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  • Playing piano with gloves - now that's cool!

  • Odd him "playing" the piano there in this video.

    Would have thought drums would have been what he played.

  • @FlamingoKicker Ringo is a musician, he can play the piano. I don't know why you have "playing" in quotes.

  • I saw Ringo in Chile and he has the same voice than Yellow Submarine in 1969

  • As much as i love Georgie Harrison, Ringo has him beat on this one

  • @scotnick59 i HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU SCOT! RINGO HAS A TAD MORE FEELING PUT INTO IT.SORRY GEORGE R.I.P.

  • @scotnick59 George wrote it, and played on it!

  • I want those sunglasses.

  • I just discovered that I've been there! We live nearby and go there a couple of times each winter to go skiing :)

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  • idk if "sexy" is the word I'd use..but this is certainly catchy, easy to relate to, and simply delightful. <3

  • ringo sempre incrvél um cara brilhante,

    maguinifico,

    um grande musico sempre mal visto pela crítica,

    mas para nós um eterno beatle

  • Good beat. Who's the drummer?

  • wow this is so shit

  • The Beatles were so fucking high they let Ringo sing a few tunes.

  • @creative11019

    Well first off this isn't a Beatles song, and Ringo has a great voice. Paul and John would write songs specifically for him to sing (Yellow Submarine, With a Little Help From My Friends, ect.). Dont make comments like this when you dont know what you're talking about.

  • @Rush1013 lol okay chill!

  • GRANDE RINGO!!!!!

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  • In my opinion the 4th best Beatle!

  • @lehtinen21 lol, he'd probably agree.

  • This song was 40 years ago no.7 in the world charts #ringo #starr

  • how could 33 people not like this. one of the most underrated rockers of all time

    

  • mas esses betales tem uma legião infinita de fanaticos cegos pagos ou não só pra berrar e elogiar eles...só pode...pq isso aí é uma merda...

  • laid back ,but relevant !

  • This song was 40 years ago no.3 in the world charts #ringo #starr

  • i love how at the end he's like 'screw the skis...'

  • Happy 71st birthday, Richard Starkey

  • Happy Birthday to Ringo! This is definitely a masterpiece

  • 32 people must have it easy...

  • This song was 40 years ago no.3 in the world charts #ringo #starr

  • It is nearly impossible not to like Ringo.

  • happy 71st birthday Ringo!!

  • I love the way he play's the piano with the glove's on.great guy and a great singer.

  • he is so raw and real

  • @AlisonandTigger He did play Photograph (co-written by George - awesome) and Honey Don't (a Carl Perkins song he did with The Beatles). I'm just saying it would have been nice if Ringo sang the one song I know of that had been recorded by both George and Ringo. Peace! :)

  • ...... He's Italian... no kiddin... born in England where Anglicized names were necessary as in turn of the 20th century US for the I rish and Jewish....in order to work....

  • his fav colour is the blue

  • they chant hare krishna on this!

  • This song was 40 years ago no.7 in the world charts #ringo #starr

  • Love Ringo, here's another song you may like, it's called "Buy a Dog" from Luce youtube.com/watch?v=2acYxdU-PO­w

  • Was shocked he didn't play/sing this at the Concert For George. Disappointed really. In Ringo. IDK. Love the dude.

  • 40 years ago this month, April 1971 song is very 1971, driving down Webber Street in Sarasota, FL toward Southside School hearing this on the AM

  • listen to George Harrison sing this song -just look it up .

  • hÊh_Î_fêËl_sÖ_lØÑèlY_tÓdÂY

  • 32 people are the henchmen from a Bond film.

  • @planetrockford ...-:) X 1000

  • great song

  • he opened with this song when I saw him live

  • Ringo Star need I say more!!!

  • this may just be my favorite song in the whole world

  • ringos best song

  • Now come on baby, TAKE OFF THE SHADES!!!

  • I know I remember hearing another version of this song once. I thought the DJ said it was by 10 Years After, but I cannot find any evidence of it existing. It was much longer and slower than Ringo's version. Typical of early 70s "progressive rock". Anyone else heard another version?

  • I think George is my fav, buy I wanna have at least one Ringo solo song I have tons of the other three solo. I thought this would be it but now I dunno since George prob made it..I'll buy it anyway ...What is the best Ringo Starr solo song anyone???

  • @castorres7 This one. Get a nice clean version, the arrangement and production are amazing! Also, I like "Photograph". There's also "The No-No Song", and I like another one called "Las Brisas" that I believe was also written by George for Ringo.

  • Driving a snowmobile with one ski don't come easy.

  • @Sincopare finding one ain't either!!!lol.

  • it is obvious ringo was the less talented beatle

  • IT COULDNT HAVE COME ANY EASIER FOR RINGO!  HAHA

  • wow such a brilliant song...and sentiment,,,i love ringo..hje really came into his own magnificently

  • Holy crap, Ringo is like supa sexy in this video! :D I mean I've always thought he was extremely adorable, but something about this...

  • I wish, it was a song sung by George Harrison & Ringo Starr *_*

  • how can you play piano in those massive gloves??? lol :) we love u Ringo!!! x

  • 1:17, yellow snow mobile?

  • @sebringf1

    Maybe it's the yellow sub mobile.

  • @MyDookieGoesKerplunk yah!!!! :)

  • Happy New Year, everyone! The Christmas music is OFF at Depot- heard this today! Nice !

  • Thanks for the great share, I always thought this was George Harrison.. oh man awesome...

  • @jseph1234567890 george harrison wrote this song and has his version but decided to give it to Ringo

  • @sutcliffe21, do you have a favorite between the two versions? I think both are equally outstanding.

  • don't forget Ringo also play right handed drum kit and i know play played a right hand bass/guitar but the guitar is easier to change by flipping the guitar

  • I love this! Great song! Great video too!

  • Better yet playing piano in Ski Gloves!!! :)

  • George is a great musician, this is bullshit. Paul as well.

  • @ferbe1776 agreed buddy, but u forgot to mention the best musician of the 4...

  • Not to mention, many drum parts you hear today are electronically produced or over dubbed. I would first listen to Beatles songs, especially on the later albums and listen to the drums in there. I tell you people, I've seen 12 year old kids cover those drum tracks here on Youtube and that is a testament of how many young drummers got inspired by this old chump who is also very humble in describing his drumming style. I learned that I don't have to be a Buddy Rich nor a Neil Peart to be great.

  • Many people who say he is a bad drummer are not even professional musicians, and others don't even know how to drum at all and yet they think this man is a an untalented loser. How dare you. Some people also assumed that The Beatles' style is old and therefore their drummer sucks as well. That is false. Even in their early days, you can hear good drumming. They did heavy rock as well and so was their drummer. In their later albums he got even better.

  • Ringo wasnt allowed play on the first recordings because they assumed he wasnt any better than Pete Best ,who at earlier demos was not considerd good enough to record .When they did get around to actually listening to his drumming they didnt hesitate.The rest is history as they say.

  • This was actually George Harrison's song... Harrison co-wrote it, but the original demo of the song only featured Harrison, not Ringo..

    Just a little info for you guys ;)

  • @backhouse2k5 I prefer Ringo's version over George's demo.

  • They got Ringo to join because they thought Ringo would make a 'good Beatle'. Pete Best was also a limited drummer and never had the personality to be a loveable mop top! As John joked when he said Ringo was not even the best drummer in the Beatles. He also said in later years that they were cowards the way they got Epstien to dump Best. At least Best was to make over a million quid with the royalties from the Beatles Anathology album in 1995!

  • GEORGE HARRISON TUNE

  • If Ringo wasnt a great Drummer he would never have been invited to join John Paul and George. Why do you think they asked him to join? I think they are the better judges of how good he was and is.

  • @Sixalienasa - They needed a Jew to progress. Pete Best wasn't a Jew. That's show business.

  • @CrankCase08 Brian Epstein was Jewish. How do you explain that?

  • @Sixalienasa I didn't say Brian Epstein was Jewish, although he actually was Jewish.

  • @CrankCase08 Anyone who knows anything about the Beatles knows that Brian was Jewish. Which means that they already had someone Jewish so they didnt need Ringo by that reckoning.

  • @Sixalienasa - Being the manager is not the same as being a member of an act. Managers sell their acts to other managers. It's widely recognised that Pete Best was a better drummer than Ringo Starr and there was always a lot of mystery as to why they changed. Then, miracously aftter Lennon died, it was put about that he demanded it! But the dead can't sue for slander.

  • @CrankCase08 " Its widely recognized " ha ha thats a good laugh Dude, you have started off my day with a big smile, I thank you for that. If Pete Best was such a great drummer, and I am not saying that he wasnt any good, then how come he didnt have any success after the Beatles? I dont know why they booted him out, he wasnt the only person ever to be booted out of a band that was about to go ballistic and he wont be the last. Widely recognized by whom by the way?

  • @Sixalienasa And Ringo Starr would have stayed a nobody had he not been slotted in at the right time. there are plenty of good musicians who fade from view. Pete Best faded from view because he was not attached to a money-making machine. And widely recognised by those that have heard both.

    If you don't think it odd that Best, at least a pretty good drummer, was replaced by a reasonably good drummer, then you go on with your delision about your own deities.

  • @CrankCase08 If the reports are true then Ringo was asked to join the Band because the other Guys liked him a lot more than they liked poor Pete. I dont know what delusions about my own deities you are referring to. I certainly do not revere the Beatles or any other music maker. In fact this whole discussion about who is the best is a load of rubbish. I am sure you have better things to do. I certainly do.

  • @Sixalienasa Anyone who knows how show business works would have no trouble fitting the pieces together.

  • @CrankCase08 Well when you find out, drop me a line and let me know whats going down. ;-) Over and out.

  • @Sixalienasa Ringo isn't Jewish. Never was.

  • @manbigus I didnt think he was.

  • Ringo a great drummer??? No way! Ringo was not even the best drummer in the Beatles.

  • @inst1g8t0r Listen to a day in the Life of, if you know anything about drumming, you will know that is some amazing difficult drumming in that song.

  • @canmoore wouldn't a great drummer at least be able to do a drum roll? Ringo cannot. He's unique and added a great sound but he's no Neil Peart

  • @inst1g8t0r Yes, but you see it is the same thing with the guitar. Everyone thinks you are a god because you can shred extremely fast, or can pull off an extremely technical solo. But really, what makes a great guitarist is not how well you know musical theory or how fast your fingers how, but wether or not you can make your guitar evoke emotion.

    Same thing goes with drumming! Ringo may not be the greatest technical drummer, but his music does have soul!

  • Your Shitting me man

    Ringo is a awsome Drummer

  • Ringo got lucky. He is NOT a great drummer. Mickey Heart is much better.

  • love this :)

    it reminds me of the "Ticket To Ride" video in Help! when the 4 of them went skiing and kept falling,,, and also there was a piano in that one too hahaha gotta <3 u ringo

  • best drummers were Ginger Baker and Buddy Rich check out on the tube n umber 1 and 2 drummers they have awards to prove it the other two don't

  • @staining15 Well they are JAZZ drummers not ROCK drummers. They often get invited on TV shows to perform but rarely in the act of supporting another musician because the show's episode is set on watching them make solos not songs. They were very skilled but they are not the kind of drummers I would want if I wanted a rock band who is not a showoff. Neil Peart had surpassed his idol, Buddy Rich in my view.

  • happy b-day, richie! i saw this in concert today! amazing man.

    I <3 the 6th Beatles ( the fifth being stuart sutcliffe) ringo's nose ;P

  • And he was a vastly underrated vocalist. Notice how so many Beatle songs that people always sing along with are Ringo's?

  • just saw ringo and the all star band last night, had the time of my life.

  • @oxBeatFreakxo Ah, but what of John Bonham?

  • Happy 70th Birthday to Ringo Starr, today Juily 7th !

  • Happy Birthday, Ringo!

  • Happy Birthday Ringo Starr (July 7)

  • LOVE YOU, RINGO !!!!!!

  • BUDDY RICH WAS THE DRUMMERS ,DRUMMER !!!

  • Happy 70th birthday, Richard Starkey

  • Wish this song was longer!

  • Peace & love! peace & looooooove!

  • Not only is this my favorite solo single from one of the Beatles, Ringo is my favorite Beatle. <3

  • hes got an amazing unique sloppy voice that i love!

  • i preetyy sure he just sucks

  • @metaldude1213 fuck off

  • Starr/Harrison RUBBISH! This may have been a solo effort, but let's just call it a Beatles song...

  • @clarkbell no, a ringo song

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    Record your denial now, and we will contact you when the time is right.

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    07 01 06 23

  • Use a little love and we will make it work out better.

    I love Ringo.

    LOVE Ringo.

    Smooches to him.

  • him and moon  started it all

  • is that Ringo on drums?

  • I love this track so much reminds me of my early teens in fact I've put it in my will that it's to be played at my funeral

  • Hello you all!

    Well, people are talking about George's demo about this song. But according to a book called "A day in the life" by Tom Schultheiss there is a version, done completely by Ringo himself, while recording "Beaucoups of Blues" in Nashville.

    I do find it possible, that George helped with the composition, but the lyrics are pure ringoisms...

    So, one could even claim, that George co-wrote "Get Back", since there is a demo of him singing that Paul song!

  • @jrahde well, i do believe the music has a lot of George, especially the chords... pure Harrison 1970. Yet the lyrics do sound 100% Ringo. I think it's a collaboration, kinda Octopusse's Garden, although George was a real friend with Ringo and let both songs for him. BTW, get back was sang by george in 1970, during the sessions for the 'all things must pass' album, not with the beatles. anyway great song, gotta love ringo!

  • @paolomanueldec Ringo said in an interview that he wrote songs like It Dont Come Easy and Photograph with George. But Ringo admits he was only good for a few verses and the chorus. He would give the rest of the song to George to finish. Starr/Harrison was a great song writing team. :)

  • dosent get much better than this...

  • great post Xmenfan246 ! : )

  • one more of his great videos!!!!

  • other great ringo videos

    don't write me no more peace an love peace an love but go buy the new record peace an love peace an love.

  • This should be the theme for Viagra..."It don't Cum easy!!!"

  • jajaja....you are a genius!!

  • Ring-oh! is the queen of the drums

    what a little cutie peace with love man

  • @LewisJones1998 i think u mean king, otherwise i agree with you hahahah

  • ski-doo made in valcourt quebec

  • This is the best Ringo song imo. Just pure joy! Thankyou Ringo!

  • George wrote it.

  • ringo with the fabs didnt come close to this

  • agreed! Ringo is amazing with his own style.

  • if you want to hear our RINGO do some grate drumming go to THE BEATLES TICKET TO RIDE. it look so simple but sounds so damn good. and John didnt tell Ringo to do it that way. he just did it. so cool.

  • Other great Ringo drumming: Tommorow Never Knows, Oh Darling, A Day In The Life, Rain, Strawberry Fields Forever, Paperback Writer, Come Together, Day Tripper, I Want You, Taxman, She Said She Said, etc. Ringo is a master of subtlety. His "simple" beats in songs like Hey Jude and In My Life make a great impact on the overall sound.

  • The End? have you not heard the solo?

  • There's a reason I put "etc".

  • @SuperStray27

    I quite agree there's no drummer who sounds like Ringo Starr with his unique lefthanded approach-check out his fills on 'Blue Jay Way'-one of my fav.Ringo drum songs and the drum sound is awesome too.

  • technicality is relitave to time. . .

    if Ringo had been around during the 80s, Im sure he would have dominated. . . . .

  • @SuperStray27 Ringo is and always has been an untalented tosser that disrespects us fans and the other most talented musicians in the world that he was lucky to play with. 2 of whom have sadly passed away.

    What kind of twat whose made bare money goes on you-tube to tell his fans to stop writing to him and if they do he'll burn their letters??

    And we all love Blingo even though he's a hater. What a 70 year old prick.

  • @ILiveOnMyBoat

    Who cares if he's the friendliest guy in the world or a complete jerk off? He's a musician not a politician or religious figure. The guy could be a complete asshole and it wouldn't matter. You can't deny he's got talent just because you don't think he's very nice.

  • @SuperStray27 Trouble is, too many people think they know these stars when they dont, and accordingly project all sorts of shit onto them good and bad that often isnt true in either extreme

  • They were each one different but so complete in music together!The Beatles were one not four, and it never will come back, so as the Bee Gees and Abba,it was a wonderfull time!

  • @mynsweet6

    Yes - it was !!!!!!!!

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  • Ringo is a damn good drummer. He is not technically good, but I think Ringo's drumming is underrated the same way Paul's bass playing is underrated. I think Paul and Ringo stand up with any of the rock musicians. Not technically great -- none of us are technical musicians. None of us could read music. None of us can write it. But as pure musicians, as inspired humans to make the noise, they are as good as anybody." - John Lennon

  • @Xmenfan246 not technically good????? his timing n style is second to none!! ok he was steady eddie...... but he was still quality!!!!!!!!!

  • @Xmenfan246 You're absolutely right. i once heard him play on a Beatles' album.

  • @Xmenfan246 Does anybody know where and when this was filmed? One of my favorites...Thanks!

  • "Ringo was a star in his own right in Liverpool before we even met. He was a professional drummer who sang and performed and had Ringo Star-time and he was in one of the top groups in Britain but especially in Liverpool before we even had a drummer. So Ringo's talent would have come out one way or the other as something or other." - Lennon, Playboy 1980 Interview

  • "He was quite simply the heart of the Beatles. John Lennon on Ringo

  • Ringo "doesn't dazzle with flashy technique and pyrotechnics," says The Cars' lead guitarist, Elliot Easton. "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."

  • Tim Riley -- "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." ( Tell Me Why, 1988)

  • Don Was -- "As a drummer, he influenced three generations of rock drummers. It's not very flashy playing, but it's very musical. Instead of just counting the bars, he's playing the song, and he puts fills in unusual places that are directed by the vocal." (The St. Louis Post Dispatch, 1992)

  • 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)

  • "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

  • najo des lied is nd schlecht oba a nd des beste lied von Ringo Starr

  • This is one of the magic touch by George. Thanx to him wherever you are. Hare Krishna

  • On the contrary, John told Ringo to consider himself the greatest rock 'n roll drummer on earth. "The Greatest!"

  • because they were in the same band

  • @jagarf Because for the Beatles, he was perfect.