![]() ![]() Other explanations attribute the song to the experience of Lennon's mother leaving the family when he was a child, and the possibility that Lennon was exposed, perhaps by Little Richard in Hamburg, to the Negro spiritual "If I Got My Ticket, Can I Ride?".Ī popular myth (perpetrated by Casey Kasem) was that the song was written and recorded as "Ticket to Rye," but the official name of the song was changed for the sake of American and international listeners who would not understand the reference to the town in East Sussex, England. a phrase coined by John about the cards indicating a clean bill of health, handed out to Hamburg prostitutes in the 1960s (Don Short to Steve Turner) (the Beatles played in Hamburg early in their musical career, and "ride/riding" being slang for having sex)."a girl riding out of the life of the narrator"."a British Railways ticket to the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight" (McCartney to Barry Miles) Session 1 'Help' Session 4 'Help' Session 7 Song facts From Wikipedia: Ticket to Ride is a song written by LennonMcCartney.The inspiration of the song is unclear, and several plausible explanations exist: on it on Wikipedia, maybe it will help you. At least this is my interpetation of the lyrics.Ticket to ride was a song by the Beatles. This was the brilliance of the Beatles and the lyrics of John and Paul. He wants her to do right by him and her because she is pregnant. He is sad because she is going away and there is not much a poor working class lad can do. This song was told from the eyes of her young lover. Ride on, got myself a one-way ticket Ride on Ride on, going the wrong way Ride on, gonna change my evil ways Ride on, one of these days One of these days Ride on Ride on Im gonna ride on Ride on, looking for a truck Ride on Ride on, keep on riding Riding on and on and on. ![]() Some do not ever remember who wrote what on many of the songs. (Read the lyrics.) Again all of this is up to interpitation and the Beatles themselves have given contradictory stories about many of the songs. ![]() The song was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, although the precise nature of their contributions has been disputed. The band’s performance of the song, filmed on the ski slopes in Austria, was one of the highlights of the Help film. When a young woman became pregnant she would be sent away to different towns in the country. ‘Ticket To Ride’ was the first song to be released from Help, The Beatles’ fifth album. Rmember there was a strick class system in England. It was said that many families had their own dirty little secrets that they wanted to keep private and some of those secrets were schunned away to keep a respectable family name. This goes back to the Victorian era but it was also that of the era of World War Two right around when the lads from Liverpool were born. However my favorite meaning places the song where it really belongs in a melancholy tone. ![]() McCartney was quoted as saying it was a “British Railway ticket to the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wright.” Apparently Paul had a cousin who ran a bar there.Īnother meaning was that while in Hamburg Germany the prositutes would have a card with them that was a clean bill of health which gave the person looking to have some company a “ticket to ride.” Paul McCartney has stated that the song “ Ticket To Ride” was inspired by a trip he and John Lennon took by train to the town Ryde on the Isle Of Wight in the 1960’s. Ticket to Ride is another example of a song not just with a double meaning but multiple meanings. ![]()
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