hmmm… Perhaps it satisfies the criteria better on a different one.
Is that Strange Brew?
And while I don’t know exactly what key the song “Do-Re-Mi” is in, I’m pretty sure that in Austria, it would be understood as part of the ‘solfeggio’ system (as it developed in England) rather than strictly the key of C.
I can only think of a fairly easy one :
A patriotic melody is a real knock-out.
Telefon?
minor7flat5, your #4 is “For a few dollars more”, rather than #1?
OK, how’s this: Beethoven is like the calm before the storm, but does tend to get a little ****ing boring.
Close Encounters?
Yup!
Now what’s #1?
I was afraid of that when I posted it… Oh well.
Here’s a couple more:
- A recognized tune from a shower soloist invokes a bitter memory.
- A brisk dance is required to encourage a balky piece of machinery.
#1 sounds like Clockwork Orange.
German waitress is forced to sing to a room full of French soldiers. Initially humiliated, her song eventually brings soldiers to tears.
A song in A-flat gives a diva her comeuppance. (I think I have the key correct.)
I guess these things are too darned vague.
Clockwork Orange would fill the bill for #1 precisely; but that’s not what I had in mind.
Here’s a more specific version:
- The length of a tune extends a man’s suffering; one of the musicians is saddened by this.
** 4. The final note determines a man’s death.**
The Man Who Knew Too Much.
German waitress is forced to sing to a room full of French soldiers. Initially humiliated, her song eventually brings soldiers to tears.
Paths of Glory
Nightclub owner instructs musician to operate his instrument, reasoning that since he operated likewise for a female acquaintance then he can surely do it for the nightclub owner.
Casablanca
A Clockwork Orange.
It’s not from a movie, but…
The first Darkwing Duck episode.
“Close your eyes, little girl blue, inside of you lies a rainbow. Yellow blue, red blue, purple two, blue, purple and green, and the yellow.”
Oh crap…I have this memory of people tapdancing in an elevator to make it move, and cannot remember the film…
:smack: Is it Thoroughly Modern Millie?
Is #1 “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”?
I didn’t ask, but I’m betting you’re right!
Cuz I concur!
Might another clue for this be: “Pay no attention to the man – or the woman – behind that curtain”?
Very good, jr8, that would be a valid secondary clue.
Correct.
Now, another one:
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony prompts a formerly recalcitrant heroine to renounce her previously held anti-semitic beliefs.