Nov 17 2009
Ob-la-di, OMG! Even John Lennon would turn in his grave
DURING the recording of The Beatles 1968 double album, entitled The Beatles, aka The White Album, Paul McCartney recorded this jaunty pseudo-ska tune called Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da.
Apparently, only Paul liked it. John Lennon and George Harrison both hated that it took such a long time to record (because Paul wanted the vocals to be perfect), and George even made a barb at it in his White Album tune, Savoy Truffle, with the line, “we all know Ob-la-di la-da, but can you show me who you are”.
But even John and George would turn in their graves, and Paul would wish he was dead, if they knew that the tune would be the basis for a productivity song by the Food Drinks And Allied Workers’ Union of Singapore.
Watch the video:
Thanks a lot, guys. I’m just sorry about the people appearing in the video. Did they know what they were getting into? They should be compensated well.
I know, when the MDA released a rap video some time ago, they got flak for that too. But at least it RHYMED BETTER!
Really, sample this last verse:
“Happy ever after in the work place/ cheaper better faster is the way/We all work together to give quality/That only workers in Singapore can achieve…”
Sorry, that’s not going to win the award for Best Lyrics anytime soon. Heck, even I could do something like that. In fact, here it is, sung to the tune of Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da…
“FDA double-U U of Singapore/Got the thought to write this song/It started as an idea that could be all right/but at the end the song just came out sounding wrong…
Oh bloody, oh brother, hate this song, ah/La la how we hate this song (repeat again)”
See? That took six minutes, including corrections. I’m available for other songwriting services for Christmas, New Year and other major festivities. Thank you.
