Three Dog Night, One
This song is more energetic and catchy than of new songs these days.
This song is more energetic and catchy than of new songs these days.
Did John, Paul and George lend a helping hand in the song writing?
Yes Paul played drums on "Back in the U.S.S.R." and "Ballad of John and Yoko".Yea, there’s a lot of discussion about how much the others contributed towards Ringos solo album. Lot of people also say that I think on white album Paul did some of the drumming.
If I put my college professor hat on I would say "Mr. Starkey , you claim to have written these three very successful songs with only a little help from your friend George. Yet without your friend George, you have written nothing close to this level of success before or after. Do you really expect me to believe you wrote the majority of these songs yourself?" If Ringo wrote most of the song, why would George have to do a demo for him so he could learn it? Also demos by their nature are not intended to be a finished product. They are a guide for the singer. If George was going to actually release the song, his vocal would be more polished. But I could be wrong. This is only my speculation. Only Ringo knows for sure now. Peace and Love Ringo.GaryH,
Listening to George Harrison's version of "It Don't Come Easy" makes me realize the vocals are better on Ringo's version and support the supposition that generally a songwriter writes a song that is suitable for the lead vocalist. The classic songs that Harrison wrote with The Beatles like "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something" were songs that he sung and were written by George to be sung by himself. For these reasons I tend to agree that George was a contributor but not majority writer of "It Don't Come Easy." Possibly the same with Octopus's Garden, although it was an easy marketing decision to let Ringo have sole credit as fans were likely to associate the inherent silliness of the song with the silliest of the Beatles. Although it is a pretty good song. Of course one could also say that "I Am The Walrus" was one of the silliest songs written by John Lennon, yet it's a strong composition musically and over the years the lyrics have become wildly debated including by McCartney and the other Beatles themselves.