All the Beatles have a star EXCEPT PAUL? Are you kidding me? I’m happy for Ringo, but this is a major travesty!

Congrats to Ringo…well deserved.

Ha… Ringo wasn’t even the best drummer in the Beatles. He was a hack. Its outrageous that McCartney is the only Beatle without his own star.

Ringo would be the first to admit he was a crap technical drummer. But if you listen to their serious stuff – from Revolver onward – you can hear how incredibly good he was at putting the beats where they needed to be, rather than showing off in a Carl Palmer-style wankfest.

An extremely tasteful drummer, and an integral part of the beatlesz’ sound. Congrats!

But surely Paul should be there too.

“Oh Darling” is a perfect example of how awesome he is.

Congratulations to Ringo. His boy with the Who at the Superbowl, and now this. Makes for a great Week in the Life of a great man.

“Not the best drummer..” was a joke. Read John’s Playboy interview to see what he REALLY thought of Ringo’s drumming. The drummer tributes read by Harper last night were great (Steve Gadd!). Ringo’s beyond wonderful, operating on a level of musicality that show-off drummers don’t even know exists. Paul has been approved for a star but waited to accept it until Ringo got his. That tells you something right there.

Maybe Paul’s fan club should start

a petition. Its mostly a fan driven execise.

Stars on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame are applied for and then paid for by the artists themselves; they’re often used as promotional tools for new albums, films, etc. Paul’s not having one just means he hasn’t shelled out for one. Yet.

Congrats to Ringo, a master of subtlety at drumming, and the most underrated musician in rock music!

zbtrocker | 2/9/2010, 11:18 am EST

“Oh Darling” is a perfect example of how awesome he is.

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Don’t forget Tommorow Never Knows, Strawberry Fields Forever, A Day In The Life, Rain, Ticket To Ride, Paperback Writer, Taxman, etc.. His “simple” drumming has a profound effect on the overall sound of all The Beatles songs like Come Together, Day Tripper, and Hey Jude. Flashiness does not always define a great drummer. Those who make ignorant comments saying he often played simple beats are ignorant to the nuance and subtlety of music.

Wow Jeff, you must be a really great drummer to make that comment about Ringo. Or are you just a idiot with bad taste?

Just the nicest guy ever – I grew up with the Fab Four and couldn’t be happier about Ringo’s big day.

His drumming and musical sense was the lynchpin of the Beatles.

My grandmother briefly dated Ringo in the mid-1970’s. She said that although he was rarely sober, or conscience for that matter, he could get that horse cock of his ready at the drop of a dime. RINGO screwed my grandmother! WHAT!?

Ringo is one of the greatest drummers of all time because he has an intuitive sense of what needs to be played to serve the song. Not too much, not too little. Would that all drummers and lead guitarists knew/understood that

Phil Collins (who has always been a big Beatles fan since he was 13 years old in the audience of The Beatles concert in their great film A Hard Day’s Night in 1994 he hosted The Making Of A Hard Day’s Night and said how great their music was in this film and along with Pete Townsend played on 2 songs on Paul McCartney’s 1986 Press To Play album) and Max Weinberge praise Ringo’s drumming and musician and song writer Peter Cross in his excellent online article,The Beatles Are The Most Creative Band Of All Time, says that Ringo might be underrated by the public but he’s not by most professional drummers and that he perfected the art of drum sounds and he said no drummer has ever recorded so many different sounds on so many different sounding records.

He also says that Ringo invented a new style of slow drum playing epitomized on A Day In The Life and Strawberry Fields Forever. He also said that John said many times that Ringo has the best back beat in the business and he said and the professional studio drummers understand why John was correct.

Phil Collins has said that he can’t duplicate Ringo’s great drumming on A Day In The Life and George Martin said that Ringo always had a great ear and feel for a song and that it was his idea to play the tom toms on A Day In The Life giving the song a disctintive percussion sound. Also in Mark Lewisohn’s excellent detailed Beatles music diary,The Beatles Recording Sessions,he explains that in the 100’s of recorded takes The Beatles did for over 100 of their great songs Ringo rarely ever made a mistake that stopped the tapes from running and he said his drumming was excellent and consistent from 1962-1970!

His drumming has also been pointed out as great on Tomorrow Never Knows,She Said She Said,Rain(which he says is his best drumming ever)and Abbey Road.His drumming is also very good on a very early Beatles song,Thank You Girl especially towards the end.

Stars on the Walk of Fame are somewhere between $15000-$25000. In other words, they are PAID for, and not really that legit. That is why you’ll see some random names on the sidewalks on Hollywood Blvd. I’ll bet that Capitol paid to have Ringo’s star. Meanwhile, it is indeed true that McCartney would not accept a star until Ringo got his – kinda classy. Paul came out when George Harrison got his a few years ago – really cool pictures from the event out there if you wanna Google it.

Phil Collins (who has always been a big Beatles fan since he was 13 in the audience of The Beatles concert in their great film A Hard Day’s Night in 1994 he hosted The Making Of A Hard Day’s Night and said how great their music was in this film and along with Pete Townsend played on 2 songs on Paul McCartney’s 1986 Press To Play album) and Max Weinberge praise Ringo’s drumming and musician and song writer Peter Cross in his excellent online article,The Beatles Are The Most Creative Band Of All Time, says that Ringo might be underrated by the public but he’s not by most professional drummers and that he perfected the art of drum sounds and he said no drummer has ever recorded so many different sounds on so many different sounding records.

He also says that Ringo invented a new style of slow drum playing epitomized on A Day In The Life and Strawberry Fields Forever. He also said that John said many times that Ringo has the best back beat in the business and he said and the professional studio drummers understand why John was correct.

Phil Collins has said that he can’t duplicate Ringo’s great drumming on A Day In The Life and George Martin said that Ringo always had a great ear and feel for a song and that it was his idea to play the tom toms on A Day In The Life giving the song a disctintive percussion sound. Also in Mark Lewisohn’s excellent detailed Beatles music diary,The Beatles Recording Sessions,he explains that in the 100’s of recorded takes The Beatles did for over 100 of their great songs Ringo rarely ever made a mistake that stopped the tapes from running and he said his drumming was excellent and consistent from 1962-1970!

His drumming has also been pointed out as great on Tomorrow Never Knows,She Said She Said,Rain(which he says is his best drumming ever)and Abbey Road.His drumming is also very good on a very early Beatles song,Thank You Girl especially towards the end.

Also, when The Beatles got Ringo to join The Beatles he was in no way an inexperienced drummer,he was already playing for one of the top successful Liverpool bands,Rory Storm and The Huricanes for seceral years when they got him.And George Martin didn’t think Pete Best was a good enough drummer and that Ringo was much better and The Beatles agreed.

Also,what drummer did John choose to use for his first and brilliant solo album,John Lennon Plastic Ono Band when he could have gotten almost anybody? Ringo! And on a great UK John Lennon fan site,You Are The Plastic Ono Band,they have John interviews through the years and in a 1971 St.Regis Hotel interview,John was asked about Ringo’s drumming and he said that Jim Keltner is a bit more technical,but he said that Ringo is still one of the best drummers in rock!

I just noticed I made a few typing mistakes, I also didn’t mean to get a double post,I really wish there was an edit button on here!

Anyway, Ringo’s drumming was great on The white Album too,and on John’s Plastic Ono Band album.In The Beatles 1964 Washington concert he beats the heck out of his drums especially on I Her Standing There and or Long Tall Sally!And yes,updoggy I thought the same exact thing as soon as I heard about Starr getting the star,he’s getting one before Paul?!

get a fukn life buddy!

no one cares.

Ringo is a Legend! Well done.

Proves some nice guys do finish first.

I’va been playing the drums for 40 years and while…TECHNICALLY Ringo isn’t a master (not many on that list are and neither am I), no-one has been more innovative and brilliant in technique. Ringo’s “symplistic” fills aren’t all that symplistic and much of what he’s done is VERY, very impressive. For anyone to say he wasn’t a good (let alone maybe the greatest) rock n roll drummer, haven’t listened.

Several others already said this, but no Paul? Huh?

To the As*hole who told me to “slow down and “get a life” and no one cares” speak for your God dam*ed self,and go to straight to hell! If you don’t care then just leave, and obviously quite a few people do care that’s why they are on here,and are interested in this kind of information,you must not have a life if you are on here busy posting pontless nasty shit at me.

I was contributing very good information to this topic and I have a right to like other posters on here!

Once again, Paul HAS been approved for a star. It was HIS CHOICE to wait for it until after Ringo got his. Classy, and very instructive about how Paul views Ringo’s contributions.

I was only trying to debunk common misperceptions which are on here too,that Ringo wasn’t a very good drummer and isn’t considred by other musicians to be.

Maybe Paul is waiting to be buried underneath his.

MAN! I just couldn’t help myself! Seriously, I’m a huge Beatles fan and am happy for Ringo. Again, not the flashiest drummer in the world, but definitely the right drummer for the Beatles and their music. Can you imagine Keith Moon playing for the Beatles? He was also great, but it just wouldn’t have been right.

Lucy,

I agree with you on all aspects of your statements. I think the few negative commentators are more taking issue with your rather rambling way of writing than with the content itself. Slowing down a little bit to self-edit might help to eliminate that criticism.

Or , they may really just be assholes, in which case there is nothing to do for it.

Either way, just compose your thoughts a little more and it’ll all be good.

The smartaleks who dis Ringo think REAL music is “scored” like video game music. Not. Ringo’s star will still shine bright when his critics’ grandchildren have been forgotten.

I DONT NORMALLY WRITE IN CAPS BUT JUST TO CLARIFY EVERYONES QUESTON ON WHY PAUL DOESNT HAVE A STAR YET IS SIMPLY HE WANTED RINGO TO GET HIS STAR FIRST TO SHOW HIS RESPECT FOR RINGOS CONTRBIBUTIONS ALSO YOU DISH OUT CASH TO GET ONE. ITS NOT REALLY LIKE THE HALL OF FAME WHERE VOTES ARE DONE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THEY DISH OUT CASH AND THEN ITS VIEWED AND APPROVED. SORRY AGAIN ABOUT THE CAPS

As much as I like Ringo Starr,it is a Travesty that Paul has not got his own star.Ringo is way underrated.He is a very good dummer.

Dean, read the above posts. It’s not a travesty, it’s his choice.

MB, I don’t understand. Why haven’t they given Paul his star yet?

DISBOTT 3000, the ceremony has to be scheduled by the celebrity who’s getting the star. Paul decided he didn’t want to get his star until Ringo had one.

Damn, does no one read comments before posting theirs? It’s been said many times here already…IT IS PAULS CHOICE TO WAIT TO ACCEPT HIS STAR UNTIL AFTER RINGO GOT HIS!!!

Congratulations Ringo,it means a lot to those of us who care so much about you and your work.How I wish I could have been there to see you get your star,but you know millions of fans were there in spirit.Keep on rockin’ Mr .Starr.

The Beatles were having a problem coming to terms with what they would do with a critical arrangement of a song they were working on, when Ringo after sitting down at his drums and listening to their problem, one that they were sweating over, Ringo intently listened to what they were playing and threw in a drum score that linked the sound and bridged the effect and solved the problem, but not only that, it made the song and was a complete inspiration in its own write. George was always attentive to Ringo’s deft contributions and played off of Ringo’s free form drumming as much as possible, as for John, his playing is always their but as noticed sometimes disappears from notice, because John and Ringo were so tight the blend was invisibly magical in its ethereal sound. Paul’s based bounced and Ringo would bounce along with it in a rhythmic manner that boxed the packaged sound into one miraculous mystery hit after another.

Take Ringo away and you take away the Beatles, everyone was perfect together like having all the stars align.

hmmm..good on him for getting it. remember though, you have to pay for the ‘privilege’ to have a star – so wonder who paid for his?

How can Ringo be added but not Axl Rose!? This is an outrage!

Witty and oh-so-discerning Jeff stole his line from a Lennon joke. My two cents worth? Strawberry Fields Forever changed my idea of what drums were for. Fluid fills like nobody else.

Ringo Starr and Charlie Watts are the most underrated rock ‘n roll drummers of all time. They are also the best.