THE WHO!! - Baba O'Riley - The Who 2013- Boardwalk Hall AC, NJ "Teenage

Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City NJ New Jersey 2-22-2013 Baba O'Riley "Teenage Wasteland" redirects here. For the films, see Teenage Wasteland (film). or Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland "Baba O'Riley" Single by The Who from the album Who&Next B-side "My Wife" Released November 1971 Format 45 R.P.M. Recorded May 1971 at Olympic Studios in London, England[1] Genre Hard rock, progressive rock, art rock Length 5:05 Label Decca (US) Polydor (UK) Writer(s) Pete Townshend Producer The Who, Glyn Johns Who&Next track listing "Baba O'Riley" (1) "Bargain" (2) "Baba O&is a song written by Pete Townshend for the English rock band The Who. Roger Daltrey sings most of the song, with Pete Townshend singing the middle eight: "Don&cry/don&raise your eye/it&only teenage wasteland". The title of the song is derived from the combination of the song&philosophical and musical influences, Meher Baba and Terry Riley.[2] HideHistory Townshend originally wrote "Baba O&for his Lifehouse project, a rock opera that was to be the follow-up to The Who&1969 opera, Tommy. The song was derived from a nine minute demo, which the band reconstructed.[3] "Baba O&was going to be used in the Lifehouse project as a song sung by Ray, the Scottish farmer at the beginning of the album as he gathers his wife Sally and his two children to begin their exodus to London. When Lifehouse was scrapped, many of the songs were released on The Who&1971 album Who&Next. "Baba O&became the first track on Who&Next. The song...