![]() ![]() Fortunately, he made it back in time because McCartney didn’t know that Ringo had left. In an interview with The Washington Post, McCartney said Starr took advantage of this and “slipped out” to the bathroom before his part in the song. Ringo Starr doesn’t enter on the drums for a while, giving him time to rest before joining in. “Hey Jude” begins with Paul McCartney lightly playing the piano and singing. Why can’t we have one seven minutes?’ You started breaking boundaries, questioning previous values.” Paul McCartney said Ringo Starr went to the bathroom before his part started in ‘Hey Jude’ ‘What d’you mean, man? ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ is six minutes 30. “He’d bring out a long record, so we knew it’d be OK to do ‘Hey Jude’ long. “We were cross-pollinating each other,” Paul recalled. In the 2015 book Conversations with McCartney, Paul shared that he and John Lennon were inspired to create an extended song after listening to Bob Dylan. For a while, the track was the longest song to reach No. However, they exceeded expectations with “Hey Jude,” a song over seven minutes. The Beatles typically released shorter hits that ranged from two to four minutes. ‘Hey Jude’ is one of The Beatles’ longest tracks Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr | Mike Coppola/Getty Images Paul McCartney revealed that Ringo Starr wasn’t there at the beginning of the first recording session as he had “slipped out” to use the bathroom. It sounds like a perfectly recorded track, but there were a few hiccups, including a curse word that was left in the song. I used to comment to him that he still acted like a child, but he laughed it off.“Hey Jude” is one of The Beatles’ greatest songs, yet the track has plenty of secrets attached to it. ![]() He was excellent with children - mostly because he’s usually gentle and playful. My mother loved him when she first met him because he charmed the socks off of her. He has a wonderful sense of humor and can be very charming at times. On the positive side, she added: "Richy is such a cheerful, peaceful man that it’s wonderful to talk with him. He was so afraid that I might not love him." We would be lying in bed and he would hold me close to him and say, 'Do you really love me?' I would have to constantly reassure him that I did love him, that I did care for him and I think he was really pleased to hear me say that to him. He just wants me to constantly reassure him that I love him because he gets afraid. He has this inferiority complex about him. He’s pretty laid-back and gentle - some people could call him a pushover. Looking back in 1988, Maureen painted an intimate picture of Ringo: "Richy isn’t assertive at all. While the band toured or spent all their time in recording studios, Maureen became friends with Paul's girlfriend Jane Asher, John Lennon's wife Cynthia and George's partner Cynthia.ĭuring the famous group 1968 trip to the Rishikesh in India, the women spent all their time together while the band was with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Plans for her to open a chain of hairdressers were shelved as she raised their children and personally answered Ringo's fanmail. Throughout the rest of the 1960s, Maureen stayed at home. Zak was born in September 1965, followed by Jason in 1967 and daughter Lee in 1970. She can shout at me now without opening her mouth - that’s being married." You both become different people because you get to know each other so well. "When you’re married it’s not like when you’re courting. That just knocked me out she’s still a minor you see. When I married her, her parents signed her over to me. Ringo told Cleave: "Her place is with me.
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