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I've seen it quoted so many places but a lot of Beatles myths are quashed in the better books I know that.
Anyone got a recommendation for the BEST Beatles book?
https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/beatles/did-john-lennon-say-ringo-wasnt-even-best-drummer/
Don't want to de-rail this thread by going into how great a bass player he is- almost goes without saying. But if you want to know just how truly special he is, check out live footage of him playing Silly Love Songs. Put aside whether you actually like the song or not (it is a love-hate one I know). But when you see him singing while playing *that* baseline flawlessly, then you know he is a complete natural.
The gang mentality explains why the pecking order was always John, Paul, George.
* Except The Who, of course, who broke all the normal rules.
I helped my son learn that bassline. It's so much fun.
Probably my favourite Macca guitar moment is the solo in "Maybe I'm Amazed"- so good he plays it twice.
...or it might be Gilmour's solos on "No More Lonely Nights", but that's cheating.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
I just couldn't work out why he hadn't bothered to learn the Macca bassline so I showed him my hack version of the part at the next rehearsal on bass (I'm no bass player).
His eyes just about popped out of his head... after he'd refrained from walloping me.
I said to him... the bass part is more interesting than the guitar chords and lines I'm playing on this song...
he's learnt it properly now.
Oh - Macca still touring at 80.
good god.
My dad struggles to walk down the garden path at that age these days.