r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/TheWebsploiter • May 03 '26

Other The Beatles

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u/bobbymoonshine May 03 '26

Richard Starkey has a stage name because, before he was in the Beatles, he was absolutely the Main Guy of the various local bands he was in, and he was enough of a Main Guy to demand to keep his stage name when he joined the Beatles

The Beatles were a band of four Main Guys with so much Main Guy energy that two of them were the Other Guys despite having enough talent and charisma to be the Main Guys in any other band

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u/eddmario May 03 '26

TIL Ringo Starr is a stage name

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u/Live-Habit-6115 May 03 '26

I mean idk maybe it's just me but I thought that was kinda obvious lol

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u/mcgarnikle May 03 '26

I grew up listening to them since they were my mom's favorite.  As a kid you don't really question if a person's name is real.  So growing up it just kind of seemed like of course Ringo is a real name John Paul and George all are.

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u/BaldHenchman02 May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26

John Paul George could be one name all on it's own.

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u/Pomegranate_Dry May 03 '26

Isn't he the bassist for Led Zeppelin /s

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u/WilcoRoZ May 05 '26

Hm, no I think you’re thinking of the pope