![]() Once I get my drums set up again and start playing, I'm really gonna think more about what I play and how it fits the song. I would have never thought in a million years to put that drum pattern under those riffs and melodies, I'm more about doing a million fills and beating the sh!t out of the kit. Zero from Nowhere, NjI love the drums in this! I own a drumset but am not very good (my main instrument is guitar).Tim from Pgh, PaIsn't "Revolution 9" their longest song?.Carpenter was usually the duo's drummer but on "Ticket to Ride" she played electric bass. Karen Anne Carpenter passed away on February 4th, 1983 at the young age of 32. The duo's next six releases peaked at no lower than #3 on the Top 100 "Close to You". Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 8th 1970, the Carpenter's covered version of "Ticket to Ride"* entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #92 eventually it peaked at #54 and spent 12 weeks on the Top 100.Oh, maybe in changing it from "she" to "he" she was talking about a real story from her life, & it depressed her terribly? Seriously, is it that hard to put on a smile & sing an upbeat song in an upbeat way? George from Vancouver, CanadaI'd never heard anyone covering a Beatles song wreck one until I heard Karen Carpenter doing this one.it's up to the listeners to find out what it means to them. George from Vancouver, CanadaJohn in NY, they encouraged the analyzing of their songs & considering different meanings this is why Jon refused to give meanings when interviewed.The Carpenters version - which I don't particularly love either - just stripped away the exciting musicality that makes the Beatles version FEEL like a happier song than it really is. Hester from HoustonGeorge from Vancouver: "upbeat song"? The lyrics - starting with "I think I'm gonna be sad, I think it's today" - are definitely describing a very "down" situation for the narrator. ![]() Doug from NjThe genius of John Lennon in its simplest form.Mark from EnglandThe first ‘Metal’ song was ‘I put a spell on you’ by Screaming Jay Hawkins.Jackson from FloridaIt's not ticket to ride that was a joke on the press it's ticket Rye. ![]() This was written in the mid-'70s, and I was trying to seduce girls. “But on the other hand, it was of its time. It's kind of a selfish song - like, who cares what happens to you? What about what I want?” Joel admitted to the Los Angeles Times. ![]() "It's occurred to me recently that I'm trying to talk some poor innocent woman into losing her virginity because of my lust. "The minute they banned it, the album started shooting up the charts." Still, Joel admitted that his perspective, while honest, may not have been healthy. "When I wrote 'Only the Good Die Young', the point of the song wasn't so much anti-Catholic as pro-lust," Joel recalled to Performing Songwriter magazine in 2012. While many listeners missed the song's subject matter, the New Jersey archdiocese certainly noticed, convincing radio stations in their area to ban the song. Billy Joel’s 1977 single “Only the Good Die Young” is about pure lust – or, more specifically, Joel’s attempts to get a chaste Catholic girl to lose her virginity. It’s not an ode to James Dean, Marilyn Monroe or anyone in the 27 Club. Nope.
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