#RINGO STARR SITTING DOWN SERIES#

#RINGO STARR SITTING DOWN SERIES#

In November, meanwhile, the director Peter Jackson will debut The Beatles: Get Back, a six-hour series utilising footage from The BeatlesвЂ™ вЂњbreak-upвЂќ movie, Let It Be. In 2020 Paul McCartney took advantage of lockdown to record the third in his McCartney series of experimental records. The Beatles: in Peter JacksonвЂ™s Get Back вЂyouвЂ™ll see this band worked really hard and went through emotional ups and downs to get to where we got every time.вЂ™ Photograph: Ochs/Getty But I always think that would have been a great shot to have.вЂќ But in the 1970s I had parties, and youвЂ™ll never find any photos, because I wouldnвЂ™t let you take photos in my house. That would have been a great little video, or TikTok, and it would have gone worldwide. вЂњBonham got on the kit, so, as he was playing, the bass drum was hopping away, and you had Charlie Watts and Ringo holding the bass drum for him as he played,вЂќ he says. He recalls a party at which he, Watts and John Bonham of Led Zeppelin ended up jamming. So I would like to change the world for the kids. They are still, вЂWell, we wonвЂ™t do that.вЂ™ I think we have to do a lot. вЂњHalf the world is on fire, half of it is under water. вЂњThere are all those people meeting in New York right nowвЂќ вЂ“ at the United Nations General Assembly. вЂњThe expression вЂchange the worldвЂ™, we are changing it for the kids,вЂќ the 81-year-old says, adding that this change is not for the better.

Kicking off with a title track that sounds like OctopusвЂ™s Garden meets Slade, the record is boisterously brisk вЂ“ though with a serious message.

ItвЂ™s in keeping with the celebratory tone of Change the World, a lockdown bauble recorded with the Pink collaborator Linda Perry and with Steve Lukather and Joseph Williams of Toto. So thatвЂ™s five Ringos вЂ“ and one star вЂ“ gazing out together, like a cut scene from Yellow Submarine.

Also over his shoulder as he sits down for a Zoom call with The Irish Times вЂ“ and 92 other media outlets вЂ“ are the CD and vinyl sleeves of his new EP, Change the World. Closer inspection reveals the silhouettes are mini Ringos. Ringo StarrвЂ™s spare room is adorned with a huge multicoloured star and two cut-outs of figures with beard and sunglasses.

Ringo starr sitting down