What’s that classical song that is played in Trainspotting during the part when he is giving the list of things one needs in order to get off of heroine? It’s the first time he says he is going to lock himself in his room and clean up. Right before he goes to get “one last hit” and has the ordeal in the “worst bathroom in Scotland.” I believe the songs a on a new cell phone commercial too.
Can’t say I remember the music from the scene (haven’t seen it since it was released), but the IMDB soundtrack list mentions only one classical piece: “Habanera” from Carmen by Bizet.
Off Topic: What the heck does the word “Trainspotting” mean, anyway? Saw the movie, couldn’t figure that out. Is it a Britishism?
Trainspotting.
There are people, well usually men, who enjoy spending all their free time hanging around train stations, noting down the numbers etc of trains that they see. Like stamp collecting only a bit colder, I suppose. (They should also wear anoraks and carry sandwiches, I believe.) 
Now, that is the “hobby” called “trainspotting”, but I am not very clear what association is meant by the use of it as the book tittle.
I think I have once read that it refers to Edinburgh as often being viewed as a great fun place for tourists to visit, but when the tourists, having seen the prettier and historical bits, depart on trains, what is left is the nasty reality of some of the outer areas.
BUT I am not sure how much sense that makes - I can only anecdotally say that I dimly recall reading that.
IIRC, the “trainspotting” refers to an ultimately pointless passing of time, be it jotting down train numbers or spending years at a time in a heroin induced stupor.
Aha - this one makes sense - after all, it is mainly set in Leith.
[quote]
The joke of the title is that no trains have left the old Leith Central Station for decades, but the fact that working-class Edinburgh is invisible to New Town professionals is a cliche as old as the city itself.
[/qquote]
The book has a chapter omitted from the film called (IIRC) Trainspotting in Leith station where it’s revealed that Begbies father is the local drunk.
milo
The mentioned chapter provides a more complete view of the title, I feel. Not only are the characters heavily involved in heroin abuse, a pointless and antisocial activity analagous to trainspotting, but they’re trainspotting at a station where trains no longer run. It’s an apt metaphor for the pointless destruction of their lives.
Also, the puncture marks on an addicts arm from the injections can be called “traintracks” - continuing the railway theme.
I know that “trainspotter” is also a rather offensive, (at least to me) term for someone with Asperger’s Syndrome.
As someone who has lived in both Glasgow and Edinburgh, I can attest to the truth in this statement. There is nothing worse than a tourist.
By the way, most of the exterior shots in Trainspotting are clearly in Glasgow.
Why’s that?