5.58pm
12 April 2012
Which song would you call Ringo’s best song with the beatles. I don’t like any song he covered and I don’t like any song paul and/or john wrote for him. Don’t Pass Me By it’s boring in it’s piano style with the violin. So the only song left is Octopus’ Garden which I really like and which couldn’t be sung better by anyone else. It’s really nice with it’s backing vocals and it’s nice guitar
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1 May 2011
What Goes On . Fabulous vocal, all mournful and hurt, gorgeous backing vocals, Georges country licks are his best on record, and Johns throwback comment to Tell Me Why . Man i love that song.
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Probably With A Little Help . It’s quite witty (“What would you do if I sang out of tune” etc) and doesn’t outstay its welcome. I don’t care much for Ringo’s own compositions, nor the covers.
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10.38pm
16 February 2011
I agree with you, Joe, about With a Little help- nobody else could quite sing that song. For a moment Ringo’s defiency in singing actually becomes an asset. I do like a lot of humorous songs he ahs covered, though, Act naturally being one of them. Another song that could have been written for Ringo( in this case it isn’t, of course). Yellow submarine can get a bit boring but his monotonous, flat voice fits rather well with the song; it’s made for children, anyway, and children would rather understand the lyrics than marvel with the wonderful talent the singer has.
1.11am
5 November 2011
3.43am
27 April 2012
I love his voice on “A Little Help …” I remember reading that the words originally were “would you throw tomatoes at me” and Ringo said no way would he sing that, just in case they ever toured again, he knew he would be pelted with tomatoes, lol
I also like his “Boys ” version and “Octopus Garden” is sweetly sung.
(For post-Beatles, his wonderful song for George “Never Without You”…impossible to listen to without tears…
3.12pm
18 December 2011
List over Beatles songs sung by Ringo:
– Boys
– Matchbox
– With A Little Help From My Friends
not saying the last is the worst…
11) What Goes On
10) Honey Don’t
9) Matchbox
5) Boys
2) With A Little Help From My Friends
1) Good Night
The list may change by time.
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7.34pm
1 May 2010
With a little help of my friends and Yellow Submarine .. I love how John shouts the orders I love it.
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7.28pm
13 July 2012
My favorites are Octopus’s Garden , and With a Little Help . They’re fabulous and his voice is something that could never be replaced or these tracks just would not sound the same.
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22 July 2012
3.36am
14 February 2012
Has to be “Octopus’s Garden ” for me. When I first heard that song, I couldn’t stop singing it for the whole course of softball practice (much to the annoyance of my teammates…). By the time practice was over, however, the whole team was singing along with me, even though none of them had ever heard the song before practice began. It was a magical moment and a Beatles fan win!
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4.07am
19 September 2010
With A Little Help . It’s witty, it’s well written, it’s not terribly difficult to sing (as was intended) but it doesn’t drag on like Ringo songs have the tendency to. Oh, and it’s got call and response vocals. Go Ringo!
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5.20pm
1 December 2009
Yeah, “…Friends” it is. Tho “Octopus’ Garden” is pretty great too. And I’ve always appreciated “Honey Don’t ” and “Don’t Pass Me By ” more than most. (“You were in a car crash/And you lost your hair” is such a wonderfully silly couplet.)
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
6.36pm
23 July 2012
With A Little Help From My Friends and Good Night . I Ringo!!!!
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4.32am
1 December 2009
paulsbass said
Judging songs as “best” always proves to be controvercial, so I’m going for favourite!
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Just be arrogant like me and presume that “best” and “favourite” are one and the same!
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
1.12am
13 August 2012
My favorite Ringo sang song is Act Natually, I find Ringo had that country type voice, so a song like that he could easily sing it comfortably and well I find Ringo seems like a fun loving guy when he sings, though his voice isn’t really my favorite among the talents of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison.
10.23am
24 November 2011
My favorites are “Octopus’s Garden ” and “With A Little Help From My Friends “. Those songs just fit his voice. (Or is it the other way round? )
9.18pm
26 July 2011
“With A Little Help From My Friends ” — Ringo’s finest vocal performance — Lennon & McCartney really came through for Richie this time
(Honourable mentions: “Octopus’s Garden ” & “Boys “)
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1.05pm
20 January 2012
Honey Don’t , and Yellow Submarine .
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3.44pm
8 January 2012
With A Little Help From My Friends easily, honourable mentions go to boys and yellow submarine
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