It doesn’t appear anywhere in the song’s lyrics, so what’s it all about?įor starters, in parts of southern Asia Baba is a term of respect, loosely translated as father. Credit: Heinrich Klaffs a thousand years ago, the elite class in Ireland began taking surnames that began with O’ - O’Sullivan, O’Brien, O’Connor -with the O’ translating to “grandson of.”īefore we approach the complexities of “Baba O’Riley,” one of The Who’s - and, indeed, all of rock music’s - most lasting songs, it bears explaining the first of those complexities: the title. Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend performing with The Who in Hamburg, 1972. Enter for your chance to win a GENERATION RADIO PRIZE PACK!.Enter for your chance to win a TENACIOUS D Prize Pack including a signed box of fiber bars!.Enter for your chance to win Billy Joel Live from Yankee Stadium on 2CD+Blu-ray AND 3-LP!.Point of No Regrets: Kansas Carry On With New Album ‘The Absence of Presence’.Keeping the Beat: Longtime Drummer Liberty DeVitto Pens Memoir, Preps Album Release.Ready: Blue Oyster Cult is Back with New LP ‘The Symbol Remains’ An Affair to Remember: Yes to Release Live Set The Royal Affair Tour, Live From Las Vegas.Classic Rock Landmarks: Do They Know It’s Christmas?.The Downside of Fame for Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, and More.Two Legends Pass Away: “The Killer” Jerry Lee Lewis and “The Obscene” Steven Clean.The Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis: Unlikely Rock & Roll Performance of a Lifetime.Alan Parsons Releases New Single and Video Featuring Joe Bonamassa and David Pack.Watch: Generation Radio Releases Second Single “Lights Go Out In Paradise”.Watch Julian Lennon’s New Video for “Lucky Ones”.Whitesnake Drops Out of Tour with Scorpions Due to David Coverdale’s Health.Foreigner Announces North American Farewell Tour.U2 Announce ‘Songs of Surrender’ Album featuring 40 Songs Re-recorded and Re-imagined.Listen: Peter Gabriel Releases New Single “Panopticom”.U2 Releases New Version of ‘With or Without You’.
Pete has always said that I had a big influence on him.” Rolling Stone reports Townshend combined the names of Meher Baba and Riley for the title of “Baba O’Riley.” The “O'” in “O’Riley” was a nod to the Irish influences in the song. “The song ‘Baba O’Riley’ was dedicated to both me and Meher Baba. “I had a good friend who was doing the light shows for The Who, and he turned Pete Townshend on to A Rainbow in Curved Air on an trip,” Riley said. During a 2001 interview by JazzHouston posted on Mark Town’s website, he discussed “Baba O’Riley.” His album A Rainbow in Curved Air is considered a landmark of electronic music. An avant-garde performer inspired The Who’s ‘Baba O’Riley’ Subsequently, the leader inspired one of the most famous classic rock songs of the early 1970s: The Who’s “Baba O’Riley.” In addition, another musician helped inspire the song’s title. The Who’s Pete Townshend became a follower of a famous religious leader. The Who | Jack Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images The Who’s “Baba O’Riley” became a modest hit.Townshend was a follower of one of them.Pete Townshend named The Who’s “Baba O’Riley after two people.
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