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Post by Joe Karlosi on Apr 8, 2012 5:30:35 GMT -5
If you don't know this song, play it here!
Comment and/or Rate this Solo Song
4=Great 3=Good 2=Average 1=Crap
"Call Me" - Ringo Starr, GOODNIGHT VIENNA (1974)
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Apr 8, 2012 5:32:21 GMT -5
2 -- This one's always struck me as standard, basic stuff. One that I could take or leave. It's not horrible but it does become monotonous.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2012 6:47:15 GMT -5
here are the lyrics...
Call me if you wanna see me Call me if you still believe me 'Cause I'm not gonna hide No, I'm not gonna hide from you
If you still think you need me Like I do, I want you to feed me With your love, I'll be strong With your love, I'll be strong and carry on
Don't be hurt by what you've seen, dear I know it's like a dream, dear Remember, I slept too Remember, I slept too with you
It's time that we both went through it If we don't, then we know we'll blow it 'Cause we've gotta give it a try (Gotta give it, give it a try) Yeah, we've gotta give it a try, yeah, you and I
We tried (We know that we tried) But we didn't make it (We tried, you know that we tried)
Now we don't (We don't, you know that we don't) Ever have to fake it (We tried, you know that we tried) Well, we'll go on our way (Go on our way) Yeah, we'll go on our way, it's a brand new day
Call me if you wanna see me Call me (Call me, call me) If you wanna still be my friend You can call me (Call me, call me) If you wanna see me again
Why don't you call me? (We tried, you know that we tried) You can call me (We tried, you know that we tried) If you wanna still be my friend (We tried, you know that we tried)
We tried, you know that we tried, ah We tried, you know that we tried We tried
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Post by John S. Damm on Apr 8, 2012 8:37:12 GMT -5
I'll give it a 3 but like I wrote on another Ringo song recently, I like "Call Me" but it is an omen of things to come. And from Ringo, that was very bad things to come in the next several years
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2012 10:15:48 GMT -5
I'll give it a 3....a good effort from Ritchie but the song just seems to plod along
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Post by mikev on Apr 8, 2012 11:40:25 GMT -5
This is a good solid Ringo album cut. 2 +.
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Post by coachbk on Apr 8, 2012 17:16:11 GMT -5
2 Couldn't have said it any better than JoeK did (so I won't)
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Post by kc on Apr 8, 2012 18:32:43 GMT -5
I'm not as generous as the rest of you. I think it's lousy. The melody is ordinary, the lyrics are poor, the singing is not much better than a drone. 1 (crap).
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Post by anyoneanyhow on Apr 8, 2012 18:47:05 GMT -5
I give it a 2. The lyrics are really basic, but the song as a whole is inoffensive.
I've mentioned Joe Pope, the late publisher of the late Strawberry Fields Forever fanzine before. I remember him calling this the Beatles song of the year, as Ringo doesn't write too many.
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Post by debjorgo on Apr 16, 2012 9:19:19 GMT -5
I'm behind on my "Solo Song"s. I always listen to the song afresh so it's not easy as just flip through the other threads.
This is less than the average song out there, but I wouldn't say complete crap. I don't have it on any of my playlists, not even the Ringo one.
1.5
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Post by ReturnToPepperland on Apr 16, 2012 19:35:31 GMT -5
This is an easy 2--not outstanding, not bad.
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Post by theman on Apr 17, 2012 13:59:59 GMT -5
I'm not as generous as the rest of you. I think it's lousy. The melody is ordinary, the lyrics are poor, the singing is not much better than a drone. 1 (crap). What kc said. Maybe a little better at 1+. By the way, I know this was so many years before their collaboration, but this song sounds very Mark Hudson-ish in its production and arrangement. Then again, Mr. Hudson WAS trying to recreat and "ape" what made Ringo successful in the early to mid 70s (even if this song is not a good example of the best from that period).
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