#19 "BABA O RILEY"
THE WHO, 1971

CLICK THE ALBUM TO BUY IT AT AMAZON

Nobody can concoct a rock song like The Who.  I had to use a lot of restraint in not turning this list into "My 50 Favorite Cool Song Parts from Who Songs".  I would be remiss to not include the beginning of "Baba O'Riley" (commonly misidentified as "Teenage Wasteland").  Our own Slacker comments, "The intro to this song is hands down one of the greatest drum beat lead-ins of all time, with Pete's three-chord progression changing ever so slightly to allow Roger Daltry's vocals to seamlessly blend."  And that rockin fiddle playin' ending certainly doesn't suck, either. 

-Robert Berry

CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO THE COOLEST SONG PARTS

Discuss this in the retroCRUSH Forums if you CLICK HERE