Transcription of the BBC programme about the song

Assignment by: Maria Ruiz Llorens

Transcription of the BBC programme about the song:

 

 “Ticket to Ride” by The Beatles

I think I’m gonna be sad,

I think it’s today, yeah

The girl that’s driving me mad

Is going away.

She’s got a ticket to ride,

She’s got a ticket to ride,

She’s got a ticket to ride,

But she don’t care.

G: Hello, I’m Graham James

K: And I’m Kathy Lyons

G: and this is Pedagogical Pop

K: Pedagogical Pop, the new framework to the pop song

G: and today’s song is by The Beatles

K: It’s called Ticket to Ride

G: the song

K: Ticket to Ride

G: sung by

K: The Beatles

She’s got a ticket to ride,

She’s got a ticket to ride,

She’s got a ticket to ride,

But she don’t care.

G: The Beatles now sing more about the girl and the boy

K: The girl is leaving the boy.

G: She’s not staying.

K: She’ going away.

G: How do we know that?
K: How do we know she’s going away?

G: Well, she’s got a ticket

K: She

G: has

K: got

G:  a ticket

K: A ticket to ride

H: She’s

She’s got a ticket to ride

K: Got a ticket

She’s got a ticket to ride

G: To ride

She’s got a ticket to ride

But she don’t care

K: She’s got a ticket to ride but she don’t care

G: A ticket

K: If you travel by train

G: You must buy a ticket first

K: You need a ticket before you can ride on a train

G: If you’re going by bus

K: Then, buy a ticket

G: You’ve got to buy a ticket before you can travel by bus

K: And if you go by plane

G: Remember to buy a ticket

K: If you buy a ticket, then you can ride on a plane

G: But no ticket

K: No ride

G: And this girl’s got a ticket

K: She’s got a ticket

G: and so

K: She could ride

She’s got a ticket to ride

But she don’t care

G: Yes, she’s got a ticket to ride

K: But she don’t care

G: She doesn’t care

K: She doesn’t care at all

G: She doesn’t care one little bit

K: She doesn’t care

G: Care

K: It makes no difference to her

G: It’s all equal to her

K: It doesn’t worry her

G: She’s not concerned

K: She doesn’t care

G: No, no, she doesn’t care

K: What doesn’t she care about?
G: Who doesn’t she care about?
K: Her boy

G: He lost her

K: But she doesn’t care

G: He doesn’t want her to go away

K: but She doesn’t care

G: He hopes she’d stayed

K: She doesn’t care

G: The boy, on the other hand, is going to be sad

K: Today

G: The girl that’s driving me mad

K: is going away

“I think I’m gonna be sad,

I think it’s today, yeah

The girl that’s driving me mad

Is going away.

G: I think I’m gonna be sad,

I think it’s today, yeah

The girl that’s driving me mad

Is going away.

K: He thinks

G: He doesn’t know

K: But he’s pretty sure

G: He thinks he’s gonna be sad

K: Gonna be?

G: going to be, going to be sad

K: He thinks he’s going to be sad

G: Sad

K: Not happy

G: I’m happy, I’ve a friend, there’s a fine day, we have a good meal, I’m happy

K: You’re happy. But the boy on the song is sad

G: Sad, I’ve no friends

K: You’re sad

G: It’s a rainy day

K: You’re sad

G: I’ve got nothing to eat

K: You’re sad

G: The boy in the song is going to be sad

K: When?

G: I think it’s today

“I think I’m gonna be sad,

I think it’s today, yeah

K: And why is he going to be sad?

G: Simple

The girl that’s driving me mad

Is going away.

G: The girl that’s driving me mad

Is going away.

K: She’s gone

G: She’s driving me mad

K: She’s making you mad

G: Mad

K: Angry

G: Confused

K: Annoyed

G: She’s making me mad

K: She’s driving you mad

G: She’s not driving a car

K: You could drive a car

G: She’s not driving a bus

K: You could drive a bus

G: She’s not driving a tractor

K: You could drive a tractor

G: She’s driving him mad

K: Who could drive someone mad?

G: I like talking too much, going on and on and never stop talking

K: You talk too much, that drives me mad

G: you’re changing my mind, yes, uhmm. No…yes….no…

K: Don’t change your mind, that drives me mad

G: And there are a lot of other ways

K: Of driving someone mad

G: I think I’m gonna be sad

    I think It’s today

K: Yeah
G: The girl that’s driving me mad is going away

K: She’s got a ticket to ride but she don’t care

“I think I’m gonna be sad,

I think it’s today, yeah

The girl that’s driving me mad

Is going away.

She’s got a ticket to ride,

She’s got a ticket to ride,

She’s got a ticket to ride,

But she don’t care

K: Why is she leaving him?

G: She wants to be free

K: And?
G: She would never be free when he was around

K: In fact

G: Living with him is bringing her down

She said that living with me

is bringing her down, yeah.

For she would never be free

When I was around.

G: She said that living with me

is bringing her down

For she would never be free

When I was around.

K: What were her words?

G: What does she say to him?

K: Living with you is bringing me down

G: Living with you

K: Live

G: Kath, Where do you live?

K: I live in a flat. Where do you live?

G: I live in a house.

K: and you could also live in

G: a bungalow

K: Or a caravan

G: or a tent

K: But she lives in him

G: and she’s had enough

K: she doesn’t want him any more

G: that she’s told him

K: living with you is bringing me down

G: is bringing me down

K: she’s had enough of him

G: living with him is making her sad

K: it’s bringing her down

G: living with him is making her unhappy

K: it’s bringing her down

G: living with him is making her depressed

K: it’s bringing her down and she’s told him

G: she said that living with me is bringing her down

K: Why? Why is it bringing her down?

G: listen

She said that living with me

is bringing her down, yeah.

For she would never be free

When I was around.

G: She would never be free when I was around

K: she wants to be free

G: but, at the moment, she isn’t free

K: she’s living with him, so

G: she goes to dances

K: with him

G: she goes to restaurants

K: with him

G: she goes to the cinema

K: with him

G: she goes to the theatre

K: with him

G: and she isn’t free

K: she would like to go to a dance

G: with David

K: she would like to go to a restaurant

G: with Allan

K: she would like to go to the cinema

G: with Frederic

K: she would like to go to the theatre

G: with John

K: but, she can’t

G: because she’s living with him

K: and it’s bringing her down

G: she isn’t free

K: and she told him

G: she said she would never be free when I was around

K: she would never be free when you were around

G: around

K: in the same town as her

G: going to the same places as her

K: she goes to shops and going Alleys
G: and he goes to shops and going Alleys too

K: you see? She’s around

G: she goes to pubs and cafes

K: and he goes to pubs and cafes too

G: you see? He’s around

K: and she can never be free to do what she likes

G: when he is around

K: she said that

G: living with me

K: is bringing her down. But she would never be free

G: when I was around

She said that living with me

is bringing her down, yeah.

For she would never be free

When I was around.

She’s got a ticket to ride,

She’s got a ticket to ride,

She’s got a ticket to ride,

But she don’t care

G: and she has had enough

K: she is fed up

G: why is she riding so high?

K: she ought to think twice

G: she ought to think right by me

K: before saying goodbye

I don’t know why she’s ridin’ so high

She ought to think twice

She ought to do right by me

Before she gets to saying goodbye

She ought to think twice

She ought to do right by me

G: I don’t know why she’s ridin’ so high She ought to think twice.

    She ought to do right by me. Before she gets to saying goodbye

K: You don’t know

G: why she’s riding so high

K: ride

G: you could ride a bicycle

K: you could ride a horse

G: but she’s riding high

K: not low

G: she’s riding high

K: She thinks a lot of herself

G: she’s riding high

K: she thinks she’s the greatest

G: she’s riding high

K: she thinks she’s the prettiest

G: she’s riding high

K: she thinks all men adore her

G: she’s riding high

K: she doesn’t know why she’s riding so high

G: he thinks she ought to think twice

K: twice

G: not once or three times or four times

K: she ought to think twice

G: ought to

K: she should

G: it’s a due she should

K: think twice

G: or two

K: in the morning

G: you ought to wash your face

K: you ought to clean your teeth

G: you ought to brush your shoes

K: ought to

G: you ought to

K: wash your face

G: you ought to

K: clean your teeth

G: you ought to

K: brush your shoes

G: ought to

K: and she ought to think twice

I don’t know why she’s ridin’ so high

She ought to think twice

She ought to do right by me

Before she gets to saying goodbye

She ought to think twice

She ought to do right by me

G: yes, she ought to do right by me before she gets to saying goodbye

K: do right by me

G: she ought to do right by me

K: what does she want?
G: what ought she to do?

K: she ought to go to dances with him

G: she ought to go to restaurants with him

K: she ought to go to the cinema with him

G: she ought to go to the theatre with him

K: all day
G: she ought to do right by me before she gets to saying goodbye.

K: before she gets to saying goodbye

G: before she reaches the point

K: when she absolutely has to say goodbye

G: but

K: she’s saying goodbye

G: today

K: she’s got a ticket to ride

G: I think I’m gonna be sad,

I think it’s today

The girl that’s driving me mad

Is going away

K: she’s got a ticket to ride but she don’t care

G: she said that living with me is bringing her down

K: for she would never be free

G: while I was around. I don’t know why she’s riding so high

K: she ought to think twice

G: she ought to do right by me

K: before she gets to saying goodbye

G: well, that song is by The Beatles

K: and It’s called Ticket to Ride

G: the song

K: Ticket to Ride

G: sung by

K: The Beatles

G: and that’s all from Pedagogical Pop at the moment, so goodbye from Kathy

K: Goodbye and from Graham

G: Goodbye

I don’t know why she’s ridin’ so high

She ought to think twice

She ought to do right by me

“I think I’m gonna be sad,

I think it’s today, yeah

The girl that’s driving me mad

Is going away.

She’s got a ticket to ride,

She’s got a ticket to ride,

She’s got a ticket to ride,

But she don’t care.

I don’t know why she’s ridin’ so high

She ought to think twice

She ought to do right by me

Before she gets to saying goobye,

She ought to think twice

She ought to do right by me

She said that living with me

Is bringing her down, yeah

For she would never be free

When I was around.

She’s got a ticket to ride,

She’s got a ticket to ride,

She’s got a ticket to ride,

But she don’t care.

                                                                                              Maria Ruiz LLorens