About This Track
“Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” is a song written by Lennon/McCartney and released by The Beatles on their 1968 album The Beatles (also referred to as The White Album). It was released as a single that same year in many countries, but not in the United Kingdom or the United States. The song was written, primarily by Paul McCartney, around the time that highlife and reggae were beginning to become popular in Britain.
The tag line “ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, bra” was an expression that Nigerian conga player Jimmy Scott-Emuakpor, an acquaintance of McCartney, used. The song is in the key of B flat and written in 4/4. During May 1968, the Beatles gathered at George Harrison’s Esher home, in Surrey, to record demos for their upcoming project. “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” was one of the twenty-seven demos recorded there. Paul performed this demo solo, with only an acoustic guitar. He had also double-tracked his vocal, which was not perfectly synchronised, creating an echoing effect. According to studio engineer Geoff Emerick, John Lennon openly hated the song, calling it “Paul’s granny shit”.[1] After leaving the studio during recording of the song (after several days and literally dozens of takes of the song, trying different tempos and styles), Lennon returned while under the influence of marijuana, went immediately to the piano and played the opening chords much louder and faster than they had been played before.
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WWOMENN wrote:
~*~lalala~*~
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Gabriel_Opeth wrote:
this song is fucking metal
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CrispyDragons wrote:
I was always curious about the last verse in this song. Does this mean that Desmond married Molly just so he could take her job and relegate her to his own meager work? Or did Paul just switch the words around and I'm seriously overanalyzing? Regardless, it's a cute enjoyable song. Not one of the Beatles' best, but that doesn't make it god awful or anything.
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
this page needs more <3<3<3...relax ppls!
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Beatlesbabe01 wrote:
It's really fast xD It's usually nice and, at least slow enough to catch up :D
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bostoncrab wrote:
life goes on bruh
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AlCapwnUK wrote:
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, brotha
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metalhed00 wrote:
The first song I learned on guitar.
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lesliedahlink wrote:
Nothing wrong with this. A typical McCartney Beatles song. Nice and super-catchy.
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uraysaskia wrote:
It makes me happy :D
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MoogleZilla wrote:
Naw, it's pretty bad. But I love it haha. And fuck off @DarkEpitaph, Revolution 9 is fantastic.
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Hairyoutlet wrote:
john was just being an asshole, sweet song
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AlCapwnUK wrote:
i'm with John; think i might even prefer the offspring version
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DarkEpitaph wrote:
worst song on White Album (except Revolution 9, but that's not really a song)
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davidbowiegirl wrote:
Great song
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apleasant2011 wrote:
Yeah, I agree with John.
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licoricepizza wrote:
I tend to side with John, regarding this track. XD
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l_andie wrote:
а как же весело ее слушать, напевая вместе с ними - о, бляди, о, бляда :D
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Juliana_mach wrote:
this song makes me FUCKING HAPPY! (2)
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JanLustiger wrote:
@cobmaniac: Ska exists since the late 50s so... no.
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