What song?? from 27 years ago (1982)

[Amused2death]

Having just posted on the latest oldies thread, I ended up surfing U tube music vids for a while, and it got me thinking.....

I can remember cycling as a 15 year old using two small portable radios, with earphone sockets (mono,not stereo) and two earpieces, this gave me a headful of music, and to me it sounded wonderful. Anyway....I'm going off tack.

1982 was the year I left school, and during the middle part of the year. From somewhere around May through to August there was a song in the charts. I cannot remember either group or song title,it was definitely in the top 40 of the time as I remember listening to it on Radio One.

The only thing I can remember about it now is that it had a sort of "middle eight" instrumental break, but instead of an instrument it was someone whistling a sort of slowish tune, with a little music way in the background.

Would be very grateful if this rings a bell with anybody....

[BOR]

Right. So you are basically asking for a list of songs with whistling in ?

1. Scorpions - Wind Of Change ?
2. Bryan Ferry - Jealous Guy ? Bryan Ferry's always good for a bit of whistling.

Edited by BOR on Friday 6th March 09:14

[shirt]

BOR said:

Right. So you are basically asking for a list of songs with whistling in ?

1. Scorpions - Wind Of Change ?
2. Bryan Ferry - Jealous Guy ? Bryan Ferry's always good for a bit of whistling.

Edited by BOR on Friday 6th March 09:14

scorpions wouldn't have been '82, and jealous guy was lennon wasn't it?

what sort of genre are we talking?

[BOR]

Jealous Guy was written buy Lennon, but Ferry did a cover of it, in the 80s which is probably more famous.

I'm not going to research the release dates for the OP, he can do that himself.

[shirt]

i'm sure wind of change was on 'now 20', which would have beeen early 90's

[Finlandia]

shirt said:

i'm sure wind of change was on 'now 20', which would have beeen early 90's

In the music video to Wind of change, there was the tearing down of the Berlin wall, which would mean 1989'ish.

[shirt]

why not ask the global network of whistling enthusiasts?

http://www.whistlersnet.com/profiles/blogs/676513:...

roxy music 1981 looks good for a winner BOR

[Amused2death]

sadly if it was Roxy music I would already have it....
My musical knowledge is reasonable from the 80's, but I cant remember this particular group or wether they did anything else. Could be a one hit wonder.

Not Scorpions, not Roxy music
but thanks for your thoughts ....

[Percy Flage]

You could have a look through this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_That's_What_I_Cal...

or this http://www.pure80spop.co.uk/chart1982jan-june.htm

[Bomber Denton]

Stab in the dark and not really whistling but.....

Landscape - Einstein A Go Go?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=295U9E5aC54

[Amused2death]

Bomber Denton said:

Stab in the dark and not really whistling but.....

Landscape - Einstein A Go Go?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=295U9E5aC54

Thats a good effort...but sadly not it.

Its just one of those songs that just sort of hooked you in, and the timescale was definitely 1982, between about May and August.

[Mystic Slippers]

I hazily remember a song with whistling in the bit of lyrics went "blue skies all of them gone -nothing but blue skies from now on"

Just thought of another - summertime by the fun boy three

Edited by Mystic Slippers on Friday 6th March 14:43

[Mrs Trackside]

have you looked on here?

http://www.everyhit.com/

[ulakye]

Wild guess

Christian by China Crisis. No whistling but a high pitched similar noise in there.

[Amused2death]

Mrs Trackside said:

have you looked on here?

http://www.everyhit.com/

That looks an excellent idea...Thank you.

Not China crisis.

[Meeja]

Mrs Trackside said:

have you looked on here?

http://www.everyhit.com/

Quality site!

[Baby Huey]

Centrefold, J Geils Band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZEe9EuGWQE

[ih8thisname]

Bomber Denton said:

Stab in the dark and not really whistling but.....

Landscape - Einstein A Go Go?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=295U9E5aC54

That song used to freak me out to no end!

:shudder:

[CivicMan]

Peter Gabriel - "Games without frontiers" . originally released 1980.

Would give you a YouTube link but the 'tards have pulled all the vids down.

[Amused2death]

Nope, none of the above suggestions, and still no further forward.

Thanks for your thoughts........