New album by Ringo, titled Postcards from Paradise
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Wait till you hear "Can she do it like she dances", buddy This is the original version by the way:
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javilu:
Wait till you hear "Can she do it like she dances", buddy This is the original version by the way:
Love that song. I kinda consider Ringo the 4th to be a somewhat guilty pleasure for me. I'm probably not supposed to like it, it sold horribly, many people thought Ringo didn't suit the disco style... And yet I enjoy most of the songs on that album.
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It's ok, many people like McCartney II and to me it is a horrible album for the most part.
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javilu:
It's ok, many people like McCartney II and to me it is a horrible album for the most part.
Eh, I can't call it the worst. Not with the pretty bland and forgettable Bad Boy, and the piece of garbage known as Ringo's Rotogravure out there
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DrummerFromFife:
javilu:
It's ok, many people like McCartney II and to me it is a horrible album for the most part.
Eh, I can't call it the worst. Not with the pretty bland and forgettable Bad Boy, and the piece of garbage known as Ringo's Rotogravure out there
Awww come on... "Hey Baby" is a lot of fun. "Pure Gold" is your average Macca ballad, not "6 O'Clock" but not bad either. "You Don't Know Me At All" is better than any song in 4th. "Cryin'" and "Las Brisas" are decent stabs at country and mexican music respectively. Lennon's "Cookin'" is a weak track but it has Lennon's count in and piano so I have to approve it "This be called a song" by Eric Clapton is nothing to write home about, but it has Eric Clapton in it! **"Lady Gaye" and "Dose of Rock 'n 'Roll"**are acceptable. No Grammy winning material but not tracks I'd skip. "I'll still love you"... legend has it that George sent the song for Ringo to record and was appalled at the results so sued Ringo to try and stop it from being released. One of many songs on the album that would have benefited with Richard Perry producing. All in all, Rotogravure is a worse album than Ringo and Vienna but better than 4Th and Bad Boy.
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javilu:
DrummerFromFife:
javilu:
It's ok, many people like McCartney II and to me it is a horrible album for the most part.
Eh, I can't call it the worst. Not with the pretty bland and forgettable Bad Boy, and the piece of garbage known as Ringo's Rotogravure out there
Awww come on... "Hey Baby" is a lot of fun. "Pure Gold" is your average Macca ballad, not "6 O'Clock" but not bad either. "You Don't Know Me At All" is better than any song in 4th. "Cryin'" and "Las Brisas" are decent stabs at country and mexican music respectively. Lennon's "Cookin'" is a weak track but it has Lennon's count in and piano so I have to approve it "This be called a song" by Eric Clapton is bad, but it has Eric Clapton in it! "Lady Gaye" and "Dose of Rock 'n 'Roll"are acceptable. No Grammy winning material but not tracks I'd skip. "I'll still love you"... legend has it that George sent the song for Ringo to record and was appalled at the results so sued Ringo to try and stop it from being released. One of many songs on the album that would have benefit with Richard Perry producing. All in all, Rotogravure is a worse album than Ringo and Vienna but better than 4Th and Bad Boy.
Oh no no no no no no no.... To me, This Be Called a Song was the best song on that album. It's the only one that I either wouldn't get bored of or just despise. A Dose Of Rock N Roll had potential... started out great. 15 seconds later, goes all slow and dull. If it's gonna pump me up and then drop the mood like that, it has effectively lost my interest. Pure Gold is incredibly boring. It's one of those rare songs that puts me to sleep... And not in a good way. Cryin'... I'll admit it, I kinda like that song. Not a masterpiece, but I can listen to it every now and then, and I won't get bored. It's the chorus that gets me. It's not the kind of song I'd replay after hearing it, but it's worth a listen. You Don't Know Me At All... I dunno. This song doesn't really do anything to me. Not good, not bad, just eh. It's there. It's better than A Dose of Rock and Roll and Hey Baby I've heard people calling Cookin' In The Kitchen Of Love the worst John Lennon song ever written, or at the very least, the worst song he wrote for Ritchie... I dunno, I kinda like this one. It's about the same level of enjoyability as Cryin'. I have found I Still Love You to be a very unmemorable song. I've heard it a few times... I just can't keep the lyrics, the melody, the drum beat, anything, in my head. It's like For Love from Liverpool 8. Las Brisas... It's OK. Nothing special. It's a decent song. Nothing more. I'll listen to it if it comes on shuffle on my MP3 player. Lady Gaye... It's not AS boring as Pure Gold... But it's still a low point. Spooky Weirdness... This is the worst ending to a Ringo album ever. Anyone who likes it... They surprise me. There's nothing to this track. It's just studio noise. There's one song that I left until last... Hey Baby. Oh boy. When I was a kid in the 90s, I grew to HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE this song. It is probably my least favourite song in musical history. I despise it. Then I heard Ringo covered it. Did it change my opinion... God no. I haaaaaaaate it. The worst song on this album by far. But that's just me This album has a few good songs (Cryin', Cooking, This Be Called a Song), a few I just despise (A Dose Of Rock n Roll, Hey Baby, Spooky Weirdness), the rest are just average as hell and mostly unmemorable for me. I can never put Ringo the 4th below this. I enjoy songs on that. As for Bad Boy, the only reason that's not below Rotogravure is because I don't hate any songs on Bad Boy. They're not wonderful, it's just average... But I don't hate any of the songs.
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Okay, I listened to side 2 of "Ringo the 4th" last night, and I may well never listen to it again. Yikes. As soon as it was done I had to play "Rory and the Hurricanes" to get the bad taste out of my mouth. And, since the new album is theoretically the subject of this thread, let me just say it keeps growing on me. A masterpiece? No, one doesn't really expect that from Ringo, but a good, solid, enjoyable album for sure.
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Bruce M.:
Okay, I listened to side 2 of "Ringo the 4th" last night, and I may well never listen to it again. Yikes.
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Bruce M.:
Okay, I listened to side 2 of "Ringo the 4th" last night, and I may well never listen to it again. Yikes. As soon as it was done I had to play "Rory and the Hurricanes" to get the bad taste out of my mouth. And, since the new album is theoretically the subject of this thread, let me just say it keeps growing on me. A masterpiece? No, one doesn't really expect that from Ringo, but a good, solid, enjoyable album for sure.
Everyone loves Rory . Love or hate the album... Eh, the opening song is really enjoyable OK... Just to test people... Reply to this comment if you DON'T enjoy Rory and the Hurricanes
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Beatles4Ever&Ever:
DrummerFromFife:
beatlesfanrandy:
JoeySmith:
Ringo was nowhere near as innovative as the other 3 when it came to musicianship, with the exceptions of Rain and A Day in the Life. Paul had to teach Ringo how to be innovative on Ticket to Ride. I actually prefer Paul's drumming on the later Beatles'/early solo records as it was far more interesting. Get Back, for example, sounds so thin and boring with Ringo's plodding style & could have been much more rich & dynamic with more creative drumming. Most praise Ringo for a "steady beat", but many of the Beatles' songs screamed for dynamic drumming. IMO, Beatles's songs would have sounded so much better with a Keith Moon on drums.
Ringo's drumming on She Loves You and I Want to Hold Your Hand is revolutionary! Nobody heard drumming like that on records before. And he played like crazy live. See the Royal Variety Performance and the Washington DC Concert if you doubt it. Keith Moon was fine for The Who. Not for The Beatles!
Since we're talking about exceptional drumming of Richard Starkey from 1962 to 1969... What are peoples' thoughts on What You're Doing? That's probably one of my favourite drum pieces in the history of Beatles music
Paul recently said that Ringo always had his back. That song is a perfect example. Everything is so perfect about it. Absolutely perfect. Love it!!! Quite recently a columnist in the Washington Post, who has his little band on the side, in which he's the drummer, was commenting about the great difficulty it was in trying to drum the way Ringo did; to play what he played. He said Beatles' songs were deceptively simple because we are all so familiar with them, they were part of our collective DNA's, but what Ringo did was very very hard to try and duplicate. He said he simply could not understand why Ringo seemed to never got the credit due him. I wrote and thanked him. He commented back to me that Ringo was perfect for the Beatles, not only for his skills as a drummer, but because he had the perfect personality for the band. He was right on both counts.
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Bruce M.:
Okay, I listened to side 2 of "Ringo the 4th" last night, and I may well never listen to it again. Yikes. As soon as it was done I had to play "Rory and the Hurricanes" to get the bad taste out of my mouth. And, since the new album is theoretically the subject of this thread, let me just say it keeps growing on me. A masterpiece? No, one doesn't really expect that from Ringo, but a good, solid, enjoyable album for sure.
Love your retro review of this album. It may tempt me to actually listen and confirm my worst fears!
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favoritething:
Bruce M.:
Okay, I listened to side 2 of "Ringo the 4th" last night, and I may well never listen to it again. Yikes. As soon as it was done I had to play "Rory and the Hurricanes" to get the bad taste out of my mouth. And, since the new album is theoretically the subject of this thread, let me just say it keeps growing on me. A masterpiece? No, one doesn't really expect that from Ringo, but a good, solid, enjoyable album for sure.
Love your retro review of this album. It may tempt me to actually listen and confirm my worst fears!
The 4th album isn't the worst thing in the world. Ringo may not suit the disco style, but it still has better songs than Rotogravure and Bad Boy. Trust me As for Postcards, all you need to do is relax, and give it a go, you'll enjoy it. It's a superb production
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DrummerFromFife:
favoritething:
Bruce M.:
Okay, I listened to side 2 of "Ringo the 4th" last night, and I may well never listen to it again. Yikes. As soon as it was done I had to play "Rory and the Hurricanes" to get the bad taste out of my mouth. And, since the new album is theoretically the subject of this thread, let me just say it keeps growing on me. A masterpiece? No, one doesn't really expect that from Ringo, but a good, solid, enjoyable album for sure.
Love your retro review of this album. It may tempt me to actually listen and confirm my worst fears!
The 4th album isn't the worst thing in the world. Ringo may not suit the disco style, but it still has better songs than Rotogravure and Bad Boy. Trust me As for Postcards, all you need to do is relax, and give it a go, you'll enjoy it. It's a superb production
We'll just have to disagree on this. I like "Rotogravure" myself. Not a big fan of "Hey Baby" but I love "Pure Gold" and "Lady Gaye." C'est la vie!
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DrummerFromFife:
favoritething:
Bruce M.:
Okay, I listened to side 2 of "Ringo the 4th" last night, and I may well never listen to it again. Yikes. As soon as it was done I had to play "Rory and the Hurricanes" to get the bad taste out of my mouth. And, since the new album is theoretically the subject of this thread, let me just say it keeps growing on me. A masterpiece? No, one doesn't really expect that from Ringo, but a good, solid, enjoyable album for sure.
Love your retro review of this album. It may tempt me to actually listen and confirm my worst fears!
The 4th album isn't the worst thing in the world. Ringo may not suit the disco style, but it still has better songs than Rotogravure and Bad Boy. Trust me As for Postcards, all you need to do is relax, and give it a go, you'll enjoy it. It's a superb production
The attempts at disco are only a small part of "Ringo the 4th" and just a small part of it's overall dreadfulness. Ringo just feels like he's flailing all through this album, trying a bunch of different things but not doing any of them well.
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DrummerFromFife:
Bruce M.:
Okay, I listened to side 2 of "Ringo the 4th" last night, and I may well never listen to it again. Yikes. As soon as it was done I had to play "Rory and the Hurricanes" to get the bad taste out of my mouth. And, since the new album is theoretically the subject of this thread, let me just say it keeps growing on me. A masterpiece? No, one doesn't really expect that from Ringo, but a good, solid, enjoyable album for sure.
Everyone loves Rory . Love or hate the album... Eh, the opening song is really enjoyable OK... Just to test people... Reply to this comment if you DON'T enjoy Rory and the Hurricanes
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Bruce M.:
The attempts at disco are only a small part of "Ringo the 4th" and just a small part of it's overall dreadfulness. Ringo just feels like he's flailing all through this album, trying a bunch of different things but not doing any of them well.
That's correct. And Rotogravure is still better. Better material and better vocals from Ringo.
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I agree that "Ringo's Rotogravure" is better. Ringo's voice on "Ringo the 4th" is characterized by his jet-set lifestyle in the 70s, he was a party man back then. I still think it's entertaining enough, better than reputation.
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I guess I'm the only one who absolutely hates Rotogravure more than Ringo the 4th... I dunno what it is. I just think that, the disco style aside, the songs on the 4th are just more enjoyable. Drowning, Out On The Streets, Can She Do It Like She Dances, Sneaking Sally, especially Wings. I really enjoy the songs. The other songs aren't horrible. I still somewhat like Tango All Night, Gypsies in Flight, and Simple Love song. Granted, Gave It All Up and It's No Secret don't really do much for me... But I still enjoy the rest of the content. Guilty Pleasure for the WIN!!
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DrummerFromFife:
I guess I'm the only one who absolutely hates Rotogravure more than Ringo the 4th...
Yes you are! Ringo the 4th: Worse vocals, worse compositions, no Beatle guest appearances, worse/very dated production, worse cover. 4th loses in everything.
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javilu:
DrummerFromFife:
I guess I'm the only one who absolutely hates Rotogravure more than Ringo the 4th...
Yes you are! Ringo the 4th: Worse vocals, worse compositions, no Beatle guest appearances, worse/very dated production, worse cover. 4th loses in everything.
Eh, I dunno what to tell you buddy. Neither of them are spectacular albums. Ringo was having a bit of a rough time from 76 to 81. I suspect he went the disco route because he was stoned, disco was hip and the current trend, and he thought it'd make him money... Oops. That being said, when music from the 4th starts playing on my MP3 player... I have less of an urge to hit the "Next" button than I would do if Rotogravure music started. Those songs entertain me more than A Dose of Rock n Roll, and Hey Baby, and Pure Gold. Maybe it helps that one of my favourite Ringo songs originated from the 4th... But there we go. The album cover however... That is a pure "What the hell" kind of thing