Sunday, November 11, 2007

Random rockstar 3 Ringo starr



All right obviously all of us noe ringo starr..the beatles drummer who is the easiest to spot out of all of them in their trademark hairstyles Starr's drumming style played a pivotal role in the music played and recorded by The Beatles. He filled the role he was hired for in 1962, then went on to establish a new approach to rhythm in popular music that some claim continues to grow in its significance and influence with every decade since The Beatles recorded their music.[21]

Starr is left-handed yet plays a right-handed kit; his tendency to lead with his left hand contributes to his distinctive drumming style.OK we know how good ringo is i mean what else is there to say he's a damn good drummer..with his own style and everything.Starr married Maureen Cox on 11 February 1965, and they had three children, Zak, Jason, and Lee; the couple divorced in 1975. In 1980, on the set of the film Caveman, he met actress Barbara Bach, who played the role of Major Anya Amasova (female lead and main 'Bond Girl') in The Spy Who Loved Me. They were married on 27 April 1981, just a few weeks after the release of Caveman.

His son Zak Starkey is also a highly respected and prolific drummer, who is currently drumming for Oasis and The Who. Starr arranged for Zak to receive drumming instruction from Zak's idol, the late Who drummer Keith Moon, who was a close friend of Starr's. In 1985, Starr was the first of The Beatles to become a grandfather upon the birth of Zak's daughter, Tatia Jayne Starkey.

In December 2006, Times columnist Daniel Finkelstein started a campaign to get Ringo Starr knighted in a petition[ to the Prime Minister. The petition has been met with widespread press coverage from The Sun newspaper and the Canada National Post and has received 1,887 signatures. Starr himself has clearly stated both that he doesn't particularly support the Royal Family ("I think it should end with this queen. I think we can have the pageant without…them. I think they should have built a hospital in the name of the Queen Mum, but they didn’t, they just decided not to pay taxes and keep their money.", and that he isn't personally interested in being knighted:

Interviewer: At the end of the song [“Elizabeth Reigns”] ― which is a balanced view of the queen and company ― you say, “Well, there goes me knighthood.”
Starr: There goes me knighthood – yes, I think it has gone, well and truly…
Interviewer: Does that bother you at all?
Starr: No, I don’t want to be a sir, I want to be a duke or a prince. So if they come through with that, I’ll seriously consider it.

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