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SongFacts: Eddie Money's "Two Tickets to Paradise"
Posted on 10/28/24 at 10:31 am
Posted on 10/28/24 at 10:31 am
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Two Tickets To Paradise
Eddie Money
Raised in Brooklyn, New York, Eddie Money (real name: Mahoney) tried becoming a police officer like his father and brother. It didn't take ("it was a little too militant for me"), so Eddie took off for San Francisco and enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley. There, he met a sorority girl (Alpha Pi), and fell in love. She was well-off and well-heeled; Eddie was working his way through college as a receiving clerk at JCPenney while playing in bands on weekends. "Her mother would do everything in the world to get her away from me on the weekends so she could meet a nice young doctor or lawyer or CPA," Money said in an interview with Frank Jenks. "I wrote 'Two Tickets To Paradise' about taking a bus ride to the California redwoods. I had been up there going to court in Arcadia, which is in northern California, for something I was holding that wasn't mine... but we won't get into that. I wanted to take her on a bus ride up to the redwoods. 'Two Tickets To Paradise' could be anywhere: could be Hawaii, could be anywhere. It's a state of mind." Money never did get to take this girl to paradise. She dumped him before he could.
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Posted on 10/28/24 at 1:15 pm to Ranger Call
"I've got... 2 tickets to paradise... spread ya legs we'll leave tonight..."
The OT bawww version.
The OT bawww version.
Posted on 10/28/24 at 3:51 pm to Ranger Call
The guitar solo is one cliche after another and really I like it.
I guess Baby Hold On also fits the story.
I guess Baby Hold On also fits the story.
Posted on 10/28/24 at 4:04 pm to Red Boarman
All those types of (cliche dad jams - with my full respect) songs remind me of my days working during college at LSU and hearing Eagle 98.1 on the job sites, songs like Baby Hold On and Two Tickets to Paradise. Good memories. 
I tuned into Eagle recently and it was pure garbage.
I tuned into Eagle recently and it was pure garbage.
Posted on 10/28/24 at 4:05 pm to Ranger Call
Well, he was a drunk, drug addict and chain smoker who caused himself major health problems with drugs and later died of cancer caused by smoking.
I would say the girl's mom was correct and she dodged a bullet.
I would say the girl's mom was correct and she dodged a bullet.
Posted on 10/28/24 at 4:14 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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she dodged a bullet
The come up would have been fun
Posted on 10/28/24 at 5:51 pm to Ranger Call
How can you just not like Eddie.
Posted on 10/28/24 at 8:47 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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I would say the girl's mom was correct and she dodged a bullet.
I want to party with this guy!!
Posted on 10/29/24 at 10:01 am to Ranger Call
Bilj slapped that upvote hard.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 5:12 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Dude was a rock n roller.....of course the mom was right.
He lived the life for a long while.....probably why the girl was initially attracted to him....bad boy with bad habits that mom or dad would not approve of.
He lived the life for a long while.....probably why the girl was initially attracted to him....bad boy with bad habits that mom or dad would not approve of.
Posted on 10/31/24 at 9:38 am to KiwiHead
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Dude was a rock n roller.....of course the mom was right.
He lived the life for a long while.....probably why the girl was initially attracted to him....bad boy with bad habits that mom or dad would not approve of.
No doubt. I love Eddie Money. But I wouldn't want my daughter (no pics) to marry him.
Posted on 10/31/24 at 11:41 am to Bjorn Cyborg
Eddie Money is an American treasure and I, for one, am glad he did that GEICO commercial shortly before his death as it helped to connect him and his music to a younger generation.
When my wife asks what I did at work today I'm going to leave out. 'White knighted for Eddie Money in an online music discussion forum'
Posted on 10/31/24 at 11:55 am to reggierayreb
It's so funny looking back at old photos, videos, album covers, etc., what a prop cigarettes were. In posed, professional photo shoots, the subjects would be holding cigarettes.
Posted on 10/31/24 at 12:10 pm to reggierayreb
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When my wife asks what I did at work today I'm going to leave out. 'White knighted for Eddie Money in an online music discussion forum'
Posted on 10/31/24 at 5:31 pm to reggierayreb
I have a hard time imagining this dude as a New York City cop.
Posted on 10/31/24 at 6:06 pm to TigerBR1111
Eddie Rabbit >>> Eddie Money
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