Comments on: Ticket To Ride

By: tomhartman

tomhartman — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 04:37:13 +0000

Don’t know where you lived, or what bands you were in, or. whether you saw the record review saying “the new Beatles single features guitar breaks that are making session players swoon” etc.

It was an amazing guitar record, not just amazing song.

By: tomhartman

tomhartman — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 04:33:43 +0000

Yes it’s George on 12 string, not only is that in George Martin’s track sheet notes for the song, but if you still can’t hear it, put it into a DAW and slow it WAY down so you can hear the octaves in the open.

By: Bemused

Bemused — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 20:20:02 +0000

I don’t remember it that way, nobody raved about anything but the great singing and song itself.

By: MikeP

MikeP — Wed, 26 Dec 2018 05:30:08 +0000

No. Johan never clarifys. Never cites sources, quotes, or factual data. Just his own twisted, biased flights of fancy. Take it with a gallon or two of salt.

By: Steve Vercelli

Steve Vercelli — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 01:52:38 +0000

No other “heavy” records out there at the time, John? “All Day and All of the Night” makes TTR sound like The Kingston Trio in the “heavy” sweepstakes.

By: Jake Gerber

Jake Gerber — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 04:55:05 +0000

There is NO 12 string on Tix to Ride . Why do people and “ critics “ always claim to know what they don’t understand. Listen to the song. The intro actually sounds like Lennon’s 6 string Rick, you can hear the attack on the strings, the natural open S string stands out , there is nothing even close to octaves on intro or any other part of the song. Rolling Stone and the “ Beatles Bible “ also claim it’s a 12 string. Maybe someone should listen to the song.

By: Jake Gerber

Jake Gerber — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 04:32:50 +0000

Not even close. The solo after the bridge is a 6 string. Everyone insists there is a 12 string in the song, listen to it, it’s all 6 strings, intro ,solo and outro.

By: kevintimba

kevintimba — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 03:52:41 +0000

>I realized that the drum pattern changes after the first verse/chorus

So, the middle section has the straighter kick pattern (Xo oo XX oo) and the verse has Xo oX Xo oo, but as the song goes along, he starts doing the 2nd one for the later verses – BUT – if you listen to the 1965 Wembley version live, he’s very strict about always playing the verse the first way throughout – and in the youtube where he’s demonstrating it for that clinic, he always plays it the first way. So I think the studio version was before he’d fully settled on the part.

By: MikeP

MikeP — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 01:49:55 +0000

A technical-accuracy correction: the Epiphone Casino is not a “semi-acoustic” (or more properly, “semi-hollow”) guitar. It is a true hollow-body electric.

By: George Byers

George Byers — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 01:45:06 +0000

Does anyone else notice the little flourish mistake John Lennon made at the last verse? It’s supposed to go, “She said that” But he sings, “She lel” lmao always forgetting them lyrics lol

By: Ashley Van Vurst

Ashley Van Vurst — Sun, 07 May 2017 03:01:23 +0000

The guitar sample on the beginning of ticket to ride and the middle of Girl Don’t Tell me sounds alike
?

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 14:36:08 +0000

Johann/John snipes at Paul constantly. For “Help” Johann contends that in some show/1990, Paul claims ownership for “Help” though in the song’s comments (written by Joe), Paul is quoted as saying the song is 70-30 John’s. When it comes to comments by Johann just consider the source as he is more than a little biased.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 16:18:48 +0000

Ringo’s off-kilter drumming really stands out on this track, so it’s fascinating to discover that John attributed that sound to Paul. Someone else mentioned Paul’s high harmonies on this, and I couldn’t agree more about how wonderful they are. Other lovely tidbits: the way John sings that self-indulgent and almost world-weary ‘ahhhh’ at about 2:31, leading into ‘she’s got a ticket…’, the way the middle eight speeds up – the headlong rush in the delivery of the vocals there is just delightful, the little guitar licks at 2:15ish… yeah. Pretty much all of it.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 18:08:39 +0000

I look forward to your exact sources for Paul saying in 1990 that he wrote “Help!” and for saying in 1971 “It’s all mine.” I have no idea what the following means: “Lennon only commented the lyrics not the melody,” perhaps you can clarify.

By: Johan cavalli

Johan cavalli — Sun, 29 May 2016 19:16:10 +0000

Is McCartney´s “memory” better? 1971 McCartney said that “Lennon-McCartney” is only a myth, it´s all mine”, but later on he admited it was wrong. 1990 he said he wrote “Help”, but some years later he admited it´s Lennon´s song. That about Eleanor Rigby is uninteresting. Lennon only commented the lyrics not the melody.
I never believe a word of what McCartney is saying.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 11 May 2016 02:16:50 +0000

With regard to the who-wrote-what questions, I think it’s worth noting that John’s memory has been shown to be quite remarkably faulty. Examples abound – what John thought he contributed to “Eleanor Rigby” being flatly contradicted by Pete Shotton’s book, etc. etc.

By: matt sarconi

matt sarconi — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 06:07:27 +0000

Another fantastic jangling-era stunner. Nothing sounded like this. They were at the top of their game, with so much more yet to come.

By: jobrien

jobrien — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 10:06:05 +0000

Lennon said, ” We were potty about Dylan at this point.” Couldn’t quite believe it. Never knew they were following anyone too closely, seemed to be leading. Second to none, the sound – track of a generation.

By: Jonas Svensson, Sweden

Jonas Svensson, Sweden — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 11:19:29 +0000

There is a very interesting piece on YouTube; https://youtu.be/3fbjHQxOZZU, 15 minutes into the programme this songs drumming pattern is discussed.

By: TICKET TO RIDE

TICKET TO RIDE — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 23:41:42 +0000

Guitar is tuned down almost a quarter-step.