Ringo's Drumming on I Feel Fine

admin · Post by **admin** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 7:50 am

I was listening to "I Feel Fine" today and wondered if Ringo did the drumming in one take or if he added the tom on a second take. Any comments from the drummers who play this beat?

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 10:37 am

Peter, his approach to the song changed as the session progressed; on that day's session(of which bootlegs exist)the drumming is pretty straight-forward on the first few attempts of the song....(Take 1 was actually in the key of 'A', which sounds interesting.) Take 8 was the backing track that was used for the record, and by that time the drum pattern had evolved to what we hear today. He played it all at the same time.

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 10:37 am

Our drummer plays it nightly. I love playing/singing that tune.

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 5:17 pm

Definitely one of my favorite songs of all-time. Extremely fun to play on the guitar.

qmoder · Post by **qmoder** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:29 pm

I love that song. I have heard some trib bands that can do it pretty good.

mutato · Post by **mutato** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 11:00 am

There wasn't a lot of overdubs in them days! And if there was, it would be for doubled vox, lead guitar, etc...

My music buddy is hard core Beatles and plays the drums. He does that beat exactly (along with a crapload of other early Beatles songs) without and extra help.

mutato · Post by **mutato** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 11:01 am

There wasn't a lot of overdubs in them days! And if there was, it would be for doubled vox, lead guitar, etc...

My music buddy is hard core Beatles and plays the drums. He does that beat exactly (along with a crapload of other early Beatles songs) without any extra help.

RutleDirk · Post by **RutleDirk** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:11 am

In the one or two actual live performance clips I've seen of IFF, Ringo seems to be playing the exact part, including the tom, with very little effort. I doubt he would have had much trouble doing it in the studio.