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DJDarren Feb 23

The tracks played this week, in case you couldn't hear my links over the sound of my badonk-a-donk bouncing about to the beats.

#ThePlaylist

DJDarren Feb 23

This week's Champions of the Behind. Celebrate them all!

@alicemcalicepants
@artnacrea
@astronomerritt
Ben Gray c/o @RealAleRocks
@ccferrie
@daveybot
Dr Caitlin @swisslet
@Erased_Citizen
@icastico
@julianlawson
@KaraLG84
@missmelanieh
@MrAndrewD
@Narrowboat_LunaBetty
@Nickiquote
@pete
@RealAleRocks
@Rhevian
@RolloTreadway
@sheepnik
@slevelt
@sodslawyer
@steve199nwep
@swisslet
@theplaguedoc
@tootbrute
@Vibracobra23
@WiteWulf

May they ever make the rockin' world go round.

#ThePlaylist

DJDarren Feb 23

As ever, we've collected all the tracks played into streaming playlists, so you can add your favourites to your own libraries.

Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/theplaylist-behind/pl.u-GgA5YoguxxYZqGr
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4sBOJCSFsMAlLusx9T2PQx

And here are #ThePlaylistExtras: all the other tracks that we didn't have time to play:
Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/theplaylist-behind-extras/pl.u-NpXmY4VCLLVmMr0
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2K6eDTqzXJvKYiwKkSfIh8

#ThePlaylist

#ThePlaylist - 'Behind' by ThePlaylist on Apple Music

Playlist · 25 Songs

Apple Music - Web Player

DJDarren

NEXT WEEK ON #ThePlaylist

Because it's a rich seam that won't at all leave me overwhelmed with the sheer number of options, next week's theme is:

Whistling

Y'know, whistling. You just put your lips together and blow.

So, songs about whistling, or featuring whistling. Youse all know the drill by now. Use #ThePlaylistSuggestion so my greedy bot can gobble up all of your juicy suggestions, because otherwise there's a strong likelihood I'll miss you.

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Roy Feb 23

@DJDarren
Whistling in The Dark by They Might Be Giants
#Theplaylistsuggestions

Nick Feb 23

https://youtu.be/3xZmlUV8muY

Games Without Frontiers by Peter Gabriel please, DJD.

#ThePlaylist #theplaylistsuggestion

Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers

YouTube

spiegelmama Feb 23

@DJDarren OK, I'll be the one to say "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay." Super well known and obvious, but beautiful.

Roy Feb 24

@spiegelmama
Excellent suggestion!
@DJDarren

Roberta Fidora Feb 23

@DJDarren "Lovely Head" by Goldfrapp please, which I once identified when I worked at HMV from a customer saying "you know what I mean, the car advert with the whistling in it".

RolloTreadway Feb 23

@DJDarren #ThePlaylistSuggestion
The Unthanks - A Whistling Woman

Molly Lewis - On the Lips

HMHB - The Referee's Alphabet
(might have had this before, but if so, it was ages ago)

The Clash - Jimmy Jazz

Bed suggestion:
Ennio Morricone - A Fistful of Dollars (main titles)

Sheepnik Feb 23

@DJDarren Blow - Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp (Because: "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.")

Lady Divine - Alela Diane (mentions "songs whistled though white teeth")

Songs with whistling:

Coal Man Blues - Chaim Tannebaum

The Galaxy Song - Eliza Carthy

The Referee's Alphabet - Half Man Half Biscuit

Me & Julio Down By The Schoolyard - Paul Simon

Pete Feb 23

@DJDarren For my #ThePlaylistSuggestion this time, let's have 'Folsom Prison Blues' by Johnny Cash

🎶 … When I hear that whistle blowin', I hang my head and cry

swisslet Feb 23

https://youtu.be/lw4mHbJPXKg

- Young Folks by Peter, Bjorn and John

- (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding

- Patience by Guns n’Roses

- Always Look on the Bright Side of Life by Monty Python

- the Joker by Steve Miller Band

And Heigh Ho / Whistle While You Work by Snow White & the 7 Dwarves.

Dr Mrs Swisslet suggests Me & Julio Down by the School Yard by Paul Simon

Peter, Bjorn and John - Young Folks (Lyrics)

YouTube

swisslet Feb 23

https://youtu.be/MV0F_XiR48Q

What am I even thinking? Screaming guitar runs, yodelling…. And yes, some whistling: Hocus Pocus by Focus (as a bed maybe?)

Also, I Like Birds by Eels.

Focus - Hocus Pocus

YouTube

David Feb 23

@swisslet @DJDarren Came here to say Hocus Pocus.

swisslet Feb 23

@theplaguedoc @DJDarren you can have that one. I keep thinking of things and I’ve got loads in the hat already. Great minds, and all that.

woe2you Feb 23

Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin

Roy Feb 23

@woe2you
That's a great suggestion!
@DJDarren

Ciarán Ferrie Feb 23

Tom Waits - Whistle Down the Wind
Lick The Tins - Can't Help Falling in Love
June Tabor and Maddy Prior - Silver Whistle
Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks

Susanna the Artist 🌻Feb 23

@DJDarren I have a song that starts with whistling! https://on.soundcloud.com/1uJ8Wxp8GWcR4nEJnz

No Fear No Fate

Just me & my mandolin. "No Fear No Fate" is a song of hope, encouragement & activism I wrote during the turbulent time of 2016. Singing it has given me solace during the years since. I hope it does th

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Dr Alice Violett Feb 23

@DJDarren My Chemical Romance - Hang 'Em High #ThePlaylistSuggestion

Rachel Feb 23

"Alpha Beta Gaga" by Air

This one's on my playlist of "songs to help me climb out of this black hole", along with things like "Little Britain" (Dreadzone) and "Marvo Ging" (Chemical Brothers).

It just makes me happy, and sometimes, that's everything.

Rachel Feb 24

I feel like I can only suggest this one in good conscience as a bed, because I’m not sure I could bear the whole song, but: Roger Whittaker “Irish Whistler”.

There, someone had to do it.

Now, all we have to do is not think of The Scorpions.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPdp90_7S1hp0676UUQB-wgHVrGge033o

sodslawyer Feb 24

@rvedotrc @DJDarren Which I was doing very well indeed, until you posted this...

There's a whole album of these

Roger Whittaker - Whistling 'round the World (1971)

YouTube

David Feb 23

@DJDarren
Friends fear he is back on his folk metal bullshit...

Both of these feature whistles. And lots of other instruments.

Eluveitie - Inis Mona
Nightwish - The Islander

David Feb 24

@DJDarren Oh, also:
Thy Catafalque - Embersóylom

(Which I think may have been one of my first ever suggestions for songs not in English, but it didn't make the cut that time)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgJ-pSmC6Eg

MrAndrewD Feb 23

@DJDarren My #AusMusic #ThePlaylistSuggestion on the theme "whistling" are

Stand Still by Flight Facilities. A joyful nu disco tune with elevated rushing vocals.

Georgy Girl by The Seekers. Wholesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGyixX7QJVE

Whistling Cannonballs by Shane Nicholson (featuring Paul Kelly). Beautiful poetic vocals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv8N22bLT_I

A few non Australian ones because there's some doozy's

Six Months in a leaky boat by Splint Enz. I wouldn't dare claim them as Australian! (Crowded House OTOH). Link to the 3min edit rather than 5min original.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_O8Tn18R4s

Home by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - https://youtu.be/DHEOF_rcND8

Young Folks - Peter Bjorn and John
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iArXv64tCJA

Love Generation - Bob Sinclar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0NSeysrDYw

Flight Facilities - Stand Still feat. Micky Green

YouTube

Ian Malcolm Feb 24

The most obvious song that immediately sprang to mind for me (and surprised to search and see no-one suggested yet) is the folk-rock classic...

The Whistler - Jethro Tull

Failing that, for a different mood there's always:

Whistlin' Past the Graveyard - Tom Waits

Beyond that, as a folky low whistle player I could probably suggest a couple hundred excellent instrumentals that feature low whistle or tin whistle, but I'll refrain! 😉

Daveybot Feb 24

@DJDarren #ThePlaylist

Before I consider my actual suggestions, two things spring to mind:

1.) I happen to share my name with the world’s top whistler: https://davidmorris-whistler.com

2.) there was a fairly excruciating earworm mix of whistling from different songs put out a few years/decades back by DJ Riko, and I don’t know whether it’s best to share it and get the weight off my mind, or to hold back and save you all the agony.

David Morris Whistler

World Champion Whistler

David Morris Whistler

Daveybot Feb 24

Actually you know what sod it, my namesake's clearly a very talented chap. I'm going to suggest this as a bed:

🇮🇹 David Morris - Nessun Dorma

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/nessun-dorma/1818547285
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3DLuQnKvmWg8ngonFdYE0n

Whistling Down The Wind by David Morris on Apple Music

Album · 2002 · 11 Songs

Apple Music - Web Player

Flippin' 'eck, Tucker!Feb 24

@DJDarren OK this one's a little bit different, as it doesn't actually feature any whistling. It does however feature a sample of Bacall's famous "You know how to whistle" line from To Have & Have Not.

The very appropriately named "Bogart" by Nik Kershaw.

Actually I've just re-iistened to the track for the first time in about a bazillion years and I lied. As well as the Bacall line it does actually have whistling. A proper wolf whistle as the very final "note" of the song.

Anyway make of this what you will!

Anna Feb 24

@losttourist @DJDarren huge +1, this was going to be my choice too!
#ThePlaylistSuggestion

sodslawyer Feb 24

@DJDarren I'll see if I can get another track played by this lot:

'Der Schacht Von Babel' - Einstürzende Neubauten

✨pencilears✨Feb 24

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A5rohNXvVSc

#theplaylistsuggestion
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros "Home"

Home (2019 Remaster)

YouTube

Daveybot Feb 24

A lot of this is pretty low-hanging fruit, but I got an 8-minute track selected this week so feel free to ignore me completely!

🏀 Brother Bones - Sweet Georgia Brown
🎤 Whistle - (Nothing Serious) Just Buggin'
🎹 Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl
🎸 Fratellis - Whistle For The Choir
🐾 Beck - Sissyneck
🦶 Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
🇪🇬 The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian

RolloTreadway Feb 24

@daveybot @DJDarren I'm glad someone said Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. It was the first song that came to mind for me, but I didn't want to suggest it because it would be picked ahead of the things I actually wanted to suggest.

Daveybot Feb 25

Ah balls I’ve actually thought of a better one to add, now. A bit maudlin, perhaps, but:

🌬️David Holmes Presents The Free Association- Whistlin’ Down The Wind

I really wish that outfit had done more than one album.

@DJDarren
#ThePlaylistSuggestion

Daveybot Feb 26

Oh gawd, ANOTHER one! So sorry. But I'd not heard it before today and the album it's on doesn't even come out until tomorrow! Still, it features whistling, and in a desperate attempt to sound like I know anything at all about music released this decade (albeit from some pretty middle-aged or even dead people) I just noticed:

🍊 Gorillaz - Orange County

Gary

Feb 26

@daveybot @DJDarren not having any free time at home, or at work, this week I’ve not had chance to hear this week’s show yet 😳

I may wind up submitting tracks for next week before hearing this week.

Chipotle Axolotl (aka Julian)Feb 24

@DJDarren sitting this one out as I hate 99% of songs with whistling. Have fun you crazy mouthtooters.

DJDarren Feb 24

@julianlawson I'll edit up a special version for you, where all the whistling is replaced by the amen break.

Tom Roberts Feb 24

My immediate go to for whistiling is the melody from 'Twisted Nerve' that is featured in Kill Bill Vol 1.

In terms of modeen music, Swedish band 'Avatar' has a cool song named 'A Secret Door' with a bunch of whistling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEp7AmEEcUY

MrAndrewD Feb 25

@DJDarren Another (non Australian) whistling suggestion is

"Itchy & Scratchy" by Boss Hog, which has a brilliant wolf whistle in the bridge. One for the #TheGoodHeadphones, as the vocal and instrumental mix/stereo effects are superb.

Itchy & Scratchy

YouTube

MrAndrewD Feb 25

@DJDarren And perhaps for the theme music you could pick

"The good, the bad, the ugly" by Ennio Morricone

It has enough recognisable soundbites to be useful as the theme tune without including endless whistling, which might be appreciated after two hours of whistling tunes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9EZGHcu3E8

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly • Main Theme • Ennio Morricone

YouTube

Ian Robinson Feb 25

@DJDarren @shezza_t

King of the Mountain by Kate Bush.

It includes the lyric:

The wind is whistling
The wind is whistling
Through the house

Chris Bond Feb 25

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScUsVA7j0sw

Area Code 615 - Stone Fox Chase

For obvious reasons

Stone Fox Chase

YouTube

Rhevian Feb 26

Jim Guthrie & J J Ipsen - The Light In Us All

Steph (crisis version)Feb 26

@DJDarren Late suggestions, these. Struggled with the theme a bit.

Andrew Bird - Sisyphus
Scooter - Whistlin' Dave (lmao)
Scorpions - Wind of Change (just to make myself unpopular)

Inevitable k-pop suggestions:

Blackpink - Whistle (may also be listed by its Korean title, 휘파람)
Stray Kids - Charmer

@DJDarren
#thePlaylistSuggestion

Andy Linton 🇮🇪

✅Feb 26

This version of Hocus Pocus by Focus has some crazy ass whistling as well as flute (sort of a whistle) and it's also the sort of the thing would have been on the Old Grey Whistle Test.

https://youtu.be/g4ouPGGLI6Q

Focus - Hocus Pocus Live '73

YouTube

@DJDarren
#thePlaylistSuggestion

Andy Linton 🇮🇪

✅Feb 27

A couple more:

Traffic - Freedom Rider

Whistling Jack Smith - I was Kaiser Bill's Batman

And this song about Andrew has the lines "he said he couldn't whistle and he said he couldn't sweat" - sorry I don't know the artist name. Play this for Virginia and the other whistle blowers who might just see some justice before this is finished.