Starr quality
At 67 Ringo Starr is going great guns. Also known as Richard Starkey Jr. the Beatles drummer is now out with his latest album Liverpool 8 which is a sentimental journey back to the old days. The music is co-produced by Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) and is very true to Ringo. In the title track Ringo is nostalgic about the old days in Liverpool and sings “Destiny was calling, I just couldn’t stick around, Liverpool I left you, but I never let you down” It is a sentimental journey down memory lane to his days as a boy in Liverpool and the success that came after that.
The album has a lot of songs about love which reflect Ringo’s 60s ideals about love and peace. It is a true reflection to everything that is Ringo- his wit, his joy and his music. They reflect the man that grew up to be sane in spite of being right in the centre of rock n roll. 2007 has definitely been Ringo’s year with the re-release of Help! which is both the Beatles’ best and funniest film but also Ringo’s most finest cinematically. He also released a best compilation Photograph which included some of his personal best like “Beaucops of blues” and “Early 1970”.
“Love is”, “Tuff Love” and “For love” are about the virtue of love. Ringo just completed 26 years of marriage and this is probably a reflection of that. Though you may feel that the album just isn’t up there with the kind of stuff that you expect from a Beatle there is one truly good song “R u ready?” where he goes into time warp and looks at different religions while considering death.
Ringo isn’t a great lyricist but all the charm and energy he puts into his music gives it that endearing quality.
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