Saw Ringo Starr with his 'All Starr Band' in Sydney last night, was a pretty good show. I probably would've appreciated it more if I knew who anyone in his band was, considering the others led on just as many songs as he did. They did cover a Fleetwood Mac song though, and that Toto one which I also vaguely know. As far as Ringo himself goes though, it was pretty great. He did just about every Beatles track which he sung and/or wrote, with exception of 'Good Night', 'Octopus's Garden' and 'What Goes On' - I personally wouldn't have minded if he'd done What Goes On in place of 'Honey Don't' or 'Act Naturally', and Octopus's Garden instead of Yellow Submarine. Although Yellow Submarine is a huge selling point so I doubt they'd drop that. As far as Ringo's solo stuff goes, he did 'Wings', 'Anthem', 'It Don't Come Easy' and 'Photograph'. Overall a pretty nice, well rounded setlist. I was pleased with it.
Considering he's never been a tremendously good singer, he still sounds pretty damn good compared to how he sounded in the 1960s and 70s. The key was dropped down on a few songs, understandably so, although as a result, songs like Boys and I Wanna Be Your Man sounded a lot less energetic than they once did - although that's also because he's a 70 year old man, so I really shouldn't nitpick. Unfortunately I didn't get any good photos, I wasn't close enough to take anything decent with my shitty digital camera, but here's a marginally watchable recording of 'Don't Pass Me By' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVNpL2tuXQQ
I still greatly lament the fact that George Harrison wound up his last tour before I was even born.
Heavenite · Member since
HI Tom
According to Wiki, here are the All Starr band member you would have seen last night:
Ringo Starr - drums, keyboards, percussion, vocals
Steve Lukather (Toto) - guitar, vocals
Gregg Rolie (Santana and Journey) - organ, keyboards, vocals
Todd Rundgren (Nazz, Utopia and The New Cars) - guitar, harmonica, bass, percussion, keyboards (only shows where "Love Is The Answer was played) vocals
Richard Page (Mr. Mister) - bass, acoustic guitar, vocals
Mark Rivera - saxophone, percussion, keyboards, guitar, vocals
Gregg Bissonette - drums, percussion vocals
Joe Walsh (Eagles and James Gang) - guitar, talk box, vocals (Several Shows Only)
Some pretty big names there. Especially Joe Walsh from The Eagles and Steve Lukather of Toto. The one I particularly like and think is brilliant is Todd Rundgren. He has had some amazing albums, of which I have quite a few. The best ones seem to be in the 70's, including the double albums "Something/Anything?" and "Todd". Another great album is "A Wizard A True Star", which he definitely has been in my opinion.
waunakonor · Member since
Why the hell would they not play Octopus's Garden? That's lame.
Heavenite · Member since
This is the 12th version of the All Starr band, so he's changing the set a bit these days.
mooghead · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]waunakonor wrote:[/b]
Why the hell would they not play Octopus's Garden? That's lame.[/QUOTE]
Because its shit?
tomchristie22 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]mooghead wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]waunakonor wrote:[/b]
Why the hell would they not play Octopus's Garden? That's lame.[/QUOTE]
Because its shit?[/QUOTE]
I'm sure if that was their reason, they wouldn't do Yellow Submarine either. I
waunakonor · Member since
Octopus's Garden is a way better song than Yellow Submarine.
mooghead · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]tomchristie22 wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]mooghead wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]waunakonor wrote:[/b]
Why the hell would they not play Octopus's Garden? That's lame.[/QUOTE]
Because its shit?[/QUOTE]
I'm sure if that was their reason, they wouldn't do Yellow Submarine either. [/QUOTE]
Good call.... at least is Yellow Submarine is someone elses song though...
