# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/41 "2007-10-13T21:42:58Z")
I can’t hear the song Brazil without thinking about the movie Brazil. It made the recent Visa commercial that used it seem even more surreal and sinister. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/42 "2007-10-13T21:48:35Z")
[QUOTE=Sitnam] Whenever I hear **Ace of Spades** by Helmet I think of that convenience store shootout in Grosse Point Blank [/QUOTE] Kindly hand in your headbanger’s card at reception: “Ace Of Spades” is by Motorhead. \m/:mad:\m/ ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/43 "2007-10-13T22:26:14Z")
The song [Everyday](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyday_%28Buddy_Holly_song%29) (by Buddy Holly) in the movie [Gummo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gummo). 😛 ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/44 "2007-10-14T00:02:57Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] 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. [/QUOTE] I haven’t seen **Zodiac** but, for me, Donovan’s “Hurdy Gurdy Man” always did seem to have an at least slightly sinister edge to it. Anyway, since we’re talking about the use of Donovan songs in movies, I’ll always associate “Atlantis” with [the scene where Billy Bats gets whacked](http://youtube.com/watch?v=DgSiZzSFhKo) in **Goodfellas** (warning: language and violence NSFW). “Season of the Witch” was also used quite nicely at the end of **To Die For**. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/45 "2007-10-14T01:34:07Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] I don’t care what you classify it as, to me it’ll always be Music To Get Exorcised By. [/QUOTE] Oh hell yes! I heard _Tubular Bells_ at high noon while driving in my car and it scared the shit out of me. ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/46 "2007-10-14T01:59:07Z")
The Superhero would like me to add that he can’t hear more than two notes of “I’ve got a brand new pair of roller skates” by Melanie Safka without thinking of Heather Graham nekkid. (_Boogie Nights_) He used to crack up every time the commercial for the shoe store came on that used the same music a year or so ago. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/47 "2007-10-14T02:28:22Z")
[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] Me too. I guess that scene had more “dramatic impact” than we realized, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/48 "2007-10-14T02:43:27Z")
“In the Hall of the Mountain King” will forever be creepy to me because of the whistling in [M](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_%28film%29). ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/49 "2007-10-14T02:44:28Z")
[QUOTE=Frostillicus] This example is from a TV show instead of a movie, but I can’t listen to “The Final Countdown” without thinking of Gob Bluth dancing around on stage with a knife in his teeth as he is performing a magic trick. Oops, I mean an illusion. Tricks are something a whore does for money. [/QUOTE] I’m not the only one!? ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/50 "2007-10-14T03:03:33Z")
I can’t hear “Stuck in the Middle With You” without reliving the ear-cutting scene in “Reservoir Dogs”. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/51 "2007-10-14T03:34:13Z")
The Hallelujah Chorus has been ruined in a big way for me by Neon Genesis Evangelion. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/52 "2007-10-14T05:09:06Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] \*\*There’s Something About Mary \*\* has compromised my enjoyment of “Build Me Up Buttercup” by the Foundations. [/QUOTE] Funny. I had exactly the _converse_ experience. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/53 "2007-10-14T05:27:01Z")
Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin” will forever be associated in my mind with the Theron/Ricci love scene from [Monster.](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0340855/) Not necessarily a bad thing, mind you. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/54 "2007-10-14T05:32:40Z")
Layla after seeing Goodfellas. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/55 "2007-10-14T06:14:53Z")
[QUOTE=KGS] Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin” will forever be associated in my mind with the Theron/Ricci love scene from [Monster.](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0340855/) Not necessarily a bad thing, mind you. 🆒 [/QUOTE] That’s interesting because I think most people now associate it with the last episode of “The Sopranos” when Tony, Carmelo, and A.J. are in the diner eating onion rings and ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/56 "2007-10-14T14:41:23Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] “The William Tell Overture” after **A Clockwork Orange**. [/QUOTE] I’m singin’ in the rain, just singin’ in the rain… (Notes that there is an ad or parody, not sure which, of Roddy McDowell as Alec, with the caption, “Got Milk?” :eek: ) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/57 "2007-10-14T22:47:39Z")
[QUOTE=Scissorjack] Kindly hand in your headbanger’s card at reception: “Ace Of Spades” is by Motorhead. \m/:mad:\m/ [/QUOTE] Ugh! :smack: (Walks away to begin the shame spiral) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/58 "2007-10-14T22:57:44Z")
[QUOTE=NDP] That’s interesting because I think most people now associate it with the last episode of “The Sopranos” when Tony, Carmelo, and A.J. are in the diner eating onion rings and [/QUOTE] And? What happened after that? Well? WELL? ---
**Author:** ![Paladud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Paladud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paladud)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/59 "2007-10-14T23:05:38Z")
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida thanks to Manhunter; Goldberg Variation #8 (or was it 7?) courtesy of Silence of the Lambs. ---
**Author:** ![BlakeTyner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@BlakeTyner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlakeTyner)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574/60 "2007-10-15T04:03:06Z")
“My Hero” by Foo Fighters will always bring to my mind slow-motion high school football, a la _Varsity Blues_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-never-the-same-again-after-their-use-in-a-movie/422574.md?page=4)