His adorable singing voice (a sort of Liverpudlian Eeyore), which his band mates had to talk him into using because he thought he sucked at singing.Other reasons to respect Ringo Starr would be: I've also read that at a time when bands did not have electronic metronomes and relied solely on the drummer to keep time, Ringo was essentially a human tempo machine. The reason he joined the Beatles later was because they had to and did fight to get him on board, out-bidding him from the band he was currently playing with, and sacking their current drummer Pete Best basically overnight. I'm not musical myself, but people who are say that Sir Richard Starkey basically reinvented the Rock n' Roll style of drumming, creating a number of techniques now mainstream in the genre, and many drummers cite him as an influence. Second, if you're one of those walrus's anal hairs who goes around saying that Ringo is "everyone's fifth favorite Beatle," or was a hack who "just got lucky," then go educate yourself. Note: That is NOT one of Ringo's drawings in the middle he's just being cute with his animated alter ego from "Yellow Submarine"-a movie I highly recommend to anyone who loves surreal fantasy or animation. Conductor on "Thomas the Tank Engine " and now wanders the realm as the Last of the Hippies spreading "Peace and Love" (his catch phrase). Ergo, most people who are geniuses at one thing, or even multiple things, will still have something else that just isn't quite their forte.Ĭase in point, Ringo Starr's MS Paint "art."įirst off, for those who don't follow pop culture too closely and don't know who I'm talking about, Ringo Starr (real name Richard Starkey) was drummer for the Beatles the first Mr. But most of us fall somewhere in between. And every once in a while there comes a Tommy Wiseau, who.isn't. But if he does, he's free to make fun of my appallingly tone-deaf singing voice.if he can dig the recordings out from behind the Lost Ark, and doesn't melt into a puddle of dust from listening to it.)Įvery once in a while, there comes a Leonardo Da Vinci, who is just amazing at everything they try. (I'm hoping that Sir Richard Starkey never sees this.
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