What is Teenage Wasteland referring to?
Townshend said the song was about “the absolute desolation of teenagers at Woodstock, where audience members were strung out on acid, and 20 people had brain damage. The irony was that some listeners took the song to be a teenage celebration: ‘Teenage Wasteland, yes! We’re all wasted!’
Is Baba O’Riley and Teenage Wasteland the same song?
Roger Daltrey sings most of the song, with Pete Townshend singing the middle eight: “Don’t cry/ don’t raise your eye/ it’s only teenage wasteland”….Baba O’Riley.
| “Baba O’Riley” | |
|---|---|
| Label | Polydor |
| Songwriter(s) | Pete Townshend |
When did The Who release Teenage Wasteland?
1971Baba O’Riley / Released
Who played synthesizer on Baba O Riley?
Townshend played a Lowrey TBO-1 organ at his home studio. He tried to run it through an ARP synthesizer/sequencer, but couldn’t get the sound he was looking for. Instead, he used the “marimba repeat” setting on his Lowrey to create the arpeggiated, complex repeating pattern.
Who wrote Teenage Wasteland the story?
Teenage Wasteland by Anne Tyler: 9780593313954 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books.
When did the WHO release Teenage Wasteland?
Who played the violin on Baba O Riley?
Dave Arbus
Dave Arbus, who played the violin solo on the Who’s “Baba O’Riley” and was a member of the little-known English group East of Eden, turns 78 years old today (October 8th). Its title is a combined tribute to Pete Townshend’s Indian guru and an American composer.
Who played fiddle on Teenage Wasteland?
The famous violin part was performed by Dave Arbus of the group East of Eden, who created what many consider the first Celtic Rock song with Jig a Jig. According to Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time, this violin jig at the end was drummer Keith Moon’s idea.