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Baba O'Riley Technique
Great lyrics move us like the world's best poems. Take a close-up look at the art.
Music
Musically, "Baba O' Riley" represents a successful fusion of the old and the new—it's The Who's signature sound mixed with some innovative musical concepts that circulated within classical music...
Setting
Written as the opening song for the never-completed rock opera Lifehouse, "Baba O'Riley" has a very specific setting. Townshend set his story in Great Britain several decades in the future. The e...
