Cultural Usage
The line "We are the music makers / and we are the dreamers of dreams" has been quoted or used in many different media. A few examples include:
- spoken by Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
- used as the opening line of Living Legends song "Nothing Less (ft. Slug)".
- included in motivation speech by Herb Brooks before the U.S. Hockey Team beat the Russian team in the 1980 Winter Olympics.
- used in the Aphex Twin song, "We are the Music Makers" from the album Selected Ambient Works 85-92.
- the first two lines were used by Kuffdam & Plant as lyrics on their single "We are the Dream Makers"
- used in the 2003 High Contrast remix of "Barcelona," originally produced by D.Kay & Epsilon.
- quoted by the character Roger in season 5, episode 6 of the television series American Dad!
- used in the Buckethead song "Seaside" from "Blueprints", the first line is a quote of Gene Wilder's line.
- often quoted in the Church of Scientology's Celebrity Centre's Celebrity Magazine.
- spoken by King Unique in "Tyrane - King Of The Invisible Land (Henry Saiz's We Are The Music Makers 303 Remix)" in the 2011 CD Balance 019 Mixed by Henry Saiz
- the first two lines are used in the intro to Lorin Bassnectar's album "Motions of Mutation"
- used in Bryan Kearney's mashup John O'Callaghan & Heatbeat vs. Nenes & Pascal Feliz - Plas Lilas
The entire ode is quoted in the opening of "Dreamers of Dreams: An Anthology of Webfiction" (2011), an ebook anthology series of online fiction, as well as inspiring the name of the series.
- used the line "We are the music makers / and we are the dreamers of dreams" in the spoken words of Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka) at the beginning of the original song written by Rob Bach "Dream" on YouTube. The full poem quote was also included in the description of the song "Dream".
"One man with a dream, at pleasure, Shall go forth and conquer a crown; And three with a new song's measure Can trample an empire down" was used by Mack Reynolds as the opening dedication (and title to) his novel "Trample an Empire Down" (1978).
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Famous quotes containing the words cultural and/or usage:
“A society that has made “nostalgia” a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any important way better than life today.”
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