Whistling Jack Smith – I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman (1967)
Whistling has gotta be one of the most pleasing things to listen to and do, and the whistle work in this ditty is enough whimsical loveplay of intertwining soular wind to leave you breathless and panting fo mo. I can’t place where I’ve heard this song before, but it’s instantly familiar and catchy (symptomatic of all whistled tunes?). Does anyone know if it’d been featured in anything recently–remix, mash-up, commercial?
Anyway, this video is ticklish. Billy Moeller is the groovy goofilicious-Richard-Gere-lookalike face of Whistling Jack Smith–the actual lead whistler on the track is recording producer Noel Walker, backed up by the Mike Sammes Singers who most notably appear HooHeeHa and Oompa loompa-ing at the end of The Beatles’ “I Am the Walrus.” I wonder if they’re the fuzzy creatures and white humanpillar in the video. I also wonder how many drugs they’re all on while shooting. Six, maybe.
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