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Wearing that 'ring', again?
Posted on 10/14/2008 11:06:46 AM PDT by weegee
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Starr, who released his most recent album Liverpool 8 in January, recently completed a tour of the US and Canada.
The musician currently divides his time between Los Angeles, the South of France and his UK home in Surrey.
In April, a foliage sculpture of Starr outside a railway station in Liverpool was beheaded by vandals.
The performer had reportedly angered some locals when he told the BBC's Jonathan Ross he missed nothing about the city.
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HELP!
Wearing that 'ring', again?
First time I’ve seen the video. Thanks for the link. He sure seems like a jerk there.
Some people had hoped he said he would stop singing, not signing...
Daily schedule
8am-4pm: Answer fan mail.
4pm Time for tea
4:15pm Feed the meter and avoid nasty fine from Rita, the metermaid.
Charles Manson still answers his fan mail.
I loved him in the Caveman movie. Lotsa laughs. Can’t say that I blame him for wanting a bit of privacy. If a person hasn’t gotten his autograph by now, tough noogies.
Hey, I have no problem with Ringo on that.
I totally agree with Ringo on this. Geez, after a lifetime of signing autographs, I wouldn’t want to do them anymore either. He is trying to retire here. Let him. The fans should leave him alone now. He deserves it.
He isn’t trying to retire. IF you go to his website, he is pimping his latest album, called Liverpool. A city he doesn’t find in high regards these days.
I don't have a problem with him doing it, only with how he did it. He could have said something like, "I really appreciate all the support you've given me over the years and it means a lot to me that you want to send me things, but I just can't do it anymore." Instead, he came across as an unappreciative jerk.
Now that's funny right there. That being said, I did see him in Atlantic City this Summer and it was a very entertaining show. Wifey had never seen a Beatle live before, so it was extra special for her. The quality of the All-Starrs certainly has diminished over the years, though.
He isn’t trying to retire. IF you go to his website, he is pimping his latest album, called Liverpool. A city he doesn’t find in high regards these days.
He’s trying to retire from signing autographs. Leave him alone.
I saw him about a decade ago, he doesn’t come around these parts but once every 30 years it seems.
I’ve seen Ringo, Paul, and Pete.
Ringo had John Entwhistle and some others in the All-Stars the year I saw him.
His fame is a trade off. He wouldn’t have become big without the fans and he wouldn’t have gotten into the same circle of influence as his wife if he hadn’t been famous.
He’s still dependent on people buying his new albums. Is there still an official Ringo fan club after this announcement?
It’s not like he’s trying to win over new audiences to his newest material.
The first time I saw Ringo was, if I remember correctly, his first All-Starr tour around 1989. He had Joe Walsh, Nils Lofgren, Dr. John, Billy Preston, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Jim Keltner, Clarence Clemons and Todd Rundgren. Now that's an All-Starr lineup!
I can’t recall if Billy Preston was in the band when I saw him. Possibly. If so, then chalk up another Beatle.
I saw John’s son Julian too.
Okay, you win. :-)
There's still Yoko ...
I saw a Yoko art show at a free contemporary arts museum. I did not see her though.
You get a credit for Billy Preston.
No interest in seeing Sean Lennon either.
Ringo isn’t the first celebrity to make such a statement. His has been taken much more public. And sometimes such sentiments aren’t voiced until a performer is retired; not actively recording.
There have been athletes who are upset by how much their signed items sold for (example, if a guy had signed a “bat” because there were fewer signed bats than balls). If you really want to take the value of your autograph down, SIGN EVERYTHING. Johnny Cash wasn’t a valuable autograph until he died. Same way with the Ramones (3 dead in 3 consecutive years). After you’ve died, it’s of no concern and you won’t have to sign anything anymore.
And no, I’ve never sent anything to any Beatle or gotten an autograph except from Pete.
” Pop music’s luckiest man ever flips off the minions who made him rich. “
Everything I have read told me that Pete Best just wasn’t going to cut it when The Beatles turned pro & began recording . If they hadn’t gotten Ringo , they’d have gotten somebody else . Ringo was already considered the best on the Liverpool scene and was highly respected amongst the young musicians there . Lucky ?
Everybody just has fun ragging on Ringo because he was the drummer and didn't have the writing and singing talent the others had. Then when he cops an attitude like this, it's easy to say, "Hey, you're just Ringo." It reminds me of my two favorite drummer jokes:
1. Q: What did the drummer get on his IQ test? A: Drool
2. Q: What's a drummer? A: A guy who likes to hang out with musicians.
BTW , I am a drummer . : )
In that case, I’m sure you’ve heard both of those jokes. It seems like at every show I attend the other band members wind up making fun of the drummer at some point. It’s sort of a running joke. No offense intended.
Here is a good bass player joke :
A Bass player is on a flight to Africa. On approach, he hears drums. “Flight attendant, I hear drums; is there a special ceremony”?
“Drums good”, the attendant replies.
In the taxi, the bass player once again hears drums and asks “I hear drums again, what is going on?”
“Drums good”, says the cab driver.
Once at the hotel, the bass player is determined to ask his question again. But just then, the drums stop. “I have been hearing drums all morning and now they have stopped. What is the meaning of this?”.
The desk clerk frowns and says “That’s bad...now come bass solo”.
New book on John, “John Lennon: The Life” reveals just what a jerk he is. He abused his first son from marriage to Cynthia, his infidelities, his incest fantasies.
Chet was a wise man .
You didn’t hang out at Brian Jones’ pool, did you?
I come from a later day. I did shake hands with Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, Neil Armstrong, Red Skelton, and James Brown. And I’ve met Dale Hawkins a couple of times, he says he’s beating his cancer. Missed Paul Burlison’s return (I hear he was working as an electrician when he came out of musical retirement).
F the Beatles.
Elvis Forever!!!!!!!!!!!
Brian's hand when I shook it was dry, and I didn't have to pull at it.
I caught Paul Burlison's brief comeback, it was great, and he said at the time that he had been a "contractor", whatever that means, but since then I learned that it was not him who played on the Trio's records (certainly not on "the Train"), it was Grady Martin.
don’t ever travel with the drummer.
Why ? Because he gets all the girls ?
ha. no. historically drummers do not have the best track record in planes, trains, tour buses, etc...
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