# Songs that make you think of a movie

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 24, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/190533 "2003-07-24T02:50:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/190533/41 "2003-07-29T18:03:36Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Second Guest \*  
> Sadly, I will forever associate “Singin’ in the Rain” with _A Clockwork Orange_

Even worse, I will forever associate it with _What about Bob?_

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**Author:** ![PiscesPrincess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@PiscesPrincess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PiscesPrincess)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/190533/42 "2003-07-29T20:13:11Z")

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Has someone already said “My Sharona” - Reality Bites ?

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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/190533/43 "2003-07-29T22:28:35Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Teebone \*  
> \*\*Nods to Say Anything, Breakfast Club, and Back to the Future.
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> My additions:  
> Vangelis “Chariots of Fire” …in Mr. Mom 😃 (The part where Michael Keaton is in that company race.)
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> I live 80’s movies. 😃 \*\*

I like this one too, but in a different movie. It reminds me of Clark and Rusty Griswold racing in slo-mo to the front gates of WallyWorld only to find it closed in “Vacation”.

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**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:** [July 30, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/190533/44 "2003-07-30T00:02:34Z")

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Like I’ve mentioned on other similar threads before, whenever I hears Donovan’s _Atlantis_, I automatically think of the scene in **Goodfellas** where DeNiro’s and Pesci’s characters are beating Billy Bats to death in the bar.

Also, I now associate another Donovan song–_Season of the Witch_ with **To Die For** when over the closing credits, we see Illiana Douglas’ character ice skating on top of the frozen lake where Nicole Kidman’s body is.

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