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Ringo Starr was a mediocre swing drummer playing bouncy rock music. I see the argument that he was perfect for the Beatles, where a more progressive or "vocal" percussionist would have been overbearing. Still, he deserves to remain underrated, as many other ordinary timekeepers would have sufficed. And I don't care if he held the band together; Ringo's bandmates clearly didn't need the Beatles to produce amazing music. There are too many prodigies of their era to hold the common schmucks on a pedestal.
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