November 9th, 2006 at 5:58 am
I love The Who. They are one of my favorites and (in my opinion) THE best British bands of all time. About a month ago, J and I went to The Blue Man Group: How to be a Rock Star 2.0 concert and it was just awesome - a rock concert like no other. The icing on the cake was when they performed a very good cover version of The Who’s “Baba O’Riley” (a.k.a “Teenage Wasteland”) together with their trademark homemade musical plastic pipe instruments, use of spatulas as drum sticks, pounding of the grand piano and lots of paint splatter/ streamers. Anyone who watched “America’s Got Talent” in the summer would have seen them performing the song (with Tracey Bonham at vocals).
Here is a recording of that very performance. I was hoping to find The Blue Man Group concert version of the song on YouTube but was unsuccessful.
And while I am at it, here is the real thing… the one, the only - The Who, performing “Baba O’Riley” in New York at the 2001 World Trade Center Benefit Concert. They are a lot older, without their long hair and sober but nevertheless still the same rockin’ band! Sadly, this was a year before John Entwistle’s (the bass guitarist) tragic death.
15 Responses to “Baba O’Riley”
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Mr. Fabulous said: @ 6:42 am
November 9th, 2006
Very cool videos, thanks. I’d never seen the Blue Man Group before.
Bean said: @ 7:06 am
November 9th, 2006
I missed The Who last year (I think) in order to see a very, very ordinary performance by Caribou at a friend’s request. *kicks self*
bettygram said: @ 8:53 am
November 9th, 2006
I liked the Blue Man Group. I have seen them before on TV. I came from Dr John’s marathon.
omninaif said: @ 12:34 pm
November 9th, 2006
I have always been a fan of ‘The Who’, but after trying to see them about 5 years ago and almost costing me 80 bucks for a ticket, I decided that theres nothing wrong with listening on the the stereo. The Blue Man Group just pours talent into everything they do. Even a version of Right Said Fred’s failed masterpice would once again be a hit if done by TBMG.
thethinker said: @ 4:53 pm
November 9th, 2006
When I think of The Who, I think of their ‘Don’t Get Fooled Again’ song that’s played before CSI Miami.
Kathy said: @ 7:33 pm
November 9th, 2006
Love the Who. Found your blog while searching for something that “Imus in the morning” (96.9FM) was talking about regarding the Who. The video was great, thanks..
Domestic Goddess said: @ 7:42 pm
November 9th, 2006
We just went to see Blue Man as a family. We loved it.
Kathy said: @ 7:59 pm
November 9th, 2006
Sorry, it’s : as follows….
http://alltheroadrunning.blogspot.com/
Phillip F. said: @ 1:24 am
November 10th, 2006
Hey, glad you liked Blue Man. What’d you think of the Floyd cover with the Rock Box? I got a video of it from this past Sunday’s Anaheim show:
Phillip F. said: @ 1:26 am
November 10th, 2006
Link didn’t show? I’ll try one more time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6JpB92f-_g
If it doesn’t show, do a YouTube search on “Blue Man Group Pink Floyd”
The Foo said: @ 7:38 am
November 10th, 2006
Mr. Fab: Glad you like it
Bean: you missed The Who for Caribou — what were you thinking? bad bean!
bettygram: thanks for visiting!
omninaif: yes, TBMG can just about make anything sound good.
thethinker: that’s another good one - i see you are a CSI fan like me too… good for you
Kathy: wow you searched The Who and my blog came up? that’s pretty good… thanks for visiting!
Phillip F: that pink floyd rendition was a good one… they did that one at the concert we went to a month ago. good thing i wasn’t sitting in the front row — my ears would have been ringing for a couple of weeks.
Lori said: @ 4:16 am
November 12th, 2006
Thanks for the video. I love the Who too! Just saw them on Wednesday night in San Jose, CA. They rocked as usual :)
One sad moment was during the little bass riffs in My Generation. Not the same without John Entwistle.
John Pangia said: @ 6:18 pm
November 12th, 2006
We saw these guys in Vegas a couple of years ago, and you’re right, it’s a show no one wants to miss.
John at Sid in the City
Paul said: @ 7:06 pm
November 13th, 2006
The Who blew the lid off that 9-11 concert. Only Daltry and Townsend are left, but they’ve still got it.
The Foo said: @ 12:38 pm
November 14th, 2006
Lori: i’m jealous — would love to see them in concert.
John Pangia: i wish they will come to this to this part of the USA instead of staying out in the West. I’ll have to make a special trip sometime when they have a concert.
Paul: yes they still rock!