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- Former Beatle Pete Best appears on the
classic Howard Stern Show in New York, 1986.
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Years ago, I was a Musician/Actor and portrayed John Lennon in a show that was running in Ft Myers, Fl called "All you need is love" and we played in this small stadium. One night we were surprised to have Pete show up to the show, so we asked him to sit in and the place went crazy when he sat on the drums during the Hamburg section of the show. We did "My Bonnie" and "Cry for a shadow" and "Some other guy". He was there with Roag ( his brother ) He played great! And I'm telling you I've played with many, many drummers over the years and he totally held his own that night. He's a great guy. we all went to dinner after the show and he was just as gracious as can be telling us some amazing stories about the Beatles that I have never heard! I'll never forget that night ! I asked him what was his favorite Beatles song and he told us it was "I saw her standing there".
Nice ❤🙏🎶👁
Wow that is amazing! I can imagine the stories, I heard he use to hang out with John a lot in Hamburg and they would get shitfaced and bang hookers lol To this day the Indra club is still there. THAT is where the Beatles started. It's this shitty little club way way off the Reeperbahn that must have disappointed the hell out of them when they first went there in August of 1960. But can you imagine the hell Pete must have went through? They fired him August of 1962 and five months later Please please me hit #1 and kicked off Beatlemania in England and from there they got bigger and bigger which must have tortured the hell out of him. He said he did try to kill himself by putting his head in a gas stove
I love your story, and I'm not surprised Pete played great. He was a great drummer when he was a Beatle, too. Here's what a contemporary drummer of Pete's said when he was asked in an interview what he thought of Pete's drumming: *"He was a genius. You could sit Pete Best on a drum kit and ask him to play for 19 hours and he'd put his head down and do it. He'd drum like a dream with real style and stamina all night long, and that really was The Beatles' sound, forget the guitars. I was amazed when they replaced him. I even thought about learning guitar so he could be the drummer in my band. The Beatles didn't hate Pete Best, but they didn't want to be outshone by their drummer. Ringo was a good drummer but he was more ordinary."* -- Chris Curtis, drummer for The Searchers, a great Liverpool band who scored a 1964 Top 3 Hit in the US charts with their classic, "Love Potion # 9". Chris saw Pete Best play many times in both Hamburg and Liverpool during Pete's two years as The Beatles' drummer.
Roag ✌
@@Navigatorbythestars Roag, not Rouge. Clearer?
Anyone who knows anything at all about drumming knows that Ringo was brilliant and an invaluable Beatle.
And even John said “Pete was a lousy drummer who we only allowed to tag along because we needed a drummer for hamburg” now I will say the band should’ve done the firing themselves instead of hiding behind Brian but it is what it is
you're being facetious, right?
@@carewserexplain how Ringo isn’t a good drummer?
@@Thisusernameisnttaken Ringo used 6 drums and cymbals. Here's Neil Peart's setup:
andrewolson.com/Neil_Peart/drums/images/r40/r40-mod-md-copy.jpg
Now tell me who's better. Pretty much every drummer in rock music history had a bigger kit than Ringo, he was just a guy that got lucky by being in the Beatles
@@carewser it’s not the equipment, it’s how you use it man. And more isn’t always better. Show some respect
Good old Pete. If I ever meet him and he's still able to handle a beer I'll buy him a couple and thank him for his service.
I have met him, very very nice guy. Met him in 2008 at one of his concerts, great show.
@@toms4442 a friend of mine went to see him in Atlanta around that time but the show started and ended unusually early and by the time dude got there the show was over.
We got to meet him after an All You Need Is Love Concert - Pete, his wife and cousin were sitting in Front of us - at Barbara B Mann Hall - Ft Myers Fl - We were joking around after the show!
So many people say that Pete was THE Beatles drummer but that was rubbish. He was their third drummer. Pete only picked up the job because Tommy Moore the regular drummer quit suddenly and they needed someone who could travel to Hamburg. He only joined 3 days before they left for Hamburg.
Absolutely true. People seem to follow 'the popular opinion' rather than research the truth. Lennon/McCartney were witty, quick, amusing, creative people. To put it in a kindly way: Pete best does not quite seem to fit in.
They could have gave him another job
I was one of the opening performers when Pete and his band toured the states in 2005 at Hartwood Acres outside of Pittsburgh. Got to meet him backstage and had a picture taken with the other opening acts, plus he signed 2 drum heads for me. He is a very kind person who you just want to hug ❤.
The show needed more clapping.
you said what everyone else is thinking
ZEN Thank you for this upload. I just subbed, I hadn't heard this interview in years. I appreciate it.
Cheers, John! Have a good day.
There is audio of John Lennon telling it straight why he was booted out. Basically he says he was a lousy drummer . They got offered work in Hamburg and needed a drummer desperately in order to take up the work. They had heard about a local guy who had a kit but he wasn’t great but they trained him to keep a solid four to the bar but beyond that he was useless. It was always the intention to get rid of him as soon as they got back from Hamburg. He said all the stuff about Paul being jealous of his looks etc was complete rubbish. That sound like the truth of it. They were just spineless the way they dealt with him.
This is what happened- Ringo joined later but as history shows , he was the drummer of the Beatles- Pete was never really a Beatle - they just needed someone to hit the drums in Hamburg and took anyone - always wanting Ringo but he was in another band .
He is no more a Beatle than Stu Sutcliffe who was only there cause he was johns mate and couldn’t play bass anyway
They were crappy working class guys but horrible manners
Jumping in a year later - but I jump in when EVER this anti-Pete garbage comes up. John also was a liar. You want to know how many times he's flipped flopped on history? Start with Rolling Stone interviews and then Playboy. If he was a lousy drummer what was John? A sucker who did multiple tours woodshedding in Hamburg with a lousy drummer? Seems he had more than a year and literally thousands of long sets to fire him but noooo. Then after THAT Brian shops them around to every label with still a lousy drummer ?? So, THEN they get a CONTRACT with EMI - with that lousy drummer - a drummer with an EMI contract way before Ringo smelled fame. He was the only Beatle pictured on Merseybeat front page when they got their EMI contract; by far the number one fan favorite on and on. Oh, if you think Ringo was better at THAT point just dig up some '62 Rory Storm and the Hurricanes and behold the suckitude of Ringo. After Ringo joined - they did lousy 30 minute sets for every Live show until the end in '66 about 3 years after Pete. The lousy drummer played more than 8 hours a day almost every day hammering it out - forging the Beatles. Even Ringo knew they could "pull a Pete" on him when he got tonsillitis and Jimmy Nichol filled in at height of fame - what do YOU think "pull a Pete" means and mind you Pete and Ringo were friends before the firing - obviously Ringo wasn't saying he'd be fired for SUCKING right? Meaning "pulling a Pete" meant GETTING JOBBED. Ringo's words. Listen to the Decca audition - it sucks but it doesn't suck because of Pete; it sucks because the songs are ridiculous - Besame Mucho? 3 Cool Cats? and George was lead singer all over the pitch and John and Paul were no better. No drummer could've saved that mess. Everything I said is fact and can be checked - mixed in with me asking leading questions. Either Lennon was a weak-ass amateur pushover or I'm correct and what he said was typical bullshit Lennon crap. Again, see "Lennon Speaks" in Stone and the famous Playboy interviews to witness liar boy in action. "telling it straight" my ass. ☮
John even says In that same interview the girls liked him and that was a good thing for a while but always planned to get rid of him.
Lennon saying he was lousy was tactless . He simply could have said we preferred ringo
Or we felt we could find a better drummer....but to be so callous. ...lennon was a heartless !@#$
To set the record straight since there still seems to be confusion: Pete Best was a weekend bar band quality drummer. Ringo was an excellent drummer, that's why a few fairly talented people chose, and kept him, in the band. The choice was not difficult. The whole Ringo sucks thing is made up by fans of progressive rock showoffs in the 70's and perpetuated by people who have never picked up a set of sticks to this day. Ringo knew how to hit the drums and had excellent time and feel, these are important to actual musicians, and it's not a lie or a joke. Ringo good. Pete Best not good. May God have mercy on your souls.
Ringo is (what I call) a 'drumsician' - a step above
Nobody tops Bonham. Ringo was a one dimensional drummer who kept perfect rhythm. Bonham and Zepp were way above The Beatles.
@@jayclarke6671 You're doing exactly what I pointed out in my comment, thanks for proving the premise. Zeppelin above the Beatles? How so? Not in sales or lasting cultural significance, to be sure. Playing more notes, louder? sure, Zep's got 'em there. Glenn Campbell had more musicianship and physical ability in his pinky finger than both bands combined, yet I'm not about to argue Led Zeppelin would have been better with Glenn Campbell on guitar and vocals. How about appreciating that the right guys were in the right band? Edit to add, Bonham and Ringo were friends in real life, there was no actual rivalry amongst the players, just the fans.
@@NickWeissMusic Glenn Campbell....lol. Zeppelin epics are unmatched in terms of songwriting structure and performance. The Beatles did outsell Zepp and everyone else but my conservative mother bought a Beatles album, she would never even have conceived of buying a Zepp or Stones album. That's the difference. In terms of the music itself, Zepp still sounds relevant and fresh today with their recent remastered series, whereas much of The Beatles music sounds ancient and out of date with the exception of Abby Road which admittedly is a masterpiece.
@@jayclarke6671 yes, Glenn Campbell, played on more hits than both bands combined, huge hits with Jerry Reed, the Monkees, Beach Boys, Elvis, Righteous Brothers, Frank Sinatra, more vocal range than McCartney, thankfully didn’t shriek like Plant lol. Finished out his last tour in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, couldn’t speak to the audience but it didn’t affect his playing or singing. More of a Bach level talent, as opposed to Bonham level. Again, you’re citing marketing driven, fan based hype. The band that invented the rock concept album (Paul credits Zappa for influencing btw, but the Beatles made it #1), isn’t as good at creating songs or an album as Led Zeppelin? Sgt. Pepper was released before zeppelin was formed lol. Come on now. I’m a big fan of both bands, Bonham is my favorite reason to listen to Zeppelin and a truly great rock drummer, but he wasn’t even the most technically proficient rock drummer of the day, Mitch Mitchell could swing circles around him.
The incessant clapping during this era of Howard was so incredibly annoying.
They are like a bunch of children
Say that again 👏👏SMH🤬
Yoooo… ruined the whole interview
The clapping is almost as bad as Pete's drumming.
And they claimed this was the golden. Era 😂🤣😂😂
It’s amazing how to this day he says that he was a better drummer than Ringo..!! This is hilarious 😂
Indeed! The man had a lazy bass-drum foot and the horrible habit of changing from hi-hat to cymbal randomly... and NO sense of humour!
I have heard interviews with Paul and he blames Pete's personality more than anything, Ringo had the same sense of humor, which is huge, if you can't get along...
@@toms4442 there is also an interview with John Lennon in TH-cam and he says that Pete was a lousy drummer, they took him on as they needed urgently a drummer to go to Hamburg, but they intended to dump him as soon as they found a better drummer…
If he was that good he would have been picked up by another good band.
@@MrSitemaster2
Good point
Pretty (intentionally) mean spirited interview if you ask me,weird hearing Howard slate Paul and Ringo considering how much he kisses their arses nowadays when he interviews them.
Yeah, imagine if they called him out on it when they were interviewed by him.
Howard is a dirt bag.
@@broskoone total
Stern would bad mouth God if he was interviewing Satan. His angle was always create controversy and he would be a "Friend' of his interviewee and try to get them to bad mouth someone else. Pete seems a nice enough guy and doesn't quite fall for the techniques.
Howard Stern is more interested in being rude and controverisal to increase his fan base, than being a respectful interviewer.
I’m so glad he finally got paid
Pete may have been a good a drummer as Ringo BUT, the missing ingredient was the chemistry. The humor that jelled between the three and with Ringo was a key factor in their success. Charisma, was appealing to the fans and the media. And on the verge of world fame, a desicion had to be made. And it was the right one. Ringo sang in the song Boys and Yellow Submarine. Pete, I don't know if he could sing.
Technically and artistically, Pete was not a very good drummer. Could you imagine Pete on such time-tricky Beatles songs as "Rain", "She Said She Said", "Come Together", "Day Tripper", or "In My Life"?
He wasn't even in the same league as Ringo who is widely considered as among the best of that era. Best wasn't better than your average garage band drummer.
@@danielgolus4600 No, I could not. Or, on A Day in the Life. Ringo's drumming was creative and innovative for the time. And, yes, the band 'chemistry' required Ringo, to really work. No, offense to Pete, he seems like a decent fellow.
Being Ringo= punch your wife ,cheat on her ,and get drunk during a entire decade,married a beautiful lady just for being a beatle and rich
@DARKO
..think you hit the nail on the head with that one.. 👏👏
Pete Best is the only guy I know - who made a living off of getting fired. Today, Pete doesn't feel so bad. He made an estimated 9 Million dollars royalties from the Beatles Anthology in 1996. Poor Pete.
His retirement and family estate was instantly funded, and The Beatles saw to it that Pete got paid. That's not bad money for 2 yrs drumming live at Hamburg Clubs, but that's not all he did.
Pete's mother, Mona Best, built a Coffee Bar in the basement of her large home, so her 2 boys (and their friends) could play their music. John, Paul, and George soon came to play. They even painted and decorated the place.
Beatles then manager, Alan Williams, secured them some work in Hamburg, but the deal breaker was, they had to have a drummer. Pete Best was who they chose. Without Pete, they could not have honed their craft in Hamburg.
Remember that John Lennon said this: "Our best work was in the early days. but it was never recorded". WHO was the Beatles drummer in the early days? Pete Best.
I would venture to say, without Pete Best, there may not have been a Beatles.
100% agree with you, spot on Nelg✌🏻
You are misquoting Lennon's statement. He specifically says, "We were four guys. . . . I met Paul and said, ``You want to join me band?'' Then George joined, and then Ringo joined. We were just a band that made it very, very big, that's all. Our best work was never recorded. " In fact, he never mentions Pete Best once in the entire interview. He was upset about their "best work" because he liked it more raw. . But it had nothing to do with Pete Best.
A little bit of that is true, believe me, I know and I'm still in the Pool fighting against every bloody so called Beatles expert.
By the early days they meant ringo and them in the cavern days
The Beatles Anthology was produced by Neil Aspinall (head of Apple, at the time), who just happened to be the father of Pete's half-brother, Roag. So, of course, Pete got his pay-off. Oddly enough, the medals John wore on the Sgt Pepper album were from Pete's grandfather, and John had asked Pete's mother to borrow them for the cover shoot. Afterward, a polite thank-you note to Pete's mother. That last bit, about the medals, were from Pete himself.
Lmao… the pic of Howard!!!!!! Even with all that money and surgeries…… woof!!!!!!!!!!
I recently read an article that in 1966 Pete Best put out an album out that had no Beatles music on it called "Best of the Beatles", that had an early photo of the Beatles on the cover with a circle placed over Best's head and a lot of people bought it thinking it was a Beatles greatest hits album.
There were several phony "Beatles" albums released in the early days.
I've been obsessed with researching about Pete Best and his story. What I have to say is:
There was no better drummer than Ringo, no better bassist than Paul, Guitarist than John, and Lead Guitarist than George.
BUT I think Pete Best was the best person to have been kicked out.
He's absolutely respectful and states facts, doesn't give rumors or lies, he says it how it happens and still makes sure that no lies are told about how it happened.
He doesn't try to make it seem like a "I broke up with them" story, but rather says how it happened, but makes sure other rumors that would make Pete look good, are not lies.
At 7:55 Howard tells Paul that Epstein didn't get kicked out of the group, and only Pete did because he was not gay or said yes to his offer of staying.
Howard says that Epstein then gave the other members "some" (sex, love)
but then "Pete says well, that amounts to your own opinion."
Before that at 7:50 he says "I don't know if it's true or not, I'm not the guy to tell that"
Pete is respectful and I love that if anyone got kicked out, it was him.
Imagine it was someone else, would they be as respectful and truthful as another member?
Say Paul? What if Paul remained bitter and said lots of lies if he got kicked out and he was being interviewed years later.
Pete respects the Beatle's legacy, because whether he was a part or not, he has respect for it and accepts that they are amazing. Instead of a bitter person saying "they suck anyway. " We all know that's true. Love you Pete, glad you still got famous and are FOREVER tied with the Beatles, unlike most of us, we will never be.
Just listen at 9:57 to what its said and what Pete replies with.
Just golden. Respectful.
Epstein said that Best's mother kept interfering with his plans for the Beatles, so the only way to get rid of her was to get rid of Best...Best will never come out with the truth becoz he will never disrespect his mother with any blame...cant blame him........that said, he will still hang on to the Beatle name to make what he can, when he can...he eventually got what he wanted with the Anthology Album
@@MRROBBIEWATTS good for best i probably do the same
@@MRROBBIEWATTS then along came Yoko..
George sucked.
Howard Stern talks bad about Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Starr. Kisses up to Pete Best and later on in the years interviews McCartney and kisses up to him and he talks about Scot Muni?
Bro. Who wouldn't do that? He's howard fucking stern.
Howard was a two faced prick back then. He got some therapy. A whole different guy.. Turned out to be one of the best interviews on the planet.
Howard talked trash about Paul McCartney in the 1990’s because he wouldn’t go on his show. He said he has not had a hit in years.
The book Pete Best refers to in this interview "Beatle:The Pete Best Story" is a fantastic book.
He is sort of a national treasure as a right there witness till basically the first Beatles hit.
It's one hell of a bOOk
Omg, these comments are baaaaad. He's just having a man to man conversation to him, and he says a couple things. Stern LOVES The Beatles, just listen to the audio of his show when Lennon died. He's a life long fan, yall need to CHILL!
Well said, Diffuse. Also that show the morning after John’s death was the saddest I’ve ever heard Howard.
Have a good day, fella!
Howard used to be the king of playing devil’s advocate
Hilarious interview. Now Stern is kissing celebrity ass
People under 30, do you listen to classic rock from 1955-1980? That was 60 years ago!
For an experiment, ask people that grew up then, if they were listening to music from the 1890s, and watch the looks they give you.
People that grew up in that time listened to classical music and ragtime just like we listen to classic rock.
Just heard him say 23 years later. Now it's 60!
Pete Best receives millions in royalties for the early songs he played on.
I think it was only about 600k -1m in 1995 after the anthology. And that was it.
@@nigefal he was 54 by then too old to enjoy it properly!
No he didn't
much later in life ...
At the time this interview was recorded nothing with Pete Best’s drumming had been officially released by the Beatles so they owed him nothing. When they finally released some old recordings featuring him in 1995 he got his payday.
Ringo was a established professional drummer and was playing with Rory Storm and the hurricanes. John and Paul both said Pete couldn't keep up when playing at the Caverns. Pete never tried to get better. Also Pete wanted to stay a Teddy and not go the Mop top direction which was a clean look also to get rid of leather jackets. They all said Ringo was a better Beatle. There are times when you are faced with doing everything you can to get better. I was a basic drummer in the late 70's into the mid 80's. I knew I would have to go more than all in to get better. We opened for a soon to be big 80's band that is still touring today and poof we broke up. I think it was over a girl between the guitarist and our singer? I was also called up 2xs for a minor league baseball team. Reality hit when a rehabbing MLB player hit a grounder by me and it hissed and I knew I was good but not that good. I was told if I grew another 2-3" and put on some weight I would get signed. Then a agent would harass me and my family to sign but I knew I ...........was out of my league.
I think he interviews well, he answers the questions - he avoids snarkiness and he’s occasionally funny even though you know the subject matter might still be painful for him.
At least this time he didn't bring mummy with him (like he did on national TV in the 60s)
Listen to Robin. Her comments, and her laugh are the best part of this interview.
And she's so dang beautiful!
you just NEVER hear subjects and questions like this any more! - hilarious...and the woman also very funny
KROQ....WAS the West Coast 'RoQ' of thee 80's!!⛈️⛈️
After seeing numerous interviews with the band members......
How the band was formed was; John chose Paul, Paul chose George and George chose Ringo. No one chose Pete he was just available when they needed a drummer to go to Germany.
John thought Pete was a lousy drummer and he wasn't improving with the rest of the band.
Paul thought the band just sounded better when Ringo filled in for Pete.
George's view on it was Pete was a drummer but Ringo was a Beatle.
Well said!
met him in 1986 at a lecture in albany.. was a very kind , attractive dude. a real gent
I can say I would never be able to handle what Pete has. It was in his face every minute of every day and he didn't top himself. Glad he eventually got paid.
Pete Best is a kind soul who got really lucky not be part of the beatles.Look what happened to them after the Beatle's!
Yeah it must have sucked banging hundreds of women all over the world even after the break up.
Lets be honest if you had to tour the UK in a Van, would you prefer to have Ring Starr at your side or Pete Best?
Pete Best ez
Ringo. Pete is a terrible drummer. Anyone who said Pete is a good drummer knows nothing about drumming.
Pete
You mean for kicking Koo lo.probably Pete Best
14:04 Pete says Tommy Moore is still around but he died 5 years before in 1981
Howard should take his own advice about giving pagouts to people who helped make him!
Don’t worry mate.. being replaced by Ringo Starr is pretty much a compliment
..so when Howard interviewed Paul McCartney years later...I bet Pete' Best was not to be mentioned ...I'd really love for Paul to speak about him and the early days...
he did bring him up when he interviewed him
@@keve4253 ...it would be great to see them together talking about the early days....
I understand he got a huge check from the Anthology.
There was a great interview with John about Pete.
The guys had a chance to go play in Hamburg but they needed a drummer.
So they picked up this guy just cause he looked ok. But he couldn't carry a beat.
At all.
And John said he never got any better. As soon as they could they dropped him.
And as Pete admitted he never played again after '68.
He didn't really play before that either. heh heh
In what universe does "as soon as they could" mean TWO YEARS LATER??? lol Lennon was full of schit in that interview, all pissed off because he'd been peppered with questions about why they sacked Pete, the most popular Beatle during his two years in the band. In more sober moments Lennon told Beatles historian, Tony Barrow, *"Pete was a better drummer, Ringo was a better Beatle."*
Pete’s a real nice guy and really got screwed the way the Beatles handled his firing and once they made it big they should have thrown him some money.
That said he was a local yokel drummer and they where great on the verge of making it big. He wasn’t in their league. Ringo is always rated as a top 5 drummer in rock history.
Ringo is rated that high mainly because of who he played with. He's not a bad drummer but whether he was better than Pete Best is debatable.According to Pete he was better than Ringo and said other local drummers would back him up on that.
@@mikereiss4216 it’s not debatable if you use respected musicians opinions. Pete Best was a wedding band drummer. Why didn’t all of the other super groups coming up grab him up if he was that good?
@@mikereiss4216 debatable? Really? Have you heard Pete play? Anyone that said Pete is on a same level or better than Ringo knows nothing about drumming. Howard said that he was better jut to provoke him. And the woman host, well, she's just a dumb. Everything she said in the interview is rubbish.
Pete Best has made millions of dollars in royalties off the very early Beatles music.
@@broskoone exactly! Ringo is one of the best, if not THE best, rock drummer in history. His musicality is actually mind boggling. Those that can't see his greatness do not understand music, groove composition, originality or soulfulness.
its pretty obvious Howard knew less about The Beatles than my grandfather did . its really astounding how little he knew of the band
He ask those questions for people who might not know, he makes up questions from his notes. 20 million people listening, not everyone knows the obvious stuff.
just to straighten it out - P Mc never tried to take credit for songs that John wrote
😂😂😂😂Not when he was alive. All that came later.
Howie was the main antagonist back in the day...
In those days NO ONE in Mainstream Hollywood wanted to do an interview on his show because he would bring up anything embarassing. He Sold Out when he made the movie Private Parts to become an accepted member of "Society".
I know that Pete did get a giant payday in 1996 BUT bear in mind that it was 30+years later. I personally don't think I could have dealt with the fame but no money for so long
He looks like Allen Covert in Wedding Singer
I think Howard is a good interviewer of the Beatles why? Maybe because he lived through them too just like me and he really asks questions any natural American would ask. Not the pop questions but man to man style and he is funny. Howard LOVES their music and I would love to see Howard interview P&R anytime
You’ve got a much better attitude than half of these people in the comments.
Omfg, yes.
So the average American wants to know about penis size...? This is why USA is the laughing stock in the uk and most of western Europe. Stern is a disgusting creep and always has been.
Yeah, but sometimes he gets a bit full of himself.
Hes got a good attitude Pete Best.
Delusional Pete Best. At 4:11 he says he was a better drummer than Ringo. He was fired because he sucked (John Lennon's words not mine). Ringo sat in with the Beatles in Hamburg, Paul said the moment Ringo started playing they all looked at each with wide eyes (this is what it is like to play with a real drummer).
You must not have heard how much of a prick John could be.
@@sid7088That doesn't stop Pete Best being fucking shit though.
I wonder how Ken Brown feels about missing out. I seem to remember that Ken Brown was kicked out my McCartney because Mona Best let him work the door one night (he had an injury) and still payed him as part of the band. McCartney felt Mona should have paid him out of her expenses.
Ken wasn't kicked out; he quit. But yes, those were the circumstances. When the others backed Paul, he realised he wasn't respected or even considered to be a real member of the group.
Howard Stern is like a constant adolescent.
Yep. My peak interest in him was at age 12. DC 101. His audience was mostly 20 something NY ers with 15 year old emotional age
everyone that comes in is the best looking beatle
Too bad Howard was not allowing Pete to talk uninterruptedly because Pete Best was trying to tell his story.
Ringo is the man, he got replaced by the best man for the job.
Ringo so lame
@@mjp96 Much better drummer than you!
Agreed, just listen to the new 2022 Oct release of Revolver and that'll tell you the answer to that question 👍
Ringo was one of the luckiest people in the 20th century.
@@walkerpercy8702 Talented. .
1. Pete seems like a great guy.
2. The way The Beatles dumped Pete and didn't talk with him again was very immature; even The Beatles seemed to regret it later in life (they didn't regret dumping him, but they regretted the way they did it - i.e. without facing him).
3. Having listened to the Decca audition several times, Ringo was simply a much better drummer for the band. The Beatles probably would have been somewhat successful without Ringo, but even that's a question mark since Decca rejected them when they had Pete.
4. Pete Best is well-known to all Beatles fans, not because of his drumming talent but because of the subsequent success of The Beatles. In fact Pete is the best known "almost was" musician in history. He's far better known that Doug Sandom (an early drummer with The Who), or Henry Padovani (The Police guitarist before Andy Summers), or even Ian Stewart (the keyboard player with the Rolling Stones, who actually continued to play live and on albums with the Stones for 23 years - until he died - after being "kicked out"; he just was no longer named as a "band member" after 1962).
5. The other Beatles were what made the band great, Pete was just a guy who could play "ok" drums and happened to be in the right place at the right time.
6 Pete should consider himself a lucky guy for all of the above, including that he can supplement his income from Beatles fans by sharing stories of their time together.
7. Howard is an idiot to say he'd "kill himself" if The Beatles kicked him out, just before the worldwide fame; obviously that's not true but he shouldn't even joke about that, considering how emotionally some people act when disappointed.
I am inclined to agree with all that
This tendancy to rub salt in the wound surfaced big time when Dana Plato overdosed the night after being on the Howard Stone Show.
he should joke about it - and the cultivated fragility of our time can take a hike
For your information, The Beatles were signed by George Martin's Parlophone label at EMI (Abbey Road) with PETE as their drummer. Get your facts straight before coming on here and posting nonsense. smh
Pete was a gentleman about it, but Ringo was a great drummer. Once Ringo joined, the magic and miracle of the Beatles came together. Pete wasn’t as good a drummer as Ringo.
Well,, The Beatles hooked him up with credit, acknowledgement and Beatles money on that Anthology, which was a good gesture - no matter how late...
Love Howard Stern
Howard has improved so much since.
He has. He comes off like a kid barely hitting puberty. He comes off as fake but, we all are to some level.
Seems like the same guff to me. Don’t understand how he became so popular.
His sketches were funny on that old show of his, but as an interviewer, he was a complete dick. Shock jokcs bore the hell out of me these days.
He knows his audience and caters to them.
He’s Establishment now
he said he hadnt talk to paul since 1962
..love the clapping 👏 👏👏 ..for real.. 😂 ..hilarious 🤯 😉
Americans are not stupid just the ones who listen to Howard Stern.
How come there weren’t tons of Beatle babies all over England and Germany.?
Howard and Robin ruined this interview. They interrupted Pete, they talked over Pete, asking Pete sexual questions about the others. WTF? I would have really liked to just hear Pete tell his story.
Thats what they do
I was at the Ritz show!!!!!!
Howard was funnier back in these days. This was one of his better interviews thanks to Pete Best.
He doesn't seem funny. He seems like a dumb teenager.
He was more obnoxious, like a young Jerry Lewis. Obnoxious doesn't equal better
Actually ringo was in Hamburg
Germany playing for another band Right next to the Beatles wasn't he?😢
Yep, Rory Storm And The Hurricanes
Pete Best STILL going on about being better than Ringo. ...the self delusion is effing astonishing.
He's not lying. But don't take it from me. Here's what a contemporary drummer of Pete's said when he was asked in an interview what he thought of Pete's drumming: *"He was a genius. You could sit Pete Best on a drum kit and ask him to play for 19 hours and he'd put his head down and do it. He'd drum like a dream with real style and stamina all night long, and that really was The Beatles' sound, forget the guitars. I was amazed when they replaced him. I even thought about learning guitar so he could be the drummer in my band. The Beatles didn't hate Pete Best, but they didn't want to be outshone by their drummer. Ringo was a good drummer but he was more ordinary."* -- Chris Curtis, drummer for The Searchers, a great Liverpool band who scored a 1964 Top 3 Hit in the US charts with their classic, "Love Potion # 9". Chris saw Pete Best play many times in both Hamburg and Liverpool during Pete's two years as The Beatles' drummer.
this is hilarious. Howard and Robin are kinda setting him up. John Lennon said it best: Pete is a drummer. Ringo is a Beatle. Pete's sacking was hurtful and cowardly but Pete didn't fit in to the band, he didn't have the beatle personality, wit, charm, humor etc. And George Martin , a music man of a high order, said Pete wasn't a good drummer. If he was great, he would have had an amazing career playing with great musicians like Clapton, etc. But it never happened. Ringo was the best drummer the Beatles could have had. The proof is in the pudding. And the music without Pete, but with Ringo will last forever.All said, Pete suffered and is a decent guy.
I like this comment, makes sense 👌
*_CEASE. THE. GODDAM. CLAPPING._*
George Martin didn't tell the Beatles to keep the line-up the same. He said that as far as the live shows are concerned, "you do whatever you want", but that Best wasn't good enough for the recordings. That's a lot different than an "endorsement". Honestly, as nice of a guy as Pete Best is, he always spins this story in 20 different directions to avoid what is obvious by listening to his recordings and watching him play drums: he simply isn't a good drummer.
You are correct about Martin and Best. When the Beatles reconvened in September 1962 at EMI (after three months), Martin was surprised by the news the band had a new drummer (Ringo). Martin already had Andy White there for the recording session, to replace Best, but now had to figure what to do about this new, unfamiliar, un-tested drummer. This explains the two "Live Me Do" recordings - one with White, the other with Ringo. Both were released.
@@danielgolus4600 You're wrong. Ringo showed up on September 4th unannounced to Martin, but Martin let him record, "Love Me Do". Martin rejected it citing poor timing by Ringo, an assessment agreed with by Paul McCartney. Andy White was not contacted until a few days after that, and booked for the next week, September 11th. White said it was the first time he's been contacted about The Beatles. And so while it's true that Martin planned on using a session pro in place of Pete, he had never contacted White regarding it. Had Ringo made a satisfactory recording of the song, Martin never would've contacted White. Ringo was not told he was being replaced, and when he showed up with The Threetles on the 11th and found White there, Ringo was livid. He was sulking so demonstrably in the control room that the engineers threw him a bone -- well, a tambourine, actually -- so he could go join the band on the recording. Ringo to this day says he never forgave Martin for replacing him.
Why is everyone always “turned around” when Pete speaks.
Who, me? There is one beatle as far as I'm secured and thats Beetlejuice.
Interesting how much crap Howard talks about Ringo, he doesn't talk like that when Ringo is a guest on the show.
The god damn clapping back then is infuriating
The first guy that got to be famous for be fired from a band. He's lucky enough. He never was a Beatle . As Macca said, The Beatles really began the day Ringo start drumming with us.
He was a Quarryman
@@jlouis4407 Pete was never a Quarryman. The Quarrymen opened the basement club in Pete's home, but Pete was not in the band until the following year when they had already switched their name to, The Silver Beatles. But Pete wasn't even a Silver Beatle for more than a couple days because they went straight off to Germany and en route discussed another name change. It was actually Pete who pushed hardest for them to just drop the "Silver" and be simply, "The Beatles". Eventually they all agreed with Pete and when they arrived in Hamburg John made it official by crossing off the word "Silver" from the poster outside the club they were set to debut at.
So Pete Best was a bad drummer, but he was 2 years in the band. Heard Pete Best invented the Atom beat which every drummer in that area tried to copy. I heard him play on some early recordings sounded ok to me.
Doubtless there were occasions when Pete would "click" and allow the Beatles energy (a lot of it thanks to Lennons intimidating right hand technique - he was a formidable rhythm guitarist) to carry him into a more assertive and aggressive (in a good way) mood. Doubtless it was the Pete fans who came up with the "Atom beat" thing, and claim that all the other bands copied it. Just like all these other mysterious scouse drummers with no names that Pete brings up in interview who apparently "confirmed" that Pete was the best drummer in town.
As a musician and Beatles fan for 40 years now, I can confidently wager that Pete invented NOTHING that other bands couldn't emulate. Nothing technically advanced and no emotional fire. What is likely is that, on good nights where the other Beatles were on fire, some of those extra special performances Pete might just have risen some way to the task, carried along by the other's. The overall effect was probably awe inspiring. And of course the Pete fans came up with this "sexy Pete n his atom beat" nonsense. Its funny how a little badge of affection pinned (inaccurately) to the groupies favourite band member, in the murky distant past, has acquired a weird life of its own. The Beatles had to learn to gel with no drummer so they compensated with a strong guitar based sense of drive and momentum. (Apparently, whenever asked about having no drummer, they used to reply "the rhythms in the guitars, man"). Lennon, being the rhythm guitarist, developed a right hand style that is downright awe inspiring in its power, authority and also its interesting fluidity (Norwegian Wood and A Day In The Life are good eg's). In the future, this unstoppable momentum allowed Ringo to play slightly behind the beat, creating interesting tension and a wonderful distinctive feel to their music.
Hope I made sense!
The Atom beat? What a load of shit😂😂😂 The only real recordings of Pete Best are his feeble attempts at Decca and his lousy and thankfully only session at Abbey Road. He was crap. Accept it. Especially from someone who has heard him play live several times over the past thirty years.
@@uberbeast113 Your ignorance on this topic is staggering. Pete absolutely invented The Atom Beat, which revolutionized rock drumming. And yes, drummers throughout Liverpool and Hamburg tried to copy it, including Ringo. One bandleader, Faron of Faron's Flamingos kept firing drummers because "they couldn't sound like Pete Best". The Beatles were not just occasionally having "good nights", you nitwit, they were the top band in the entire Liverpool-Hamburg circuit, and even officially named so in the 1961 Mersey Beat Top Band Poll, in which they knocked Ringo's band, Rory Storm & The Hurricanes, out of the top spot. And that was largely because of Pete, as The Beatles were the worst band in Liverpool the day before they hired him. Even George Harrison said, *"We were just awful before we went to Hamburg. But when we got there we became as tight as a band can be. And then later when we got a recording contract, we were never able to get to that level again."* John Lennon agreed, *"The Beatles were at their best when we were wearing our leathers and playing the clubs and dance halls of Hamburg and Liverpool, but it was never recorded so the world never got to hear it. No one in England could touch us."* Ringo himself acknowledged their greatness during Pete's tenure. It was not just random "good nights" they were having: *"My band, Rory Storm & The Hurricanes, got to Hamburg about two months after The Beatles had arrived. We played on the same bill a lot, so I was always running into them. I'll never forget the first time I heard The Beatles play, they were already great. The were the only band I would go see on my time off."*
Pete's drumming chops and revolutionary sound were real. But hey, if you don't want to take it from me, then listen to this eye/ear witness: Here's what a contemporary drummer of Pete's said when he was asked in an interview what he thought of Pete's drumming: *"He was a genius. You could sit Pete Best on a drum kit and ask him to play for 19 hours and he'd put his head down and do it. He'd drum like a dream with real style and stamina all night long, and that really was The Beatles' sound, forget the guitars. I was amazed when they replaced him. I even thought about learning guitar so he could be the drummer in my band. The Beatles didn't hate Pete Best, but they didn't want to be outshone by their drummer. Ringo was a good drummer but he was more ordinary."* -- Chris Curtis, drummer for The Searchers, a great Liverpool band who scored a 1964 Top 3 Hit in the US charts with their classic, "Love Potion # 9". Chris saw Pete Best play many times in both Hamburg and Liverpool during Pete's two years as The Beatles' drummer.
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@@Cosmo-Kramer any good musician knows that a band has good nights and bad nights. It doesn't make a difference to their position as top band or wherever they rank. You're clearly not a musician and if you think Pete was a good drummer...never mind what people said or were said to have said ..use your ears...if you can't hear it...the total lack of power and enthusiasm in any recording of Pete (and to this day he's still terrible lol)...then it's pointless arguing. Your long argument for Pete is all either moot or hearsay.
Howid shood have nown his stats: Best, Peter.
There is not enough meaningless clapping in this interview.
Then Yoko fired the three other Beatles
Write her story as they will, there're some people who're going to hate Yoko until the end of time.
Somebody make Ringo listen this
Wow it’s really messed up how cheap the original Beetles turned turned out to be.
Odd, the way they're clapping through the interview
Ringo was literally 1000000 times the drummer Pete Best ever was LMAO
What's with all the clapping?
markyinbelfast xx Howard used to do this on his show in the 80s / 90s
@@EauDePodcast bloody annoying lol
@@markyinbelfastxx9088 Stern is a piece of shit
It played well in the '80's. Not so much today.
I always felt that Pete should have done a book tour/lecture theatre on his time in the Beatles. Some first hand stories about adventures in Hamburg with the boys etc would’ve been fabulous.
He could have made some money and forged a career instead of running and being a victim.
Business is business.
His drumming was sloppy end of story
how is stern still in a job
The answer is simple, ANY other radio show is just weather/traffic reports & shit music, Howard doesn’t play any music and doesn’t report news or weather but he has made the most exciting content on radio for 40 years.
because hes great .
Because he is now majority shareholder of Siris XM Radio.
Stern's a jerk
Pete wasn't right for the Beatles ...that's the way it goes ...
Funny seeing all the comments about Best not having the right "chemistry/personality" to fit in with the others. You're comparing what you hear from a 45 year old Pete Best to what turned out to be the most successful band of all time, not a broke/upset/devastated 21 year old Best with the other guys back in 1962. Who knows what their relationships were like? Seemed like John and Paul had the personality, George and Ringo had zero/no personality back then (at least in all the interviews and video I've seen). I saw another interview where Pete said the recording studio had trouble with his style of drumming and wanted to use a house/studio drummer for the recordings, but he felt that message was misunderstood, so he was replaced.
He didn't become the Beatles drummer period.
I'd have tracked down the three little pigs and had it out with them.
He should have fought for his position, it makes me angry just thinking about how cold and mercenary those
three little pigs were.
They were jealous little pricks. Pete was the far and away most popular Beatle with the fans, the club managers, and the press -- and The Threetles couldn't handle it. Check out this story from Bill Harry, the editor of Mersey Beat magazine, and the man who wrote the article announcing the record deal Pete, Paul, John and George got with EMI. Bill said, *"Pete was so popular with the girls that DJ/promoter Bob Wooler suggested something unprecedented -- place Pete and his kit in front of the other three members of the group. This unusual stage line-up was presented only once -- at the St. Valentine's Dance on 14 February 1961, at Litherland Town Hall. Only once because the stage was mobbed when the girls surged forward and almost pulled Pete off into the crowd. This never happened when John, Paul and George were in the front line."*
He was there for the Beatles convention - Beatlefest.
The clapping was there to make Robin less annoying.
I've listened to the early Beatles stuff since I was a kid in the 1970s, and honestly, Pete Best didn't suck at drumming as badly as John claimed. John was full of shit most days, as evidenced by the many people who knew John. Beatle chemistry was more important than whether or not Best could keep a stick moving. Ringo brought that chemistry, whether it was because Pete was a ladies man and John and Paul was outmanned or whatever the reason, Ringo was who the chose. But, the bs about Best being less of a drummer is just that...bs.
These pair were just taking the piss out of him....
Ringo went through the same things as the other Beatles. Only in a different group. Nothing like hearing one side of the story.
Yeah, but Ringo didn't pay his dues as a Beatle. The Beatles with Pete supplanted Ringo's band, Rory Storm, as the top band in Liverpool in Pete's first year, and a year later The Beatles got a record deal and Ringo's band was going nowhere, to the point he was going to quit. Ringo didn't deserve to just step in and snatch the fruits of Pete's 2 years of labor. Worse than than that, Ringo *conspired* to steal Pete's job, and he and Pete had been good mates (or so Pete thought). Hell, Ringo began conspiring with George to take Pete's job on the night when he sat in for Pete who was sick, and it was Pete who called Ringo to ask him to sit in for him! smfh What a backstabbing snake-in-the-grass.
Ringo was a better drummer that Pete Best, and the other Beatles didn't like Pete enough to keep him in the band.
Why didn’t Howard bring this up to Paul and Ringo when they were on his show? The fact they never bothered to speak to or acknowledge Pete.
It's a condition of the interview, no questions or comments about Pete. Paul's allowed it a couple of times over the decades, Ringo never does. They're both guilty AF. So was George and John.
Howard asks the most insulting questions
His whole attitude is childish.