Come On You Irons 10:52 Wed Mar 8
The Beatles post-Beatles
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I heard 'The Long and Winding Road' this morning for the first time in a while and was reminded what a great song it is. It got me thinking, all of the Beatles (in my opinion) turned to shit about 5 years after they disbanded.
Lennon, McCartney and Harrison all released decent albums and numbers in the first few years after they disbanded in 1970, then turned to crap in the mid-70's!
Starr was always shit. Absolutely stole a living, that fella.
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Coffee
10:58 Wed Mar 8
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Just imagine Benrahma had been born a Beatle...
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violator
11:03 Wed Mar 8
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Alan Partridge : I like all the bands. I've got a broad taste, you know, from the Britpop bands, like UB40, Def Leppard, right back to classic rock, like Wings.
Ben : Who's Wings?
Alan Partridge : They're only the band The Beatles could have been.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
11:17 Wed Mar 8
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Contrary to what the site idiot states in the OP, 'Ringo' by Ringo is probably the second or third-best solo album by any of the ex-Beatles. All Things Must Pass is great but a bit too long and Band on the Run is superb. I'm not sure Lennon had a really good solo album. Most of the rest of their output was a bit shit, really, though they all had their moments.
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Takashi Miike
11:18 Wed Mar 8
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"Starr was always shit"
mmmm, who to believe? top drummers like steve gorman, jim keltner, stewart copeland, etc who cite him as a big influence and a great drummer, or some fuckwit fantasist who doesn't know his arse from his elbow?
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Lee Trundle
11:20 Wed Mar 8
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The Beatles are great/shit is a well trodden path on here.
You'll hopefully get the attention you desire, Cum on Benrahma.
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Stickleback
11:24 Wed Mar 8
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"Starr was always shit"
I thought Thomas the Tank Engine was great.
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Mr Kenzo
11:27 Wed Mar 8
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You had a thought about the Beatles and you decided that WHO was the first place you would inform about it. If only this subject hadnt been discussed before on here
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eswing hammer
11:28 Wed Mar 8
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Surface , One of the most popular internet myths is that Ringo was a crap drummer , l used to be a huge Beatles fan and used to read up on them , before they were huge ,everyone knows they had other band members and went after Ringo who was doing really well on the circuits, he turned them down the first few times because he was doing so well and didn’t need them but eventually agreed to join them , also you can see videos of drummers trying to keep up with songs like ,come together and birthday and they can’t do it , so much for being crap
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RBshorty
11:34 Wed Mar 8
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Is that the sound of a 1000 unhappy Kinks fans.?
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
11:45 Wed Mar 8
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eswing hammer 11:28 Wed Mar 8
I described the ex-Beatles' solo work as mostly, 'a bit shit'. The Beatles were a great band, the greatest, in fact, and Starr was a great drummer.
Jasper Carrot: Not even the best drummer in the Beatles
Paul McCartney: The best drummer in the world.
I wonder who knew best.
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Side of Ham
11:56 Wed Mar 8
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If the OP is right….
Come on the Swiss = Ringo Starr
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Far Cough
12:35 Wed Mar 8
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As Carrot is a Brum fan, I expect he believes and probably rightly so, that John (may he RIP) Bonham is the greatest drummer of all time?
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
12:37 Wed Mar 8
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Who knew John Bonham was in the Beatles?
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,
12:40 Wed Mar 8
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On a list of top popular music drummers Starkey would definitely have a place though it would be some way below both Honey Lantrey and Karen Carpenter.
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Northern Sold
12:45 Wed Mar 8
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Mooney for me... yes I know he has not got the timing or tempo of all those Jazz drummers like Buddy Rich, Ginger and Elvin Jones etc.... but could they blow up their drum kit with explosives... drive Rolls Royces into swimming pools or take 10 Elephant tranqualisers and STILL play drums.... Ok he passed out half way through the concert but come on !!!
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Far Cough
12:49 Wed Mar 8
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Surf, yeah, he was that good
Comma, Karen was indeed an excellent drummer but I'm not sure Honey Lantree is in her class?
May they both RIP
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Russ of the BML
12:52 Wed Mar 8
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In the last five years I've found a handful of Beatles tracks that I'd not before with all their very mainstream stuff. I can't work out why they weren't more well known tracks.
On the drummer business, all I would say is that I wanted a TV show on drumming recently on Sky Arts and the following people all cited Ringo Starr and one of the best technical drummers they've known and that his work with The Beatles was pioneering and light years ahead of its time. They are:
Stuart Copeland
Steve White
Chad Smith
Dave Grohl
So I'll probably lean towards their views.
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Northern Sold
1:04 Wed Mar 8
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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-drummers-of-all-time-77933/stewart-copeland-33775/
Rolling Stone top 100 drummers of all time... top 10
1. Bonham - Led Zep
2. Moon - The Who
3. Baker - Cream
4. Peart - Rush
5. Hale Blake - Wrecking Crew
6. Clyde Stubblefield - James Brown band
7. Gene Krupa
8. Mitch Mitchell - Hendrix Experience
9. Alan jackson Jr - Booker T - Stax
10. Stewart Copeland - The Police
14. Ringo
So not too bad for the worst drummer in the Beatles
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Far Cough
1:06 Wed Mar 8
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That should be Hal Blaine - Wrecking Crew
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Far Cough
1:07 Wed Mar 8
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and yes, he was a great drummer
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