{"id":5884,"date":"2010-11-18T19:58:39","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T19:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=5884"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:27:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:27:06","slug":"how-about-some-george-formby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-about-some-george-formby\/","title":{"rendered":"How About Some George Formby?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5885\" href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-about-some-george-formby\/celebrity-image-george-formby-235293\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5885 alignleft lazyload\" title=\"Celebrity-Image-George-Formby-235293\" src=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Celebrity-Image-George-Formby-235293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>What sort of a reaction do you suspect I get whenever I inform someone that George Formby is comfortably in my top ten list of favourite songwriters?<\/p>\n<p>Massive respect for my excellent taste? A knowing sigh as someone remembers the brilliance of an artist so often forgotten? No, I get ridiculed, then I get called an idiot whilst the person questions everything they ever may have thought to be good about my core being.<\/p>\n<p>I presume that many of you had this exact same reaction, or something similar to it at least. That&#8217;s fine, however before you click away from this page I plead that you ask yourself a question; have you ever listened to any of the great man&#8217;s music?<\/p>\n<p>So, you were dismissing Formby as a novelty act without having ever given him a chance? You&#8217;ve probably only heard the\u00a0admittedly\u00a0slightly cack &#8216;When I&#8217;m Cleaning Windows&#8217;. If this is the case, then in context it&#8217;s a little bit like listening to &#8216;Yellow Submarine&#8217; and ignoring the rest of the Beatles&#8217; back\u00a0catalogue.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a real concern to me that as the world gets older it will forget about George Formby. 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