tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post2581118490217729291..comments2024-03-17T11:05:22.464+00:00Comments on The Life And Opinions of Andrew Rilstone: 12:7 Can You Hear Me?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-24656529619471406032020-04-22T15:03:39.428+01:002020-04-22T15:03:39.428+01:00I only very slighly agree. For me, at least, the B...I only very slighly agree. For me, at least, the Beatles are 99% their music. All the rest is just a pleasant light dusting. To compliment Ringo's stage persona strikes me as damning with faint praise.Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-59876775507855118362020-04-22T14:49:41.377+01:002020-04-22T14:49:41.377+01:00Rather crucially, it is hard to imagine Pete Best ...Rather crucially, it is hard to imagine Pete Best shooting the breeze with the young lad by the canal or writing a song about a horticultural mollusc. The Beatles weren't just their music; and Ringo's stage-persona fitted the band like a glove.Andrew Rilstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05786623930392936889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-7112833428229812332020-04-21T18:24:26.677+01:002020-04-21T18:24:26.677+01:00I do agree: the magic of the Beatles is an alchemy...I do agree: the magic of the Beatles is an alchemy composed of four ingredients, not three (or indeed two). Ringo's drumming is (after the first couple of albums anyway) nearly always perfect for the song. I mean, there's nothing flashy about the guitar solo in <i>Something</i>, either, but it's perfect nevertheless.Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-15638554627372236112020-04-21T18:04:21.997+01:002020-04-21T18:04:21.997+01:00Actually I rate Ringo's drumming. It's sho...Actually I rate Ringo's drumming. It's show-off drumming like Keith Moon I don't like, the equivalent of writers who use endless adverbs. But then that ruins the gag!Gavin Burrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347163260510316959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-36998253624059730942020-04-20T18:40:51.285+01:002020-04-20T18:40:51.285+01:00Or, if you accept Andrew Hickey's take of it o...Or, if you accept Andrew Hickey's take of it over on his review of the Sergeant Pepper mono reissue, you're inventing modern rock drumming. See https://andrewhickey.info/2010/01/01/the-beatles-mono-reviews-9-sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band/<br /><br />"The more I listen closely to this music, the angrier I get at the people who claim Ringo was a bad drummer. The man was quite possibly the best rock drummer of his generation, and effectively <i>invented</i> modern rock drumming. The fact that the Beatles’ music sounds so catchy and simple is <i>entirely down to him</i>. The Beatles’ music has a <i>groove</i> to it, and that’s despite the fact that something like a quarter of Lennon’s songs (and several of McCartney and Harrison’s) feature all sorts of metrical irregularities. Most drummers would have immense difficulty even keeping time at all through this song. The fact that Starr manages to actually play fills and make the song one you can tap your foot to, that’s <i>impressive</i>."<br /><br />(It all plays into my secret theory that the people were a cryptic prog band.)Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-84292187682900529132020-04-20T18:20:05.501+01:002020-04-20T18:20:05.501+01:00If anyone wants me, I'll be over here keeping ...If anyone wants me, I'll be over here keeping up a steady rhythm.Gavin Burrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347163260510316959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-12880994082472751862020-04-20T17:40:09.685+01:002020-04-20T17:40:09.685+01:00George at the very least. More realistically, I sh...George at the very least. More realistically, I should get demoted to George and you get Paul :-)<br /><br />BTW., this comes from a comment on Blue Lake Boy's (very nice) review of my book at https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HOA1X5UMike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-78269042943608537152020-04-20T17:30:28.385+01:002020-04-20T17:30:28.385+01:00Sod it, I'm bloody Ringo, aren't I?Sod it, I'm bloody Ringo, aren't I?Gavin Burrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347163260510316959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-34676394380379446142020-04-19T17:14:11.713+01:002020-04-19T17:14:11.713+01:00By all means. You are, after all the easy going Mc...By all means. You are, after all the easy going McCartney to my acerbic Lennon.Andrew Rilstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05786623930392936889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-66313844621937274622020-04-18T19:47:30.943+01:002020-04-18T19:47:30.943+01:00I wouldn't usually just post a link to my own ...I wouldn't usually just post a link to my own review on someone else's blog, but since my perspective was so very different,perhaps just this once?<br /><br />https://reprog.wordpress.com/2020/03/21/can-you-hear-me-is-the-episode-praxeus-wanted-to-be/Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.com