Sex-Appeal Saturday!

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Footplate Friday

Tim Riley said in the 1988 book "Tell Me Why" -

"Ringo wanted to serve the songs rather than show off. As a song writer's drummer, Ringo was the type of musician who could follow instructions as he completed the overall sound. His commitment to the music was bigger than his ego."

Well, maybe Ringo didn't want to show off, but he couldn't hide his enthusiasm during this particular number in Australia. Having recently returned to the tour after a bout with tonsillitis, he later admitted that he was afraid he would be permanently replaced with the drummer hired to fill in for him, Jimmie Nicol. Obviously, that didn't happen because, as we can see from this clip, Ringo is quite a force to be reckoned with.



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Thought for Thursday

In April of 2010, the Vatican officially offered forgiveness to the Beatles regarding their heretical trangressions during their heyday in the 1960's. Ringo was underwhelmed, stating:

"Didn't the Vatican say we were satanic or possibly satanic -- and they've still forgiven us?"

Touché.



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Whatsoever Wednesday

"The face of the Beatles’ drummer, Ringo Starr, has been seen in a droplet of water bouncing on a lotus leaf."

I kid you not.



Here's the full article:

http://physicsworld.com/blog/2009/11/ringo_starr_spotted_in_bouncin.html


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Testimonial Tuesday

Monday Minutiae

Did you know that Ringo brought his own food when the Beatles went to India in 1966 because his stomach couldn't handle the Indian food? And that he was on his death bed in 1979 with intestinal problems, surviving only after much of his intestine had been removed? Unfortunately, his medical problems started much earlier, when he was just a young boy in the small working-class section of South Liverpool called "The Dingle".

Ringo developed appendicitis at the age of 6. He was hospitalized but his appendix had burst, causing peritonitis which drove him into a coma for 2 months. Doctors didn't expect him to survive. After waking from his coma, he spent 6 months recuperating and was doing well when he fell out of his hospital bed (the story goes that he was trying to show another child a toy) and suffered a severe concussion, forcing him to remain in bed another 6 months.

When Ringo was 13, he had bronchitis which turned into chronic pleurisy and he spent the next 2 years in a children's sanatorium.

Luckily for Ringo (and for us!) he found himself to be musically inclined, as he was pretty disenchanted with school and had missed so much of it that it would have been nearly impossible to catch up. He dropped out of school at 15, upon his release from the hospital . His stepfather, Harry Graves (whom he called his "stepladder") bought him his first drum set in 1957 (a Premier kit) and the rest, as they say, is history.

Sunday Silliness

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