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June 25[edit]

Agent XXX's musical box[edit]

In the film The Spy Who Loved Me, as Agent XXX is in bed with her squeeze, a message comes in via a musical box. The box plays a little tune. It's awfully familiar - what is it? Thanks, DuncanHill (talk) 20:21, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Can you find it on YouTube? --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:43, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 22:13, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That would figure. Otherwise known as "Somewhere, My Love". --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:12, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Jpgordon: Thank you, now you say it of course I know it! @Baseball Bugs: I don't think I've ever heard of that before. DuncanHill (talk) 00:56, 26 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

In the mid-1960s, it was all the rage in elevator music. In fact, I've got the voice of Andy Williams reverberating in my head now. Oy! --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:43, 26 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not old enough to have used a lift (or anything else) in the mid-60s. DuncanHill (talk) 14:12, 26 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think music in lifts was a thing in Britain at that time, but it was certainly common in the new-fangled supermarkets, like Fine Fare as I recall. Alansplodge (talk) 13:30, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]