This is why I keep a tin whistle in my pocket on gigs...
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- Опубликовано: 27 мар 2023
- There's an iconic tin whistle solo on the song You Can Call Me Al so anytime it's on the set list I always bring my tin whistle🙈 This was on St. Patrick's day so I had to throw a little bit of St. Anne's Reel in at the end:)
Musicians: Vince Wylie, Mariko Reid, Jacob Pleakis, Denzel Chismar-Oliver, Andrew Kirk, Brandon Lehman
#musicianlife #musicians #whistle 
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For those of you asking, this is the tin whistle I’m playing (key of F): amzn.to/3wsL5HF
I wanna see the whole video! Love that song!
@@trevortidwell3559 what’s the song ?
@@sensational121 ”You Can Call Me Al” by Paul Simon
Do Africa next.. :P
That's excellent!
Remember switching to your secondary is always faster than reloading.
😂😂😂
might be the best comment i've ever read
I can't breathe😂 this is so funny.
You dont come across gold like this everyday.
lol
As a whistle player, I always keep a saxophone in my pocket.
Lmao😂😂😂
Is that a saxophone in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?
If you have a Sopranissimo sax and you wear some JMCO jeans you might be able to pull that off
Oops I meant JNCO jeans
I need a picture.
As an Irish person, where in school tin whistle was mandatory it’s so strange to hear it being played well lmao
LOL well I appreciate that!!🙏🏻
Frr😊
Wouldn’t say they’re mandatory in South Africa but a bunch of my friends and I had penny whistles growing up. Reckon they’re almost the same thing as a tin whistle 🤔
@@greenplasticgun from what I can tell, it’s just a different name for the Tin Whistle
So in America we get the recorder and the Irish get the tin whistle. 😞
Melting faces with the tin whistle that's when you know you're a badass musician.
Thank you!!
@@FoolishFrankie you're welcome
😂 or Irish descendant
I saw Paul Simon twice and still never seen the pennywhistle solo. Last time was Farewell tour but I’m not rdy for farewell
more like melting hearts
Bro has a degree in quantum rizzics
Omgg😂
Haha lol
Not the quantum rizzics 💀
I’m definitely using that
He's the Rizzerd of Oz💀
He's not blinking at random. He's trying to signal for help. He just forgot morse code.
no he didn't forget. he said "a pjje mm l a tt r"
@@steveskeletonneii6336didnt realise he was polish
Those blinks aren't just random either..they're targeted..and every single blink..is over 100% of his power!
@@shietnewfeature.delethethis LMFAO
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As a drummer, I am impressed by the drummer, he killed it too
Andrew Kirk!!
Had the same thought as a drummer, he was popping off
yes i love those little fills on the ride
He definitely deserves the love. Is there an angle on the drummer?
Came here to say this. That was an awesome little bit of music I never would've heard otherwise. Cool stuff
Whole band sounds super clean.
🙏🏻🙏🏻
I hosed them off just before the show
The fact you pulled out the whistle for this song to stay true to the Paul Simon version gets my respect. That entire album is a masterpiece
Thank you🙏🏻
agreed!!!! always enjoyed this song😊
I used to work at a sushi joint that played rock videos on the TV all day and I would spend all day waiting for this song to come on. It's really cool to see someone else play it.
What song is that?
Some phenomenal bass work on that album as well
That solo was so fucking clean what 😭
Dude was freaking shredding
No this guy blows.
Absolutely beautiful
it wasn't a solo tho
his solo may have been clean but his tenor saxophone wasn’t
The bass and drums really kept it right in the pocket for his solo. Really good stuff here.
If only the bass was fretless…would have been sick
Mainly because it's not really improv, this is a full part of an actual song "you can call me al"
@@daanroelofs119 right and they know how to keep time.
You just never know when you're going to be thrust into a classic "you can call me Al" situation
Rasshan Roland Kirk oh yeah
I thank you
You know you've impressed someone when they forget to bust out their phone until halfway through your performance.
@@mattdrummond3552 or like "this is so suprising that i'll want to experience it again and share that experience with others"
Lol
It’s like a UFO sighting - the best and craziest things in this world don’t get caught on camera.
Also I like to think it's their own singer that had no idea he played the electric blower
😂😂😂😂😂 Sad but true
Goddamn, a tin whistle has never had it so good. You played that thing like you invented it.
I appreciate the kind words🙏🏻
Thank you!!!! I practiced a lot for this moment
@@obijuankenobi420 😆😆😆
@ObiJuanKenobi you are not this man
He played very confidently for this solo, but there are some truly crazy lads and lassies who play this instrument.
Can we talk about not just the solo, but the way he KILLED the reel at the end?! Hot stuff, my guy!
Much love🙏🏻🙏🏻
I love that he blinks like a hundred times while the lady almost didnt blink at all
Anybody who could identify that as not an ink pen from a distance has my respect.
Has your respect or is Irish lol
At first glance, I thought it was a plastic tip cigar. To be fair I sell them at work but I’d never have clocked it as a tin whistle on sight lol
Biggest pen I've ever seen 🤣🤣🤣
Its just called a pen
Didn't know you could play a tune on a vape
The girl went through half of the facial expressions known to humans in one video
Without context, it looks like shes smelling a really bad fart.
@@Brotherbranflakes LMAO
@@Brotherbranflakes Both amazing discoveries.
She gonna suck his whistle after that.
Wet as October...
There is nothing cooler than having two instruments on you and being able to swap between them during a song, even if it is just a tin whistle
“Just”?!???
@@pb7379-j2k yes why "just"
I remember seeing the Hoosiers and watching a keyboard/trumpet (horn?) Dual wield live on stage. That was balling.
@@pb7379-j2k I say “just” because it’s easier to handle a tin whistle than, say, a guitar or accordion or saxophone
@@celloj3703 how dare you
That was epic. Perfect timing for the synth to come in afterwards, hit like a tonne of brick 😩
This drummer is killing it too
Andrew Kirk🔥
@@FoolishFrankieman you killed it. That was awesome to watch
Big Facts!
Would be nothing without the bass
They never get the same light and I feel it's quite sad
Switching to your tin whistle is faster than adjusting your mic stand.
Pretty sure I saw this in a loading screen
Absolutely goat’d comment
Pfffffffffffft
@@stoatlover63 csgo 😂
Great rendition!! I appreciate that you played that orig segment on the whistle when you guys could have set the synthesizer to sound like it! Bravo all!
Thank you!!
Hell yeah man!!! I'm really into Celtic fusion and this put a huge smile on my face!!! Thanks brother!
Um it's South African.
@@MarcTelesha What do you mean?
This song was recorded with Paul Simmon and musicians from South Africa. The person that played the tin whislte is mostly a saxophonist from South Africa. Morris Goldberg@@jonathanmoellman
@@MarcTelesha OK sure, but he references a traditional Celtic tune (reel) known as "St. Anne's". Hence the comment :)
@@MarcTeleshawhat's the name of the song?
You know you’re in the zone when your eyes blink uncontrollably
😂 fr hes blinking to the beat, but in jazz
So true
@@jchrizzy6995 I hope more people realize how funny your comment is lol
It also helps you remember notes so when you are practicing if you blink or tap in a certain way it will trigger the muscle memory when you play aswell as the thought.
@@Humn_ftrLL R.E.M. refers to R.E.M. (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep which is when we’re also dreaming.
That solo was clean AF!!
Fun fact: The famous bass solo lick was improvised in a rehearsal and Paul Simon liked it so much he not only kept it but made it twice as long by playing the recording again in reverse.
Whoa, need to go listen to it again!! 😮😮
It's probably the best known palindrome in all of modern music (if not all music).
I am forever telling people that part of the bass solo is rewound, and everyone looks at me like I’m crazy. I heard it years ago as a kid and heard it. After 20+ years of trying to get people to hear it, only musicians (I used to be a musician) can hear it. It’s so frustrating.
What song is this
@@bobfrediii2131: You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon.
Just that blank stare😂😂
Trying to stay focused 🙈
That's the Musical Mind Palace
I haven't heard this song in years and I think this is the best possible way I could have
The gal in the background was preparing for some secondhand embarrassment but got the solo of a life time
Agree. She was looking for the WTF moment then when the moment came she was shocked.
@@garyspencer72 thank you for the mouth breather analysis
@@FartInYourFace234 This is such a happy and wholesome comment section, why you gotta be mean?
@@pendlera2959 I mean, have you read his name?
@@garyspencer72 no she was breaking up while her boyfriend :p
Definitely had this on loop for about 15 minutes already, this is going to be in my head all day!
dude you're awesome. what talent
I appreciate that!
Can we talk about that drummer though? Dude was spot on? 🥁
Andrew Kirk!!
Yer kept tempo right the way through the key part and comfortably at that
We never talk about the drummers … they’re too kool
Yea bro ,the dude was awesome
@@FoolishFrankie That drummer was legendary!! Didn’t even flinched to stay in tune!
This man just won that girls heart
why is he a man but she's not a woman but a girl
@@pedro-pascals-armpit because she laughed at the size of his whistle? 🤣
@@pedro-pascals-armpit because that's how people normally say it, this is a wholesome comment, don't turn it into a warzone
@@pedro-pascals-armpit get out of here cancel culture.
Shorty wanted to give him that slurp slurp 9000
There he is: the coolest man in the room
That was badass. The Irish part also added something extra
The frantic blinking of a man with no control, yet all of the control
He breathes through his eyes.
The rapid blinking of concentration is basically a power up.
blinking in time and everything lmfao
In time at that. Lol i chew gum in time whilst playinh guitar.
Pre-caching the notes. lol.
A humble tin whistle...one of the sexiest instruments around!
This video keeps popping up and making me happy every time i watch it…year after year
We just witnessed the first human male to get laid from playing a whistle
It's just the first time it was recorded, bruv... you *know* it's happened before 😆
pied piper got to lay his *pipe*
😂😂😂😂
@@theeoneandonlyushygushy those were children. lol.
My grandad hooked up with my grandma after whistling the ever so famous 'feetfew' notes. This was a common thing in the past until feminism put a label on it and ruined it.
"and that my children, was how i met your father."
This one time....at band camp
I have never looped a short until now, can't get enough of that tin whistle solo😂
This is quite a feat being able to play both instruments, because the tin whistle gets lower while closing your fingers on it where the sax works the other way around. Respect! 👏
Actually the saxophone pretty much works the same just with more keys!! The breath control difference is probably the hardest part. Thanks for the kind words🙏🏻
When your fellow performer has to take a picture of you while you're both sharing the stage, you've done something right
It's so rehearsed
@@Devilsfan118 i hope so. Hate to think that this is improv
I'm guessing she was a fill-in for their normal vocalist
No she just needed something for social media.
normal vocalist? its a gig band, they probably havnt played with each other.@@aliveinhim9793
He's reading the sheet music in his brain with every blink like an old timey film projector 😂
that... might genuinely be a part of recalling the score for him. it wouldn't really surprise me. similar to how folks with a nervous tic aren't conscious of their abnormality, he might not have even realized he blinked faster on the whistle than when he was on the sax until he watched the recording
it's an interesting little rabbit hole to dive into, associating an individual's behaviors with completely internalized and subconscious processes
@@Sihgilanu i mean 100%. I commented that because that's what I do when I play something fast so it just made me laugh and comment
That is the definition of cool
This is an interesting comment to me. Mostly because it's not how I play (the clarinet). Once I've practiced a piece multiple times, I play via muscle memory rather than picturing the sheet music. By muscle memory I mean the positioning and movement of my fingers on the instrument. I suspect you're correct about this musician picturing/ reading it in his head through. It's fascinating to learn about how different people do things in different ways!
What sheet music? It’s an improv solo. There is no sheet music. Unless you mean from the Irish tunes he snuck in there. I think that the other musicians at the gig had no idea that he would play that.
Mans went OFF with that tin whistle. Also the drummer and singer killed it too
Badass move. Absolutely solid.
She went from "oh no lol he's taking out the whistle 😅" to "omg wow look at that whisteling 😮" real quick 😂
Someone was impressed!
From 😂
To 😍
There's a lot of tongue action involved tbh
Yeah so quick... I think... 😂
She mustn’t have known the song that well
Props to the drummer for keeping the steady beat during this awesome solo.
And the Bass!
thats what drummers are supposed to do. why are you surprised??
It wasn't a solo then if other instruments were playing....
@@mbsly1 in music we call things solos if they are the main instrument you need to hear, or if they have melody. Solo doesn't necessarily mean only one playing
@@mbsly1a solo is a single performer playing the melody.
St Anne's reel at the end, really nice.
As soon as I heard the st Anne’s I started smiling. That’s my jam.
Mans an absolute UNIT of a musician
🥺
YOU DESTROYED THAT🔥🙌🏻🔥🙌🏻🔥🙌🏻
Broooo thank you so much🥺🙏🏻
Are talking about the girl or the part he played?
God told your dad that when you were conceived
@@trollingisasport both
Bro got that tin whistle rizz
this man blinks 180 times per second what a legend
love the way she exclaims "wow..." right on the last beat of the 2-bar synth break just after the killer whistle solo, whether intentional or not.
I wonder if being a professional musician she just functions on beat during the set. Just has the internal rhythm going the whole time whether actively singing or not.
@@HimanXKdont wonder, thats it
Frankie's got that tin whistle rizz
😂
It’s the Rhizzle
@@hushex5150 he holds the power of the tin rhizzle
@@profex. And it’s tin not thin so to speak…
@@hushex5150 We've now made it full circle to Snoop Dogg😅
Bro that melody is SWEET
Bruh I'm just happy to hear my favorite Paul Simon song being covered!
If you’re not married already mate, i think you just won that’s young lassie’s heart
I’m trying to figure out why she was hanging around on the stage???
@@4thegloryofthelordshes the singer i think
@@funkykongrealGroupie lol😂😂😂
@@4thegloryofthelord She is a vocalist. It's possible that they don't play in a fix group or that he was stepping in for another sax player and she really didn't know him
@@4thegloryofthelordI wonder why she’s so surprised/overwhelmed. It’s a song being performed by a band. People double up on instruments in bands. It happens all the time. It’s not an unusual occurrence.
That "wow" from a fellow performer on stage at the end of the solo is the biggest and best compliment ever! And that ever so slight whiff of a smile while stepping off, of a bloke who's well chuffed with what just happened, is absolutely earned and so well deserved. Cracking job mate!
I might argue the fact that she was so impressed and in awe that she didn’t even think to take her phone out to record him till he was almost done with the solo might be a bigger compliment XD
@@audreyxatomicliving in the moment...
And that's how he met his wife😂
Doesn’t take a commenter much .
Flawless. Very cool!
Thanks a lot!
As amazing as it is to see this live; seeing her almost cry, makes me almost cry.
His eyes flickering as he rapidly remembered each note. Actual perfection.
He's spelling TORTURE in Morse
@@ruben247 😂
It’s a bass drum solo with his eyelids
It’s for the deaf people in the audience
@@j-darma right! Always makes me laugh when people first time near the buss drum
This guy can definitely come to my birthday party.
Happy birthday!
Haha I just had the thought, what if the entirety of RUclips was all just secretly/unknowingly auditions for one guy's birthday party!
@@atlas_of_prescottia omg yes
@@atlas_of_prescottia Please dont drink the bong water.
@@GetFuktPriusOwners Don't need to; I'm high on life!
He even nailed Paul's awkward expression
@Mr. King the expression duh. Did you even read the comment? 😂😂😂
@Mr. King Paul Simon is a funny guy, he makes these weird faces in the original music video with Chevy Chase, and I think Frankie was paying homage to that during his performance, that was top tier, really enjoyable.. I'm not English native so maybe awkward wasn't the best choice of words
@@anameyoucantremember Awkward, or perhaps weird, is the right word, in my opinion. I dunno if Paul intended to make a face but it would make sense if he did intend to, cuz the video is a little weird (in a good way). Anyways, hope y’all have a swell day 😃💜
Awkward is the perfect word.
@Mr. King, nope. You might want to watch the original video for this song. The OP is spot on. Also, majored in English, so I’m good, thanks.
That said, I get what you’re saying; this is a hard bit of music to nail perfectly on a tin whistle (as the player did), and requires a great deal of concentration (hence the rapid eye blinking). But there was a hint of the playful AWKWARDNESS reminiscent of Paul Simon in the video with Chevy Chase here as well.
You’re so stoic on this while the other performer is fangirling out. 😂
What a special song! And the story behind the bass solo is heart warming! Great job man!
Bro fr whipped out the rizz flute and proceed to bust it down
Goated with the sauce 👌
Lol calling a tin whistle a tizzy flute
@@tardigrademicroquirked up white boy
@@QuiltbagFleabag with a little bit of swag
You absolutely murdered that, as someone who transcribed the solo to guitar it sounds so much better on the original whistle.
🙏🏻🙏🏻
Dude, the original was recorded in a studio, on professional equipment, track by track, not on stage with a mobile phone.
@@paulgushdude
@@paulgush Dude, what does that have to do with someone saying that their attempt to play this solo on guitar didn’t sound as good as the original instrument? Like, dude, the original track was recorded in a studio? On professional equipment? Track by track? Not on stage? Not on a mobile phone? What does that mean? DUDE! DUDE!
@chrisraine2038 so wait, butchered is bad, but murdered is good? You can see how the original comment was a little unclear
Thats probably the coolest thing I'll see today. Love that song.
This is just so good, I can watch it over and over. The bass and drums are perfect, and I love the playfulness of the whistle!
That's a real "It's not the size of the instrument, it's how you play it." moment.
Fr 😂😂
Brutally impressive. Instrumentally literate performers switching instruments like it's nothing, especially from something "serious" to something goofy, always gets me.
What's brutal about it tho?
What's brutal about it tho?
Sax, to me, sounds more goofy than a tin whistle
@@sepg5084 I know right? It's literally part of the song and everyone's acting like it's a miracle. I guess they are just personally surprised by his talent? If it's personal then it's not really for me, i dont give 3 shits about this guy. If he's covering this song, i would EXPECT at least someone in the band to play that solo.
Goofy? HE ROCKED THAT PLACE WITH THAT "GOOFY"
TIN WHISTLE!!
I’ve watched this literally hundreds of times, and every time it still gives me goosebumps lol it’s soo good
That bassist is worthy of mention too. Good on everybody there.
The tin flute plus an absolute killer rhythm section man way to go
Ya, gotta give some love to the rythym backing him up.
They had me rate your comment for some reason. 👍
I actually gave it another listen because of your comment, they held him up beautifully… a good band is a rare things these days…
They held it down like a mahfk
Recorder* not a flute
She just slowly shifted from concern to amazement.
The shift you saw was from dry to wet.
@@hamonthecob😭
Theyre now married with children
nah homegirl was DRENCHED
God, that St Anne’s Reel riff was so cleanly played.. Go off 👑
🙏🏻🙏🏻
The way I’m learning st Anne’s real rn was really fitting as this just came up on my shorts😂
This has such a ridiculous feel good vibe and I want more 😂
Check out Paul Simon's Graceland album
Honestly the most impressive thing I’ve seen a sax player do
LOL well thanks😂
That level of air control is something else
Yeah ditching the saxophone is really the best a sax player can do 😂😂
Isn't it that you use the same fingersettings on a whistle like that, as on a sax itself?
@shimaki591 The fingerings might not change too much but saxes use a lot more air.
This is my absolute favorite of all your videos! I just love the surprised reaction of the lady in the background. And how you look like this is nothing to you. Golden content! 🎉🎉❤
this clip actually got me to go out and buy one, and three months later i’m pretty good at it. i love it! such a fun thing.
Ahh that’s so awesome to hear!!
As an Irish man, I can now confirm you as a legend
As another Irish man, I agree
You mean Ulsterman?
Hah I was about to post this!
As another Irish Andy, I agree
@@user-zy9yg2eu5t Since Ulster is a province of Ireland an Ulsterman is automatically also an Irishman.
This is one of the few music channels where i 100% believe that the performance and reactions are real. So many videos of people playing pianos in public spaces and then "WOW a sax player came by and joined in?!" Playing the most perfect collab... so spontaneous right?
Massive respect to this channel
LOL yeah the musicians on stage with me would stop hiring me if I faked my videos😂 much love🙏🏻
@@FoolishFrankieit's obvious it's real, which is why I don't know how you guys can be such amateurs to film in people's events 😂
@@akirathedog777 video is directed to stage, would likely be part of the agreement.
@akirathedog777 if you've never hired them its not really your business anyway lmfao
@@uneducatedisnotstupidlol1504 its common courtesy in the trade, jazz musicians who play in private events are expected to respect the privacy of the families involved
If you dont know this thats ok, it just means youre not a jazz musician or youre a noobie
He'll be going to gigs like I got that thang on me and what he really means is I have a tin whistle😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This guy spends his whole life waiting for this moment and this request! Great job 👏😁
Then he just tucks himself back in the band's spot he was standing in, as if to let the whistle cool off, the mad lad. Well done
This is actually at a wedding. The Bride and Groom really loved the episode of The Office where Pam asks if Andy wants her to walk down the aisle to "You Can Call Me Al!"
I was hoping to see him and at least once other player on the stage break into the dance kicks that Paul Simon and Chevy Chase did together at the end of the Simon's video.
That solo is slot on, holy!
🙏🏻🙏🏻
Dude straight up killed it.
We need more whistle/flute solo's in everything
More cowbell, too!
Solos*
And more accordions. Maybe not together but both of these instruments are gold mines of joy.
Jethro Tull has plenty of flute solos
The talent this man exudes is tremendous.
Much love🙏🏻
this has PERFECT “bridge in a song from a wii game” vibes
I love how the girl is totally blown away when my man pulls out his tin whistle & goes totally Paul Simon on the crowd.
As Teddy Roosevelt once said “Speak softly, and carry a tiny pocket tin whistle… It’ll make the girls go crazy”
True
I’d love to see it played in other contexts
"Also a metal glasses case. I hear those are lucky."
Or carry a limitless credit card
aww yes, he said that during the speech he gave right after being shot
That sounded note for note exactly like the original. Big props!
Thank you I tried my best to transcribe the original as closely as possible!
It was even better then the original
What’s it called?
Which song is it called
@@greenlight5455 Paul Simon - you can call me al
Wow a musician brings an instrument to a gig... Amazing!!!