Recognizing music in unexpected places...

[J the TyranT]

Weird subject?

Just this... ever hear a song you recognize in a place you dont expect to hear it?

On MTV's Real World [the ex used to watch it, shut up] I remember hearing In Flames played while people argue...

When Comedy Central had Battlebots, they used to use The Haunted's Dark Intentions for their opening montage... which Marco Aro says they were never notified about, nor paid for... of course.

But, the weirdest one, was last night I was watching John Singleton's "Four Brothers" [starring Mark Wahlberg and Andre from Outkast...]

In this scene where they drink at this bar, Porcupine Tree's "Shallow" plays in the background...

I found that a bit odd... they're not well known in the mainstream at all........

And the Tremor Brothers jam Trivium in Smokin' Aces when they pull up on Ben Affleck.

That's all off the top of my head.

OH, and during The Sopranos, AJ had a Nevermore poster on his wall back in the day.

 

[JeffTD]

I heard that Shallow - freaked me out a bit, too, since I didn't immediately recognize it as PT, but as a really badass song I somehow knew the lyrics to.

 

[Lopes]

I remember one time I was flipping through the channels and when I passed MTV, I heard Mr. Bungle's "Secret Song" playing in the background on either The Real World or Road Rules or one their other "reality" shows.

 

[Kevin Kitchel]

I've seen the Ulver - Nattens Madrigal poster in the girl's room on the sopranos, and I was pretty shocked to hear older Sepultura in the Talladega Nights movie.

The one that takes the cake, in my opinion, is the Neurosis shirt on Home Improvement.

 

[KeithRT99]

dimmu borgir - progenies, eradication instincts were both in the hellboy trailer, but not the actual movie

PT - shallow, i always hear it as radio station music beds.
COB - downfall, Lamb of god - redneck, in flames - pinball map are all on the intro to the Opie and anthony show on XM radio.

 

[Mutant]

Cannibal Corpse in "Ace Ventura" and slightly modified Type of Negative in "I still know what you did last summer" (if i'm not mistaken).

[Edit]

I was mistaken - it was TON "Summer Breeze" in "I Know What You Did Last Summer"

 

[Sinister Mephisto]

Arch Enemy for 3 seconds in a VH1 commercial. (Dead Eyes see no Future)

 

[-Gavin-]

Woke up in this ramdom girl's room in London once with a big hangover... Got wakened by Korpiklaani!

Nae idea what happened that night... :S

 

[iekobrid]

My friend and I once heard Dimmu Borgir coming from the PA in a frou frou little coffee shoppe in a mall in suburban New Jersey. It was enough of a WTF moment that went inside to see what was up. The kid behind the counter had it up loud enough that we had to shout over it, though I don't recall the exact song.

 

[Metal Overload]

Satyricon´s mother north video clip , in this movie about junkies, i dont remember the title, but is rob halford and the singer for blondie on it

 

[NickL]

I once heard Killswitch Engage on a Pop Tarts commercial

 

[KeithRT99]

^really? that's pretty cool

 

[NickL]

^really? that's pretty cool

it blew my mind for like a week

 

[Eduardo Apolonia]

I remember Fear Factory in a Philips comercial

 

[James Murphy]

there wasn't any of the music, but i once found a partially torn Dark Tranquility "Damage Done" poster on the wall of a bomb damaged building in Afghanistan or or somewhere like that in a Ranibow Six 3 Xbox game. that one blew my mind.

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Heard Kalisia (my band) for a dozen seconds in a national TV documentary about scholar failure as the guy was listening to it while studying

 

[Pman]

Heard Kalisia (my band) for a dozen seconds in a national TV documentary about scholar failure as the guy was listening to it while studying

haha wow awsome

 

[lepersmeesa]

Now you have something to die for was by Lamb of God was used on a freeserve broadband commercial.

Pretty funny at the time, the portrayal of these "metal" kids jumping against the wall.

 

[Torniojaws]

I remember Fear Factory in a Philips comercial

Yep, Hunter-Killer! And here's the video:

http://www.sneapforum.celtiaproductions.co.uk/torniojaws/ff/ff-philips.rm

 

[J the TyranT]

The wrestler "Raven" used to wear Nevermore shirts to the ring.

During the NY Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres playoffs, they played Raining Blood over the PA... which I thought was funny.

The guys from Soilwork and In Flames are playable characters in NHL 2k... either 5 or 6... seriously.

In some Mafia game on PS2, there's this level you have to race people in.. and the driver's names are Peter Tagtgren and Page Hamilton, and some other guys I've forgotten.