Happy Birthday Ringo!

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Originally posted by munch:
Dave Clark could keep time and still sing.
In bits and pieces though

Chris

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Purple fixed that with a few hundred thousand watts and much better music.

I always thought there were distinct similarities between the world's finest hard rock band and the Beatles.

garyi,

From what you said in your last post I suspect you may not have listened to the Beatles very much. If you really want to understand why so many people like them, that might be quite a good idea.

David

Garyi,

You need to read Revolution In The Head if you think Ringo was merely competent and the Beatles were unchallenging. Whilst I would aver from ever claiming Ringo a genius, his fills, as he himself recognises, were inspired.

Add a listen to the Anthology stuff too to hear just how easy it was for it all to sound wrong. Granted that both as a music fan and an ex drummer I have never equated musical complexity with ability or pleasure I think it's fair to say that putting the drummer from Coldplay and Nick Mason in the same thread is an insult to Ringo and he most definitely won't be giving you an autograph.

Mike

Mike Hughes

You have beaten me to it! That is precisely what I was going to add to this thread, its the best music book ever written and it pins down exactly what was, and is so special about The Beatles. By the same token they just would not have been the same without Ringo. Best drummer in the world? No. Best drummer for The Beatles? Yes.

I'm on a roll!

I'll get me coat!

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Originally posted by Richard S:
Best drummer in the world? No. Best drummer for The Beatles? Yes.

Apparently John didn't agree.

But they were by a million times greater than the sum of their parts.

A lot of drummers really rate Ringo, he had one thing that a lot of players who are very complex often lack, feel.

He also brought in some things that I don't think had been used in rock in quite that way before, 'Come Together' is one of my favourite pieces of drumming.

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Originally posted by JamieL_v2:
A lot of drummers really rate Ringo, he had one thing that a lot of players who are very complex often lack, feel.

He also brought in some things that I don't think had been used in rock in quite that way before, 'Come Together' is one of my favourite pieces of drumming.

thomas the tank was the best thing.. come together is v good

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Originally posted by Frank F:

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Best drummer in the world? No. Best drummer for The Beatles? Yes.

The best drummer in the Beatles - No. That was Macca. Nevertheless if you listen to their original LPs ona decent set you can hear that it worked very well and yes a million times greater than the sume of their parts thanks to a certain good producer,

FF

the original drummer is still drumming away pete ,,,,,,. his son and pete have a band and for a few quid ticket they are really good pub rock

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Originally posted by ROTF:
Ringo was a Star - the top singing drummer of them all.

Me, I love the Beatles, and Ringo (I have several of his solo albums). Gotta go with Levon Helm, though, for this particular honor.

Brother Levon in action

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Originally posted by Chillkram:
Oh, I thought you meant the potato snack. Cheese and Onion were my favourite.

I have always thought, in the back of my mind, cheese and onion. Do I have to spell it out?

Reporter:"Ringo's not the best drummer in the world though, is he?"

John Lennon: "He's not even the best drummer in the Beatles..."

John was ever sarcastic in all his comments. He really hated being a "Beatle".

What I like about their work is it's always colorful and worked together. Yeah, not everything worked, but what artist/group hits it out of the park EVERY time? Every one of their albums was pretty incredible, I remember that decade as I was a teen in Philly. Every time an album was released, or a single, it got airplay. And just when America and world was coming apart they'd come out with something soothing and spiritual. Hey Jude, Across the Universe, Here Comes the Sun, Yesterday.

And there is nothing wrong with pop, but at that time it was the leading edge of rock and roll.

I hate to listen to music that's grimmey, nasty and angry and have people revere that as wonderful. I'm a flower child and would rather have spiritual and positive.

Paul: "I couldn't have put it better myself, John".

John: "I know".

Listen, growing up in Canada, all I can say is England rules. Each Beatles album took us through a new phase, the Stones brought us a lot of blues, can't stop listening/watching Keith Moon or Jon Bonham play on my videos. Machine Head. Floyd. On and on. And I get teary eyed when I think of my introduction to the LP12 and Naim. The best music and best equipment comes from Great Britain. Civilization at it's best.

Dave

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Originally posted by The Hawk:
Listen, growing up in Canada, all I can say is England rules.... the Stones brought us a lot of blues

Actually, I seem to recall there was a fair amount of reasonably good blues music (Robert Johnson, Son House, BB King, Little Walter, maybe one or two others) generated in some country (name escapes me) even closer to your home. Might be worth checking out, dunno.

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Originally posted by The Hawk:
Listen, growing up in Canada, all I can say is England rules.
Dave

Yes same comclusion I drew when listening to some of my favourite artists

Anne Murray
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
The Band
Basia Bulat
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Cara Luft
Carpet Frogs
Cowboy Junkies
Gordon Lightfoot
Great Lake Swimmers
Guess Who
Joni Mitchell
Kate and Anna McGarrigle
k.d.lang
Leonard Cohen
Loreena McKennitt
Martha and the Muffins
Robbie Robertson
Skip Spence
Sparrows
Steppenwolf
United Steel Workers of Montreal

Never heard much by Rush ... what should I try.

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Originally posted by jayd:

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Originally posted by The Hawk:
Listen, growing up in Canada, all I can say is England rules.... the Stones brought us a lot of blues

Actually, I seem to recall there was a fair amount of reasonably good blues music (Robert Johnson, Son House, BB King, Little Walter, maybe one or two others) generated in some country (name escapes me) even closer to your home. Might be worth checking out, dunno.

Yes but the Stones, Clapton etc. etc. brought the blues to my attention. In my opinion, English artists brought the Blues the attention they deserved.

Dave

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Originally posted by ROTF:
Never heard much by Rush ... what should I try.

Watch the documentary about them first, absolutely fascinating. After 4 or 5 songs I find them tiring, but my favorite Rush album is Signals - Subdivisions, New World Man.

Dave

No doubt there are great Canadian artists, I'm a huge Randy Bachman fan, but the Stones, Clapton, the Beatles, are in a league of their own. I just find it amazing how Great Britain, generally, understands stereo like no other country.

Dave