Quote: SlagA @ August 1 2009, 7:41 PM BSTI wasn't aiming comments at anyone, honest.
It wasn't a complaint. I'm always willing to be challenged on my ill-founded assumptions etc. Like most people I have many.
On the plus side, all this talk of The Beatles means I shall be digging out some CDs I've not listened to for a while.
Quote: SlagA @ August 1 2009, 6:52 PM BSTPete Best was a better drummer than Ringo at that time.
AHem, that's a very 'creative' way of producing a quote! You've rearranged my words to say something entirely different.
Quote: SlagA @ August 1 2009, 6:52 PM BSTThree drummers played on versions of Love Me Do: Ringo; Best; and Alan White.
*Andy* White? Alan White was 'the' drummer in Yes.
Quote: JohnnyD @ August 1 2009, 7:42 PM BSTWhere was he a session drummer? I don't think there were any recording studios in Liverpool at the time.
Apologies. I used session drummer in a confusing and misleading sense. I should have been more clear.
The only Liverpool vinyl cut (AFAIAA) of the early Beatles (on Anthology 1) was made at a home studio, Phillips' Sound Recording Services, in '58.
I meant session (not in the strictly studio 'Andy White' sense but) in the sense that he'd stood in for other drummers and their bands during gigs. He'd even played for the Beatles a few times whenever Best was unable to play; he was involved with Tony Sheridan's Beat Brothers; and was with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes when the Beatles poached him, He was, by then, generally acclaimed to be the best drummer in Liverpool and was considering two job offers at the time. He went with the Beatles because they offered more cash - a tidy £25 a week.
Macca was quoted as: "...Ringo was in this other group, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. And we just thought he was the very best drummer we'd ever seen. And we wanted him in the group. We were big fans of his."
If I remember right from what I've read, when in Hamburg they'd even been begging Ringo to join, behind Best's back.
Quote: NoggetFred @ August 1 2009, 8:38 PM BST*Andy* White? Alan White was 'the' drummer in Yes.
You're dead right. I was actually listening to Yes as I was writing, and that's the truth. And to show my contrition I won't go and edit my post to stop me from looking stupid. Err... more stupid, is the case.
Apols.
Quote: NoggetFred @ August 1 2009, 8:38 PM BSTAHem, that's a very 'creative' way of producing a quote! You've rearranged my words to say something entirely different.
Double
Really sorry, Nogget. That'll teach me NOT to skim read. You have my unreserved embarrassment to wave on a stick. I literally cringed when I realised what I'd done.
See, this is what happens when someone makes the mistake of taking notice of Aaron's opinions... 
I'm dying here, someone smother me.
But now everyone knows why I rarely express an opinion, although the whole world surely agrees the Pete Best's 'Love Me Do' is piss-poor drumming.
It's a piss-poor song, to be fair.
Quote: Tim Walker @ August 1 2009, 9:25 PM BSTIt's a piss-poor song, to be fair.
Now here I'm back to my strength: agreeing wholeheartedly.
Quote: Jane P @ August 1 2009, 7:55 PM BSTI'm always willing to be challenged on my ill-founded assumptions etc.
Jane P, me too. But my ill-founded assumptions don't just challenge me, they hit me publicly in the face. My belief system is always changing. Some people may think that's a sign of superficiality but for me it's more a sense of realism about what little I know and how badly I apply it.
Quote: SlagA @ August 1 2009, 9:10 PM BSTYou're dead right. I was actually listening to Yes as I was writing, and that's the truth. And to show my contrition I won't go and edit my post to stop me from looking stupid. Err... more stupid, is the case.
You going to see them this year?
I was wondering when you posted that.
And wasn't Ringo in Rory Storm and the Hurricanes?
I should do. My brother loves them and I had to put up with him playing "The Yes Album" until he tore the diamond out of the stylus. In the end Yes became more deeply ingrained upon me than I realised. Plus, sometimes Yes is like stumbling upon a yet-unheard of early Genesis album.
Quote: Chappers @ August 1 2009, 9:56 PM BSTAnd wasn't Ringo in Rory Storm and the Hurricanes?
Aye, good shout.
Quote: SlagA @ August 1 2009, 10:11 PM BSTI should do. My brother loves them and I had to put up with him playing "The Yes Album" until he tore the diamond out of the stylus.
A brilliant album. (Pre Wakeman & White)
Quote: SlagA @ August 1 2009, 9:30 PM BSTJane P, me too. But my ill-founded assumptions don't just challenge me, they hit me publicly in the face. My belief system is always changing. Some people may think that's a sign of superficiality but for me it's more a sense of realism about what little I know and how badly I apply it.
Me too. The wise man learns more from the fool than the fool learns from the wise man. As a wise fool I'm happy to learn from anyone. 
Quote: Aaron @ July 31 2009, 11:40 AM BSTBob Dylan's rather shit 'n all.
Dylan is genius. My favourite songwriter ever. As Hendrix rightly said: "Anyone who doesn't appreciate Dylan should read the words of his songs, they are full of the joys and tragedies of life".
Quote: Griff @ August 2 2009, 5:30 PM BSTDylan is magnificent, but an acquired taste that requires some effort on the part of the listener. I suspect Aaron does not take the time to do this with anything, and will miss out on a great many things as a result.
Not for music, no.
Whilst I do like Dylan I often prefer his songs performed by other artists.
My main problem with The Beatles is that they're not The Rolling Stones.
Quote: Griff @ August 2 2009, 5:35 PM BSTTis a shame, young webmaster, a shameful shame.
Music largely disinterests and bores me quite quickly. I'd rather have visuals.