Friday, July 24, 2009

My Song Is Better Than Your Song

In addition to duets and "explosion songs," I'm also a fan of quality whistling, like Axl Rose in Patience.

Today's song contains one of the best whistling ditties of all time:

(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay, by Otis Redding. The song was recorded only three days before Otis died in a plane crash at the age of 26.

And now, a trivia question:

What immensely popular movie released in 1987 featured two songs by Otis Redding, but neither one was on the best-selling soundtrack? (No Googling, you cheaters!)

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ghost

S said...

Great song! The only song my husband has sung @ karaoke, only he can't whistle so it was quite amusing.
The movie that I thought of first was Stand by me but that might have been earlier than 87. Off to google it now...

eileen said...

It's not Ghost or Stand By Me...
c'mon, people!

Nitsirk said...

This is going to reveal my secret obsession with this movie but here goes. "Dirty Dancing." I have the DVD and the soundtrack on CD. I used to have the VHS and the casette. I insisted that "I've had the time of my life" be the last song at my wedding reception.

Yes, I am a nerd.

eileen said...

And we have a winner! Oh, my obsession with Dirty Dancing is overt.

I love that you played "i've had the time of my life" and your reception. My only question...did you do the lift?

Nitsirk said...

We didn't do the lift. Nick did do the worm but that's a whole different story :)