The Who - Baba O'Riley (Shepperton Studios / 1978) | REACTION

[@klasseact6663]

I know there's 3 other guys on the stage but all I hear is "Thunderfingers" plucking that BASS, my God🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@pushpak]

4:43 John Entwitsle "Ox" said his response to Townshends, Daltreys and Moons busy stage activity was to rebelliously stand still. 5:47 Yes, he's actually playing. It's just his playing style.

[@5891jonathan]

John Entwistle dropping big bass note bombs.

[@klasseact6663]

N U K E S ☢☢☢☢

[@stevenmotchan2048]

The Bass player was really playing, using a right hand technique that was somewhat unique to him. It's similar to a classical guitar tremolo but when you do it on a cranked up bass it sounds like thunder.

[@elysehfm8797]

Entwistle looking like "Yeah. Go ahead and get sweaty." Kemi, John Entwistle was a great bassist. Just calm, cool, and collected.

[@Johnny67557]

My idol. Kick ass but let the others get "sweaty"!!

[@elysehfm8797]

@@Johnny67557 I spoke truth. ;)

[@larrywt656]

My favorite bassist of all time. The ultimate epitome of cool!!

[@williammanns9927]

And had the most thunderous bass tone...RIP the Ox...

[@elysehfm8797]

@@williammanns9927

[@zq9m3xh8]

There's nobody like The Who. I put them above Zeppelin. Saw them only once live, and it would have been worth it at 3 times the price of admission. I'm not big on live versions, but this ROCKS!

[@samson9535]

Above LZ? Seriously?

[@petervandervlies6427]

@@samson9535 LZ are big Who fans

[@timbrown2637]

Sorry but how about NO on that Zeppelin comment.

[@petervandervlies6427]

@@timbrown2637 you don't have to be sorry, Tim. It's just a thing about personel taste. Greetings from Holland

[@guyplatteau]

OK mais en live ils enterrent tout les autres des stones led sep et même hendrix ne voulaient pas passer avant ni après en festival quand aux stones ils ont été humilié à leur rock circus de l aveu de Jaeger nick

[@Calistogakid2u]

This was Keith Moon’s last performance before his death about 5 months later. Someone else mentioned the film, The Kids Are Alright. IIRC, the director, Jeff Stein wasn’t satisfied with archival versions of numbers he wanted to use so they staged this live show. RIP Keith and John.

[@sjw5797]

Yes! Keith Moon at the height if his powers, not tired like he is here. But it must be the live version of "A Quick One" from "The Rock and Roll Circus". Best live performance ever filmed.

[@CuteLesbo69]

@@sjw5797 that version of A Quick One is my absolute favorite version.

[@louisjenner2869]

Wont get fooled again from the same concert Is a must!

[@GrilloTheFlightless]

I love the Who. My dad listened to them all the time when I was a kid, and they are my father-in-law’s favourite band. Thank you for sharing your reaction and for helping to keep these songs alive.

[@moosecat]

I've seen The Who three times: Giants Stadium (NJ) in 1989; the Gorge (WA) in 2000; Key Arena (WA) in 2006. In each concert, when the keyboard started, they went into another level of awesomeness. The group was putting everything into it, and the fans were giving it back to them.

[@petervandervlies6427]

Saw the Who in Amsterdam 1970, i was 15 years old, crazy good, Who fan for life.

[@jameswilson8433]

Nobody moves their hands better than the Ox. As a bass player I have nothing but respect and awe.

[@moosecat]

Roger's harmonica was used at the outro in place of the violin because having to pay for a violinist to play maybe one minute per concert was too expensive, even for a group like The Who, who knew more than a thing or two about "additional expenses": broken instruments, trashed hotels, Lincoln Continentals at the bottom of swimming pools, etc.

[@larrywt656]

Don't forget their lifetime ban from Holiday Inns!!!

[@guitarman8462]

The bass player goes by the nickname " Thunder Fingers " because he was so fast on the bass.

[@Dreyno]

And “the Ox”.

[@dennismason3740]

Last week I was walking by the bar on Hollywood Boulevard that extends, like a patio, into the street. I had just passed a street dweller with a transistor radio playing Baba O'Riley, which I love. I stopped right in the middle of the Boulevard, which was traffic-free for the moment. "If I time this just right..." I thought and I was trembling with fear. When I walk in Hollywood I always wear (no case) a guitar on my back which can be swiveled into playing position in a second. I turned to the patio-drinkers and windmilled the first chord (bom, bom-bom) and sang "I don't need to fight, to prove I'm right...I don't need to be forgiven, no no..." without cracking my notes and the traffic was coming fast and I ran to the sidewalk across the street. One woman wooped and clapped. The guys were speechless. It's easy to rock and roll when there is at least 1 (one) woman about. I love this channel.

[@jbranum3087]

"A quick one while he's away" live from the rock n roll circus And "young man's blues" from live at Leeds.

[@petervandervlies6427]

Yes, the whole album live at leeds!!!

[@danielceo4694]

These guys have so much energy! You should also check out the version of "Won't Get Fooled Again" from this same concert! It's just as mindblowing!

[@franklinzappa7043]

One of the Greatest Live Bands Ever.....🎸THE WHO🎸🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@stephensmith3111]

The Who were a fun band to watch as well as listen to. Pete and Roger cavorting and windmilling around the stage with Keith bashing away behind the drum kit. But let's not forget to give some love to John "The Ox" Entwistle laying down the firmament on bass, upon which the songs were built. All the elements combing into one of the greatest bands in the history of rock 'n' roll. Maximum R&B!

[@ChromeDestiny]

The version of Won't Get Fooled Again shot the same night as this is great as well. I also highly recommend the live versions of Bargain and My Wife recorded in San Francisco in December of 1971. Those are audio only but they're both incredible.

[@Calistogakid2u]

A Quick One While He’s Away from The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus from ‘68.

[@irreverendian5581]

Saw them about 2 years or so later, the first live gig I ever went to, Lewisham Odeon. Deaf for three days, nearly got run over on the way home, didn't hear the car horn. Amazing experience.

[@IrishKack]

The year I graduated high school (‘78). I saw them around that time at the Capital Center in Largo Maryland. My hearing still hasn’t recovered. What a show!

[@edwardhannah]

Roger Daltrey that voice is such an amazing beautiful instrument. It can travel through space and back ⚡️

[@bryanforis1839]

Saw them live concert great live

[@aerynsunx]

Hi K.S.O. Your take on the song is how many people have interpreted it over these many years. The Who are one or rock's great bands. Not just because of their musicianship, but their unique songs. Pete Townshend (guitarist) is one of rock's great composers. From epic songs like this one, or full-length rock operas, Townshend is a remarkable talent. So glad you enjoyed this song. 😄 ☮

[@paladin5163]

Wow just as good live. BRILLIANT.

[@timmurphy3977]

This may be one of the best rock songs ever.

[@williamgum7413]

The live performance takes it up to another level.

[@johncopple6479]

Head phones duct taped to their head ! Gotta be Keith Moon🥁🎼‼️

[@sopwithpuppy]

Not taped to his head, but has a circular "halo" as well as the usual left-to-right over the head type headphone holders. He needed it because he doesn't play the drums, he assaults them.

[@sexysadie2901]

@@sopwithpuppy 😂

[@scottderechinsky9896]

Love Reign Oer Me, Who Are You, Behind Blue Eyes, Join Together, 5:15, The Real Me...the list goes on and on and on..

[@ronniedover5934]

I put my back into my living!!!

[@5891jonathan]

When Live at Leeds came out, I was hooked on The Who.

[@professorp2721]

Saw The Who in 1983, brilliant!

[@umino_kao]

One of the greatest songs

[@pookiemartinez3909]

The Who - Young Man Blues live 1970

[@chrislegner4816]

Simply epic level greatness. Never gets old.

[@petervandervlies6427]

Love this one, my nr 1 rock band. Love your smile listening to it. Love from Holland

[@robertm7071]

I saw them in about 1972 at an all day concert at the Oval Cricket Ground in South London. Rod Stewart and the Faces were on just before The Who. The Who were simply stunning. They had just about the best rhythm section going with Moon and Entwhistle. They came from nearby me in West London. We will never see their like again and the same goes for the music of that period.

[@armadillotoe]

I saw them a 100 years ago in Austin Texas, front row, center stage. Pete was wearing a cast on his hand. He explained that he had become "exhilarated," and put his hand through a hotel wall. Julie, if you read this, you were a sweet little thing.

[@turnerdan53]

Just a rocking show!

[@fday1964]

See Me, Feel Me from Woodstock is a must. Magic Bus, I Can See For Miles, Let's See Action, Pinball Wizard are a few more to check out.

[@guitarman8462]

About time for THE WHO !!!! 🤙🤙🤙🤙🤟🎸🥁

[@JPChristian]

Gotta love Pete's "windmills".

[@Chalkster1]

One of England's finest 👌

[@celinhabr1]

Can't wait to see more The Who here.

[@bluebear1985]

This was used as the theme for "CSI: New York".

[@leegoodison]

At there peak. The Greatest Live Band on the planet. They set the bench mark for stadium rock concerts.

[@billobrien2599]

The anthem of my life. RIP Thunderfingers...

[@1nelsondj]

In 1971 the group released a collection of their early singles titled "Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy" which is a description of the 4 members. Can you tell which description matches which member?

[@elysehfm8797]

Love that album.

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

I watched an older video you reacted to the other day and sent it to a friend. You cried at the end, I cried (always made me cry) and satisfyingly, so did she! Gene Pitney - I'm Gonna Be Strong. Enough to make a strong man weep!

[@winstonsmith3690]

Pete was so shy!

[@satexman2585]

Greatest stadium band ever.

[@williamdobbs6740]

It's about Woodstock. Anyway, this song is on my short list of Greatest Songs Of All-Time.

[@richarddoran4217]

Magic Bus from live at Leeds a must

[@zgaryhall]

LEGENDS

[@ptolemyauletesxii8642]

Keith had to tape the headphones to his head because with his wild style they tended to fly off otherwise. This song and Won't Get Fooled Again were very difficult to play live because both songs are driven by a recorded synth part that the band had to play along to. Keith in particular had to be dead on with the synth part or the songs would get totally messed up, as the synth part forms the primary harmony of the songs. So he had to have the headphones taped to his head and listen carefully to the recording, and get his timing perfect. He hated it, and would often rip the headphones off in disgust at the end of the songs.

[@Rick-or2kq]

Oh yes he was a legendary bass guitarist, John ‍Alec ‍Entwistle known as Ox, (9 October 1944 - 27 June 2002) at the age of 57, as some have said he past away in circumstances any rock star would have been proud of.

[@larrywt656]

Of a cocaine-induced heart attack in a Las Vegas hotel suite. Yeah...I can see that...

[@michaelnorman9962]

I highly recommend doing a reaction to their live version of "Young Man Blues" from the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival. You'd love it. Most of us Who fans do. It's pretty damned explosive.

[@tierbore1985]

What a nice lady

[@pauldevito7476]

You must watch the who's live version of "the mini opera-a quick one while he's away" from the rolling stones rock and roll circus. Amazing! You'll see why the Who were the greatest live band in the world from about 1968-1973.

[@paulsharkey6576]

Me and my best friend Richie used to go to see his Grandmother an hour a way with his parents. We where about 12. His parents used to let us go off by ourselves on bikes and explore. We would bring a tape recorder with this song, roll a joint and smoke weed in the woods. HAHAHA!!!

[@johndbrandhorst4434]

Living the teenage wasteland at the time of this tour 😎🎸🎶

[@rossmacintosh5652]

K.S.O. I'd recommend reacting to the cover of Baba O'Riley performed by the Blue Man Group. Very entertaining!

[@jackal59]

Every time I see Pete Townshend in this video, the only thing I can think is, "Cocaine is one hell of a drug."

[@vincentgrogan7611]

wow....can't believe i never saw this version....very cool!!!

[@johnkowalkowski4269]

ok, now you have to watch the Blue Man Group concert version of this song.

[@bowbutter7608]

The who the best 🎸🇬🇧

[@danalynch8889]

I don't know their names but the first singer is also an actor. I saw him in the Highlander TV series.

[@custardflan]

This is awesome. My favorite is their performance at the concert fof New York City after 9/11.

[@danielceo4694]

Also, just to add clarification about the lyrics: Pete Townshend had originally wrote this song as part of a rock opera called "Lifehouse" (which he only just recently finished a few years ago). This song, in the first verse represents a group of socio-political dissidents leaving a city where the government has deemed unsuitable because of pollution problems, so these families start this nomadic group and travel to the countryside to live and grow their own food. From the bridge into the second verse, it's all about a teenage girl and her boyfriend, leaving behind all this waste and broken dreams, this mass exodus and trying to find this mythical "Lifehouse" where they heard about this roadie/hacker is about to host a life changing rock concert. There you go, hope it helps give new understanding to the song! Love your reactions!

[@catherinelynnfraser2001]

The philosophical teaching of Meyer Baba and the musical theory of Terry O’Riley.

[@davidgale7384]

I noticed that you were listed as "Canadian reacts to" in one of the feeds...... Lighthouse... One Fine Morning and 1849 Max Webster... On the Road and All You Are Rough Trade... Highschool Confidential Gowan... Criminal Mind (later Styx) So many many more.

[@elysehfm8797]

Kemi, you should look up Keith Moon on drums. He was an absolute ANIMAL! Sometime, you should watch the rockumentary "The Kids Are Alright" for some great music clips and interviews. Anyway, I'm sure his headphones would fall off all the time with the way he plays. Completely nuts. RIP Keith and John.

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

The drummer in the Muppets was "Animal" and based on Moon!

[@elysehfm8797]

@@DawnSuttonfabfour yep!

[@joshoberg9797]

Do more from Shepperton. It's all good.

[@moosecat]

Re: THE WHO The headphones on Keith Moon's head could very well have been taped onto his head, or just merely taped to hold them together, as he was quite the active drummer, and not unfamiliar to destruction. (Animal from "The Muppet Show" is based on him.) John (the bassist) was known as "Thunderfingers" because of what could do with a bass. (To show what he could do, I've attached the video to The Who performing "5:15" live at the Royal Albert Hall in 2000.) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmPNh4aHp6p0n9k Roger (the singer) did two amazing covers of this song with the traditional Irish music band The Chieftains: one with Sinead O'Connor, and one without; both are amazing!

[@keef7224]

Best use of duct tape ever!

[@pauldevito7476]

While all the girls screamed for the Beatles in mid-60s, The Who were the band the "blokes" went to see. To paraphrase a quote at the time - why would any girl want to see a group that has a singer who is short, blonde thug, a guitarist who's a stick with a nose on top, a deadpan bass guitar player, and a bug-eyed drummer Who is clearly out of his mind. Hahahehehaha. Thank God for THE WHO!!!!

[@leegoodison]

So true !

[@larrywt656]

This version was filmed especially for their documentary film The Kids Are Alright, which was released about a year later, and is considered one of their better live performances. This was Keith Moon's last appearance on stage before his death. The bassist, John Entwistle, was always mellow on stage. That's why they called him "The Quiet One". It used to be said that Keith, Roger Daltrey & Pete Townshend were so wild on stage that they needed the coolness of John to be the anchor that kept them from flying off!! This song was supposed to be part of a song cycle/rock opera called Lifehouse, but the opera was never completed in its original form. About one-third of the songs made up the Who's Next album released in 1971. Most (but not all) of the rest of the songs were later released on other projects, but the whole thing has never been actually released in its originally intended form. Baba O'Riley would have been part of the storyline of the opera. Pete has never really come out and said what the full storyline would have been, but it was said to be very science-fiction influenced. Apparently it got so complex that there was just no way to finish it with 1971 technology.

[@rickc661]

Who live at Leeds - one of the GREAT live rock albums. now for something completely different ( even serious ) a two some. movie, 1958 -59. ' on the beach. song - 'Morning Dew' written by Bonnie Dobson in 1961 - best done; Grateful Dead, maybe a version from the ' Europe 72 album. Morning Dew.

[@markwilliams5180]

great band the drummer keith moon is who jim henderson modeled animal from the mupets on

[@titovanzappa4629]

Vamo los who!

[@vincenthewlett4329]

you should try one of the early hits from 1972 "join together " it is crackin

[@Frank75288]

you should watch the film McVicar , Roger Daltrey is in and the soundtrack is all The Who

[@markb3186]

audio is always better first its what made it famous in the first place

[@marcpiarulli5738]

Try Who Are You next by The Who

[@rk41gator]

Who's got the energy? Who bring it!

[@murdockreviews]

I don't know what uppers Townshend had dropped, but it's a joy to see his over enthusiastic performance.

[@tatethompson1234]

He’s doing it on purpose, they recorded some of these tracks twice, management said they were crap show was performed in front of all their friends by private invite, so he was taking the piss out of it at times

[@murdockreviews]

@@tatethompson1234 cheers. Cool decision on Pete's side.

[@extdiso]

I always thought Pete’s performance was a bit too over the top. And I’m a huge Townshend fan.

[@tatethompson1234]

@@extdiso he’s bored, trying to make it look good for the audience. If it was up to him, he’d only record songs and not play live, he hates it. Luckily he has a good heart and plays live to support their road crew, many been with them for 30-40 years.

[@oknein9356]

THE FUCKIN WHO!!! RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULES!!! :) ;)

[@wessew6185]

I am a skilled tambourine player. Isn't everyone?

[@stevensprunger3692]

Hey Blue man group does a good live cover of that song

[@ronstegall2312]

You want to hear a cute the who song? Then listen to "Boris the Spider!" You'll love it. 💘

[@williamdobbs6740]

Keith Moon died just a few months after this performance.

[@stevencantrellzenroom7383]

Come On now KSO honey 🍯

[@danacasey8543]

If you could bottle the energy of Pete Townsend, you would outsell all the energy drinks out there! And Roger Daltry was the golden god before Robert Plant took the title by storm!

[@kimberly8858]

CSI New York

[@DavidGigg]

Yes, the bass player is really playing, he is one of the acknowledged 'masters' of the instrument. At the end he was playing the same notes repeatedly which is why his left hand was not moving.

[@reinaldomiranda4097]

HI! Please react to THE WARNING...

[@normandavidtidiman9918]

The year after year zero Townsend still wears white flairs and Daltrey a naff perm. Punk attitude with a hippy look.

[@Jonni1027]

Roger’s hair is naturally curly 😉

[@normandavidtidiman9918]

@@Jonni1027 if that's true then he had it straightened in their early days. (And now where he looks better than he did 40 years ago)

[@Jonni1027]

@@normandavidtidiman9918 I can believe that he straightened it. He’s always said about the early years that he hated the curls cuz curls weren’t in with the hip Mod scene haha

[@elysehfm8797]

FIF!

[@lowelllarsen5947]

At one time they were considered the greatest performing rock band

[@neilmcdonald9164]

The drummer died a few months later again only 32🎩