Ringo Starr’s most unique drumming in The Beatles’ discography: “I played differently”
There is a myth that goes around that Ringo Starr wasn’t a great drummer, and that is no small tragedy. The true cost of this falsehood is that it perpetuates […]
The songs The Beatles walked out on: “We thought we’d seen the last of him”
Such is the immense cultural swell behind the tsunami known as The Beatles that it is hard to imagine as anything other than the titans of pop music they have […]
What is the least successful Beatles album?
The opening line to Steve Martin’s memoir reads, “I did stand-up comedy for eighteen years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four were […]
Remember When? The Beatles Held a Funeral for Themselves With This Iconic Album
In the late 1960s, the Beatles had cast such a large shadow over the world that not even the band could escape from under it—until they opted to “kill” the […]
“Now and Then” by The Beatles Scores Grammy Nom for Record of the Year in 2025
The Beatles have been broken up since 1970. But that hasn’t stopped the greatest band of the 20th century from scoring a Grammy nomination in 2025. Now, almost 55 years […]
Ringo Starr’s sad take on the breakdown of The Beatles: “I wanna see all three”
The breakdown of The Beatles was not just a historic event. As well as being a seismic moment in the music world, the group’s ending was also an explosion with […]
The classic Beatles song Paul McCartney was “worried stiff” was awful
We often become so engrossed in the lives of influential musicians that we forget they are, first and foremost, human. This can feel astonishing, given fans’ parasocial tendencies to elevate […]
Paul McCartney review – extraordinarily sublime and humblingly beautiful
‘I’m just going to take a little moment to enjoy it for myself,” says Paul McCartney, standing aside to take in an atmosphere which is like an arena-sized Last Night […]
Paul McCartney discusses The Beatles’ important “drugs album”
The Beatles were adventurous in every sense and receptive to new ideas which could push their minds to foreign territories. This could occur in innocent ways, such as discovering a […]
One of George Harrison’s greatest songs is about how The Beatles went sour
The Beatles’ split, it is safe to say, wasn’t on the greatest of terms. After close to a decade at the top of global culture mountain, with simply nobody in […]