Jeff Lynne on BBC4 yestereve

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Originally Posted by Guitar_Slinger

John Lennon was once asked in an interview 'Is Ringo the best drummer in the world?' His reply was "Ringo isn't even the best drummer in The Beatles" :D

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He was either being typically Lennon-esque (dry barbed humour) or he was just plain wrong. The proof is in the Beatle recordings with Paul on drums - flashy but unsubtle and with no real feel.

Ringo was an excellent drummer, perfect for the Beatles, and I can only think that people who put him down rate drummers on technical accuracy alone and don't actually listen to the music...

It's an Internet/pub conversation law I think

Mention Ringo and you get cliched "he was rubbish" comments.

That's my favourite Lennon quote - listening to stuff like A Day in the Life shows how tasty Ringo's playing could be.

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Originally Posted by jonnyburgo

What a collection of gear he has, that music room was incredible.
I need a P90 Goldtop.

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Room ? It's the whole house !

And yes to the P90 Goldtop !!!

I'm guessing it was the same Goldtop he was using for the '78 Wembley gig they showed after the doc. He mentions buying a Goldtop new in '74 here:

http://beta.musicradar.com/news/guit...songs-564554/4