Whistling in Songs!

notnumber · 23-01-2013 11:57am #1

Listening to tracks from the Neil Young Album and really liked the whistling on this track.
Any more tracks with whistling that enhances the song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkSUSf_CYNI

D-FENS · 23-01-2013 3:36pm

trad · 23-01-2013 3:38pm

Monty Python - Always Look on The Bright Side of Life

(If some one could do the needful)

melekalikimaka · 23-01-2013 5:14pm

me and julio down by the school yard

stop animal cruelty · 23-01-2013 5:21pm

Otis Redding - Sitting on the dock of the bay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nA18g_PwG0

Lick the tins - Cant help falling in love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-__OdJ5b6A but its a tin whistle....love it!

byronbay2 · 23-01-2013 5:24pm

Blow My Whistle - Flo Rida.
BTW, someone said to me that this song title was a sexual reference - I don't see it myself!:)

Also: Jealous Guy - John Lennon. Although (imo) Bryan Ferry does a better version of the whistling part on his cover version.

spodoinkle · 23-01-2013 5:25pm

Patience - Guns n Roses

drumslate · 23-01-2013 5:39pm

The Black Keys - 'Tighten Up'

garancafan · 23-01-2013 5:43pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tviyKW_NWxI

chughes · 23-01-2013 5:44pm

Roger Whittaker usually does a bit of whistling in his songs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Whittaker

Sadderday · 23-01-2013 5:44pm

thats so annoying hate whistling full stop

notnumber · 23-01-2013 8:00pm

Great stuff guys..a few obvious ones there and a few I will have to check...heres another song that makes great use of whistling..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Iyhp2xaYk

franktheplank · 23-01-2013 9:01pm

This got a good bit of radio play a few years back. Peter, Bjorn and John Young folks

SubBusted · 23-01-2013 9:53pm

Electronic whistling!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSkr53xfFwg

garancafan · 24-01-2013 1:12am

Let's not forget the greatest of them all!:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83bmsluWHZc

armchair fusilier · 24-01-2013 3:26am

Daydream - spoonful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCotUwReUDs

Jealous Guy - John Lennon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzhyKn1ThpU

Thundercats Ho · 24-01-2013 9:38am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjFaenf1T-Y

sbsquarepants · 24-01-2013 9:43am

stop animal cruelty wrote: »

Otis Redding - Sitting on the dock of the bay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nA18g_PwG0

Apparently the whistling was never intended to be there, but Otis went and got himself killed before he finished the song (inconsiderate bastard!) so the producer finished it off with whistling!
Job well done though, you'd have to say.

lewisdhead · 24-01-2013 9:55am

Teenage Fanclub-Mellow Doubt. At about 1.55mins. Short but sweet.:cool:

Temaz · 24-01-2013 11:30am

'Flashbax' by Oasis has a whistling solo in it!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niXRdKFLNGA

Welsh Megaman · 24-01-2013 6:01pm

*holds cigarette lighter aloft*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ

franktheplank · 24-01-2013 8:54pm

Perry Como - Magic Moments, how did I not think of this earlier!

franktheplank · 24-01-2013 9:29pm

And two from the movies...

delbertgrady · 25-01-2013 12:06pm

Billy Joel's whistling at the beginning and end of The Stranger was initially just done in the studio to indicate what kind of melody he wanted to be played on the track by a wind instrument, but producer Phil Ramone said he should just keep the whistling.

Reebrock · 25-01-2013 1:36pm

I liked it when Zjacksin stopped singing Smile and just started whistling st HHS very end. Fitted the tempo very well.

Geo10 · 03-03-2013 10:58pm

The whistle hook in "I Wanna Go" is just amazing! This is one of my favourites

(Also I love the way they have a baby doing the whistle in the first verse and some cute little dogs doing the whistle in the second verse in the music video! :P )