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Solo forums => Ringo Starr => Topic started by: Taxgirl on March 08, 2005, 12:23:33 PM
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I read on a famous-lefhanded webpage that Ringo is lefhanded... It is quite new for me, because I always knew Paul was, but Ringo, I never heard about this. Do you know anything about it?
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I read on a famous-lefhanded webpage that Ringo is lefhanded... It is quite new for me, because I always knew Paul was, but Ringo, I never heard about this. Do you know anything about it?
http://www.celebritywonder.com/html/ringostarr.html
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All of the cool kids are left handed
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I'm Left-Handed. I feel so special.
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He's a lefty but has his hi-hat positioned as a righty. ;) Responsibe for his style of fills..(leading with the opposite hand so I hear).
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There's a really good discussion about Ringo's left-handed style here:
http://beatles.murashev.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?,b=books,v=display,m=1078928553
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What en excellent thread. Good natured and very informative.
A few (probably many) years ago there was a doco on TV with George Martin explaining why some songs are appealing, and others aren't. (all very technical probably). I never saw it, but wish I had. I have such respect for that man.
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All of the cool kids are left handed
Yep. ;D
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It is my belief that Left Handed people will one day rule the world and that's good for me because I'm left handed.
Mr. Kite
Pinky: What are we gonna do tomorrow night Brain?
Brain: The same thing we do every night Pinky, try to take over the world!
Pinky and the Brain
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didn't his grandma think he was possessed by demons for being left-handed, so she made him learn to use his right hand?
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^I've never heard about that....
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didn't his grandma think he was possessed by demons for being left-handed, so she made him learn to use his right hand?
I heard that too. It's probably true.
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Backward fills and all that. A unique style.
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I'm Left-Handed. I feel so special.
The same here!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D As I see there are a few lefthanded here apart from me.
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(http://paginas.terra.com.br/arte/letitbe/fotos/foto142.jpg)
Throwing with his left hand!
(http://www.sugarplum-fairy.com/components/com_akogallery/img_pictures/sy23.jpg)
Would you look at that, left hand again! ;)
So.. I think he's borned left handed, but forced to write with his right hand, like lefties were in those days!
And that made him use his right hand some more..
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All of the cool kids are left handed
ahh! wat an insult! :D
so im not special because im not left handed!! ::)
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Wow Podgey, thx 4 da pix!! They are gr8! They prove that Ringo is originally lefthanded, but he was forced to use his right one.
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ahh! wat an insult! :D
so im not special because im not left handed!! ::)
You ARE! Don't worry! (kiss2)(wave2)
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I'm left-handed, but it's done me no good! But can it really be said that Ringo had a unique way of druming because he was left-handed? Can the same be said for McCartney's bass playing? Any info on that?
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http://beatlebrunch.com/Sounds/clips.html
Look through the list and find a sound clip of Ringo referrring to his "handywork."
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[url]http://www.celebritywonder.com/html/ringostarr.html[/url]
I dont believe Ringo is 5 feet 8 inches tall and John, Paul and george 5 11. Ive found out the same data in other part of the Web but Im still thinking its not correct. :(
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On the cover of The Beatles At The Beeb album, Ringo looks fairly short compared to the others.
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On the cover of The Beatles At The Beeb album, Ringo looks fairly short compared to the others.
Each picture is a proof. How colud Ringo be left handed and the world didn't notice it? ??)... a hoax?
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And anyone noticed that the guys didn't seem so tall when they appeared in pictures with other people: Sir George (in the studio) or Peter Brown (in John's wedding) just two examples I remember now. There are videoclips of John... for example: at the beginning of Stand By Me clip John and Yoko entered the white limusine and the man besides them are taller than John (how big the limusine was!!)... if John, Paul and George were 5 11 the other men were 6 03 at least!!! I think John was about 5 08 and Paul and George about 5 09.
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([url]http://paginas.terra.com.br/arte/letitbe/fotos/foto142.jpg[/url])
Throwing with his left hand!
([url]http://www.sugarplum-fairy.com/components/com_akogallery/img_pictures/sy23.jpg[/url])
Would you look at that, left hand again! ;)
So.. I think he's borned left handed, but forced to write with his right hand, like lefties were in those days!
And that made him use his right hand some more..
What about this:
(http://img311.imageshack.us/img311/6307/1976ringolosangeles9ys.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Notice that Paul was ...left-handed too!!! :D
... but Ringo poses as a right-handed with a left-handed bass??? ??)
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Another proof ... he's not got enough space (because of his left-handed bandmate Paul) but prefers that pose ??)
Ringo's playing right-handed here:
([url]http://img448.imageshack.us/img448/3204/russian17zt.jpg[/url])
...thanks to Bobber
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If they'd done a CSNY kind of thing, with four acoustics on stage - Ringo could have handled simpler chords I guess - that would have been cool!
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Ringo said once that he only knew 3 chords on guitar ...
http://www.geocities.com/pisces2878/OA/May3003RingoGoldmine.html
... but he was better on piano.
"Though Ringo reportedly admits his musical knowledge beyond percussion is limited, he composed some songs on piano, including "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden".
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/The_Beatles
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Ringo IS left-handed but played his drums in a right-hand set-up - that was one of the reasons his drumming was so unique.
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We know ;) (he said it) ... but it's curious that his poses are right-handed, isn't it?
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Well we all do strange things - I am right handed but wear my watch on my right hand - it feels weird any other way!
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Well we all do strange things ...
Ooou yeaaah! ;D
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LOL ;D
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That's the great thing about Ringo - he took a little talent and turned it around to make it much more! The left-handed guy on a right-handed drumkit, the exploration of music through just a small number of chords. But, it's always seemed odd to me that he couldn't actually learn more guitar chords throughout the 60s. Saying that he only knew 3 chords on guitar; surely he could have learnt a few more than that. Seems curious to me.
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And anyone noticed that the guys didn't seem so tall when they appeared in pictures with other people: Sir George (in the studio) or Peter Brown (in John's wedding) just two examples I remember now. There are videoclips of John... for example: at the beginning of Stand By Me clip John and Yoko entered the white limusine and the man besides them are taller than John (how big the limusine was!!)... if John, Paul and George were 5 11 the other men were 6 03 at least!!! I think John was about 5 08 and Paul and George about 5 09.
(http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/1989/jjj9hh.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Cecil Wheeler?, Yoko Ono, John Lennon and Peter Brown (March 20, 1969)
(http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/6189/jjjj7hc.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Yoko Ono, John Lennon and Peter Brown (same day)
(http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/6365/gm4ht.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
The Guys with Sir George (1963)
I think Ringo was about 5'6.5'' (169 cm), John about 5'8.5'' (174 cm), George about 5'9.25'' (176 cm) and Paul, clearly the tallest, about 5'10'' (178 cm).
Some interesting opinions here:
www.celebheights.com/s/Paul-McCartney-699.html
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We know ;) (he said it) ... but it's curious that his poses are right-handed, isn't it?
(http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/8623/rr0lt.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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Another one ...
(http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/6858/rrrr7ba.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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([url]http://paginas.terra.com.br/arte/letitbe/fotos/foto142.jpg[/url])
Throwing with his left hand!
([url]http://www.sugarplum-fairy.com/components/com_akogallery/img_pictures/sy23.jpg[/url])
Would you look at that, left hand again! ;)
So.. I think he's borned left handed, but forced to write with his right hand, like lefties were in those days!
And that made him use his right hand some more..
Good ... but what about this one ...
(http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/6255/rin7un.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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... or this one ... very curious ...
(http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/4617/76vu.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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... but there are more examples ...
(http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/5052/rin40zx.jpg)
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Why did you put two pictures into one post?
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Corrected ...
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My cousin is left handed, but she plays guitar righty. I think she may even bat righty too. I guess she's ambidexterous or however you spell it. But she can't write with her right hand at all. Maybe Ringo is similiar.
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My cousin is a righty but he bats with his left and uses a hockey stick with his left. All sports things he does with his left. Apparently it's a genetic thing because all his father's relatives did the same thing.
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wasn't there the same thing with Paul? In some footage taken in India 1967 where he plays the guitar with the right hand. Same case here, as Sandra said, I guess they are ambidexterous.
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wasn't there the same thing with Paul? In some footage taken in India 1967 where he plays the guitar with the right hand. Same case here, as Sandra said, I guess they are ambidexterous.
It seems that Paul said once (or twice or maybe more) that he learnt to play guitar with the right hand ... too! :o
By the way, Ringo can be seen "playing" the guitar with the right hand in Another Girl clip ... another "proof" ::)
Here you are:
http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1GV7QYP8WKTC70IZ49TAJKND3X
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Wherever I look I see Ringo posing as a righthanded 8)
(http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1305/helpyy4.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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It doesn't matter the "instrument" ;D
(http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1408/helpbzu6.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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And anyone noticed that the guys didn't seem so tall when they appeared in pictures with other people: Sir George (in the studio) or Peter Brown (in John's wedding) just two examples I remember now. There are videoclips of John... for example: at the beginning of Stand By Me clip John and Yoko entered the white limusine and the man besides them are taller than John (how big the limusine was!!)... if John, Paul and George were 5 11 the other men were 6 03 at least!!! I think John was about 5 08 and Paul and George about 5 09.
(http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7039/07beatlesali0cv.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
It seems that Cassius Clay was 6'03" (1.91 m) and he was more than half a head taller than them (a head in this pic 8)) so I think that they define-telly were not 5'11'' (1.80 m) ...
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I adore discussions of relative height-- it's a weakness. :D
IMHO I believe the young Beatles shown above (as everyone shrinks when they get older) were about 5'10". The extra height was due to their heeled beatle boots. Paul is probably 5'9" or even 5'8" now, and Ringo is tiny! He was probably 5'8" at most, and is certainly 5'6" or so now. Little Ring! *chucks him under the chin*
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I adore discussions of relative height-- it's a weakness. :D
IMHO I believe the young Beatles shown above (as everyone shrinks when they get older) were about 5'10". The extra height was due to their heeled beatle boots. Paul is probably 5'9" or even 5'8" now, and Ringo is tiny! He was probably 5'8" at most, and is certainly 5'6" or so now. Little Ring! *chucks him under the chin*
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I think Ringo was about 5'6.5'' (169 cm), John about 5'8.5'' (174 cm), George about 5'9.25'' (176 cm) and Paul, clearly the tallest, about 5'10'' (178 cm).
Some interesting opinions here:
www.celebheights.com/s/Paul-McCartney-699.html
In that site some people say that Ringo said he was 5'6.5''
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.........so I think that they define-telly were not 5'11'' (1.80 m) ...
raxo, we discussed this last year in the chat room. I assure you, John was 5'9" in 1980. harihead mentioned their boots, as I did, which easily added 2 inches.
Does this site still have a chat feature? I forgot how I got there.
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raxo, we discussed this last year in the chat room. I assure you, John was 5'9" in 1980. harihead mentioned their boots, as I did, which easily added 2 inches.
Does this site still have a chat feature? I forgot how I got there.
I remember each word of that loooong chat many months ago, Hello Goodbye :) (Indica was there too, for a while, do you remember?) ... and I believe you: you met him so, what's more?! ... but I was trying to discuss this a-gain, now that we've got some newbies around! ;) ...
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Yes I remember he was there too. Remind me how I got into the chat room.
The picture you posted is an accurate gauge of their heights. The Beatles weren't wearing their boots.
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Yes I remember he was there too. Remind me how I got into the chat room.
[..]
http://pub41.bravenet.com/chat/show.php/3489280478
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Thanks, raxo. I'm there
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Me too.
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It was a pleasure "speaking" with you again, raxo!
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It was a pleasure "speaking" with you again, raxo!
Mine, the pleasure has been mine! ;)
I've been trying to sleep since then but I'm still here ::) ...
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Thanks for the chat room link, but I'm puzzled. It asks for a login. Do I have to sign up?
What is the consensus? 5'9" for the 3 tall ones (I won't quibble about 1/2 inches) and 5'6" for Ring?
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Thanks for the chat room link, but I'm puzzled. It asks for a login. Do I have to sign up?
Just write the nickname and click the button "CHAT!" and you're in ... in a new green window (but don't close the first one ... the site page, I mean)
What is the consensus? 5'9" for the 3 tall ones (I won't quibble about 1/2 inches) and 5'6" for Ring?
More or less, tho *going downstairs* ::) Paul was a beat taller than George and George a beat taller than John ... and Ringo was the smallest, can you believe it?!!! ;D
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hh,
I just typed my name where asked and clicked on "chat" and was in. No need to sign up evidently.
I would say 5'9" for John. The other "tall ones" are about the same. The Cuban heeled boots, as you mentioned, gave them another 2 inches and I guess that's why you see 5'11" on the back of the trading cards. Ringo looks to be 2-3" shorter.
Regardless, they were "larger than life."
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... in a new green window (but don't close the first one ... the site page, I mean)
Right. What raxo said. It's a java script thing.
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Definitely 5'9" raxo ;)
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I would say 5'9" for John. The other "tall ones" are about the same. The Cuban heeled boots, as you mentioned, gave them another 2 inches and I guess that's why you see 5'11" on the back of the trading cards. Ringo looks to be 2-3" shorter.
Regardless, they were "larger than life."
Indeed. I love these guys. :)
5'9" sounds right to me. I've been doing some comparative height tests with the older Beatles. There's a clip of John standing next to Howard Cosell, and he looks short! HC is 6'1", so 5'9" would be about right for John. I think HC would be less likely to publish a false height, as he's not a star in the same way the Beatles are-- he doesn't need to be a sex symbol to report on sports. ;) And men are supposed to be tall to be sexy; one of our silly remaining prejudices.
Then there's George appearing on Rutland Weekend television with Eric Idle-- same relative height difference and EI is also 6'1". George also looks tiny in his video "This Song" when he's being marched down the hall by Harry Nilsson in his role of policeman. HN's height is 6' 2". Doubtless George picked him because he's such a huge guy, but George is indeed several inches shorter.
One thing that shocked me (because I'm easily shocked) is when George did his cameo in the Rutles movie. He was standing next to Michael Palin, and they were the same height! :o I was shocked because I always knew MP was short. Poor MP had to work with EI (6'1") and Graham Chapman (6'2") and John Cleese (6'4-3/4") in the Pythons, so he only looked small in comparison. MP's published height is 5'10.5". Assuming he is lying (because he's a man in show business, he must lie about his height!) then he is also about 5'9", same as GH.
PS: Thank you, Raxo and HG, for the chat room instructions. I have never yet chatted, but I'm prepared now in case I ever do! :)
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[...] I have never yet chatted, but I'm prepared now in case I ever do! :)
So are we :) ...
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Wherever I look I see Ringo posing as a righthanded 8)
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(http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/1013/ringosjir4.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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I'm sure Ringo wore a wedding ring, and I'm also pretty sure I've seen photos of him with it on his right hand. Which would mean that this photo has been printed the wrong way around.
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Remember that it's just for fun! :D ... He hadn't enough fingers to wear all his rings 8) ...
... by the way, there's no watch in that pic and he used to wear it on his left hand: take a look at Help (the film) and in one of the first scenes Ringo (and the others too) are sleeping and when he's on the floor you can see his watch! :)
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By the way, Ringo can be seen "playing" the guitar with the right hand in Another Girl clip ... another "proof" ::)
Here you are:
[url]http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1GV7QYP8WKTC70IZ49TAJKND3X[/url]
... or better here :):
(http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/7587/agrr3.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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I like the instrument in white that Paul's " playing ". :) ;D
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I like the instrument in white that Paul's " playing ". :) ;D
Tuned to a natural E 8) ...
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Wherever I look I see Ringo posing as a righthanded 8)
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(http://www.momes.net/dictionnaire/s/ringostarr.jpg)
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(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/7061/08eoj1.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Ringo on guitar (Ringo's wedding in 1981) ...
"Monday April 27, 1981
[...]The 70 guests then attend a reception at the Mayfair club Rags, where an all-star jam session takes place, featuring George on guitar, Paul and Nilsson alternating on piano and Ringo sharing teaspoon percussion with Ray Cooper. [...]."
from here: http://wingspan.ru/bookseng/diary2/b14_1981.html
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Ringo is left handed but plays drums right handed
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But he's confuzzed when he's got a guitar on his hands. ;)
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I'm totally confused whether he is left-handed or right-handed? ::)
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Ringo is left handed but plays drums right handed
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That's exactly what I've always heard
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Yes....
i mean it isn't impossible to be left handed and play an instrument right handed
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Yes....
i mean it isn't impossible to be left handed and play an instrument right handed
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For example ...
(http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/7094/paulpianova1.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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Paul does play drums right-handed though
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I'm Right handed , but shoot with a Hockey stick Left -handed.
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I've seen pictures with Ringo writing with his right hand, and everyone says he drums with his right. I always thought he was right-handed, but I don't know. Guess I should ask him! ;D
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He's left-handed. Depending on what kind of lefty you are, there is a certain amount of ambivalence. I'm left- handed and bat right handed, drum right-handed, but write, saw, whatever, with my left hand. Phil Collins is a strict 'Inverted Sinistral', he is left-handed and drums left-handed. If you saw a picture of Ringo writing with his right hand, chances are the picture is inverted or turned around. There are alot of pics that way that you'll see with Paul playing Bass right-handed and the others lefty. They are just turned around or published wrong.
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Apparently there is scientific evidence that suggests people who are naturally left handed who are forced to write right handed develop speach stammers. Weird hey?
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If you saw a picture of Ringo writing with his right hand, chances are the picture is inverted or turned around. There are alot of pics that way that you'll see with Paul playing Bass right-handed and the others lefty. They are just turned around or published wrong.
Where have you heard or seen that Ringo was left-handed? I always thought he was a righty. One reason why is because in the Anthology book on page 84 or something, there's a pic of him writing with his right hand. Right above that is a pic of Paul writing with his left. So, I don't know why they would switch Ringo's picture around and not Paul's. I don't know, I could be wrong. I just always thought Paul was the lefty of the group and never heard anything about Ringo being a lefty.
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Here's just one of the zillion sites if you google Ringo left handed. Look under 'Role with the Beatles'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo_Starr
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Whoa, I was wrong, he is left-handed. I never would've guessed that, thanks for the link, 834. ;D
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yea I was looking through the Anthology Book and I remembered reading that he was left handed but I saw him writing with his right I was so confused...
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Here's a Ringo quote from 1997, about 'Rain': "It's the first time I think I was playing that `snatch' hi-hat (`open' punctuations), and what helped me to do that was that I was born left-handed. I write right-handed, but if I throw or play cricket or do anything physical, I'm left-handed. So I'm sort of this left-handed guy with a right-handed kit. I cannot start on the snare, go to the top tom, and then go to the floor tom. I have to start on the floor tom and move up, so those `snatches' on the hi-hat were just to give me room to get somewhere so I could get my hands working and get my arms to move around the drums."
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wow so technically he's not really "left-handed"