Ringo Starr records Now and Then (the last Beatles song)

[@enricomenconi7015]

Finally a complete footage of a beatle recording a Beatles song! Finally! I just dont understand why that video is not in the official beatles or ringo channels

[@soybalboamusic]

What a priviledge to see Ringo legend record drums for the last Beatle song. It gives me sort of a feeling. Master piece it turned out to be.

[@AbeSgtwilsonn]

It’s a garbage song both Lennon and Harrison rejected.

[@Mozart1220]

@@AbeSgtwilsonn Lennon didn't reject it, he just never finished it. Sometimes "demos" lay around awhile and in 1977 Lennon was not yet ready to make a "proper" record. Harrison rejected it because at the time they could not separate Johns voice and it sounded awful.

[@AbeSgtwilsonn]

@@Mozart1220 Lennon abandoned it and worked on other things instead. It was crap then and it’s crap now. It’s barely a song it’s half an idea for a song. It’s garbage.

[@briancunningham3155]

Watching Ringo lay down the drums for the last Beatles song is indeed an honor!

[@MICHAEL_MAY_8]

Understatement of the year 🎉

[@alfching2499]

It's still nothing special,it's kid of 5 stuff

[@alfching2499]

@@MICHAEL_MAY_8 He's the luckiest little freak on earth,just a kiddie basher

[@Mozart1220]

@@alfching2499 There is not a pro drummer alive or dead that doesn't cite Ringo as an influence. How many mega hit records have YOU played on?

[@PogieJoe]

"Maybe I'll surprise Paul and make it disco" Always love Ringo haha

[@karaamundson3964]

Indeed! Let's do it, my man! ✌♥

[@JohnnyBleed187]

I was cracking up when I heard that!

[@aquamarine99911]

I was hoping he would do the iconic "Tomorrow Never Knows" pattern.

[@skadooch64]

I'm a child of the 80s. But as I learned the drums. Ringo and Doug Clifford of CCR were my drum teachers. They taught me how to keep time. How to play for what the song needed.

[@IsaacWale2004]

He still acts so young and I love it.

[@dukeoftoast2420]

Both Paul and Ringo got to be the most energetic 80+ year olds that I’ve ever seen.

[@IsaacWale2004]

@@dukeoftoast2420 What about Dick Van Dyke?

[@cd3949]

​@@IsaacWale2004No.

[@Mozart1220]

@@IsaacWale2004 Who did he play for?

[@IsaacWale2004]

@@Mozart1220 The Beatles.

[@DanRelayer_Ukraine]

He still got it 200%

[@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306]

The best drummer in the world for The Beatles was Ringo. And being the drummer for the best band in the world means something.

[@markstevens1729]

Cool to be able to find something so young that you can do your whole life successfully as Ringo has.

[@Philippines1780]

Ringo is an expesive, fine red wine ❤

[@emmpedno2161]

Expensive?????

[@alfching2499]

His been doing not much at all for years,Remember he ain't even the best drummer in the Beatles quoted John Lennon

[@Mozart1220]

@@emmpedno2161 It's a typo. Get past it.

[@ineverseeyouanymore]

​@@alfching2499he was just joking around, if he really didn't like Ringo's drumming, he would kick him out just like Pete Best

[@dmi5664]

I love how much fun he's having

[@rickypainter1097]

He's talented

[@marguskiis7711]

Genius

[@kenwinter3821]

I love Ringo and Paul like you wouldn’t believe!!

[@nihilisticalbino]

@@ΧρυστάλλαΓιάγκου-ψ8γ nah xD

[@kusochekcat7953]

​​@@ΧρυστάλλαΓιάγκου-ψ8γwe love Pete too ☮️💜

[@kcampbell3045]

Amazing. I have waited for years to see this much of his work behind the kit without the camera always panning off him to someone else.

[@karaamundson3964]

100

[@DanielEnglish-gr4lw]

Ringo's play isn't overloaded with too many sounds, yet his beat is awesome. Each sound is so juicy. Very recognisable.

[@DieterDinkgraefe]

Well drummed Ringo, love the Beatles ❤

[@7karlheinz]

Ringo without “tea towels”, wow! 😊

[@beatleszilla]

He really only used tea towels for a brief period. He started using them regularly during the Lady Madonna and Hey Bulldog sessions and into the White Album in 1968. And then continued to use them into the mid 70s, maybe around 74 or 75.

[@HankFinkle11]

⁠@@beatleszillaand Abbey Road.

[@jwl2469]

Shakin' a tambourine (11:31) continuously for that length of time is NOT that easy. The repetition can be VERY tiring, because you're mainly using the wrist.

[@karaamundson3964]

Guy's got wrists of steel. Drumming from 1954/55-1964 gave him some serious guns...after that he was *easily* the best-built Beatle. Look at Ringo now: those ropy 83-y-o arms are as strong as titanium!

[@PatioRS]

And tambourine in shuffle too!

[@christinelloyd8775]

What a great gem of a drummer, Ringo!!

[@nestoralbertogallo3085]

Thank you Ringo you"re the BEST ❤

[@IsaacWale2004]

This is so cool to watch.

[@nobertopizzi4812]

Just... FANTASTIC!!!!! Love you Ringoooooooo

Siempre impecable, con el toque preciso y su tan personal estilo. El inefable Sir Richard Starkey.

[@marguskiis7711]

Amazing how good Ringo still is!

[@ArielLoffiGorostiaga]

Muchísimas gracias por este material increíble Ver a ringo grabar me hizo muy feliz siempre puedo volver acá

[@tyfrey_]

Ringo you’re an angel

[@karaamundson3964]

Ringo is such a gift to music and to the the world. To think that he's been playing in bands for +/- 70 years, always holding the rhythm section together and keeping front line right on time. I love how he holds his sticks rather loosely while slappin' the sh* t out of those skins, never missing a beat, rock steady and suddenly flourishing. Ringo is a genius and it's no wonder he has so many millions of fans ✌♥ .

[@dtonesmith766]

Ringos drumming is just his day job. The tambourine is where his heart is. ❤

[@fatoakrecords]

Best drummer ever.

[@garyfoster3854]

😂😂😂

[@CarlosHenrique-ui6yd]

Ringo Starr é espetacular

[@paulomarques3856]

Simplesmente fantástico, simplesmente Ringo Starr!

[@gilbertlecamus]

Ringo is just the coolest drummer in the world 🎉❤

[@benwright6330]

Ringo's the Greatest! ❤🦝✌️🎶🥁🌌🔥

[@ferniegutierrez1053]

My drum hero!!

[@richdrumlang]

I love the sound of his snare

[@elijahvincent985]

Remember, he is 83 at the time of recording this! He pulled it off as if he were still the same 20-something year old playing in the Beatles' peak heyday!

[@vickileonard72]

To see the master & work! ✌️❤

[@thomquickmusic]

I tolerate my electronic Drums only b/c I live in an apartment. I miss and have a blue Ludwig Vistalite kit so a bit jealous of the FULL SIZED Drums here. wah

[@SupMar-Mar]

𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐎𝐎𝐎𝐎𝐎

[@beatlejim64]

Big FAT snare sound!!!

[@Yohannes-sy6dr]

Sounds good sir🤟

[@kusochekcat7953]

He's so cool

[@kenwinter3821]

Check out when he does the disco thing. Still leads with the left hand.

[@diogo_barros]

Very good!

[@boinknook]

Looks like a bonham maple kit. That looks like a 26 bass. Wow! Those are very BIG drums. Loud too. Go ringo! Just got my LM-402 snare and love the beast!🥁

[@rickypainter1097]

This is top notch

[@joellebrodeur1015]

I want Ringo in my band😊

[@TheArmchairPriest]

Is there any footage of him doing his vocal part?

[@ricardo_miguel13]

he did very few vocals, not that big as you see it in the video. They also changed the "lead vocals" to "backing vocals"

[@TheArmchairPriest]

@@ricardo_miguel13 id still love to hear/find them individually so i could lift them higher in the mix lol

[@ricardo_miguel13]

@@TheArmchairPriest agree, I can only hear Paul tbh

[@michaelsorrells6426]

He doesn't mess with the beat

[@thegowland]

WOW ❤

[@lowenbad]

I still wish they would’ve kept the original bridge of this song. The “I don’t wanna lose you. Oh no” part that was on the original demo. I’ve found a couple remixes of the song where it was put back in.

[@DrscammerRacingrush2]

His drums sounds amazing

[@itzhaktsona769]

The best

[@Tony-yp7ok]

I think I remember Giles Martin saying he took Ringo’s drum recording and played it through speakers in Abbey Road studio two to get the room ambience. Generally don’t like GM’s mix though, everything is too loud and he killed all the dynamics/separation. His dad would have done it very differently I think.

[@ExtremeGuyOne]

Giles did not mix Now And Then, it was Spike Tent, Giles only did the Atmos version after the stereo was done, and it sounds a lot better (it still was limited because it has to be very close to the stereo one) Had Giles actually mixes Now and Then it would probably sound a lot better

[@EltonWhenRockWasYoung]

Sadly, Giles had no control over the mastering, which is where a lot of the dynamics were lost. The mastering on the 12" single has the most natural dynamics.

[@Tony-yp7ok]

@@EltonWhenRockWasYoung really? I’d be seriously pissed off if I gave a mastering engineer a nice dynamic mix and came back squashed to hell like that.

[@Tony-yp7ok]

@404TVfr yes, I didn’t realise GM only mixed the Atmos. I still think the stereo mix must have been pretty compressed before mastering, that’s a brutal job the mastering engineer has done if not.

[@Tony-yp7ok]

@404TVfr How do you know that? It must have been done under instruction because no mastering engineer would do that without being specifically asked to. Have you heard the mix before mastering? Listen to the piano in the intro - I’d wager that was already smashed to shit before the mastering engineer ever got his hands on it.

[@hungfao]

Aging really well there, Ringo.

[@LiamMcEwan]

Great find! Do we know the date this took place?

[@miox196]

July 2022

[@bobbystereo936]

Not bad for a drummer in his 80's.

[@TundieRice]

Correction: amazing for a drummer of any age!

[@bobbystereo936]

@@TundieRice So Ringo is timeless?

[@ivanbajovic3476]

This was recorded in 2012.

[@bobbystereo936]

@@ivanbajovic3476 recorded in July 2022.

[@jaded6530]

This is incredible, where's the video from?

[@JonasTisell]

Where is this footage from?

[@inuliger]

I second this question.

[@SMPandanic]

I third this question

[@josiahcole3186]

I quarter this question

[@mrs.featherbottom5901]

I quintuple this question

[@kusochekcat7953]

I sixfold this question

[@ringofan101]

Has there ever been footage of Ringo recording his vocals for “Now And Then”?

[@ghiblinerd6196]

One of these days he’s gonna surprise everyone and play jazz or polyrhythmic math metal

[@nicolasduarte1401]

The Paul's bass recording has surfaced too?

[@ineverseeyouanymore]

no

[@raysghost]

"is he drunk" "this is sloppy" HE IS 84

[@rohnakp2396]

Paul McCartney's drummer described Ringo's drumming as a very sloppy, falling-down-stairs thing

[@Chrisdrumz]

Great camera work😐

[@MUNDOMAY]

Hello! Can You tell me which is the model off Drums and snare? Thanks

[@ArielLoffiGorostiaga]

Please tell me how you got this?

[@jun6174]

Kind of sad they didn't record this together in studio. This shattered that illusion.😢

[@bobbysands6923]

This is the way music is recorded these days. Rare to have everyone together. My bandmates all live in the same area and we do it this way. Incredible, right?

[@kewkabe]

How do they have a (presumably) professional engineer there and not know how to run a line from the mixing console to the camera audio input? So we can hear what's being recorded instead of only using the camera's mic?

[@marguskiis7711]

This is filmed with phone

[@rickypainter1097]

Magic tricks

[@michaelharrington75]

What was wrong with the bass and drums Paul and Ringo recorded in 1995 for the song?

[@thomaspappalardo7589]

Paul said he thought he could do it better. Ringo used brushes on the backing track (though some footage does show him using sticks too. Maybe the drums sounded too 90s Lynne?

[@RJRKM]

What pity it was badly recorded. Over compressed and distorted

[@Frontdesk99]

And that was recorded in 240p from the 1500's? Are you effing serious?!

[@karijohartmann2649]

It's a shame the camera doesn't have a limiter... I mean it probably DOES, just the fellow using it didn't click the button and has it set for conversational levels. Eek.

[@Peter-pb8jg]

240p?

[@markstevens1729]

Potato-vision.

[@johnwalsh2759]

Memo to Jeff Lynne: Record drums in one take with cymbals..

[@yoshiyaz5882]

👍😃

[@thomquickmusic]

I found a human Ringo F-Up at 4:50 but we all F-Up from time to time. But NEVER on the timing with him = He is the first (Fn) click track!

[@squibbly_mcgrink7689]

Why does this video have more feel than the final edited song...?

[@_-_Michael_-_]

Maybe it was aligned on grid later. Which would be shame but that’s how that is done…

[@philippehardyprioton1973]

WHere does it come from ?

[@geng2388]

I already pointed at you😂❤. Yeah yeah yeah.

[@duncangarnett1976]

Is it my computer, or is this uploaded in 240p only?

[@duncangarnett1976]

@404TVfr ah ok

[@tintin0815]

You filmed the last record of a Beatles Song with a potato?

[@dodgyg3697]

So many know alls and open mike night experts here..

[@matteodemicheli5890]

Metronomo umano

[@benwright6330]

Solid✌️🦝🔥🌌🎶

[@karijohartmann2649]

And if they were going to be truly authentic they would have a 15" celestion speaker on the kick drum to catch the lows!

[@pelgervampireduck]

he's still very solid. he's not going to play like when he was 20 and complete a whole album in one day or nail a full song in one take like used to, but he's fine.

[@marguskiis7711]

He is very good!

[@fernandoperdomomusic]

Clean Your Lens :).

[@stereofidelic67]

Not on a Ludwig???

[@Musicloverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr]

They are Ludwig’s, on the Tom you can see the keystone badge

[@kedacchi12]

リンゴ大好きですがリンゴ単独だと神がかったビートルズのドラムにならないことも事実　ある程度他のメンバーに指示されると実に素晴らしいドラムになります

[@Chrisdrumz]

It was so nice when he finally moved to the hi hat. You can tell he rarely plays anymore.

[@HankFinkle11]

? He plays all the time.

[@dodgyg3697]

Wrong!

[@Ruibroa]

Is he a little bit tipsy?

[@thomaspappalardo7589]

He’s been sober roughly 30 years.

[@dodgyg3697]

No but you probably are.

[@SeltaebEht]

Now I understand why Ringo's drums sounds so bad on the record !!!! His recording studio is in the kitchen !!!!!

[@CosmicMapping]

They sound better on the record then any drums have on mainstream records for years lol

[@OldSkoolUncleChris]

It sounds amazing in isolation problem is the streaming/cd version the drum and bass are dynamically squished.

[@KC-wi4gh]

Totally underwhelmed. I guess I'm missing something everyone else is hearing .

[@jckhammer]

​@KC-wi4gh then your not a musician/drummer to really like this

[@KC-wi4gh]

@@jckhammer I never claimed to be any of those things . I play music because I enjoy it . That's it. I was just giving my opinion . Is that OK with you ?

[@getumedge8702]

Surprised there’s not another drummer playing along with him.

[@richardsinclair8172]

Way less common when recording and no way would that have happened on a Beatles recording, least of all the ‘last one’

[@petejones879]

Not as good as Pete Best.... (joke) 😅

[@2005arturik]

Ужас какой-то!...- и руки были заняты...- никак не мог остановить воспроизведение)))

[@qasanoba]

Pete was the best

[@SkelaBoy-i7d]

This is pretty slopy...

[@Marreroortiz]

From a drummers perspective... he is not that good... But he is RINGO!

[@HankFinkle11]

How long have you played?

[@Musicloverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr]

You a beginner?

[@198634]

One of the worst drummers ever - but yet one of the most likeable

[@DeeLee-p8c]

Pete Best was better.