Articles tagged with: Ringo Starr
Hecklerspray at E3: Rock Band: The Beatles
Fancy playing the drums as badly as Ringo Starr? Well, now you can, thanks to a new video game which allows you to sing, strum and drum along to your favourite Beatles tracks – and Octopus’s Garden. The Beatles: Rock Band was officially launched by Sir Paul McCartney and Starr at the start of E3 in Los Angeles and will be released in September. They were even joined by Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison, the wives of the dead half of the Fab Four, John Lennon and George Harrison.
Fancy playing the drums as badly as Ringo Starr? Well, now you can, thanks to a new video game which allows you to sing, strum and drum along to your favourite Beatles tracks – and Octopus’s Garden. The Beatles: Rock Band was officially launched by Sir Paul McCartney and Starr at the start of E3 in Los Angeles and will be released in September. They were even joined by Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison, the wives of the dead half of the Fab Four, John Lennon and George Harrison.
The Beatles Reunite! Minus Two Members!
There’s nothing more we love then seeing a band reunite so they can relive former glories. Of course, it would be cynical of us to see it as a money making money opportunity, but what do we know? Perhaps in fifty years time, the current writing staff of hecklerspray will get together in a grotty boozer to relive the past. Plenty of bands such as Led Zeppelin, Take That and - despite no one wanting them - Crowded House have reformed for gigs and spanking new material. Now one of the world’s finest bands have come back together, just minus a couple of key band members.
There’s nothing more we love then seeing a band reunite so they can relive former glories. Of course, it would be cynical of us to see it as a money making money opportunity, but what do we know? Perhaps in fifty years time, the current writing staff of hecklerspray will get together in a grotty boozer to relive the past. Plenty of bands such as Led Zeppelin, Take That and - despite no one wanting them - Crowded House have reformed for gigs and spanking new material. Now one of the world’s finest bands have come back together, just minus a couple of key band members.
Hey Everyone, Ringo Starr’s Sorry For Being An Idiot
As we all know, Ringo Starr has too much to do these days to justify pointless crap like being nice to his own fans. However, some crazy old idiots got upset at Ringo Starr's recent request for his fans to stop sending him stuff, so he's decided to clarify his confusing little outburst. You see, Ringo Starr only wants you to stop sending him stuff because it hurts the environment and objects he signs only end up being hawked on eBay anyway. Ringo's quick decision to clear up the mess he made should be applauded - now we know that he doesn't hate his fans, just the fans who like buying his autographs on the internet. And now we can also be sure that it really was Ringo Starr in that video earlier this week, rather than the melted underpowered robot of a kestrel in sunglasses that we assumed we were watching.
As we all know, Ringo Starr has too much to do these days to justify pointless crap like being nice to his own fans. However, some crazy old idiots got upset at Ringo Starr's recent request for his fans to stop sending him stuff, so he's decided to clarify his confusing little outburst. You see, Ringo Starr only wants you to stop sending him stuff because it hurts the environment and objects he signs only end up being hawked on eBay anyway. Ringo's quick decision to clear up the mess he made should be applauded - now we know that he doesn't hate his fans, just the fans who like buying his autographs on the internet. And now we can also be sure that it really was Ringo Starr in that video earlier this week, rather than the melted underpowered robot of a kestrel in sunglasses that we assumed we were watching.
Ringo Starr To Fans: Quit Your Stupid Autograph Begging. Also, Don’t Write Me. (With Video)
Ringo Starr feels the music. It flows through him like water over the Canadian side of the jagged Niagara Falls. Also it flows through him just like it did through that kid in August Rush. Ringo is a translator, reaching up into the heavens, jotting what he finds there for all of humanity to hear. His mind is a seed from which entire musical forests spring forth. He possibly has the most vital job that has ever been. That's why it's essential that everyone finally leave him alone once and for all, and for Pete's sake stop sending him stamped envelopes pleading for things like autographs and 40-year-old rusty Beatles memorabilia. He's far too busy to respond, he's fed up. He's basically said as much on a new video his website is hosting. No really, he has.
Ringo Starr feels the music. It flows through him like water over the Canadian side of the jagged Niagara Falls. Also it flows through him just like it did through that kid in August Rush. Ringo is a translator, reaching up into the heavens, jotting what he finds there for all of humanity to hear. His mind is a seed from which entire musical forests spring forth. He possibly has the most vital job that has ever been. That's why it's essential that everyone finally leave him alone once and for all, and for Pete's sake stop sending him stamped envelopes pleading for things like autographs and 40-year-old rusty Beatles memorabilia. He's far too busy to respond, he's fed up. He's basically said as much on a new video his website is hosting. No really, he has.
Ringo Starr Announces ‘Peace And Love Day’, Is Rightly Ignored
Think back - what were you doing at noon yesterday? Chances are it didn't involve shouting "peace and love" into the sky at the behest of a rubbish old man. Which is a shame, because that's what Ringo Starr wanted to happen. Yesterday, you see, was Ringo Starr's 68th birthday, and he wanted to use the occasion to initiate an annual Peace And Love Day, where at the stroke of noon everyone would stop what they were doing and... yeah, you get the idea. As you've probably noticed, Ringo Starr's Peace And Love Day pretty much fell flat on its arse without question, causing Ringo Starr to scale down his plans a little. Next year Ringo Starr will initiate a Nurse, I Think I've Just Wet Myself Again day where, at the stroke of noon, Ringo Starr and Ringo Starr alone will shout that very phrase at one of his care workers. For the fifteenth time that day.
Think back - what were you doing at noon yesterday? Chances are it didn't involve shouting "peace and love" into the sky at the behest of a rubbish old man. Which is a shame, because that's what Ringo Starr wanted to happen. Yesterday, you see, was Ringo Starr's 68th birthday, and he wanted to use the occasion to initiate an annual Peace And Love Day, where at the stroke of noon everyone would stop what they were doing and... yeah, you get the idea. As you've probably noticed, Ringo Starr's Peace And Love Day pretty much fell flat on its arse without question, causing Ringo Starr to scale down his plans a little. Next year Ringo Starr will initiate a Nurse, I Think I've Just Wet Myself Again day where, at the stroke of noon, Ringo Starr and Ringo Starr alone will shout that very phrase at one of his care workers. For the fifteenth time that day.
Ringo Starr’s Head Gets Chopped Off
Note to self: Never, ever say anything bad about people from Liverpool. Because if you do end up saying something bad about people from Liverpool, people from Liverpool will literally cut your head off. It's true - they've just cut Ringo Starr's head off. Alright, at this point we should probably point out that it was only the topiary head of a topiary Ringo Starr that was chopped off, thanks to some vaguely anti-Liverpool comments Ringo made in January. But it's still a shock, because the topiary Ringo Starr was about five or six times better at singing and drumming than the flesh and blood one.
Note to self: Never, ever say anything bad about people from Liverpool. Because if you do end up saying something bad about people from Liverpool, people from Liverpool will literally cut your head off. It's true - they've just cut Ringo Starr's head off. Alright, at this point we should probably point out that it was only the topiary head of a topiary Ringo Starr that was chopped off, thanks to some vaguely anti-Liverpool comments Ringo made in January. But it's still a shock, because the topiary Ringo Starr was about five or six times better at singing and drumming than the flesh and blood one.
BAD MUSIC: Ringo Starr, Liverpool 8
Yes, we know we've already used the video to Ringo Starr's new single Liverpool 8 in another post, but it's so awful we've become obsessed with it. Actually obsessed, like that bloke from Zodiac.
Seriously, just watch Liverpool 8. It's so completely, utterly, unspeakably terrible that we're not even sure a human being could be responsible for it, let alone
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Ringo Starr Does A Runner From The Telly
You wouldn't want to be Ringo Starr at the moment.
OK, it goes without saying that you wouldn't really want to be Ringo Starr at any moment, unless you're into being recovering Scouse alcoholics who hit things for a living and sing songs about boning 16-year-olds.
But, seriously, you wouldn't want to be Ringo Starr right now. He's stropped off Live With Regis & Kelly right before he was supposed to appear, you see.
