# Movies/books/songs etc. largely known because of one famous/infamous part **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 29, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198 "2016-07-29T16:09:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198/21 "2016-07-30T00:00:03Z")
The Crying Game, of course. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198/22 "2016-07-30T00:03:18Z")
Is _Gone With the Wind_ (the movie) known for more than burning a backlot set and a swear word? ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198/23 "2016-07-30T00:38:38Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > The Crying Game, of course. /thread > [@ivylass](#): > > Maybe because I just finished reading, but **IT** by Stephen King has than infamous scene where > > Beverly pulls a train on the six boys to help get them out of the sewers.It was cringe-worthy reading it and I think the right decision to leave it out of the 1990 adaptation (and perhaps the remake.) I don’t think there’s anyway that translates well, and it didn’t translate in the book well either. When I first read the book, I was still young enough (13) to get off on that scene. It’s a lot more icky now, of course. Quick, name a passage from Handel’s _Messiah_ that isn’t [The Hallelujah Chorus.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRhjWdr-LAA) Few people have heard [Mike Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRQ-hK766tY) beyond the part that was used as _The Exorcist_ theme. “Karn Evil 9” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer is by far their most epic song, but most people have only heard [the radio edit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOCkwxOVeVk) that starts with _“Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends…”_ Come to think, most people probably don’t remember anything beyond that. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198/24 "2016-07-30T00:58:49Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Quick, name a passage from Handel’s _Messiah_ that isn’t [The Hallelujah Chorus.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRhjWdr-LAA) We like sheep! ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198/25 "2016-07-30T01:05:41Z")
The sentence “It was a dark and stormy night” from Edward Bulwark-Lytton’s 1830 novel “Paul Clifford” is much parodied, especially in the “Peanuts” comic strip. > **[It was a dark and stormy night](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_was_a_dark_and_stormy_night)** > > "It was a dark and stormy night" is an often-mocked and parodied phrase considered to represent "the archetypal example of a florid, melodramatic style of fiction writing", also known as purple prose. > The status of the sentence as an archetype for bad writing comes from the first phrase of the opening sentence (incipit) of English novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1830 novel Paul Clifford: > It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checke... ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198/26 "2016-07-30T01:25:49Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > The Crying Game, of course. Seriously, who could forget Boy George’s rendition of the title song? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198/27 "2016-07-30T01:37:22Z")
She don’t eat meat [but she sure likes the bone](https://youtu.be/sEDw9xgSmSc). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198/28 "2016-07-30T02:05:40Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Quick, name a passage from Handel’s _Messiah_ that isn’t [The Hallelujah Chorus.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRhjWdr-LAA) [The Trumpet Shall Sound](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDa6sKd19kM). ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198/29 "2016-07-30T02:10:17Z")
To almost everyone Five Easy Pieces is the sandwich ordering scene. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198/30 "2016-07-30T02:11:27Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > We like sheep! Sex with sheep is fun! No, wait, hang on. I think I have this mixed up a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198/31 "2016-07-30T02:29:16Z")
Most people don’t know the name or lyrics of [Smoke on the Water](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUwEIt9ez7M) by Deep Purple, but the guitar riff is unforgettable. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198/32 "2016-07-30T02:40:38Z")
Stanley Kubrick’s _The Shining_: “Here’s Johnny!” You can count the blood gushing out of the elevator, if you want to. Mr. Burns: That’s odd. Usually the blood gets off at the second floor. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198/33 "2016-07-30T03:21:31Z")
Anyone in the US over the age of 8 can recognize Boris Karloff as the Frankenstein monster, or Bela Lugosi as Dracula, but I’ll bet not a lot of people have actually seen the iconic Universal films all the way through. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198/34 "2016-07-30T04:08:10Z")
Layla by Derrick and the Dominos would have been long forgotten if not for the jam at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198/35 "2016-07-30T04:16:57Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Stanley Kubrick’s _The Shining_: “Here’s Johnny!” You can count the blood gushing out of the elevator, if you want to. Well, I think “All work no play makes Jack a dull boy.” is really memorable, including the wife flipping through the pages. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198/36 "2016-07-30T04:19:54Z")
“What does God need with a starship?” ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198/37 "2016-07-30T08:31:57Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > We like sheep! Beat me to it! I’ll add “For unto us a child is born,” in which Handel tells us he hired a really good lawyer. A wonderful counselor. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198/38 "2016-07-30T09:57:23Z")
Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto. Most people know the opening theme, and that’s it. It’s the _Also Sprach Zarathustra_ of the piano repertoire. ---
**Author:** ![wintertime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c68b51/32.png) [@wintertime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wintertime)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198/39 "2016-07-30T10:58:40Z")
Even people who have never seen \*Aliens \*know the only way to be sure. Der Ritt der Walküren (The Ride of the Valkyries) is mostly associated with _Apocalypse Now_, or one of its homages and not the opera, and Kilgore’s “I love the smell of napalm in the morning” has become a much tortured meme. And speaking of Wagner - most people won’t think about _Lohengrin_ when they hear “[Treulich geführt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4sNsGePgs8)”. And, btw, “Winter is coming”. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198/40 "2016-07-30T11:00:12Z")
**Pulp Fiction** has several, but I’d go with the hypodermic needle. Does anyone here remember Blake Edwards’ **SOB**? It really felt like the movie was built around Julie Andrews exposing her breasts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198.md?page=3)