# CSI 7/27 rerun - opening music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 29, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-7-27-rerun-opening-music/366508 "2006-07-29T04:13:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-7-27-rerun-opening-music/366508/1 "2006-07-29T04:13:06Z")
I need to find this song. It’s kind of emo (I guess), and has the words “the dreams in which I die are the best”. I thought it was beautifully woven into the opening sequence. Thanks for any help - beckwall, off radar for awhile but back in the swing of things (will consider swinging if you answer my question 🆒 ) ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-7-27-rerun-opening-music/366508/2 "2006-07-29T05:16:08Z")
I didn’t see the episode, but could it be “Mad World” by Gary Jules, (“I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad. The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had.”) which was most noticebly featured in the film **Donnie Darko**? ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-7-27-rerun-opening-music/366508/3 "2006-07-29T14:11:44Z")
In the interest of thoroughness, it should be said that if that is the song you’re looking for, it was originally recorded and written by Tears for Fears. ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-7-27-rerun-opening-music/366508/4 "2006-07-29T15:36:19Z")
I’m not **beckwall** but that’s the song. I fell in love with it the first time the episode was on despite the song’s emo qualities. I’ve been listening to it ever since. -Lil ---
**Author:** ![Carlyjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Carlyjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlyjay)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-7-27-rerun-opening-music/366508/5 "2006-07-29T17:01:17Z")
It was indeed the cover of "Mad World’ by Gary Jules. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-7-27-rerun-opening-music/366508/6 "2006-07-29T18:01:04Z")
(remembers when “Mad World” was sung by **Tears for Fears** and the term “emo” hadn’t been invented yet) …kids these days… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Analogue\_Skywalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Analogue\_Skywalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Analogue_Skywalker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-7-27-rerun-opening-music/366508/7 "2006-07-29T19:34:52Z")
[QUOTE=Terminus Est] (remembers when “Mad World” was sung by **Tears for Fears** and the term “emo” hadn’t been invented yet) …kids these days… :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Im going to be the guy to say this: Mad World hit the charts in 1982. The term “Emo” was invented 3 years later in 1985 to describe the “emotional” hardcore that was coming out of DC 3 year is not enough time to say “kids these days” roll your eyes Emo isnt a new thing, its just alot cooler now then it was ---
**Author:** ![Analogue\_Skywalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Analogue\_Skywalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Analogue_Skywalker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-7-27-rerun-opening-music/366508/8 "2006-07-29T19:37:30Z")
[QUOTE=Analogue Skywalker] Im going to be the guy to say this: Mad World hit the charts in 1982. The term “Emo” was invented 3 years later in 1985 to describe the “emotional” hardcore that was coming out of DC 3 year is not enough time to say “kids these days” roll your eyes Emo isnt a new thing, its just alot cooler now then it was [/QUOTE] although some would argue that Husker Du 1984 effort Zen Arcade was the pivotal shift into emotional hardcore from hardcore punk. making there a 2 year difference between the Mad World single and emo music ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-7-27-rerun-opening-music/366508/9 "2006-07-29T19:39:19Z")
Last time I checked, it was the year 2006. ---
**Author:** ![Analogue\_Skywalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Analogue\_Skywalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Analogue_Skywalker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-7-27-rerun-opening-music/366508/10 "2006-07-29T19:44:50Z")
[QUOTE=Terminus Est] Last time I checked, it was the year 2006. [/QUOTE] right. you were saying you remember when mad world was sung by tears for fears and the term emo wasnt invented yet. the term emo was only invented 3 years after the song originally came out. its not like emo was invented 3 years ago. it was invented 21 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-7-27-rerun-opening-music/366508/11 "2006-07-29T19:49:13Z")
And the song “Mad World” is even older than that. What was inaccurate about my statement? Am I not entitled to feel old now? …kids these days… ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-7-27-rerun-opening-music/366508/12 "2006-07-29T23:24:41Z")
I’m 52 years old, if that matters. Thanks so much for the replies. I vaguely remembered the song and now I know that it was when I watched Donnie Darko. Love the movie, love the song.