With my little Stick of Blackpool Rock

[ukulelejake88]

Can anyone please tell me the chords?

[panchopuskas1]

Another gormless comic northerner. That was the stereotype in those days until the likes of The Beatles appeared. Nevertheless, he was very funny, a great entertainer and probably the best yukele player ever. This song is so full of double-entendres I've lost count.

[mufc99ok]

no gimmicks here brilliant

[N00bSa1b0tMK]

I have stood on that stage! :D

[philwoodford]

This guy was a performer, no question.

[kevgish]

theres only george who could have got away with this simply fantastic

[FeignofCordor]

George was and still is my favourite entertainer . Simply the Best

[samJaddy]

i'm only fourteen and i find this hilarious!

[CHameleonX9]

Stop arguing and enjoy the amazing music.

[CATHERINEDAVIES123]

a fun record with a double entendre.....subtle......and funny

[pauloldfield12]

im 51 have never played a musical instrument after listening to this

icant wait to get my 1st ukulele

[rolflmaoweeee]

@normanhouse

Ty.

[SAHBfan]

2:30 onward - blimey, he'd give Jimmy Hendrix a run for his money on ukelele :-o

[rocker53zero]

@bobbygray100 send me a stick, i will send my address

[rolflmaoweeee]

He looks and sounds a right twat,and that songs fucking ridiculous.

[Moonshinedistiller]

I wonder if anyone has ever substituted 'rock' for 'cock'

[Moonshinedistiller]

@CATHERINEDAVIES123 no i didn't know at first ya dumb broad

[Moonshinedistiller]

@CATHERINEDAVIES123 I'm awfully sorry, people don't normally take offense to rudeness on the internet.

[Moonshinedistiller]

@CATHERINEDAVIES123 Come on I didn't swear and yes from your location I see you were in the middle of it.

[Marakesh7]

One of the true UK Legends. Great character, charisma and the template for the ukulele/banjo.

[CountKryzal]

Thanks are due for being original.

[Hikikomori013]

He's actually talking about a stick of rock candy, but he makes it sound both charming and obscene at the same time. That's a level of innuendo which has been lost, sadly.

Now everything is G-rated or they club you over the head with the sex. Class is a lost art.

[CATHERINEDAVIES123]

@Hikikomori013 George was subtle with his innuendo, which is cheeky and funny Pity people don't use that humour now. a funny song indeed.

[TheScorpion667]

@Hikikomori013 Exactly, i think this level of clever, comical humour died with Monty Python

[tiggwivattitude1]

@Hikikomori013 i thinks so too hun

[iwantsomecookies08]

@Hikikomori013 Don't be so nostalgic! You just have to actually look for the good through the shite. New classics are made every day, so dont put them down.

[spongebo13]

@iwantsomecookies08 I've looked hard and theres no such class today like there was, thats why I've come to videos like this.

[monkeytennis1972]

Pure filth lol.

[MartinJWillett]

@monkeytennis1972 George's sentiments exactly. - That song you sent me last week - mucky doesn't cover it. Pure filth it were. Can I have another six like it?

[ollyovwf1bruv]

no matter how much he sings his songs , he still smiles and enjoys it like it was the first tiem he played it :)

[lyndloo]

OMG !!! George Formby hahaha!!!!

[xXmikeywafc10xX]

sensational innuendo george, you all know hes referring to his penis right? the first man to include risque lyrics in music, and back in those days, it was so taboo. love ya george.

[GavDuggan1983]

@xXmikeywafc10xX I had this thought once but I really dont think so. The kids all hang around when he gets out his stick of blackpool rock?! surely he wasnt advocating paedophilia

[tombland10]

what is his ludwig tuned in at the start because i know his abbott is tuned in d and the ludwig sounds brill !

[tiffer643]

Just read a brilliant biography of Formby,was earning £1000 a week in 1940,eventually rising to £1,000 a night in the late 40's and 50's.

Did a lot of work entertaining the troops during the war for nothing nothing.

After his death there was a great family row about his estate which he had left to his godaughter,to whomhe had become engaged.when she died the estate was left to two of her closest friends,so nothing of his estate goes to any remaining family.

[Denleavy]

i dont care if i spend a pound....lol

[GavDuggan1983]

@borlandrew If it was about his penis, then surely it wouldnt include the line 'all the kids around me flock'! Thats wrong for any era! that would be banned today!

[RaananVolesPianist]

@GavDuggan1983

I think what he's saying is that the kids are flocking around him and staring because he's walking around with his "thing" hanging out, not that he's doing anything with the him!

[Escargency]

Thomas Kallmyr=Grandson via Oscar Angel Kallmyr,to George Formby

[Escargency]

Thomas Kallmyr

[frankiehiyo]

One of the rare breed, a unique talent. If you are down in the dumps listen to George, he'll put a smile on your face.

[tenodogblu]

Turned out nice again. What a treasure George was and how could you not love that face ??

[ollyovwf1bruv]

he has so much fun singign his songs , evry time he makes himself laf , he must of been a very happy person uno xx

[acquiesce100]

Guys, can anyone remember which George formby film its is where he is accused of staeling something and Geoge is saying "I didnt do it" and puts his hand in his packet and pulls out a coin. He runs round the room panicking going " i gotta get out, I gotta get out ooooh motherrrrrrr

[fishybishbash]

wow amazing post - this must be rare as hens teeth

[1234534lukas]

Who would dislike this? Defiantly not me! love it ;)

[Jimmysgranddaughter]

my grandad was a great fan of george, but I never paid that much attention.....strangely, I never knew why I was obsessed with Blackpool until I read the title of this song in David Thewlis's book "The Late Hector Kipling".

[humanshieldchorus]

this is about his cock right? he's refering to his penis?

[slipknot99099]

@humanshieldchorus no its about a stick of rock from blackpool xD not hard to figure out... try reading the title of the song again!

[humanshieldchorus]

@slipknot99099 poor naive slipknot

[BILLYnKAREN]

George, you were the greatest entertainer of your generation, and probably every generation since, This is the true X factor, Cowell go jump!!!!!!!!!!!

[HeathenLoveGod]

Comedy dates very badly, doesn't it?

[MrJnobianchi]

@HeathenLoveGod Even if you're not finding this funny, I have to say every time I play this it gets laughs in the right places. I have to vamp for a few measures so as not to step on the laugh. It still works.

[KITCHENOFDISTINCTION]

Frank Skinner tuned me into this wonderful man & his music via Desert Island Discs. If you don't like or can't bring yourself to appreciate this stuff I pity you.

[kirstyisonfire]

im 15 and although this is why before my time i think this is pure genious music.

<3

[trimmytrab]

Remember all his films on the TV at Xmas from when I was a kid.

My bro described him as the Russel Brand of his day - all sexual innuendo but minus the daft hair

[borlandrew]

the 4 people that dislike either have no sense of humour or are mongs

[borlandrew]

the way he writes lyrics and melodies sound like 1930's Arctic Monkeys or is that just me that thinks that

[BOT101st]

@borlandrew

1930s artic monkeys? are you mad! It should be the way they write is inspired by formby...

plus formby contributed to the writes who wrote his songs, he added to them and helped write em

[darryll1973]

its just fun and makes you smile !!!

[Willtap]

This clip just goes to show how professional this man was. He was made out to be Gormless George, but such not such a mug. He brought many a laugh to a depressed society. A True Legend. The Great George Formby will never be replaced, sadly.

[RiemannFan]

Equisitely filthy................ and quintessentially English! Long live lewd inuenndo.

[19wt60]

@RiemannFan yes, it will live forever !!! my oldest (18) loves carry on films, up pompeii and benny hill !!!! this is more subtle and as you say, quintessentially english!!!

[zcheeseolly]

Why has he got such a high voice?

[GEOREGESC]

the kids all round me flock

[JoeWPratt]

This is brillant, there will never be another George Formby, my favourite song is : 'The Emperor of Lancashire'.

[AntiGravDisclosure]

ok, i'm not been naive, but did they know that its rhyming slang for 'cock' then -if so how did he get away with it, i thought they were against that sort of humour ?

[goldblade]

George Formby...Blackpool based genius...

[Gangstagran]

Pure genius.

[stonedinsect]

the original words and original title of this track was called

my little cock

[wrathallll]

FUCKING HELL...........he doesnt even care if he spends a whole pound!!!!!!

what a baller!

a whole pound!

[themassivefail]

thats alot back then lol

[wrathallll]

lol, i know, i was just being a fucker!!!

back then you could buy a decent house for under £2,000 !!!

[TheDavynator0]

thats the mark of a real man.

[BOT101st]

@wrathallll

There use to be 240 pence to a pound and the old currency use to be £ s d... or pound shilling pence. This song was recorded in 1937. In 1937 £1 would be worth £36.98!

[lolspud]

I love this man.

[Forgotten26196]

I was 10 when my grandad started teaching me how to play the ukulele Banjo and not being a very cool thing to do at that age i got a bit of stick about it. That is untill i performed cleaning windows at my school everybody saw what a wonderful instrument it is, i have never had stick for it since. I am 14 now and i never want to stop playing my little ukulele.

[CutByAngels]

blimeyy, i would say i'm exactly talented, but i get my first ever ukele this morning, i have learnt When i'm Cleaning Windows, and i have been playing guitar for about 4 years :)

[ragegod1]

a little bit of black pool cock XD

[G0IMB]

Always liked that ecstatic grin while he played with his ukelele:-))))) What a star George was on and off stage!

[rocker53zero]

I've never had a stick of Blackpool rock. I've lead a very under priviliged life.

[nwalsh1]

@rocker53zero erm actually probably a very priviliged life, trust me. I should know.

[rocker53zero]

@nwalsh1... I've had Portrush rock. I'm working class and could never afford a holiday in Blackpool.

[JudgeMazza]

im stroking my little stick of blackpool rocks right now.

[barneyboscoe]

@JudgeMazza you poor sick freak

[SuperLordjohn]

@barneyboscoe He's not being a freak, of course George was singing about his penis, just put cock in the place of rock in the song, it fits perfectly, typical British euphemism to make a rude joke out of something that seems innocent.

[martynpank]

@SuperLordjohn Agree!  What did people want him to say! LOL!

[sonicmaster743]

huhuhu

[djch123]

I remember loving George's films when I was little and they used to show them on telly and my dad was a fan and was at George's last concert. I started playing uke * years ago and got sick of people doing the 'when i'm cleaning windas' thing whenever i told them- but this has had me laughing out loud, he just projected joy and fun so well - bless im.

[Willtap]

A Real Professional. He sure knew how to put it over. What An Artist, Sadly Missed.

[mkcasual]

A proper Wiganer (y) and shame some aitn like this now

[celticguy20091]

bloody facist

[gazzymodo]

I bought a ukelele 3 months ago & have learned to play several songs including 'rock' . It's alot of fun, & not too difficult. I would recommend it to anyone, a thoroughly enjoyable passtime, & you really do feel a sense of achievement ! Do it today, it's well worth it...

[hendrixmojo]

im directing a short film for my project at uni and im using this song for the strart of the film to set the tone, its about gangsters in blackpool laying low and ive used lots of shots of blackpool and putting it with this song, its an ironic expression!

[Mathewallison007]

Sounds great, you might want to check out a classic British film with Richard Attenborough and William Hartnel. Think it was called Brighten Rock. Good 40's Brit Gangster flick. A hallmark of the era. Good luck :)

[hendrixmojo]

sorry, its happening!

[ralfhay]

yeah that sounds great!!

[brcp4321]

Fantastic George Formby Britian really has had some talent this man could really perform

[syrac07]

wahey! i love blackpool :)

[feeder123456]

Brilliant

[Cruinneas]

Every time I see the man playing it just makes me want to go out and buy a banjo ukelele and learn to try and play as good as him. Maybe I might do it some time.

[YouKnowIAmRight]

Faultless flawless performance

[thegigm]

ya. pitty no one is that good these days, most singers now just mouth to there songs playing on a MP3 player during live preferences.

[snoopyman321]

probably the empress ballroom

[edgey2001]

Does anyone know which theatre in Blackpool this was filmed at.

[Jacketpotato1]

winter gardens

[Ronniethefish]

Given the size of the stage, it could well have been the Pavillion Theatre, (in the Winter Gardens) or The Opera House (also in the Winter Gardens)

[moodyblue41]

what a gentleman he was

[jakeanddan123]

WHAT A DICK

[Superduperminime]

no need to talk about yourself in that way, im sure your not that bad jakeanddan123

[benny01253]

class song

[stmiendgiray]

fUCKING ACE

[stentorp]

Great to see un-edited film like this...the turret lens changes and the snip of reality as the chap shouts "Right" ! to start.....fantastic.........

[feeder123456]

legend

[mrdoom666]

wtf.. who told you that?

[Annetjie]

It's hard to believe George Fornby was

apparently a closet paedofile.

[jpgee1]

It's a shame that animals like ANNETJIE are rotten to the core no wonder the world is in a mess I feel sorry for 'its' family. George Formby made millions of peoples life bearable during bad times god bless him

[marktuson123]

Exactly. There's loads of myths about George, mainly among people who don't like him. Some say he was on drugs, some say he slept around, and some say that he was personal friends with Hitler. None of them are true, or the Society would know.

[MikeLXXXVIII]

Wrong, no one would really know! but anyways I am impressed with this guy

[ItsRainingDonuts]

"and some say that he was personal friends with Hitler."

hahahaha thats the funniest thing ive read all day

[FalconSupreme]

@jpgee1 - I absolutely agree with you there ! The joy that great artist brought to many during Britains worst hour and its still great listening to his songs. Sometimes his songs spontaniously run through the mind and one starts singinging or humming them whilst occupied with daily matters.

[BOT101st]

You know... usualy people who say stuff like that about other people are acctually the ones who are those kinds of people!!

Annetjie is a peadofile then, case closed.

[Farweasel]

As a hit-back reaction to the vile, unjustified outpourings some people besmirch others with despite any evidence - objective or inferred that's understandable.

But its not factually true.

Only a small percentage of a hate-target group do that.

Most of the ones doing the hate mongering are simply obsessed with the topic.

Neither group's especially pleasant.

[AgZarp]

stop posting this on all of the videos...you just attention seeking, and you wont obtain the right attention

[AgZarp]

you know nothing :)

now please keep your inner LSD to yourself

run along now, you need to get to the magical candy mountain before the purple zebra people are taken over by the terrible kombucha mushroom people, don't forget your miracle "kirby" brand potion that will give you a major power up bonus, enabling you to unleash furious potato hounds of starchy hell

That's right bich, i'm in your mind

[peaceofblackpool]

wish blackpool was still like this

[tarotkaren]

utterly disgusting - and wonderful lol :)

[brutusmuerto]

George Formby: Something to make Mrs Mary Whitehouse just faint away!

Makes Chuck Berry's "Ding-a-ling-a-ling" look positively religious!

Kenny Everett

[mutinyonthekitkat]

Turned out nice again!

[TheMikeypilk]

Digi zoom wasnt invented :D

[madmax8903]

Brilliant, witty, so good they played it more than twice!

[spunkkymunkky]

luv watchin his films

[Ianpbx]

Ooh dear, missus. ain't he a naughty boy!

[gerwiseman]

Thanks

[LittleimaginatioN]

he seems so sweet when he is standing around waiting. I love this song, because of george I learnt the Ukulele

[diddymuck]

stick of blackpool rock...candy stick

[law1sharratt]

excellent george was gifted should give us all george forby pills to make us happy

[delb0y1967]

so darn good,

*****

I love this man he's great

[blackpoolbarmpot]

Was that the 'Palace Theatre' in Blackpool ? Yet another casualty of the 1970's demolition lunacy.

[blackpoolbarmpot]

As I always say.... It's as dirty, or as clean as YOU think it is.

It's all in the mind !!!!

[Ezzlololol]

rofl

HEREFORDSURREY i've got that dvd its so funny ;D

its sometimes a little sticky come n have a nibble! LOL!!!!

[HEREFORDSURREY]

gwet paddy mcguinness dvd well funny takes the piss out of this

[TheSingingCritic]

This is brilliant!

[jamesbuckton123]

ts so dirty

[salvadormarley]

Good old George - singing about his cock - go for it George.

[computers734]

He is singing about his rock not his cock. "when im cleaning windows"that got banned. Not this one.

[Damaask]

Amazing to think that the BBC banned this song

[jaketassie]

why did they ban it?

[droog69]

It was banned because it was a bit too suggestive for the time - he's obviously singing about his willy here!

"It's nice to have a nibble on it now and again" ?! Oh George, you naughty lad!

[jaketassie]

oh lol...i didnt really notice that to be honest i just thought he was on about ...well rock! lol

[droog69]

LOL. More innocent times maybe, but with lyrics like :

" In my pocket it got stuck I could tell

Cos when I pulled it out I pulled my shirt off as well " ...I suspect George was alluding to more than just seaside-based confectionery !

(And that's not the only famous Formby song with a phallic theme. Check out the lyrics With My Little Ukulele In My Hand!)

[fusionfreq]

you cannot be serious, or are so polluted my modern media.

[goodlad29]

cool

[UsedCassetteTape]

George Formby reminds me of my Nan...they were both from that same era. Good, warm memories

[Babyhowdy233]

Well, I'm only now starting to get into George's music, and so far THIS is my fav song:VERY clever and funny and just brimming with sly innuendos...the way a truly funny song outta be! ;)

[talladale]

I agree! Isn't he brilliant? This is one of my favourites, too, although all of them are very entertaining. I just can't keep my feet still, especially when he gets into the solo. I love the way he syncopates. He must have been very musical. I suppose I sound old-fashioned, but it's a pity this sort of entertainment isn't popular any more. Thank goodness for Youtube. There are now thousands of people out there who are seeing things they never dreamed they could see again.

[lozovscunny]

went to see paddy mcguinnes da uda night he came up about kids these days duin sex drugs guns n bad behaviour n they all blame iton the music the kids listen to, paddy mcguinnes then sed BOLLOX , george formby startd it years ago lol ,

go george ur fab!Laura - scunny - 18

[shafarevich]

dimsow, George was not a jew. Look up his bio. Berk.

[WezHoward]

Love it

[sniff001]

RIP George Formby - I think he's fantastic and wish I could play my 70 year old Ukelele banjo!

[tickertyboo43]

George Formby simply the best RIP

[ukwhite]

sounds like a prick

[balfnet]

Sounds like someone hasn't got anything constructive to say.

[suesuesuesuesuesue]

ukwhite is probably offended by inuendo!!

5stars

[ellboy10101]

what does inuendo mean? :D

[dimsow]

nasty little jew