Ringo Starr Was Objectively the Hottest Beatle

As somebody who spent the whole lot of 2017 desperately chasing a vaguely imply pop-punk drummer who had completely no real interest in me, I’ve to confess that a few of my ardour for Ringo could lie in his alternative of instrument. What can I say? There’s simply one thing scorching a couple of man, girl, or they/them who can pound the drums with precision and ability and supply a continuing, steady, rhythmic beat for his or her fellow band members’ considerably extra theatrical, look-at-me musical expertise. (No much less an authority than r/RandomThoughts agrees with me, by the best way, in accordance with a put up titled “the most well liked instrument somebody can play is the drums.”) Perhaps some folks thrive on competitors, however I, personally, like discovering a gem hidden in considerably plain sight—say, behind a drum set.

Rehearsing in Miami Seashore for a efficiency on The Ed Sullivan Present in 1964.

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However maybe the best piece of proof I can marshal in my quest to make Ringo Starr extra extensively accepted as the most well liked Beatle is the truth that none however quick and undeniably sensual Irish king Barry Keoghan might be taking part in him in Mendes’s upcoming movie, in accordance with Starr. Very like Starr, Keoghan is nontraditionally cute, however wouldn’t you reasonably kiss somebody with a memorable face than a generically good-looking Ken doll? (I believe my probabilities of kissing both Keoghan or a now-84-year-old-but-still-hot Starr are slim to none, nevertheless it’s at all times good to mull over one’s choices, simply in case.)

On the ripe, previous age of 31, I’m no blushing teenage Beatlemaniac anymore, however I’ve to confess that longevity is turning into more and more interesting to me, and that’s a high quality that Starr has in spades. He launched two EPs in 2024 (whereas my final crush Rihanna launched none, a lot to my chagrin), and I genuinely discover his continued musical output and fervour for his craft extra enticing than any piercing gaze or rippling set of stomach muscle tissues ever might be.

Do I nonetheless need to be working into my 80s? Not significantly—however then once more, I’m not an internationally well-known musician (and I’m fairly certain the standard of my blogs would decline steeply if I have been nonetheless typing them out as an octogenarian). What will persist into my previous age, although—except my tastes in some way change radically with out my approval—is my conviction that, with all due respect to his spouse of a number of many years, Barbara Bach, Ringo is now, and can endlessly be, probably the most kissable Beatle of all of them.