During season two of Californication, Sheryl Crow's cover plays.It was in the close of the season two finale of Cold Case.This was the song selected for CSI: NY's opening, but the CBS director, Leslie Moonves, chose "Baba O'Riley" instead.John Entwistle - bass guitar, backing vocals.Pete Townshend - acoustic guitar, lead guitar, backing vocals.(There is similar thematic recapitulation in Tommy and Quadrophenia.) Chart performance Chart (1971) Songs written in alternating sections were something of a trademark of Townshend's writing of the period, going back at least to Tommy, where it was used in "Christmas" and "Go to the Mirror!" The guitar riff at the end of the rock anthem section is also used after the bridge during the song "Won't Get Fooled Again", perhaps serving as a link between the two songs when both were intended to be parts of a single rock opera. Eventually, the song breaks out into a full-scale rock anthem when a second theme is introduced near the end - but it ultimately wraps up with a brief reprise of the quieter first theme. A bass guitar and ethereal harmonies are added in later. The song starts off with a solo voice singing over an arpeggiated acoustic guitar in the key of E minor, which remains throughout the entire song. The demo along with a newer recording of the song featuring an orchestral backing was featured in The Lifehouse Chronicles. The original demo of the song, was featured on the Scoop album. Pete Townshend has also recorded two solo versions of the song. Backed with "My Wife" in the US and "Going Mobile" in Europe, the song reached #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #24 on Cashbox. However, the song did eventually see a single release in America, as well as France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. "Behind Blue Eyes" was initially considered for a UK single release, but Townshend claimed that the song was "too much out of character" for the British singles market. ![]() ![]() The first version was released as a bonus track on the 1995 CD reissue of Who's Next. The version of "Behind Blue Eyes" on the original Who's Next album was the second version the band recorded the first was recorded at the Record Plant in New York on 18 March 1971 and features Al Kooper on Hammond organ. Pete Townshend said of the song's lyrics: The lyrics are a first-person lament from Jumbo, who is always angry and full of angst because of all the pressure and temptation that surrounds him, and the song was intended to be his "theme song" had the project been successful. ![]() When "Behind Blue Eyes" was to be released as part of the aborted Lifehouse project, the song was sung from the point of view of the main villain, Jumbo. Upon reaching his room, he began writing a prayer, the first words being "When my fist clenches, crack it open." These words later appeared as lyrics in the "climactic rocking section" of "Behind Blue Eyes." ![]() Following the performance, Townshend became tempted by a female groupie, but he instead went back to his room alone, possibly as a result of the teachings of his spiritual leader, Meher Baba. "Behind Blue Eyes" originated after a Who concert in Denver on June 9th, 1970.
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