Peace and Love

KEROUAC · Jan 24, 2014, 05:37 AM

I love Ringo but isn't the Peace and Love thing getting boring now? Has it contributed to world peace?

I always associate John with Peace more because of his active involvement with his various Peace projects. Am I being harsh here?

ringo_rama · Jan 24, 2014, 07:47 PM

A lot of Beatles fans don't realize that this is actually the result of an out-of-court settlement with Courtney Love. Apparently Ringo had plagiarized the then-unreleased Nirvana song "You Know You're Right" to include on his Vertical Man album in 1998. Love sued him, and one of the conditions of the deal they made is that he is legally required to reference her every ten minutes. In order to make it sound organic, he adopted the "Peace and Love" catchphrase. It's actually extremely passive-aggressive on his part.

bobdude · Jan 24, 2014, 09:19 PM

Very clever Rama. A very little known fact from the Starr file. lol.
As for Ringo's penchant for Peace and Love.... it's really pretty harmless and inoffensive. It's nice to hear some positivity with all the negativity that surrounds us. JMO.

KEROUAC · Jan 27, 2014, 04:46 AM

Thanks Ringo rama. Perhaps there's also a marketing opportunity here. He could bring out his own brand of peas. "Peas and love"

Zimmerman The Gnome · Mar 10, 2014, 02:43 PM

Ringo likes Peace and Love but hasn't contributed towards it.

Hari's Chick · Mar 10, 2014, 10:48 PM

I think it's sweet.

I mean, Paul has his thumbs up and Ringo has his peace and love. Part of the charm is the predictability of it all. If either of them gave it up, it'd be sort of tragic.

Lynner · Mar 11, 2014, 05:18 AM

It's not causing any harm and it is nice to have a positive reminder. And who knows? Maybe it has helped a tiny bit with world peace.

ringo_rama · Mar 11, 2014, 08:15 PM

I guess it's better than his catchphrase in the late 70s, "Me want cocaine!"

Maia 66 · Mar 12, 2014, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by KEROUAC

Am I being harsh here?

Yes.. but

and

to you!

KEROUAC · Oct 28, 2014, 09:21 AM

Well for the past week I have been actively saying "Peace and Love" as often as possible and to people I meet in my local area. I can report that crime figures show a significant decline in my neighbourhood. Robberies are down by of 0.9%. larceny is down by 0.5% and general cussing in the street has been virtually eradicated. The general mood on the local populace seems good and I even saw people being kind to small creatures.

beatlebangs1964 · Apr 29, 2016, 11:02 AM

That's wonderful. After all, Ringo said it himself that nothing is Beatle proof!

I wonder if Ringo liked dogs.