Comments | goldrush_girl: Back to the Fifties

goldrush_girl

Back to the Fifties

Sep 14, 2006 18:19

I used to dream of going to the Isle of Wight. I saw it every morning on the drive to school, and when my dad played the Carpenters' version of "Ticket To Ride" on his eight-track, I thought Karen Carpenter was sad because her boyfriend was leaving her for a new life on the island. I first went there on a trip with my best schoolfriend Elizabeth ( Read more... )

osborne house, isle of wight, travel

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outmused September 14 2006, 21:43:04 UTC

The Carpenters did a version of Ticket to Ride?

I suddenly feel slightly queazy...

goldrush_girl September 14 2006, 21:50:18 UTC

I didn't know it was a Beatles song for years. When I was a young girl (eight or nine, maybe) I thought my heart would break when I heard Karen Carpenter sing that song. It's a very slow version (at least to begin with) and she has a way with those brilliant opening words: "I think I'm going to be sad, I think it's today" that really moved me when I was a kid.

What can I tell you? Sometimes beauty can be found in the oddest places. And it always reminds me of my dad, as well, so I still love it.

outmused September 14 2006, 21:56:54 UTC

Hehehe - you are an odd and endearing woman.

:)

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goldrush_girl September 18 2006, 10:45:15 UTC

Glad someone else loves the version of the song! People usually recoil in horror when I tell them that.

Hey, can we be lj friends?

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goldrush_girl September 18 2006, 14:20:01 UTC

I've now added you to my friends list... so we're BFF now or something. I'm new to the whole lj thingy... Welcome, friend.

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