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Mersey beat
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Mersey beat

Pop music of the mid-1960s that originated in the northwest of England. It was also known as the Liverpool sound or beat music in the UK. It was almost exclusively performed by all-male groups, the most popular being the Beatles.



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Byline: Baren Coughlenstall The wheels of the bus go round and round, from Anfield to the coalface my head spins whirling with ideas, The horn of the bus goes beep, beep, beep liver birds twitter and the Bubbles glitter The inescapable noise of life The wipers of the bus go swish, swish, swish rain abound, Mersey sound, hope in dreariness my ambitions are lateral in a linear life The people of the bus go chatter, chatter, chatter are they talking to me Queen or about me?
EXHIBITION: The Mersey Sound looks at the work of Liverpool's most famous poets - Adrian Henri, Roger McGough and Brian Patten - drawing on their archive held at the University of Liverpool.
Riddled with influences from the last 40 years ranging from the Mersey sound and the Kinks through to 70s gurus such as Alex Harvey.
 
 
 
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