Comments on: Ringo Starr

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 03:24:00 +0000

Exactly

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 03:22:50 +0000

Exactly

By: silverhammerYT

silverhammerYT — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 00:23:13 +0000

It was drummed by Paul because during the time they were recording those songs, Ringo had temporarily quit after being criticized by Paul on his drumming skills.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 04:22:45 +0000

It seems to me that all of Ringo’s best drumming moments in the Beatles are on John songs, and sometimes George songs (Long, Long, Long, for example). And of all the many Paul songs, I was having trouble finding ones where Ringo shines, outside of Hey Jude or You Won’t See Me. Am I off-track? Are there Paul songs where Ringo is front and center?

By: Charltun111

Charltun111 — Tue, 29 May 2018 22:31:43 +0000

I think that is precisely the exact point!

By: Topazthecat

Topazthecat — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 00:56:51 +0000

Beatles expert Mark Lewisohn debunked this myth a few years ago and found out that John Lennon never said this about Ringo’s drumming it was a British comedian named Jasper Carrot who said this stupid ridiculous nonsense in 1983,*3* years after John died.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDXaq6c_UWY

Here in this 1971 interview at the Sgt.Regis Hotel John Lennon is asked by the interviewer about him using drummer Jim Keltner and if this was a reflection on Ringo’s drumming.And John said, Oh no I love his drumming. He then said I think Keltner is a bit technically better but Ringo is still one of the best drummers in rock.

http://web.archive.org/web/20080108131358/http://www.geocities.com/wireless_machine/lennon/st_regis.htm

And who did John Lennon use as a drummer on his first brilliant solo album John Lennon Plastic Ono Band when he could have gotten almost anyone who would have jumped at the chance to play on one of John’s albums? Ringo.

And Ringo Starr was already a successful drummer in the most popular successful band in Liverpool,Rorry Storm and The Hurricanes when John,Paul and George asked him to join The Beatles.And George Martin didn’t think that Pete Best was that good,and he and John,Paul and George thought that Ringo was much better.

Also Phil Collins and Max Weinberg are both Ringo fans. And Phil Collins ( who has always been a big Beatles fan and he was in the audience in the concert scene in their great movie A Hard Day’s Night at age 13) says he can’t even duplicate Ringo’s great drumming in A Day In The Life. George Martin says that Ringo always had a great feel and ear for a song and that it was his idea to play the tom toms on A Day In The Life giving it a unique percussion sound.

Mark Lewisohn says in his great book,The Beatles Recording Sessions,that on a handful of occasions during all of the several hundred session tapes and thousand of recording hours can Ringo be heard to have made a mistake or wavered in his beat. He then says that his work was remarkably consistent-and excellent-from 1962 right through to 1970.

Also in a May 1981 phone conversation that Paul McCartney had with Hunter Davies,the author of the only authorized Beatles biography,called appropriately,The Beatles that first came out in 1968,and he updated many times,Paul said that he didn’t have anything against Stuart Sutcliffe, he just couldn’t play bass well at all and Paul has said elsewhere that he had big music ambitions for The Beatles,and in this phone conversation he said it was the same with Pete Best,that it was all junk that they replaced him with Ringo because they were jealous of him being more popular,Paul said Ringo was so much better.

By: MikeP

MikeP — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 20:28:04 +0000

Andy White did not play on the originally released version of “Please Please Me”.
The version he recorded on Sept. 11, 1962 was released on the Anthology, and the difference is blantantly obvious. Just to be clear…..

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 02:30:13 +0000

Hello, all! I agree with my fellow Jeffrey, Geoffrey. Ringo’s merseyside “beat” playing made him versatile. He played jazz, as well as rock. That’s important. There’s a sense with Ringo that if they wanted to play more jazz he could do that. Country, blues, whatever, one feels that Ringo was in the groove. Yes, the drumming as music goes far beyond rock… to Varèse, to Stravinsky, to most modern classical music. Ringo is the heart and soul of the Beatles… he’s the “beat” and the heartbeat. I understand that fans of this site feel that the Beatles’ other members deserve more credit as songwriters and that is reasonable, though a bit silly. Take the drumming away and very little remains. I’m serious. Remove the drums. Just make it a trio… in fact, you can’t do it! Remove it all EXCEPT the drums? You can do it! Ringo lives!

By: Teddy Salad

Teddy Salad — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 20:20:36 +0000

“Lesser known?”

By: John Rebillot

John Rebillot — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:03:28 +0000

It was in the Anthology that George said that they really didn’t become The Beatles until after Ringo joined the band. Nuff said.

By: Steven McKenzie

Steven McKenzie — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 00:05:09 +0000

If you watch the Maysles Brothers “The First U.S. Visit” DVD you’ll notice that Ringo was the coolest, funniest and most calm of the four. George was ill,Paul charming and John a nervous wreck. It was Ringo who sparked that great chemistry that showed the U.S. these guys weren’t some deadbeats from England. I’d say because of Ringo the Beatles wouldn’t have had the great response they received. Can you imagine any other drummer filling that spot with THAT cool personality?

By: michael mullen

michael mullen — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 22:17:33 +0000

i worked with ringos dad – harry graves for several years and regarded him as a good friend, this was in the 60s. in 1962 he went to lime st station to collect a drum kit-little did we know the impact that would bring.

By: vince r

vince r — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 04:19:10 +0000

Ringo was so much more than a brilliant musician. He was dealing with three other geniuses all with temperments and personalities and yet when they split who of them consistently played on the others recordings? It was Ringo. His ability to get along with the others even after the split and his musical talent is his legacy. Governments could learn diplomacy from him.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 00:20:04 +0000

Ringo’s drumming was ALWAYS fantastic. But from 1967 to 1970, he was the BEST there will ever be. Don’t believe me? Listen closely to most (all) of Sgt Pepper right up to Abbey Road. It’s like he stepped up his game by many notches.
His drumming on Abbey Road alone (and not even that drum solo which is great) on songs like Come Together, I Want you, The Medley, Octo Garden (all of them really) should make ANY drummer rethink how they should REALLY play to enhance a song. He’s the baddest rock drummer that ever was. And don’t give me that Bonham, Peart (all exceptional of course) etc etc crap…those guys wish they could ‘play to the tune’ as well as Ringo.

By: keithsowlin

keithsowlin — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:20:52 +0000

According to the track list. Paul Drummed on Dear Prudence. As well as Back In The USSR (John and George are also listed as playing percussion.

By: candlestick parker

candlestick parker — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:06:18 +0000

Ringo and his all starr band are playing in my town tonight, just down the road. My last chance to see a Beatle and I can’t go…wah!

By: Philippe

Philippe — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 07:29:35 +0000

I’m surprised no one mentions Ringo’s drumming performance on Come together: this is only when I paid attention to his play on this track that I realised how good a drummer he really is… All with finesse… A bit like Nick Mason for the Floyd. At this stage, the Beatles were influenced by the progressive rock movement (I want you could be a progrock track, in my view). Love this website!

By: Marcelo

Marcelo — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 22:42:23 +0000

Joe, just reminding you that Ringo was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April, 2015.

By: Robert Spinello

Robert Spinello — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 20:55:05 +0000

Nobody can touch Ringo

By: Robert Spinello

Robert Spinello — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 20:52:00 +0000

Just listen to Ringo’s drumming on Rain, Tomorrow Never Knows, I Feel Fine, Then listen to his raw steady sound on John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. This guy is just awesome. He is the best drummer in the best Band. Period.