Beatles flubs, mistakes, and anomalies.
Ticket to Ride
Although I’ve never seen any official Beatle-sourced confirmation of this, many reports say that this title is in itself an anomaly. It is claimed that the lyrics as written and sung are "She’s got a ticket to Rye".
I’ve had various accounts of how an error was made in the printing of the record labels, or in studio documentation, and that it was too late to go back and fix. So "Rye" became "Ride" in print by accident. I’ve also been told that it was originally "Rye" but was changed on the documentation to be "Ride" in an attempt to deal with the fact that no-one in America knew where Rye was, and so this would confuse Americans less. So it was done deliberately, by the record executives, if you believe this version.
I must admit, the vocal has no clear ‘d’ sound. But beware: that’s how the misheard line "It’s such a feeling that my love, I get high, I get high …" came about, and also "I wanna hold your ham".
Posted by alangage at April 28, 2006 11:16 AM
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Not to mention "Pay bareback rider."
Posted by: Dan at April 28, 2006 12:03 PM
And "A Hardees Night."
Posted by: siskow at April 28, 2006 2:24 PM
don't forget the truckers anthem "Let All Our Rigs Be"
Posted by: woodsie at April 28, 2006 3:28 PM
Don't know if I need to mention that one song was actually telling a guy named Russ that "I am the wall."
Posted by: Dan at April 28, 2006 4:00 PM
This isn't mine, but "She's got a chicken to ride!" Which makes even more sense now that it's "She got a chicken to rye!"
Posted by: Cody at April 28, 2006 8:08 PM
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