Arrows, Love Is Easy, Alan Merrill

[@arrowmax60r13]

Wow what a beautiful voice.I nearly wore my First Hit album out.Brilliantx.

[@arrowmax60r13]

Love all these clips Keith Thanks they are great.Live in Manchester and so annoyed I did not get to the shows.

[@MelodyLovesMusic]

Beautiful !!!

[@KeithTheKing]

According to a radio interview I heard with Alan Merrill, the original version of this was a 3 chord blues song that the band had been doing in their live shows. Producer Phil Coulter asked them to change it into a pop song by asking the band to change the chords and arrangment to soften it.

[@maxineglover5781]

So sad but true what Keith says about Alans amazing talent .Thankful for these brilliant shows,where the boys highlighted their real talent and so pleased Muriel Young spotted them and gave them these great ITV shows.I remember being so happy as a teen when my fave band got the shows.Sort of made up for a lot of the crap.

[@KeithTheKing]

This is on the CD on Cherry Red records titled "Arrows, singles collection, plus"~

[@fabriciadewez9089]

Hot singer!

[@KeithTheKing]

@TR5T Dallas Taylor was drumming with Paul Varley in the South of France 1977. Two drummers in the band. The photos are on the Arrows website, stuff from Vence France. Tetsu left for Japan never to return in 1976, so he wasn't in the mix. When they got back to London from France, Wyman failed to get the "new Arrows" a record deal, and then in 1978 Alan, Mick Feat and Steve Gould formed Runner. That's when Paul started Darling, in 1978.

[@vivicola]

A good song!

[@sirshagamore]

Good song.

[@KeithTheKing]

@TR5T Since 1975 'I love rock n roll" has been licensed to Joan Jett, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Showaddywaddy, Alvin Stardust, Hello, L'Arc En Ciel, Weird Al Yankovic and many more. Alan does perform in New York, but has also been to Japan and Germany this year doing live shows and TV. After Arrows Paul played with the band Darling and also Terry Reid. Terry Taylor has been playing with Bill Wyman for many years since Arrows, still is. Jake never performed as a pro again after Arrows ended .

[@KeithTheKing]

@TR5T That must be the famous white Fender bass owned by Mr. Most that was on so many hit records. Now that you mention it I think Alan played that bass on the original a-side Abbey Road version of "I love rock 'n' roll" and lots of other Arrows records.

[@KeithTheKing]

@TR5T You are referring to Alice Spring of Paul's post Arrows band Darling I think. Jake hasn't played guitar professionally since 1977 when he married Lorna Luft. In 1978 Bill Wyman took the following Arrows members to his house in Vence, France. Paul Varley, Terry Taylor, Alan Merrill, plus extra new members Steve Gould and Mick Feat. They recorded a few tracks in France as The Arrows with Bill Wyman producing. Jake wasn't involved in this phase of The Arrows.

[@wexiflex]

From what I've seen on video he rarely does a song the same way twice.

[@KeithTheKing]

@TR5T Alan Merrill was more musical than all the RAK acts combined, history bears this out in recorded output.. He had a jazz background Mr.Most never even knew or cared about. He was above the RAK acts musically but that didn't matter in the mid seventies. It was nothing to do with music. It was about who was picked to be promoted and who was on the benches waiting. The Arrows were on the benches at RAK. That was it. Endgame.

[@fabnekko]

Girls will like this and guys won't. It's very romantic! Guys hate that lovey type ofsentiment:)

[@BluebirdintheSky]

homerswingking I couldn't agree more. They were pushed towards that audience because of Alan Merrill's obvious attributes but their music was far too mature for that age group. Unfortunately, because they were pushed towards a very young audience, the more mature listener who would have probably appreciated their music more was put off them.

[@KeithTheKing]

@TR5T The story of The Arrows seems to end abruptly with Jake marrying Lorna.

[@jojoranter]

@BluebirdintheSky Ain't too proud to beg huh? lol ! Well, all opinions are valid, they often just differ, and inflexibility there? That's how wars are started. I love the Arrows and the seventies in general. I find today's pop starzzzzzzzzzzzzz a great big yawn.

[@BluebirdintheSky]

@jojoranter I beg to differ.