We were just watching Penn State beat Michigan State in basketball. It was nice that they won but it was a bit embarassing -- all 250 students at the game stormed the court at the end. They may have set a record for the smallest number of "court stormers" ever.
At one point towards the end of the game, I started whistling. I would have kept on whistling forever if Jay hadn't finally yelled "Stop whistling!"
Jay's not the first person to tell me to stop whistling. Our friend and neighbor Trip has to tell me to stop all the time. He's got some sort of hearing problem where high-pitched noises make his head hurt. Maybe he's a werewolf. Neecie was my co-worker years ago at Slade's in the back kitchen. We used to make desserts, side dishes, crab cakes, and sauces together for hours on end listening to the same piped-in restaurant music over and over. At some point every shift, I'd start whistling only to have her scream (in her great Caribbean accent and often with a very large knife in her hand) "Mike, I will kill you if you don't stop whistling." I'd stop -- for a while.
Anyway, it got me thinking about great songs with whistling in them. Here are 3 from my iPod:
- The Pixies: La La Love You (This is the best cat call whistle ever recorded in song.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnx3lzPIZ6U
- Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros: Home (I had to give you the Letterman appearance - nothing beats live whistling and they're having so much fun. I bet you love Jade, too, by the end of the performance.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb9jY8yAxgs
- Peter, Bjorn, and John: Young Kids (The video even starts with a whistling tutorial).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51V1VMkuyx0