Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2011 July 18

= July 18 =

Identify this film starring Audrey Hepburn
Several years ago I saw a clip about Audrey Hepburn and it mentioned her involvement in some films where she played characters who could not stay with their lovers: One was Roman Holiday (1953), while another contained a scene where her character grabbed onto a train carrying her departing lover. What was the name of the latter film? 17:40, 18 July 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.116.187.230 (talk)
 * To me that sounds like the climactic scene of Love in the Afternoon, in which Audrey Hepburn runs after Gary Cooper as his train leaves the station, and he finally decides to lift her up onto the train. My memory of the film is rather faint, but our page on it has a plot summary. --Antiquary (talk) 20:20, 18 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Could it be War and Peace? The Mark of the Beast (talk) 22:14, 19 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Looks like Antiquary's memory is accurate. Here's a Youtube video of the final scene from Love in the Afternoon. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:39, 20 July 2011 (UTC)


 * There were no commercially-operated trains in Russia, or anywhere else, during the Napoleonic Wars, which is when War and Peace was set. George Stephenson's "Rocket" was built in 1829.  --   Jack of Oz   [your turn]  20:59, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Obscure 1974 single
I've been trying to recall the name of a single that paddled in the lower reaches of the UK charts in 1974 or thereabouts. All I can remember are snatches of the lyrics. The da das are a part where I can remember the meter but not the words, and the "beed 'n' bob 'n' bob" parts are recorded between the vocal lines in a vaguely skat style with a slight echo effect added:

Goodbye

Goodbye my friend Goodbye

Da da

Da da da da daa da

You'll wake up (beed 'n 'bob n bob)

You'll wake up (beed 'n 'bob n bob bob bob bob)

You'll wake up (beed 'n 'bob n bob)

mmm You'll wake up"

The only other thing I remember is that a few DJ's left the record playing on the runout track where the exclamation "DO IT!" had been recorded after the song had finished.

Any ideas? Britmax (talk) 17:52, 18 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes. This is "Break" by Aphrodite's Child, and the "DO IT" is actually a reference to the album the track comes from, which is "666". Thank you for reminding me of this epic piece of prog rock - I heartily recommend it. --TammyMoet (talk) 18:06, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! A bit more of a challenge than a blockbuster Fleetwood Mac track, though, what? Britmax (talk) 18:15, 18 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Now that is the kind of song challenge we like around here. -- Jayron  32  02:18, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

For a minute I had thought you meant Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks 1974 μηδείς (talk) 19:14, 18 July 2011 (UTC)