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"'''Boys Will Be Boys'''" is a rock song by The Ordinary Boys. It was playing in the background when [[Harry Potter]] and [[Seamus Finnigan]] had an argument on [[1 September]], [[1995]] over the negative opinion of Harry and [[Albus Dumbledore]] that [[Seamus Finnigan's mother|Seamus' mother]] had formed from reading articles in the ''[[Daily Prophet]]''.
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"'''Boys Will Be Boys'''" is a rock song by [[The Ordinary Boys]]. It was playing in the background when [[Harry Potter]] and [[Seamus Finnigan]] had an argument on [[1 September]], [[1995]] over the negative opinion of Harry and [[Albus Dumbledore]] that [[Seamus Finnigan's mother|Seamus' mother]] had formed from reading articles in the ''[[Daily Prophet]]''.
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
*This song's appearance in the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' represents an anachronism, as The Ordinary Boys album on which it is featured, ''[[Wikipedia:Brassbound|Brassbound]]'', was released in [[2000s|2005]], while the scene in which it plays during the film is set a decade earlier in [[1995]]. In addition, The Ordinary Boys did not get together until [[2000s|2002]],<ref>"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ordinary_Boys The Ordinary Boys]" on Wikipedia</ref> but it is possible that they formed earlier in the [[Harry Potter universe]] (possibly coinciding with [[Wikipedia:Britpop|Britpop]] phenomenon of the mid-[[1990s]]).
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*[[File:The_Ordinary_Boys.jpg|thumb|[[The Ordinary Boys]]]]This song's appearance in the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' represents an anachronism, as The Ordinary Boys album on which it is featured, ''[[Wikipedia:Brassbound|Brassbound]]'', was released in [[2000s|2005]], while the scene in which it plays during the film is set a decade earlier in [[1995]]. In addition, The Ordinary Boys did not get together until [[2000s|2002]], but it is possible that they formed earlier in the [[Harry Potter universe]] (possibly coinciding with [[Wikipedia:Britpop|Britpop]] phenomenon of the mid-[[1990s]]).
 
*[[Rupert Grint]] explained that director [[David Yates]] chose to have this song play during the scene in the Gryffindor common room in order to create a "more casual feel.<ref>"[http://web.archive.org/web/20110429232026/http://www.hpana.com/news.20003.html Audio Q&A from 'Order of the Phoenix' press conference]" from HPANA</ref>
*In the ''Order of the Phoenix'' film, Harry and Seamus' argument occurs in the [[Gryffindor]] [[common room]], whereas it takes place in the [[Gryffindor Boys' Dormitory|Gryffindor boys' dormitory]] in the book.
 
*[[Rupert Grint]] explained that director [[David Yates]] chose to have this song play during the scene in the Gryffindor common room in order to create a "more casual feel."<ref>"[http://www.hpana.com/news.20003.html Audio Q&A from 'Order of the Phoenix' press conference]" from HPANA</ref>
 
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==

Revision as of 02:59, 13 February 2013

"Boys Will Be Boys" is a rock song by The Ordinary Boys. It was playing in the background when Harry Potter and Seamus Finnigan had an argument on 1 September, 1995 over the negative opinion of Harry and Albus Dumbledore that Seamus' mother had formed from reading articles in the Daily Prophet.

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Notes and references