apparently ............
a 'tin pan alley' phrase from years ago. When they got the first pressing of a record they would play it to people they called the old greys [doormen in grey suits] . The ones they could remember and could whistle having heard it just once or twice had passed the old grey whistle test.[1]
Posted By: ghostof barry butler on March 19th 2009 at 21:42:38
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- 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' what does it mean? (n/m) (General Chat) - Buckscanary, Mar 19, 21:24:01
- nice (General Chat) - double hipness, Mar 19, 21:46:52
- apparently ............ (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 19, 21:42:38
- 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' what does it mean? (n/m) (General Chat) - Buckscanary, Mar 19, 21:24:01
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