People who say Ringo was the weakest of the group don't realize how much he added to them just by being himself. They had to have someone completely different from the other three. If they had had any other fourth than Ringo, they wouldn't have been the same band.
@@ADAMSIXTIES John was both the mind and the soul, with plenty of heart! That's why I rate him higher than Paul, who meshed just beautifully and perfectly with John as a dynamite songwriting combo. Nobody did it better; in a sly rewording of Carly Simon's famous music phrase!
0:23 I wouldn't believe those two girls just gave up on chasing a Beatle if I saw Ringo Starr walking in my neighborhood Id be sprinting faster than Usane Bolt
That scene where Ringo takes the "selfie" and the camera jumps off the rock and into the water? It cracked me up when I first saw it in '64 and cracks me up every time I've seen it since. Including today! :-D!
I don't know how they pulled that off, I looked for a string or something to pull the camera off the rock, it was time so perfectly. I laughed, too, nearly 60 years later.
@@Torch315 With those old cameras, tripping the shutter alone would be enough to make them jump. With as precariously as that camera was sitting on the rock, that would be all it would take.
Yes and it says a lot. Although it is fiction is shows a bit of what they lived always locked., no way to walking free on the streets and so on. The other scene that shows it very well is all of them playing to the sound of Cant Buy me Love.
This was always one of my favorite parts of the movie, because I don't really think Ringo was acting....that this showed Ringo like he really is. Explains why I always loved (and still love) Ringo.
I remember my parents taking my younger sister and I to the drive-in to see this. The next day, they treated us to the album, which I still have. We had very little, but they made sure we had treats along the way of movies, including albums, such as The Monkees' first. These are wonderful memories. I think they enjoyed everything as much as we did! I bless them for our wonderful life growing up; we didn't really have a sense of going without. I guess we didn't ask for a lot. I loved it then.
Love this story. You must be 65? Was given both those records - Beatles & Monkees. I have all the songs from A Hard Day's Night on my iPhone, for my walks.
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Very touching scene. The music, the characters, the streets. Reminds me of my hometown Gary, Indiana. Not much different, you know.
Easily the most intimate and personal part of "A Hard Day's Night." Love that bit with his camera falling into the river, and then the interaction with the police (twice) and that boy. David Janson plays Charley, who was 14 then, so he is 66 now. That was his 15 sec. (60 sec., 2:02-3:02) of fame. "A Hard Day's Night" was the first (?) music video, although well over 2 hours! Some people point to the video Ricky Nelson made in 1961 for his "Travelin' Man" song as the first music video.
The guitar playing in this scene was a 1961 Fender Stratocaster played by Vic Flick, a studio session player. He sold the guitar for $55k to Pawn Stars in Las Vegas. I'm sure he could have received more than that if he sold it separately. He has quite an impressive background in studio sessions with famous recordings.
@@juanbasiliofafutisgonzalez4810 What does that mean? It was Vic Flick playing this in this scene. Jimmy Page used to watch Vic Flick play guitar. He was one of the best guitarist that nobody knew.
The scene of Ringo walking along the river Thames was filmed along the Putney Towpath, just west of the Kew Bridge, West London. David Janson plays Charley, Ringo's young sidekick. Janson was 14 when the movie was filmed. He's 65 now.
Barry, thanks for the info! I just posted (changed it per your info) mentioning him, but didn't know his real name or age. So, he wasn't really (almost) 11, after all! He didn't look 14. Glad to hear he is still living.
And he was billed as Jaxon in the credits at the end. As of July 2021, he's 71, has two children and a grandchild. I agree with others here - it's my fave scene in the movie, and have watched it a gazillion times - (saw the movie 150 times in my life) and listen to the song (the movie version with this meeting with the boy) about twice a week as my music to walk/run to. Because Ringo was PARADIN' like Granddad told him to, I always feel like that's what I'm doing when I hear that song. Sigh. Love Ringo.
I return to the movie, and this video specifically, to just block out this crazy world and surround myself with the great emotional and musical vibes. I'm 66 and a drummer - Ringos drumming and feel for the music was perfect - magical. In my opinion part of what made the Beatles music so special was 1. The song writing 2. Their three part harmonies 3. Ringo's drumming!... of course all those hours spent playing in Germany (Pete Best too), Cavern Club, etc so they were musically so tight was another special ingredient.... thank you, thank you George, Ringo, John, and Paul
When I was about 12 years old i was riding my bike along the embankment of the Thames (probably near Twickenham) and saw some people filming, I stopped and watched for a while then rode off. It was only when I went to see the film later that I realised they had been filming Ringo.
I love the entire movie. I could remember the first time I saw it. Channel 9 in NYC played it on New Years Eve when I was about 12 or 13 in the mid 70's. But there is something so excellent about this part. The music. And of course Ringo who was a natural in front of the camera.
Ringo at 23 when this was filmed was only 9 years older than actor David Jaxon (Janson) who played Charlie and was just turning 14 March 30,1964 a few weeks after this scene was filmed.
Mr. Starr is and always will be the conductor. I pounded out and finessed his tunes, playfully and skillfully on a beautiful Remington upright. My mum loved it. You have no idea. Kept her alive for months. She had a great voice and even better rhythm. Born in 1925, she got you, loved you, and the joy you have brought to us is immeasurable. God bless, dear one. Thank you, Ringo.
So alluring. Lost in wonder. What do you do when you don't know what to do? *Walks* The pressure of society may be great, but how we focus ourselves on accomplishing goals are our passions.
Interesting to learn that, according to Wikipedia, Jimmy Page (Led Zepp) played on this instrumental version of "This Boy." I haven't seen this since the film came out. How strung together this was - in a good way - and the conversation with the boy is rich with idioms; "Stroppy" and "Ding-Dong." Thanks for posting this.
I STILL LOVE THIS GREAT CLIP FROM A HARD DAYS NIGHT! THANKS FOR SHARING! ALSO, I LOVE THE SONG FROM THE SOUNDTRACK ALBUM WHICH I HAD MANY YEARS AGO! R.K. 3/18/2021.
My favorite part of Hard days night. As a kid growing up in England I had friends just like the scruffy lad.... takes me back to a place and time in that was.... timeless .... As a bassist for over 35 years, my musical heart beats to the music of the Beatles.... Thank you Paul, John, George and Ringo....
Great scene! Interestingly the arrangment of 'Ringo's Theme' that you hear here is very different from that on the released United Artists album and single by The George Martin Orchestra. This one is a bit longer, has no strings and is jazzier with more focus on guitar, piano and brass. I wish that some label someday releases this, the true fim version to be enjoyed.
What Ringo has brought to the band is the comedic aspect which has made the Beatles what they are. If they'd been a cool rock band just like any other of the bunch they wouldn't have been as successful as they eventually were. It made this supernatural band human. The hunanisation of the band was Ringo's biggest achievement.
fun fact: the guitar played in the theme is played by vic flick, and you can find him on an episode of pawn stars selling the very guitar used to play it.
One little touch I like: listen closely to the kid's description of his three friends. Ginger's "mad, he says things" and Ding Dong "fancies himself". Does that sound anything like two other moptops--a witty snarker and a pretty boy? And Eddie's "good at punching and spitting"...George was known as the scrapper of the group...
Let's take a minute to acknowledge the great guitar playing from Vic Flick here. An excellent unsung British session player, probably most famous for playing on the James Bond theme. He, along with Joe Moretti and Big Jim Sullivan for me really defined "Technical" British Invasion guitar playing. George Harrison will forever be one of my most enduring influences but them session players definitely were better players from a tecnical perspective. Anyways, lovely film, lovely songs, lovely film score.
Hi Minnie - Remember when we saw this in the midnight matinee? One of my favorite Beatle songs! Thanks for turning me onto this song! Your old pal, Mary :)
Just saw an episode of Pawn Stars where the guitar played in this song comes in the door - and now I just saw the video and heard it play You rock RU-vid !
@sludgefingers That's amazing. I just saw it in the Sunday Times article. What a legacy. There can't be many session musicians on Beatles albums apart from horn players and orchestral parts.
