Musings on the byways of popular culture
Tuning in to Auntie’s premier news cast this morning, during a trail for a puff piece on Thomas the Tank Engine, Anna Foster refers to ‘ex Beatle Ringo Starr’. Ex Beatle?!? Do the others know about this? Is Zak available? Are the R4 Today programme’s editors just too young?
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Episode 101 of my blog is about what happened at Abbey Road studios on a freezing cold, February day in 1963.
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So the sickly lad who was hospitalised with TB (and discovered a passion for drumming while he was in hospital) has made it to 80.
As a fan of all the Fabs, I still find that Ringo is one of my favourite solo albums of all. Ok, he had lots of help from the other three, as well as Harry Nilsson, Billy Preston, Nicky Hopkins and most of The Band, but it’s still his album.
Peace And Love!
The social media-averse may not have seen this, so I thought I’d share. Made me laugh my head off.
http://i1350.photobucket.com/albums/p773/minibreakfast/Ringo%20John_zpsqon7zoev.jpg
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I just had my day brightened a little. Grabbing a quick coffee in Tesco, of all places, the in store muzak played Photograph by ex HJH Ringo Starr. It put a little smile on my face. Have a good day all.
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Alerted by Steven C in the upcoming JOHN&YOKO podcast about the latest opus from Ringo Starr of Rory Storm & The Hurricanes fame I decided to listen to the title track which is constructed from Beatles & Ringo song titles ie the sort of game people play on blogs like this. It is doggerel of the lowest calibre
“I know that we can work it out There ain’t no need of twist and shout And I won’t back off boogaloo Unless you say you love me do”
Makes ‘Drumming Is My Madness’ sound like Penny Lane
