Comments on: Thirteen Reasons to Give Ringo Some Respect

By: Will

Will — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:10:40 +0000

Here is the 14th reason…check out the trailer for this new movie Ringo is in called “Oh My God”

By: thedrumdoctor

thedrumdoctor — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:02:56 +0000

http://www.adcdrums.co.uk/news.asp#story113

Ringo is our drummer of the month for October 2009

By: Paul McGovern

Paul McGovern — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:16:37 +0000

After a lifetime of playing drums and ending up a sad and embittered nobody you feel the need to expunge your bile via slandering and insulting one of the greats.
“Not sure if it was Andy White”….so the article you read was so rivetting and earth shattering that you cant remember the name of this mythical “fith Beatle”…its a wonder you dont try to claim credit yourself for playing on the tracks.
As for SAY NO MORE….remove your head from your rectum, get some therapy to help you with your jealousy and take your own advice.

By: Pelger

Pelger — Wed, 13 May 2009 04:02:16 +0000

people that think ringo couldn’t play and they used session musicians, are simply ignorants and idiots.
the previous comment is bullshit, ringo plays both on the records and live,
(exept for the andy white love me do and the white album tracks where paul plays).
that kind of rumours are just that, rumours, invented perhaps by people with envy or that don’t like the beatles and try to throw some shit at them.
they are the band that’s as real as it gets, they composed the songs, they performed the instruments both on the records and live, and they sung both on the records and live, there’s nothing fake or sessions musicians or whatever about them, and when they used session musicians like billy preston for keyboards, andy white for drums, or whatever, they said it, they didn’t hide that kind of things, and, since they kicked out pete best for sucking, (I dare to say, he literally doesn’t know how to play drums. he’s not a dummer, period), I bet they wouldn’t have had any problem kicking out ringo if he sucked.
the fact is he doesn’t, he’s a great drummer, and as I said before, people that think he isn’t good, are just ignorants.

By: Stuart Taylor

Stuart Taylor — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:02:16 +0000

I have played drums since I was 15, I am now 57yrs old. I loved the Beatles music but I must say that there are a lot of untruths on this site.
Ringo did not set the trend as to how sticks were held. Ringo did not influence me as there were far better drummers on the scene in the 60’s. As far as his contrubution to the Beatles style of music, watching him play I haven’t seen anything that any average drummer couldn’t do. The next time you watch a Beatles video, take notice of how Ringo plays his Hi Hat- For those not technically minded his side to side action is amateurish. Not sure if it was Andy White but I read an interesting article by a drummer in the states. He claimed that he was asked to lay down some drum tracks during the night-he was given the music by who he later found out was George Martin- not told who the artist was/were. After the recording he stated that he was paid his session fee plus a very large ‘bonus’ which was in the form of ‘hush money’. He claimed that he soon realized that he had played the drum tracks on the following Beatles album and this was all done under cloak and dagger as Mr Martin was not happy with Ringo’s drumming……….SAY NO MORE !

By: richie

richie — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:55:45 +0000

dude, hes the bomb diggty yo.. i’m better tho! ha!

By: Brian R. Cunningham

Brian R. Cunningham — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:27:16 +0000

If The Beatles had ANY other drummer other than Ringo, they would not have had the room for experimentaion on their many classic tracks that Ringo has defined. I couldn’t imagine Charlie Watt’s incessant pounding on “Strawberry Fields Forever” or “A Day in the Life”, or someone like John Bonham on “Here, There and Everywhere”.
Also, Pete Best truly S-U-C-K-E-D as any drummer knows…This was being told to them for almost a year by Tony Sheridan, and then reinforced by Martin himself. The only reason why they used Andy White on Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You is that no one told him that Ringo would be coming that day, as he had already booked Andy White already knowing how bad Best was at playing drums….

By: David L.

David L. — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:18:34 +0000

I culdn’t disagree with you more. True, George Martin was not happy with Pete Best’s drumming but he also wasn’t happy with Ringo’s drumming either. That is why he had a professional drummer named Andy White play on the original Love Me Do and P.S. I Love You recordings. Ringo was not a better drummer then Pete Best either. John Lennon once said, and I quote,”Pete Best was a better drummer but Ringo was a better Beatle”. This was due to Pete’s quiet manner and Ringo’s more Beatle like personality. Ringo was the ” luckiest ” man that ever lived.

By: Ednel

Ednel — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:13:52 +0000

As said in the begining, this is an excellent list of reasons! Really enjoyed reading it and it will probably help me in future discussion with Ringo-critics! Thank you for sharing!

By: Brian R. Cunningham

Brian R. Cunningham — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:19:14 +0000

I became a drummer after seeing The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as an 8 year old! Although I also admired other drummers, Ringo was my first and foremost influence!~