![]() ![]() The discussions are in full in Sheff’s book All We Are Saying. The interview was published on Dec 6, 1980, just two days before Lennon’s fatal shooting in New York. Perhaps a bit dramatic as a statement, but Lennon had no real opportunity to explain it further. ![]() "That was one of the earliest heavy-metal records made" - John Lennon, 1980 John Lennon spoke much later about the style of this track in his last ever major interview with David Sheff and made quite a claim. In many ways, the single represented a step change in The Beatle's sound with sadder lyrics and a harsher, heavier, and more aggressive sound compared to their previous bright pop style records. That was the first Beatles single to go over the three-minute mark. ![]() It came in at three minutes and 10 seconds long. “Ticket To Ride” broke the mold and format somewhat by being longer than the usual two and a half to a maximum of three minutes. Most of the records were very short, certainly by today’s standards. A long ticket to ride for radioīack in the early to mid-'60s, radio stations were still adjusting to pop and rock and roll music. It flew to the top of the charts and became the Fab Four’s seventh consecutive number one in the UK charts and their third consecutive number one in the United States. Released as a single in April 1965, “Ticket To Ride” was taken from the Help album. The song, though, has some less well-known interesting facts. They were also collectively included in Time magazine's compilation of the twentieth century's 100 most influential people.Like many other Beatles tracks, “Ticket To Ride” is a popular and well-loved favorite. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, and all four main members were inducted individually from 1994 to 2015. They have received seven Grammy Awards, an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score and fifteen Ivor Novello Awards. ![]() In 2008, the group topped Billboard magazine's list of the all-time most successful artists as of 2017, they hold the record for most number-one hits on the Hot 100 chart with twenty. They are also the best-selling music artists in the United States, with 178 million certified units. They have had more number-one albums on the British charts and sold more singles in the UK than any other act. The Beatles are the best-selling band in history, with estimated sales of over 800 million physical and digital albums worldwide. In 1963, their enormous popularity first emerged as "Beatlemania" as the group's music grew in sophistication, led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, the band were integral to pop music's evolution into an art form and to the development of the counterculture of the 1960s. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, the Beatles later experimented with several musical styles, ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock, often incorporating classical elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential music band in history. The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. ![]()
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