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}} "Baba O'Riley" (sometimes erroneously called "Teenage Wasteland") is a song by the English rock band The Who. It is the opening track to the band's studio album ''Who's Next'', and was issued in Europe as a single in November 1971, coupled with "My Wife". 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". The song's title is a combination of the names of two of Townshend's philosophical and musical influences, Meher Baba and Terry Riley. "Baba O'Riley" was included in ''Time'' magazine's list of the All-Time 100 Songs, ''Rolling Stone''s list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. It has appeared in a number of films and television shows, including ''CSI: NY'', ''Miami Vice'' and ''The Peanuts Movie'' in 2015. ==Background and composition== Townshend originally wrote "Baba O'Riley" for his ''Lifehouse'' project, a rock opera that was to be the follow-up to the Who's 1969 opera, ''Tommy''. In ''Lifehouse'', the song would be sung at the beginning by a Scottish farmer named Ray, as he gathers his wife Sally and his two children to begin their exodus to London. When ''Lifehouse'' was scrapped, eight of the songs were salvaged and recorded for The Who's 1971 album ''Who's Next'', with "Baba O'Riley" as the lead-off track. Townshend stated in an interview that "'Baba O'Riley' is about the absolute desolation of teenagers at Woodstock, where the patrons were smacked 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!'"〔''Guitar World'' Vol. 30 No. 9 pg. 76〕 "Baba O'Riley" title combines the names of Meher Baba and Terry Riley, two of Townshend's philosophical and musical mentors. The song is often mistakenly called "Teenage Wasteland", after the phrase repeated in the song. "Teenage Wasteland" was in fact a working title for the song in its early incarnations as part of the ''Lifehouse'' project, but eventually became the title for a different but related song by Townshend, which is slower and features more lyrics.〔''Lifehouse Chronicles'' box set〕 A demo of "Teenage Wasteland" is featured on ''Lifehouse Chronicles'', a six disc set of music related to the ''Lifehouse'' project, and on several Townshend compilations and videos. The song uses a I-V-IV chord progression and is composed in the key of F major. However, it was recorded using the European "A" which is 446 HZ rather than the standard 440 HZ. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Baba O’Riley Guitar Lesson – The Who )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baba O'Riley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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