The Beatles Bible - Topic: The source of the title "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Di" http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-source-of-the-title-ob-la-di-ob-la-di/ Simple:Press Version 5.2.6 Linde on The source of the title "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Di" http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-source-of-the-title-ob-la-di-ob-la-di/#p60906 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-source-of-the-title-ob-la-di-ob-la-di/#p60906 Or that he misunderstood it or something. Can't remember where I read that. It was long before I joined this forum. If I had joined already when I read it, I certainly would've shared it. Damnit.

]]> Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:06:11 +0000 Funny Paper on The source of the title "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Di" http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-source-of-the-title-ob-la-di-ob-la-di/#p60887 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-source-of-the-title-ob-la-di-ob-la-di/#p60887

Linde said
I think I've read somewhere that the line ''Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da'' doesn't even exist.

Doesn't exist at all...!!??a-hard-days-night-john-3

]]> Sat, 08 Dec 2012 01:49:08 +0000 Linde on The source of the title "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Di" http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-source-of-the-title-ob-la-di-ob-la-di/#p60878 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-source-of-the-title-ob-la-di-ob-la-di/#p60878 I think I've read somewhere that the line ''Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da'' doesn't even exist.

]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:18:59 +0000 Funny Paper on The source of the title "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Di" http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-source-of-the-title-ob-la-di-ob-la-di/#p60874 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/the-source-of-the-title-ob-la-di-ob-la-di/#p60874 Joe's research yields that Paul got that title from a Nigerian friend and musician in London, who used to say it a lot.

 

I'm sure that's correct, however I have a nagging memory of my sister's ex-husband, a South African of English ancestry, who was old school about a lot of things, and didn't like the Beatles.  One day when I mentioned the song as one I like, he dismissed it:  "Oh, the Beatles stole that phrase from the school song of Cambridge".  Apparently, there was some school chant at Cambridge (or some other upper crust college in England) that included ...]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:25:32 +0000