Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
RIP
Respect for waging a long campaign to get justice for those that died at Hillsborough
Respect for waging a long campaign to get justice for those that died at Hillsborough
Got something to say or just want fewer pesky ads? Join us... 😊
[Music] RIP Gerry Marsden
- Thread starter DavePage
- Start date
Perfidious Albion
Well-known member
It was a real jaw dropping moment when I heard this morning that he was gone. I mean not Gerry ! Really? Well , he was one of us .
One of the foremost of the Liverpool sound , an icon of my youth . He had always looked and sounded so young .... He made a couple of anthemic songs in “ Ferry Cross The Mersey” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone” that have inspired us for so long.
I feel old this morning now... RIP indeed.
One of the foremost of the Liverpool sound , an icon of my youth . He had always looked and sounded so young .... He made a couple of anthemic songs in “ Ferry Cross The Mersey” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone” that have inspired us for so long.
I feel old this morning now... RIP indeed.
Lenny Rider
Well-known member
- Sep 15, 2010
- 6,015
NSCers of a certain age will also remember him on the Sooty show in the early 1970's, versatile performer who never forgot his roots, that's in itself is sadly a dying breed.
Wardy's twin
Well-known member
- Oct 21, 2014
- 8,870
Well I still associate YNWA with my early Brighton supporting days when a scarf was the thing.
Yep, those Rodgers and Hammerstein fellers wrote some pretty good songs.
Gilliver's Travels
Peripatetic
And Ferry Cross the Mersey was an enjoyably sentimental, nostalgia-inducing film too. Thanks Gerry.
Wardy's twin
Well-known member
- Oct 21, 2014
- 8,870
Indeed but carousel was before my time and it becoming a part of football folklore was down to Gerry...
True, but sadly it makes so many people forget the two great songs he wrote. He did do a good cover version of it though!
That may be but he still didn't write it and Liverpool should not refer to them as 'his words'. Credit to him for his groups rendition and that it became an Anfield anthem but don't take credit away from the original writers. It was a faux pas by Liverpool but with the best of intentions presumably to get something online quick.
Bombadier Botty
Complete Twaddle
- Jun 2, 2008
- 3,258
Err, I think you'll find he wrote that about our very own Das Reich and a boat trip he took while up in Liverpool back in the day: ‘Fairy Cross the Mersey’
Utter bollocks, and poor taste on an RIP thread.
Wardy's twin
Well-known member
- Oct 21, 2014
- 8,870
My post has nothing to do with Liverpool FC just that many Brighton fans might recall singing the song in the Northstand with a scarf above their head in seasons 69-71. Its associated with LiverpooI but just another example usual plagiarism of football songs/chants that fans continue to do. Gerry Marsden's version was what made it part of football folklore not the film not the original writers....
Wardy's twin
Well-known member
- Oct 21, 2014
- 8,870
agreed I guess my point was focussed on football rather than music in general. He was part of several groups who do not get the recognition they deserved. As regards the original song and the writers , not generally my taste BUT one has to recognise their great talent. A song for which ever reason makes the hairs on back of my neck stir.
Leekbrookgull
Well-known member
A basic four piece band,yet look how you can develop it,timeless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhrOCmoWmaU