Happy Birthday Ringo!

[Teasing the Korean]

God, we're all getting old.

This means that John would have turned 70 this coming October.

[clifford_thornton]

2 down, one castrated, and one to go.

[BruceH]

God, we're all getting old.

This means that John would have turned 70 this coming October.

It's not that so much as the fact that I clearly remember Ringo turning 40 (and that seemed kind of old to me at the time.)

BTW, am I the only one who thinks he's a little underrated as a rock drummer?

[Aggie87]

Apparently McCartney showed up at Ringo's show last night and sang "Happy Birthday" - kinda cool!

[B. Goren.]

God, we're all getting old.

My Mom says that if you think what the alternative is, getting old is not that bad.

[JSngry]

and though she was born a long, long time ago....

[sidewinder]

one castrated

Did I miss this one?

[Dave James]

BTW, am I the only one who thinks he's a little underrated as a rock drummer?

Yes. He's a lot underrated.

[cih]

Horses for courses - I always though Ringo was doing just what he needed to do. He'd have sounded pretty daft doing a Keith Moon. But what do I know about drumming? nuffink. Watching all the old footage of the Beatles on tour that was on BBC earlier this year, it's clear how integral he was, even without the drumming!

[Teasing the Korean]

BTW, am I the only one who thinks he's a little underrated as a rock drummer?

Yes. He's a lot underrated.

Whenever a drummer tells me "Ringo sucks," I reply, "OK, play 'She Said She Said' or 'Rain' and you're hired." That usually shuts them up. Amazing how rock/pop drummers under a certain age completely lack that jazzy swing feel evident in Ringo, Charlie Watts, Mick Avory, Jim McCarty, etc.

[JSngry]

Amazing how many jazz players lack it as well...

[porcy62]

one castrated

Did I miss this one?

Me too :unsure:

[kh1958]

Paul's post-Beatle music sounds like he has been...

[Aggie87]

Apparently McCartney showed up at Ringo's show last night and sang "Happy Birthday" - kinda cool!

Worth a view! I didn't realize until today that Joe Walsh, who's playing guitar with Ringo on this tour, is also his brother in law (they're both married to the Bach sisters).

[JSngry]

one castrated

Did I miss this one?

Me too :unsure:

Paul's post-Beatle music sounds like he has been...

An understandable, but only-partially (if mostly) accurate perception.

However, I think it sounds more like somebody who smoked too much dope and got too complacent about life in general.

[catesta]

This always makes me laugh...

Peace and Love, Peace and Love

Edited July 9, 2010 by catesta

[clifford_thornton]

one castrated

Did I miss this one?

Me too :unsure:

Paul's post-Beatle music sounds like he has been...

An understandable, but only-partially (if mostly) accurate perception.

However, I think it sounds more like somebody who smoked too much dope and got too complacent about life in general.

Musically & socially, Sir Paul seems to be missing a pair.

Ringo is fine; I prefer Charlie Watts but they're both good drummers. I get more out of the Stones' music, but that's just me.

[There's ol' Clifford, pissing in everybody's punch bowls again...]

[GA Russell]

Mick Avory

Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long while!

[JSngry]

An understandable, but only-partially (if mostly) accurate perception.

However, I think it sounds more like somebody who smoked too much dope and got too complacent about life in general.

Musically & socially, Sir Paul seems to be missing a pair.

Smoking too much dope for too long has that effect on a lot of people....