text:  Among Beatle biographers , Simon Leng terms it " a rocking , soccer crowd chant that suited Starr 's talents well " , and Bruce Spizer praises the track as a " high @-@ energy in @-@ your @-@ face rocker propelled by Ringo 's thundering drums and George 's stinging slide guitar " . In the 2005 publication NME Originals : Beatles – The Solo Years 1970 – 1980 , Paul Moody listed " Back Off Boogaloo " first among Starr 's " ten solo gems " and described it as " Good time rock 'n'droll to match the Faces " . Guitar World editor Damian Fanelli includes the song on his list of Harrison 's ten best post @-@ Beatles " Guitar Moments " , saying of the recording : " the main event is clearly Harrison 's slightly wild , wacky – and very bouncy – slide guitar solo , which includes an alternate melody line that 's even catchier than the melody Ringo is singing . " 
  