Talk:Baba O'Riley

message: Resources used for the infobox: , , , , , .  --Interiot 06:03, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: untitled

message: *who originally playes synth for this song? Sabrebattletank 03:14, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *Pete. Joeyramoney 22:51, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  synth 

message: Wasn't Baba O'Riley the opening song for Friday Night Videos in it early years? --TishaStacey 22:44, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Friday Night Videos 

message: The Appearances section is overwhelming the rest of the article.  Per Wikipedia:Avoid trivia sections in articles, Wikipedia:Embedded list, and WP:NOT an indiscriminate collection of information, the sectoin needs to be cleaned up a bit.  Some items should be removed, and the rest should be the mentioned naturally as part of the article text if possible.  --Interiot 09:02, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: At the very least, the current listings need to be separated: things like the CSI:NY theme song and the feature on House are appearances, but covers and trivia should be in different sections. The article generally needs more structuring and sub-headings. - LeaHazel 22:03, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Appearances cleanup 

message: In the Trivia section, it reads that it is "often" played on House, but the TV series and commercials section correctly reports that it only appeared on one episode and not "often". I'm removing it from the "Trivia" section, as the information under the TV section is more accurate and more detailed. Ryanjunk 20:24, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  House 

message: I added Blue Man's performance of the song in their latest tour. --Wzrds3 02:09, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Blue Man Group

message: In the section "History" we find the following statement: ...the song has been a personal favorite on classic rock radio stations as well as a concert staple... Having no idea at all to which person the word "personal" could possibly refer, I will assume that this was a slip and that "perennial" is what was intended. Hi There 03:37, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: History Section

message: I don't know if anyone would care but Third Eye Blind does a fairly well known cover of this song and it's referenced as "teenage wasteland."  It was at a Hard Rock Live performance about 2 years ago and might still be in heavy rotation in their in-cafe video playlist.
Dividebyzero 04:09, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Another Cover

message: Could someone please fill in the single chronology - that is, the single before this and after this? It's not listed on the discography page, so I couldn't figure out what the next and previous singles were.
--Rock Soldier 03:54, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The article currently states, "The song was released as a single in several European countries, including the United Kingdom, but in the United States it was only released as part of the album." --anon. 71.183.139.60 (talk) 00:10, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Single chronology 

message: Can it really be "Don't braise your eye"?  Other than here on wiki, it's always cited as "Don't raise your eye"
Mike 14:55, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lyrics cited 

message: Should this article mention something about the version of BO'R on the semi-live album The Kids Are Alright?
The Wikipedia The Kids Are Alright article says very little:  just that the version of BO'R on that album was "recorded at Shepperton Studios, London, 5/25/78".
This live version used to get a lot of airplay in its own right.  I remember it was also a staple of the laserium shows at Griffith Park Observatory back in the early 1980's.  It's somewhat more bombastic, since the power chords come in on the guitar, not just the piano, from early on in the song.  Worth mentioning? — Lawrence King (talk) 08:37, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Live version on ''The Kids Are Alright'' 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Babaorileygerman45.jpg

message: I don't think it should say "also known as "Teenage Wastleland", I think it should say "often mislabed as "Teenage Wasteland". It is also the most mislabled song of all time, that should be somewhere on the page, if you need proof go on Google and put in "Rolling Stone Baba O'Riley" or "VH1 Baba O'Riley".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.244.187.101 (talk) 05:27, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Also know as 

message: Are you sure that the solo at the end is a violin? The pitch sounds a bit too low. I've always assumed it's a viola. Kelisi (talk) 16:56, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Violin? 

message: Something that alot of people don't know is that they are two different songs, hence the reason they are actually "mislabled". They are essintally the same song, BUT Teenage waste land has different music and extended/modified lyrics. I can prove this with a few different websites.
The lyrics to Babahttp://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Baba-O'Riley-lyrics-The-Who/75E7055D463E94E648256977002EE262
The lyrics to Teenage wastelandhttp://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Teenage-Wasteland-lyrics-The-Who/0270BFA04A0233A248256E84002DAC89
And for safe measure 2 youtube videos of each song preformed at the same concert.
Teenage Wastelandhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEdxnu-PLwQ
Baba O'Rileyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0J85ydsb_w
As far as a solution, i think it would be nice to see the wikipedia page of Teenage Wasteland as its own page, not a redirect.
Pockysticks (talk) 02:39, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a really interesting video, do you know what it's from?  A key question would be if it was published as "Teenage Wasteland" (say, on a DVD sleeve or introduced as such by Townshend).  This could just as easily be "an alternative version of Baba O'Riley" or even some completely different song name.  I don't think we can go by what a YouTuber titled his video.  One way or another, it will bear mentioning, since the words are quite different as well as the arrangement. Jgm (talk) 11:55, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_from_the_Lifehouse_Project#Teenage_Wasteland <--That explains what i basically was saying. And just for the lazy people that arent gonna go there, it says "Teenage Wastland" evolved into Baba O'Riley. Also note that on the Lifehouse Chronicles both tracks are listed. Pockysticks (talk) 03:57, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Teenage Wasteland v. Baba O'Riley 

message: The song has been used in House M.D. series:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0606014/soundtrack
That's actually how I learned about the song. Don't know if this info is important enough to be added to "Use in sport and media" section...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.19.0.24 (talk) 20:46, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion to add some info to "Use in sport and media" section 

message: : Under title "Lifehouse Story"
I removed the following for rework here on talk:
==Lifehouse Story==
It is about a self-sufficient, drop-out family group farming in a remote part of Scotland who decide to return South to investigate rumours of a subversive concert event that promises to shake and wake up apathetic, fearful British society. "Baba O'Riley" is sung by Ray at the beginning of the film as he gathers his wife Sally and his two children to begin their exodus to London.
It appears to intended to obviate the earlier link to [[Lifehouse], which intention is ill-conceived: at most it should draw on established views of the song's role in Lhs, and let the other article tell the plot. If the cryptic title reflects that intention, never mind how to reword to communicate that; the correct title for the appropriate section is probably -- remember, no links in section headings --
: Relation to Lifehouse 
(I could also go on and on about miswording, failure to identify the PoV as reflecting that of Lifehouse, and -- like much of the accompanying article -- it needing restatement in the active voice.)--Jerzy•t 21:06, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Intial version 

message: Is it just my impression or the beginning of "Baba O'Riley" was sampled/mixed/has inspired The Chems on the 2nd song of their album Further, Escape Velocity? That synth is unmistakeable!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.112.16.252 (talk) 08:12, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Escape Velocity (from The Chemical Brothers album Further) 

message: The keyboard solo is sampled in the song Rush by Big Audio Dynamite II, which was a bit of a hit in the 90's.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.3.108.199 (talk) 10:05, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rush by Big Audio Dynamite II 

message: I was reading J. D. Salingers famous novel and a passage struck out to me. In Chapter 17, pp.132-3 in my edition, Holden suddenly takes Sally Hayes hand, and then proposes an exodus from both NYC and their lives - taking a car and going across the land to a rural spot and starting a new life without their parents, colleges plans etc.
This struck me because I had always wondered who "Sally" was in the lyrics to this song.
Sally, take my hand
We'll travel south 'cross land
Put out the fire and don't look past my shoulder
The exodus is here
The happy ones are near
Let's get together before we get much older
Reading the article it tells me that "Sally" was the wife of an impoverished farmer in the UK who travels south through a wasted England. 
Has Townsend ever stated anything about Catcher being an inspiration for Lighthouse or Baba O'Riley' or it it just a coincidence?--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 20:48, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is "Sally" a reference to ''The Catcher in the Rhy''?