paul mccartney wrote ob la di ob la da.
paul mccartney wrote ob la di ob la da.
who wrote ob la di ob la da?
paul mccartney
paul mccartney began writing "ob-la-di, ob-la-da" during the beatles' stay in rishikesh, india, in early 1968. prudence farrow, one of their fellow transcendental meditation students there, recalled mccartney, john lennon and george harrison playing it to her in an attempt to lure her out of her room, where she had become immersed in intense meditation. mccartney wrote the song when reggae was becoming popular in britain; author ian macdonald describes it as "mccartney's rather approximate tribute to the jamaican ska idiom". the character of desmond in the lyrics, from the opening line "desmond has a barrow in the market-place", was a reference to reggae singer desmond dekker, who had recently toured the uk. the tag line "ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah" was an expression used by nigerian conga player jimmy scott-emuakpor, an acquaintance of mccartney. according to scott's widow, as part of his stage act with his band ob-la-di ob-la-da, scott would call out "ob la di", to which the audience would respond "ob la da", and he would then conclude: "life goes on."
ob-la-di, ob-la-da
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