Comments on: The Solo Beatles: Ringo Starr

By: peter

peter — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:45:55 +0000

Correct – I may have worded it awkwardly, but I was trying to say that Paul wrote “Six O’Clock” and sang backup on that song and sang backup on “You’re Sixteen.”

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:32:34 +0000

You’re Sixteen was not written by Paul. It was a hit in 1960 for Johnny Burnette.

I’m glad Ringo was able to maintain his dignity all these years. Although a Beatle, he didn’t have those songwriting royalties that the others had, and didn’t make a fortune in movies or on tour.

How ironic that the oldest and least healthy may well be the last survivor

By: peter

peter — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:39:35 +0000

@Aaron: That makes sense. Starting with Time Takes Time, the quality of all albums has been dramatically better, with a Jeff Lynne/Traveling Wilburys vibe. He seems to be crafting his albums a bit more seriously.

@jb: You know, no one has written a good biography of Ringo himself. A biography by Ringo would probably be the most objective view into the inner circle. As much as I like Paul, he would certainly give his own, um, perspective to the whole saga.

By: jb

jb — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:22:10 +0000

I have maintained for years that Ringo should write a book about how it really was. I suspect that given his personality (as it seems to be) and a far lesser need to protect a legacy than Sir Paul has, it would be pretty interesting, and close to the truth.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:52:31 +0000

Ringo’s last 5 albums were produced with Mark Hudson (Hudson Bros.) who is also the uncle of actress Kate Hudson. Although he tries with each of these albums to come up with something good, they are all pretty dissapointing re-treads of the Beatlesque sound. I feel his last “good” effort was in 1992 with “Time Takes Time” and the “hit” song “Weight of The World.”