Everyone thinking back and talking about how it all went down and what part they played. John Entwistle: doesn’t say a word. Just sits there and plays a badass bass riff. 😎
The engineer is the legendary Glyn Johns, (along with his brother Andy) he's worked with Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin...to name a few. He's the reason 'Who's Next' was made, talking Pete into taking the best of the 'Lifehouse' project and turning it into an album of good songs.
Keith Moon had the original idea for the violin, taking a great song and making it one of the greatest. Townshend's songwriting and the rest of the band's unorthodox mastery of their crafts made The Who irreplaceable in music history.
@@johnsobey4261 Peart was incredible and a great role model. Did see an interview where he said he wanted to play like Moon, but couldn't, so he perfected his own style. Moon was likely an idiot savant, at times sloppy, but no one has ever been able to play like him. There are much better technical drummers for sure, but there will never be another Bonham, Baker, Moon, etc. Technically better painters may come along, but there will never be another Van Gogh, Dali, etc.
These videos gives an idea of how Pete Townshend used a Lowrey Berkshire Deluxe TBO-1 organ (using its marimba repeat feature) as the backing track -- /watch?v=6ZwOq0tTEPE /watch?v=vGP0sxABITs I wonder if any demos exists of Pete Townshend's original musical concept where he input the vital signs and personality of Meher Baba into a synthesizer. Maybe his tracks 'Baba M1' and 'Baba M2' from 1971 are those unused experiments.
@@Cola.Cube. You might want to search out Terry Riley's mesmerizing 'A Rainbow in Curved Air' (1969). which inspired Pete Townshend's interest in pursuing the synthesizer with the song title 'Baba O'Riley' partially honoring the composer. Also search out the article "Electronica pioneer -- Pete's early influences and experiments", which goes into more detail about how he got interested in synthesizers. And for fun, search out the early electronic song 'Song of the Second Moon' (1957) by Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan (Dick Raaijmakers), which was one of David Bowie's favorite records -- /watch?v=bVl2_MSwmSA
@@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504There still is a band called Curved Air! Stewart Copeland is a former member. Sonja Kristina is still wonderful. I'd always assumed she was Dutch or something, but she's frim Brentwood, Essex!
This is, without a doubt in my mind one of the greatest songs of all time, if not the greatest. It’s certainly the greatest song to come out of the British Invasion, yes that includes anything the Beatles, Stones, Kinks etc. put out.
This is pretty much the opposite effect of what Pete Townshend was writing about when he wrote this as part of “Lifehouse”. (Really simplified summary of a trippy, complex story: It was about people coming together in music where their lives merge into a unified chord and they achieve a sort of permanent ecstasy/enlightenment.)
The Who had two extraordinary things (besides the genius of Pete Townshend) going for them). They had the greatest rock drummer ever in Keith Moon, and the greatest bass player in John Entwistle!
I think it may've been sped up from Pete's original demo which was a bit slower, thus the change in pitch. The demo must've been recorded in A440, and the studio recording is a few cents sharper. I believe they brought it back down to standard for live performances
hi, what i was sayin was the kids were the hippies and they were selfishly free,,free from anything glorious freedom carte blanche,and they took full advantage ,i would have also im not a revolutionary., i was just a pup back then
Oooooh, good point. Difference - no Hiwatt's.. But- depending on point of view,, yeah Moore could have been... But, but, - for the time, stacks weren't being used.. He was "current of the time" That is debatable..
@@jamesjwalsh VCS3 + ARP synthesizers were used on many of the tracks which would become the album Who's Next. They were mostly (if not entirely) pre-programmed. Even though the video states the track is not a loop, I don't believe someone was actually playing notes during the recording of Baba-O'riley (same goes for live performances). However, it was Townsend who developed this synthesized rhythm which the song was built upon. As it was he who wrote all of the music for the Lifelhouse Project that would eventually become Who's Next; though Enwistle did write + sing the added track "My Wife". In addition, Who's Next was the very 1st album to use pre-programmed synthesizers. Something that did not sit well with the "hard-core" section of their fan base at the time. For me though, the use of synthesizers made the album iconic + gave it a sound that was way ahead of it's time. I did not hear the album...in it's entirety...until I was 26 (1997), and have been a huge fan of the band ever since. Ironically, I was just coming into the world as the finishing touches were being put on Who's Next; having been born in late May of 1971.
you did your job Pete, because your employer is THE MAN, with a false pretense of caring about regular folks. All those bands are examples of Class Rule, though they are mostly tools of the Top Rulers / Phoenicians. Blue bloods, Mick, Keith, Pete, Eric, John, Paul, Neil, Bob.
Everyone thinking back and talking about how it all went down and what part they played.
John Entwistle: doesn’t say a word. Just sits there and plays a badass bass riff. 😎
God, they were an exciting band, particularly so live!
Dave Arbus was my brother in Law for a short period of time. That's my claim to fame
The engineer is the legendary Glyn Johns, (along with his brother Andy) he's worked with Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin...to name a few. He's the reason 'Who's Next' was made, talking Pete into taking the best of the 'Lifehouse' project and turning it into an album of good songs.
wow
And a little known group called The Beatles
Keith Moon had the original idea for the violin, taking a great song and making it one of the greatest. Townshend's songwriting and the rest of the band's unorthodox mastery of their crafts made The Who irreplaceable in music history.
John Bonham and Keith Moon are the best drummer in my early days, till I heard Neil Peart
@@johnsobey4261 Peart was incredible and a great role model. Did see an interview where he said he wanted to play like Moon, but couldn't, so he perfected his own style. Moon was likely an idiot savant, at times sloppy, but no one has ever been able to play like him. There are much better technical drummers for sure, but there will never be another Bonham, Baker, Moon, etc. Technically better painters may come along, but there will never be another Van Gogh, Dali, etc.
To young to go
And dude killed it on the violin part too. 😂
@@sub-jec-tiv Dave Arbus.
this song is incredible !
I wish Pete had demonstrated how the rapid Lowrey organ part was created for the song's rhythm, like he showed in the Won't Get Fooled Again clip.
These videos gives an idea of how Pete Townshend used a Lowrey Berkshire Deluxe TBO-1 organ (using its marimba repeat feature) as the backing track --
/watch?v=6ZwOq0tTEPE
/watch?v=vGP0sxABITs
I wonder if any demos exists of Pete Townshend's original musical concept where he input the vital signs and personality of Meher Baba into a synthesizer. Maybe his tracks 'Baba M1' and 'Baba M2' from 1971 are those unused experiments.
@@borbetomagus Nerd🤣🤣👍👍
@@Cola.Cube. You might want to search out Terry Riley's mesmerizing 'A Rainbow in Curved Air' (1969). which inspired Pete Townshend's interest in pursuing the synthesizer with the song title 'Baba O'Riley' partially honoring the composer. Also search out the article "Electronica pioneer -- Pete's early influences and experiments", which goes into more detail about how he got interested in synthesizers. And for fun, search out the early electronic song 'Song of the Second Moon' (1957) by Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan (Dick Raaijmakers), which was one of David Bowie's favorite records -- /watch?v=bVl2_MSwmSA
@@borbetomagus
There was a band called Curved Air.
They composed the original version of Sky's Vivaldi.
@@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504There still is a band called Curved Air! Stewart Copeland is a former member. Sonja Kristina is still wonderful. I'd always assumed she was Dutch or something, but she's frim Brentwood, Essex!
Literally astounding song.To this day in my top 5 maybe #1
it's also Glynn Johns, huge producer of the 60s and 70s, helped The Who and other bands at the time.
poor bob pridden
quadrophenia '73 must've been a difficult time for him haha
Brilliant.
I love every song on Who’s Next ❤
This is, without a doubt in my mind one of the greatest songs of all time, if not the greatest. It’s certainly the greatest song to come out of the British Invasion, yes that includes anything the Beatles, Stones, Kinks etc. put out.
The GREATEST song!
And we went into the studio....
Epic
He had access to the multitracks. He started of playing them all at once then he just used the machine and isolated them.
The herd of Buffalo
i seen another one like this but it was the making of layla when Dwayne Allman and Clapton hooked up worth seeing
Whenever I hear this song, the 18 year old kid in me wants to throw Molotov cocktails through government office windows. 😃
Makes me want to move a mountain.
This is pretty much the opposite effect of what Pete Townshend was writing about when he wrote this as part of “Lifehouse”. (Really simplified summary of a trippy, complex story: It was about people coming together in music where their lives merge into a unified chord and they achieve a sort of permanent ecstasy/enlightenment.)
The Who had two extraordinary things (besides the genius of Pete Townshend) going for them). They had the greatest rock drummer ever in Keith Moon, and the greatest bass player in John Entwistle!
Dave Arbus and his violin appear at 4:02.
Whatever happened with Dave Arbus? Why was not he invited back to play Baba O Riley live? Not even once..
Different bands, would have been complicated to book him every time.
He said he takes full responsibility. That's caliber.
💥💥👍👍😍😍 Brilliant I say!
But I wonder how the violin break would sound if it were to have been performed on the Egyptian mizmar (flute)?
WOAH what is that bass he's playing at 1:20? It's so cool looking!
Might be an Alembic bass, but I might be wrong.
@boredNo2death he's the producer, glyn johns.
He did it using Marimba Repeat. Check out my channel for how it is played and tutorial how to create Marimba Repeat.
Nah. Its about horse tranquilzers.
Back in 1971, Dave Arbus looked uncannily like Jim Croce.
What tuning is In the studio?live it’s different by far
I think it may've been sped up from Pete's original demo which was a bit slower, thus the change in pitch. The demo must've been recorded in A440, and the studio recording is a few cents sharper. I believe they brought it back down to standard for live performances
Best
hi, what i was sayin was the kids were the hippies and they were selfishly free,,free from anything glorious freedom carte blanche,and they took full advantage ,i would have also im not a revolutionary., i was just a pup back then
Ground zero for the origin of the Power Chord..
No, that was Scotty on JAIL HOUSE ROCK
Oooooh, good point.
Difference - no Hiwatt's..
But- depending on point of view,, yeah Moore could have been...
But, but, - for the time, stacks weren't being used..
He was "current of the time"
That is debatable..
Informative piece - always wondered if an actual violin player is in this song. Only question left for me: who plays synthesizer?
Violin - Dave Arbus
Pete played a Lowrey organ.
@@jamesjwalsh VCS3 + ARP synthesizers were used on many of the tracks which would become the album Who's Next. They were mostly (if not entirely) pre-programmed. Even though the video states the track is not a loop, I don't believe someone was actually playing notes during the recording of Baba-O'riley (same goes for live performances). However, it was Townsend who developed this synthesized rhythm which the song was built upon. As it was he who wrote all of the music for the Lifelhouse Project that would eventually become Who's Next; though Enwistle did write + sing the added track "My Wife".
In addition, Who's Next was the very 1st album to use pre-programmed synthesizers. Something that did not sit well with the "hard-core" section of their fan base at the time. For me though, the use of synthesizers made the album iconic + gave it a sound that was way ahead of it's time.
I did not hear the album...in it's entirety...until I was 26 (1997), and have been a huge fan of the band ever since. Ironically, I was just coming into the world as the finishing touches were being put on Who's Next; having been born in late May of 1971.
the peanuts movie brought me hear
They just don’t make music like that anymore....
Sadly
Most people didn't make music like that then! It's a one-off.
3:35
teenage wasteland- kids didnt do nothing to change the planet, cause they were free man, selfish kids , i just love them hippies- peace
the peanuts movie brought me here
Wacky Major yeah the preview, I kept watching, I started to like the song, next thing you know, it's my favorite song!
CROWN SPONSORED COKE FUELED PROPAGANDA labeled music
you did your job Pete, because your employer is THE MAN, with a false pretense of caring about regular folks.
All those bands are examples of Class Rule, though they are mostly tools of the Top Rulers / Phoenicians.
Blue bloods, Mick, Keith, Pete, Eric, John, Paul, Neil, Bob.
I saw the Who in 1980…I thought they were old farts…