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  • 1:27 "We already told you why!" - John Lennon

  • G-d knows this is real life all the fucking time!

  • Yeah!! John wrote this song and thought it'd be perfect for Ringo to sing.

    I'm too busy digging George's lead anyway. Actually George makes the supposedly weaker tune "What Goes On" , with a bunch of slick Carl Perkins - Scotty Moore - James Burton rockabilly licks on the former and the volume swells adding color to the latter.

  • in dig ringo's voice hoping to see him in pensacola soonish

  • George is known for playing Rickenbackers, but this sounds like a Telecaster. What say you?

  • Every great group needs a Ringo, ie, a guy who's talented but willing to put his star in a shoebox and let the other egos shine a bit...

    Ringo was the glue, great to see him get a chance to shine here! :)

  • Ringo could be a correct singer. Proof with this gem!

  • I love the Beatles and I like Ringo. He is very nice. I wish that I can carry a picture of Ringo Starr. I like What Goes On because it is fun song. He is happy and smile

  • Love Ringo, Love the Beatles. Smile on my face :-D Loving life :-D

  • Why all the praise for Ringo? John Lennon wrote this little ditty in a nice simple key so that ringo could sing a song. ringo didn't write it and if drum machines had been around then they wouldn't have had to put up with this hack.

  • @hansupgwai That's not nice!

  • @hansupgwai

    Ringo might not have contributed as the other musically, but all the other Beatles loved him as a friend and he was as much a Beatle as everyone else. That's not me talking, that's the other three Beatles.

  • @jwillborg

    Ringo is a very good drummer, listen to 'rain'.

  • @metafis

    He's a good drummer for sure, with a unique style, but I mainly meant in songwriting.

  • @hansupgwai Why all the hate for Ringo? The original form of this song was a ditty that John wrote during his early Quarryman days, he and Macca filled the song out a bit more in '65 and then Ringo came up with the lyrics. Ringo was a better-than-decent rock drummer. In one of his final interviews, John said that back in his pre-Beatle days, Ringo had a following when drummed for Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. Already, then, it was Ringo Starrtime. His mates knew it.

  • @hansupgwai Actually, John wrote this little ditty in his early Quarryman days, and he and Macca filled it out in '65; Ringo added the lyrics. He's got a songwriting credit for it. As for Ringo himself, he was a better-than-decent rock drummer. His mates knew it. In one of John's last interviews he said that Ringo had a fan following during his Rory Storm and the Hurricane days. It was already "Ringo Starrtime" back then.

  • I used to think of no one else, but you were just the same. You didn't even think of me as someone with a name. Did you mean to break my heart and watch me die? Tell me why.

  • genial :D

  • Great Bass by Paul in this song :P

  • Even The Beatles admitted it back in the day that: Who run the world?! GIRLS!

  • ringo rules

  • [An old, unfinished song from the early Beatle days dusted off late in the Rubber Soul sessions as a Starr vehicle. It became a likable country trifle with a first-time songwriting credit for Starr, who came up with some of the lyrics. Asked in 1966 what he contributed to the song, Starr replied, "About five words."]

  • fairly good song it kinda sucks but it kinda rules and is catchy as well done ringo

  • only beatles song i didnt like -.-

  • Oh, Ringo, don't be sad ! She didn't deserve you ... I'm here for ya!

  • Oh Ringo.

  • Haha, it's so funny how people are so happy for Ringo just when he sings. He only co-wrote this song; with help from John and Paul. He never liked singing or writing songs, though the others always encouraged him to do so. Everyone always thinks that Ringo made loads of material that the other Beatles didn't produce because they thought it was lame. Not true!!

  • ringo is so left out and unloved xDD AWWW THAT MAKES HIM SO CUTE

  • @Bool1995 fav beatles <3

  • The Beatles were a true country band.

  • I adore Ringo! But I love them all so it's a bit hard to pick one...

  • .. I think he has a nice voice. Maybe my least favorite of the four beatles, but still above average for sure.(:

  • ringo's biggest contribution

  • @TheHoleBag That might be because he only co-wrote it... xD

  • Thumbs up if you got the new youtube in this video !

  • What goes on in 2 people's hearts?

  • Why must Ringo get all the really depressing songs? :(

  • @JoshGrobansLady Yellow Submarine, Octopus's Garden and With A Little Help From My Friends are depressing?!

  • @PaulSaysShezam Well said mate

  • @JoshGrobansLady

    What? "Yesterday" and "For No One" were Paul's, and "No Reply" was John's. I don't think Ringo got anything else depressing. "Act Naturally" and maybe "Don't Pass me By" for breakup songs but the first is too lighthearted to be depressing and I never understood the last verse of the second and both have very cheery beats.

  • i like that at about 1:38 or so you can hear John very faintly saying "we already told you why" in response to Ringo singing the line "tell me why", which is a reference to the song "Tell Me Why"

  • @TonyT074 not really,

  • @Bombazor sure it is

  • happy birthday ringo you are a really big STARR..!!!

  • Great song. Ringo is way too underrated. I like his voice

  • I would love to see Ringo do this live

  • country rock before bob dylan and the byrds pionereed it

  • @ColdOasisU2 What about 50s rockabilly thats country rock

  • @ColdOasisU2 : "Bring it all back home" and "Highway 61 Revisited" were released months before, and The Birds had already released 3 of there 4 albums ..

  • @ColdOasisU2 : Bring it all back home , and Highway 61 revisited were released months before Rubber Soul

  • good jam

  • This is the closest the Beatles have come to scratching the surface of Country.

  • @BeatlesBestHits What about 'I've just seen a face'

  • @BeatlesBestHits Act Naturally is country

  • This is the Beatles at their least inspired. Crummy guitar solo. Just crummy.

  • @Rhinonip This is just their reference to Sun records. Nothing wrong with that. But the Sun musicians did a better job, which is to be expected.

  • Ringo might rule, but don't send him fan mail he goes MENTAL!

  • Every time I hear this song, the rhythm guitar reminds me of eggs frying and the grease popping underneath.

  • oh my God i LOVE RINGO!!!!!♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

    ♥R♥I♥N♥G♥O♥!!!!!

  • tell my why this song is awesome

  • @supersonic7799 because Ringo sings it

  • RINGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOO I LOOVE YOU!

  • R-I-N-G-O

  • my name is dan jordan i just farted

  • @ApparitionOfficial lololol, u would fagot

  • Rockabilly!!!

  • Most of beatles album has those funny ringo songs! But I love them, really!

  • I rate this song in the top 5 of all the Beatle's tunes. Just brilliant!

  • this song is extremely hard on beatles rock band haha :D

  • Who knew Ringo could sing so well? Me. :D YAY, Ringo! I used to think some random dude wrote Octopus' Garden named Richard Starkey. I thought, He's not even in the Beatles. I found out today how stupid I am.

    RIchardNGO STARkeyR

    (How stupid could I be?!?!?!!!!)

  • Ringo sounds so country

  • at 1:29 john says we already told you why

  • crazytwilightfan getting a highest rated comment on a beatles song is such a contradiction, it's great

  • I love ringos voice (:

  • good drumming

  • Nice!!!

  • great bass and drumming

  • catchy

  • great song

  • under rated

  • Yay Ringo! He is awesome!

  • @crazytwilightfan11 You're bugging.

  • @crazytwilightfan11 For sure...he's a pretty good singer ♥♥

  • This is a great song and ringo rules!!!!!!!!!

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