Baba O’Reilly
Song by The Who
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Oct 8, 2026
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Dave Arbus was born in 1941, violinist for the Prague rock band East of Eden.
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He played the violin solo on the Who's classic track, Baba O'Reilly.
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Butch Rillera was born in 1945, drummer for the Native American rock band Redbone during the mid-1970s.
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Ray Royer was born in 1945.
Dave SpositoHOST
close.
Dave SpositoHOST
Baba O'Reilly from The Who's Next.
Dave SpositoHOST
1971.
Dave SpositoHOST
The Clash.
EileenHOST
I don't remember.
EileenHOST
No, I don't think it was Baba O'Reilly, but it was something.
EileenHOST
And I'm like, that sounds like the Who.
EileenHOST
Anyway, it sounds like the Who opening to a song.
Andrew RichHOST
We got a little violent with this one here, but there were some big songs we didn't pick.
Andrew RichHOST
Cashmere by Led Zeppelin, Baba O'Reilly by The Who, Hurricane by Bob Dylan, Conquistadora by Procol Harum, the live version with the orchestra, and so on and so forth.
Andrew RichHOST
But regardless, Hypno, this was a lot of fun, man.
Andrew RichHOST
Thank you so much for being here.
David DavisHOST
And if we get right into it, Andrew, here's the thing.
David DavisHOST
Right off the bat, with the album Who's Next and the song Baba O'Reilly, is this the greatest opening song of any album ever? Also, is this the greatest intro to any song ever, the intro to the song itself? Also, is this the greatest album of all time? Yeah, sure.
David DavisHOST
Yes.
David DavisHOST
Bob O'Reilly.
Andrew BaumGUEST
I don't remember hearing this for the first time.
Andrew BaumGUEST
Yeah, I can't say I do.
Andrew BaumGUEST
I definitely heard this song before I ever heard this record.
Andrew BaumGUEST
So clicking on this record for the first time, I was like, oh, is that... i'm 16 or something i'm probably like oh this is teenage wasteland
Flesh SimulatorHOST
That song sucks.
Flesh SimulatorHOST
Pinball Wizard, Baba O'Reilly.
RustyHOST
You know what? All
AntagonistHOST
right.
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Tim FriedmannHOST
A, Baba O'Reilly, Bargain, Loving for Keepin', My Wife That's One Ferment Whistle.
Tim FriedmannHOST
Yes.
Tim FriedmannHOST
And the song is over.
FrankieHOST
Oh, I don't know from that time frame.
FrankieHOST
My first thought was Baba O'Reilly.
FrankieHOST
Okay.
Doug PikeHOST
Yeah.
GeorgeHOST
What's wrong with Teenage Wasteland?
low-tech speedrun enjoyerHOST
Baba O'Reilly is the only good Who song.
low-tech speedrun enjoyerHOST
They're both good.
low-tech speedrun enjoyerHOST
Nah.
DavidHOST
That's another podcast.
DavidHOST
However, I think they also had maybe, well, they covered Baba O'Reilly.
DavidHOST
Pearl Jam did, and that's how I came across that, and I was like, holy shit.
DavidHOST
I might have already heard the Who's version of that by then, but it would have been just on the radio and stuff like that, not something that I had really grasped or listened closely to.
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Andrew BaumGUEST
That's cool.
DavidHOST
Which so much of that is the multiple synths and stuff that Pete was using.
DavidHOST
on Baba O'Reilly and Won't Get Fooled Again in particular, but it's throughout the album, but especially the sequencer-type things, using something called a VC-3 synth and an ARP-2500, but also a low-ray keyboard through a Leslie cabinet, and a combination of multiple things, sometimes, like, with Baba... really having it kind of the step sequencer, kind
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of.
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