At any rate, he's still not everyone's favourite, really - every poll I've seen on the subject has proved that.
I guess it was because he wasen't really a songwriter. He was & still is a brilliant solid rock drummer & has the Ringo sound but i do suspect it was because the other 3 were writers & Ringo just kept it together. But of course, without Ringo it woulnd't be the Beatles!
HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY TO THE WHITE ALBUM! you say its your birthday!
Something someone told me this weekend seems to sum this up: Paul's the one you date in high school, John's the one you have a passionate affair with in college, George is the one you marry, and Ringo's your best friend.
I love that!
Ringo did appear to be the most popular Beatle during early Beatlemania in the United States. He received the most fan mail by far, although I personally think that Paul had the most teenagers screaming for him outside the hotel room windows. And don't forget the Ringo for President campaign! It was started by an American DJ, but it certainly caught on like wildfire.
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
Ringo is human. That's what makes him great. If you've ever messed around with a drum machine (even the kind you can "humanize" it still sounds like a machine.) Even some of the great session drummers can sound like machines.
Ringo is human. He plays a human beat. Whether it's "Get Back" or "Things We Said Today." It's idiosyncratically Ringo. Human. The Beatles needed that humanness/uniqueness at the center of their sound.
A technically "better" or steadier drummer might not have worked, because as a group they became an organic rather than mechanical entity.
No Ringo, no Beatles. Simple as that. Without the heart the body dies.
Ringo is human. That's what makes him great. If you've ever messed around with a drum machine (even the kind you can "humanize" it still sounds like a machine.) Even some of the great session drummers can sound like machines.
Ringo is human. He plays a human beat. Whether it's "Get Back" or "Things We Said Today." It's idiosyncratically Ringo. Human. The Beatles needed that humanness/uniqueness at the center of their sound.
A technically "better" or steadier drummer might not have worked, because as a group they became an organic rather than mechanical entity.
No Ringo, no Beatles. Simple as that. Without the heart the body dies.
Very well put. Ringo is so good I f*ucking hate him!!
I just want you to reassure him - talk to him, make him see the error of his ways. Then I'll hit him.
I think the reason that so many girls liked him in the early days is because of what adamzero said. He is more human, and approachable. Girls don't have to worry about getting their hearts broken.
You're so vain, you probably think this post is about you.
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And don't forget the Ringo for President campaign! It was started by an American DJ, but it certainly caught on like wildfire.
