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LynneSin

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3. They used it for an Amanda Byrnes move where she goes to London to find her dad

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Fri Apr 4, 2014, 11:07 AM

Apr 2014

Only reason I watched the movie - dad was played by Colin Firth. When you see him in a pair of leather pants it makes the torture of hearing "London Calling" being abused just a tad bit easier.

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Clash's "London Calling" - So often misused and it drives me CRAZY!!!! [View all] Coventina Apr 2014 OP

'I Don't Like Mondays' played at wakes after mass shootings. onehandle Apr 2014 #1

Really?!?!? That's a thing? Coventina Apr 2014 #2

They used it for an Amanda Byrnes move where she goes to London to find her dad LynneSin Apr 2014 #3

Colin Firth in leather pants?!?! Coventina Apr 2014 #5

It was later on in the movie, not during the "London Calling" sequence LynneSin Apr 2014 #7

One that always drives me nuts... pipi_k Apr 2014 #4

Argh! YES!! Coventina Apr 2014 #6

How about the Reagan campaign using "Born in the USA" as a happy, peppy, patriotic song? Arugula Latte Apr 2014 #8

Oh man, that was truly terrible Coventina Apr 2014 #9

I feel the same way about Walk on the Wild Side. Avalux Apr 2014 #10

Hahaha! Yeah, it seems auto-advertisers are particularly tone-deaf. Coventina Apr 2014 #11

Those are good ones! Avalux Apr 2014 #12

Wha? Coventina Apr 2014 #13

Yep! Avalux Apr 2014 #14