Story of a band Who created a classic rock song that blew up the 70s | Professor of Rock

It was a track intended to be part of the second rock opera after one of rock’s greatest bands, the Who hit with Tommy. It was going to be called LIFEHOUSE. Pete Townshends’s project almost broke up the group, and nearly took his life. With a fiery vocal by Roger Daltrey and the usual magic of John Entwistle and Keith Moon. The story of Baba O’Riley by The Who NEXT Professor of Rock.

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The Who are one of those bands that emerged from the British Invasion of the 60s, and became a pre-eminent fixture in music history. The Who shattered conventionalism- setting an elite bar for musicianship and artistic vision, with a lineup of transcendent rock deity Pete Townshend with his intrepid guitar fury. Roger Daltrey with his booming vocal thunder. The improvisational brilliance of bassist John Entwistle, and Keith Moon- who many regard as one of Top drummers of all time.

Entwistle and Moon have passed away, but Townshend & Daltrey have carried on well into the 21st century- still performing in front of massive audiences around the world. In 1969, The Who released the double-album Tommy, primarily composed by Pete Townshend, which made history as the first successful rock opera.

Townshend came up with the idea for Tommy after being indoctrinated to the teachings of Meher Baba, and attempted to translate Baba's teachings into music. Tommy is the riveting story of Tommy Walker, a "deaf, dumb, and blind kid", who faced unique challenges with family & other relationships.

As he reaches adulthood, Tommy’s afflictions are diagnosed as being “psychosomatic” rather than physical, and he becomes a spiritual leader. Following the Top 10 success of the Tommy album, Townshend began conceptualizing a 2nd rock opera he titled Lifehouse.

Lifehouse was written in two parts, the first section was inspired by the gospel of Meher Baba, who was Townshend’s spiritual guru, while the 2nd section was inspired by Terry Riley, an experimental composer that Townshend regarded as a musical mentor.

When Townshend recovered from his breakdown, Lifehouse was aborted, in favor of a non-concept album titled Who’s Next, that included the 70s vinyl hit “Baba O’Riley” and 7 other tracks that Townshend had written for Lifehouse. Who’s Next became the best-selling record of the band's career, and turned this most dysfunctional British Mod group into one of the world’s most famous of the Rock Era.