# Love Me Do, bitches **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 25, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-me-do-bitches/544450 "2010-06-25T04:23:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-me-do-bitches/544450/41 "2010-06-27T15:58:35Z")
Yep - Ringo. He uses the same syncopation on Ticket to ride and Tomorrow Never Knows… ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-me-do-bitches/544450/42 "2010-06-27T16:53:54Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Yep - Ringo. He uses the same syncopation on Ticket to ride and Tomorrow Never Knows… One of the interesting things about “Ticket to Ride,” which I never realized until I played through the drum parts on Beatles Rock Band, is that the really strong syncopation is only present in the first half of the song. After the bridge, the drums on the verses come back to straight eighths. It’s really a nice, subtle flourish, and I have to think it was intentional, but it’s kind of hard to tell. Some of the live recordings I’ve found keep the strong syncopation for the last two verses, some play it straight like the album. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-me-do-bitches/544450/43 "2010-06-27T19:23:14Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > One of the interesting things about “Ticket to Ride,” which I never realized until I played through the drum parts on Beatles Rock Band, is that the really strong syncopation is only present in the first half of the song. After the bridge, the drums on the verses come back to straight eighths. It’s really a nice, subtle flourish, and I have to think it was intentional, but it’s kind of hard to tell. Some of the live recordings I’ve found keep the strong syncopation for the last two verses, some play it straight like the album. I went through that same exact thought process. That’s one of my favorite songs to play on BRB. Funny how we don’t notice those things until a video game comes along… ---
**Author:** ![Pray\_for\_peace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-me-do-bitches/544450/44 "2010-06-27T22:52:54Z")
Would someone please explain to me the difference in usage of the words “harp” and “harmonica”? Also, if there was a thread on “Love Me Do” a few weeks ago, I didn’t see it, and I didn’t think to search for one before I started this. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-me-do-bitches/544450/45 "2010-06-27T22:58:05Z")
> [@Sidney Evgeni Jordan](#): > > Would someone please explain to me the difference in usage of the words “harp” and “harmonica”? Harp–sometimes “mouth harp”–is simply slang for harmonica. Some people, including Lennon, use the word harp specifically to refer to the common diatonic harmonica, reserving the word harmonica for the chromatic instrument. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-me-do-bitches/544450/46 "2010-06-28T04:50:44Z")
Came into this thread thinking “Pffft, _Love me Do_… lightweight fluff.” But reading everyone’s analysis makes me realize that lightweight for the Beatles is still brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-me-do-bitches/544450/47 "2010-06-28T04:59:37Z")
> [@DooWahDiddy](#): > > I went through that same exact thought process. That’s one of my favorite songs to play on BRB. Funny how we don’t notice those things until a video game comes along… It’s one of the reasons I appreciate the Rock Band/Guitar Hero games. They really make you listen for the individual parts and hear the subtleties in them. I thought I was a pretty good listener, but these games opened up my ears even more so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-me-do-bitches/544450.md?page=2)