Merseybeat deserves its own entry and we all know why even if the most prominent beat-titled band moved on. Beat groups sprung up and influenced the world with their own take on rock. It kept to the simple tale-telling rock’n’roll and R’n’B employed, along with their predilection for heart ache and chasing after the opposite sex.
The issue again is “Do we want to stick to this simple formula?” when this has been so well-covered here. The crux could be in what other influences are brought to beat music/British beat (not the band of that name, the genre). Wikipedia defines it thus
Beat music is a fusion of rock and roll (mainly Chuck Berry guitar style and the midtempo beat of Lubbock sound artists like Buddy Holly), doo-wop, skiffle and R&B.
You Turn Me Upside Down
I keep my nose to the ground I'm the square there when you're around proof once aloof in love now profound You turn me upside down, girl (turn me upside down) [RPT] My feet can't compete with the noise on the street You take me apart like it's art yet you make me complete My shins shine where a grin should begin My knees pressed where knows need to guess The best moment not to be in [chorus]
I liked being aright but you set me alight in standing and landing right It was my head that said it could step instead into the light defining the night [chorus]