C'mon Ringo! Hang it up already.
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...In the heyday of the Fab Four it was so easy to like Ringo Starr. He was projected as the everyman in the shadows of giants, when in fact it was actualy his guiding genius that propelled the Beatles to stardom. Over the Post-Beatle years, as the other three floundered about, Ringo always there to gather such fading stars as Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Clapton, The Band, Dr John, & others too numerous to list...into great homeboy recordings that let each of these artists achieve greatness once again.
......and so i say, with more than a touch of sadness...Give It Up Ringo! You look like a sad silly caricature of affable uncle Fred.
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Comments (17)
Aw - don't go messin with Ringo
C'mon! his 'best' days, such as they were, are so far in the rearview......
That may be so, BUT. his iconic status protects him.
Dude, how many Ringos do YOU know?
I repeat, Don't go messin with Ringo!
YOU DO NOT WANT TO INCUR THE IRE OF THE HAREM
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
It appears that we have hit a raw nerve. Oh boy!
I can't believe you are saying such. Ringo is peace and love. He writes positve tunes with mostly great beats. The majority of his post Beatles work has been the most Beatlesque of the bunch, which is a blessing to fans like me that long to hear more Beatlesque.
I say, let's hear it for Ringo! I love watchng his concerts too- they are fun and upbeat. VH1 Classic is showing Storytellers (along with all sorts of Beatles specials including the Archive series from '95) this week and I loved his Soundstage concert.
Haha not the best performance Ive heard but hey I grew up with the beatles and Im not about to diss a guy for a bad day, yet..............
So Ringo & ensemble popped up at Craig Ferguson's "the Sham Wow informercial's next" rather late show? Wasn't he afraid of underexposure on such a venue? (I wonder if Carson Daly could be persuaded to have "the octopus" play on the latest night venue?) Give that Beatle the "wavy alligator" puppet or a rattlesnake cup for his musical effort.
Jeff, you are totally, utterly wrong. Yes, Ringo on stage is not an arresting figure, but it's obvious you do not own his last 5 albums, stariting with Vertical Man, all of which contain some wonderful, sometimes great material (ok, excluding the execrable Christmas CD - speaking of which, are you foaming at the mouth for Bob Dylan's Christmas release?).
Ringo has written or co-written most of these albums, a great leap forward from embarassments like "Don't Pass Me By". He has grown as a musician and writer and deserves your respect.
I obstain..
I heard the Beatles have some new CD's out...The amount of falling over one's self to praise , anthologize , remember,etc., etc. over a CD reissue is kinda reminding me of the beginning of the CD era..which reminds me of one of the many reasons why I dislike CD's.
"No,no," they say,"this is the real remaster." Paul even weighing in with, "now you can hear these records like we heard them in the studio."
The latest technology was used they say, but I believe we've heard that before...it has always been the CD's calling card, and look where that got them. Where was the "CD's sound great" argument when mp3's came along , essentially killing CD's and the industry that spawned them.
I'm sure the remasters sound great, but sheesh..it ain't new..it is different. Artistic choices are made in a remix/remaster. I wonder how the sound compares to original vinyl.
The industry invented marketing for the Beatles and they remain kings in that department..
I'm not trying to diminish the musical or cultural impact of the Beatles..clearly huge!
I am just pointing out that the industry that grew up around and in some cases because of them changed things for the worse.
Hearing music critics talk about this is getting kinda scary too..."The Beatles ruled the charts when the best music was the most popular" and statements like this are a bit much.
The canon of Rock as made by some of these folks and their hall of fame, and their "must have" CD shopping lists are actually aiding the demise of the idiom, pointing it toward artifacthood and maybe the possibility of a college degree in Roll and Roll down the road.
It happened to jazz, so be wary rockers:)
@ Spike. I'm not afraid...I'll wrestle that harem to the mat!
@ Rex....It was Ringo on Storytellers that inspired this tirade
@ Earthman....I hear ya, it hurts me too.
@Aiea.....uh, okay
@ Mark....for some odd reason...i have them all. I do not like them for the most part.
Cody B....your observations are astute & correct, i believe. When it comes to rocknroll marketing....the Beatles wrote the first five chapters in the book.
I've tried bits and pieces over the years but. ehh. Give me "Ringo" and I'm pacified. I guess it really don't come easy...
(that Cody is a bubbling double broiler lately!)
I'm just an angry college kid..
I appreciate his career and all that he has contributed to the community, but that was just sad.
Take a cue from Kurt and burn out and don't fade.
Ouch!
Ringo's last few albums (since Vertical Man in '98) have been quite an improvement over those awful late 70's releases. Now on live performances....sorry Ringo but they aren't doing it for me anymore. I saw the 4th All-Starr Band tour in '97 at Myrtle Beach SC with Frampton, Jack Bruce, Gary Brooker, Simon Kirke, etc. Frampton stole the show. The show was great as a matter of fact but not so much because of Ringo, sorry to say. He's great in his own way and will always hold a special place in my heart though because......he's Ringo.
Now....WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH MOG AND THE MP3 UPLOAD SITUATION??? Any news, anyone??
I think its almost fixed!!!
Mark, read this http://mog.com/david_hyman/blog/1476385
Then try this http://mog.com/MusicRX/blog/1470180
It's going to be a bit longer.