Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Mersey Sound by Adrian Henri The Mersey Sound by Adrian Henri. 1967 The Mersey Sound , collection of poems with Roger McGough and Brian Patten, published by Penguin (Penguin Modern Poets N°10) The Liverpool Scene, edited by Edward Lucie-Smith published by Rapp & Carroll. 1968 Tonight at Noon , published by Rapp & Whiting. 1969 City published by Rapp & Whiting Adrian Henri’s Talking after Christmas Blues, with music by Wallace Southam, published by Turret Books. 1970 Poems for Wales and Six Landscapes for Susan , Arc Press. 1971 Autobiography , published by Jonathan Cape. 1972 America , published by Turret Books. 1974 The Mersey Sound , revised edition published by Penguin. 1975 The Best of Henri , published by Jonathan Cape Haiku, printed by the Anvil Press, Liverpool. 1976 One Year , Arc Publications. 1977 City Hedges: Poems 1970-76 published by Jonathan Cape. Cover photographs by Susan Sterne Beauty & the Beast, with Carol Ann Duffy, published by The Glasshouse Press, Liverpool. 1978 Words Without a Story , with woodcuts by Franz Masereel published by Glasshouse Press. 1980 From the Loveless Motel , published by Jonathan Cape Antologia: Adrian Henri, published by Plaza & Janes, Barcelona, Spain. 1983 The Mersey Sound , with Roger McGough and Brian Patten, revised edition published by Penguin New Volume, with McGough and Patten, published by Penguin Penny Arcade, poems 1978-82, published by Jonathan Cape. 1986 Collected Poems , published by Allison & Busby/W.H. Allen. 1990 Wish You Were Here , poems published by Jonathan Cape. 1992 Souvenir of Normandy , poem with music by Andy Roberts, premiered at the Brighton Festival. 1994 Not Fade Away , poems published by Bloodaxe Books. 2001 Lowlands Away , poems and pastels for the RLPO libretto, Old School Press, Bath. First Happenings: Adrian Henri in the ’60s and ’70s, ICA. Love is. the Mersey Sound poet who was really a painter and performance artist. If you bought a Beatles album in the Sixties, chances are you also bought The Mersey Sound , that best-selling collection of poems by the Liverpool poets Brian Patten, Roger McGough and Adrian Henri. It was launched at the Cavern Club in 1967 to musical accompaniment. Their poems felt new, accessible and exciting. "Love is feeling cold in the back of vans," wrote Henri, "Love is a fanclub with only two fans / Love is walking holding paintstained hands / Love is /." But though he was best known as a poet, Henri was primarily a painter, as well as a collage-maker and performance artist. He taught at Liverpool Art College, having studied at Newcastle under Richard Hamilton, who remained an influence, as did Kurt Schwitters and Allan Kaprow, the American Happenings inventor. Kaprow’s How to Make a Happening , recorded in 1966, lays out, rather bossily, 11 rules for how to do it right (steer clear of art and culture, keep boundaries blurry, don’t rehearse, give up the idea of putting on a show, use real places and people and don’t rely too much on imagination). This small exhibition at the ICA is like a time-capsule – those confusing, tumultuous times captured under glass. It’s slightly dizzying, peering in at the artefacts 50 or so years on. Happenings or events (he preferred the latter term, partly because Liverpool shops called sales "events", as in Furniture Event and Discount Event), said Henri, consisted of "what you couldn’t stick to a canvas – people, obviously, smells, music, perishable objects, places." He saw events as a direct transition from collage and started setting them up in 1962. City , put on in Liverpool that year, was probably the first such in England. The handwritten plans for it are here. Equipment was to include two tape recorders and a staple gun with music from a portable radio tuned to Radio Luxembourg (your station of the stars) and tapes with sound effects of the city. "Some painting, collage etc to be done during performance." The cast was to include a poet, a painter, a photographer, a stage manager, a man in mask (in audience), and an electrician. Large, bearded, black-spectacled, here he is, in black and white TV footage declaiming his ironic Batpoem to music from the Liverpool Scene, with his band: "Help us smash the Vietcong / Batman / Help us show them that they’re wrong / Batman / Help us spread democracy / Get them high on LSD / Make them just like you and me / Batman /." There’s his Batmask (main picture) , along with a Batcomposition collage and a catalogue for a comic exhibition at the ICA in 1970 that featured Henri along with Jules Feiffer, Stan Lee and others. And an extraordinary painting, the Sgt Pepper -like Entry of Christ into Liverpool in 1964 , is an homage to James Ensor’s Entry of Christ into Brussels in 1889 , featuring Henri’s heroes and friends: Pere Ubu, William Burroughs, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, George Melly, and Patten and McGough among others. The many posters provide a guided tour of an era: Love Night – lots of pink hearts – at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool; the Amazing Adventures of the Liverpool Scene , with an album produced by John Peel, who called him one of the great non-singers of our time (the Liverpool Scene were on the bill at Pop Proms at the Royal Albert Hall In 1969, along with Led Zeppelin and Blodwyn Pig); an Apollinaire night at the ICA in 1968, also featuring Michael Kustow, then director of the ICA and who often put on Henri’s work. Letters, singles, badges, photos vie for attention. In one, Henri wraps Yoko Ono in bandages for her Fog Piece at the Bluecoat in Liverpool in 1967. There’s a fascinating letter on thin airmail paper from Allan Kaprow addressed to Dear Mr Henri: "I think your idea of working with the local environment directly is important. The hard job is to gently sidestep the arty crowd and keep your big toe deep in the ground. It’s hard because arty types seem to be supportive…but at bottom all they want is good taste and this is equated with fashion. The job… is to ride in and above the world all at once; the communication systems no longer permit anyone to be alone." And this was in 1966! "And don’t think you have to recreate America," Kaprow goes on. "It’s not good for you or Liverpool." Henri remained firmly grounded in Liverpool. Not for him the fashionable London scene embraced by McGough and Patten. And Liverpool was where he met Catherine Marcangeli, the French curator of this exhibition and surely the world’s greatest Henri expert. Love Is… could have been written for her. She met him in 1986 when she was 19, travelling in England before university, and they were together, off and on and long- distance, for 15 years, while she forged a brilliant academic career in France and New York. She was 35 years younger than him and when he had a heart-bypass in 1999 followed by a series of strokes, she commuted from her job as a senior lecturer in art history at Paris-Diderot University to look after him and encourage him to keep working. She’s the executor of his estate (he died in 2000) and has catalogued his Total Art archive as well as editing collections of his poetry and curating exhibitions of his work. What Is The Mersey Sound Poem. 1. Introduction 2. Setting the scene (Suburban poetry) 2.1. Liverpool: pop poetry 3. Adrian Henri 3.1. Biographical notes 3.2. Main works 3.3. Style and influences 3.4. “Love is. ” 4. Roger McGough 4.1. Biographical notes 4.2. Main works 4.3. “Let Me Die a Youngman’s Death” 5. Brian Patten 5.1. Biographical notes 5.2. Main works 5.3. “Little Johnny’s Confession” 6. Personal conclusion 7. Bibliography 1. Introduction. When I heard about an anthology written by Liverpool poets, I immediately decided to write this paper about it. I have been in love with the pop music and The Beatles since I was a young teenager. That is the reason …show more content… The most known was The Mersey Sound, published in 1967. The same year, E. Lucie-Smith edited The Liverpool Scene; and in 1983, New Volume was published. The appearance of these volumes, especially the first two, provoked a huge popular interest in this poetry. Sixteen years after the publication of The Mersey Sound, fourteen editions had already appeared and more than two hundred fifty thousand copies were sold. Despite the fact every poet in this group of three has his own style; all of them coincide in writing innovative poetry. Their poems are conceived to be presented in public, on the stage, and they are usually accompanied by music. Popularly, this is the so-called pop poetry of the sixties, something that revolutionized the limits of the poetry as a genre. This brought the poetry to the ordinary …show more content… Love has been called “you” and “me” referring to the two lovers (line 17). Personification of love has given it a significant presence. Love makes a lover feel imprisoned in the jail of love (line 18). In other words, love keeps you go back to your lover again and again. Even when the two lovers are physically separated from each other, they can feel the presence of love in their lives (line 19). The feeling of love is so great that it doesn’t know any bounds. It transcends all boundaries of physical existence and makes the person feel the presence of their beloved even they are not close to them. Bibliography. Henri, Adrian, Roger McGough, and Brian Patten. The Mersey Sound. London: Penguin Books, 2007 [1967] Medina Casado, Carmelo. Poetas Ingleses Del Siglo XX. Madrid: Sintesis, 2007. Wade, Stephen. Gladsongs and Gatherings: Poetry and Its Social Context in Liverpool Since the 1960s. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2001. Charu B. "Summary of “Love Is. ” by Adrian Henri." World's Largest Collection of Essays! Published by Experts. 2012. Web: 5 Nov. Comparison of The Seduction by Eileen McAuley and Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti. Comparison of The Seduction by Eileen McAuley and Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti I will be analyzing the two poems, "Cousin Kate," by Christina Rossetti, and, "The Seduction," by Eileen McAuley. Both of these poems share the same theme. The two poems are both based on betrayed love but they each deal with a different aspect. "Cousin Kate," is set in the eighteenth century but was written in the nineteenth century. It was set in Victorian eras which in those days' Literary Group in British Poetry. The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is unavoidably ambiguous. It can mean poetry written in England, or poetry written in the English language. The earliest surviving poetry was likely transmitted orally and then written down in versions that do. The Beatles Essay. The beat groups hawked their musical wares in countless small cellar clubs, old stores and movie houses, even in a converted church, nearly all of which are in proximity to the Mersey River. Out of all these groups came, somehow, the Beatles. And they had to go to Germany to do it. In order to better their Liverpool take-home pay of around $15. per week apiece, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo (so called. “Tonight At Noon” – A celebration of The Mersey Sound. The Mersey Sound by Liverpool poets Adrian Henri, Roger McGough and Brian Patten was first published in May 1967 and is one of the world’s bestselling poetry anthologies. To mark this special anniversary, Tonight At Noon (named after the first Adrian Henri poem in the collection) will shine a spotlight on this incredible piece of work which captured the mood of the Sixties and brought poetry down from the shelf to the street. Forming a key part of Liverpool’s 67-17: 50 Summers of Love celebrations, Tonight At Noon is a festival in itself running from Wednesday 12 April to Saturday 15 July, and the events are: The Mersey Sound Archives. An exhibition in Hornby Library, Liverpool Central Library – Wednesday 12 April to Saturday 15 July. FREE. A tribute to the publishing phenomenon which saw three Liverpool writers make poetry part of popular culture. They wrote of young love, pop idols, atomic bombs, eccentric bus conductors and sci-fi superheroes in poems that were contemporary, urban and accessible. This exhibition takes place in the stunning surroundings of the Hornby Library and will include displays of original manuscripts, posters, letters, key documents along with audio and visual material which trace the emergence of Adrian, Roger and Brian on the 1960s poetry scene. Adrian Henri – Painter, Poet, Performer. An exhibition in Dickens and Gladstone Galleries, St George’s Hall – Wednesday 12 April to Saturday 15 July. FREE. Although he came to prominence as a poet in 1967, Adrian Henri was regarded as a ‘total artist’ having trained as a painter and exhibiting widely throughout his career. He also fronted the unlikely poetry-and-rock band Liverpool Scene, leading John Peel to dub him “one of the great non- singers of our time”. In 1969 the band supported Led Zeppelin, played the Isle of Wight Festival and toured America. This exhibition will showcase 1960s artworks, poems and original rock posters offering a glimpse into to Henri’s multi-faceted talents. Poetry in the City. An anniversary treat at various locations, Thursday 25 May. FREE. To mark the exact day on which The Mersey Sound was first published, expect the city to be taken over by the words of the three poets as their work hits the streets once again. Full details will be revealed nearer the time. Thurston Moore Concert. Concert Room, St George’s Hall – 8.30pm, Tuesday 30 May. £14 a ticket plus booking fee. Thurston Moore is best known for being the co-founder of legendary alternative rock group Sonic Youth. His use of unusual tunings and distorted sounds have had an impact on experimental and post-punk music the world over, and he has been ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Moore has collaborated with writers, musicians and artists as varied as Yoko Ono, William Burroughs, Merce Cunningham and Sean Lennon. He is also a poet and a fan of The Mersey Sound . Thurston is on a world tour to promote his latest album RocknRoll Consciousness , but he will stop off in Liverpool to perform a specially commissioned musical response to The Mersey Sound. Tickets are available from www.ticketquarter.co.uk/Online/thurston-moore. New Writing. Poetry reading at Bluecoat – 7.30pm, Friday 16 June. £10 a ticket. The impact of The Mersey Sound has resonated for decades for generations of writers and performers. Five poets have been commissioned to create new pieces of work in response to the writing of Henri, McGough and Patten. Taking part are award winning poets Paul Farley, Deryn Rees-Jones, Eleanor Rees, Lizzie Nunnery and Andrew McMillan. They will be joined onstage by Brian Patten and Roger McGough. Tickets are available from: www.thebluecoat.org.uk/content/tickets. Adrian’s partner, Catherine Marcangeli has curated all the Tonight At Noon events which have been commissioned by Liverpool City Council. The Mersey Sound. The Mersey Sound brought poetry down from the shelf and on to the street, capturing the mood of the Sixties and speaking to real lives with its irreverent, wry, freewheeling verses of young love, petrol-pump attendants, CND leaflets and bus journey capers. Bringing together the hugely influential work of Adrian Henri, Roger McGough and Brian Patten - the 'Liverpool Poets' - this perennially beloved volume is the bestselling poetry anthology of all time. Now, for its fiftieth anniversary, this edition restores the original text of the book as it first appeared in 1967: energetic, raw and a true record of its era. Penguin Modern Classics. 1253 Books. Roger McGough (Author) Roger McGough was a member of the group Scaffold in the 1960s when he contributed poems to the Penguin title The Mersey Sound, which has since sold over a million copies and is now available as a Penguin Classic. He has published many books of poems for children and adults, and both his Collected Poems (2004) and Selected Poems (2006) are also available in Penguin. He presents Poetry Please on Radio 4 and is President of the Poetry Society. He was honoured with the Freedom of the City of Liverpool in 2001 and with a CBE in 2005 for services to literature. Brian Patten (Author) Brian Patten was born in Liverpool. His poetry for adults has been translated into many languages, and his collections include Collected Love Poems, Armada, and, from Penguin, Selected Poems. His verse for children includes Gargling with Jelly, Juggling with Gerbils, and Thawing Frozen Frogs. Brian Patten is a popular performer of his work, and he has also written children's plays as well as editing The Puffin Book of Modern Children's Verse and The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry. Penguin Books Ltd. Registered number: 861590 England. Registered office: 20 Vauxhall Bridge Rd, London, Penguin Books Limited. Our Use of Cookies. We use cookies on this site to enable certain parts of the site to function and to collect information about your use of the site so that we can improve our visitors’ experience. For more on our cookies and changing your settings click here. Our Use of Cookies. We use cookies on this site to enable certain parts of the site to function and to collect information about your use of the site so that we can improve our visitors’ experience. For more on our cookies and changing your settings click here. Strictly Necessary. Strictly Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. 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