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Regarding Ringo's "Progressive" Drumming

I can clearly hear a snare drum. Though the hi-hat is the most driving, loudest percussive feature, I can definitely hear a snare drum. I disagree completely with the statement.

The traffic warden's name was "Meta" Davies - is this someone's little joke? Vera, Chuck & Dave 16:55, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, the cymbal thing seems to have been completely fabricated - I've never ever heard that they used two cymbals instead of a snare. The fact that it's not cited tells me that someone is just speculating. I think it ought to be removed.

And I've never heard this explanation for the song before, either. In the Anthology Paul says he read a newspaper article about a meter maid named Rita, and was amused that Americans called traffic wardens "meter maids", so he wrote a song. The sources for the current explanation of "Meta Davis" seem questionable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.114.164.91 (talk) 16:54, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair question. One good resource for confirmation would be the Book A Hard Day's Write by Steve Turner. It's a well researched text that explains the origin behind every one of the Beatles' songs. I wish I had a copy handy... -Verdatum (talk) 22:26, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In Bob Spitz's book it says that McCartney got the idea during a night-time walk with his brother, Mike McCartney, on the Wirral, which is where McCartney's father had a house.--andreasegde (talk) 13:34, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
.....Then, he moves the goalposts again, as usual, and tells Alan Clayson it was because he was ticketed outside of Abbey Rd. studios. Vera, Chuck & Dave (talk) 13:45, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]