2007-01-11 02:45:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
He was as good as he needed to be, you couldn't have had a Keith Moon or John Bonham type drummer in the Beatles. While a lot of Ringos drumming is pretty basic he does do some really nice work, you have his tumble that starts "She Loves You", he does some nice fills in "Something" and is in my opinion totally kick *** on "Rain". While not the best drummer in the history of rock and roll, he was the best drummer for the Beatles, and is well respected by other professional drummers.
2007-01-11 03:05:24 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's no John Bonham but he gets the job done. I don't really think he had much of an opportunity to show off his skills with the type of music they played, except in some of their later stuff (like Abbey Road's "The End/Carry that Weight"). But yeah, he's Ringo Starr, so it doesn't really matter how good he is because he was a Beatle.
2007-01-11 02:56:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I always thought Ringo was a terribly inadequate drummer. Some of the Beatle's songs DO suffer from his uninspired time-keeping. I always liked the song "Paperback Writer" because it was one of the few songs where you heard Ringo's bass drum. Sure, the Beatles did not need John Bonham or Carl Palmer, but he wouldn't have passed the audition in my band. I would rate him a 4 out of 10.
2007-01-11 05:09:26 · answer #3 · answered by WMD 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I say he is a great drummer. Look at the style of music the Beatles started with compared to what they were playing before they split. And he kept the beat the whole time. It would have to be hard for a drummer to compliment so many styles. I think he held the band together myself.
2007-01-11 02:55:04 · answer #4 · answered by Chevy Girl 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am a musician. I would say that Ringo was good because he really kept it tight. He never played very complicated beats but I believe John and Paul didn't want him too. He kept the beat with patience and care. That is what a good drummer does when thats all is required of them. That takes a lot of dicipline!
2007-01-11 02:53:02 · answer #5 · answered by brotherman2112 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
For his day, Ringo changed into between the better rock drummers round. Then got here the 2d wave of "British invasion" bands w/ adult males like Keith Moon, etc... Ringo is a tasteful drummer. not a flashy one. & *one* element Ringo has on *everybody*, he's somewhat rock's 1st drummer. Can maximum human beings imagine of one who got here earlier him?
2016-12-02 03:13:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a huge Beatle fan but I think Ringo was pretty basic. But then again anything more flourishing would probably not have meshed well with the Beatles music. So I think for their music he was perfect.
2007-01-11 02:57:07 · answer #7 · answered by Puddin 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He wasn't that good of a drummer at all. But he fit the band and the kind of music they played.
2007-01-11 03:03:28 · answer #8 · answered by BigJake418 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not so good. I prefer Neal Peart from Rush
2007-01-11 02:53:35 · answer #9 · answered by knightwing992000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hay, he's Ringo FU**ING STARR! He needs no intro, ok?
2007-01-11 02:51:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋