Born to Be Wild, like Bad to the Bone - two synonymous phrases which seem to mean "to make unfortunate choices regarding motorcycles and sunglasses, especially among middle-aged men."
If you had asked that 25 years ago, the answers would have probably been "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" and "Also sprach Zarathustra" (Thus Spoke Zarathustra) or better known as the 2001 Theme. Or the 4 Seasons.
I'd say "Bad to the Bone" is played in more movies/tv shows, but "Por Una Cabeza" gets longer playtimes. Does anyone ever play more than the first 10 seconds of "Bad to the Bone"?
I just googled it to find out what the hell you're all talking about and I STILL have no idea!
Is there a particular version I might recognise?
The samples I've found just sound like random old bits of tango music, nothing familiar at all.
Everything else you've all mentioned I'd agree with though.
I will admit to being equally baffled after listening to a sample - is this song the ubiquitous tango song used for all tango scenes as well as scenes that have some sort of male-female back and forth that smacks of tango? Because there does seem to be only one tango song in movies, and whatever it is does get a lot of play.
Might be I suppose.
Can't say I've ever noticed any particular tune being used though.
Maybe my brain just filters it as 'generic tango' and it doesn't register?
I did a look-up on 'Por Una Cabeza' - learned that it was the music in a favorite scene from one of my favorite movies! Can't say I ever recognized the tune, though.
Was used in (among others): Schindler's List, Scent of a Woman, Delicatessen, True Lies,[1] All the King's Men, Bad Santa, Episode 37 of Nip/Tuck, Episode 9 of Sweet Spy, the beginning and ending credits of I'm Sorry, I Love You, and the CSI: NY episode "Down the Rabbit Hole", and in the movie "Frida" (Salma Hayek).
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I just googled it to find out what the hell you're all talking about and I STILL have no idea!
Is there a particular version I might recognise?
The samples I've found just sound like random old bits of tango music, nothing familiar at all.
Everything else you've all mentioned I'd agree with though.
I will admit to being equally baffled after listening to a sample - is this song the ubiquitous tango song used for all tango scenes as well as scenes that have some sort of male-female back and forth that smacks of tango? Because there does seem to be only one tango song in movies, and whatever it is does get a lot of play.
Can't say I've ever noticed any particular tune being used though.
Maybe my brain just filters it as 'generic tango' and it doesn't register?
Pacino's tango
Was used in (among others): Schindler's List, Scent of a Woman, Delicatessen, True Lies,[1] All the King's Men, Bad Santa, Episode 37 of Nip/Tuck, Episode 9 of Sweet Spy, the beginning and ending credits of I'm Sorry, I Love You, and the CSI: NY episode "Down the Rabbit Hole", and in the movie "Frida" (Salma Hayek).
And that's the tip of the iceberg.