I’d like your readers to know that I’m addition to everything you wrote that Dick Starkey has the most street cred of all the Beatles. John may have written Working Class Hero but Ringo was the only one of the four who actually was having grown up in The Dingle, still one of the toughest parts of Liverpool. He was the only one who was ever in a gang and in The Beatles Anthology book his chapter about his pre-Beatles life is by far the grittiest and most compelling. So yes, he paid his dues for singing the blues and he knows it don’t come easy.
Also Ringo would totally wince at being called a POP drummer as that word was a slur to people in rock and roll back in his day. He’d insist he was a great ROCK drummer.
And while I’m on a (drum) roll here, You’re Sixteen, written by The Sherman Brothers of Mary Poppins fame, was a cover of a song recorded by Johnny Burnette that was a hit when Ringo was a lad. His context when he recorded it was, “Aaaaaah.......remember this song from back in the day folks?”.
Beautiful and truthful sentiments, Hugo.
I feel peace and love after reading this. Thank you.
I loved this. So much.
I’d like your readers to know that I’m addition to everything you wrote that Dick Starkey has the most street cred of all the Beatles. John may have written Working Class Hero but Ringo was the only one of the four who actually was having grown up in The Dingle, still one of the toughest parts of Liverpool. He was the only one who was ever in a gang and in The Beatles Anthology book his chapter about his pre-Beatles life is by far the grittiest and most compelling. So yes, he paid his dues for singing the blues and he knows it don’t come easy.
Also Ringo would totally wince at being called a POP drummer as that word was a slur to people in rock and roll back in his day. He’d insist he was a great ROCK drummer.
And while I’m on a (drum) roll here, You’re Sixteen, written by The Sherman Brothers of Mary Poppins fame, was a cover of a song recorded by Johnny Burnette that was a hit when Ringo was a lad. His context when he recorded it was, “Aaaaaah.......remember this song from back in the day folks?”.