| "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" is a song by The Beatles originally released on the double-disc album The Beatles. The song was written around the time that reggae was 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, an acquaintance of McCartney, often used. According to studio engineer Geoff Emerick, John Lennon openly hated the song, calling it "Paul's granny shit". 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 stoned, went immediately to the piano and played the opening chords much louder and faster than they had been played before. He claimed that was how the song should be played, and this is the version they ended up using |
