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It was important for him to be good, it was important that he fitted and had a strong personality and it was important that he was already a good friend. I doubt any other drummer in Liverpool fitted the bill - no matter how technically good they were, other drummers would have fallen short in one of the other departments.
Watch the "First Visit" DVD and you'll see Ringo had seemlessly fitted in by early 1964.
Ringo has no need or duty to apologize to Pete. Ringo accepted an invitation, and he wasn't the one who wanted Pete out. End of story. What's so great about Ringo is that he provided highly imaginative and original drumming to the extent that you would actually be able to tell a Beatles song just by listening to the drum track! Ringo was the right one for the guys. I'm sorry to Pete. But Ringo was the man.
I agree with Revoloution. They got rid of Pete because little Paullie didnt get all the females' attention- it had nothing to do with his drumming (in my opinion).
Just for the record, Ringo has nothing to appologize for since it wasnt his decision and he didnt go to the beatles and said "i wanna be in your group".
I do feel sorry for Pete (for those days) and it was real nice of him to play for them after they kicked him out and that he didnt have a whole anti beatles parade or something. But you know, I dont think Pete enjoyed it with the beatles. I mean, in Hamburg he would be the quiet one, he wouldnt do crazy things like the rest of them. He had a different personality to the rest of them. But thats all in the past, now he's got what he wanted, right?
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Legendary producer SIR GEORGE MARTIN has made a public apology to replaced BEATLES drummer PETE BEST. The 66-year-old musician was part of the fab four from 1960 to 1962, before Ringo Starr was drafted into the band to take his place - and the music mogul now insists he feels "guilty" over the dismissal. Martin authorised the change just before the Beatles shot to fame, with Best going on to work as a civil servant for 20 years before establishing his own band years later. Martin says, "I felt guilty. Maybe I was the catalyst that changed his life."
Sir George Martin is really one of my favorite old guys. It seems as if he's really out to tidy up his life and make it nice and neat before making a dignified exit. He seems to go the extra mile to be fair, and he wants to keep on good speaking terms with his conscience. Bravo!
That said, I don't think it was Sir George so much as Beatle George. I think Pete got a lousy deal-- I'd read somewhere that nowadays you'd have a separation settlement and get a band fixed up for him in advance. I still think Ringo was better for the group. He clicked with them as others have said, considered the other Beatles brothers, and I think they would have self-destructed under the insanity of Beatlemania unless they were four really good friends.
Perhaps I'm doing Pete an injustice. He didn't like to hang with them in Liverpool or Hamburg, not caring to be part of the gang, even though he was perfectly friendly with everyone, particularly John. He might have been able to adapt to being closeted with this "gang of 3" every day of his life for 4 years... but I think it would have been more of a trial for all of them. Interesting.
All you've got to do is choose love. That's how I live it now. I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden. I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007
For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
Legendary producer SIR GEORGE MARTIN has made a public apology to replaced BEATLES drummer PETE BEST. The 66-year-old musician was part of the fab four from 1960 to 1962, before Ringo Starr was drafted into the band to take his place - and the music mogul now insists he feels "guilty" over the dismissal. Martin authorised the change just before the Beatles shot to fame, with Best going on to work as a civil servant for 20 years before establishing his own band years later. Martin says, "I felt guilty. Maybe I was the catalyst that changed his life."
There, Pete got his apology. I wonder if he feels all better now?
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