Ringo Starr  is not the correct answer to "who's your favorite Beatle?" but he was an integral part of a world changing musical phenomenon. And actually, I've admired many of his solo career songs (Photograph, Six O'Clock)  and he seems like a nice man.   But this song, Liverpool 8 as played on Letterman the other night  is one of those obtuse and wordy anthems that many of my aging heroes including Neil Young, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan seem to resort to after the song writing spark goes out. 

Listen for yourself and discuss.