MOWTOWN SONGS USED IN BABY DRIVER DRIVER

After haggling for a while, the driver finally lets him have it and he vows to drive it to his girlfriend's house every day. In the song he asks the 'Driver', usually Townshend, if he can buy the bus from him, with the driver's initial answer being no. The song is usually performed as a duet, where the 'Rider', usually singer Roger Daltrey when live, is riding on the bus every day to see his girl. A version was released as a single in the UK in April 1967 by an obscure band called The Pudding, in the UK on Decca and in the US on London's Press label. The song was not recorded by The Who at the time it was written, but the band's management and music publisher circulated a Townshend demo recording of the song in 1966. The song makes use of the Bo Diddley beat. The Who previously used the same instrument on the song Disguises, recorded in 1966. These are pairs of small wooden sticks that make a distinctive high pitched clicking noise when struck together.

The song's arrangement uses a Latin percussion instrument known as claves. The record reached #26 in the United Kingdom and #25 in the United States. It is one of the band's most popular songs and has been a concert staple. ' Magic Bus' is a song written by Pete Townshend at the time of My Generation in 1965, but not recorded by The Who until 1968. at Advision Studios, London and mixed at Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles sometime between 30 June and 7 July 1968 From the album Magic Bus: The Who on Tour

Mowtown songs used in baby driver