E-Ticket

[BiteUrLip]

[Verse 1: Eddie Vedder]

Riding beside me, silver light lightning

Time quickly disappears

Born out of fireworks, still looking skyward

As darkness reappears



[Chorus: Eddie Vedder & Elton John]

You gotta figure it's an e-ticket ride

Why else stand in line?

We take a ride in our e-ticket minds

Tell me yours, I'll tell you mine

Tell you mine

E-ticket ride



[Verse 2: Elton John]

In between moments, questions and quotients

Solved, yet still not clear

Looking for answers, we make up new dances

Ain't that enough if that's all there is?



[Chorus: Eddie Vedder & Elton John]

You gotta figure it's an e-ticket ride

Yeah, why else stand in line?

We take a ride in our e-ticket minds

Tell me yours, I'll tell you mine

Tell you mine

E-ticket ride







[Bridge: Eddie Vedder & Elton John]

I've no need to pledge my faith

To nothin' but time and tide

And I can see the universe

As the universe sees me, yeah



[Interlude: Elton John]

Oh, yeah

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah



[Chorus: Eddie Vedder & Elton John]

You gotta figure it's an e-ticket ride

Why else stand in line?

We take a ride in our e-ticket minds

Tell me yours, I'll tell you mine

Oh, you gotta figure it's an e-ticket ride

Why else stand in line?

We take a ride in our e-ticket minds

Tell me yours, I'll tell you mine

Tell you mine

E-ticket ride



[Outro: Eddie Vedder & Elton John]

Oh, oh, oh

E-ticket ride

Oh, oh, oh

E-ticket ride

Oh yeah

E-ticket ride

Oh yeah

E-ticket ride

[BiteUrLip]

Kinda rocker to me. Not one of the better songs from this album though. I dislike the sound of drums.

4 stars.

[rocketman]

2 stars...worst song on the album.

[dougs]

"E-Ticket" from THE LOCKDOWN SESSIONS - Elton and Eddie Vedder.

This is the one rock song from THE LOCKDOWN SESSIONS.  The song was co-written by Elton and Eddie plus Andrew Wotman (Watt) who also produced the record.  The song is an upbeat guitar and piano driven song.  Eddie's guitar has a nice rocking edge to it but the song has a bit of that "been-there, done-that" feel to it.  Elton's "England and America" (a bonus track from WONDERFUL CRAZY NIGHT in 2016) can be heard in "E-Ticket."  The outro sees EJ borrow some piano parts often heard in his rock songs live these days.  Been-there, done-that.  

It is, regardless, a nice toe-tapper but doesn't offer anything new.  It is, however, nice to hear the solid energetic rock drumming rather than simply time-keeping.  I'd like to hear Elton re-invent how he writes a rock song rather than rely as much as he does on stepping back to what he has done before.  Hopefully, it is not too late...

Rating: 3 1/2 to 4 stars (max)

Doug