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Incongruous song by Deep Purple

posted 13 years ago by Nutsferatu
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I found it a bit curious that "Flight of the Rat" by Deep Purple was used on the soundtrack during a match from 1968. The song wasn't released until 1970. As a fan of the band, this odd song choice struck me immediately. Not strictly a goof, perhaps, but I thought I'd mention it. And it's not like that time period was short on good tunes they could have used instead.

[–] rollo131 13 years ago

I'm willing to forgive incongruity for any film that uses a song from Deep Purple In Rock.

[–] LtColonelBartlett 13 years ago

I have to agree with Rollo131 - though 'Flight of the Rat' was probably used purposely to allude to Revie's future move from the England job to a lucrative post in the UAR, I was glad they used Purple rather than kitschy pop like 'chirpy chirpy cheep cheep'.

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