# Songs that are never the same again after their use in a movie. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 13, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574 "2007-10-13T11:54:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/1 "2007-10-13T11:54:35Z")
Recently I watched Zodiac again and realised that Donovan’s Hurdy Gurdy Man will forever now be a dark and threatening piece of music, unlike it’s previous cheerful persona. A discussion about other pieces of music transformed by their use in a movie came up with very few. Stuck in the Middle with You has never sounded the same since Reservoir Dogs. Roy Orbison’s In Dreams is harder to listen to after David Lynch’s Blue Velvet…I wonder if that the ear at the start of it has anything to do with Reservoir Dogs…oops got all David Thomson there. Well we ran out of ideas there. Any other songs that have been transformed by their use in a movie? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/2 "2007-10-13T12:25:39Z")
AND IIIIIIIIIIIIIII will always love YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/3 "2007-10-13T12:55:16Z")
Did it exist before the movie or was it just a song written for the movie? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/4 "2007-10-13T13:02:32Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] Did it exist before the movie or was it just a song written for the movie? [/QUOTE] The song was written in 1974 by [Dolly Parton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton). The movie “The Bodyguard” came out in 1996. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/5 "2007-10-13T13:23:16Z")
“The William Tell Overture” after **A Clockwork Orange**. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/6 "2007-10-13T13:23:26Z")
I have tried my best to not let Pulp Fiction corrupt my love for both Al Green and Dusty Springfield. They are both better than the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/7 "2007-10-13T13:57:20Z")
I can’t hear Tom Petty’s “American Girl” without thinking of _Silence of the Lambs_, even though it was used in quite a brief scene with no huge dramatic impact. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/8 "2007-10-13T14:13:50Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] “The William Tell Overture” after **A Clockwork Orange**. [/QUOTE] “Singin’ in the Rain” from the same film. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/9 "2007-10-13T14:51:44Z")
“Good Morning Vietnam” ruined Louis Armstrong’s “What A Wonderful World” for me. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/10 "2007-10-13T15:57:31Z")
Don’t forget that awesome “Dueling Banjo” scene in Deliverance. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/11 "2007-10-13T16:15:21Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] The song was written in 1974 by [Dolly Parton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton). The movie “The Bodyguard” came out in 1996. [/QUOTE] The song was also used in _The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas_ in 1982. ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/12 "2007-10-13T16:19:14Z")
I can’t listen to Bohemian Rhapsody withour thinking of the head-banging in the car scene in Wayne’s World. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/13 "2007-10-13T16:37:58Z")
Achibit A: Try listening to Scott Joplin without thinking of “The Sting” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/14 "2007-10-13T16:46:38Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] I can’t hear Tom Petty’s “American Girl” without thinking of _Silence of the Lambs_, even though it was used in quite a brief scene with no huge dramatic impact. [/QUOTE] Exactly the song/movie I came in here to mention. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/15 "2007-10-13T16:48:33Z")
Try listening to Richard Strauss’ tone poem _Also Sprach Zarathustra_ without seeing apes throwing bones. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/16 "2007-10-13T16:49:38Z")
[QUOTE=Duck Duck Goose] Try listening to Richard Strauss’ tone poem _Also Sprach Zarathustra_ without seeing apes throwing bones. [/QUOTE] Is it okay if listening to the Deodata version causes me to see Chance the gardener walking down the mean streets of D.C.? ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/17 "2007-10-13T16:51:18Z")
Beethoven’s _Ode to Joy_ = slimy \*Die Hard \* Eurotrash. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/18 "2007-10-13T16:54:19Z")
I also resent the way I can’t listen to the Allegretto from Beethoven’s Seventh without seeing Glenda Jackson peering out a rain-streaked window. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/19 "2007-10-13T17:18:10Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] “The William Tell Overture” after **A Clockwork Orange**. [/QUOTE] No, no, no. “The William Tell Overture” after [The Lone Ranger](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041038/) . ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/20 "2007-10-13T17:30:43Z")
\*\*There’s Something About Mary \*\* has compromised my enjoyment of “Build Me Up Buttercup” by the Foundations. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574.md?page=2)