Man Divorces Wife For Calling “Baba O’Riley”, “Teenage Wasteland”
A New Jersey man has filed for divorce from his wife of nearly 30 years over her continual mispronunciation of a classic rock song by the band, The Who. Mark Gompertz of Ho Ho Kus, NJ filed a petition of divorce at the local courthouse citing irreconcilable differences. Gompertz stated that his wife Judy continually referred to the song “Baba O’Riley” as “Teenage Wasteland”.
“I reached my limit” exclaimed Gompertz. “For years my wife mispronounced song lyrics. She would sing loudly in the car and completely mangle the words. For example, she would be singing Hold Me Closer Tony Danza, instead of Tiny Dancer. She thought the Creedence Clearwater Revival song was, There’s a bathroom on the right instead of There’s a Bad Moon on The Rise. Panama by Van Halen was sung as Padded Bra and Beast of Burden by The Stones was garbled into Pizza Burning. A man can only take so much.”
Baba O’Riley vs Teenage Wasteland
Mark continued, “I love my wife, I do. She is a wonderful woman in every other way but I just couldn’t take it anymore. I pride myself on my musical knowledge and I take it as an act of aggression for her to continually call Baba O’Riley, Teenage Wasteland. Especially since I told her at least 500 times over the years the song is called Baba O’Riley. I am a huge fan of The Who and Baba O’Riley is one of the greatest songs ever recorded. To call it Teenage Wasteland is disrespecting me, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, Keith Moon and John Entwistle.”
The final straw came as the couple were driving home after a night out. They just had a lovely dinner at their favorite restaurant, ‘The Spaghetti Bucket’. “I asked Judy what music she would like to listen to on the way home” said Mark. “Of course she asked for Teenage Wasteland and exclaimed that the song was her jam. I lost it and screamed that the song is called Baba O’Riley and explained once again that Pete wrote the song about his two leading philosophical and musical inspirations: Maher Baba and Terry Riley.”
Mint Condition
Judy told Madhouse News her side of the story, “They never once say Baba O’Riley during the song. They do however say teenage wasteland like 50 times. Mark is always telling me stupid song facts, ridiculous trivia that I could care less about. I don’t give a rat’s butt what album label or billboard charts or who played guest flugelhorn. I care even less about his stupid collection of vinyl records and what mint condition means.”
There is hope though as the couple has agreed to seek marriage counseling and may even give it another go. We are all rooting for them. You don’t need to fight to prove you’re right. We’re all wasted!
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