Ringo Starr takes on IS over Beatles nickname: 'It's bulls**t... We stood for peace and love'

[DonViejo]

Ringo Starr today told of his disgust over British jihadis being given nicknames based on The Beatles.

The drummer said he was saddened that the fanatics — led by a man dubbed “Jihadi John”, who is suspected of beheading two American journalists — had been labelled with the names of the Fab Four.

Starr, 74, told the Standard: “It’s bullshit. What they are doing out there is against everything The Beatles stood for.”

The nicknames were revealed by a former captive, who said three Britons guarding captives in Syria had been dubbed John, Paul and Ringo due to their accents.

Starr said he was powerless to prevent the names of the band or his bandmates being attached to the fanatics. He said: “If we stood for anything we never stood for that. The four of us absolutely stood for peace and love. But we are not in control.” “Jihadi John” is being hunted by US forces after also threatening on video to behead British hostage David Haines.

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http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/ringo-starr-takes-on-is-over-beatles-nickname-its-bullst-we-stood-for-peace-and-love-9711463.html

[Cooley Hurd]

1. Good for Ringo!

Keep Rocking, Sir Ringo! Oh, wait... Ringo hasn't been knighted??? Well, that should fucking change!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2434339/Will-Britains-honours-bigwigs-reconsider-Ringo-Starr-knighthood.html

Ringo Starr, 73, is appointed a ‘Commander of France’s Order of Arts and Letters’, saying at the Monaco ceremony: ‘I’m a drummer, but I can do other things. Like painting, living, breathing.’ (Colleague John Lennon once said, unkindly: ‘He’s not even the best drummer in The Beatles.’) Will Ringo’s chevalier des arts et des lettres prompt honours bigwigs here to reconsider him for a knighthood, like his former bandmate, Sir Paul McCartney?

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[karynnj]

19. One reason I have heard that he wasn't is that he opted to be a tax exile,

while Paul lives in England - paying the required taxes.

[Cooley Hurd]

32. Well, screw that noise...

...so to speak,

Ringo is one of my favorite GB citizens and deserves knighthood!

[randys1]

2. Kind of a great illustration of what is wrong with extremism.

[Fred Sanders]

22. And with the mass media that echoes the names.

[Jefferson23]

3. It's certainly his right to speak out but really, I seriously doubt anyone gives credence to the

idea their name was used due to any ideology link.

He is such a good man, I guess he felt compelled to say something...no worries, Ringo.

[Kalidurga]

4. I am glad he said something about this not that he is obliged mind you

I just thought that it was thick with irony that the terrorists would call them the Beatles considering they were the exact opposite of the Beatles.

[Cooley Hurd]

6. Their captives called them that because of their London accents...

...which is weird given the Beatles had Scouse accents.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouse

[Kalidurga]

9. Thank you I didn't know what that accent was called

It sounded different from other Brits I have heard. But, I recon to people who don't speak a English all English accents are going to sound the same more or less.

[Cooley Hurd]

12. ...as Joan Rivers famously riffed on:

[Kalidurga]

14. Oh that was good

a bit uncomfortable at times like all great comedy.

[EX500rider]

18. Here you go, all 17 major English accents:

?list=FLKmbj3XF1ryOYtieVrQey4g

[Fred Sanders]

23. Thanks, that was a few minutes not wasted at all.

( NOT )

[EX500rider]

31. Well I so posted it just for you so I'm crushed....or not...

[Scarsdale]

25. Scouse

People in Liverpool are said to have Scouse accents. Scouse is a soup, with VERY little meat, lots of vegetables. At least that is how my mother made it. I was born and raised in Liverpool. Ringo was born during an air raid, by the way. I know of NOBODY who grew up in Liverpool who wants any more wars. We had lots of air raids, plenty of destruction during the war. We all carried gas masks to school when in grade school. Had an air raid shelter in the backyard, like all the neighbours.

[Cooley Hurd]

33. THIS is the best post of all on this thread!

THANK YOU for this insight on mid-century Liverpool!!!! As a Beatles fanatic, your post is invaluable!!!!

[mattclearing]

36. If you want to know more about the world the Beatles grew up in...

...you could do worse than this recent, impossibly detailed book. I'm not too far into it, but it provides a vivid depiction of postwar Liverpool.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/books/review/tune-in-the-beatles-all-these-years-volume-1-by-mark-lewisohn.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

[Tom Ripley]

20. Yes, that made no sense at all

[BeyondGeography]

5. There was an article about a five-year old musical prodigy here a month or so ago

who is a total Beatles nut; he said their music was about loving people, not hurting people, when asked what he liked about them. Very true. He met Ringo as well.

K&R

[Cooley Hurd]

7. I thank FSM every day...

...for plunking me in the midst of the Beatles era.

[MuseRider]

16. :-)

Me too!

[ann---]

26. What is FSM?

[Cooley Hurd]

27. Flying Spaghetti Monster

http://www.venganza.org/

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. Good on him for pointing out the very IRONY of the use of their names. The exact opposite if

ever there was. Love me some Ringo!!

[logosoco]

10. Glad he spoke out on this.

I was pretty disgusted when I saw the reference to the Beatles. Yeah, not much he can do about it, but he didn't have to speak out either. Glad he did.

[cui bono]

11. I don't know... would it have been better to just ignore it?

Better to not let it be known it bothered him? That's what they live for, the recognition and knowing they are affecting people.

No one thinks the Beatles stood for that shit.

[Fred Sanders]

24. ^^^^THIS ^^^^^^ Publicity is what they crave, why does the media give to them in spades?

[JI7]

13. maybe the Thatchers

Or some other term would be better. Maybe some of the older royals.

It is the captives who gave those names and I csn understand their side.

But the media should use something else

[DonViejo]

17. If the nickname weren't based on their accents, I'd favor....

calling them the "Lindsey McCainites."

[IDemo]

15. Had 'Jack the Ripper' already been taken? n/t

[LiberalElite]

21. I'm glad

one of the surviving Beatles finally spoke out. This ISIS/Beatles association bugged the hell out of me (an old Beatlemaniac). Each one of the Beatles set up foundations to benefit various humanitarian causes. That's far more than the ISIS nihilistic f**kheads will do in a million lifetimes.

[orpupilofnature57]

29. +1000 !!!!

[orpupilofnature57]

28. Expedience and ignorance, thank MSM .

[Cha]

30. They're fucking cockroaches. 180 degrees of the Beatles.

[Skittles]

34. longtime Ringo fan here

thanking him for speaking out

[ucrdem]

35. He needs to ring up Miss Moneypenny and drop another hint about that knighthood.

I'd imagine something can be arrranged. . .




p.s. yes this is

[grahamhgreen]

37. Did they name themselves, or what? Apparently they

were named by the hostages..... http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/james-foley/british-isis-militants-dubbed-beatles-guarded-syria-hostages-n185926

[JI7]

38. Based on the Pictures he reminds me of Ali G

douche looking piece of shit . SBC should do something making fun of him