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Main Discussion Area => KFOG's 10@10 => Topic started by: RGMike on March 02, 2007, 07:07:35 AM

Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: RGMike on March 02, 2007, 07:07:35 AM
Backstory: Benson played some song on New Releases Thursday that had whistling on it. Some Foghead calls to say: "no song with whistling on it can be considered 'rock' "... and so began a discussion.  I tuned out soon after (it was time for Ginger) so I've no idea what suggestions were made. But we're gonna hear 10 of 'em.
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: Gazoo on March 02, 2007, 07:16:20 AM
Obv "Dock of the Bay."

Prob: "Jeux Sans Frontieres"

Posb: "The Stranger"

I Wish: "Leave a Tender Moment Alone"
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: RGMike on March 02, 2007, 07:23:51 AM
Quote from: "Gazoo"
Obv "Dock of the Bay."

Prob: "Jeux Sans Frontieres"

Posb: "The Stranger"

I Wish: "Leave a Tender Moment Alone"


"Montego Bay" has whistling, no?  Sadly, Dave sez he forgot to bring his copy of "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman".

This could turn out as interesting as the "cowbell" set...
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Post by: ggould on March 02, 2007, 08:08:11 AM
from the Animals "The Twain Shall Meet"  Classic KSAN instrumental track
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: RGMike on March 02, 2007, 08:21:56 AM
Cat Stevens' "Whistlestar" would be ideal, tho' I doubt it's on Dave's radar.
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on March 02, 2007, 08:29:30 AM
"La La Love You" the Pixies
"Hocus Pocus", Focus (if it had cowbell, it could be in EVERY set)
"Don't Worry, Be Happy", whoever
"King of the Road", Roger Miller
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: RGMike on March 02, 2007, 08:38:13 AM
Quote from: "Rod"
"King of the Road", Roger Miller


if Dave plays KOTR, I'll personally pay for a roomful of Latino rent boys to spend the weekend at Chez Morey. :wink:
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on March 02, 2007, 08:55:29 AM
From Jeff in the cube next to me:

Macca, "Uncle Albert"
XTC, "Generals and Majors"
Smiths, "I Keep Mine Hidden"
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: mshray on March 02, 2007, 08:56:59 AM
Ask Jeff why he didn't mention the Smith's best-known song.

How Soon Is Now?
Golden Years - Bowie
Me & Julio Down By The Schoolyard - Paul Simon
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on March 02, 2007, 08:57:47 AM
http://matt-ori.blogspot.com/2006/10/100-whistling-songs-part-3-51-75.html
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on March 02, 2007, 09:03:39 AM
Quote from: "mshray"
Ask Jeff why he didn't mention the Smith's best-known song.

How Soon Is Now?
Golden Years - Bowie
Me & Julio Down By The Schoolyard - Paul Simon


He's thinking...  The Smiths are his favorite band.
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: RGMike on March 02, 2007, 09:03:50 AM
Quote from: "Rod"
http://matt-ori.blogspot.com/2006/10/100-whistling-songs-part-3-51-75.html


that is amazing.  there's NOTHING you cannot find on the internet.
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: mshray on March 02, 2007, 09:08:13 AM
Somewhere I composed a 10@10 for just this occasion, but can't find it right now.  A couple more are...

Jeux Sans Frontieres - Gabriel oops, missed where Gaz already had this
Winds of Change - Scorpions
Walk Like An Egyptian - Bangles
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: mshray on March 02, 2007, 09:35:48 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
Quote from: "Gazoo"
Obv "Dock of the Bay."

Prob: "Jeux Sans Frontieres"

Posb: "The Stranger"

I Wish: "Leave a Tender Moment Alone"


"Montego Bay" has whistling, no?  Sadly, Dave sez he forgot to bring his copy of "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman".

This could turn out as interesting as the "cowbell" set...


Just talked to Dave myself, he says he also doesn't have the Scorpions tune at hand.

But...if we hear a snippet of Monty Python's "Always Look On the Bright Side of Life", y'all have me to thank.
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: RGMike on March 02, 2007, 09:43:32 AM
Beatles (yay) "Two of Us".
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: urth on March 02, 2007, 09:58:06 AM
Colonel Bogey? (Think Bridge on the River Kwai.)

Nah.
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: RGMike on March 02, 2007, 10:03:07 AM
I'm blanking on the name of this one-hit-wonder, but it was played endlessly on KFOG (after Alice broke it several months before) when it was a hit. One of those records that has disappeared in recent years.
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: mshray on March 02, 2007, 10:04:04 AM
Quote from: "urth"
Colonel Bogey? (Think Bridge on the River Kwai.)

Nah.


Bet that shows up in between songs.  The late great Elmer Bernstein wrote that & (from IMDb, not mshray's copious memory of Oscar trivia) it wasn't even among his 15 nominations spanning SIX decades.
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: mshray on March 02, 2007, 10:04:31 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
I'm blanking on the name of this one-hit-wonder, but it was played endlessly on KFOG (after Alice broke it several months before) when it was a hit. One of those records that has disappeared in recent years.


Wes Cunningham, "And So It Goes".

ETA, a personal fave of our old friend Eujean, iirc.
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: RGMike on March 02, 2007, 10:05:26 AM
wop-wop-wop. VHM Bowie. "Nights are warm and the gays are hung."
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: mshray on March 02, 2007, 10:06:02 AM
BOS #1, my favorite Bowie tune

in the back of a dream car 20-foot long....
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: RGMike on March 02, 2007, 10:08:29 AM
Dave brings us a crate of papaya.
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: mshray on March 02, 2007, 10:11:16 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
Dave brings us a crate of papaya.


and now we're gonna sit in the morning sun and eat it...
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: RGMike on March 02, 2007, 10:14:36 AM
Quote from: "mshray"
Quote from: "RGMike"
Dave brings us a crate of papaya.


and now we're gonna sit in the morning sun and eat it...


Dave was up late last night looking for audio clips!

XTC, "Generals & Whistlers"
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: urth on March 02, 2007, 10:17:08 AM
Quote from: "mshray"
Quote from: "urth"
Colonel Bogey? (Think Bridge on the River Kwai.)

Nah.


Bet that shows up in between songs.  The late great Elmer Bernstein wrote that ...


Actually, no. Per numerous online sourcs, it was written by one Lieutenant F.J. Alford, a bandmaster in the Royal Marines, and published under the pseudonym of Kenneth Alford.

http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/1999/04/bogey.htm
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: mshray on March 02, 2007, 10:17:14 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
Dave was up late last night looking for audio clips!


maybe he was tired of being in the shade.
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: Davefish on March 02, 2007, 10:18:32 AM
I knew exactly what was coming when I heard, "Ladies and gentlemen..."
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: mshray on March 02, 2007, 10:18:43 AM
Woo Hoo!  Dave whips out the DP "...the loo-oong version" clip for "Hocus Pocus"
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: yessongs on March 02, 2007, 10:18:47 AM
BOS Focus woo hoo!!!!!
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: RGMike on March 02, 2007, 10:19:20 AM
Hocus Pocus Focus BOScus!
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: yessongs on March 02, 2007, 10:19:39 AM
Quote from: "Davefish"
I knew exactly what was coming when I heard, "Ladies and gentlemen..."

Me too  :)
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: mshray on March 02, 2007, 10:19:55 AM
Quote from: "urth"
Quote from: "mshray"
Quote from: "urth"
Colonel Bogey? (Think Bridge on the River Kwai.)

Nah.


Bet that shows up in between songs.  The late great Elmer Bernstein wrote that ...


Actually, no. Per numerous online sourcs, it was written by one Lieutenant F.J. Alford, a bandmaster in the Royal Marines, and published under the pseudonym of Kenneth Alford.

http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/1999/04/bogey.htm


guess that's why the academy didn't nominate him, even though he was credited for it on the screen.
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: Davefish on March 02, 2007, 10:19:59 AM
Did anybody mention "Love Is Like Oxygen"?  It's got whistling, don't it?
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: yessongs on March 02, 2007, 10:23:46 AM
Whistle Rock rocks!!
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: Davefish on March 02, 2007, 10:23:52 AM
BOS for Focus, by virtue of it having in addition to whistling, yodeling, scatting (sort of), and accordion!

And laughing.  Does anybody remember laughter?

Say, there's an idea for a set.
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: Gazoo on March 02, 2007, 10:24:32 AM
Quote from: "mshray"
Woo Hoo!  Dave whips out the DP "...the loo-oong version" clip for "Hocus Pocus"


The quintessential "Super Hit 6."
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: Davefish on March 02, 2007, 10:25:11 AM
Did he say, "1...2... 1.2.4"?

She's so funky.  Yeah!
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: RGMike on March 02, 2007, 10:26:36 AM
Jane plays with someone's willie  -- that'd make me whistle.
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: urth on March 02, 2007, 10:29:15 AM
Ah, should have remembered this one. A Dave-fave and my personal BOS, Split Enz, Six Months in a Leaky Boat.
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: RGMike on March 02, 2007, 10:32:14 AM
6 whistles in a leaky boat!

Well, I gotta give Dave props (since I needle him so often): he's had a VERY good week. Aside from Tuesday's dull '84 set, we've had a *spectacular* '68, a superb '74, a much-better-than-expected '86, and now this.  It'll be a pleasure to wake up to the marathon tomorrow.
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: urth on March 02, 2007, 10:36:26 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
Beatles (yay) "Two of Us".


Well bowled!!
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: mshray on March 02, 2007, 10:40:23 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
Jane plays with someone's willie  -- that'd make me whistle.


Here's an annotation for you guys on GWF's 2nd verse:

Andre has a red flag, Chiang Ching's is blue
They all have hills to fly them on except for Lin Tai-yu

Andre is probably André Malraux, French author of Man's Fate a novel about a failed Communist uprising in Shanghai set in 1930 (and written before anyone heard of Mao Tse Tung)

Chiang Ching is probably a variation on Chiang Kai-shek, whose nationalists always use blue as their color

Lin Tai-yu is the name of one of the main characters in the ancient classic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber.
Title: 2 March 2007: "Whistle-Rock" ???
Post by: urth on March 08, 2007, 10:09:58 PM
Almost missed this one:

03/02/2007 - FRIDAY!!! Today it's "Whistle Rock" on 10@10!!
 
1.  Wes Cunningham - So it Goes  
2.  David Bowie - Golden Years  
3.  Steve Miller - Jungle Love  
4.  Otis Redding - Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay (BEST OF SET!!)  
5.  XTC - Generals & Majors  
6.  Focus - Hocus Pocus  
7.  Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers  
8.  Split Enz - Six Months in a Leaky Boat  
9.  J. Geils Band - Centerfold  
10.  Beatles - Two of Us  
 
BONUS TRACK:  Feist - Mushaboom