>>> THE LEGENDARY RINGO STARR IS BACK WITH BOTH A NEW ALBUM
ENTITLED "WHAT’S MY NAME" AND A
NEW BOOK ENTITLED "ANOTHER DAY
IN THE LIFE" FEATURING HUNDREDS
OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOT BY RINGO AND
PULLED FROM THE BEATLES
ARCHIVES.
ARCHIVES. YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN HEAVEN
TALKING WITH HIM.
>> I WAS.
>> I WAS. ANOTHER DAY IN THE LIFE HAS
SHOTS, EXTRAORDINARY SHOTS WITH
FROM HIS TIME WITH THE BEATLES.
RINGO, ALWAYS YOU CAN GO BACK TO
A HARD DAY’S NIGHT AND YOU SEE
HIM IN THAT ICONIC SCENE GOING
AROUND TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS.
IT’S VERY COOL.
THERE ARE A LOT OF SHOTS OF HIM
SHOOTING WITH HIS iPHONE.
AND HE JUST TALKS ABOUT, HE’S A
GUY THAT’S BEEN TAKING PICTURES
FOR EVER 50 YEARS HOW REMARKABLE
THE iPHONE CAMERA IS.
YOU SEE A LOT OF MONTAGES HERE.
BUT WHAT AN INCREDIBLE BOOK THAT
IS "ANOTHER DAY IN THE LIFE" A
GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR ANY
BEETLE FAN.
BEETLE FAN. >> AND IN ONE OF JOE’S FAVORITE
INTERVIEWERS EVER, HE SAT DOWN
WITH HIM FOR A WIDE RANGING
DISCUSSION.
DISCUSSION. HE STARTED IT DISCUSSING BEETLE
PLAINIA AND HOW
MANIA AND HOW HIS LIFE CHANGED
FOREVER IN 1964.
>> EVERYTHING EXPLODED.
IT’S LIKE THE SUPER NOVA THAT
EXPLODED.
EXPLODED. AND SINCE THEN YOU CAN’T WALK
ACROSS THE STREET WITHOUT PEOPLE
STOPPING YOU, TAKING A PICTURE.
I REMEMBER PAUL McCARTNEY
TALKING ABOUT IT SAYING HE MADE
A DECISION EARLY ON, HE WENT TO
FRANCE, DROVE AROUND AND SAID I
DO REALLY WANT TO LIVE THIS WAY
THE REST OF MY LIFE?
HE SAID HE REMEMBERED MAKING A
CONSCIOUS DECISION GOING, YEAH,
IT’S WORTH IT.
WAS THERE EVER A TIME WHERE YOU
JUST SAID, MAN, THE PRICE IS TOO
HIGH?
HIGH? I WISH I WOULD HAVE BEEN -- LIKE
IN THE EARLY DOCUMENTARIES I’D
SAY, OH, YOU WANTED TO SAVE
ENOUGH MONEY SO MAYBE YOU’D HAVE
A HAIR SALON.
>> AND I’M STILL BEING BOMBARDED
WITH THAT.
WITH THAT. >> ARE YOU REALLY?
>> YOU SAY SEVERING THINGS YOUR
LIFE AND YOU PAY FOR IT AND
THAT’S ONE OF THEM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> AND WE DIDN’T KNOW IT WOULD
BE SO BIG.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE DECISION YOU
MADE, IT WAS THAT WE WERE
BOMBARDED DAY AND NIGHT.
AND VERY LITTLE SPACE.
LITTLE JOHN AND I WENT IN THE
HOLIDAY POLL.
HOLIDAY POLL. WE ALL DID HOLIDAYS AND WE
WEREN’T THAT RECOGNIZED THEN SO
WE COULD HAVE A GOOD TIME.
THE PRESSURE DID START TO HIT
AND IF YOU LOOK AT RON HOWARD’S
DOCUMENTARY ON US, YOU CAN SEE
US GETTING GRAYER.
WE’RE GETTING GRAY AND WE’RE
LIKE --
LIKE -- >> SUFFOCATING.
>> SUFFOCATING. >> IT WAS GETTING HARSH, WE
STOPPED TOURING.
STOPPED TOURING. AND WE DID SOME REALLY GOOD
THINGS IN THE STUDIO.
BUT THE OTHER THING WE HAD TO
SAY, OR I HAD TO SAY, I CAN’T
SPEAK TO THEM, IS THAT I’M GOING
TO THE MOVIES.
I’M GOING OUT.
WE’RE GOING TO A -- YOU KNOW,
WHATEVER.
WHATEVER. AND THAT’S HOW IT IS.
>> YOU DO IT.
>> YOU JUST GOT TO DO IT.
>> YOU CAN’T HYPEDIDE.
THERE’S ALWAYS STORIES ABOUT THE
WHITE ALBUM BEING SO HARD AND
THAT ABBY ROAD WAS SOMEHOW THIS
WONDERFUL, MAGICAL, HAPPY
MOMENT.
MOMENT. BUT HAD TO STILL BE TOUGH,
RIGHT, FOR YOU GUYS?
>> THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS,
MEANINGFUL DISCUSSIONS.
MEANINGFUL DISCUSSIONS. I MEAN, THE WHITE ALBUM, MY
RESPONSE WAS, WELL, I LEFT THE
BAND.
BAND. I DIDN’T FEEL I WAS PLAYING AND
EVERYBODY KNOWS THE STORY, I
WENT TO JOHN, KNOCKED ON HIS
DOOR, HE WAS IN THE APARTMENT I
OWNED BUT WITH YOKEO, AND I SAID
I FEEL LIKE I’M NOT PLAYING THAT
GREAT AND YOU THREE ARE SO
CLOSE.
CLOSE. HE GOES I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU
THREE.
THREE. SO I GO TO PAUL, KNOCK KNOCK,
BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT I’M LIKE.
AND I SAID RENAULT, I’M NOT
PLAYING GREAT AND YOU THREE SEEM
SO CLOSE.
SO CLOSE. HE SAID I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU
THROUGH.
THROUGH. SO I SAID, I’M OUT.
>> WHEN WE CAMENY WALKED PAST IN
PAST THE GALLERY WITH YOUR
PHOTOGRAPHS.
PHOTOGRAPHS. THERE’S THIS REALLY COOL SHOT OF
A CARFUL OF FANS.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> THAT’S AN AWESOME PICTURE.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHERE THAT WAS?
>> YEAH, IT WAS WHEN WE LANDED
AT THE -- IN NEW YORK THE FIRST
TIME.
TIME. AND I HAD MY CAMERA WITH ME, AND
THESE KIDS HAD HEARD WE WERE
COMING AND THEY DROVE TO THE
AIRPORT AND THEN THEY JUST SORT
OF FOLLOWED OUR CAR.
BUT ANYWAY, THEY CAME RIGHT IN
LINE WITH US.
AND THEY WERE, YOU CAN SEE BY
THE PICTURE THEY’RE LOOKING AT
US.
US. AND I THOUGHT, I’M JUST -- I HAD
THE CAMERA.
THE CAMERA. I USED TO HAVE THE CAMERA ALL
THE TIME THEN.
I’M LIKE THAT IS SO GREAT, NEW
YORK AND THE KIDS, YOU KNOW.
SO THEY ACTUALLY MADE IT HAPPEN
BECAUSE THEY JUST CAME RIGHT
ALONGSIDE US, NOT JUST
FOLLOWING, YOU KNOW.
>> BUT, BEING A PHOTOGRAPHER,
YOU’VE GOT TO SEE THE MOMENT,
FIND THE MOMENT, AND TAKE THE
PICTURE.
PICTURE. >> WELL, YOU’VE GOT TO -- YEAH,
YOU’VE JUST GOT TO TAKE IT.
>> I ACTUALLY GROW OLD WITH
ME --
ME -- >> JOHN’S VERSION.
>> YEAH, JOHN’S VERSION BECAUSE
IT WAS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE SONG.
I THOUGHT WAS LIKE JEALOUS GUY
OR IMAGINE.
OR IMAGINE. AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS A
SHAME THAT MORE PEOPLE DIDN’T
HEAR THAT SONG.
YOU’VE COME BACK AND --
>> YEAH, BUT I’VE DONE IT OUT OF
THE -- I NEVER HEARD IT.
I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT.
>> REALLY?
>> REALLY? >> REALLY.
>> REALLY. SO I’M HANGING OUT AND, YOU
KNOW, IN THIS TOWN AND JACK
DOUGLAS --
DOUGLAS -- >> THE PRODUCER, RIGHT.
>> HE, YOU KNOW, I BUMPED INTO
HIM FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT JUST
THIS YEAR HE SAID, WELL, DID YOU
EVER GET THAT CASSETTE?
I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE TALKING
ABOUT.
ABOUT. AND JOHN WAS DOING THE DEMOS.
>> WHICH THEY RELEASED IN THE
ALBUM AFTER A COUPLE --
>> HE COVERED ALL -- HE FINISHED
ALL OF THOSE.
HE DIDN’T FINISH GROW OLD ALONG
WITH ME.
WITH ME. BUT ANYWAY, AT THE BEGINNING OF
THIS, HE TALKS ABOUT ME.
HE SAYS, NOT ABOUT THAT SONG,
JUST ABOUT WHATEVER SONG WAS ON
THERE.
THERE. HE SAYS, THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR
RICHARD’S STORY.
RICHARD’S STORY. THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR RING
KNOW.
KNOW. >> DID HERINGO.
>> I’VE GOT HIS VOICE TALKING MY
NAME, IT WAS SO EMOTIONAL.
ANYWAY, ALL OF THE OTHER
THINGS’D DONE, THIS ONE, I HAD
NO IDEA ABOUT THAT ONE, IT WAS
LIKE, WHAT?
LIKE, WHAT? I WAS SHOCKED.
I NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT.
>> SO YOU HAD NEVER HEARD GROW
OLD WITH ME?
>> NO.
>> NO. >> -- UNTIL THIS YEAR?
>> THIS YEAR.
>> OH MY GOD.
>> AND THEN AS USUAL WE WENT ON
THE INTERNET AND WE FOUND JOHN
PLAYING IT IN I BELIEVE OF IT
WAS GEORGE MARTIN PUT STRINGS ON
TOP OF IT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> AND THAT’S THE ONLY VERSION,
SOME GIRL SINGING IT.
THAT’S ALL WE COULD FIND.
>> THAT’S AMAZING.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> BECAUSE I ACTUALLY I THINK
IT’S ONE OF HIS BEST SONGS.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> SO WHEN SOMEBODY TOLD ME A
WHILE BACK THAT YOU HAD REDONE
THE VERSE, I SAID OH MY GOD,
THANK GOD.
THANK GOD. SO I CAN ASK YOU?
I WOULD THINK YOU HAD TO FEEL A
BURDEN DOING THAT SONG.
I WOULD HAVE GONE, MAN, I WANT
TO DO THIS RIGHT FOR JOHN.
>> I DID THE BEST I COULD.
THAT’S HOW I WORK.
AND SO I THOUGHT, I’M GOING TO
DO IT.
DO IT. AND, YOU KNOW, I DID THE
BACKTRACK AND PUT THE DRUMS ON
AND SONG IT.
♪ ROLLGROW OLD ALONG WITH ME ♪
>> THE ONLY BASE I WANT ON THIS
TRACK IS PAUL.
HE’S THE MOST INCREDIBLE BASE
PLAYER, HE’S MY FRIEND, AND I
DID POINT OUT TO THE TRACK HE
SAID SURE, COME ON OVER.
HE’S NOW PART OF MY FAMILY, JOE
WALSH, MARRY RID BARBARA’S
SISTER COULD SOW YOU CAN NEVER
SO SAY NO.
>> IT CAME TOGETHER REALLY GOOD.
THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME DPLAK,F
BUT I LOVE JOHN, I LOVE THIS
TRACK.
TRACK. I DID MY BEST VERSION OF IT.
>> YOU TALKED ABOUT WORKING WITH
PAUL.
PAUL. IT’S VERY WEIRD, I WAS A LITTLE
TOO YOUNG FOR THE BEATLES BUT I
STARTED LISTENING TO MUSIC IN
71, ’72 SO I GOT INTRODUCED TO
YOU THROUGH YOUR SOLO STUFF AND
BY ’73, ’74 I WAS LIKE, WAIT,
THEY WERE IN A GROUP.
SO PAUL PLAYING ON THIS AND YOU
SAID IN THE BOOK HE’S ALWAYS
BEEN VERY GENEROUS.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> BUT REMINDED ME OF ONE OF MY
FAVORITE ALBUMS, RINGO, THE ’73
ALBUM WHERE 6:00, JUST AN
INCREDIBLE SONG.
INCREDIBLE SONG. IT STILL HOLDS UP ALL THESE
YEARS LATER.
YEARS LATER. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> BUT ALSO THE FIRST 45 HALF
THE PEOPLE WON’T KNOW WHAT THAT
IS, BUT THE FIRST 45 I EVER
BOUGHT WAS YOUR 16.
>> OH, WOW.
>> TELL THE STORY ABOUT PAUL AND
WHAT PEOPLE CALLED THE GAZOO.
YOU REMEMBER DOES HE THAT --
>> OH, YEAH.
WOO, WOO, WOO, WOO, HE JUST DID
IT WITH HIS HAND.
>> THAT WAS HIS BIG
CONTRIBUTION.
CONTRIBUTION. >> BUT THAT WAS HOW WE WERE
WHETHER THERE WAS THE FOUR OF
US.
US. SOUNDS, I’VE ACTUALLY PLAYED
JUST THE BOXES FOR THE DRUMS,
NOT EVEN THE DRUMS.
AND WE’D PLAY -- IF IT WAS
AROUND OR FELT IT WAS NEEDED,
THAT LOOSE.
THAT LOOSE. AND SO HE WENT INTO THE GAZOO ON
THE TRACK.
THE TRACK. BUT THAT RECORD, YOU KNOW, I WAS
FLASHING BACK ON THAT RINGO
ALBUM BECAUSE THE BAND ARE --
JOHN’S ON IT, EVERYBODY’S ON IT.
>> EVERYBODY.
>> EVERYBODY. >> BUT THAT’S LIKE THE ALL-STARS
NOW, ALL THE LAST 30 YEARS.
I LOVE THAT BECAUSE I GET TO
PLAY WITH ALL THESE GREAT
PLAYERS AND THEY SUPPORT ME AND
WE GO ON TOUR.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. LET’S JUST SAY YOU HAD A GREAT
TIME OUT IN L.A.
>> IT WAS GREAT.
>> >>> COMING UP A LITTLE LATER,
PART 2 OF JOE’S CONVERSATION
WITH THE LEGENDARY RINGO STARR
ON HIS NEW BOOK, NEW ALBUM AND
HOW A POTENTIAL MOVE TO TEXAS