Singin' In the Rain (1952) vs Clockwork Orange (1971)

In the film Singin' In the Rain featuring Don Lockwood as Gene Kelly,  he sings the song titled "Singin' in the rain" because he was happy and in love. He began to sing and dance through the streets to express his love until he was stopped by an officer at which he did and gave his umbrella to a passing man. The song in this film showed a point in time where good things were coming about such as Talkies and prerecording in films. lip syncing was also introduced because not many people had talking voices, such as Charlie Chaplin.

In the film Clockwork Orange, the song was also sung by Alex, one of the actors, while he is raping the wife of a man he assaulted. He sings it again while bathing and reminisces on the attack. the song in this film was placed in apart of the plot that dealt with hardship and pain and also pleasure on Alex's part. He sang the song while enjoying infliction of pain upon others. Alex was later put into contraption (just like the one seen in the image to the left) until he was cured of his evil ways. While he was in the contraption the doctors also played Beethoven's Ninth Symphony continuously over and over again. Alex realized that his pleasure for inflicting pain was transferred to the song.

The differences in how the songs were used shows a differences in the mentality of the people at that time in history. Violence was prevalent at the time of Clockwork Orange due to warfare and drug use.