In the film George is told that the Sgt Major has entered the room and heard him singing about his many faults-he immediately turns the song around and sings his praises-which greatly pleases him! I haven't heard it though for about sixty years or so!
@herdinglemurs
Жыл бұрын
The ability to play and sing funny songs and really bring them off, like the ability to write funny poems or funny stories and really bring them off, is IMO under-appreciated. George Formby is clearly one of the masters. Special great funny couplet award for: "His medals break our hearts./He won them playing darts."
@Tinker1066
2 жыл бұрын
HE is a blast from the past and never forgot you were an amazing entertainer
@PhilipJamesPrentice
14 жыл бұрын
I came across this video about 5 years ago by accident. Since that time I have probably watched it perhaps 150 times. During my tour of duty in the Canadian Army I wrote and sang songs to the troops. And I thought I was good. But this song, by George Formby, is by far the most amazing military song I have ever heard.
@stofferrussell
Жыл бұрын
Later on he gets called before the senior officers and he plays another version complementing the Sergeant Major. I love this film.
@PaydolfLitler
3 ай бұрын
@@stofferrussellWhat Film?
@stofferrussell
3 ай бұрын
@@PaydolfLitler “It’s In The Air”
@vickthorodin6987
2 жыл бұрын
Whenever i feel depressed, despondent I listen to George Formby
@allanwells4886
2 жыл бұрын
About 36 years of age in 1940. Love it!!!
@robjohnson7806
2 жыл бұрын
I am learning this one now, on my banjolele and it ain't that easy - he makes it look effortless.
@johnk6312
3 жыл бұрын
I love this. The lyrics are funny enough for its time, but the whole melody and the chord structure together are just out standing and beautiful plus the ancient recording somehow makes it sound like its from an unreachable world.
@rickmoody9024
2 жыл бұрын
Definitely need listen to back on the farm by him then if you like this one
@owmacc
7 ай бұрын
Formby was a master of the ukelele. His strumming and chords were amazing.
@doctorrodders
12 жыл бұрын
Aww, poor Sargent major! He was enjoying it at the start!
@josephlandrut4154
6 жыл бұрын
George Formby brings back many fond and sad memories for many people worldwide. His wife made sure he was not leaving her for anyone trying to take advantage of his stardom.
@dracopticon7788
8 жыл бұрын
Grew up with George Formby films on the telly. Happy days!
@Badbuckingsmiley
13 жыл бұрын
the music and this scene is around 83 years old, but this is funny and makes me wanna sing :) though im only 22 years old, im a kinda fan of George Formby. We seriously need actors and musicians like him :)
@mcfcguvnors
3 жыл бұрын
The guy was literally the Justin Beiber during WW2 ,his wife was insanely jealous too ,massive star in britain
@kittycase4536
7 ай бұрын
I hope you still love him 😂❤️
@canadacalling6892
3 жыл бұрын
amazing banjo playing George. great sense of humour. Thanks so very much for posting. Bruce
@privatedeath23
12 жыл бұрын
also he did actually go to the fronts and sing and do some performances and play on the radios :) hes such a amazing person :)
@bicpapermate
3 жыл бұрын
I'll bet even the Sergeant Majors applauded.
@wastehazey6468
7 ай бұрын
Lyrically this is 100% punk rock What a performer he was, impossible not to smile to his songs
@peterrimmenfalk4287
3 жыл бұрын
Pozdrav from Armenia and thank for the nice music Here is real war and this song make folk glad.
@user-xl4ph2mg4y
4 ай бұрын
I love this song I watch the film its in the air at least once a week
@gaspainsify
13 жыл бұрын
As it has been since organized armies have been around sergeants have the uncanny ability to show up at just the right time.
@MrGranfield
5 жыл бұрын
Nobody plays the ukulele better than George.
@paperbackwriter...
8 ай бұрын
thats the banjo
@Fireyjax60
11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this!!! I Love George Formby ❤❤❤❤
@kawasjaki
14 жыл бұрын
fantastic. great song , and great performer .
@brisnschultz9489
Жыл бұрын
I looove this.
@JoshFreilich
5 жыл бұрын
The Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona brought me here. They play a clip from this film in the England wing in the Europe gallery.
@MuricaMan_Real
3 жыл бұрын
ya me too
@violinsane108
3 жыл бұрын
Genius.
@siennamcewan4958
5 жыл бұрын
why cant 2019 be like this generation , so classy and pure
@jacobduggan8008
4 жыл бұрын
"We need another war to thin out their ranks a bit"
@nightshade71986
4 жыл бұрын
Whitewashing does wonders to paint over segregation, labor riots, interment/concentration camps and every other horrible thing that "the greatest generation" was apart of. That said I do love the music from the era among many other things.
@scottstrails9369
4 жыл бұрын
Too true
@thomaskallmyr5027
6 жыл бұрын
George Formby JR-was the Mostest Performer in England during 2ndWW...
@danrichards6143
11 жыл бұрын
I liv his music and his films
@user-bs9ru3ih8s
Жыл бұрын
den spelle nonstop jensen engen i melle
@monkey555500
2 жыл бұрын
ha love it
@peternieuwenhuis9029
Жыл бұрын
good song
@gremlinuk1968
6 жыл бұрын
my, friends from Germany !! like this,!!!
@Rapidcat590
2 жыл бұрын
Look at the guy beside George formby at 0:42 laughing
@gremlinuk1968
7 жыл бұрын
my friends in Germany loves this !!!
@johncalladine2151
9 жыл бұрын
one of the best god bless
@gols187
13 жыл бұрын
absolute amazing loving this song when i first seen it on world at war series
@shafarevich
15 жыл бұрын
'Brilliant' I learning to play this on my Uke . Its quite easy and fun.
@JoshuaSmithFamilyRobinson
6 жыл бұрын
I've got a CD of this and I love this song
@hoosieryank1967
13 жыл бұрын
I like the officer behind him that only smiles to please the blonde gal...
@bwackbeedows3629
9 жыл бұрын
This is a man that loves his Article 15s.
@charizard4410
10 жыл бұрын
@Benjamin Finny it is funny because they had a taste for comedy and now almost everyone uses crude comedy because they are to lazy to come up with anything good like this
@sarcasticbookworm271
4 жыл бұрын
Now there's a sergeant major Enjoys life while he can He proves to all the ladies He's a soldier and a man! He sticks out his chest Two pillows in his vest A bolster under His rotunda Our sergeant major! His medals break our hearts He won them playing darts! And while competing Who was cheating? Our sergeant major! He's far away the worst friend we've ever had When he's far away, well, we're mighty glad! In the canteen bar You know what sergeants are! When we've passed out Who's the last out? Our sergeant major! He's got a raucous voice His language isn't choice! In clink we'd shove him How we love him Our sergeant major! His weight about he'll throw The wicked so and so! Who'd even smother His own mother? Our sergeant major! He's far away the worst friend we've ever had When he's far away, well, we're mighty glad! Our bugler goes his rounds And when the bugle sounds For everlastin'! Who's he blastin'? Our sergeant major! Now he makes raw recruits Just tremble in their boots He calls 'em slackers! Who's gone crackers? Our sergeant major! His feet fill up the road Knock-kneed and pigeon-toed We'd sooner shoot him Than salute him Our sergeant major! He's far away the worst friend we've ever had When he's far away, well, we're mighty glad! The mascot goat we own Though big and fat has grown Wild and warlike It's far more like Our sergeant major!
@gremlinuk1968
5 жыл бұрын
I liked , from a kid 70s, , born 1968,,! from my late gran when I was kid see on tv, , 70s
@dancedance8534
4 жыл бұрын
I am a kid of 2000s and I love it
@gremlinuk1968
3 жыл бұрын
@@dancedance8534 God Bless,!
@letitiadonnoque4562
10 жыл бұрын
He is best song is definitely When I'm Cleaning Windows. Maybe because it was the first of his I heard!
@GhostCabinet
5 жыл бұрын
Bet this dude could shred on electric
@waynedavies3185
Жыл бұрын
Why aren't Geoge's films shown in comeplete. It appears that only small segments are shown of George singing. The full length of the films should be shown not just parts of the films.
@americaninthephilippines6650
10 жыл бұрын
Ohhhh yeah.........he will be peeling potatoes for a long time. lol!
@eisemanrenyardjake
9 жыл бұрын
Or scrubbing out toilets with a toothbrush........!
@AlexGreenwoodUkulele
9 жыл бұрын
***** Ffs. Your comment is so fucking dense but so fucking relevant LOL thumbs up from me :3
@GrossDeutsche15
3 ай бұрын
Thanks to the camera and the gramophone
@eisemanrenyardjake
9 жыл бұрын
18 Sergeant-Majors disliked this!
@AndyStClair-po3xg
9 жыл бұрын
+eisemanrenyardjake now 21
@herobetty
6 жыл бұрын
Now 30.
@jacobduggan8008
4 жыл бұрын
One of those was BSM Williams
@JB-pu8ik
4 жыл бұрын
Get off the grass!
@wonderlustcrazy
13 жыл бұрын
@FinalFreek He's wearing the Uniform of the Royal Air Force.
@gremlinuk1968
5 жыл бұрын
my friends in germany likes this,,!!!
@alphabeast8700
2 жыл бұрын
HeHe turned out nice again.
@Petey1308
15 жыл бұрын
The movie is "It's in the air". & I'm afraid I can't answer you on the parashoot question :>
@geggy5151
11 жыл бұрын
Hi spotter09, this is from military wiki "Until the 1930s, these ranks were often known as Sergeant Major 1st and 2nd Class. In 1939, the RAF abolished the rank of WOII and retained WOI as simple Warrant Officer, which it remains to this day.". BUT the film was made 5 years or so after the change; maybe they wrote it before? (I commented on this very topic about 7 months ago!).
@maxman1602
6 жыл бұрын
I thought It's In The Air was made in 1938.
@sluaghalbannach2619
2 жыл бұрын
This is the most popular music in Britain
@CLASVE
6 жыл бұрын
Happy song!
@markwest5674
3 жыл бұрын
What movie is it from?
@JustClaude13
13 жыл бұрын
1:00 The gentleman with the blonde has a "Sergeant's Flunky" look to him. I wish we could get these DVDs in America. I may have to get a region free player someday.
@cycleSCUBA
2 жыл бұрын
In the days when they'd laugh at a swinging gate!
@spotter09
11 жыл бұрын
Sergeant Major in the RAF? Never! The SNCO who came in was a Warrant Officer. What about the guy by George's right shoulder? Leading Aircrafsman - at his age? He must have been in trouble a lot!
@charliekilo8944
2 жыл бұрын
RAF in the 1930's had Sergeant Majors.
@robolder9724
3 жыл бұрын
Lol it’s the best song ever
@AlexGreenwoodUkulele
9 жыл бұрын
23 sergeant majors watched this video and didn't approve.
@sighmonnn
13 жыл бұрын
He's like the slash of the 1930s.
@kohldblood
15 жыл бұрын
Great!!!!
@supacorse
5 жыл бұрын
Top tune😃
@gols187
13 жыл бұрын
lmaoooo at the guy on the left chucklin away
@gremlinuk1968
6 жыл бұрын
my friends in Germany likes this,!!
@DLS95
12 жыл бұрын
@FinalFreek Its not the Parachute Regiment anyway, could be RAF but im not sure really.
@vermis8344
3 жыл бұрын
Hang about... 2:07 Am I potty, or is that Frank Thornton?
@justinhyslop8769
3 жыл бұрын
Does anyone have the chords?
@LukeMerola
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, Am C7 D7 Em7 F G7 Gm, but it’s a key higher than the original 🤘🏻👍
@thomaskallmyr5027
6 жыл бұрын
My Biological Grandfather was George Formby JR-there was my Father-his son= Oscar Angel Kallmyr Georges son......
@bicpapermate
3 жыл бұрын
George never had children. Beryl had a hysterectomy
@user-fk6vj9fm8d
3 жыл бұрын
ITS IN THE AIR-1935 SCREWBALL COMEDY ........
@ItsJakeTheBrake
10 жыл бұрын
the guy behind george looks pissed.
@gremlinuk1968
10 жыл бұрын
am pissed,/ drunk,!! to much whisky,!!
@thomaskallmyr
9 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather as DNA can proove-as Oscar was his son,and Oscar Angel was my biological father,made in 1955,as my Brothers Ola and Edmund saw this happening beetwen my mother and Oscar on the third floor.Honestly Thomas Kallmyr
@BuddyFantastic
13 жыл бұрын
@FinalFreek Royal Air Force
@gremlinuk1968
5 жыл бұрын
my friends in Germany likes this,!!!
@Alexander-vm2ox
4 жыл бұрын
so?
@gremlinuk1968
6 жыл бұрын
my friends in Germany , like this,!!!
@gremlinuk1968
6 жыл бұрын
have friends, in Germany, that likes , this !!!
@RyanG144Videos
14 жыл бұрын
@ConnorP95 that would be great!
@MrYam111
12 жыл бұрын
@FinalFreek RAF uniform, but he I don't think he fought during the war. He kept the moral high at home by doing performances.
@LTMaughan
11 жыл бұрын
I want to learn how to play the solo!!!
@drumgold23
13 жыл бұрын
RIP Benny Harvey
@SkinnersVids
11 жыл бұрын
Bit late... but he is in one of the RAF regiments.
@supersmashdragon
12 жыл бұрын
it`s like something straight out of beetle bailey.
@uke1964
14 жыл бұрын
classic
@cowman850
14 жыл бұрын
@iliketoridemybycycle they might be in the air force
@nailmcnugget9284
3 жыл бұрын
Limmy brought me here
@geggy5151
11 жыл бұрын
I beg to differ! Listen to "It serves you right" from Bell Bottom george. Its on here somewhere!
@worthatronproduction
13 жыл бұрын
@FinalFreek he doesnt join a para regiment, but he does accidentaly joins the r.a.f and gets left in a plane that he cant fly
@iBaloogy
13 жыл бұрын
@FinalFreek RAF
@EvilStreaks
14 жыл бұрын
Wonder if that was the first ever "he's behind me isnt he...." joke
@KitsuneChloe
14 жыл бұрын
this is really funny
@annodomini7887
5 жыл бұрын
Forever demoted to guard of the head!
@hooraytheweird
13 жыл бұрын
@joshyashton but...he's slagging off his Sgt Major to get laughs in this song.
@neiltester7882
9 жыл бұрын
All Anglo Saxon.
@ollie7225
9 жыл бұрын
great time guessing
@hoosieryank1967
11 жыл бұрын
RAF unit.
@royguercio2181
27 күн бұрын
Walz theme song.
@jrgboy
6 жыл бұрын
George could only play in one key so he had several uke's tuned in different keys..
@AlanGeorgeBates-oj9zr
5 ай бұрын
No need to be rude about your sergeant major even he's a pain in the bum George Formby.
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