Comments on: Ringo Starr: The Cooler http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/2010/02/19/and-your-bird-can-sing/ For those of us who like our Beatles rare.... Mon, 21 May 2012 21:02:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Elliott Marx http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/2010/02/19/and-your-bird-can-sing/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Elliott Marx Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:49:32 +0000 http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/?p=740#comment-330 I do believe this video predates the one's you mentioned. But it is around the time that Devo released Whip It and the girl with the cigarette has a similar harshness to her. I do believe this video predates the one’s you mentioned. But it is around the time that Devo released Whip It and the girl with the cigarette has a similar harshness to her.

]]> By: dermarhk http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/2010/02/19/and-your-bird-can-sing/comment-page-1/#comment-329 dermarhk Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:24:08 +0000 http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/?p=740#comment-329 I've never seen this, so thanks! It seems to me to reflect the MTV influences, specifically the robo-dolls of Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love and the Michael Jackson Thriller long-form video. But it might pre-date those? I’ve never seen this, so thanks! It seems to me to reflect the MTV influences, specifically the robo-dolls of Robert Palmer’s Addicted to Love and the Michael Jackson Thriller long-form video. But it might pre-date those?

]]> By: Happy Nat http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/2010/02/19/and-your-bird-can-sing/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Happy Nat Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:34:03 +0000 http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/?p=740#comment-325 Hmmm....that's another altogether sound idea to consider. Hmmm….that’s another altogether sound idea to consider.

]]> By: Skylantern http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/2010/02/19/and-your-bird-can-sing/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Skylantern Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:47:38 +0000 http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/?p=740#comment-323 I'd never seen this video before. Thanks for posting. I don't care for the songs but the video is really interesting. I read it as a nightmarish interpretation of what it was like for Ringo to be trapped by his fame. I’d never seen this video before. Thanks for posting. I don’t care for the songs but the video is really interesting. I read it as a nightmarish interpretation of what it was like for Ringo to be trapped by his fame.

]]> By: Happy Nat http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/2010/02/19/and-your-bird-can-sing/comment-page-1/#comment-318 Happy Nat Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:33:02 +0000 http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/?p=740#comment-318 Caveman was shot in Mexico in February of 1980 and this film was made in January of 1981, still 3 months or so before Ringo and Barbara wed. I state in the post that this stars Ringo's "new" wife" but during the filming they were net yet married (my error). By the time most people saw it, though...they were. I have to agree with you on the film not matching the music too well, at least not my mind's application of the music. Yet it puts Ringo in a different light that is, "interesting" to say the least. Caveman was shot in Mexico in February of 1980 and this film was made in January of 1981, still 3 months or so before Ringo and Barbara wed. I state in the post that this stars Ringo’s “new” wife” but during the filming they were net yet married (my error). By the time most people saw it, though…they were. I have to agree with you on the film not matching the music too well, at least not my mind’s application of the music. Yet it puts Ringo in a different light that is, “interesting” to say the least.

]]> By: Elliott Marx http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/2010/02/19/and-your-bird-can-sing/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Elliott Marx Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:55:39 +0000 http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/?p=740#comment-317 Um, wow! What an interesting short film. The images have nothing to do with the lightweight tunes and soft production of the album. Stop is one of Ringo's absolute best works, but it isn't a serious, or scary album. The songs are gentle, comical and very G rated. I loved the sing songy nature of the album when I was a kid. The creepy video, with its reliance on bondage and severe visuals is a terribly inappropriate match for the music. Those images would have fit better, I think, with some of the more primitive techno type tunes on McCartney II (which was released only a year or so earlier.) I agree Stop and Smell the Roses is woefully underrated. And despite these creepy images very safe to play around children. Coincidentally, I have been listening to 10CC's masterpiece, How Dare You? all week long. One question, was this shot before or after Caveman? Um, wow! What an interesting short film. The images have nothing to do with the lightweight tunes and soft production of the album. Stop is one of Ringo’s absolute best works, but it isn’t a serious, or scary album. The songs are gentle, comical and very G rated. I loved the sing songy nature of the album when I was a kid. The creepy video, with its reliance on bondage and severe visuals is a terribly inappropriate match for the music. Those images would have fit better, I think, with some of the more primitive techno type tunes on McCartney II (which was released only a year or so earlier.)

I agree Stop and Smell the Roses is woefully underrated. And despite these creepy images very safe to play around children.

Coincidentally, I have been listening to 10CC’s masterpiece, How Dare You? all week long.

One question, was this shot before or after Caveman?

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