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Thank God my gang b*ng comment has been salvaged! Who would’ve thought such a thing would trip a SPAM filter? *clears throat*
@Nancy, I demand that this become a regular feature. It is one of my favorite parts of our weblog.
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Interesting Ringo article from last April… Here are some quotes:
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There are times when Ringo can be quite acerbic. “I was having dinner with him recently in L.A. with Dave Grohl and our wives,” says Paul McCartney. “I know Ringo has been sober for years, so I joked, ‘C’mon, Ringo, have a whiskey.’ Ringo looked at me for a second and says, ‘What, and end up looking like you?’ I deserved it.”
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“I don’t want to bring in the violins, but we all came from hardship,” says McCartney. “All of us except for George lost someone. I lost my mum when I was 14. John lost his mum. But Ringo had it worst. His father was gone; he was so sick they told his mum he wasn’t going to live. Imagine making up your life from that, in that environment. No family, no school. He had to invent himself. We all had to come up with a shield, but Ringo came up with the strongest shield.”
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“It’s family,” says McCartney. “Sometimes we get pissed off at each other. I’ll want something from him and he won’t give it to me, and I’ll get pissed off. But then it passes. Brothers fight sometimes. There’s this revisionist history that it was all John and Paul. But it was four corners of a square; it wouldn’t have worked without one of the sides. Ringo was the right angle.”
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“Paul said he’s going to do the Hall of Fame speech,” says Ringo. He then speaks in dry British wit. “I really think I’m doing it just to give Paul a night out. He likes to keep busy.” He pauses before turning serious. “But the other side of that coin is that we would not have made as many records if it hadn’t have been for Paul. John and I lived very close, and we could get lazy. And Paul would call: ‘Hey, lads. Time we went back in the studio.’ So we’ve got to thank him that you’ve got 12 records.”
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“The first few minutes that Ringo is playing, I look to the left at George and to the right to John, and we didn’t say a word, but I remember thinking, ‘Shit, this is amazing,’ ” says McCartney. He paused to think for a second and then gave an impolitic example. “Look, I love Led Zeppelin, but you watch them playing and you can see them looking back at John Bonham, like, ‘What the hell are you doing — this is the beat.’ You could turn your back on Ringo and never have to worry. He both gave you security and you knew he was going to nail it.”
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/being-ringo-star-beatles-cover-story-20150415#ixzz3vTdxbceX
“But the other side of that coin is that we would not have made as many records if it hadn’t have been for Paul.
John and I lived very close, and we could get lazy. And Paul would call: ‘Hey, lad. Time we went back in the studio.’ So we’ve got to thank him that you’ve got 12 records.”
Thank you Paul. And thank you Ringo for acknowledging for the record, who was the “real force” behind getting the music done. We already know “bossy” Paul made sure it was not only done, but done right. The real unsung leader of the world’s most famous band.
“But the other side of that coin is that we would not have made as many records if it hadn’t have been for Paul.
John and I lived very close, and we could get lazy. And Paul would call: ‘Hey, lads. Time we went back in the studio.’ So we’ve got to thank him that you’ve got 12 records.”
Thank you Paul. And thank you Ringo for acknowledging for the record, who was the “real force” behind getting the music done. We already know “bossy” Paul made sure it was not only done, but done right. The real unsung leader of the world’s most famous band.