10 Magnificent Losers. 10 Stories That Should Be Told. 10) Pete Best MONEY (1962) by the Beatles with Pete Best
10 is really a few, too many have been left out. It would have been few even if there had been 100. But even if there had been 100, the number 1 would always have been him: the forgotten Beatle. Even Stu Sutcliffe is more famous than him; but Stu was an artist and died young and beautiful. Not him, he clocked in for almost thirty years at his office. He was, throughout his life, just Randolph Peter Scanland, a middling figure in the English job market.
What must it have meant to be a Beatle without anyone knowing? And without ever really understanding why he was kicked out.
Yet his mother Mona was important for the early days of the Beatles, and he had his own following. Girls liked him, many came for him; at some concerts, the drums were placed in front of the others so that Pete could be seen better. They called him "Atom Beat."
Then that was it; he tried for a while. "Lee Curtis & The All Stars," the "Pete Best Four," the "Pete Best Combo." But nothing: nobody cared. He wouldn't pick up the drums again until the '90s, after retiring early. There would be those who would flock to see the "ex-Beatle" play.
But this story, unlike the others, doesn't end badly: after the release of "Anthology 1" with some unreleased tracks featuring him on drums, he reportedly pocketed about 8 million dollars.
Oh, and he even buried two Beatles...
In short, this series has a happy ending too.
10 is really a few, too many have been left out. It would have been few even if there had been 100. But even if there had been 100, the number 1 would always have been him: the forgotten Beatle. Even Stu Sutcliffe is more famous than him; but Stu was an artist and died young and beautiful. Not him, he clocked in for almost thirty years at his office. He was, throughout his life, just Randolph Peter Scanland, a middling figure in the English job market.
What must it have meant to be a Beatle without anyone knowing? And without ever really understanding why he was kicked out.
Yet his mother Mona was important for the early days of the Beatles, and he had his own following. Girls liked him, many came for him; at some concerts, the drums were placed in front of the others so that Pete could be seen better. They called him "Atom Beat."
Then that was it; he tried for a while. "Lee Curtis & The All Stars," the "Pete Best Four," the "Pete Best Combo." But nothing: nobody cared. He wouldn't pick up the drums again until the '90s, after retiring early. There would be those who would flock to see the "ex-Beatle" play.
But this story, unlike the others, doesn't end badly: after the release of "Anthology 1" with some unreleased tracks featuring him on drums, he reportedly pocketed about 8 million dollars.
Oh, and he even buried two Beatles...
In short, this series has a happy ending too.
lector
8 apr 17
DeRank ™: 31,68
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