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CameronL Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, Jamiel said: We have had two Popes called ‘John Paul’, what I wonder is when we will get a Pope called ‘Ringo and George’? There is a debate which never ends, just gets interrupted - "Which Beatle was the most successful after The Beatles split?" I think they were all great in their own way. John Lennon wrote the best lyrics. George Harrison wrote the best music. Paul McCartney and Wings were the best live act. Ringo Starr was the best narrator of train-based children's television programs. Edited April 8, 2021 by CameronL Typo 4 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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peanuts Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Well picked my Horse for the Grandnational "Creasote" apparently its good over fences 4 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted April 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 8, 2021 23 minutes ago, peanuts said: Well picked my Horse for the Grandnational "Creasote" apparently its good over fences I think you'll find your horse has been disallowed. These days you're better off with eels on fences. But not any old eels. You have to get them from some chap called Ronald, apparently. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, CameronL said: There is a debate which never ends, just gets interrupted - "Which Beatle was the most successful after The Beatles split?" Ringo Starr was the best narrator of train-based children's television programs. Really? I'll just leave this here.... Edited April 8, 2021 by Steamport Southport 11 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 I see in the news that the penalty for defacing a statue has increased to 10 years imprisonment. Pigeons aren't very happy about it and are organising a coo. 1 2 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Steamport Southport said: Really? I'll just leave this here.... I meant the best out of The Beatles. No-one could compete with the great Oliver Postgate. What else could I say about Ringo? Drumming? Paul McCartney played drums on "The Ballad of John and Yoko" and "Back in the USSR". This led to John Lennon, when asked by an interviewer "Is Ringo Starr the best drummer in the world?" reply "He isn't even the best drummer in The Beatles". 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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luckymucklebackit Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 10 hours ago, CameronL said: I meant the best out of The Beatles. But Best was sacked by the Beatles....... 1 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocor Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 14 hours ago, CameronL said: I meant the best out of The Beatles. No-one could compete with the great Oliver Postgate. What else could I say about Ringo? Drumming? Paul McCartney played drums on "The Ballad of John and Yoko" and "Back in the USSR". This led to John Lennon, when asked by an interviewer "Is Ringo Starr the best drummer in the world?" reply "He isn't even the best drummer in The Beatles". Wrongly attributed to John Lennon. The earliest source for the gag appears to be BBC comedy Radio Active in Oct 1981. https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/beatles/did-john-lennon-say-ringo-wasnt-even-best-drummer/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 I thought it was a Lennon quote in a radio interview on one of the early US tours? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 The story came from one of the recording sessions. He couldn't play a part. So they got a session musician to play it instead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Me_Do Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, rocor said: Wrongly attributed to John Lennon. The earliest source for the gag appears to be BBC comedy Radio Active in Oct 1981. https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/beatles/did-john-lennon-say-ringo-wasnt-even-best-drummer/ Well, In My Life I learn Something new all the time. Should I Get Back to the drawing board, or just cry for Help? I might sort it With A Little Help From My Friends. I apologise for the confusion. I hope everyone can Come Together, say "I Feel Fine" about it and just Let It Be. Edited April 9, 2021 by CameronL Added a bit 1 3 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted April 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2021 I am a percussionist of sorts, and Ringo is better than me. He tends to keep it simple but beautifully crafted, and has perceptibly improved over his career. Nobody is ever going to include him among the greats, but there's plenty in chart bands that can't hold a candle to him. 6 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jamiel Posted April 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 9, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: The story came from one of the recording sessions. He couldn't play a part. So they got a session musician to play it instead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Me_Do I am pretty sure that was a session for the BBC, and George Martin was producing, he had heard Pete Best and wanted a better drummer. He didn't know Ringo had joined the Beatles, and Ringo was pretty miffed at a session guy being used. Ringo and George Martin became great friends, and appreciated each other's work a great deal. Ringo is also the most expensive drummer for a session in the world as far as I know. Having played drums for many years I feel he is hugely underappreciated, his pattern drumming on ‘Come Together’ is years ahead of the time. He may not be Stevie Gadd, he may not have the technical aspects of some of the jazz and prog drummers, but when it comes to playing Ringo’s style, a very definite style, fitting, uncluttered, but with feel and fun, then frankly Ringo is your man. I think that a lot of drummers would put him in their to players list, OK after Gadd, Bonham, Bruford, Peart, Cobham, Copeland…… I would be pretty surprised if that lot didn’t put Ringo up there as an influence too, I know Phil Collins (drummer, preferably not singing) would. Meanwhile back to the jokes …….. Edited April 9, 2021 by Jamiel 3 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted April 10, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 10, 2021 Also consider that Ringo Starr, Charlie Watts and the others from the era had considerably less skin to whack than those to come, and developed their own distinctive style and sound from a considerably lower base level. Mike. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exmoordave Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 A Tibetan monk has just claimed he saw the face of his personal deity in a tub of margarine. he said, "I can't believe it's not Buddha"....... 3 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted April 10, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, exmoordave said: A Tibetan monk has just claimed he saw the face of his personal deity in a tub of margarine. he said, "I can't believe it's not Buddha"....... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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