Muppet Whistles, Throat Singing & Steely Dan

Mailbag! Episode!


We've got questions about Tuvan throat singing (how does it
work??), the Unsolved Mysteries theme (why is it so creepy??),
the intro to Don McLean's "American "Pie" (how do they count
it??), Steely Dan (why do some people hate them??), Andrew Bird's
whistling solo from 2011's The Muppets (how did he do
that??), Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" (what key is it
in??), and more.


REFERENCED/DISCUSSED:


“Unsolved Mysteries Theme” composed by Gary Malkin and
Michael Boyd

“Halloween Theme” by John Carpenter

“Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd from Second
Helping, 1973

“Yuve Yuve Yu” by The Hu, 2018

“Chylandyk” by Huun-Huur-Tu, 1997

“The One I’m Waiting For” by Relient K from MMHMM,
2004

“The Breton Kingdom / Rouantelezh Vreizh” by Alan Stivell
from Before Landing, 1977

“American Pie” by Don Mclean from American Pie, 1971

“The Squeaky Wheel” by The Dear Hunter from Act IV:
Rebirth in Reprise, 2015

“Be My Baby” as recorded by The Ronettes, 1963

“Janie Runaway” by Steely Dan from Two Against Nature,
2000

“Lingala” by the SF Jazz Collective from their self-titled
2005 album

“Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk” by The New Pornographers from
Together, 2010

“The Whistling Caruso” by Andrew Bird from The
Muppets, 2011



OUTRO SOLOIST: Luke Price


This episode's outro soloist is the wonderful Portland fiddle
player Luke Price. When he's not working as a side man in a
variety of killer bands, Luke joins his wife Rachael to form the
excellent songwriting duo DEAN!. They've got a new album coming
soon and it's gonna be pretty great; in the meantime you can
follow them on Instagram and listen to some of their stuff on
their website, wearedean.com.


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