Only my guess but the irony of buying a 'Ticket to Ride. Only my guess but the irony of buying a 'Ticket to Ride.to Ryde' plus John actually buying Aunt Mimi a property at nearby Hayling Island just might be the origin of the title of this classic Beatles song ?Īs I said if anybody knows otherwise please advise of course So someone clearly had put the 'Isle of Wight' in Paul's mind by 1967, a place way down at the very southern tip of Britain, the opposite end of the country from Liverpool - a holiday resort, that maybe John had earlier visited circa 1965 and spoken of to Paul. 'Every summer we can rent a cottage on the Isle of Wight if it's not too dear.' Such an irony I suspect would have appealed to John's wry sense of humor - and possibly stuck in his mind ?Īlso in 1967 Paul's 'When I'm Sixty Four' has the line 'Dont know why hes ridin so high' means she doesnt understand why he is so happy about leaving her. Hence boarding the passenger ferry you buy a 'Ticket to ride'.to go across the Solent (waterway) to 'Ryde' ! Hayling Island is quite close to the Isle of Wight (to be later made famous in music circles for the 19 festivals) - if John went across by passenger ferry to the Isle of Wight from either Hayling Island or nearby Southsea (Portsmouth) the main landing on the Isle of Wight is at RYDE Well here's my guess (only that) - we do know that in the early sixties through an old Liverpool friend's connection John bought a property way down on the south coast of England in Hampshire on Hayling Island - for his Aunt Mimi to have holidays in.presumably John very likely travelled down to check the area and place out for himself beforehand 'we wrote it together, but the title idea was John's, I'm not sure where he got the idea from tho' I do recall that was one of John's titles. I listened to Paul McCartney's interview on BBC Radio One some years back which I have on tape 'The McCartney Interview' The girl thats driving me mad shes going away, oh Shes got a ticket to ride Shes got a ticket to ride Shes got a ticket to ride She dont care Dont know why shes riding so high She gotta think twice, she ought do right by me when she gets home Before she gets to saying goodbye She ought think twice, she ought do right by me She say-a. Meantime here's my suggestion.at least one possibility My baby don't care, my baby don't care The easy, fast & fun way to learn how to sing: 30DaySinger.If anyone knows the origin of this Beatles song title please do let me know ! Watch: New Singing Lesson Videos Can Make Anyone A Great Singer I think I'm gonna be sad, In 1969, "Ticket to Ride" was covered by the Carpenters, whose version peaked at number 54 on the Billboard Hot 100. ![]() Live performances by the band were included in the Beatles at Shea Stadium concert film, on the live album documenting their concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, and on the 1996 Anthology 2 box set. Become A Better Singer In Only 30 Days, With Easy Video Lessons I think Im gonna be sad I think its today, yeah The boy thats driving me mad Is going away Hes got a ticket to ride Hes got a ticket to ride Hes got a ticket to ride And he dont care He said that living with me Was bringing him down, yeah He would never be free When I was. Intro A A I think Im gonna be sad I think its today, yeah Bm E The girl thats driving me mad is going away Fm D Fm G6 Shes got a ticket to ride shes got a ticket to ride Fm E A Shes got a ticket to ride and she dont care. ![]() Among music critics, Ian MacDonald describes the song as "psychologically deeper than anything the Beatles had recorded before" and "extraordinary for its time"."Ticket to Ride" appears in a sequence in the Beatles' second feature film, Help!, directed by Richard Lester. The song was included on their 1965 album Help! Recorded at EMI Studios in London in February that year, the track marked a progression in the Beatles' work through the incorporation of drone and harder-sounding instrumentation relative to their previous releases. ![]() I think Im gonna be sad I think its today, yeah The boy thats driving me mad Is going away Hes got a ticket to ride Hes got a ticket to ride Hes got a ticket to ride And he dont care He said that living with me Was bringing him down, yeah He would never be free When I was. ![]() Issued as a single in April 1965, it became the Beatles' seventh consecutive number 1 hit in the United Kingdom and their third consecutive number 1 hit (and sixth in total) in the United States, and similarly topped national charts in Canada, Australia and Ireland. Watch: New Singing Lesson Videos Can Make Anyone A Great Singer. "Ticket to Ride" is a song by the English rock group the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney.
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