ADDENDUM: This may be the trippiest thing on Wikipedia: "The song's backing track was derived from deep within the Lifehouse concept. Townshend wanted to input the life information of Meher Baba into a synthesizer, which would then generate music based on that information."
Even better, when Townshend revisited Lifehouse a few years ago there was a website called the Lifehouse Method where you could get your own personalized song based on pictures you upload and sounds you make into a computer microphone. It's no longer functional, but there's some interesting info here
http://www.davesnowdon.com/project/lifehousemethod. And here's a sample track:
My Lifehouse Method Like many Pete Townshend-related projects, it didn't really pan out.
I actually bought that dumb Lifehouse boxset when it came out. 2 discs of demos, 1 disc of orchestral arrangements, 1 disc of electronic experimentation, and a 2 disc radio play. Between that and a horrible John Entwistle Band live album I bought around the same time, I soon learned the lesson that you don't have to buy something just because your favorite band releases it. In a way it probably saved me from becoming a completionist, which is a good thing because after the Who I moved on to GBV.
