Pete Best on Being Dismissed from 'The Beatles', Getting Arrested & Creating the Atom Beat
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- Опубликовано: 25 сен 2022
- Former Beatle Pete Best joins Elaine & Anton to tell them about the legendary band!
"There are fans who know more about 'The Beatles' than I do!"
When asked about how he felt about his departure from 'The Beatles', he tells Elaine and Anton that there was "a lot of anger about at the time."
He tells them there has been no communication between him and his former band mates.
"They have gone their way and I have gone mine."
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He was there at the beginning and helped the Beatles on their journey. So will always have his place in their history no matter what.
I really think Paul and Ringo should invite Pete to a performance to acknowledge his early efforts and possibly allow him to perform with them as a 'what could've been' type moment. It would be the perfect bookend for him and the Beatles story.
It’d be cool and I’d love to see it. But there’s probably too much water under the bridge with all the accusations
Would be so nice ...
Great thought, especially when you consider that there are three Beatles alive today.
You would think that would have happened in 93 when the Anthology was released. That was the first time that Pete received any royalties for music released by the band. I would have thought that the 3 Beatles or at least one of them would have met up with Pete.
I'm behind that. While Ringo sings upfront, Pete can take over on drums. We can't pretend the past didn't exist.
What a nice guy and great person! I have nothing but respect for him. He seems so grounded.
BRIAN EPSTEIN WAS AGITATED AND FIDGETY !!!
Traicionado por los "four fab" y aunque no lo crean a dos de ellos les llegó el karma uno sufrió un cobarde atentado que le costó la vida y...el otro como sufrio para morir . digan lo que digan y...lo nieguen no nos vamos sin pagar nuestra deuda es la ley divina y... el sobreviviente solo Dios sabe que destino le tenga deparado
I had the pleasure to meet him and talk for 20 min. at a lobby of an hotel in Mexico City in 2012. Of course nobody knew who he was. I couldn’t bring myself to mention The Beatles!!!He is a humble and simple guy who had the luck to be in the greatest rock band on Earth for at least 3 years and still is able to walk the streets without being bothered.👌 Thanks for giving me a few minutes of your time, Pete!!
Wie schön für dich.
Habe nie einen Beatle lebend gesehen. Aber bin ein großer Fan. 🥰lg Ellen
I’m Proud Of You
@@stevescontriano860 why das hat nichts mit dir zu tun??lg Ellen
he's a nobody, people love to romanticize about everything, he was a bad drummer
@@yassirhv1 And you're a drop kick.
Worked with Pete at Bootle Liverpool Civil Service over 30 years ago. nice guy.
Pete to me is a Beatles time capsule. That period of the Beatles is best told by Pete, in my opinion. The others have their famous period that somewhat skews their pre-fame stories. I feel like Pete is the guy they left behind as the historian of that time period. The ghost of Beatles past so to speak. He was a Beatle at the pivotal time in their career-from the time they were nobody, to the time where they got popular and noticed. The fact that he didn't participate in their famous period makes his stories sound more real to me. He can talk about Stu and Alan Williams and the conditions they worked in. Great stuff.
I really admire his grace after all that happened to him. His dismissal is part of Beatles lore and mystic, totally part of the whole picture. He mattered then, and he matters now.
I agree.... but there is one thing Pete will never get into his head..... Ringo was (and is) a FAR better drummer. Pete had his place in the very very early days but (as George Harrison said) history has shown that Ringo was THE ONE for that group.
And the fact he made a career out of getting kicked out of The Beatles
@@Brammy007a
Nope. On Ringo's first session at EMI, they were so impressed, for the next session they got in a sessions studio drummer, Andy White.
@@johnburns4017 I am more than aware of the details of Beatle history. What point are you trying to make? Do you not agree that Ringo was and is a much better drummer than Pete Best?
@@Brammy007a
In August 1962? No. Best developed the Atom Beat. Best needed a quality drum kit for sure. His kit was falling apart.
I've always liked and admired Pete Best, he's a straight up bloke.
I worked with Pete in the early seventies -very nice chap -but if anyone new came into the office they would be told -now that’s Pete Best over there -whatever you do don’t go over and ask him -what was it like with the Beatles !
I'd be cheeky and ask him what the breadbaking game is really like. :-)
Paul is dead?
@@Damiandax007
😂
I love Pete Best and have so much respect for him. He really had a lot to carry and he did not deserve that treatment, I love the Beatles but they could have figured out a better way. I tip my hat in respect to Mr. Best, bless him.
Letting a member of a group go is always difficult, messy business, and it almost never goes the way it should, but, eventually the wounds heal and the anger subsides.
They were like 15 😆
He has really handled this well. Life is short….
A) they were teens and young adults who had to travel the world and do lots of drugs
B) but the mid to late 90s “The Beatles” made Pete a multi millionaire AFTER he retired from a real job because of Beatles Anthology.
While I do agree, it would be special for charity or something if Paul and ringo jammed one day together for fun and hug each other
60 years of being asked the same question.. over.. and over.. Such a patient guy
But...he gets paid to show up to these interviews where he KNOWS what the questions will be. He's no dummie.
@@ktcarl
Right. You took the words right out of my mouth.
For a hefty sum each time I am asked the same question, I'd be endlessly patient too.
@@theo9952 😀
Ehh ! Whats the question again ? . . .
He's part of Beatles history. A gentleman
Im glad Pete got his share of financial fortune when The Beatles Antholgy vol 1 was released. Thinking about it now...he ended up very Fortunate! Never got into drugs...didnt beat his wife(john)..didnt become a drunk(ringo)...and has been happily married with the same woman his whole life. That to me is coming out on Top!
avoiding that kind of fame might've been a blessing. He was also a celebrity to Beatle super fans, but he got to live relatively normal life.
John didn't 'beat his wife', ya twit.
And successful!
his breathing, when he breathes in..
It must have been heartbreaking, years ago, to be left behind. But how many people in the World today can say they were in The Beatles? … sadly, only 3. Pete’s one of them.
I get what your saying but there are quite a few who played in the Beatles. Unfortunately Pete was never a Beatle even though he played with them in the early part of their career.
There were 4 FOOOO
@@thekitowl Lennon said the Best the beatles ever were was those 2 years in Hamburg ...when Pete Best was on Drums.
@@garyconnor910 Lennon also said he was a lousy drummer & we always intended to dump him .
@@stevescontriano860 Only three left alive. Best, McCartney and Starr.
I met Pete two days ago, during his only appearance in the US. He's a true gentleman, and very appreciative of his fans.
how lucky for you! how did you manage this?
Bryan kick them out of the band because he couldn’t put up with his mother Mona. She kept calling and calling and calling and telling Brian to put Pete’s drums out in front of the band. So he cut off the head of the dog.
@@stevescontriano860
You are getting to it.
Epstein saw an opportunity to dump Mona, via her son.
Pete is part of the story of The Beatles and that can't be altered.
I think Pete’s not doing himself any favours comparing himself to Ringo like he did here.
Ringo is one of the best drummers to have ever graced a stage. Anybody who doubts that, ought to go and listen to “Twist and Shout” from the Star Club in Hamburg. Ringo created drum patterns in the studio that were inventive, exciting and new. And most importantly, Ringo
always played for the song.
I do feel sorry for Pete, it must’ve been hard to see The Beatles take off the way they did, but at least he can say he was a Beatle.
Ringo is not a great drummer.
@@brucenieman1836 Are you a musician?
@@brucenieman1836 I have a Favorite Drummer and I don't know if anyone one agrees with me but Keith Moon from The Who can really hit those Drums really hard RIP Keith Moon
Stop idolization you dont now them
@@angelicaquirarte We know the work they’ve done is something special. We don’t need to know someone to appreciate that Angelica. ✌🏻
He looks well and healthy given his age, he has borne his burden well. He seems like a nice gentleman.
yes but when he inhales as he speaks it sounds very course...🤔
He is like 80
And you can tell that from a few minutes of a TV interview? You have no idea what his wife, friends and family have had to put up with! 😡
@@4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypse His farts ?
@@paulweston285 well no doubt that too!
*Pete Best* still a cool dude... He played in my hometown few years back here in the States, it was an incredible evening for all, we were lucky to have him.♪♫♪
First, Pete wasn't a bad drummer. He just wasn't unique. Ringo had a very, very distinctive style. Which meant the Beatles would have yet another unique sound to their music.
Second, Pete didn't have as much variety, nor did he feel his way through each song. Ringo was capable of giving each song its own drumming pattern, and its own drum hook.
Third, Pete wasn't a human metronome, and Ringo was. Later, George Martin remarked that they had never had to do another take because of Ringo.
Fourth, Pete missed a number gigs, and Ringo was always there when they needed him.
Fifth, in concert, Pete was a powerful drummer who liked the spotlight and drum solos. Ringo hated drum solos, and saw himself in a supporting role, allowing the rest of the band to do their thing.
6th George Martin would not allow Ringo to play on " Love me do "
@@paulweston285 Pete did the original recording, but Ringo was on the UK single release. He had only been with the band two weeks. The album & US single was done by Andy White, because apparently McCartney wasn't happy with the timing. But it was Ringo all the way otherwise.
@@thelionsshare6668 Wrong .. it was George Martin who insisted Ringo be removed he is on record as saying so, Paul had no power in those days.
Ringo missed a tour due to him being sick.
@@hansvandermeulen5515 He did miss a few shows that's true. But he didn't miss an entire tour. 😊
Such a gracious, interesting guy. Well-spoken and articulate and doesn't seemed phased that he's undoubtedly been asked the same questions for decades and decades. Fascinating story...great interview.
Because he made a career out of being kicked out of The Beatles
What a beautiful soul he has, I hope he receives the recognition he deserves from the 2 remaining Beatles
I'm very grateful that Pete Best managed to survive being fired from The Beatles and keep his life reasonably productive. Also, I hope that he is able to live the rest of his life in peace and being content with his wife and offspring. Best wishes to him.
Pete best..always felt sorry for him.seems a nice guy...
Pete has lovely eyes still and you can understand the girls going after him back then, Even after initially being asked the question as to why he was replaced in the band he chose to sidestep it and obviously still feels pain despite the 'deal with today' comment. Deserved much better treatment back then but he managed to avoid all the hassles that come with being a so called superstar.
Pete wouldn’t have a career if he claimed to know why he was sacked.
Unfortunately for Pete, the Beatles didn’t become the Beatles until Ringo Star entered the picture! Paul McCartney made sure he was compensated when the release of the Anthology came about.
They were already achieving some success with Pete on drums, but they wouldn't have become a worldwide sensation with him.
@Bmk Bmk compensated him for unreleased recordings? When they were released and sold millions he got royaltes. It took them some years to make serious money.
McCartney didn’t do anything. It is a legal matter.
@@randyjordan5521 how right you are.
@Bmk Bmk i was not business. Paul had a hand in it...and had the final word on using Petes face on the vol 1 cover.
Lovely interview. Gentleman.
Met him...nice man!
It's something how he's just as a nice guy as Ringo. I could listen to his honest, straightforward way of talking all day.
Thank you so much Dear Pete Best !!!
Only person I know who’s made a career from getting kicked out of a band. Other ‘60’s groups kicked members out without people really noticing. Goes to show the power of The Beatles
Steven Adler from Guns n Roses has an entire career for being in guns.
Best should be immensely thankful that he was not part of “The Beatles myth” as John described it in a 1970 interview. He’s alive, he’s healthy, without making a Faustian bargain.
And married to the same woman almost 60 years. Something I'm sure that wouldn't have been the case had he stayed with them.
So is Ringo.
Outstanding Sabrina which most people will think is a crazy comment.
@@steffanhoffmann8937 It’s obvious now. My own bias kept from actually looking and listening. The Beatles were the 60’s and that institution still wields enormous power in culture creation. I worshipped them too. But I pulled the veil from my eyes.
@@steffanhoffmann8937 Most people won't think it's a crazy comment. The overwhelming vast majority of thinking and reasonable people on planet earth will think it's a crazy comment. Just lending more accuracy to your post.😊👍
There's more to learn from when you lose than when you win... But it's nice to win once in awhile.
The Hamburg Tapes double album is still one of my favorite Beatle albums...altho Best had already been replaced it shows you the stage they were at at the time...and the banter and live quality you get from this album is never again repeated...I bought the album around 1980 and it was by Polydor...I couldn't afford the studio albums so I had to wait until birthdays and christmas for them but 'The Beatles. Live at the Starclub' album was really cheap so I got it with my pocket money...I was 14'ish
I remember Lewis. I still have it!
So cheaply put together by Polydor and I'm not sure there was too much saving sound quality.
A real survivor. I like him.
We’re All Surviors Foo !!!!
Ringo has a unique style and regardless of technical ability could make any band sound great. Some drummers can do that. It's understandable therefore why they took him over Pete Best sadly. Ringo was the final piece of the jigsaw. My favourite band without question
Exactly. Ringo contributed a great deal to their sound.
His unique style is because he’s left handed playing a right handed kit
@@joesheppards1 yes I knew that. I'm the same with guitar(a left hander, playing right handed). 🙂
Pete Best is always a bona fide part of Beatles history. You can't take that away from him!😅
That us true enough
Pete's life rattle is the best I've heard
Imagine his death rattle 😂😂😂😂
Please put up more daily videos thanks!
I am happy for him that he made so much money from 'Anthology' but I remain firm in my belief that The Beatles would not have been as successful as they were without Ringo Starr being their drummer.
Come off it, the Beatles would have been huge whoever was Drummer. It was about the lyrics and melodies and singing. As John Lennon said when asked if Ringo was the best drummber in the world. Ringo wasnt even the best drummer in the Beatles.
@@bieituns Lennon never said that, it was a joke an american comedian did many years ago...
@@bieituns ummmm... dubious. the industry at the time had a definite standard of quality that mr best wasn't even close to. best has been proven to be unable to keep time over a 2 minute song . had best been so great, another liverpool band would have swept him up. he was inept - perhaps he has improved since, but in 1963? completely inadequate.
Exactly I agree
@@bieituns I get the whole "he wasn't the best durmmer in the Beatles" is in jest (I hope), but let's give this little joke some validity for the sake of fun. First off, who was a better drummer in the group do you think? I couldn't even picture John or George on the sticks. The only other member who could use a set was Paul, and from his repertoire, I can't say I was ever as in awe with his drumming as I was with Ringo's. Paul plays drums on The Ballad of John and Yoko and the drumming on that song is so drab and uninspired, so much so that it's actually the only aspect of that song which I don't like. Ringo was not just a technically astute drummer, he was also like a human metronome, always on beat. But what truly set him apart was how absolutely ingenius he was. With his cheeky little fills and varied style of playing, he ultimately gave each Beatles song a new dimension and a sense of depth. Take any of these songs for reference and tell me that Ringo and Ringo's style of playing doesn't improve them:
Rain
Come Together
She Said She Said
Hello Goodbye
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
I Feel Fine
A Day In The Life
Tomorrow Never Knows
I LIKE PETE AND HE GOT SCREWED BY THE FAB THREE! NOTHING AGAINST RINGO! 😎
pete still looks great
Pete was a great drummer. I saw them at the time.
The Beatles Anthology tracks featuring Pete demonstrate he could not keep time and he lacked versatility. I’d also like to have seen Pete try to attempt the complex and brilliant drumming Ringo did on Rain, She Said She Said, Ticket to Ride, A Day in the Life, I Feel Fine, Strawberry Fields Forever, I am the Walrus, Come Together and the list goes on and on. Sorry Pete.
And imagine Pete onstage at the Royal Variety Performance....
Pete had nothing on ol Barry Wom! But at least he didn't lose his bride to some Scotsmen from Hull!
Nice to see such a grounded, humble guy.
You're still a Beatle to me Pete.
Pete is very considerate and looking great, still.
I couldn't imagine his roll of the dice! Jesus, could you?
Also, I will not stand any Ringo slander. None. He's one of rocks great drummers.
He never left The Beatles. He's been living off them since!
Is he getting royalties from any songs?
@@markherring3513 Yes, he gets royalties from Anthology 1, but he didn't get any before that.
Yes if considering a project which would involve 'Arson' safety is a must.....and keep rockin Pete!
Love Me Do was a minor hit. Please Please Me is when the mania started.
One of my old friends uncle ,, and another guy i know his dad is ringos cousin ive actualy got ringos autograph on the cd when he was in the plastic box out side st georges hall 👍
Nothing against Pete but The Beatles simply didn't rate him. When Ringo joined it just 'clicked' this is what they have all said. Pete did make a couple of million when anthology 1 was released.
Three million
@@theo9952 even better :)
That's very strange because with Pete Best as their drummer, they had a huge fan base and ,in fact,as far back as January,1962, topped the polls, and were the Number One band in all of Liverpool.
@@robinrobyn1714 I'm sure they did. It also proves the genius of the other lads. As I said and you can look it up, they all didn't rate him. They desperately needed a drummer for Hamburg, hence Pete coming in. Like anything in life, if something better comes along later on, you would obviously go for it.
@@mazza8576 They needed a drummer in August 1960 , to go to Hamburg. And like I already stated, well over a year later, with Pete Best still their drummer, they are the top band in Liverpool. Furthermore- George Martin himself never wanted Pete Best thrown out of the group. He wanted Pete Best to remain in the official line up. Only in the studio would they use a session drummer.
I love ya Pete, I’m glad your still around and you still look great, and nobody can ever take away the fact that you were a Beatle and part of history.But Ringo was simply a better drummer.
Debatable as Ringo didn't play on lots of Beatles songs.
Know your history please
@@steffanhoffmann8937 know your history cause he definitely played 90% of songs
Better, maybe/maybe not. Ringo was exactly what the other three needed on all counts, better or not.
@@steffanhoffmann8937 Yes he did, don't believe that old blowhard drummer, wasshisname...
@@steffanhoffmann8937 Name them. You can skip Back In The USSR and The Ballad of John and Yoko because I’m well aware that Paul drummed on those.
Nice man❤
Just a class act.
Not when he sued the Beatles at least once or twice.
@@alancyr
Nope, still classy 😉...
Very humble man
Great guy, hope he knows about his breathing, hopefully it's nothing serious, sure he's fine.
Lennon shouldn't have talked so down on him. They used him by bringing him along just to get by and that's pathetic. If you can't find a drummer then fine but don't use someone. In a way he helped them at least start even if Ringo took off from there and was amazing. He got em
@5:03 Amen. Great life lesson.
EXCELENT INTERVIEW THAKS FOR SHARING IT
Pete there is a massive upside to.every bad situation. You didn't have there fame you didn't quite have there talent but you are still alive and well while half the Beatles have been gone for decades now.
They really kept badgering the poor guy by reminding him of his missed opportunity with the Beatles. They could have talked more about the Pete Best Band.
it’s not about “yesterday”, it’s about “tomorrow never knows”
I hope his drumming has improved since his Beatles days.
Saddest thing to me is the way pete was ignored by the Fab Four after his dismissal. 60 years later,, and NONE of them ever reached out.
I've thought about this frequently myself.
It's wrong-headed to think that The Beatles would have become anything like what they did become with Pete on board. Like: "Oh, Pete! You were so close to the big time!" No - to think that is to deny the extraordinary, spooky alchemy and balance of The Beatles. Change any one key part, and the story doesn't work. And Ringo was a key part.
Now and Then brought me here after seeing the 1st Beatles known photo with Pete Best
he looked like a film star. i wouldn't be surprised if the other three were perhaps jealous of that
Lovely bloke a true class act
Ringo most definitely is the better drummer. He was very creative, and unique. Exactly what the Beatles needed.
I'm not a drummer, but when I listened to the version of Love Me Do with Pete Best on drums,, even I could tell Pete's timing was off. I doubt Pete could have played drums on songs like Ticket to Ride, Rain, Tomorrow Never Knows, A Day in the Life, or Come Together (among others), anywhere near as well as Ringo.
@@thehighllama8101 agree
@@thehighllama8101 There's a reason Pete struggled with that infamous EMI recording of, "Love Me Do". When the Beatles arrived at the studio that day George Martin wasn't there. The Beatles played, "Love Me Do", among 3 other songs, for the engineers running the audition. The engineers were impressed enough to send for Martin. Once George Martin listened to, "Love Me Do", he abruptly changed the arrangement, ditching the skip-beat that Pete had been playing all along in the clubs. This threw Pete off! To be fair it would have thrown off Ringo too as well as any other Liverpool drummer. Paul didn't like it either, it threw off his vocals. EMI engineer, Norman Smith, who worked the session summed it up by saying, "The problem wasn't with how Pete was playing, but rather with the new arrangement he was being told to play." Most Beatle fans don't know the history of the song "Love Me Do". They just hear the below average demo on Anthology and blame Pete Best.
Regarding your comment about songs like Ticket to Ride, Rain, etc...I agree with you. Ringo was the perfect drummer for the Beatles, but he had the opportunity to grow with the band in the studio and had the benefit of multiple re-takes.
Como persona las comparaciones son de mal gusto para mi no ha mejores ni peores por fabor ya no le echen mas fuego al agraviado eso no se vale
my dad had dinner with him in the 70s, he told stories about the boys
They way Pete Best was let go by the Beatles was cowardly, they didn’t have the decency to tell him in person despite being “friends.”
Great drummer Pete, great answers especially when asked on comparison w/gringo 'drummers have different styles'.
Nice guy!
Did Pete Best finally make some money with the Beatles when the Anthology albums were released in 1995? There were some recordings that were pre-Ringo and Pete playing on them.
How many times must he have been asked about all of this during his life.
Not often
in fairness, he's the one who keeps bringing it up - why do you think he's still giving interviews?
@@markmeleady poor guy touched on glory wasnt to be
He must be the only person ever to have made a career out of being sacked.
Well, his next career was a breadbaker, so...
The way he was fired from the band was extremely cowardly. John, Paul and George should have told him to his face and given him the reasons why.
Instead, they made Brian Epstein do it.
I wish he could have been induced into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame with the rest of the Beatles.
After The Beatles Pete formed " The Pete Best Band " they toured America (clubs ) and released an album titled " Best of The Beatles ".
Pete made $14 Million from Anthology.
What is your source for the " $14 million " ?
@@sav7568 Its not much considering the project paid the four Beatles ( Johns estate ) $80M in just sign on fees and their royalties would have been massive
@@paulweston285 That is not an answer. How do you know that Pete Best earned $14 million from the Anthology album ?
Al margen de quién es mejor,creo que este caballero inglés tiene a Dios es su corazón solo así se puede explicar de como puede vivir en paz ,sin resentimientos,feliz y en buen estado de salud eso te hace grande Pete y serás el último beatle en dejar este mundo así como fuiste el primer batero!!bendiciones!!
Not many people can say they were in the Beatles.
The Beatles needed a drummer like a baseball team needs a pitcher. You can have great hitters and fielders but without a pitcher you are going to lose.
I hope he guy SOME kind of compensation thru the decades of all the offical old school releases.
The "Indra" in Hamburg (Beatles first performance) still exists. It's 100 m away from where I am living. Nice and cool club. Pete, Paul and Ringo should meet there and talk.
...sir Paul???!!! one of the richest guys on earth, no way Jose.
Who is Jose?
Any pictures on the wall there ? or something ?
Id love to go there...
Talk? About what?
I imagine that if he weren’t replaced, he would’ve spent a while dragging the Beatles down until he got replaced later.
Yes
Did he played on the 1st Beatles album ???
He did not. Not even on the first single.
What happened to Pete back then totally reminds me of the story of Limahl and Kajagoogoo, who was kicked out of the band in a similar way.
I know they made the best decision to replace him with Ringo as he was the best fit for theband. I don’t think it was cool to suddenly pretend like Pete doesn’t exist anymore, especially when you two are playing the same clubs and pass each other like nothing. That’s probably one of the few things I don’t like about the Beatles is how they handled that whole situation. I guess chalk it up to youthful arrogance.
According to Mark Lewisohn's book, the method they used to get rid of Pete was the one unforgivable chapter in The Beatles history.
@@magneto7930 agreed.
Or youthful awkwardness.
Agreed, they should have had more of that English gentlemanly quality about them. Pete is still a person with feelings.
Only 5 men can say they were in the Beatles. Pete is one of them.
6, there was Stu Sutcliffe
I know. Technically 6 with Stu but I’m talking real members not friends hanging out.
@@markwestervelt9708Nope, Stuart Sutcliffe was as much of a member as Pete Best was.
What makes you think he was “just a friend hanging out?@
I have great respect 👏for you Pete Best I don't know if you are a Religious man but you have a Buddhist mentality
He'd have topped himself if he hadn't developed that!
They should knight Pete Best for his Patience. =)
He’s a sweetheart. Graceful and good man. He could’ve lived a life of pure bitterness and vengefulness, but he chose total grace and love.
They just didn’t like him like they liked ringo. And ringo could drum…and if they were jealous…so what…he’s forever tied to the greatest thing in music ever…he should be happy…and at his age likely is now…
They had gigs to forefill, and had no Drummer!
Without pete possibly no Beatles!
Why does he still get interviewed?
A drum-off between Pete Best and Ringo in the 1980s would have been awesome.
@moonbeam yeah, that would be interesting! Thank you for mentioning this. They could do a competition now, if they both agreed to a meeting. Would be awesome for Beatle fans!
moonbeamskies - It would have been a waste of time, Pete quit full time drumming in the 60s to do manual shift work before becoming a civil servant.
When you listen to the Drumming on Abbey Road you realise Pete could never approach that standard. He couldn't;'t keep a beat then.There is a video on here proving that
Pete once work for DHSS?
thats a tough pill to swallow
Pete Best is a great guy. I met him about 5 years ago and spent time with him. His story and why he was replaced and why Ringo hasn't been told correctly. The Beatles themselves have changed the story a number of times. The latest one Paul tells is "we always wanted Ringo" which isn't true at all. Ringo was approached after a number of other drummers turned them down. Bobby Graham, Ritchie Galvin and Johnny Hutchinson each were offered the job and they turned it down. So at the very least they SETTLED on Ringo. He wound up fitting in very well in the end but had any of the other 3 who were offered took the job......I think Pete knows more of why he was sacked and he isn't telling. One thing that is true is that around the time he was sacked his mother gave birth to a child fathered by Neil Aspinal. (named Roag) I think this was definitely part of it. I am not sure it was his playing because to tell the truth, they were no better than he was! All of them were amateurs. Overall the story is a stinky one.
What's your take on Mark Lewisohn's description of what happened in his Volume One of Beatles' biography? He interviewed _many_ people about this, most of them never heard from before.
Your assessment makes more sense than what the majority believes. I met Pete and Roag the other day, at a fan-con, during their only US visit. Great guys, and really down to earth.
If the Beatles considered other drummers before hiring Ringo, that tells us how serious they were about replacing Pete. And let's remember that the three guys got in a van and drove hundreds of miles to where Ringo was playing with Rory Storm to offer him the job, which also tells us that Ringo was the guy they wanted.
@@JanPBtest Lewishon's books are great but not without error. He wanted to weave a narrative that they always wanted Ringo which fits nice in his book....but it isn't true. It's too bad because I think his book his great.There have been a number of books and articles on this subject which he doesn't agree with and/or chooses to ignore. If you watch him in interviews this subject comes up a lot and his mild demeanor changes and he gets angry...why?..because he knows that his version of the story isn't true!
@@randyjordan5521 Or perhaps that they were out of options...who knows?