Are we getting old or do we love The Beatles?
The answer is yes and yes!
"Ticket to ride" was released 45 years ago this month. Like every other song, it reached #1 in the US and just about everywhere else!
This is one of the best Beatles' songs ever.
It was also featured in the movie "Help"!
John and Paul do the vocals. It was one of their best efforts! And George does some great guitar work!
The B-side was "Yes it is"! We have not heard this a lot in recent years. However, it is another great duo by John & Paul.
Here is the song and the version released by The Carpenters a few years later. Normally, I don't like Beatle covers but this is a very creative arrangement and Karen's voice is beautiful:
"I think I'm gonna be sad, I think it's today, yeh,
The girl that's driving me mad, Is going away.
She's got a ticket to ride, She's got a ticket to ri - hi - hide,
She's got a ticket to ride, but she don't care.
She said that living with me, Is bringing her down yeh,
For she would never be free when I was around.
She's got a ticket to ride, She's got a ticket to ri - hi - hide,
She's got a ticket to ride, but she don't care.
I don't know why she's riding so high,
She ought to think twice, She ought to do right by me.
I think I'm gonna be sad, I think it's today, yeh,
The girl that's driving me mad, Is going away.
She's got a ticket to ride, She's got a ticket to ri - hi - hide,
She's got a ticket to ride, but she don't care.
I don't know why she's riding so high, She ought to think twice,
She ought to do right by me.
Before she gets to saying goodbye, She ought to think twice,
She ought to do right by me.
She said that living with me, Is bringing her down yeh,
For she would never be free when I was around.
She's got a ticket to ride, She's got a ticket to ri - hi - hide,
She's got a ticket to ride, but she don't care.
My baby don't care, my baby don't care."
"If you wear red tonight,
Remember what I said tonight.
For red is the colour that my baby wore,
And what's more, it's true, Yes it is.
Scarlet were the clothes she wore,
Everybody knows I'm sure.
I would remember all the things we planned,
Understand, it's true,
Yes it is, it's true.
Yes it is.
I could be happy with you by my side
If I could forget her, but it's my pride.
Yes it is, yes it is. Oh, yes it is, yeah.
Please don't wear red tonight This is what I said tonight.
For red is the colour that will make me blue,
In spite of you, it's true, Yes it is, it's true.
Yes it is.
I could be happy with you by my side
If I could forget her, but it's my pride.
Yes it is, yes it is. Oh, yes it is, yeah.
Please don't wear red tonight This is what I said tonight.
For red is the colour that will make me blue,
In spite of you, it's true, Yes it is, it's true.
Yes it is, it's true."
