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Mermaid Tavern
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 2 พ.ย. 2021
Get yourself a drink, sit down & let’s chat about the best music, movies, places & books. Welcome to the Mermaid Tavern.
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Lisa O’Neill - a new, old soul of Ireland ☘️
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The evening with her was called Symphony for the Cold Moon. & it was at the Barbican, London on Wednesday 11th December 2024. Britten Sinfonia were the orchestra.
John Lennon: 8th December 1980 - the affect it had on me.
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Just me reflecting on a day in December 44 years ago that affected millions of people like me. Thanks for watching, I’m a new channel & if you did like this video, if you register a like 👍 it will help me so much & subscribing be the icing on the cake Thank you
Sinéad O'Connor: Remembering her on her birthday - 8th December.
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A reflection with tiny snippet of music for review purposes. She was a power & I miss her voice. Thanks for watching, I’m a new channel & if you did like this video, if you register a like 👍 it will help me so much & subscribing be the icing on the cake Thank you
New BEATLES documentary: NO HAMBURG, NO BEATLES. TAVERN TALK
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Btw forgot to mention Pete Best’s in it! New BEATLES documentary on freevee, which is part of Amazon prime. Thanks for watching, I’m a new channel & if you did like this video, if you register a like 👍 it will help me so much & subscribing be the icing on the cake Thank you
John Lennon & Robert Louis Stevenson: Connections between 2 favourite creative guys. TAVERN TALK
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And on top of everything else John often wore a sporran in 1967! 🏴 My longest video yet, let’s hope it doesn’t get the shortest number of views! A lot to talk about with these two. Anyway, as I’ve said I mainly do this for my own amusement & not least mental well being! But I like to imagine you’re there! So if you love either one or both & care to spend half an hour with me here, I’ll ho...
BEST OF THE BEATLES. PETE BEST original #beatles drummer, 83rd birthday celebration. TAVERN TALK
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A bit of chat about the Beatles original Drummer BS (before Starr!) I do videos as much for my mental health as anything else but it is nice to flatter myself that some may find them engaging & interesting. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU DO OR IF AT LEAST YOU’RE THERE!!
GLADIATOR II Versus the original GLADIATOR. No Contest? TAVERN TALK
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SPOILERS: I went with this, disregarding the ‘would Maximus really have slept with Lucilla? ‘ complaint. I know, I know! If nothing else where did he find the time in the original movie, never mind her being Marcus Aurelius’s daughter. But desperate times require desperate measures! More importantly, does Gladiator II have a “My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius” moment?
The Beatles FREE AS A BIRD, REAL LOVE & 1 year on from NOW & THEN. TAVERN TALK
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The Beatles FREE AS A BIRD, REAL LOVE & 1 year on from NOW & THEN. TAVERN TALK
Beatles Manager Brian Epstein New Movie Biopic ‘MIDAS MAN’ TAVERN TALK
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Beatles Manager Brian Epstein New Movie Biopic ‘MIDAS MAN’ TAVERN TALK
SHERLOCK HOLMES via THE BEATLES & MY FAIR LADY: WImpole Street: “On the street where you live.”
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SHERLOCK HOLMES via THE BEATLES & MY FAIR LADY: WImpole Street: “On the street where you live.”
A Christmas Carol Explored. SCROOGE Locations in London.
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A Christmas Carol Explored. SCROOGE Locations in London.
In spite of all the danger, is a lovely song interesting that the songs writing credit is McCartney & Harrison! I didn't go to see him, but all the reviews I have read say it was a fantastic gig and the videos look and sound great, I for one will always be grateful because this man's songs have made my life so much better.
it’s a great, great song & yes sn interesting song writing credit, like Cry for a shadow, Lennon, Harrison Totally great night, up there with the greatest gigs I’ve ever seen
Thank you for the review and glad you liked it.
Merry Christmas. I have only just discovered your youtube.
@@kerriestimpson4002 thank you ever so much.
A Christmas Carol is for me one of those rare books that the movie was better than the book and I am referring to the 1951 Sims version. It is just brilliant and a must watch every Christmas Eve.
@@StanSwan Alastair Sim is a perfect Scrooge, Mark Sims my partner in crime in this video tries his best tho, bless him! 😂
Well done chaps! You have convinced me to spend next Christmas in London.
@@MrKeepMomSafe Thanks ever so much & good to hear that we’ve encouraged to you come & visit London next Christmas.
Excellent chaps, thank you and a very Merry Christmas to you both!
@@thatfreshretroshow1992 thanks ever so much for watching. And Merry Christmas to you .
The rat in Muppets Christmas Carol was my favourite character. It was very remiss of you not to reference the inspiration for the talking rat! 😂😂 I jest I jest!!!!!😊
@@kevinfitzsimons41 You’re right we were remiss not mentioning that rat! I’m surprised Pete the cameraman, who genuinely loves muppet Christmas Carol didn’t mention this! Thanks ever so much for watching.
Good Bless You John I remember the day we'll I went downstairs and put radio 1 on radio they were playing The Beatles then I hear the terrible sad news John Lennon had been shot and killed I also remember The Beatles and John Lennon being on the telly all day plus the help film was showing in the evening I was absolutely devastated but the first thing I thought of was my of a Beatles reunion would never happen
@@NIGELFRY-x8k Yes I forgot to mention how the small amount of tv channels that we had here then dealt with all this. I too remember Help being shown on BBC1 & also Rod Stewart being interviewed about John on Nationwide! Thanks ever so much for watching & for your reflection .
Nice job thx. Funny too😂
@@KMC544 thank you so much.
You go on and on and on but you don't talk about what you should be talking about the guy
Thank you for watching, but the video does clearly state in its title: ‘the affect 8th December had on me’ so you can’t say I didn’t provide what it said on the tin! I never claimed that this was going to be a bio of Johns activities at that time. Plenty of TH-cam content elsewhere on that. It was only ever meant as a personal memory of that terrible day.
Monday nite football , took the nite off went to the local bar hoisted a few when the game was interrupted ! ( NYC ) !!!
This guy beats around the bush too much, takes forever getting to the point !!!!
@@PhilSwitzer2024 Hi, this guy is me & you’re right, on reflection there’s way too much beating around the bush, but then again, the only point ever intended for this, was what I described in the title: the affect it had on me. . And after all, it was an insanely pointless day anyway wasn’t it? Thanks for taking the time to watch even if you didn’t like it.
Loved the tour fellas, liked the drinking of beer as well, cheers!🍻
@@06mrselfdestruct Thanks ever so much, this is 3 years old now, but if I remember, it looks like we drank more than we actually did! 🤣
Such a great video! Please do more ❤
@@bowie5434 Thank you & given the remarkably positive comments on this now 3 year old video, very much intend to
Very nice. Beer’s kicking in at the end? 😳. More please. Videos that is.
@@joeboyd4726 Thank you ever so much, yes intend to, make more videos that is!
As an Edinburghdonian was amazed with the history of the Graveyard with the name on the gravestone, plus Giving us a History lesson while getting Pi?@shed, brilliant.
@@Vic-u9l Ahah, thank you. Yeah it was good fun to make, proving history can be fun!
Thank you very much, gentlemen. It's very interesting. i absolutely love the Christmas Carol story. Merry Christmas xxx
Thank you so much for watching & your nice comment. Means a lot.
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I liked this very much. Great fun to watch. Love Charles Dickens.
Thank you ever so much, really good to hear you liked it x
So cool that you had worked at the same record shop that Ian Curtis had once worked. I wasn’t aware of him or Joy Division in 1980, hadn’t discovered them until college days, later on.
@@JustFortheRecord66 it was. Everyone was always taking about Ian & the lady there, Maggie said I was like ‘the new Ian’ I think she meant quite introspective & unusual, which I took as a compliment! I first remember playing Joy Division albums in the shop whilst working here & becoming entranced by them. Thank you for watching & commenting.
John Lennon was killed on my 14th Birthday, and I was a huge Beatles and Lennon fan at the time. Terrible time and event!
@@JustFortheRecord66 yes it still powerfully resonates, all these years later. Thanks ever so much for watching
No, John was right: Pete was a VERY lousy drummer. Have you heard the "Decca Audition Tapes?"
This is wonderful; a man drinking dark & tan ( out of individual mugs) and talking about the Beatles. Drummers for the or what became The Beatles: Ken Brown, Tommy Moore, Norman Chapman, Pete Best, Ringo Starr, Jimmy Nicol, and Ringo Starr again. Peace and Love, Terry and Julia Tutor
Thinking of the ACCC and Woolworths
I always wondered how much of Scrooge's London was destroyed a hundred years later during the German Blitz.
I agree with you 100% if I had a time machine, that's the place and time I would go! It's so unfortunate we haven't got any film from those fantastic days
Well done, (merry) gentlemen!
You both are just adorable men!
@@andrewfuller9156 thank you ever so much & merry Christmas to you
@@JustFortheRecord66 Thank you ever so much. That’s so lovely to hear 😄
A happy and informative video! I loved it!
Thanks ever so much, really good to hear that.
I loved this. So similar to my background. I was born on 2 July 1964 in Philadelphia. Discovered the Beatles in November 1975 when "A Hard Day's Night" was broadcast repeatedly over our Thanksgiving weekend. Changed my life and got me away from the Bay City Rollers. lol I got the "Red Album" (1962-1966) for Christmas that year and nothing was ever going to be the same. Tuesday morning, 9 December we woke up to the news. I still get choked up (am now) just thinking about it. What a colossal lost. I've never gotten over the senselessness of the action of the "Devil's best friend". Fooker. Love your channel. Thanks.
@@tommymaguire2839 that’s interesting & how cool to get the Red Album as a Christmas present. I remember the Beatles films weren’t shown here in UK for ages in the 1970s & then Christmas 1979 they were all on BBC here, I’m going to talk about that soon. Thanks ever so much for watching & commenting & really means a lot to hear you like the channel.
very nice...too bad the once great city of London has fallen to the "religion of peace"...
It hasn't
It has. Very horrifically sad.@@teddyboy9116
I was 13. What I remember about it is buying that 45 'Starting Over' one or two Saturdays prior. It raced to the top of the charts followed by one or two other Lennon 45s. I also had the 'Rock 'n' Roll' LP at about the same time. It was old style rock n roll for me rather than Beatles brand loyalty. What I liked about the Beatles at the time is kind of why they do nothing for me now: their early album tracks - a watered-down version of the rock n roll which preceded them. Put it this way, and any Beatles aficionado should understand this: Carl Perkins is one of my true music idols. I have a George Harrison retrospective compilation. George departed in similarly horrific circumstances. I can understand the sense of loss - maybe innocence stolen in a way. Pausing to reflect on the anniversary of that loss 40+ years later is quite sweet and admirable. An undying love. I'm sure you've done John proud. Teetotal myself but I'll raise a sparkling ginger cordial to the sunny outlook of our youth. Cheers!
That’s a great reflection yourself. I know George loved Carl Perkins didn’t he? Thank you. I just thought I’d reflect as I’d never done that before & wanted to keep it simple Thanks ever so much for watching.
@@mermaidtavern1603 The Assassination of John Lennon > th-cam.com/channels/Cved0PAgAIGB3uG91swSZA.html
@@mermaidtavern1603 - Yes mate, I have the impression George learned to play through listening to Perks' 45s. The Beatles' early repertoire is a big giveaway. I wouldn't dissuade anyone from taking that same route.
Can i say what you went through was the same for me, I was always a Beatles nut and like you really anticipating, new music from John Lennon (it had been 5 years!) I also bought the, "Starting Over" single after hearing it first played on Radio 1, at the time of John's death both me and my older brother had been made redundant from a local factory, I got up that morning mum and dad had the local radio on, the news came on announcing his death, the shock I had was just like a close member of the family having died, I looked at my dad and I could see he was in shock as well, I run upstairs to wake up my brother and tell him "Lennons been shot dead" iam not ashamed to admit I started to cry and will never forget what my dad said "who would want to kill him" it's a day I will never forget but wish for all the world never happened (I will leave it there for now but there is more to tell about that terrible day for me)
@@beatlebrian4404 - I'm touched that you should share that under my comment, Brian. Whatever our various ages and perspectives, the three of us congregate here at a vivid emotional timestamp. I, too, could elaborate on the causes and effects of my youthful anxieties (indeed I often do, for my own amusement, in the manner of a ranting juvenile delinquent) but I don't feel inclined to channel my inner smart-erse in such gracious company. What jumps out at me from your testimony is you and your brother being made redundant for Christmas. You have my genuine sympathy for that, even though I dare say you're over it now. I know how such turns of misfortune have an uncanny knack for finding us when we're already at a low ebb. I was laid off just before Christmas 1994. I didn't appreciate the departure lounge spiel but it was without doubt the opportunity of a new leaf with a statutory payoff to sweeten the medicine. My local boozer (a real den of iniquity) got closed down by the law shortly after, which was a cue to smarten up my overactive social life. I moved out of the lads' house-share at around Easter '95 and relocated to my home town - this time as a rather more civilized (although by no means perfect) member of the community than when I'd left, about eight years before.
Can't wait...for it to get to the U.S.
What a fuc*ing jerk Chapman was, robbing the world of such a phenomenal artist. John’s vocals on ‘Twist and Shout’ and ‘Mother’ are two of my all time favourites. Another great tribute Nik, well done.
When I saw the opening lines of your message I thought it was abuse! 😂 Absolutely tho, I deliberately didn’t refer to that nothing. Mother is one of my favourite JL songs. Thank you Pete. You’re single handedly keeping my channel going!
Wonderful tribute Nik and thanks for introducing me to some songs I’d not heard of before. I saw the documentary ‘Nothing Compares’ at the Rio cinema in Dalston on its release and it’s very good. I bought it on TH-cam and watched it again a few days ago.
Nice one Nik. I saw Beatles 64 and liked it but each to their own 😀
Hi Pete, I guess id watch Beatles 64 if I had Disney but there’s honestly been so much about the Beatles breaking America in lots of docs in recent years. Hope you’re good. R u around on Tuesday ?
I was pleased to have found your video and enjoyed it very much, I am Edinburgh born and bred and an admirer of Stevenson and I agree that his short stories are excellent. I would also recommend his essays, Interesting to see your shorts on Skerryvore Cheers
Thank you ever so much for watching, really appreciate you commenting.
I agree ,The Ruttles is an amazingly clever and loving tribute.
Isn’t it. 😊 I just think it’s the perfect tribute to the spirit of the Beatles, no other film or documentary has ever come close. Thank you ever so much for watching & commenting.
Love it and love the vinyl 😂
Forgive me Derek Jacobi, you repeated your role from the original movie too!
Nice video. I enjoy your conversational style. You've brought back great memories, especially from free As A Bird - what a moment when that came out - big impact. Still love Now and Then and looking forward to seeing Paul play it live in London. Enjoy the Manchester gig
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel Ah thanks ever so much for saying that. I know it’s a fine line between conversational & rambling 🤣 Look forward to seeing you talking about Paul’s gig. I did a vid about Pete Best recently & you being a drummer, should’ve got your assessment of the great debate! I’m sure you’ve already covered it in one of your great videos though.
@@mermaidtavern1603 Only covered in in passing chit chat. I will check out your Pete video soon
These are wonderfully interesting critiques Nik!
Thank you Pete 😊
Music was beautiful at the beginning. What was that? Voice so nice.
@@hsepo Thank you. It’s my niece Gabrielle singing & I knew she’d be the best thing about this 😆
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I learned not to be greedy for new releases is what I was trying to say at end. Sorry it was rather rambling, particularly at beginning, hope you stick with it, it gets more interesting!
Tiny Lennon stood out like a TOM THUMB
Great critique Nik, thanks and I look forward to the next one.
Are there no good barbers in London? Boris and his Benny Hill look. The shorter one looks like he cut his own hair in the dark.
Great vedio, I used to live in 29 wimpole street in 1986 and 1987 . You missed it . By the way 29 wimpolevstreet has a history. It is also called wimpole house . However I enjoyed to took me down the memory lane. ❤
I can't believe I found it. It is exactly the kind of information I needed. I am writing about my trip to London in 1970 in chapters. Chapter 40 is about Wimpole Street because I visited it while there. But I had not many things to say. I only knew about The Ashers and Professor Henry Higgins. Yes, On the street where you live! Now I discovered so many other interesting things I can add to my text. Thanks to you Mark and Nik. I shall include your video too. Thank you so much. And I loved the way you talk about the stories. God bless you.
Thanks ever so much for your nice comment Virginia, so glad you found this useful. Nik
Lovely.... :)
Fascinating, funny and informative. Give these guys a series on the telly!