Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Ticket to Ride


Acording to A Hard Day's Write by Steve Turner, many Americans concluded the "ticket" was from British Railways, and "ride" was the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight. McCartney confessed to his biographer Barry Miles that they were partly right. Paul had a cousin who ran a bar in Ryde and he and John had visited them there. Paul later mentioned that although the song was primarily about a girl riding out of the life of the narrator, they were conscious of the potential for a double meaning.
On the other hand, John coined the phrase "Ticket to Ride" for another meaning. He was referencing the girls who worked the streets in Hamburg had to have a clean bill of health and the authorities would give them a card saying they were clean.

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