Comments on: THE BEATLES – “From Me To You”

By: Erithian

Erithian — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:49:38 +0000

I’ve only just made the connection, clicking onto this from the discussion on the previous thread – that post at #2 above from Bill Harry, assuming it’s not a hoax, is from the founder of the Mersey Beat paper, the man who introduced Stuart Sutcliffe to John Lennon, and the man who coined the phrase “Merseybeat” for the paper – “In his mind he formed a visual image of a map of the area to be covered, then the picture of a policeman walking over it popped into his mind – a policeman’s beat. Thus he coined the phrase ‘Mersey Beat’, based on a policeman’s beat and not that of the music.”

One heck of a mover and shaker there, and we didn’t twig at the time! Take a look at http://www.mersey-beat.com/

By: Mark G

Mark G — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:44:47 +0000

You know when you get to FT, and on the right is the last bunch of posted messages, truncated?

This one had it as “The ‘cover version’ of this in the John Lewis adverts is the single”

Just came here to say “IT IS NOT!”

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:22:42 +0000

The ‘cover version’ of this in the John Lewis adverts is the single most horrible thing I have heard in 2008.

By: Marcello Carlin

Marcello Carlin — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:41:49 +0000

More the Beatles – the rest of Merseybeat followed suit. Part Little Richard, part US girl groups passim.

By: Lena

Lena — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:26:04 +0000

I like the harmonies on this, the way it is sung. I have no idea if that’s The Beatles or Merseybeat or what.

By: Marcello Carlin

Marcello Carlin — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:47:44 +0000

The question surely is whether the music itself is an anachronism.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:49:42 +0000

Point noted – though I won’t change it on subsequent edits, as that’s how the sound is known now, and all post-facto listening is necessarily anachronistic.

By: Bill Harry

Bill Harry — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:40:10 +0000

During the heyday of the Mersey Sound, it was NEVER called Mersey Beat by the media. It was always referred to as ‘the Mersey Sound’ or ‘the Liverpool Sound.’ Mersey Beat was the newspaper and the name was copyright at the time and couldn’t be used without permission.
To call the music Merseybeat now is an anachronism.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 13:36:00 +0000

If you like 60′s Mersey Sound, visit http://www.merseybeatnostalgia.co.uk for a host of pre-Beatles info and original Merseybeat music.