Comments on: Dear Prudence

By: MikeP

MikeP — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 23:14:45 +0000

Are you just as glad that all those who were there, and all concurrent documentation, say you are wrong?

By: MikeP

MikeP — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 01:12:07 +0000

Actually, there IS very much a way Paul played the drums. He sat behind the kit and did it.
And so he did.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 21:35:57 +0000

You can keep believing what you want, but that doesn’t change the FACT, that the 50th anniversary edition contains a take that was still without the bass – but the drums were already there. Paul played the drums first, and later the bass.
Ringo came back long after they finished mixing it.
But I give you that: The (obviously completely bogus) suggestion that Ringo is even doing some of the vocals is kind of refreshing!
Well, I guess it’s just pointless to point out the facts again and again and again…

By: Gregory

Gregory — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 06:25:23 +0000

There is no way this is Paul playing drum. Ringo even does some of the backing vocal (“round round round”) to signify he is BACK with the group. Probably Ringo’s best performance!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 19:15:34 +0000

Whatever else Ringo played, this is Paul.
If you don’t believe the research and recording history, listen to the session track (50th anniversary edition) which features the three of them when they didn’t even had recorded the bass. All the drum fills are already there. Give it a rest, it’s Paul, doing really well on the drums.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 14:55:54 +0000

The White Album 50th anniversary edition books puts this discussion to a definite end:
It clearly says that Ringo was not involved and mixing was done before he returned (as was already pointed out here).
That is one insdisputable fact.
On the other hand there’s the fact that the drum track sounds trippy but nowhere near as prescise as Ringo usually is. It also sounds multitracked, so Paul might even have done overdubs to make it sound more complex than it is (as was already pointed out here).
This is Paul on drums, like it or not. I’m sure Ringo likes it!

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 14:44:44 +0000

My thoughts exactly

By: MikeP

MikeP — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 02:25:32 +0000

Or, how about Buddy Rich….
No evidence, documentation, or even suggestion (except by you) that White was involved.

By: Lukey Boy

Lukey Boy — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 02:15:06 +0000

I’m surprised that there’s even a debate on who played drums here. Ringo wasn’t there at the time this was recorded! And, also, just listen to the song. Paul is competent, but he’s not on Ringo’s level. Compare this to Sexy Sadie, for example. And have you noticed the drums are more prominent in the mix than usual on this track? I love Dear Prudence, but I do wish Ringo had played on it.

By: Studs Ramrod

Studs Ramrod — Sun, 15 Apr 2018 09:04:57 +0000

Spot on mate, I’m a semi-pro drummer of 41 years standing and those fills are 100% signature Ringo, very reminiscent of the outro of Strawberry Fields and the middle 8 of Hello Goodbye.

By: Huey

Huey — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:26:53 +0000

Hard for me to accept the drumming outro as Mac since I can’t find anything close anywhere else. It also doesn’t sound like a “rejuvenated” Ringo as suggested here. How about an uncredited Alan White, later a Lennon regular.

By: Enrique

Enrique — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 09:35:09 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0jX8y53ceY

McCartney on DRUMS….

By: Pilcher of the Yard

Pilcher of the Yard — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 18:30:15 +0000

Just not his style? I take it you are familiar with the drum fills in A Day in the Life and at the end of Strawberry Fields?

By: Beto Iannicelli

Beto Iannicelli — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 02:04:04 +0000

What was the effect pedal used by George on his guitar??
1) Vox Tone Bender Fuzz
2) Fuzz Face
Anybody knows??

By: nitz12

nitz12 — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 01:32:58 +0000

Lewisohn traced it to a 1983 comedian’s joke. A pretty funny one at that.

By: citizen

citizen — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 22:24:57 +0000

The drumming at the end is surely classic Ringo, what Abe Laboriel Jr called “that sloppy, swampy, falling down the stairs kind of sound.” It’s comparable to, say Blue Jay Way or Hello Goodbye. Nobody else sounds like that. Macca’s style is more careful and measured as heard on Back In The USSR and the other tracks by him mentioned above.

By: Paulie Cee

Paulie Cee — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 15:37:01 +0000

Listen to this isolation on the drum track – at least two drummers, maybe three…

By: Paulie Cee

Paulie Cee — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 15:24:44 +0000

I’ve heard that the three of them actually played drums on the track. If you listen closely to fills at the end of the song it clearly sounds thicker than two hands could manage. Paul is not a great drummer (or keyboard player for that matter).

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 18:45:22 +0000

Listen to McCartney’s drumming on McCartney solo album. It’s really sloppy and has nowhere near the feel of Dear Prudence. There’s no way that is Paul on the end of this song. Sorry Macca freaks. Sometimes you just have to admit Paul wasn’t the greatest lead guitarist or drummer in the Beatles. He is, however, one of the greatest Bass players in rock history.

By: behistan

behistan — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 07:04:30 +0000

Any fan of McCartney would recognize the drums have the same feel as his drumming on kreen akore from his first solo album. The playback on the video is the initial basic track with the basic drumming and then an overdub track with piano percussion and another McCartney drum track just like back in the USSR.