Comments on: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

By: Mr. Kite

Mr. Kite — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 20:46:50 +0000

A “great” song??? Seriously ? This was not worthy of the Beatles!

By: Mr. Kite

Mr. Kite — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 19:19:08 +0000

John and George should have just left if Paul was so much of a perfectionist…didn’t the same thing happen with “Maxwell”?

By: kryworthy

kryworthy — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 04:33:26 +0000

100% agree! Just listened to them side-by-side on Spotify- wow, the Anthology version is great!

By: Rusty

Rusty — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 06:16:32 +0000

Rearranged it spells diabla la Boda , ie satanic wedding, story of uniting james pauls soul with sir pauls body, so life could go on after james paul died, is why she (james paul) was a singer in a band, they get married and both take care of HIS face (Not an accident left in, intentional show in the soul of Jim shares the body of spm). Not saying Paul really died just saying they really played the hoax and this is the paul is dead meaning of this goofy but dark song, sing along now if you can, miss him.

By: united jumbo band

united jumbo band — Sat, 14 Jul 2018 05:48:18 +0000

my dad told me it was british royal airport, but now with the story about how that guy said it, doesn’t at all make sense. i have no other conclusion that he made that up. jerk.

By: Boudin

Boudin — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 19:16:30 +0000

“We Built This City” was written by Elton John’s primary lyricist, Bernie Taupin. Although Bernie was a sometimes great lyricist, he also gets credit for one of the worst lines in music, in the otherwise wonderful song “Amoreena”: “And when it rains, the rain falls down…”

By: Nate Wahl Oogie Wa Wa

Nate Wahl Oogie Wa Wa — Wed, 30 May 2018 03:57:52 +0000

Who were the two little girls that sang La (x8) lahhh (really high!,) lah lah lah lah life goes on, heard starting on the Ob-la-da ONLY in the second chorus? I’d heard the story before but can’t remember. They were like sisters that had won a singing contest or something.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 12:46:39 +0000

funny Paul was the pothead

By: Lex Luger

Lex Luger — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 19:45:58 +0000

This song is the worst song the Beatles ever did. Happy, cheerful music puts me into a rage and this one is no different. It should have stayed on the cutting floor.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 20:02:36 +0000

Just found your website. Take a bow. This is great and all your
hard work is much appreciated. Passing it along to others for sure.
There will never be a band even close to the Beatles …. I was there
in college in the ’60’s … saw them in SF. Never have or will see
the crowds they drew … no one ever will. What a treasure.
So much in so little time unprecedented. Thanks much.

Bobby

By: Jackie

Jackie — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 23:17:45 +0000

This is my favorite song. All I see here is the reason John was aggravated was because he was stoned most of the time and wanted to keep doing drugs. The song is awesome, I don’t understand how is it that people hate it.

By: DarrenS

DarrenS — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 15:09:37 +0000

It’s odd how these stories get told and retold until they become fact. While they seemed to spend a great deal of time on this song (42 hours!), much of it was Paul alone or with the other musicians. The others’ contributions, at least for the first set of takes, was limited to what appears to be just singing and maybe hand claps. It wasn’t until they decided to redo it that they all played instruments. And then it was just 12 takes. That’s not a lot for them. How many takes of other songs did they do, for all three of them. 12 doesn’t seem a lot. Now, John may have been frustrated because he didn’t like the song in the first place, and he may have been the driving force to changing the tempo, but this whole story about how they spent way too much time on this song is ridiculous.

Oh, and the tempo of the song isn’t faster in the released version. It’s actually slightly slower.

This is a fun, catchy song that you can’t help but sing along to. Plus, it’s a great song for beginners to play on piano and guitar.

By: dgw28

dgw28 — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 16:14:38 +0000

Hard to criticize Paul, but this is not a favorite of mine. It’s like he doesn’t have an edit button. Just because you can do it, doesn’t mean you should. It would have been better to give it to Marmalade and leave it at that.

By: 2much4mymirror

2much4mymirror — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 15:16:38 +0000

How cool is it that on such a quintessential McCartney pop tune, the piano–both the hilarious rapid-fire opening that launches the song, and the little calliope
hook on the verses–was John’s contribution? Another great thing about their partnership – the spur-of-the-moment things like this (or Paul’s guitar on John’s “Good Morning” or his piano, drums and harmonies on BOJAY).

By: From Me To You

From Me To You — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 13:56:57 +0000

Lennon’s hilarious bookends of the song – what is this referring to? I’ve not heard of this term.

By: aubiemaggie

aubiemaggie — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 02:33:16 +0000

What are bookends of the song? I’ve never heard that term?

By: Teddy Salad

Teddy Salad — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 12:48:50 +0000

My vote goes to the insipid “We Built This City” by the infernal Starship.

By: Dark Overlord

Dark Overlord — Mon, 15 May 2017 20:47:10 +0000

According to Paul McCartney “Then I put the bass on and I double tracked it with an acoustic guitar”, this is supported by The Beatles Gear and at the beginning of the song, the bass part starts an octave higher than usual because it’s being played by a guitar instead of a bass.

By: Sir Huddleston Fuddleston

Sir Huddleston Fuddleston — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 01:32:34 +0000

I think Honey Pie and Maxwell’s Silver Hammer are detestable, but Ob-la-di Ob-la-da has always been toe-tapping. I almost think I prefer the Anthology version, for its purity. And McCartney’s bass playing is so good it redeems the thing — not to mention Lennon’s hilarious bookends of the song. Sounds like he was having fun, at least at the beginning…

By: Sir Huddleston Fuddleston

Sir Huddleston Fuddleston — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 01:29:37 +0000

Listen to the Anthology version, and you’ll hear a touch of ska, not least in Lennon’s hilarious bookends.