Baba O' Riley (Instrumental Version) - Pete Townshend Demo

[petrovitsky]

thumbs up if the lakers brought you here! hahah i always here this at the beginning of the player introductions

[Bobtheghux]

When you remove the lyrics to this song, the song's identity (and beauty) remains. When you remove the lyrics to modern music, you are left with a generic drum beat and bass line that a five-year-old plays to warm up during a lesson.

My favorite radio station is dedicated to the Oldies. As a child of the 90s, I am loath to reach the age where the trash of my contemporaries takes that title.

[Seattlecarnut]

Awesome music! Although I love the original version with vocals, it's nice to hear what a song sounds like without vocals.

[Hardworker1970]

Deserves Nobell Peace prize.

[JakeBrownYT]

when i first heard about this song i was like "So it's just without roger singing." Now I can say, it's a better instrumental than just without roger singing, its a whole new song, it's impossible not to like

[rslaffoon]

3 people regret quitting piano lessons as kids.

[JB620]

@rslaffoon haha



[netjes44]

Dr. House Yeah.

[LondonDada]

I've got this on a pristine LE white label.

Offers anyone?

[poollija09]

After 5:53, the song is pure BLISS

[EmmaBrownful]

luv it! :)

[cosmicrider287]

pete couldn t write a daft tune if he tried.

[zerarita]

PETE IS A GENIUS

[bwc3821]

6:00 friggin epic.....

[gremby]

@bwc3821 dio porcooooooooooo

[flokomike]

ok who misst the like butten i gona hit em

[rush622112]

Don't cry ! Don't raise your eye ! It's only Teenage Wasteland !

[ryneweir]

Wow. Where did you get this stuff from and how do I get it. Thanks man

[bokin6]

DarthMurray - don't believe everything you read on the internet

[rentatrip1]

Originally recorded in 1972 -

 I was there -

[surfmcgoogler]

I don't think Pete Townshend could get to the center of it. It's more an idea of identification of and the exclusion of obstruction to arrive at the truth rather than building on something. Only the Zen Buddhists can know for sure. Thusness and suchness.

[surfmcgoogler]

Lifehouse is generally a concept about someone who is trapped by everything they have been taught and told about the world without having the actual experience of it. There is no pure experience, original thought and no real life because everything is a manufactured concept they are playing out as if it was programmed through a machine. Our hero wants to break free of it and become real and in full knowledge of the potential of themself as a person. That's about as clear as I can make it.

[MrGb1965]

At 6:50 is a cut that was put in his 1994Psychoderelict album.

[YJMproductions]

what was life house about anyways???

[ifyouwantbloodygi]

I think it is somewhat like the book 1984 a guy who only knows what he is told by the government something like that. sort of like a made up world.

[YJMproductions]

i've always wanted to read it, have you've read it?

[ifyouwantbloodygi]

yep im quite sure i have can't really remember ;p. The film explains it quite well its very odd.

[YJMproductions]

yeah i heard it was odd, so they pulled the plug on it, and just made who's next.

[ifyouwantbloodygi]

sure did. one of my fav albums

[Shotec1]

Pete's YEAH... on 2:19 is really strange you can hear this on live preformaces and on studion record. Does anyone know why is this there?

[Shotec1]

or 2:18

[TheWhoinvasion65]

cause its pete f'n towshend lol

[surfmcgoogler]

Shotec1 It's more or less a musical cue to indicate a change or shift.

[jrose1755]

As Hugh Laurie says in "House"... "I LOVE THIS PART!" I first heard this version in the movie "Slackers".

I'd love to hear Hugh Laurie actually play this on a big-ass grand piano. He's not a bad pianist. Kinda weird listening to the commedian from "Blackadder" speaking with an Ohio accent, but he's just so much fun to watch.

"I don't need to be forgiven."

[Whofan95]

Modern music is the second worst 90's was even worse they on had one good song, buddy holly by weezer 60's and 70's is the only way to go!!!!

[WeirdAlFanElvisFan5]

The 90's were not bad! Nirvana, Pearl Jam and others were good in the early 90s. When Kurt Cobain of Nirvana killed himself in 1994 he messed up the music scene.

[Whofan95]

Thats what i meant to say late 90's was terrible!!

[lilballa7]

What do you mean 'Killed himself' are you one of those people?

[WeirdAlFanElvisFan5]

I don't want to get into a discussion on this matter. It will only cause trouble.

[lilballa7]

Yea I know, I'm just kidding. I just think Courtney killed him ;)

[thezmikavt]

OMFG AWESOME :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[GREATGOOGOLYMOOGOLY]

What happened? In 1960-1990's we have awesome music like this, and now all we have is this alterna-rock shit. It doesn't all suck, but um, What the Fuck happened?

[12novideo]

yah it's like how rap music sux today!

[theblitz07]

people got stupid

[9999necron]

@GREATGOOGOLYMOOGOLY Satan got control of the music industry thats what... music is an expression of the soul, not of a corporations interest. thats why i listen to underground music.

[GREATGOOGOLYMOOGOLY]

@9999necron agreed in full.

[Ben31337l]

@GREATGOOGOLYMOOGOLY This might be irrelevant to the video, but I ask that a lot when it comes to transport.

But still, what did happen to the 60s - 1990s generally?

[shinquan]

tell you what happened, music as all aspects of life are defined by the market.

Music before was part of inspiration, a part of relief, some art of making things right, to relax the world in a tension that was existing in our lives because of the Cold War, a type of manifest in which people were enjoying just being people.

Nowdays, music is trapped in a world where everything depends in a manner to get rich, the inspiration is gone and that makes everything just crap. There's no art just money

[GREATGOOGOLYMOOGOLY]

@shinquan It's true that the market plays a pivotal role in the music industry (which shouldn't be an industry!). Generally, the music industry makes its money in the most effective way there is: Give the people what they want. People in general share some of the blame, because how many people actually see what's happened over the course of the past 20 years or so? It seems that most just don't care one way or the other. Listen to what you will, but at least give the true talent a chance.

[TrekToons]

@GREATGOOGOLYMOOGOLY It's today's generation: They've had their imaginations sucked out of them. I saw this as far back as the mid-80s.

[Shep9250]

@GREATGOOGOLYMOOGOLY I didn't mind alternative rock in the 90's but Pop, Rap, Hip-Hop, soft rock, and all of this crap today is not what I call music. Nobody cares for old music. (They say: IT IS TOO OLD) Ugh why does this era falling apart. I can see in the next 100 years this world is gone... Long live Rock, and long live The Who. :)

[dynoloon]

finally somebody can hear this classic, rainbow in curved air would be nice to hear as well.

[XgraphitezeppelinX]

Thank you very much, Talk About some good timing I post on your page one day later it's there.