Ringo doesn't play the drums. He plays the song. His playing does not rely on standard drumkit patterns. It's unique to each moment, creatively inventing just what the song needs.
Mix four musical geniuses together that lack actual musical education, combine them with a classically trained manager, and at the end of the day you get the magic that was the Beatles.
@Werewolf O. London, Esq. I like the bass part. There's enough room in the song for it because of the very patient tempo, and Paul didn't take anything that wasn't given. Seemed more like a conversation between instruments speaking in turn. Much rather this than some kind of predictable, textbook oom-pah, oom-pah root-fifth thing. There was - and is - enough of that already.
He’s never been my favorite in terms of technicality but no one else can come up with so many drum parts that are just as recognizable as the guitar riff or vocal melody
This just proves the point that Ringo knows what he’s doing behind the drum kit! He is in the pocket, laid-back in his execution and right on point with what the song needs. Brilliant!
@phillydisco A couple of days ago I heard "This Magic Moment" by Jay and the Americans and I thought: this is a perfect song to do as an interpretation of Ringo interpreting a song. Key elements to my interpretation: no hi-hat/ride cymbal. The guitars keep tempo, hi-hat on top of that seems redundant/intrusive/obstructive. Ringo was doing it on songs with much less time keeping by other instruments, like my favorite, She Said She Said. Not playing something as a critical song component is simply genius (Ringo's, not mine).
I just have no words to describe this. I've been a drummer for a long time, I have heard a lot ( and I mean a lot) of master classes of very great drummers of all kind of styles and what happened to me while listening to this track is something hard to describe. My mind was just floating and trying to picture what was in Ringo's mind when he created this amazing piece. It's like a musical algorithm or something like that. Sorry! I really have no words to describe this!!
Definitely John, Paul, Geroge and Ringo, were destined to be together and to be The Beatles. The sum of all of them together with the guidance of Brian Epstein and George Martin, created something unique in music
Aesthetical Twat I would tend to agree, but it depends on the situation. Look at the crazy stuff Keith Moon was doing with The Who. It worked perfectly for them. And Mitch Mitchell’s jazz influenced-playing sounded great with Hendrix.
Ringo was one fourth of the greatest band that ever was. He doesn't need any defense. Very early on you could tell he was perfect for The Beatles. Just listen to the 1963 song "Boys." His timing on both drums and vocals was superb!
I once heard George say "And there was Ringo, rock steady as always". That is the essence of Ringo's drumming - rock steady, rock steady, perfect little additions to the song in the right places.
as a songwriter, id kill to have ringo. dude was a true artist, that knew how to serve the song. i love me some fancy drums too, but man, he is just perfect for the songs. other drummers KNOW how good ringo is.
The cymbal crescendo is an overdub. I think there are drum overdubs in the middle 8 as well, the triplets section. I am #1 Ringo Fan. Ringo changed my life. One minor point. Some of his best drumming was suggested by or even created by Paul. Although Ringo played The Ticket To Ride drum part and the Tomorrow Never Knows drum part, both parts were largely due to Paul's ideas. The point here is that not only could Ringo create his own genius drum parts, the other Beatles knew that if they suggested things things to him, or even had specific ideas, they all knew Ringo could *execute* their ideas and add that special Ringo touch and feel.
Ringo also said that some requirements that the others had, needed eight arms or something, kind of that the others lacked a bit of insight what was possible to do in one playing; Ringo said he would try to go for his own version of their ideas ( after all they were the composers of the songs ), Ringo said I would play what came natural, I would not sit and train something that felt unnatural to me, and if " eight arms " were really needed we could do over dubbs; in the triplet section there are both triplets on the hi hat along the tom toms at the end of each sequence. Sometimes Paul or somebody els would stand alongside Ringo and play some rhythm percussion, tom tom or cymbal. They search out together what would fit the songs. And then you have to have a " heart " and a " brain " going along with what´s happening, for as long as the song goes on...how did you do those breaks in that song Ringo ( not this song Something )? I think it was Jim Keltner who asked that... I just blacked out said Ringo..I could not do them again in the same way...well there you are...unique moments..
I was forever suggesting things to our drummer, and he didn't give a shit, he'd just play them. I guess it depends on the person, I imagine some drummers don't like being told what to do one bit. But I think Ringo is cool about all that
Can we talk about Ringo's outfit in that picture? Fantastic! ...Oh yeah, also the drumming is incredible. Super understated but fits right in there. and my god does that bridge section pop!
Ringo didn't have to rely on expert level drummer tricks because he knew how to make the silence in his beats stand out. That's one reason why I love Ringo as a drummer
he's amazing, they were lucky to get him, he was perfect in the studio and live too, the only reason they could play live without hearing themselves was his solid beat.
Just what the song needs, with no showboating. And that makes the little fills and accents (like adding the ride hits during the guitar solo) pop out that much more. THIS is what drumming should be.
Back in the late sixties and even more in early seventies, many drummers tried to do more and more, and do it faster and faster. They were even encouraged by music papers, and the fans were stunned. But there were a few really good "story-telling drummers", who had a true feeling for the music, and added a percussion and drumming which was illustrating each song differently. Barrie J. Wilson was such a drummer for Procol Harum. Ringo Starr was such a drummer for the Beatles. Drummers rarely get such credits, but in a way Ringo was a kind of co-author for so many songs which would be much poorer without his caring and sensitive interpretations.
The drum pattern is so unique that anyone familiar with the song would recognise it on its own. Tremendous good taste and impeccable execution make this one of the best signature drummings of all time.
Giorgi Ostatishvili blast beat dweebs. Yea cause a big judgement people make about ringos drumming skills was that he didnt do enough heavy metal deathcore blast beats.
@@lastnameawesome8982 no it's normally the people who play shit like that that judge Ringo and they can all Fuck off if you ask me, just by the Tone Ringo was far superior, drums nowadays sound like plastic bottles being smacked around...
If I was a songwriter, Ringo is exactly the drummer I would. He somehow knew how to construct the perfect drum part for every song so as to bring out the emotions of the song through his drums.
That groove Ringo is laying down seems deceiving simple.not so easy to stay in that slow pocket without speeding up.Ringo nails it plus puts his own Ringo stylistic fills. Wonderful. The overdubs on the bridge are also unique to Ringo.They didn't use click tracks in the Beatles days.Ringo had very good time and a great creative style.Thanks for sharing this. Can you do Ringo on I Me Mine?
Ringo is one of my 3 favorite all time drummers. The other 2 being Keith Moon and John Bonham. Each one is very different from the other and I like them all for very different reasons. Ringo's taste in his style is impeccable. Very unique and always hits the spot that the song needs - without exception.
I have great admiration for his combination of skill and humility. It takes way more to restrain yourself and be subtle or to merely compliment a piece instead of trying to whip out your chops and take priority of the music. He had honed his craft, but he never got ahead of himself. Wasn't it true that he didn't even want to solo for The End as well? He seemed to despise anything that brought the light onto him directly, but I think it was only because he considered the rest of the band too, even though the same couldn't always be said for the other three.
brilliant. A great drum track is always revealed by how good it sounds isolated. this sounds fantastic. so steady. perfect restraint (hi hat at 2:41? ). great sounds. sounds like a tea towel on the snare but who cares.
Headed Ringo was a fan of never playing the same fill twice. He was a very funny and quick whitted young lad when they started. Definitely see why the other Beatles felt they needed him.
Would so much rather listen to this, Then some drum solo. This is skill. How to come up with this💪. Its a journey of 3 minuts, thats interesting from start to finish. I loved it. As a matter a fact, I wanna hear it again.🤟
I know it's kind of a meme how he says "I just played what sounded good," because that seems very simple and I guess, a little stupid in a away, but that kind of humility is something I think every musician should have. The Beatles might not have been on the same technical level as bands like Led Zeppelin, but they were all really, really great musicians because they were so melodic and they just played what they thought sounded good, instead of trying to impress anyone. And of course they were just so creative with what they had.
Masterful, as would be expected. His part in a bridge blows my mind. I’m not a drummer, but I love being able to hear all the subtleties so clearly. I assume the cymbal swells (if that’s the correct term) were added later?
