I agree. It sounds too much like Ringo. I need to make some research about that. Man... There's just endless information about those guys. Gotta love'em!
@MrLennon231 Ringo dropped out during the White Album era then came back after persuasion. George is the one who walked out on a Let It Be session (that's when Here Comes the Sun was written). Ringo missed out on Dear Prudence and Back in the USSR, but came back after that. Read "Revolution in the Head" by MacDonald, it goes into great detail.
More than 20 times hearing this and keep coming back to watch!!!!! Brilliant is the Drummer Ringo, You do very well at the Beatles on drums man!!!! 50 stars!
After waching that end part several times, I really do think you are correct in that Paul probably did most of the track but that ending is so typical of Ringo's drumming. He could have overdubbed it once he got back from his little leave.
@westfield90 there is a video somewhere on youtube of the isolated vocal track to Dear Prudence. in the video you can hear Paul's drum track in the back as well and at the end of the song there is no solo it just continues the basic beat. i think you are probably right when you say Ringo overdubbed that ending when he returned to the band
@GoucheGizmo Paul even does a fill on that "basic track" behind John's vocal which collides with the overdubbed drums later which is why there is a bit of a jarring time loss during the outro drum piece. Also, the drum sound changes which is because most of the track was recorded at Trident or Regent and Ringo's piece was done back at Abbey Road. I encourage everyone to seek out this youtube video because the proof is there!
It was not possible to do an overdub a tape from Trident at Abbey Road simply because the taperecorders recorded on different speeds. 12"/sec and Trident and 15" at Abbey Road. The Ampex machine Trident had an unmodified 60hz american motor. The 3M at Abbey Road worked at 50hz. I beleive it´s Paul until you come up with some reference/sources/interviews(whatever).
@studerj37 Yet they were still able to mix and master the Trident tapes at EMI later. They were masters of varispeed and often recorded tracks that way to achieve an effect. You can't tell me that 2 IPS difference would have tripped them up. Maybe the overdub was done at Trident or maybe they just copied the tape once they got to EMI. There are dozens of possibilities. So, not guessing really just maybe conjecture if you will...We still don't know who played what on a lot of their stuff.
The version you hear is recorded and mixed at Trident. No Abbey Road studio involved as far as sources interviews are concerned. You can surely say that you beleive this and that.But that is only your own theory. Don´t present it as the truth. If you don´t think that Paul can do drumfills- you´re wrong. He can! (Still Ringo is a better drummer, no doubt)
You have no sources for your theory. If you have- I will change my mind.
Then it´s OK to say : My theory is....( and not present as a proven truth)
But Paul is capable of doing a drumfill like that...( And Ringo is a better drummer, I know)
Every source available says it´s Paul doing the drumming. Ringo does not say he did the fils on Dear Prudence. If someone who was there says it was Ringo. Fine:-). (So far on one has)
@batmankozyy I agree with you. Most is Paul but the ending part is Ringo. The sound tells the truth anyway. Compare this to any of Paul's drumming, he is no where near the skill and I have recently found new evidence to support our claim that this is Ringo. Listen to Ringo's song called "Vertical Man". You will of course find this here on Youtube. Around the middle of that song, Ringo does a drum groove with 90% similarity to this ending. I suggest you listen to Ringo's song "Vertical Man".
man, you sir are an amazing drummer! this is one of my all time favorite Beatles songs, and the main reason being the drum fills at the end. i've always wanted to see how those were done, so thank you for showing us!
youtube.com/watch?v=foLtuJUx9fw McCartney on drums for USSR. He is NO better 5 years later on Jet. Or any of the Band on the Run album, or on McCartney. You can still catch if you listen to Jet that he flubs one of the fills. Probably the reason the drums are so quiet in the mix! There's an isolated version of Prudence as well, and I can hear that the recording of the drums changes at the 3.00 mark even by youtube standards. Ultimate Last Post ;)
Last post ;): Listen to the isolated drum tracks on youtube for Ringo on "Something" The guy does rolls like no one's business. Or "Oh! Darling". He's flawless. Then go and listen to Paul on Back in the U.S.S.R. (there is an isolated version on youtube) or Maybe I'm Amazed, or Jet. He can't do rolls! He tries to do one in Maybe I'm Amazed on I'm guessing the floor tom, but he doesn't have the control Ringo does. The ending of Dear Prudence is beyond McCartney's skills. He can't roll!
@Suckerfly I have a feeling that George Harrsion told Ringo to play fills like Levon Helm for his song, "Something". Listen to "Tears of Rage" by The Band to hear the similarities. Just the year before George was hanging around Bob Dylan and The Band.
and if The Beatles Recording Sessions are so sacrosanct, how is it that it can be disputed McCartney plays Bass on She Said She Said. Your ear should tell you that the amount of instruments, the amount of tracks they had at their disposal, and that he refused to play on the song (!!!) tells you it's Harrison playing bass on SHSH -- but Lewisshon's book doesn't say a thing about it. So what IF Ringo actually DID record the outro of this song after returning. But didn't get credited.
Just looking at you play it tells me it's Ringo on the outro. When it finally comes out of the drum section and back into the "finale" that last fill you do is just something Ringo could do. I cannot see Paul doing that at all. He didn't do it 2 years later on Maybe I'm Amazed, nor on Jet 3 years after that. He's not the drummer Ringo is, and never will be. I think that outro is Ringo, but it remains uncredited. But he also wrote lyrics to Eleanor Rigby and don't get no credit so what's the ..
Great drum cover. I must agree with your certain doubt regarding whether or not Paul is actually playing the drums on this one. Personally, I think it is miss documented. If it is accurate, it's Paul doing a rather impressive Ringo impersonation. It is obvious that Paul is playing on Back in the U.S.S.R. If you listen to the drum style of that song as well as other songs in which it has been validated that Paul has played, his style differs greatly from Ringo's. Dear Prudence sounds like Ringo.
I dunno what's going on with those drums, but that's one of the worst sounding kits I've ever heard! Sounds worse than banging on garbage cans! And that crash is awful! Hopefully you've got new gear.
@bleedingheart12009 Paul did play that, but listen to I feel fine. Even though it doesn't have a fill, like this does, you need GREAT rhythm to play that song
@bleedingheart12009 Well, check out the album help! and you will find yourself wrong. Ringo was shy on the songs he needed to be shy on. The rest, he rocked out
@MrLennon231 I'm talking sheer length. Ringo knew how to fill, but he always wanted to keep it short. In fact, he was reluctant to do the famous solo in The End. Again, read MacDonald.
@bleedingheart12009 I have the Dear Prudence song with all tracks isolated. The ending is all Ringo. You can even hear the ending version Paul did on the vocal tracks and it looks very bland like the rest of the song.
Paul's drumming is a bit stiffer than Ringo's. He plays drums on "Ballad of John & Yoko" & it's just John & Paul & they make a pretty fair approximation of the Beatles without George & Ringo. Paul also plays the guitar solo on "Taxman', really gives it an Indian/raga feel. Keith Moon reportedley was very impressed w/McCartney's drumming on the "Band On The Run" album
The fills at the end sound like Ringo, but you can tell McCartney played them because if Starr played the fills they would of been smoother. Is only natural some his drummer's style would of rubbed off on McCartney after all those years. Besides, he was trying to cover the fact that Starr walked out.
Tensions were high in the White Album sessions; Ringo temporarily quit the group for 2 weeks, leaving Paul to play drums on this and "Back in the U.S.S.R.".
All of them could play drums, it's just that Ringo was the best.
I read somewhere that Paul played drums on Dear Prudence. Also on Back in the USSR and others. This was during the days Ringo left the sessions because he felt depressed.
to batman i have the rollingstone 100 favorite beatles songs of all time,and it has interviews withall of the fab 4,and mr martin,and their enginiere on the tracks of each song,and yes paul does plays drums on dear prudence, the whole song
to batman i have the rollingstone 100 favorite beatles songs of all time,and it has interviews withall of the fab 4,and mr martin,and their enginiere on the tracks of each song,and yes paul does plays drums on the whole song
@latta4 John Lennon – double-tracked vocal, backing vocal, guitar
Paul McCartney – backing vocal, drums,bass, piano, flügelhorn, tambourine, handclaps
George Harrison – backing vocal; lead guitar
Mal Evans – backing vocal, handclaps
Jackie Lomax – backing vocal, handclaps
John McCartney (Paul's cousin) – backing vocal, handclaps
theyres your proof. watch the anthologies and ringo says he was present in the first two songs of the white album. (back in the ussr and dear prudence)
@m2dff I think this is a Wikipedia reference if you ask me. Its not the hardest Beatles drum track and I tried to foolishly play it. Why hasn't Paul done anything close as good as this previously and subsequently in his career?? And he had a sloppy drum timing if you listen to Maybe I'm Amazed for example that I couldn't quite catch up. It possibly overdubbed and it doesn't sound like Paul. People would like to believe it was him all along simply cause he was more renowned musician than Ringo.
@Ishi680 I agree -- when Paul comes out of drum fills there is always some point where he loses the beat or his timing. You can hear it in Jet, you can hear it in Maybe I'm Amazed. Or anything he played drums on. He can keep a 4/4 beat but when he goes to drum fills, going BACK into 4/4 is a problem for him, which is why he tends to keep his fills fairly simple and repetitive(like his guitar solos on Taxman and Good Morning Good Morning being a BIT similar in style to eachother)
@Suckerfly I recently discovered that if we listen closely to the opening drum fill by Ringo on "Hey Jude" which was recorded right around the same period as the White Album, we can hear a great deal of similarity to the drum fills at this ending. I also found a video on Youtube of the isolated parts of Dear Prudence which proves to me that the basic drum beat and the ending drum part were done on SEPARATE tracks. On the isolated vocals part, I could hear only a simple drum beat at the outro.
@cpartilecoco I think the recording of this song was finalized before Ringo came back so I think he has done the ending track BEFORE he temporarily left the group.
@Stevesk0011 Listen to "I've got a feeling" and Everybody's got something to hide except me and my monkey" and you would hear he would smash the cymbals more than twice in a row.
Disregarding this song, I think Paul's best drumming in the Beatles was "Come and Get it".
If I listen to "Baby You're a Rich Man", Ringo's fills in there somehow resembles the ones on this song.
@Stevesk0011 Listen to "I've got a feeling" and Everybody's got something to hide except me and my monkey" and you would hear he would smash the cymbals more than twice in a row.
Disregarding this song, I think Paul's best drumming in the Beatles was "Come and Get it".
If I listen to "Baby You're a Rich Man", Ringo's fills in there somehow resembles the ones on this song.
Trust your ears folks. If you listen to parts of Baby You're a Rich Man and parts of Sexy Sadie and Happiness is a Warm Gun, you will find out that the fills are Ringo and its so different compared to Back in the USSR and The Ballad of John and Yoko which were Paul's and Paul's fills and "plain" compared to Ringo fills. I think each member of The Beatles are best with the instruments they take role of in the band.
The style is totally Ringo. The ending part is very charesteristic of him and very similar to the Hello Goodbye solo. I am almost sure he is the one who plays here :D
@allemos My head wants to say it's Ringo but Ringo did quit temporarily during this recording session and Paul is officially (according to several sources) playing on this. I want to say it's Paul on the other hand because the man is so damned talented.
I'm a lefty & play a right handed '"normal' kit & lead with my right hand. I find playing Ringo's parts are harder to play if you lead with the right hand. Ringo was unorthodox and a very clever , original player. He does things no other drummer would ever do. He also had to be pretty damn good to keep up with the likes of his bandmates. I could go on & on but people who are posting comments on this site all know this anyway. I love what you're doing & have you done "You can't Do that?"
Listen to the drumming on 'why don't we do it in the road', 'back in the ussr', 'the ballad of john and yoko' or even 'maybe i'm amazed'. That is what Paul McCartney's drumming sounds like. Dear Prudence is quintessentially Ringo from start to finish. Even the basic part shows Ringo's sensibility and feel on the kit. And the magnificent last verse... right up there with Ringo's drumming on 'A day in the Life', 'Rain', or 'She Said She Said'. Sorry Paul worshippers, it's Ringo all the way.
I think I may to have to agree with you, batmankozyy and many others here with us, the end part there sounded like Ringo. I don't want to underrate Paul's ability but many of us think that it was Ringo in that part.
If any of you have watched The Beatles Anthrology, Part 7, you can see that it was Ringo who was talking about Prudence Farrow locking herself in the room when they were in India so he could have been in the recording of that song in his two-week stay there in India.
I tend to disagree with you at the end. I really can picture Macca rocking out at the end even though it is Ringo's style. But never underestimate the talent of Macca.
If you listen to Paul's album ram, you can tell from the drumming that a lot of things in the beatles was Paul telling Ringo what to do. I bet that there's songs that we don't know about that Paul played drums on also like maybe yer blues and she said she said. I am sure those fills are Paul.
it's Paul all the way. John's answer to Paul's performance in Dear P was that Ringo couldn't be the best drummer in the world when he was not even the best drummer in the Beatles
@achillestyles That "Not even the best drummer in the Beatles" quote was a joke, just like the "Bigger than Jesus" joke. If you can't understand John Lennon jokes don't quote them.
those fills could not have been Paul! definite Ringo material!!
anyway, still an awesome cover, even more amazing song! he also played back in the ussr! have you done Helter Skelter yet? you so gotta do that one, man!
John wrote this song just after Donovan taught him how to finger pick with chords, what took Donovan years to perfect in his own style Lennon learnt it over a few days and coming out with this .............Awesome.
As far as I've always known, Paul only played the drums on "back in the USSR" in the white album, while Ringo had a two weeks holidays. He didn't felt too good about it. On this one, the end shows obviously it's Ringo's drumming. Excellent work, by the way!
2:48 hot diggity damn man.
thekgmorris 3 weeks ago
I agree. It sounds too much like Ringo. I need to make some research about that. Man... There's just endless information about those guys. Gotta love'em!
ralgarte 4 weeks ago
Paul Mccartney is one fine drummer, go listen to Kreen-Akrore from his first solo album.
NicholasViens 1 month ago
Love the spot-on solo at the end!
tideway 1 month ago
August 22 1968-Ringo temporarily leaves The Beatles.
August 28-30 1968- Dear Prudence recorded.
September 3 1968-Ringo rejoins The Beatles.
Back in the USSR was also played by John, Paul and George.
NJD3vils30 2 months ago
It's Ringo's sound and phrasing. Paul played the first part ONLY.
juanjacinto 2 months ago
genio
juanjacinto 2 months ago
@RuberHammer That's a bold claim to make without presenting the evidence to us.
bleedingheart12009 3 months ago
the end is defenitly Ringo playing drums. I've talked to a few drummers that are friends of mine and they all agree.
Fredrockroll 3 months ago
It's Paul. Ringo had left the band at this point.
mlan76no 3 months ago
@mlan76no No, I am pretty sure that they were still together for white album, or at least a part of it, and then Ringo left during the let it be era
MrLennon231 3 months ago
@MrLennon231 Ringo dropped out during the White Album era then came back after persuasion. George is the one who walked out on a Let It Be session (that's when Here Comes the Sun was written). Ringo missed out on Dear Prudence and Back in the USSR, but came back after that. Read "Revolution in the Head" by MacDonald, it goes into great detail.
bleedingheart12009 3 months ago
@bleedingheart12009 ok thanks for the info. Oh yeah, George was the one that I was thinking of :)
MrLennon231 3 months ago
More than 20 times hearing this and keep coming back to watch!!!!! Brilliant is the Drummer Ringo, You do very well at the Beatles on drums man!!!! 50 stars!
AlainBradette 4 months ago
Dude!! You are freaking amazing! I love this, every drum stroke is absolutely perfect. Could you please do Hey Bulldog. Thanks!
rds354 4 months ago
It's Paul, but he was certainly channeling Ringo on this. Still the best drumming Paul ever did. Nice job on the video!
whitford70 4 months ago
excellent! U R the man!
pampa6898 4 months ago
After waching that end part several times, I really do think you are correct in that Paul probably did most of the track but that ending is so typical of Ringo's drumming. He could have overdubbed it once he got back from his little leave.
westfield90 5 months ago
@westfield90 there is a video somewhere on youtube of the isolated vocal track to Dear Prudence. in the video you can hear Paul's drum track in the back as well and at the end of the song there is no solo it just continues the basic beat. i think you are probably right when you say Ringo overdubbed that ending when he returned to the band
GoucheGizmo 5 months ago
@GoucheGizmo Paul even does a fill on that "basic track" behind John's vocal which collides with the overdubbed drums later which is why there is a bit of a jarring time loss during the outro drum piece. Also, the drum sound changes which is because most of the track was recorded at Trident or Regent and Ringo's piece was done back at Abbey Road. I encourage everyone to seek out this youtube video because the proof is there!
AppleCorp3 5 months ago
@AppleCorp3
Where are your sources? Are you guessing??
It was not possible to do an overdub a tape from Trident at Abbey Road simply because the taperecorders recorded on different speeds. 12"/sec and Trident and 15" at Abbey Road. The Ampex machine Trident had an unmodified 60hz american motor. The 3M at Abbey Road worked at 50hz. I beleive it´s Paul until you come up with some reference/sources/interviews(whatever).
studerj37 4 months ago
@studerj37 Yet they were still able to mix and master the Trident tapes at EMI later. They were masters of varispeed and often recorded tracks that way to achieve an effect. You can't tell me that 2 IPS difference would have tripped them up. Maybe the overdub was done at Trident or maybe they just copied the tape once they got to EMI. There are dozens of possibilities. So, not guessing really just maybe conjecture if you will...We still don't know who played what on a lot of their stuff.
AppleCorp3 4 months ago
@AppleCorp3 Still you´re only guessing.
The version you hear is recorded and mixed at Trident. No Abbey Road studio involved as far as sources interviews are concerned. You can surely say that you beleive this and that.But that is only your own theory. Don´t present it as the truth. If you don´t think that Paul can do drumfills- you´re wrong. He can! (Still Ringo is a better drummer, no doubt)
You have no sources for your theory. If you have- I will change my mind.
studerj37 4 months ago
@studerj37 Thanks very much for your comment!
That was possible!!
For example, "Savoy Truffle"...
The basic track was recorded at Trident studio on 3 October.
After that, the brass section was overdubbed at Abbey Road on 11 October.
There is no mysterious thing!
batmankozyy 4 months ago
@batmankozyy
I stand corrected :-) And Dear Prudence was indeed mixed at Abbey Road 13th october.
And according to "Recording The Beatles" varispeed was added to the 3M M 23.
Songs as Martha my dear and Honey Pie was mixed at Trident (NAB standard tapes) and was copied to another tape to match europeean tap standard(CCIR)
But ttil no sources on Ringo doing the overdub- just assuming or guessing.
studerj37 4 months ago
@studerj37 No sources... It may be only me who assert that hypothesis seriously on this earth, haha...
I still think that sound is telling truth even now.
batmankozyy 4 months ago
@batmankozyy
Then it´s OK to say : My theory is....( and not present as a proven truth)
But Paul is capable of doing a drumfill like that...( And Ringo is a better drummer, I know)
Every source available says it´s Paul doing the drumming. Ringo does not say he did the fils on Dear Prudence. If someone who was there says it was Ringo. Fine:-). (So far on one has)
studerj37 4 months ago
@batmankozyy I agree with you. Most is Paul but the ending part is Ringo. The sound tells the truth anyway. Compare this to any of Paul's drumming, he is no where near the skill and I have recently found new evidence to support our claim that this is Ringo. Listen to Ringo's song called "Vertical Man". You will of course find this here on Youtube. Around the middle of that song, Ringo does a drum groove with 90% similarity to this ending. I suggest you listen to Ringo's song "Vertical Man".
Ishi680 4 months ago
@Ishi680 Thanks for great information! Ringo really is there! I was sure!
batmankozyy 3 months ago
@studerj37 Lewisohn: Sunday, October 13th - Mono mixing (Remixes 1-5) done in Studio Two.
AppleCorp3 4 months ago
Boy that ending is so good.
westfield90 5 months ago
you missed the two hi hat hits at 2:52, but still this is the best covered i've seen great job.
iTapwata 6 months ago
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iTapwata 6 months ago
Indeed, as 'scamp' & batmankozyy wrote, I got my doubts about the ending part. Was Paul?...I'm not sure.
alejmtzc 6 months ago
man, you sir are an amazing drummer! this is one of my all time favorite Beatles songs, and the main reason being the drum fills at the end. i've always wanted to see how those were done, so thank you for showing us!
applescruff74 6 months ago
Enjoyed! Thanks. Peace 2 All!
menopausalguitarist 7 months ago
Dude you nailed the ending! Nice!
masterjoey1029 7 months ago
guys paul was on the drums for this one....
theGGwatcher 7 months ago
Ringo - Great musician, technically inept but who gives a monkeys if it sounds good!!!
Kingparadiddle 7 months ago
Master :D
daniabeivide 7 months ago
youtube.com/watch?v=foLtuJUx9fw McCartney on drums for USSR. He is NO better 5 years later on Jet. Or any of the Band on the Run album, or on McCartney. You can still catch if you listen to Jet that he flubs one of the fills. Probably the reason the drums are so quiet in the mix! There's an isolated version of Prudence as well, and I can hear that the recording of the drums changes at the 3.00 mark even by youtube standards. Ultimate Last Post ;)
Suckerfly 7 months ago
Last post ;): Listen to the isolated drum tracks on youtube for Ringo on "Something" The guy does rolls like no one's business. Or "Oh! Darling". He's flawless. Then go and listen to Paul on Back in the U.S.S.R. (there is an isolated version on youtube) or Maybe I'm Amazed, or Jet. He can't do rolls! He tries to do one in Maybe I'm Amazed on I'm guessing the floor tom, but he doesn't have the control Ringo does. The ending of Dear Prudence is beyond McCartney's skills. He can't roll!
Suckerfly 7 months ago
@Suckerfly I have a feeling that George Harrsion told Ringo to play fills like Levon Helm for his song, "Something". Listen to "Tears of Rage" by The Band to hear the similarities. Just the year before George was hanging around Bob Dylan and The Band.
SuperGogetem 7 months ago
@SuperGogetem Well the drum sounds are certainly similar I can hear that! It has passages and nuances that say it could be an influence for sure.
Suckerfly 7 months ago
and if The Beatles Recording Sessions are so sacrosanct, how is it that it can be disputed McCartney plays Bass on She Said She Said. Your ear should tell you that the amount of instruments, the amount of tracks they had at their disposal, and that he refused to play on the song (!!!) tells you it's Harrison playing bass on SHSH -- but Lewisshon's book doesn't say a thing about it. So what IF Ringo actually DID record the outro of this song after returning. But didn't get credited.
Suckerfly 7 months ago
Just looking at you play it tells me it's Ringo on the outro. When it finally comes out of the drum section and back into the "finale" that last fill you do is just something Ringo could do. I cannot see Paul doing that at all. He didn't do it 2 years later on Maybe I'm Amazed, nor on Jet 3 years after that. He's not the drummer Ringo is, and never will be. I think that outro is Ringo, but it remains uncredited. But he also wrote lyrics to Eleanor Rigby and don't get no credit so what's the ..
Suckerfly 7 months ago
Great drum cover. I must agree with your certain doubt regarding whether or not Paul is actually playing the drums on this one. Personally, I think it is miss documented. If it is accurate, it's Paul doing a rather impressive Ringo impersonation. It is obvious that Paul is playing on Back in the U.S.S.R. If you listen to the drum style of that song as well as other songs in which it has been validated that Paul has played, his style differs greatly from Ringo's. Dear Prudence sounds like Ringo.
TheLaudsTelly 8 months ago
dude you seriously need to do Oh Darling! now.. great stuff btw
eTsmoKeBaby 8 months ago
I dunno what's going on with those drums, but that's one of the worst sounding kits I've ever heard! Sounds worse than banging on garbage cans! And that crash is awful! Hopefully you've got new gear.
danakerman 9 months ago
Now I've rediscovered how great Paul was as a drummer...
I've always wanted to play just like you do, kozyy!
MNEMOJPN 9 months ago
Awesome Dude That Was Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sortizvital 10 months ago
It was definitely Paul on the drums the whole way through. Ringo was too shy to even attempt a drum solo like that.
bleedingheart12009 10 months ago 2
@bleedingheart12009 Paul did play that, but listen to I feel fine. Even though it doesn't have a fill, like this does, you need GREAT rhythm to play that song
MrLennon231 3 months ago
@MrLennon231 I'm not saying anything Ringo's rhythm. I'm just saying he was shy.
bleedingheart12009 3 months ago
@bleedingheart12009 Well, check out the album help! and you will find yourself wrong. Ringo was shy on the songs he needed to be shy on. The rest, he rocked out
MrLennon231 3 months ago
@MrLennon231 I'm not saying he didn't rock out. He was too shy to try a fill that daring. No need to reference songs from three years earlier.
bleedingheart12009 3 months ago
@bleedingheart12009 Really? Look at Oh! Darling, and the end. Those have some pretty cool and outstanding fills.
MrLennon231 3 months ago
@MrLennon231 I'm talking sheer length. Ringo knew how to fill, but he always wanted to keep it short. In fact, he was reluctant to do the famous solo in The End. Again, read MacDonald.
bleedingheart12009 3 months ago
@bleedingheart12009 Cool thanks. =)
MrLennon231 3 months ago
@bleedingheart12009 I have the Dear Prudence song with all tracks isolated. The ending is all Ringo. You can even hear the ending version Paul did on the vocal tracks and it looks very bland like the rest of the song.
RuberHammer 3 months ago
You Nailed It Brother... SWEET! I love playing to this song as well.
hippydippy 10 months ago
I have to assume Paul played the entire track. That was during the time Ringo left the band briefly.
SuperGogetem 10 months ago
Love it, a grand job sir!!
iowdave 10 months ago
Paul's drumming is a bit stiffer than Ringo's. He plays drums on "Ballad of John & Yoko" & it's just John & Paul & they make a pretty fair approximation of the Beatles without George & Ringo. Paul also plays the guitar solo on "Taxman', really gives it an Indian/raga feel. Keith Moon reportedley was very impressed w/McCartney's drumming on the "Band On The Run" album
scamp3464 10 months ago
@scamp3464 Ringo's drum solo in the end of Strawberry Fields Forever is stiffer than this.
drrobertoboogie97 10 months ago
Yes paul played ALL the drums
iowdave 11 months ago
Great job, this is one of John's best songs.
m2inla 1 year ago
@scamp3464 paul played drums on this song
niveknagor 1 year ago 19
Another McCartney drum song....
hofner96 1 year ago 2
The fills at the end sound like Ringo, but you can tell McCartney played them because if Starr played the fills they would of been smoother. Is only natural some his drummer's style would of rubbed off on McCartney after all those years. Besides, he was trying to cover the fact that Starr walked out.
saskmario66 1 year ago 2
There is definite feel to the ending. Great work!!!!!!! Thanks.
JoeD60 1 year ago
paul also played the drums on the whole band on the run album
justinlom 1 year ago
@justinlom all the drum parts to the band on the run album sound different from this. Maybe the same as the first 2 mins
SirBrianCabrera 1 year ago
I think you are right about the ending. It seems very "Ringo".
Scotttyist 1 year ago
WOOOOOO!!!!!! EXELENTE, AHHHH!!!!!!! M*A*E*S*T*R*O* EXELENTE!!!!!!!10000000000 ESTRELLAS MUY CHIDO!!!!!
abdiellost 1 year ago
paul played rums? holy crap, why?
nickcolantonio666 1 year ago
@nickcolantonio666
Tensions were high in the White Album sessions; Ringo temporarily quit the group for 2 weeks, leaving Paul to play drums on this and "Back in the U.S.S.R.".
All of them could play drums, it's just that Ringo was the best.
RS1Comedy1Vids 1 year ago
@RS1Comedy1Vids I didnt know that they all played drums, thanks.
nickcolantonio666 1 year ago
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Luiz98FLA10 1 year ago
Paul play drums, on maybe im amazed???????
Luiz98FLA10 1 year ago
I read somewhere that Paul played drums on Dear Prudence. Also on Back in the USSR and others. This was during the days Ringo left the sessions because he felt depressed.
polaroyd5 1 year ago
You play very well my friend. Im trying to get this song, it is very difficult the end obviously. I think I need to work on this. Great drumming
buddyrich85 1 year ago
Dude put on Beatle wig and a fake nose because their are plenty of Beatle band that need you desperately. ROCK ON!!!!!
flagranger 1 year ago
to batman i have the rollingstone 100 favorite beatles songs of all time,and it has interviews withall of the fab 4,and mr martin,and their enginiere on the tracks of each song,and yes paul does plays drums on dear prudence, the whole song
wisky450 1 year ago
to batman i have the rollingstone 100 favorite beatles songs of all time,and it has interviews withall of the fab 4,and mr martin,and their enginiere on the tracks of each song,and yes paul does plays drums on the whole song
wisky450 1 year ago
Good job. But maybe not so much emphasis on the bass drum part.
VGLuigi9001 1 year ago
The ending is very Ringo, it is definetly him :D
daracenak 1 year ago 4
@daracenak Its not, ringo wast even there. :-)
iowdave 11 months ago
paul drums even the ending, really. ringo even said so,
and why would they lie anyways?
ringo wasn't there when they recorded it
m2dff 1 year ago
@m2dff Where is the proof Ringo said that? Without proof, it's Ringo's innovative and brilliant drumming all the bloody way...
latta4 1 year ago
@latta4 John Lennon – double-tracked vocal, backing vocal, guitar
Paul McCartney – backing vocal, drums,bass, piano, flügelhorn, tambourine, handclaps
George Harrison – backing vocal; lead guitar
Mal Evans – backing vocal, handclaps
Jackie Lomax – backing vocal, handclaps
John McCartney (Paul's cousin) – backing vocal, handclaps
theyres your proof. watch the anthologies and ringo says he was present in the first two songs of the white album. (back in the ussr and dear prudence)
m2dff 1 year ago
@m2dff I think this is a Wikipedia reference if you ask me. Its not the hardest Beatles drum track and I tried to foolishly play it. Why hasn't Paul done anything close as good as this previously and subsequently in his career?? And he had a sloppy drum timing if you listen to Maybe I'm Amazed for example that I couldn't quite catch up. It possibly overdubbed and it doesn't sound like Paul. People would like to believe it was him all along simply cause he was more renowned musician than Ringo.
Ishi680 1 year ago
@Ishi680 I agree -- when Paul comes out of drum fills there is always some point where he loses the beat or his timing. You can hear it in Jet, you can hear it in Maybe I'm Amazed. Or anything he played drums on. He can keep a 4/4 beat but when he goes to drum fills, going BACK into 4/4 is a problem for him, which is why he tends to keep his fills fairly simple and repetitive(like his guitar solos on Taxman and Good Morning Good Morning being a BIT similar in style to eachother)
Suckerfly 7 months ago
@Suckerfly I recently discovered that if we listen closely to the opening drum fill by Ringo on "Hey Jude" which was recorded right around the same period as the White Album, we can hear a great deal of similarity to the drum fills at this ending. I also found a video on Youtube of the isolated parts of Dear Prudence which proves to me that the basic drum beat and the ending drum part were done on SEPARATE tracks. On the isolated vocals part, I could hear only a simple drum beat at the outro.
Ishi680 7 months ago 3
excellent
marcomignon 1 year ago
my idea is, Paul played it, but when Ringo came back from his holiday they weren't satisfied with the end and Ringo added it.
cpartilecoco 1 year ago
@cpartilecoco I think the recording of this song was finalized before Ringo came back so I think he has done the ending track BEFORE he temporarily left the group.
Ishi680 1 year ago
y the heck would paul drum? weird hes a bass player way better
livewarrior967 1 year ago
I totally agree about the ending -- sounds like Ringo's drumming to me.
The9Nazgul 1 year ago
I've watched this video so many times and that ending still amazes me every time.
westfield90 1 year ago
Great job! Could you do a drum lesson for the fill at the end of the song? I really want to learn it. Thanks.
JJP33ITALIA 1 year ago
you should defiantly do Hey Jude. that song is beast
dbbauserman 1 year ago
paul Macca On Drums
tarkothegreat123 1 year ago
now about this Paul/Ringo dilemma i've never ever heard ringo smash a crash twice in a row.........thats what makes me believe its paul
Stevesk0011 1 year ago
@Stevesk0011 Listen to "I've got a feeling" and Everybody's got something to hide except me and my monkey" and you would hear he would smash the cymbals more than twice in a row.
Disregarding this song, I think Paul's best drumming in the Beatles was "Come and Get it".
If I listen to "Baby You're a Rich Man", Ringo's fills in there somehow resembles the ones on this song.
Ishi680 1 year ago
@Stevesk0011 Listen to "I've got a feeling" and Everybody's got something to hide except me and my monkey" and you would hear he would smash the cymbals more than twice in a row.
Disregarding this song, I think Paul's best drumming in the Beatles was "Come and Get it".
If I listen to "Baby You're a Rich Man", Ringo's fills in there somehow resembles the ones on this song.
Ishi680 1 year ago
@Stevesk0011 Listen to Long, Long, Long, Ringo crashes twice in a row at the 1:13 mark, right before the "So many tears I was searching" part.
GoDawgs1991 1 year ago
@GoDawgs1991 good point but its paul
Stevesk0011 1 year ago
@Stevesk0011 Then you never listened to Helter Skelter..
drrobertoboogie97 1 year ago
@drrobertoboogie97 more of a ride crash :p
Kellster603 1 year ago
love it man, awesome :D
frankydoo9 1 year ago
good job
unaPatrol 1 year ago
this is the real stuff , good job
unaPatrol 1 year ago
Trust your ears folks. If you listen to parts of Baby You're a Rich Man and parts of Sexy Sadie and Happiness is a Warm Gun, you will find out that the fills are Ringo and its so different compared to Back in the USSR and The Ballad of John and Yoko which were Paul's and Paul's fills and "plain" compared to Ringo fills. I think each member of The Beatles are best with the instruments they take role of in the band.
Ishi680 1 year ago 2
that one fill right before john comes in at the end always gets me man. the rhythm and the feel is just AWESOME.
Zookmuh 1 year ago
There's NO way that's Paul drumming at the end. He was OK but he wasn't THAT good!
PeteRFNY 1 year ago
im 99 % paul played drums go to wick pidea
wisky450 1 year ago
@wisky450 wikipedia isnt a very good source man
mayorofwilsonville 1 year ago 2
The style is totally Ringo. The ending part is very charesteristic of him and very similar to the Hello Goodbye solo. I am almost sure he is the one who plays here :D
daracenak 1 year ago
It's Ringo for sure.
allemos 1 year ago
@allemos My head wants to say it's Ringo but Ringo did quit temporarily during this recording session and Paul is officially (according to several sources) playing on this. I want to say it's Paul on the other hand because the man is so damned talented.
hanoc101 1 year ago
excellent my friend, sounds is great, very good, the feeling i awesome, simply fenomenal, congratulations dude, from mexico city
jpgrlmhsa 1 year ago
I NOTICE YOU USE 'TOWELS' ON YOUR KIT TO DAMPEN THE BEATS...JUST HAS RINGO DID. TELL ME, DO YOU READ? i THINK YOU ARE TERRIFIC!
MrSoftshoe 1 year ago
yeahhh great solo at the end of dear prudence great song, great drumming dude.
sgtpeppershendrix 1 year ago
Damn! You're a VERY solid drummer!
bloodhoundgangjon 1 year ago
i liked the old rating system better. decent cover
RRyyNNee 1 year ago
Amazing Drumming man! You're great :D
KingArthur13 1 year ago
your bass drum is powerful!! The ending was total pro man. AWesome. :)
sjlarcadia 1 year ago
2:48-3:33
awesome
xDDDDD
ASBfilms 1 year ago
I'm a lefty & play a right handed '"normal' kit & lead with my right hand. I find playing Ringo's parts are harder to play if you lead with the right hand. Ringo was unorthodox and a very clever , original player. He does things no other drummer would ever do. He also had to be pretty damn good to keep up with the likes of his bandmates. I could go on & on but people who are posting comments on this site all know this anyway. I love what you're doing & have you done "You can't Do that?"
scamp3464 1 year ago 12
@scamp3464 im pretty sure that ringo played the same way u play bcuz he too, was left-handed.
dwoac6595 10 months ago
its not even pauls style
ringo has a style where he leads fills with his left hand.
therefore you can tell by the actually playing that this song. very well is. ringo starr playing
SirBrianCabrera 1 year ago 2
by any chance, do you think you can teach us how to play the ending?
Dragy2005 2 years ago
man you need to tune your bass drum
hyperrobot99 2 years ago
Nice, you earned yourself a subscriber :D
arturborucfan 2 years ago
its ringo alright guys.
it really is.
its not pauls style
n00bz.
SirBrianCabrera 2 years ago
what? dear prudence and back in the USSR was played by paul, its just a fact
jackpfree 2 years ago
please do ' A Day in the Life' and 'Rain'
MrHarrybongo 2 years ago
Sorry MegaM55555, but "Why don't we do it in the Road" is still Ringo's drumming. Read it fully on Wikipedia.
Ishi680 2 years ago
@Ishi680 wikipedia is not a reliable source, anyone can edit it...
mayorofwilsonville 2 years ago
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ChuckC2 2 years ago
Paul has said that he and Ringo recorded
"Why don't we do it in the Road" together.
ChuckC2 2 years ago
Listen to the drumming on 'why don't we do it in the road', 'back in the ussr', 'the ballad of john and yoko' or even 'maybe i'm amazed'. That is what Paul McCartney's drumming sounds like. Dear Prudence is quintessentially Ringo from start to finish. Even the basic part shows Ringo's sensibility and feel on the kit. And the magnificent last verse... right up there with Ringo's drumming on 'A day in the Life', 'Rain', or 'She Said She Said'. Sorry Paul worshippers, it's Ringo all the way.
MegaM55555 2 years ago
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ChuckC2 2 years ago
I think I may to have to agree with you, batmankozyy and many others here with us, the end part there sounded like Ringo. I don't want to underrate Paul's ability but many of us think that it was Ringo in that part.
If any of you have watched The Beatles Anthrology, Part 7, you can see that it was Ringo who was talking about Prudence Farrow locking herself in the room when they were in India so he could have been in the recording of that song in his two-week stay there in India.
Ishi680 2 years ago
I tend to disagree with you at the end. I really can picture Macca rocking out at the end even though it is Ringo's style. But never underestimate the talent of Macca.
westfield90 2 years ago
Yes the ending part souds like Ringo's work.You are fantastic
Aburningone 2 years ago
ringo didnt even play that song, it was played by paul...
ricardohernandezosun 2 years ago
what is that in the hi hat?
gibran800 2 years ago
Tambourine mate
THEBRASSIC 2 years ago
:O flawless cover...this made me subscribe
chonichon07 2 years ago
Estoy completamente de acuerto con batmankozzy. I AGREE I AGREE I AGREE
Ringo es inimitable. Me juego un testiculo a que Dear Prudence la toca Ringo enterita. Por fin alguien que opina como yo.
Fdo: un fan absoluto de Paul
perroloca 2 years ago 2
If you listen to Paul's album ram, you can tell from the drumming that a lot of things in the beatles was Paul telling Ringo what to do. I bet that there's songs that we don't know about that Paul played drums on also like maybe yer blues and she said she said. I am sure those fills are Paul.
darkhorse46 2 years ago
it's Paul all the way. John's answer to Paul's performance in Dear P was that Ringo couldn't be the best drummer in the world when he was not even the best drummer in the Beatles
achillestyles 2 years ago
@achillestyles That "Not even the best drummer in the Beatles" quote was a joke, just like the "Bigger than Jesus" joke. If you can't understand John Lennon jokes don't quote them.
drrobertoboogie97 1 year ago 2
those fills could not have been Paul! definite Ringo material!!
anyway, still an awesome cover, even more amazing song! he also played back in the ussr! have you done Helter Skelter yet? you so gotta do that one, man!
chainsmaster251 2 years ago
where do u get the drum msuic for this song mate?
rallydrummer 2 years ago
ringo didnt play the first two songs
Back in the ussr is paul and so is dear prudence.
Thats because this was around the time ringo quit for a week.
john10940 2 years ago
John wrote this song just after Donovan taught him how to finger pick with chords, what took Donovan years to perfect in his own style Lennon learnt it over a few days and coming out with this .............Awesome.
John Lennon=100
Donovan=0
MuskateerGripWeed 2 years ago
He didn't play the whole white album? who do you think said "I GOT BLISTERS ON ME FINGERS"
Waffleboy44 2 years ago
As far as I've always known, Paul only played the drums on "back in the USSR" in the white album, while Ringo had a two weeks holidays. He didn't felt too good about it. On this one, the end shows obviously it's Ringo's drumming. Excellent work, by the way!
cpartilecoco 2 years ago
very nice cover,for the white album Paul mccarntey played the whole album .
Jamesp96 2 years ago
nah just the 1st 2 songs
skaterat121 2 years ago
thats bull, he only played on dear prudence and back in the ussr
aerozeppelin75 2 years ago
an amazing song, amazing cover, amazing kit!!!
chainsmaster251 2 years ago
Brilliant - I can't stop watching that end part.
westfield90 2 years ago
Happy birthday john!
jaganot344 2 years ago
very beautiful cover
agreed with you, the end sounds like ringo drumming
ianwlad 2 years ago
That ending part is amazing. You nailed it. Never under estimate the talent of Macca. He is a genius.
westfield90 2 years ago
what do you think of pauls drumming on maybe im amazed
justinlom 2 years ago
It's my favorite song. Very good song. And great drumming!
Paul is a very good drummer. However, I think it is different compared with the ending of "Dear Prudence".
batmankozyy 2 years ago 4