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5.10am
This topic is about Pete Best and some of you seem to be talking about Help!. Hehe.
Well, I never really knew his personality & I haven't seen much of him but "Ringo was a better Beatle, Pete was a better drummer."
4.09pm
14 October 2009
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Day Tripped said:
This topic is about Pete Best and some of you seem to be talking about Help!. Hehe.
Well, I never really knew his personality & I haven't seen much of him but "Ringo was a better Beatle, Pete was a better drummer."
Well let's get it back on track!
I've been reading quite a bit about Pete recently and the more I read the more I admire how humble he is.
7.28pm
13 February 2010
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mjb said:
Well let's get it back on track!
I've been reading quite a bit about Pete recently and the more I read the more I admire how humble he is.
I read a short bit about him in a book. Still don't like him. They made him sound very dull and boring, but you can't believe everything you read. Also it said that he wouldn't give up the whole edgy-rock n' roll look for the shirts and ties Brian had suggested…sounds like something John would do, eh? Ya know, rebel against Brian. Not lil' ol' Petey…..
10.21am
13 November 2009
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Day Tripped said:
Well, I never really knew his personality & I haven't seen much of him but "Ringo was a better Beatle, Pete was a better drummer."
That's a myth. The other Beatles all say that they wanted Ringo because he was a better drummer, George Martin wanted to get rid of Pete Best because of his drumming ability and when you listen to recordings with Pete Best, the drumming is far from brilliant.
3.07am
13 November 2009
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10.19am
31 March 2008
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Is that actually Pete's body, or his head 'shopped onto someone elses? If it's really him then it's way cool.
4.52pm
13 November 2009
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The caption said it's him, but you know the internet. If it is, I don't know how he can be so cool. 
12.31am
7 August 2010
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Pete is not hot 
enough to be a Beatle.
12.52am
19 September 2010
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Pete was neither a good enough drummer or Beatle so his dismissal makes sense
I wonder why they waited 2 months between June 6 and August 15 to dismiss him
10.44pm
27 October 2010
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From what I've heard Ringo had been filling in off and on for Pete during certain shows before he officially was in the group. George also stated that he was not impressed with their drummer and was going to replace him on the songs. So it does seem a bit of both, not good enough musically and just didn't gel with the group as a whole. But I do feel sorry for him and how they treated him was really cold.
2.56am
19 September 2010
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To make an analogy; Do any Rolling Stones fans feel sorry for Ian Stewart? He was kicked out of the group as they approached fame but no one talked about him like they with Pete. Same situation, far different reactions. Please try to explain the reasons for the complete lack of sympathy for Stewart compared with Pete?
12.42pm
19 September 2010
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And Also……. He isn't a good drummer!
3.26pm
14 April 2010
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I don't know enough personal info about the man to either like or dislike him.
As for his drumming, it is hard for me to say whether he was worse or better than Ringo because they had very different styles. On Anthology 1, I though Pete's style was best suited for songs like Cry For a Shadow and Like Dreamers Do. But I preferred Ringo's and Andy White's style on Love Me Do versus Pete's. In the grand scheme of things, I do believe Ringo was the right choice as he made for a better Beatle.
I also agree with Nicholaevna Romanov above in post #30 in that his dismissal could have been handled much better.
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, Let it roll for all its worth.
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4.47pm
9 June 2010
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mr. Sun king coming together said:
Please try to explain the reasons for the complete lack of sympathy for Stewart compared with Pete.
I guess it just goes to show that the Beatles are so awesome, extreme attention is given to anyone associated with them, including ex-members.
I'm pretty sure, though, that nobody held a vigil outside Ian Stewart's house or went to Stones concerts chanting "Ian forever, Charlie never."
Also, Pete's dismissal seems like it was harsher than Ian's. So I wouldn't say it was the "same situation."
DISCLAIMER: I know next to nothing about the Rolling Stones except that a magazine was named after them. (I think!) So maybe I don't know everything about the situation.
mr. Sun king coming together said And yes, YouTube comments are stupid. But hilariously so.
1.09pm
31 March 2008
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The band and the magazine were both named after a Muddy Waters song.
8.46pm
11 November 2010
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I have nothing against Pete Best, but I think Ringo's definitely a better drummer.
9.28pm
1 December 2009
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mr. Sun king coming together said:
To make an analogy; Do any Rolling Stones fans feel sorry for Ian Stewart? He was kicked out of the group as they approached fame but no one talked about him like they with Pete. Same situation, far different reactions. Please try to explain the reasons for the complete lack of sympathy for Stewart compared with Pete?
Stu still appeared on certain Stones recordings from time to time, even after being kicked out. And it's not as though he was completely "replaced" in the same sense as Pete Best – the Stones didn't immediately hire another piano player. And since they didn't even feature piano in every track, Stu would never have been as necessary as a drummer.
9.33pm
14 April 2010
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Joe said:
The band and the magazine were both named after a Muddy Waters song.
Joe's post made me Google the following – origin of rolling stone magazine name
Do it now, click on the first link and tell me what jumps out at you.
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, Let it roll for all its worth.
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1.14am
13 November 2009
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My Google isn't playing along. What should I be seeing?
Edit: Heh. Pays to click through.
3.31am
10 April 2011
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The…The picture on the magazine cover 
…..wow…I was not expecting that…Anywho, I HATE Pete Best, I use his name as a swear word. But I was waaaayyyy obsessed with Ringo and his hotness when I realized there was an original drummer (When I figured out, I wanted to break my computer in half), so I guess I might like Pete a little bit more, if I knew he was the drummer first, but then again, that would mean hating Ringo… and how can you resist that!!!-->
He's so cute it hurts!!!
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