Whistler’s Mother

I was not able to find out if Anne McNeill Whistler had the ability to whistle or not, but the seven dwarfs whistled while they worked, because this is a natural mood-lifting tool.  Whistling was very popular between 1890 and 1940 and it was used in music to transport listeners into places such as farms, forests, fields, zoos, and the Sewanee River.  In the 1944 War/Romance film “To Have and Have Not”, Lauren Bacall faces toward Humphrey Bogart and says, “You do know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve?  You just put your lips together and blow.”  Andy Griffith opened up his show whistling ‘The Fishin’ Hole’ song every week and the Lassie theme also incorporated whistling.  The 1957 British war movie “Bridge Over the River Kwai” featured some great whistling.  Billy Joel, Paul Simon, John Lennon, Otis Redding, The Lovin’ Spoonful, The Tremeloes, Roy Orbison and the J. Geils Band all whistled in some of their songs.  I heard that lonesome whistle blowing, whistling and singing, she’s a carrying on.  So, blow your whistle freight train, or you can whistle through your teeth and spit.

Last week we had Games and Playthings where the theme was to find a song about toys suggested by Barbara from teleportingweena ghostmmnc.  This week the theme is to find a song that incorporates whistling.  Take some time to read the posts of other bloggers who respond to this music challenge, and even better, read as many of them as you can as you will probably find many enjoyable songs and it is quite possibly that you will learn a thing or two.  Share your music with others and post a video, try do some research and let everyone know something about the song that you post.  Tell everyone why you like the song, whether it was a hit, or what you think the song is about.  Show the lyrics, let’s all listen to our favorite songs and explore some new music.  Try to find a song that fits the theme, then write your post and create a pingback, or you can just place your link in the comments section.

Suggestions
• Try to use the prompt words or at least conform to a general theme, as you see it.  If the song you select does not meet the criteria, then please explain why you chose this song.
• It would be good if you could post the lyrics to the song of your choice, as this is helpful for the people that want to follow along with the music.
• Please try to include the songwriter(s) – it’s a good idea to give credit where credit is due. It would also be a good idea to give credit to the singer and the band associated with your song.
• Your post can be as long or as short as you want it to be, but please try not to include too many videos as that just makes it take longer to look at all of the other posts.
• Link to the YouTube video, or you can pull it into your post, so others can listen to the song.
• Ping back to this post or place your link in the comments section below.
• Read at least one other person’s blog, so we can all share new and fantastic music and create amazing new blogging friends in the process.
• Feel free to suggest future prompts.
• Have fun and enjoy the music.

This week I will be writing about the Peter Gabriel song ‘Games Without Frontiers’, and next week, I will be writing about the song ‘Son Of A Famous Man’ by Little River Band.  The upcoming prompts will be:
June 2, 2024 – Songs with the lyrics “eerie, ghost, haunting, paranormal or spooky” suggested by Di of pensitivity101
June 9, 2024 – Songs that have been preserved in the National Recording Registry
June 16, 2024 – Song that was played on the UK shows Top of The Pops or Ready, Steady Go suggested by Willow of willowdot21
June 23, 2024 – Songs that features a saxophone