Was Ringo A Crap Drummer.

Listen to Helter Skelter, Ringo goes out on his way just to keep up with everybody else.

Ringo isnt very good technicaly, hell my brother is more technical on drums, but the main thing is Ringo was a very important ingredient to The Beatles, and thats all that really matters because The Beatles own all these lame power metal banRAB with technical drummers, id rather listen to Ringos simple drumlines than a boring 3 minute solo from Ian Paice.
 
Is Meg White a crap drummer?

It's debatable. Purely on principal shes a crap drummer but she makes the White Stripes the White Stripes. Same for Starr, he suited the band more then the want for outright ability.
 
since when has it been such an artform to it the drums hard? if your saying anyone can do ringo's job, then the same can be said for meg white. and this misconception you have of the beatles being lollipop is both ignorant and stupid, have a deeper understanding of a band before you go labelling their music, you only look foolish if you dont.
 
sheesh, a person can't even make half-assed, unbacked statements on this forum without being called out on it anymore. i suppose i'll have to get that sgt.peppers album everyone is talking about. but i just have a thing against the beatles i suppose. and fair enough, if ringo can be replaced, so can meg white, i never said she was a fantastic drummer, she doesn't have the muscle to be really great, i just think she has a specific style, one that any good drummer can undoubtedly immitate without breaking a sweat...probably even ringo.....i still don't think ringo was anything special...
 
he did what he had to do. He was a terrible drummer but it's not like he was asked upon to do alot. He sang a few songs and got the job done.
 
With the exception of Keith Moon.^

boo boo; Helter Skelter is a superb example of Ringo's drumming abilities.
At the end of which Ringo can be heard to scream "I've got blisters on my fingers".
Another good example of his competence, 'Tomorrow Never Knows.'

Personally I believe Ringo was overlooked (due to the talents of the others) and was a far better drummer than he was given credit for.

Brilliant, no. Definitely above average.

adidasss...get the album and go suck a lollipop. ;)
 
Moons style was much more intense and wild than it was complex, in fact he was rather sloppy at times, hes still one of the greatest.

On Ringo, i wouldnt call him great, but he is a good drummer dispite what anyone says, his drumming on Come Together for example, its so subtle but its brillant.
 
^pretty much what i said. he wasnt the best, by far. but he made the beatles sound. if they had a different drummer, they would have had a slightly different sound.
 
How could Ringo be categorized as a crap drummer? He never ****s up, he keeps the beat, and the music doesn't really call for anything else. I realize this is just me, but I never really listen to the Beatles and think, "Oh, Ringo should've played a nice, rolling fill there." I personally don't see how he can be criticised. Even if he doesn't play enough fills for someone's tastes, that doesn't make him a bad drummer, if anything it just makes him boring. I suppose you could call boring bad, but I'd rather be a boring bad than a losing the beat, throwing everyone off bad.
 
With A Little Help From My FrienRAB and Yellow Submarine are Lennon/McCartney songs, Ringo just does lead vocals on them.

EDIT: I didn't notice boo boo's post. Sorry.

Octopus's Garden is great though. I'm not so sure about Don't Pass Me By...but Don't Let Me Down is awesome. :)
 
that's all you got? one could probably train a monkey to do just that...
and to anyone bitching about meg white's drumming, i agree with perfection, if it was someone else, it wouldn't be the white stripes we all know and love....she does a perfect job....
 
you specialise in contradicting yourself dont you. you say ringo's drumming is crap because its so simple and easy, yet you praise meg white for doing just the same? and you seem to completely underestimate the difficulty in keeping a drum beat, the coordination between the foot operating the bass drum and the hanRAB using the sticks has to be perfect throughout.
 
good point right track. ive never heard anyone speak about ringo that way. and yea i think he was doing his job perfectly, bonham type drumming in the beatles was uneeded, and unecassary.

it wasnt all lollipop music to whoever made that remark. listen to revolver, sgt peppers, self titled, abbey road.
 
Have you not learned anything from this thread? Just because he didn't play like Neil Peart doesn't mean he wasn't an amazing drummer. Drummers that play for the song instead of playing for themselves or showing off are much better in my book.
 
No you couldn't. Sometimes restraint with regard to drumming is huge. In fact, I'd go out on a lirab and say the more highly trained techinal drummer are often ****tier than the guy you hand a couple sticks too.
 
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