Popular Culture
The album's eponymous song has seen increased recognition from employment over the years:
- in theatrical trailers for the films Everything Is Illuminated (2005), Little Miss Sunshine (2006) and Bottle Shock (2008)
- in the soundtrack for Peter Mortimer's 2006 climbing film First Ascent,
- as a fixture of the commercial trailer for the video game Gears of War 2,
- in the season 4 promotional advertisement for Living TV's Ghost Whisperer (2009),
- in a montage of Vanessa Redgrave's films when she was awarded a fellowship award at the 2010 BAFTAs,
- in the season 4, episode 9 "Getting to Know You" of Everwood in the 2005
- in the show stopping performance by Season 7's So You Think You Can Dance contestant Kent Boyd with partner Neil Haskell, choreographed by Travis Wall (August 4, 2010).
- in a German Nutella advertisement.
- in series 4, episode 4 of Misfits, 2012.
The central instrumental melody in "Twenty-Six Temptations" references a theme from the Godfather films; one that first appears in "Michael Comes Home" from the Godfather II soundtrack.
Additionally, "Dearly Departed" appears in the 2010 film "Jack Goes Boating"
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Famous quotes containing the words popular culture, popular and/or culture:
“The lowest form of popular culture—lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people’s lives—has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage.”
—Carl Bernstein (b. 1944)
“Fifty million Frenchmen can’t be wrong.”
—Anonymous. Popular saying.
Dating from World War I—when it was used by U.S. soldiers—or before, the saying was associated with nightclub hostess Texas Quinan in the 1920s. It was the title of a song recorded by Sophie Tucker in 1927, and of a Cole Porter musical in 1929.
“There is something terribly wrong with a culture inebriated by noise and gregariousness.”
—George Steiner (b. 1929)