RIP Roger you will be missed. My grandparents had most of his albums. I have fond memories of sitting with my beloved grandmother listening to Roger's songs on the old radiogram fifty years ago as a small boy. I feel quite emotional.
This may not have won the Eurovision Song Contest but it will forever stay in the cultural history of Finland as a prized possession. Thank you, Roger.
aniq4 The song was used as a theme in the most popular food program in Finnish television. It was called Patakakkonen and lasted for 27 years. Almost every Finn recognises the song and they all know it from the show.
I like this very much indeed! This is really a classic performance of the piece "Finnish Whistler" by Roger Whittaker who has himself composed this whistling piece. Some people say that R. W. has composed this whistling piece grounded on the Finnish folksong/traditional "Oi, jos ilta joutuisi" ("Oh, if the evening would arrive"). This performance has happened in Finlandia House in Helsinki in FINLAND in 1974 during the final trial to get the song which would represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974. I am Roger Whittaker's greatest fan of Finland since December 2006 and have met him shortly in person after his concert in Ringsted in Denmark on Saturday evening on the 20th of September 2008 and met him longer on the following/next day in the restaurant of Scandic Hotel Ringsted after the breakfast when finally in the end there were for a while he and me only. Then I could take a few photos of him and his self-penned autograph for me by my ballpoint pen "To Ari - With every good wish - Hope to see you in Finland!"
Just saw the advert and was thinking, why is this whistle so familiar. Then it hit me, heard it in the Finnish TV as a young guy in the 80's and 90's. I did watch the Patakakkonen then.
Never knew there was such a thing as professional whistlers but i must admit that this guy is AWESOME compared to the person that came across on my feed that people were praising. Maybe the other person could do more but the snippet they showed didn't impress me at all because i whistled along with them with no problem....THIS GUY RIGHT HERE IS TALENT and i will admit that i cannot do this. He actually sounds like an instrument!! OMG he is not human!!
This used to be the theme song of very popular Finnish cooking TV-show called Patakakkonen that was running in the national station TV2 from 1970 to 1996. The main character, Jaakko Kolmonen, was well known cook around the Finland and he was also teaching the art of cooking in different schools. 1991 he got Finnish Lion's Order of Merit and later he also was nominated as a Councellor of Education. He died September 3, 2016.
Ik stuurde dit lied altijd naar mijn vader. Hij luisterde er vaak dinsdag als de werkster er was, naar. Samen met mijn moeder op de rode bank. Nu is mijn vader er niet meer. Dit lied heeft opeens een andere en diepere betekenis voor mij. Wat kan muziek toch van waardevolle betekenis zijn. Ik draag dit lied, nu verbonden aan mijn overleden vader en straks vast ook aan mijn moeder in mijn hart. Klote dood. Sorry voor het woord.
Roger Whittaker is absolutely the best whistler I have ever heard. I have heard many talented whistlers, including quite a few of the pieces that won them competitions, but none of them are this hard. Roger Whittaker is amazing. I wonder how he does it.
I totally agree ! ... I've practiced few hours every single day for the past 15 years (gave up trumpet & other instruments to focus strictly on whisteling) but I have absolutely no idea how he can do some little amazing tricks, he is way above any whistler i know. He's my hero.
@@olivierpreziosa1707 I have no idea either, but he was born and raised in Kenya, and he apparently learned to whistle while he was growing up there. Perhaps searching for other Kenyan whistlers would turn up information on techniques?
@@ShinnoElilost to time I'm afraid. Edwardian missionaries were particularly efficient in wiping out cultural practices to produce a "civilized" workforce for the settler economy.
I grew up listening to Roger Whittaker; my parents were fans and had lots of his records (yes, on vinyl ^_^), and it's always been my ambition to learn how to whistle like this. (Granted, I'm slightly more likely to master rocket science than I am to get this good at whistling, but there's nothing wrong with dreaming.)
I like this much! This is really a classic performance of the piece "Finnish Whistler" by Roger Whittaker who has composed this whistling piece. Some people say that R. W. has composed this piece grounded on the Finnish folksong/traditional "Kettuemo itkee poikasiaan" ("Mother-fox is weeping for her youngs"). This performance has happened in Finlandia-house in Helsinki in FINLAND in 1974 during the final trial to get the song which would represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974.
Finlandia-house was built in the very beginning of 1970'ies and was planned by a famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. The pipe-organ on the background was planned by a famous Finnish church-/pipe-organist Enzio Forsblom (b.1920) with co-operation with a Finnish pipe-organ factory Kangasalan Urkutehdas and was built in 1973. One of the members of this orchestra on the background is a guitarist Heikki Laurila. In the end of this video is seeable also the conductor of this orchestra, Ossi Runne.
Roger is a source of great nostalgia for me because my first grade teacher used to always play us one of his albums in class. So sad to hear of his passing
I'm pretty good at whistling, can even whistle without puckering, but this guy's got amazing control and can hit higher notes than I can. It's kind of odd to be proud of my whistling in the first place, maybe, but I'm a little less proud of it now.
My mom used to listen to "easy listening" radio when I was growing up. I did not care much from that music, but I liked his songs in particular since he was singing them in French.
Rog Whittaker always said he was taught how to whistle as a child in Kenya by an old man who worked for his father. It seems like all the men in Kenya could whistle back in those days and not only postmen!
The guy was a master of his own voice. I wonder did he apprentice anyone and leave these skills and insights behind? I don't think so. Wonderful sound.
Lee T His name was Tom but we all called him Tommy. Another fond memory of Tommy is that as soon as we got on (the mini bus) he'd say "sit down you're rocking the bus" in this funny voice.
