Still my ringtone, and it still stops everything in the room when my phone rings.

Everyone respects the Day Tripper riff.

steveGswine: Everyone respects the Day Tripper riff.

Eric Clapton, who, if memory serves, did session work on this album, used the riff on a John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers album.

Another great bit of Ringo's drumming.

/yes, I'm serious
//just in before the ignorant Ringo haters

cleveoh: Another great bit of Ringo's drumming.

/yes, I'm serious
//just in before the ignorant Ringo haters

Dude's a friggin' human metronome, ain't gonna hate on him for that.

No...I'll just stick to mocking him for things like Octopus's Garden. :-)

It's easy to forget how really great they were when they were at the height of their powers.

Plus one subby!

Also checking the Hendrix cover.

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kronicfeld: Twist and Shout was recorded in one take, at the end of a recording session, when Lennon had a cold. That is baller.

Definitely. Every time I listen to it, I wonder how different it would have sounded without John's rasp.

dugitman: I like the opening to "I Feel Fine" better.

Same. Pretty innovative for the time to move the guitar and the amp next to each other, and then the solo afterwards.

cleveoh: Another great bit of Ringo's drumming.

/yes, I'm serious
//just in before the ignorant Ringo haters

I think that behind this hate hides sexist stereotype: big boobs = no talent

PizzaJedi81: steveGswine: Everyone respects the Day Tripper riff.

Eric Clapton, who, if memory serves, did session work on this album, used the riff on a John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers album.

Incorrect.
"Day Tripper" was a non-album single (a double-A side with "We Can Work It Out"). For the US market, it was added to the "Yesterday and Today" album, which was a composite of tracks from the UK "Help", "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver" albums. The only Beatles track Clapton did any work on was "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on the White Album.

Took me three microseconds to replay that whole riff in my head, and I haven't heard it for several years.

I've got an itch in my brain that someone else used a similar riff for another extremely popular song, but I can't seem to remember what it is. Anyone got any idea what I'm talking about?

I've heard this before- when are they gonna put out some new sh*t!

Neeek: I've got an itch in my brain that someone else used a similar riff for another extremely popular song, but I can't seem to remember what it is. Anyone got any idea what I'm talking about?

When I read your sentence, the first thing that came to mind was "House of the Rising Sun" (new window).

GonzoNihilist: The Drab Four

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Good riff, subby. Another middle era Beatles riff that's great: "Paperback Writer".

The Beatles' riff is "quoted" in the song, "Don't call us, we'll call you".

And there's some metal hair band song that weaves several Beatle's riffs together in the coda. I can't recall what is was now.

Any Pie Left: The Beatles' riff is "quoted" in the song, "Don't call us, we'll call you". by Sugarloaf

The "I Feel Fine" riff, right?

i remember being five and my dad trying to explain to me what a day tripper is.

/a whore

The Beatles were great until they got all psychedelic and up their own asses. When they finally stopped that, they broke up. Which sucks, because I really, really love Abbey Road. An FYI, though I'm sure most of you know this, Abbey Road was technically their last album. It was recorded after Let It Be, but released before it.

/loves Day Tripper
//and Ticket To Ride
///and We Can Work It Out
////Norwegian Wood is the shiat

GonzoNihilist: The Drab Four

I'll see your goth metal and raise you 90's pop rap.

The Grab Four (new window)

(definitely NSFW, put your headphones on)

stuartlittle: i remember being five and my dad trying to explain to me what a day tripper is.

/a whore

I'm not saying your dad is wrong but:

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According to John Lennon, in relation to the song "day tripper":
"Day trippers are people who go on a day trip, right? Usually on a ferryboat or something. But it was kind of - you know, 'you're just a weekend hippie'. Get it?"

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=day%20tripper

BTW, the Florida tag should have been created on day 1 of Fark, in honor of Broward County's attempt to convict these guys of obscenity. Not saying they were great talents (and in particular the song I just posted was a desecration of the Beatles' legacy :) but, wow, Florida, man.

The Onanist: PizzaJedi81:

No...I'll just stick to mocking him for things like Octopus's Garden. :-)

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Huh. I thought that was Stanley Tucci for a second.

Any Pie Left: The Beatles' riff is "quoted" in the song, "Don't call us, we'll call you".

And there's some metal hair band song that weaves several Beatle's riffs together in the coda. I can't recall what is was now.

In "I Like to Rock," April Wine included Day Tripper and Satisfaction into the coda.

babysealclubber: cleveoh: Another great bit of Ringo's drumming.

/yes, I'm serious
//just in before the ignorant Ringo haters

Now, I'm a Beatles fan and all, but Ringo is so overrated as a drummer. Yes, he could keep a beat. But to try and build him up as one of the greats is nothing more than fan-boydom.

Similar arguments could be made for all the Beatles musically. What made the Beatles so impressive as far as music goes was not their instrumental talent. It was their song writing, or more accurately, their song re-writing ability. Particularly Lennon. Many of their hits are based on Indian or Asian folk melodies they picked up and adapted to rock and roll with new lyrics thrown in. Musically speaking, George was the most talented, and even he doesn't rate on the top ten guitar players of all time list.

Coco LaFemme: The Beatles were great until they got all psychedelic and up their own asses. When they finally stopped that, they broke up.

LOL WUT? I love ya hon, I really do but...no, I don't agree with this.

Which sucks, because I really, really love Abbey Road. An FYI, though I'm sure most of you know this, Abbey Road was technically their last album. It was recorded after Let It Be, but released before it.

So, wait, do you think they were stone cold sober when they did Abbey Road?

/loves Day Tripper
//and Ticket To Ride
///and We Can Work It Out
////Norwegian Wood is the shiat

Agree with all of this.

Balchinian: babysealclubber: cleveoh: Another great bit of Ringo's drumming.

/yes, I'm serious
//just in before the ignorant Ringo haters

Now, I'm a Beatles fan and all, but Ringo is so overrated as a drummer. Yes, he could keep a beat. But to try and build him up as one of the greats is nothing more than fan-boydom.

Similar arguments could be made for all the Beatles musically. What made the Beatles so impressive as far as music goes was not their instrumental talent. It was their song writing,

Yes, but Ringo wasn't good at that either.

cleveoh: Another great bit of Ringo's drumming.

/yes, I'm serious
//just in before the ignorant Ringo haters

Compared to Pete Best, ringo was Keith Moon.

Ringo was exactly the drummer that they needed - someone who can play a steady 4/4 backbeat laying the foundation for the music.

hot.. but taking a chance...

Any Pie Left: The Beatles' riff is "quoted" in the song, "Don't call us, we'll call you".



The riff that was quoted in "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" is the "I Feel Fine" riff, not "Day Tripper".

Balchinian: iMany of their hits are based on Indian or Asian folk melodies they picked up and adapted to rock and roll with new lyrics thrown in.

Wait. What?? "Many"??

Snapper Carr: Compared to Pete Best, ringo was Keith Moon.

This.

Anyone who's ever doubted Ringo's contribution to the group needs to hear any track on which Pete played (a few are included in Anthology 1). The guys have admitted the only reason he was in the group at all was because his mother owned a club where they could rehearse and perform. It wasn't for his drumming skills, and he lacked chemistry with John, Paul, and George. Poor Pete, but it was just never meant to be.



Ringo's drumming skills and personality were a perfect fit with the group. None of them were virtuoso instrumentalists, so why would they want some mad genius drummer?

Ringo's awesomeness comes from his ability to play 10 takes at exactly the same tempo. Let them splice stuff together seamlessly back in a time when they didn't have sophisticated machinery to do that, just a 4-track.

He plays understated drum parts mostly, but the human metronome thing is not just fanboyish invention, he really is that good at it.

/love the drums on Rain

DemonEater: Let them splice stuff together seamlessly back in a time when they didn't have sophisticated machinery to do that, just a 4-track.

Ringo was indeed a human metronome, but the only song of the Beatles that is spliced together out of two takes is "Strawberry Fields Forever". There's a great story there: John wasn't happy with the song and two completely different attempts were made at recording it. Even after the second one, he still wasn't happy, but he realized he liked the first half of one take and the second half of the other. So he asked George Martin to edit them together.

Martin pointed out that the two takes were not only at different tempos, but also in different keys. john told him he had faith in the producer and told him to make it happen, which George Martin did by slowing down one take, speeding up the other, and covering the edit with some overdubs. He did this all by hand (and ear). On four-track machines.

In the 60s, if you couldn't cut a backing track (drums, bass and guitar/piano) all in one take, you weren't going to make it as a recording artist. "Day Tripper" shows just how good they were: Paul played the song through and they talked about how they were going to cut it. Then they did three takes, two of which ended in breakdowns and a third which was the master.

Show me a band that can do that today.

Dwight_Yeast: In the 60s, if you couldn't cut a backing track (drums, bass and guitar/piano) all in one take, you weren't going to make it as a recording artist....[snip].....Show me a band that can do that today.

Sadly, true.

Then again, in a pre-audiotape, mono era, the whole band (instruments, vocals, whatever--usually much more than a quartet) recorded the whole tune to a lacquer master in one take, with one-to-very-few microphones, and with now-nonexistent worries about dynamic range, "peaking," and all that stuff. Now _those_ were professional musicians!

/not here to be a Beatles hater, though old enough to remember it all the first time around..time will tell about all this, so there's no sense arguing

That's a catchy tune. If this guys stick with it they might be able to make a go of it.

dugitman: I like the opening to "I Feel Fine" better.

Madbassist1: browntimmy: Balchinian: babysealclubber: cleveoh: Another great bit of Ringo's drumming.

/yes, I'm serious
//just in before the ignorant Ringo haters

Now, I'm a Beatles fan and all, but Ringo is so overrated as a drummer. Yes, he could keep a beat. But to try and build him up as one of the greats is nothing more than fan-boydom.

Similar arguments could be made for all the Beatles musically. What made the Beatles so impressive as far as music goes was not their instrumental talent. It was their song writing,

Yes, but Ringo wasn't good at that either.

You're either trolling, or don't know what you're talking about. You can take the same band, follow them on tour, listen to them play the same three songs on three different nights and all three would be at different tempos. Even the best, most professional drummers (I'm looking at you, Peart) will do this. Not Ringo, tho.

ringo was (still is?) indeed AMAZING...the whole band was! not only did ringo keep perfect tempo, if you really listen to his playing on their recordings there are things (at least to me as a drummer) that will truly make your jaw drop! and seeing him on some live visual recordings i often notice him moving pretty quickly around the kit...never really thought about that just listening to them

probably the 2 most perfect drummers i've seen live these days are danny carrey (seriously, the man is a BEAST! i've seen tool 5 times and never a single screw up, and always perfectly played parts the same tempo everytime!), and abe laboriel jr (saw him with clapton/winwood, but he's been mccartney's drummer for a long time...he was doing some incredibly off the wall licks with clapton/winwood...and my buddy and i were in good seats for seeing all the on-stage action...ie nosebleeds just to the front of the stage at the aac in dallas)

bump: And there's some metal hair band song that weaves several Beatle's riffs together in the coda. I can't recall what is was now.

I wouldn't refer to April Wine as 'metal hair band music' - but yeah - on their 1980s LP "Harder Faster" the had an AOR hit in "I Like To Rock" - wherein the end coda was a composition of the riffs from "Satisfaction", "Day Tripper" and then (of course) "I Like To Rock"...

/old

You beat me to it. I love that band and album! But my favorite April Wine song is 'Roller'. The lead is amazing.

/Also old

Neeek: I've got an itch in my brain that someone else used a similar riff for another extremely popular song, but I can't seem to remember what it is. Anyone got any idea what I'm talking about?

For some reason I recall reading that "Day Tripper" was their attempt to do a riff song similar to "Satisfaction."