Regina! Her piano playing is very nicely highlighted by a stripped down production. Your comment made me look her up on YouTube. This live performance kicks off with The Grand Hotel, which is a song I love both musically and lyrically. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idyLODRdztc
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She’s a hell of a performer and song writer. When i was going through some tough life stuff years ago her music really spoke to me and i still have a deep appreciation for her particular style 
Hope some day i’ll get to see her live.
Of her really early stuff i love her Consequence of Sound song. It’s just so “of the moment” and feels very genuine, if it was properly produced and jazzed up i really wouldn’t like it as much
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Well they don’t call Neil “The Professor” for nothing. His style has always been one of intensity with focus on technical perfection. As opposed to someone like Keith Moon who was known for really getting into the music.
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In painting terms, it’s kind of like comparing someone like Thayer, Sargent, or especially Eakins with painters like Van Gogh or Modigliani.
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I went up in to my attic and discovered a Rembrandt and a Stradivarius; unfortunately Stradivarius couldn’t paint, and Rembrandt made terrible violins.
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Plus left handed drummer, introduced / changed traditional method of holding drum sticks, was original and used unique rhythm styles. Plus seems a genuinely decent human.
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Been there, but I’ve managed (somehow) to make allowances; all of us have different personal histories and are not exposed to the same things. What gives me pleasure though is that younger people are discovering rock/pop classics (with more than a few music groups out there emulating their styles). For instance, at work is a late 20-something co-worker who is a huge fan of Parliament. (!!!)
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Famous for his drum “fills”!!
Ringo knew when to get out of the way. The Beatles also were one of the first groups to use multi-track recording. A lot to unpack outside of the tribute. That said. My Favorite Ringo:
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100% agree. That’s the gateway track.
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- The eternal debate: To what extent should rock drummers just provide a beat and how much should they bring something (or a lot) extra? Which leads to:
- While I and much of the world are bored by all the remastered stuff out there, the Sgt. Pepper remastering was a revelation, in large part because Ringo’s drumming was brought much closer to the front.
Beatles’ album reviews focused solely on Ringo’s drumming:
As I understand, the reason Paul did the drum part for Back in the USSR was because Ringo walked out, disgusted with all the bickering going on. He didn’t even tour with them for a while.They afterward asked him to return with apologies.
By the time of Back in the USSR, they had already stopped touring.
So, right now there are four moptop lads in Topeka, Kansas who just need one big break?
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There may well be. 
I never cease to be amazed at just how many fantastically talented people there are showing their chops on youtube who have haven’t been able to make it huge. I’m not saying that the Fab Four weren’t talented; just that luck plays a part in any story of success.
I just looked up Topeka, just in case it had been in the news recently; I was tickled to find the name roughly translates as “a good place to dig potatoes”. I especially like that the founders knew what it meant and still went with it. “Man, those potatoes, they’re cool, daddy-o; I really dig them.”
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there’s tons of talent out there in all fields and the main reason they aren’t rich is because idiot businessmen run the rules
The Beatles made it because it wasn’t such a corporate machine back then.
as to the topic, Ringo is amazing. He has great stage presence and can steal the show from everyone
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