History is a fascinating subject. There were in fact many "known" world conquests before even the Spanish and the Portuguese. But of course that is not the subject of this thread..........
Rob has made an interesting observation but it is perhaps only really relevant after 1965.
While I suspect that the writer of the article in question may have some of his facts twisted somewhat, I also suspect that some of them are accurate for the most part. The hard thing to do in this case is to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Did London Sabotage the Mersey Sound?
There have been 'world conquests' since the first monkey figured out how to hit another monkey on the head and take his bananas. The only real advance in this regard is how far away you can stand nowadays while hitting the other monkey on the head...
I think this is basically in keeping with the theme of this thread...
I think this is basically in keeping with the theme of this thread...
I didn't get where I am today by being on time...
I agree Brian for the main part I am have no doubt Bill Harry is correct, as I sated he was there, his observation on the Big Three is accurate their first two singles By The Way and I'm With You (both of which I bought) were not really representative of what they were about, the E.P. Big Three Live At The Cavern was more them.
I don't necessarily agree with Rob's last statement about public preferring groups who wrote their own songs, though he makes a very valid point.
I would suggest that most teenagers who were buying the music ( i.e US) did not know half the time who had wrote the stuff, it was the sound we liked.
By end of 65 the music scene was changing in 66 we had the Mods and Rockers scene which was a catalyst in the Who's rise in my view. 67 saw the start of the psychedelic phase, flower power stuff.
Also the Americans had realised that they had some good groups too and that Beat Groups were not exclusive to the UK.
Merseybeat had become unfashionable to be honest.
I don't necessarily agree with Rob's last statement about public preferring groups who wrote their own songs, though he makes a very valid point.
I would suggest that most teenagers who were buying the music ( i.e US) did not know half the time who had wrote the stuff, it was the sound we liked.
By end of 65 the music scene was changing in 66 we had the Mods and Rockers scene which was a catalyst in the Who's rise in my view. 67 saw the start of the psychedelic phase, flower power stuff.
Also the Americans had realised that they had some good groups too and that Beat Groups were not exclusive to the UK.
Merseybeat had become unfashionable to be honest.
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"Merseybeat had become unfashionable to be honest"
The above statement is bang on. It never really concerned me at all that they were recording other peoples music to be frank. Everybody did it. It was the norm.
The above statement is bang on. It never really concerned me at all that they were recording other peoples music to be frank. Everybody did it. It was the norm.
“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” - Albert Einstein
"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother" - Albert Einstein
"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother" - Albert Einstein