“Ticket To Ride” – Episode 84

Season 2 kicks off with Ticket To Ride on this Beatles podcast, and it turns into one of those conversations where the song keeps getting bigger the longer you sit with it. We jump through personal memories, the emotional push and pull of a happy-sad track, the feel of that unforgettable guitar line, and a few surprising detours that shed more light on this song's role in the Beatles canon.

We cover:

-How Ticket To Ride hits different as grown-ups
-The rhythm, groove, and musical choices that give the track its tension and momentum
-Lyrics, title meaning, and how our brains mishear songs we swear we know
-A pop culture thread that unexpectedly preserves a piece of Beatles history

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