13-11-2015, 18:57
(13-11-2015, 17:13)talkSAFT Wrote: O Bla Di
Baffles me when I hear Beatles fans disparaging that song (you're not the first). It was a homage to the ska sound which was just starting to make the airwaves in this country: "Desmond" is a nod to Desmond Dekker, and "Molly" was Millie Small of My Boy Lollipop fame. I don't know of any other band who pre-empted them in copying that sound, so you can legitimately argue that Obla Di Obla Da is the first instance of blending British pop with Jamaican ska/reggae; a tradition which ended up influencing damn near every band worth listening to for the next forty-odd years
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