The opening credit music of CSI:NY is a remixed version of Baba O’Reily, a.k.a Teenage Wasteland, from The Who’s album Who’s Next.
On my HDTV in stereo, this version is awesome: apparently, besides heavily processing the original instrumental tracks, a brand new vocal track was added by Roger Daltrey.
Is there some version of this available as a full length single, and not just the 30 second opening credit version on YouTube?
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Yeah, to wanna-be Who fans everywhere.
But as to your question: there are many, many versions available, but I don’t know where that particular mix might be available. I’ll make an inquiry over at The Shout (Townshend message board). Perhaps one of them knows.
Am I the only one who thinks this song–which is about leaving the city and moving back to the land as a farmer–is a strange choice for a crime series set in one of the world’s largest cities?
(And the closed-captioning incorectly gives the second line as “I *fight * for my meals”.)
…ahem…
The line is “I fight for my meals”. And you’ve got the story of the song backwards:
[QUOTE=Pete Townshend]
A self-sufficient, drop-out family group farming in a remote part of Scotland decide to return South to investigate rumours of a subversive concert event that promises to shake and wake up apathetic, fearful British society.[“BABA O’RILEY”- sung by Ray at the beginning of the film as he gathers his wife Sally and his two children to begin their exodus to London.]
[/QUOTE]
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As if I needed further proof that I can misinterpret anything.
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And so, once again, the internet is your friend. A fan from The Netherlands provided the answer:
*long-time Who sound man and “general studio knob-turning wizard”