The Beatles‘ “Yellow Submarine” includes a famous verse where the inhabitants of the yellow submarine talk to each other. The verse has a memorable echo effect. Ringo Starr once explained to another rock star how The Beatles were able to create this sound.
Ringo Starr said he helped create the echo from The Beatles’ ‘Yellow Submarine’
In a 2019 Rolling Stone article, Ringo and Nirvana’s Dave Grohl interviewed each other. Grohl asked how the Fab Four created the famous echo sound effect for “Yellow Submarine.” “We were just in Abbey Road for the [remastered] Abbey Road album release,” he replied.
“If you look where the stairs come down, [that’s] where we used to hang out and huddle with each other,” he added. “There’s a big door, and I went and opened that door and just shouted from there. John was saying, ‘What we do, Captain?’ or something. We were just all shouting and put it on.
Ringo Starr said he helped create the echo from The Beatles’ ‘Yellow Submarine’
In a 2019 Rolling Stone article, Ringo and Nirvana’s Dave Grohl interviewed each other. Grohl asked how the Fab Four created the famous echo sound effect for “Yellow Submarine.” “We were just in Abbey Road for the [remastered] Abbey Road album release,” he replied.
“If you look where the stairs come down, [that’s] where we used to hang out and huddle with each other,” he added. “There’s a big door, and I went and opened that door and just shouted from there. John was saying, ‘What we do, Captain?’ or something. We were just all shouting and put it on.
- 1/12/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Ringo Starr‘s “Back Off Boogaloo” is so good that one listen should be enough to give any of the former Beatle’s detractors pause. During an interview, Ringo revealed that the song was a happy accident that came about when he was working with George Harrison. The “It Don’t Come Easy” singer explained how “Back Off Boogaloo” fits into his discography as a songwriter.
Ringo Starr’s ‘Back Off Boogaloo’ was the result of Ringo botching a drum pattern
During a 2015 interview with Goldmine, Ringo discussed the origin of “Back Off Boogaloo.” “‘Back Off Boogaloo’ is an incredible example of how accidents are sometimes fabulous when coming up with a song,” he said.
“You see, George wanted me to play that pattern on the bass drum but the problem is I’m not that efficient as a drummer,” he added. “I can’t go [imitates a beat] and play regular. So...
Ringo Starr’s ‘Back Off Boogaloo’ was the result of Ringo botching a drum pattern
During a 2015 interview with Goldmine, Ringo discussed the origin of “Back Off Boogaloo.” “‘Back Off Boogaloo’ is an incredible example of how accidents are sometimes fabulous when coming up with a song,” he said.
“You see, George wanted me to play that pattern on the bass drum but the problem is I’m not that efficient as a drummer,” he added. “I can’t go [imitates a beat] and play regular. So...
- 11/15/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Tl;Dr:
Ringo Starr’s “Photograph” was co-written by Ringo and George Harrison. Ringo worked with George on multiple occasions. The tune was bigger in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Ringo Starr said “Photograph” is one of the best songs he ever wrote. He said George Harrison made the song great. In addition, Ringo revealed how the track evolved over time.
Ringo Starr’s ‘Photograph’ was co-written by George Harrison, who made the song complex
During a 2007 interview with The Gainesville Sun, Ringo was asked if “No No Song” was one of his favorite songs from his catalog. “I have great memories of when we recorded that, because the last thing any of us were doing was saying ‘No’ in those days,” he said. “Things have changed, of course.
“Photograph’ is beautiful,” he said. “That’s one of the best songs I’ve ever written. I was writing it with George Harrison,...
Ringo Starr’s “Photograph” was co-written by Ringo and George Harrison. Ringo worked with George on multiple occasions. The tune was bigger in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Ringo Starr said “Photograph” is one of the best songs he ever wrote. He said George Harrison made the song great. In addition, Ringo revealed how the track evolved over time.
Ringo Starr’s ‘Photograph’ was co-written by George Harrison, who made the song complex
During a 2007 interview with The Gainesville Sun, Ringo was asked if “No No Song” was one of his favorite songs from his catalog. “I have great memories of when we recorded that, because the last thing any of us were doing was saying ‘No’ in those days,” he said. “Things have changed, of course.
“Photograph’ is beautiful,” he said. “That’s one of the best songs I’ve ever written. I was writing it with George Harrison,...
- 7/14/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
A classic rock song from the 1990s sounds a lot like Ringo Starr’s “Back Off Boogaloo.” The two tracks have melodically identical choruses. Despite this, a member of the 1990s band didn’t connect the track to “Back Off Boogaloo” at all.
The chorus of Warrant’s ‘Cherry Pie’ sounds a lot like Ringo Starr’s ‘Back Off Boogaloo’
Part of the reason why “Back Off Boogaloo” is one of Ringo’s most famous singles is its infectious, stomping chorus. You don’t need to understand the song or hear it more than once to get that melody stuck in your head for hours.
Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” essentially borrows that melody. The main difference is that Ringo’s song is supposed to be angry while Warrant’s is supposed to be risque. It’s easy to understand why Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” was such as success in the early 1990s.
The chorus of Warrant’s ‘Cherry Pie’ sounds a lot like Ringo Starr’s ‘Back Off Boogaloo’
Part of the reason why “Back Off Boogaloo” is one of Ringo’s most famous singles is its infectious, stomping chorus. You don’t need to understand the song or hear it more than once to get that melody stuck in your head for hours.
Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” essentially borrows that melody. The main difference is that Ringo’s song is supposed to be angry while Warrant’s is supposed to be risque. It’s easy to understand why Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” was such as success in the early 1990s.
- 6/22/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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Ringo Starr’s “You’re Sixteen” came out when the former Beatle was 33 years old. The tune’s lyrics are terrible and it sounds terrible. The track still became a top 10 hit in the United States and the United Kingdom. Ringo Starr | John Pratt / Stringer
Ringo Starr‘s “You’re Sixteen” is one of his most famous classic rock songs. Despite this, it’s also awful in more ways than one. The tune still became a massive hit.
Ringo Starr’s ‘You’re Sixteen’ is questionable like The Beatles’ ‘I Saw Her Standing There’
There’s nothing wrong with writing love songs about teenagers as long as you yourself are a teenager. Even then, you should not sing romantic lyrics about anyone too much younger than yourself. Ringo broke all these rules when he performed “You’re Sixteen” when he was 33.
The lyrics of the song are just gross.
Ringo Starr’s “You’re Sixteen” came out when the former Beatle was 33 years old. The tune’s lyrics are terrible and it sounds terrible. The track still became a top 10 hit in the United States and the United Kingdom. Ringo Starr | John Pratt / Stringer
Ringo Starr‘s “You’re Sixteen” is one of his most famous classic rock songs. Despite this, it’s also awful in more ways than one. The tune still became a massive hit.
Ringo Starr’s ‘You’re Sixteen’ is questionable like The Beatles’ ‘I Saw Her Standing There’
There’s nothing wrong with writing love songs about teenagers as long as you yourself are a teenager. Even then, you should not sing romantic lyrics about anyone too much younger than yourself. Ringo broke all these rules when he performed “You’re Sixteen” when he was 33.
The lyrics of the song are just gross.
- 4/26/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Classic rock songs are awesome … except when they’re not! Here’s a look at five classic rock songs with highly offensive lyrics. To keep this list relevant, it only mentions hits or tunes from hit albums. Notably, the only Beatles track on the list was directly inspired by an Elvis Presley song.
The Beatles | Icon and Image / Contributor 5. The Beatles’ ‘Run for Your Life’
In “Baby, Let’s Play House,” Elvis Presley sang “I’d rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man.” That’s creepy and possessive. At least it’s only a small part of the song.
According to the book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, John Lennon built The Beatles’ “Run for Your Life” around Elvis’ terrible line. John admitted he wasn’t a big fan of the song — although George Harrison inexplicably liked it.
The Beatles | Icon and Image / Contributor 5. The Beatles’ ‘Run for Your Life’
In “Baby, Let’s Play House,” Elvis Presley sang “I’d rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man.” That’s creepy and possessive. At least it’s only a small part of the song.
According to the book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, John Lennon built The Beatles’ “Run for Your Life” around Elvis’ terrible line. John admitted he wasn’t a big fan of the song — although George Harrison inexplicably liked it.
- 2/1/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In one of the key scenes from Cameron Crowe’s 2000 film “Almost Famous,” an aspiring rock star played by Billy Crudup stands on a rooftop in Topeka, Kansas, throws out his arms and shouts, “I am a golden god!” As an expression of stoned rock-star hubris, it’s perfect – but it’s also based on a real rock star, Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, who apparently made that proclamation from the top of the Continental Hyatt House in Los Angeles sometime back in the late 1960s or early ’70s.
Plant’s exclamation pretty much sums up Led Zeppelin, the subjects of Bernard MacMahon’s “Becoming Led Zeppelin,” which premiered on Saturday at the Venice Film Festival. They were true rock gods from a time when the music of the ’60s was splintering, fragmenting and in need of a new breed of gods – and they knew it, gloried in it and made light of it,...
Plant’s exclamation pretty much sums up Led Zeppelin, the subjects of Bernard MacMahon’s “Becoming Led Zeppelin,” which premiered on Saturday at the Venice Film Festival. They were true rock gods from a time when the music of the ’60s was splintering, fragmenting and in need of a new breed of gods – and they knew it, gloried in it and made light of it,...
- 9/4/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
For a band that’s now thought of as the Beatles of heavy metal, not to mention one of the four or five greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands of all time, Led Zeppelin got shockingly little critical respect back in the day. You could say that sort of thing happens a lot — in music (just look at the reverence with which Abba are now regarded; in their heyday they were often dismissed as facile creators of pop jingles) or in movies. But in the case of Led Zeppelin, there’s something uniquely telling about the vast chasm between the way they were viewed by their fans and by the gatekeepers of respectability in rock. And that helps to explain why Zep, 50 years on, still sound so raw and explosive and primal and volcanic.
What you hear in their music, as incandescent as a lot of it can be, is a quality that might be described,...
What you hear in their music, as incandescent as a lot of it can be, is a quality that might be described,...
- 9/4/2021
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Keala Settle, co-star of the smash movie musical The Greatest Showman, hit the stage at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theatre on Wednesday night to sing a killer rendition of the iconic Disneyland theme, “It’s a Small World,” the kickoff to a magical night as Oscar celebrated the writers of that tune: Disney legends Richard M Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.
So the lyrics might have said “it’s a small world,” but the lines outside the Academy to get into this sold-out tribute were anything but small, with upward of 100 turned away due to capacity issues. Every seat was taken, and some even tried sitting in the aisles for this once-in-a-lifetime show called The Sherman Brothers: A Hollywood Songbook, timed to Richard Sherman’s 90th birthday (the actual date was June 12). He is the surviving brother of the duo, with Robert having passed...
So the lyrics might have said “it’s a small world,” but the lines outside the Academy to get into this sold-out tribute were anything but small, with upward of 100 turned away due to capacity issues. Every seat was taken, and some even tried sitting in the aisles for this once-in-a-lifetime show called The Sherman Brothers: A Hollywood Songbook, timed to Richard Sherman’s 90th birthday (the actual date was June 12). He is the surviving brother of the duo, with Robert having passed...
- 6/22/2018
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
The Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Film Festival wrapped up its 5th annual hoorah in Hollywood on Sunday and this year was chock full of joyful and exciting films and special guests. There were so many wonderful old movies that most people have seen, but for me the true thrill was the chance to see a beloved movie on the big screen, the way it was intended.
Throw in some amazing guests and it was absolute gold.
Walt Disney’s The Jungle Book (1967)
Screened at the beautiful El Capitan Theater, The Jungle Book was the last Disney animated feature that was overseen by Walt Disney himself. After the success of Mary Poppins and other Disney hits such as The Parent Trap, The Absent Minded Professor and The Sword in the Stone, Disney went back to the well and asked songwriters Bobby and Richard Sherman to take a swing at its animated...
Throw in some amazing guests and it was absolute gold.
Walt Disney’s The Jungle Book (1967)
Screened at the beautiful El Capitan Theater, The Jungle Book was the last Disney animated feature that was overseen by Walt Disney himself. After the success of Mary Poppins and other Disney hits such as The Parent Trap, The Absent Minded Professor and The Sword in the Stone, Disney went back to the well and asked songwriters Bobby and Richard Sherman to take a swing at its animated...
- 4/14/2014
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In case you forgot, David Chase‘s coming-of-age movie Not Fade Away is set to open this month, so the good thing is that today we finally have the first cip from the whole thing! As you already know, the movie will tell us the story of three best friends from the suburbs of New Jersey who decide to form a rock band. Check out the rest of this report to hear how they sound. Not bad at all – if you ask me!
So, The Sopranos creator and producer David Chase is making his feature directing debut with the movie which is set in New Jersey in 1964 where a group of friends are inspired to form their own rock band fronted by a gifted singer-songwriter.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Starring John Magaro, Jack Huston, Will Brill, Bella Heathcote, Brad Garrett, Christopher McDonald and James Gandolfini, Not Fade Away...
So, The Sopranos creator and producer David Chase is making his feature directing debut with the movie which is set in New Jersey in 1964 where a group of friends are inspired to form their own rock band fronted by a gifted singer-songwriter.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Starring John Magaro, Jack Huston, Will Brill, Bella Heathcote, Brad Garrett, Christopher McDonald and James Gandolfini, Not Fade Away...
- 12/7/2012
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
This is part 1 of 4 of our "My Coachella" Series. Check back once a week in April for profiles on our favorite Coachella bands.
The Black Keys graced the cover of Rolling Stone for the first time this year with the headline, "Black Keys Rising," but fans with the most street cred know that singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney have been making some of the best music out there for years. The Akron, Ohio duo has most certainly brought the blues back.
Their whistle-while-you-go, soulful hit "Tighten Up" from the critically acclaimed 2010 album Brothers propelled the band out of underground clubs and into mainstream music. And the hits just keep on coming.
El Camino, their most recent album, was immediately ranked one of the best of 2011 for its soulful mix of blues, rock and hyper-personal lyrics -- and despite a black out at their performance at last year's Coachella Music Festival,...
The Black Keys graced the cover of Rolling Stone for the first time this year with the headline, "Black Keys Rising," but fans with the most street cred know that singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney have been making some of the best music out there for years. The Akron, Ohio duo has most certainly brought the blues back.
Their whistle-while-you-go, soulful hit "Tighten Up" from the critically acclaimed 2010 album Brothers propelled the band out of underground clubs and into mainstream music. And the hits just keep on coming.
El Camino, their most recent album, was immediately ranked one of the best of 2011 for its soulful mix of blues, rock and hyper-personal lyrics -- and despite a black out at their performance at last year's Coachella Music Festival,...
- 4/5/2012
- by Sasha Bronner
- Huffington Post
Robert B Sherman, who has died aged 86, was part of one of the most unusual songwriting teams of all time. He and his younger brother Richard may not be as well known as other pairs of composers and lyricists, but they will for ever be remembered as the writers of Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book and a swath of other productions from Walt Disney Studios.
Their score for Mary Poppins (1964), the movie that introduced Julie Andrews to filmgoers, secured them a place in popular musical history and made them multimillionaires. Featuring songs including Jolly Holiday, Let's Go Fly a Kite and Feed the Birds, it won them two Oscars. It also included the classic A Spoonful of Sugar and the song with the one-word title that they used when they accepted the Academy awards: "All we can say is 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious'.
Their score for Mary Poppins (1964), the movie that introduced Julie Andrews to filmgoers, secured them a place in popular musical history and made them multimillionaires. Featuring songs including Jolly Holiday, Let's Go Fly a Kite and Feed the Birds, it won them two Oscars. It also included the classic A Spoonful of Sugar and the song with the one-word title that they used when they accepted the Academy awards: "All we can say is 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious'.
- 3/6/2012
- by Michael Freedland
- The Guardian - Film News
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