Classic Albums DVD for “Who’s Next”.

[@darkblakdk2865]

Please do love reign o'er me

[@briantimmons3075]

would like you guys to check out "The Real Me" by the Who

[@stephenpizzini235]

It’s Actually Pronounced Bah Bah o rye Lee

[@user-gh9bv8yu5s]

BABA I believe BA Cords

[@natashab3412]

Check put the spike lee movi3 summer of Sam. Best soundtrack ever

[@jimhaeuser1353]

25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago

[@neilknight3794]

React to Squeeze Box by the Who

[@brianpoole6464]

If you want your views to take off, into the thousands, simply do a react to iron maiden.."wasted years".., "the trooper," or .."hallowed be thy name" as an introduction into the band,

[@TheCornishCockney]

The one called ryan. He doesnt seem to know what the hell is going on and looks like he'd rather be reading his comics.

[@normandavidtidiman9918]

😂

[@cog4life]

I can’t believe people can be so knit-picky!!! Dang! Just listen and don’t criticize. 😊Reaction /Review- y’all please stop apologizing and trying to explain the difference to people. It blows my mind. Why do people care??? Great reactions (reviews) whatever! 😊

[@kizkazzy]

its a violin

[@MarkChappell1]

Not a harmonica. A Violin (fiddle).

[@ViewsFromThe502]

Hence the pinned comment

[@MarkChappell1]

@@ViewsFromThe502 I've been rightfully shamed for not paying sufficient attention.

[@jameskuehn19]

It is not a harmonica at the end of the song. It is fiddle.

[@ViewsFromThe502]

Hence the pinned comment

[@denroy3]

Lol, neither sounds like "Star Wars'. Might want to here John Williams Star Wars theme again.

[@ViewsFromThe502]

We weren't trying to say it sounds like the Star Wars movie score. If we had thought about it more, describing it as futuristic or spacey would've been a better term to use.

[@mikenastasi8927]

@@ViewsFromThe502 CSI uses this song, Won't Get Fooled Again and I think, but not sure Who Are You.

[@derekthomson4043]

5 minutes and still yakkin!

[@barry607]

Don't think there was synths as you put it at this time

[@Retroearthling]

everything today (yes there is good stuff) is pro tooled auto tuned to death. It's just not as good.