It Don't POLL Easy: The Ringo Starr Singles thread

I only really attend to the first three, and of those "Photograph" is the one.

"Photograph". Otherwise Euler OTM

however, for the art this deserves consideration:

http://www.gocontinental.com/photos2/starr_r2aaaa.jpg

^^^ that is so dreadful it's amazing

KLAATU BARADA NIKTO

which was a clever timely joke but the quaalude chic his face embodies is amusing for different reasons.

search: http://www.jpgr.co.uk/pcs7170_a.jpg

I don't know all of these but the ones I do are all pretty good! "It Don't Come Easy" maybe has the most wallop but it feels the least Ringo-esque of anything. I think he does a pretty good "You're 16" but given the curious absence of "Beaucoups of Blues" I'm gonna give this to the goofy, goofy "No No Song."

"It Don't Come Easy" is essentially a George song to which George helpfully gave Ringo songwriting credit.

My impression is that "Photograph" is also a George song. Listening to it now: the string arrangement is gorgeous.

I'm listening to The Very Best of Ringo Starr and as a result I'd like to change my vote to "Oh My My"---this is a song I know, like, I can sing the whole thing but haven't heard it in living memory. It must be a childhood memory. But it's great! A mildly disco beat, goofy horns and an ridiculously catchy chorus.

Vini Poncia (of later KISS song doctor fame) co-wrote "Oh My My."

Gotta go with the T. Rex rip-off.

Good singles until after No No Song, then it's downhill. Voted It Don't Come Easy, Photograph 2nd.

Yeah, "Oh My My" is nice! Also feels very well Ringo-sized. Love this bit:

I phoned up my doctor
To see what's the matter
He said "come on over"
I said "do I have to?"

No No Song all the way.

I'm going with "Photograph," not necessarily for the single itself but for the poignant version Ringo performed at the memorial show on the first anniversary of George's death.

I would hope this'll be a rout for "It Don't Come Easy" and/or "Photograph"--please not the "No No Song"! That'd be like, I don't know, going for "You Mother Should Know" over "Ticket to Ride" or "Eight Days a Week." I'll go with "Photograph," but it's close.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x28srh_ringo-starr-photographconcert-for-g_music

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Immediately went for Back off Boogaloo, but maybe should have paused a second and gone for Photograph.

My impression is that "Photograph" is also a George song.

I'm pretty sure it's at least 90% written by George, if not 100%.

Same with "It Don't Come Easy."

I don't know enough about music to say this precisely, but I think "It Don't Come Easy" is more of a George song than "Photograph". The former would fit well, chord-wise, on All Things Must Pass, while the latter would stand out there (not as better than the others, but as different). The melody of the title phrase in the chorus doesn't sound like what I'd expect from George.

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I dislike The No No Song.

Well done. But did you mean to write the name of the university instead of the country?

I like "Wrack My Brain" a lot!

Vocoder background vocals at the end

You guys haven't gone deep until you've ventured into Old Wave territory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwWVGTRz_fY

i strongly object to the dismissal of hoyt axton as a "novelty writer"

Paul on bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wzIz0beyro