Hi there.
Following the discussion on tunes which make you cry, I'm posting this to have your suggestion about tunes you would play to girls to have one more chance, you know what I mean
I'm not that good whistle player, but I found to be pretty successful "An feochan" (easy air but pretty hard to interpret) and "Caoineadh Cu Chulainn", which sounds beautiful on a low whistle.
I'm waiting for you hints, hoping that this post didn't offended anyone, it was not my intention.
Not because of any connotations of the name, as girls other than tradheads don't *know* the names: just because it is the dullest and most lacking in erotic potential of all tunes in the trad firmament. It is quite detumescent.
But no - all those tune names freighted with innuendo are lost on the fair, who just don't know them. Unless they are tradheads, in which case they will just know them as "that one", "that other one", "the one Dave got from Milton Malbay", and so on, like the rest of us.
Come on guys, give us a bit more credit. Some of us know a fair bit about this music (or try to anyway).
For the record Jusa, banjo is my favourite instrument.
I think it dose not really matter what tunes you play her, but if you can play your whistle anything like this young man, you might stand a chance - lol..
Please rate the following instruments in terms of sexiness, with 1 being "You're practically being shagged in the pub while playing it" and 10 being, "They would not touch you with a bargepole even if you were the last man/woman on earth."
1. Guitar - "Can you do any John Mayer? I LOVE him."
2. Uilleann pipes - "Have you guys played the song from Titanic yet?"
3. Fiddle - "Don't the Dropkicks use one of those?"
4. Flute - "Is that a clarinet? I love swing music."
5. Harp - "You're the most f***ed up angel I've ever seen."
6. Whistle - "It's okay, baby. Or course it goes all the way down to Bb. Everyone has a bad night."
7. Hurdy-gurdy - "Your monkey is SO CUTE."
8. Didjeridoo - "What else can you do with that pipe?"
9. Accordion - "La Vie en Rose was my grandmother's favorite song."
10. Banjo - "My friend says you have a real purty mouth."
Hmm - interesting perspective. I notice concertina is missing!!
It is off the chart, but which way? I think from my male perspective, I'd put female accordion players at the top of the list
and female concertina players second. I have no idea why - it's
the same reason I have for liking redheads.
Uilleann pipes
Fiddle
Whistle
Flute depends on the gender of the player, sorry it just does and it's placement will fluctuate at least 4 points depending
Didjerido's are too stoned to be sexy
guitars are boring
Irish banjo up
bluegrass banjo down
Accordion and harp are celebate metrosexuals who would just like to talk and hang out.
Well, all I know is that a fiddler with good intonation learns to find the same exact spot, within a millimeter, again and again and again...at speed, without looking, whilst maintaining rhythm.
I've personally played tunes with her in SF and I can honestly say that there are few out there that can match her unbridled energy, enthusiasm, and stamina for getting things fired up in the session!
"again and again and again...at speed, without looking, whilst maintaining rhythm."
Sounds like one of those robots on the Ford assembly line, Eliza Jane.
Nothing like the classic romantic sound of the mandolin, used by every successful serenader since Romeo...oh, right, didn't work out too well for him, but he forgot to watch for the future in-laws...
"Nothing like the classic romantic sound of the mandolin, used by every successful serenader since Romeo."
Nothing like a bit of embellishment....
Reminds me of those swashbuckling movies set in the 18th century and there's some lowly deckhand playing a concertina - decades before it was invented.
Nay lad, there were no mandolins in Arthur Brooke's day - not even Billy Shakespeare's day. 'Twas the humble lutenist giving it laldy.
Thanks all of you for your replies ;)
I'm not trying to have a chance with one girl in particular, but I'm trying to take advantage of my whistle passion with girls in general ;)
It's a good way to invite girls at home since I can't carry my whistles all the time with me, but then you have to surprise them someway..
Btw, I quote that a good tonguing technique might help...should definitely practice more often
I'll check the tunes u gave me, and will look where to focus on!
Think you have the wrong idea. The photo is obviously afterwards - he han't tucked his shirt in. And that's no whistle, just the biggest woodbine I've ever seen.
Wasn't around to comment on this sooner, but I laughed out loud at the thought of anyone who could imagine that picking up girls and whistle playing were anything but mutually exclusive endeavors.
Yeah, I tried that music playing thing to girls. I once went to a park and I played a tune there with me flaute. A girl came up to me and I didn't know how to act because I was too shy then.
She saw that I didn't know how to cope with her interest. I think that men are made to chase women. Just do it the old fashioned way. Use pick up lines. Well, I had to get over my shyness first. And using lines really helped. I remember finding some lines from this site http://pickuplinesblog.com/ and using them without any luck in the beginning.
After only about one month, I felt like a mack daddy. I didn't need music anymore
I haven't gotten laid since I took up the fiddle which was about 6 years ago, damn has it been that long? I should go back to guitar, I had much better luck.
Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Hi there.
Following the discussion on tunes which make you cry, I'm posting this to have your suggestion about tunes you would play to girls to have one more chance, you know what I mean
I'm not that good whistle player, but I found to be pretty successful "An feochan" (easy air but pretty hard to interpret) and "Caoineadh Cu Chulainn", which sounds beautiful on a low whistle.
I'm waiting for you hints, hoping that this post didn't offended anyone, it was not my intention.
Cheers,
Melagodo
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by melagodo
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
"Will you come home with me"
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by DrSilverSpear
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
There's that lovely old air that Seamus Ennis used to play called "Ba mhaith liom a fháil i do bristin"
Try that.
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by Jon Kiparsky
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Whistles can't pick up the girls, sorry. ;)
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by pipersgrip
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
I don't know, it seemed to work for Micho Russell..
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by Prof. Prlwytzkofski
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
That was a different time and generation.
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by pipersgrip
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
A good tonguing helps.
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by Ben Steen
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
"Is that a Clarke's in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?"
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by MacCruiskeen
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
If you can figure out a nice rendition of Marvin Gaye's "Let's get it on" you'll be knee deep in it.
Regretfully I play the banjo - second only to the accordion in utterly repelling city dwelling women.
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by Jusa Nutter Eejit
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
I imagine accordion players do well. Women love blokes with large boxes.
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by DrSilverSpear
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Just play any tune and say that you wrote it for her. Just make sure she doesn't know anything about Irish music, which odds are, she won't.
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by Jason G
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
OOOooo well played SS.
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by Jusa Nutter Eejit
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Not The King Of The Fairies.
Not because of any connotations of the name, as girls other than tradheads don't *know* the names: just because it is the dullest and most lacking in erotic potential of all tunes in the trad firmament. It is quite detumescent.
But no - all those tune names freighted with innuendo are lost on the fair, who just don't know them. Unless they are tradheads, in which case they will just know them as "that one", "that other one", "the one Dave got from Milton Malbay", and so on, like the rest of us.
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by nicholas
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Come on guys, give us a bit more credit. Some of us know a fair bit about this music (or try to anyway).
For the record Jusa, banjo is my favourite instrument.
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by Glass of Beer
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
You should love your whistle more than any mere girl.
The coorect question therefore be...........
"How do I finda girl that will buy me whistles?"
Surprisingly, I can't advise, I'm still looking !!
Best not let the current Mrs Orme hear me say that mind !!
Fiddle seems to be the instument for picking up the ladies - what do you say Jim ?
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by ormepipes
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
The wolf whistle. Always worked for Tex Avery:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVN1Apz45AE
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by NEW Pure Drop® Ear Canal Oil
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Our piper was a chick-magnet! But I think it wasn't just the size of his pipes...
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by Mark Harmer
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
I've always been a big fan of "This one's metal, but I'll show my woody at home."
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by JHamilton
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
I think it dose not really matter what tunes you play her, but if you can play your whistle anything like this young man, you might stand a chance - lol..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mjlxufre5w&feature=fvwrel
jim,,,
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by FIDDLE4
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
"Regretfully I play the banjo - second only to the accordion in utterly repelling city dwelling women.
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by Jusa Nutter Eejit "
JNE, you're just not holding it right.
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by full measure
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Are you kidding me? Get a job, then buy a motorbike or a red
sports car. Also, try to look like George Clooney - that helps a lot.
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by Hup
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Please rate the following instruments in terms of sexiness, with 1 being "You're practically being shagged in the pub while playing it" and 10 being, "They would not touch you with a bargepole even if you were the last man/woman on earth."
Fiddle
Uilleann pipes
Hurdy-Gurdy
Whistle
Flute
Guitar
Didjeridoo
Banjo
Harp
Accordion
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by DrSilverSpear
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
No bodhran on your list, come on!?!
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by shanty
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
My hypothesis w/anticipated pickup/putdown lines:
1. Guitar - "Can you do any John Mayer? I LOVE him."
2. Uilleann pipes - "Have you guys played the song from Titanic yet?"
3. Fiddle - "Don't the Dropkicks use one of those?"
4. Flute - "Is that a clarinet? I love swing music."
5. Harp - "You're the most f***ed up angel I've ever seen."
6. Whistle - "It's okay, baby. Or course it goes all the way down to Bb. Everyone has a bad night."
7. Hurdy-gurdy - "Your monkey is SO CUTE."
8. Didjeridoo - "What else can you do with that pipe?"
9. Accordion - "La Vie en Rose was my grandmother's favorite song."
10. Banjo - "My friend says you have a real purty mouth."
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by JHamilton
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Hmm - interesting perspective. I notice concertina is missing!!
It is off the chart, but which way? I think from my male perspective, I'd put female accordion players at the top of the list
and female concertina players second. I have no idea why - it's
the same reason I have for liking redheads.
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by Hup
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Uilleann pipes
Fiddle
Whistle
Flute depends on the gender of the player, sorry it just does and it's placement will fluctuate at least 4 points depending
Didjerido's are too stoned to be sexy
guitars are boring
Irish banjo up
bluegrass banjo down
Accordion and harp are celebate metrosexuals who would just like to talk and hang out.
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by shanty
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Don't forget the harmonica. Way up on the top of the list, for those who appreciate lingual dexterity and stamina.
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by Jon Kiparsky
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Pipers and box players are probably the best at picking up women, seeing as they spend so much time learning how to ...
Never mind. I won't say it. It wouldn't be proper.
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by banshee misfortune
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Well, all I know is that a fiddler with good intonation learns to find the same exact spot, within a millimeter, again and again and again...at speed, without looking, whilst maintaining rhythm.
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by Eliza Jane McNamara
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
@Hup: Then you're gonna love this gal!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0P0EvJOfRQ
I've personally played tunes with her in SF and I can honestly say that there are few out there that can match her unbridled energy, enthusiasm, and stamina for getting things fired up in the session!
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by fiddlerdan
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Hurdy Gurdy can be sexy if you dress up like this though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BwjSL35vWo
lol
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by tradguy
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Ha ha! What a legend! Thanks fiddlerdan -- if I wasn't already
married ...
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by Hup
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
"again and again and again...at speed, without looking, whilst maintaining rhythm."
Sounds like one of those robots on the Ford assembly line, Eliza Jane.
Nothing like the classic romantic sound of the mandolin, used by every successful serenader since Romeo...oh, right, didn't work out too well for him, but he forgot to watch for the future in-laws...
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by oldstrings
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9sirG0UEG
Good performance in the dark, but not so attractive over breakfast.
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by oldstrings
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Sorry, try this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyPAIpXm-nU
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by oldstrings
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
"Nothing like the classic romantic sound of the mandolin, used by every successful serenader since Romeo."
Nothing like a bit of embellishment....
Reminds me of those swashbuckling movies set in the 18th century and there's some lowly deckhand playing a concertina - decades before it was invented.
Nay lad, there were no mandolins in Arthur Brooke's day - not even Billy Shakespeare's day. 'Twas the humble lutenist giving it laldy.
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by Weejie
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
I don't think it's the instrument. Try money, but is that the sort of girl you want. Or twinkling eyes..........
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by minijackpot
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Re the OP and for the days thats in it, I suppose 'Haste to the Wedding' might do the trick?
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by the wounded hussar
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
It doesn't matter what tune or instrument you are playing if you are wearing a kilt.
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by gam
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
...unless you are this bloke, in which case there is no hope
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNG9gSJKbAo
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by gam
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
How about asking her: would you like to see my instrument?
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by amhrán
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Thanks all of you for your replies ;)
I'm not trying to have a chance with one girl in particular, but I'm trying to take advantage of my whistle passion with girls in general ;)
It's a good way to invite girls at home since I can't carry my whistles all the time with me, but then you have to surprise them someway..
Btw, I quote that a good tonguing technique might help...should definitely practice more often
I'll check the tunes u gave me, and will look where to focus on!
Good luck to you, single men
Melagodo
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by melagodo
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
After watching that Omnia video, I keep hearing
Go to the window
Go to the window
Go to theee wndow
Go tooo te wndow
Go to the window
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by MorganYYZ
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
And here I thought the humble piano and its equally humble player was the most repellent instrument for the female human beings.
Laurence
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by fauxcelt
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
"Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Whistles can't pick up the girls, sorry. ;)
# Posted on April 28th 2011 by pipersgrip
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
I don't know, it seemed to work for Micho Russell.."
I was told that in his later years, Micho Russell wouldn't play unless he was festooned with German girls.
Heaven knows what he did with them.
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by nicholas
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
I don't think it matters what you play on your whistle so long as it comes in a solid gold box engraved
WITH THE SINCERE APPRECIATION OF THE TEN-INCH CLUB TO OUR MILLION-DOLLAR BENEFACTOR, AND TO CERTIFY THAT YOURS IS LONGER THAN THIS
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by Jack Campin
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Found it. If it worked for this guy it MUST have been good. Learn some Romanian tunes.
http://jeanluc.matte.free.fr/articles/typologie/flute2.jpg
# Posted on April 29th 2011 by Jack Campin
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Jack,
Think you have the wrong idea. The photo is obviously afterwards - he han't tucked his shirt in. And that's no whistle, just the biggest woodbine I've ever seen.
# Posted on April 30th 2011 by ormepipes
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Wasn't around to comment on this sooner, but I laughed out loud at the thought of anyone who could imagine that picking up girls and whistle playing were anything but mutually exclusive endeavors.
# Posted on April 30th 2011 by AlBrown
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Yes - I found it hilarious too Al. Made me think of the "Big Bang Theory" sitcom
# Posted on April 30th 2011 by Hup
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
It works better the other way. Wee bonnie songbird and/or dancing whistler lasses are irresistible to rakish fiddlers.
# Posted on April 30th 2011 by SWFL Fiddler
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Thank you for the non-scientific explanation Mr. Florida Fiddler.
Laurence
# Posted on April 30th 2011 by fauxcelt
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Actually, Melagodo, forget the whistle, and music altogether.
Borrow a puppy and sit on a park bench.
# Posted on April 30th 2011 by oldstrings
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
It sounds like you are speaking from experience, SWFL!
# Posted on April 30th 2011 by AlBrown
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Just to show you're available
'i buried my wife, then danced on top of her"
followed by
"An phis phliuch".
All the best
Brian x
# Posted on April 30th 2011 by briantheflute
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Yeah, I tried that music playing thing to girls. I once went to a park and I played a tune there with me flaute. A girl came up to me and I didn't know how to act because I was too shy then.
She saw that I didn't know how to cope with her interest. I think that men are made to chase women. Just do it the old fashioned way. Use pick up lines. Well, I had to get over my shyness first. And using lines really helped. I remember finding some lines from this site http://pickuplinesblog.com/ and using them without any luck in the beginning.
After only about one month, I felt like a mack daddy. I didn't need music anymore
# Posted on May 2nd 2011 by Bring22it
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
I haven't gotten laid since I took up the fiddle which was about 6 years ago, damn has it been that long? I should go back to guitar, I had much better luck.
# Posted on May 5th 2011 by Earl Cameron
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Girls prefer low Whistle...
# Posted on May 6th 2011 by fer
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
What? Size matters?
# Posted on May 6th 2011 by ...
Re: Whistle tunes to pick up the girls
Barry Lyndon ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdsbVXKBKzY
# Posted on May 8th 2011 by Ben Steen