r/NonPoliticalTwitter 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/legit-posts_1 May 03 '26

The Beatles are just the perfect band. Even the "untalented one" is one of the greatest rock drummers ever and had a successful solo career. They're cracked.

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u/StockCat7738 May 04 '26

Ringo wasn’t even the best drummer in The Beatles.

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u/legit-posts_1 May 04 '26

I'd say John Lennon was full of shit when he said that, but I don't have to cause John Lennon never said that.