The Beatles - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry Over You (Live at the BBC)

[benwellesley]

This is as good as this mediocre song can get, Ringo's drumming and the vocals are brilliant, no one plays this well live anymore.

[frankiehiyo]

Ringo drowned this song. Another Elvis song thrashed.

[jokkergar]

shite vocals..and ringo sucks there's alot of better drummers than him

[tsakiropoulakos]

lol Ringo a bad drummer? Paul said that when he joined the band he was THE RINGO STARR, he was famous way before them!

[nyxtobates]

THE DRUMMERS OF BEATLES AND FROM THE DOORS ARE THE BEST!

[Elliottss]

Ringo be rockin!



[jacquelineholguin]

Thats y ringo is BEAST!!!

[masterjoey1029]

I'm sure Ringo got many high fives after this.

[DestinyStrawberry]

Live? So no autotune. Almost all of todayz "singers" can't sing live.

[DrRoberts66]

Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman reckons Ringo is the best drummer in rock and this track backs up this view - brilliant!

[SteffanLlwyd]

best thing on this is Ringo.

[Cantormatis]

Great little rocker- great vocals and GREAT drum work. The guitar solo is also very good!

[SeeAyEssEssEyeDeeWhy]

LOVELOVELOVE this song. it's so amazing i can't stand it. :P

[royrhodes]

The great thing about Ringo is that he worked out all his drumwork in advance keeping that famous backbeat of his to the fore on the rockers,..and not overplaying like a lot of drummers tend to do. Most drummers tend to play much the same throway style on all 12-bar rockers such as this,..but Ringo has a really intelligent approach,..and varies his drumwork accordingly .He's not the world's best drummer ,..but he's quite possibly the most under-rated drummer in rock ! Rock on Ringo ! ! !

[gtrdoc911]

the harmony on "what I'm gonna do" in the middle of the bridge is priceless! I also love the way the beatles sing "and if you ever say goodbye" all in one bar while in the original, Elvis slows that down and sings it over two bars-kinda takes the oomph out of the song.

[Raikaage]

WOW, the difference between this and the Elvis version is astounding. The Beatles really revolutionised music.

[kimberlyestoque13]

Ringo is so beast at drums.

[elvis4ever1935]

....

I like Elvis version better...

[olekos123]

124 likes , verryyy good :D

[buzonperiodista]

This is, drumwise, an intro with Cymbal - 2 ruffs - flam - 2 ruffs (secund ruff starts with tom ring) and an amazingly fast drumfill, all crammed in 5 seconds... Next time some fucker says that Ringo was a bad drummer, I'm simply gonna pop 5 bullets into his worthless brains.

[237KMT]

Ringo keeps better time than a Swiss watch.

[Joshua12345]

@237KMT George always stuck up for Ringo, telling everyone how good his timing was, and, although I am sure that's where the film got his name from, the 'Back Beat'. Nowt wrong with the skins here as everyone has noticed.

[Paulohenrique0]

Ringo is very fast on drums

[thewsca]

I love The Beatles and I'm an Elvis fan..

[drrobertoboogie97]

Who the fuck said Ringo is a bad drummer?

[joemoe23]

@drrobertoboogie97 yeah ringo is an unbeilevably underrated dr. people tend to think that the harder rock drummers were better just because they got to spread their legs more. more bang bang than the bealtes had. it was because the beatles encompassed everything. much more melodic than any other 20th century act

[francesjay120]

@drrobertoboogie97 that 1 dislike do.

[qUeeSoO1940]

who said ringo is a bad drummer??? (:

[robertruizjr100]

@qUeeSoO1940 John Bonham (Of Led Zeppelin) and Ringo Starr = Greatest drummers in Rock History!!!! Agree??

[qUeeSoO1940]

@robertruizjr100 Yeah ;D Totaly!

[Xmenfan246]

@robertruizjr100 Don't forget Keith Moon. But for me, Ringo is #1 because he was rocking in the late 50s with Rory Storm + The Hurricanes before all of those names mentioned.

[Ishi680]

@Xmenfan246 I don't think Moon or Ringo are technical drummers. They just follow their instincts in drumming and they just follow some self invented style and that's what makes it great. Bonham for me was a technical drummer though.

[OropherThranduil]

@Ishi680

well, the diffrerence is moons approach, he had no great sense of timing, entwistle himself said it was hard palying with him and getting used to that, he didn't give a shit about timings a lot oft ime.

and he may have had 30 drums, but hell, most of them were tuned to make the same sounds so despite what he hits it always sounded right.

some critizce that, but well, it's one of the main factors that make the who so great.

not on beatles level, but who else is on that level?

nobody.

[Ishi680]

@OropherThranduil I would say that nobody can imitate Moon's flash and insanity on stage but I do believe he's not the best drummer. Its this action, insanity and speed that many think makes him so great, Townsend did say that Keith would sometimes get so frustrated doing tracks and I think Keith Moon is a bit overrated and well his friend Ringo is underrated except by Beatles' fans. Ringo's not the best drummer either but he had more emphasis on timing and creativity than Keith Moon.

[OropherThranduil]

@Ishi680

and i think if ringo would have liked to he could also have banged away like moony did, like on helter skelter, for the early days here, long tall sally also, ImO ringo is the best drummer ever, but that's opinional like you said.

i mean his early work must be quite influential when bernard purdie claims to this day he did it (which is bullshit) and his later work, he was so versatile, his tempo changes, his fills, normally i don't listen to drummers, but with him.

[Ishi680]

@OropherThranduil Long Tall Sally on Washington DC in 1964 was awesome and yes Ringo could have done it somewhat like Moonie if only he had more drums and the cameraman was just awful enough to take the shot away from Ringo when he was going wild in the end of Long Tall Sally. "Its All too Much" had some great fills as well. In terms of his solo career, Back Off Boogaloo 1972 version was awesome on drums and so would be Ringo's version of "The Little Drummer Boy" and "Time" on his latest album.

[OropherThranduil]

what do you think about rain then?

many think he had to overdub some of that, but no, he did it just like that.

and what makes it even greater, did you know that the rain backing track was recorded at 30% faster speed than the finished record?

they did this to be able to get the legendary soun d of that track, so ringo and paul play that crazy stuff actually 30% faster than we hear it.

oh yeah, ringos drumming is like georges guitar palying, totally underrated and probably the best there is.

[Ishi680]

@OropherThranduil On another comment I saw from another video, a guy stated that the backing track of Rain was played 40% faster actually but Rain is not my favorite drum track. I can foolishly play it, not as good as Ringo but I mean he has done better, more complex drumming than Rain in the later years. Yer Blues was nice, like rock-jazz fusion, Good Morning Good Morning where he might have used double pedal, I suggest you listen to the Anthology version of that without the animal sounds.

[OropherThranduil]

@Ishi680

ohhhh, right, now that you say it, it was 40 percent, don't ask me whre the 30 came from.

for that error i help you on the good morning bass drum issue:

''The rapid 16th note bass drum fills were done on two bass drums according to "The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions" by Mark Lewisohn.''

[Ishi680]

@OropherThranduil Two Bass drums?? You mean two bass drums used on a single track or two separate bass drum tracks compiled into one??? I always thought it was fast. I would also like to mention You Never Give Me Your Money has some nice fills and so would be Oh! Darling that I think most people wouldn't even guess how Ringo came up with those fills and I think those were without overdubs.

[OropherThranduil]

well, lewisohn is the only one whoever acknowledged the bass drum fact, so i guess we have to understand that as we want to interprete it, i guess 2 on a single track, since ringo NEVER overdubbed, that's a fact he's proud of, he never overdubbed:

No matter what Mark [Hudson] says, I will not redo the drum tracks. On all the records, my drum tracks are live. I played them from start to finish, and that's what you get.

i'll send you the link to the interview.

have you heard about purdies claims?

[Ishi680]

@OropherThranduil No I believe Ringo did some overdubs while still on the Beatles but not on his later works, I have heard some in Good Day Sunshine (snare and cymbals), I'm Happy Just To Dance With You (tom), Here Comes the Sun (tom), She Came Into the bathroom window (tom), Every Little Thing ( timpani ) You Won't see me (hi hat) and Cry Baby Cry (tom) but not overdub the fills and they could barely be heard. They were mostly just backing sounds. But now, all his drum tracks have none.

[OropherThranduil]

@Ishi680

you know glenclosed too? damn, he sucks.

but actually, prudie DID play on something you COULD call beatles songs.

he overdubbed drums onto some of the Hamurg Tapes they did with Toni Sheridan in 64, after they became big and the americans wanted those songs to get more money.

again that showed that pete best really wasn't that much of a good drummer.

[yankeekilo1]

@OropherThranduil Ringo overdubbed on strawberry fields and tomorrow never knows

[OropherThranduil]

@yankeekilo1

I read a lot about Tomorrow never knows, and NEVER said anyone, nor a Beatle, nor Martin nor an Engineer that was overdubbed, that's ringos proudest moment as a Beatle, i really need a quote to believe this.

While i'm not sure about Strawberry Fields.

[timjmoran]

@OropherThranduil If one listens closely to Strawberry Fields, you can hear 2 drum tracks.. it gives the song

an amazing push forward, almost unlike anything else they did. With the exception of course, of "I am the Walrus"- which I believe also had multiple drum Tracks. THIS tune, however should shut ANYbody up who

thinks Ringo was not a great drummer. He was KILLin' on this !!

[OropherThranduil]

@timjmoran

There are many tracks that show Ringos Killer drumming,

Rain is even mor4e aqesome if one knows that the rythm track was actually recorded 40% faster than the version on record, it was slowed down for the effect, daaamn, paul and Ringo really play that fucking fast, unbelivable.

For 66 even the end result sounds soo much faster than the average bassline.

helter Skelter is hard rocking, how he rides his crash cymbals, come together, that groove.

he's simly the best ImO.

[Ishi680]

@OropherThranduil I have read somewhere that that drum track on Tomorrow Never Knows was a tape loop which is capable of repeating the same sound over and over again but he still have to drum the base tune of course and that's not exactly the same as a typical overdub. Strawberry Fields has those overdub tom rolls on the instrumental at the end and additional timpani beats. But the main drum track itself has killer fills and its very characteristic of Ringo's left handedness.

[OropherThranduil]

@Ishi680

the normal instruments on tomorrow never knows were no tape loops, bassline was played, drums were played like and the guitars, and the tambourine, in the wiki article of the song there is listen what was on all the used tape loops, and on the beatles bible article to the song it#s described how they created that drum sound, but the rythm is actually ringos perfect timekeeping, no tape loop could have been more precise than good ol' ringo.

[Ishi680]

@OropherThranduil If you listen to the drumming on Tomorrow Never Knows, the drum fills sound almost perfectly alike everytime but go listen to the Anthology version on Tomorrow Never Knows, you can hear the drumming there different from the final version but still quite awesome. Read the comments on Tomorrow Never Knows song article on The Beatles Bible.

[OropherThranduil]

@Ishi680

i know that the drum tracks sound a bit different, well, since the anthology has take 1 thats kinda normal.

and yeah, ringos drumming was always perfect, lewisohn wrote that during their 8 year recording career:

''there were fewer than a dozen occasions in The Beatles' eight-year recording career where session 'breakdowns' were caused by Starr making a mistake''.

[WisMiss101]

@OropherThranduil Absolutely right about Ringo. There is a form of flattery more sincere than imitation -- it's people wanting credit for your work ;oD

[OropherThranduil]

@Ishi680

it's probably because he creates unique drum patterns for every song beatles fans can tell you the song with only the drums while still making them perfectly fit into the rest of the song like they always belonged there.

he excells on so many tracks, she said she said, rain, ticket to ride, come togheter, i want you, i also love his beat on get back, and the fills on a day in the life, something.

[Ishi680]

@OropherThranduil Yeah I too am a huge Ringo fan and he's actually my no.1 drumming hero and I even used his Let It Be picture on Facebook. I studied his fills, in fact, the drum fills I do are greatly influenced by him. Come Together was just wow, that quick tom tom roll is just breathtaking that I haven't even heard any drummer do something like that. A Day in the Life is pure legend. She Said She Said on drums was just awesome on a stereo headset and I still can't imitate it.

[Khultan]

@robertruizjr100 No.

[LetyMcCartney]

@robertruizjr100 Ringo # 1best drummer!!! no more words.

[TopTenCrew]

Daaamn Ringo

[SpeedTriple59]

Harmonicajello....Fuck you ..ass ole..Julyman fuck you to..Tunnel vision wimps..another classic killed by wailling scousers.

[flimbambo]

Yeah and listen to Paul's 'eeh' at 59s proving that he invented Micheal Jackson.

[julyman08]

@rockermanmatt the cd's called ringo rama

[julyman08]

@rockermanmatt way better? hell no maybe if ya mean ringos 70 but go listen to ringos cd around 2003 cant remember the name of it but he's playin with david gilmore of pink floyd check out the song instant amnesia and see if the old dude couldn't play even in his 60's

[christlikeman]

i wish the meeting of Elvis and the Beatles was recorded..from what i've heard from Elvis's entourage they were all nervous and played some Chuck Berry, Elvis's, Beatles songs together..

[HopeGlenn5]

great job drumming!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NightmareGanon]

OMG, Ringo was/is a drums god.

[SpeedTriple59]

Xman Fan...Are you on drugs,Ringo a top drummer was i out when this happened,check your history beyond Beatles crap records,there are some REAL word class drummers that put Ringo into the lower league..Please cant you see beyond crummy Beatle cover records.

[julyman08]

@SpeedTriple59 you're an idiot let's see the great drummers your talkin 'bout play in stadiums with no monitor or kick back amps and see how good they'd do ringo could cause he was just that fuckin' good so get over it whiny ass!

[sgtpepperslonelyhrts]

How are the vocals bad? I think they're wonderful

[Xmenfan246]

@sgtpepperslonelyhrts I love John Lennon's voice, but if you listen to Elvis's version of this song, Elvis' voice is better for this song. But I still prefer John Lennon as a singer overall, but on this song Elvis takes it.

[sgtpepperslonelyhrts]

@Xmenfan246 yeah, both their voices are amazing.

[gbraae]

I've always loved this kind of back beat-sort of rhythm, and then on top of that I just adore Ringo's rather manic drumming - it's so infectious:)

[Xmenfan246]

Kenny Aronoff -- "He consistently came up with new ideas that always seemed perfect for the song, but it wasn't just a matter of him picking a basic beat for a song, because lots of drummers could do that. Ringo definitely had the right kind of personality and creative ideas for The Beatles music. You will rarely find a Beatles song without something noticeable that Ringo played or didn't play." (Modern Drummer magazine, Oct. 1987)

[Xmenfan246]

Kenny Arnoff -- "I consider him one of the greatest innovators of rock drumming and believe that he has been one of the greatest influences on rock drumming today... Ringo has influenced drummers more than they will ever realize or admit. Ringo laid down the fundamental rock beat that drummers are playing today and they probably don't even realize it. (Modern Drummer,Oct. 1987)

[Xmenfan246]

Mike McCartney -- "There were quite a few drummers around Liverpool and I used to go home and tell Paul about Ringo. I often saw him play with Rory Storm. ...With Rory he was a very inventive drummer. He goes around the drums like crazy. He doesn't just hit them -- he invents sounds." (1983 interview for The Beatles: A Celebration by Geoffrey Guilliano, 1992)

[rockerr12595]

is that ringo on drums! i've never heard him play like that...really rockin' song

[Xmenfan246]

@rockerr12595 Yes, it's Ringo on drums. Before The Beatles Ringo was already a famous drummer in Liverpool. He was the drummer for Rory Storm + The Hurricanes from the late 50s to early 60s. They were one of the biggest bands in Liverpool before The Beatles. In 1960, he met The Beatles, and even played for them whenever their drummer Pete Best was absent. In 1962, Ringo officially joined The Beatles and the rest is music history.

[SpeedTriple59]

Is it just me that think Beatles kill classics with their shite vocals..terrible..

[julyman08]

@SpeedTriple59 ha ha ha yeah their vocals are so shitty i guess thats why they still continue to outsell everybody!

[19271948]

@SpeedTriple59 Yes!

[pcbgatlas]

@SpeedTriple59 YEAH, IT'S JUST YOU, SO FUCK OFF.

[Harmonicajello]

@SpeedTriple59 Yeah it is just you. You and that shite in your ears!

[joeve79]

todo lo que toco ringo en las sesiones de la bbc fue increible.

[Xmenfan246]

"Ringo is the leader in the education for all young drummers of style over flash, always playing the right things rather than a lot of things.-The Polices Stewart Copeland

[Xmenfan246]

"Ringo doesn't dazzle with flashy technique and pyrotechnics. What he does is so much more elusive and difficult: He plays songs on the drums. Anybody who has sat down behind a drum kit in the last 45 years owes him."-The Cars' lead guitarist Elliot Easton

[Xmenfan246]

"Ringo Starrs drumming is infallible, untouchable, and he is quite simply the greatest drummer in the history of rock n roll music." -Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman

[Xmenfan246]

Yoko Ono: "Ringo is the most underrated drummer in the industry! His drumming is like life—it gives you the most solid beat. When he drummed on my Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band album, I was totally amazed that he had no difficulty in following the very complex improvisational vocals I did again, no overdubs. I think his incredible drumming was what made so many great Beatles songs possible."

[Xmenfan246]

"He's got tremendous feel. He always helped us to hit the right tempo for a song, and gave it that support-that rock-solid back-beat-that made the recording of all The Beatles' songs that much easier." - George Martin on Ringo

[Xmenfan246]

"One of Ringo's great qualities was that he composed unique, stylistic drum parts for The Beatles songs. His parts are so signature to the songs that you can listen to a Ringo drum part without the rest of the music and still identify the song." - Drummer Steve Smith

[Xmenfan246]

Elvis Costello - "Ringo Starr played the drums with an incredibly unique feel that nobody can really copy, although many fine drummers have tried and failed."

[Korwia]

RINGO ROCKS

[Xmenfan246]

Ringo is the most underrated Beatle + drummer in rock history.

[zeldamex]

WOW, Ringo is by far amazingly outstanding on this...

[CaioLoL]

Before Elvis, there was nothing.

[ReeferRevolution]

this is better than elvis's ill say it

[kurtspiano]

@ReeferRevolution no way

[ReeferRevolution]

@kurtspiano yes way

[valinmal]

What I love is that there are NO idiots making stupid couch potato comments about this song and who did it best... To me I love 'almost' everything ELVIS. This shows me that the Beatles had respect for the old American songs. Elvis was 50's Beatles were 60's. They had their own styles and that is what everyone loved about both of them. I appreciate both versions. Lets not forget.. Elvis paved the way!

[RCALIZAYA]

QUE VACAN!!!

[StairwayToHeaven666]

Damn Ringo is great !

[schmee6]

Hell yes!

[Super69EGO]

SHIT

[drrobertoboogie97]

@Super69EGO By shit you mean gold OK

[Ildecoll]

Ok, Pete, you are out, Ringo is in.

[RichieStarkey]

@Ildecoll Pete's a nice dude...but Ringo was better.

[elvisinmunich]

Elvis' version sounds more energetic, and he sang it better. Otherwise, the Beatles did a great job, not just imitating Elvis but creating a new version. I love the boogie woogie piano on Elvis' version.

[MAGICO240]

what happens is that Elvis range is far superior to John's or Paul's.

The Beatles were mainly composers. Elvis was THE SINGER.

[drrobertoboogie97]

@MAGICO240 No, Elvis' range is far narrower than John's or Paul's. Google it.

[kurtspiano]

@elvisinmunich elvis version was way better your right

[HTprods]

@kurtspiano This is live. On a radio station. And this version is has been recorded off the radio onto a tape and then transferred onto CD after about 30 years. Of course it's not goanna be of great quality!

[ShimmyPilates]

I'd mention the drumming, but I bet you've already noticed ;)

[moonblossym]

It's been said before, but seriously... THAT DRUMMING!.... wow.

[marylovesthebeatles]

all i can say is wow

[Alice555foxylady]

My feets are dancing and i ca't help it

SUPER=)))))))))

[Beatleluver1234567]

Ok I have to be a critic on this but...

I've always LOVED elvis's version but just listen to that drummin'(go ringo...sexy!)and that guitar (go george!!!) BUT this version is just...better...sorry Mr. King but u gotta hand it 2 the young ones...

[breathablenapkin]

Ringo's drumming is amazing!

[THEBESTWAS1969]

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[musicman9092]

I think the reason I love Ringo so much as a musician is because he had excellent drumming skills but chose to restrain them to fit the songs better.

[JohnLennonLover9]

O_O

Ringo's drumming still ceases to leave me completely dumbstruck in this song......

now THATS talent

and hes just adorable X3

GO RINGO

[Beatlegirl4eva]

Right on target!lol!

[myenglishland]

ceases to leave you dumbstruck?

[JohnLennonLover9]

wow.... way to go Ringo!

[buzonperiodista]

AWESOME DRUMMING BY RINGO

[YakosIoakim]

Ok, ok, ok guyz, just heard out of curiosity Elvis's performance. Its great. Its rock'n'roll, it got style...Buttt. Beatles did it better, faster, new age thing. It also shows why they were so exciting and innovative after some years of rock n roll sound repetitions.

[Galoport]

No Bad not bad at all. But not as good as Elvis version, sorry.

[buzonperiodista]

FUCK OFF

[littlemisslisamarie]

Not as good as the king!!

[lebow1]

IT'S GEAR

[incantatiousviolet]

Ringo, at the start of this song astounded me when I first heard this song. My little teenage heart was hooked.

[brawlmelee13]

Ringo Rocks

[athaatha1]

Good drumming, was that ringo ?

[lukaszzpily]

Yeah, Ringo was Beatles' drummer since summer '62. BBC sessions were one year later.

[XkatralaX]

LOS TRES - TIRATE

[MAGICO240]

The Beatles made many Elvis covers like Love me tender, it is now or never, etc.

[mrlemonade]

Excellent song. The Live at the BBC album is on of my favourites.

[beatlefanatic272]

this is such a great!!!!!!!!!!

[Bolgi]

Elvis Presley and the Beatles did great versions of this song.