Don't Pass Me By vs. What Goes On

Don't Pass Me By - 1968, The White Album (The Beatles) ~ Written and sung by Ringo Starr

What Goes On - 1965, Rubber Soul ~ Written by John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, sung by Ringo Starr

Remember, THESE are my own opinions and they may be totally, 100% different than yours so no hate please!

Compare: Since this is a very special week for Ringo, I decided to compare/contrast 2 of Ringo's BEATLES SONGS! Yes, Ringo didn't write or sing too many Beatles songs, so I wanted to make this special. What are mostly alike between these 2 songs is that Ringo had help in the writing process. He helped John and Paul in the writing of "What Goes On" and "Don't Pass Me By" being the first song he made by himself (yay!) 

Contrast: I wouldn't want to say that these 2 songs are almost completely different but I 100% think that they're almost different. Ringo has his own kind of writing that is different than John and Paul's, "Don't Pass Me By" it has a country type of feel that Ringo enjoys and you can tell the easy, rocky kind of feel from John and Paul in "What Goes On". 

Likes: It's Ringo and I love his voice, so I do love both of these songs. Don't Pass Me By took Ringo 6 years to make and I think that is the most adorable things I've ever heard! (Rather contrasted to the full album completion by John and Paul in 1 week). 

Dislikes: This isn't really about these 2 songs themselves by its more over the actions between John/Paul (mostly Paul) and Ringo over the discussion of singing songs. Paul thought that Ringo didn't have enough of a voiceless range to sing many songs - so that's why he basically only got 1 song on each album. What I find funny is that when Paul wrote Yellow Submarine he didn't want to sing it because the range was so easy and gave it to Ringo to sing. Now that's one of The Beatles most memorable songs. 

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Ringo in the Spotlight

Usually when we think of someone being busy out of the last two remaining Beatles, it's probably Paul. But for the last few months, I've gotta say that Ringo has been over shining him! Ritchie is on the cover of April's Rolling Stone magazine (which my best friend gave me a copy of), his new album "Postcards from Paradise" was released March 31st, and he has been preparing for his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame on April 18th all of his life. I'm so proud of him and I think it's amazing that Paul is going to be his inductee - man, I just can't believe that Ringo is the last of The Beatles to be inducted, heck even Brian Epstein, their former manager was inducted before he was! I guess the saying, "save the best for last" is used in this sense. 

While reading the article about Ringo in this months Rolling Stone magazine, I'm not going to lie to you when I say I cried through the whole thing. Yes, I know that I'm super crazy but freaking Ritchie was pulling in my heart strings! On the second page, it is talking about how he lost his two brothers...John Lennon and George Harrison. That's what got me first, I couldn't hold in the emotions after that. The fact that Ringo references to them as his brothers breaks my heart. They we're all so close for SUCH a long amout of time and then to lose the both of them so early must have taken a very hard toll on him. 

Of course, this one article about Ringo saying that The Beatles reunion could have happened. Just sit there for a moment and think about it - A Beatles reunion - Back together since 1970, playing the songs that made them one of the most famous bands in music history. I never knew that they did try in both 1976 and 1979 for reunion tours but a year later we lost John and in 2001 we lost George. Do I think Paul and Ringo would go on a little Beatles reunion tour now? No. Do I wish that they did? Yes. But I don't think they'd do it without John and George because they aren't The Beatles without them. 

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The Beatles + Food

Have you ever listened to a certain band while eating food and suddenly think the food is more delicious than you ever thought? I know that's so totally weird to think about, it even seems a little crazy to me! But this whole theory has been proven by actual scientists and tested it on different types of music on people while they are food to figure out the results. 

Many reachers can suggest that certain types of music can bring out flavor in food including sweet, salty and bitter. Luciano Pavarotti can enhance the bitterness in coffee and intensity in chocolate mouse and Bille Holliday can empathize the taste of "autumn" in the taste of pumpkin just as two examples of many that were written. Even though those are pretty cool, what made me extremely excited when The Beatles was one of the bands to be tested! 

I think it's pretty cool that scientists did this experiment because now I know that if I ever eat fish and chips that The Beatles is the PERFECT band to listen to while eating them! You heard me everyone, they have actually proven that listening to The Beatles could help the enjoyment of eating fish and chips. How freaking cool is that?! Wait, that isn't it - it can even enhance different kinds of drinks.

Ultraviolent restaurant in Shanghai, China has already kinda tested out this theory by serving fish and chips to a backdrop of The Beatles. The dining room of the restaurant has photos projected onto the wall so when you're eating different courses/different foods, they put up pictures that goes with each theme. This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen (look up the pictures of the restaurant on the internet, you're mind will be blown away!) and if I ever get the chance to go to China, I'd love to check out this restaurant for sure (and 100% fangirl about The Beatles and fish and chips)! 

I've always been interested in food, every since I was younger. For a long amount of time I wanted to be a chef and work in my own restaurant. What I found cool about this article is that more and more restaurants should follow different atmospheres with the music that they play followed up with what the food they serve. With doing that, the amount of profft could almost be DOUBLED! This is just a really good topic to be researched into. 

If you'd like to read more about the different singers/bands that effect the taste of foods and learn more about this experience, check out the article that I first found this out about!: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3026252/The-Beatles-fish-chips-Pavarotti-chocolate-mousse-Pyschologists-discover-music-help-enhance-enjoyment-food.html

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