DeadSplinter Up! All Night: Not in the dictionary

28/10/20 Earendil the Mariner 27

‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da‘, besides not being in the dictionary, is the 4th track of the Beatles 1968 self-titled and only double album ‘The Beatles’ (aka the ‘White Album’):

‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’ wasn’t released as a single in the UK or the US. That caused a lot of bands to cover it hoping to land a hit. Scottish band Marmalade had the most commercially successful ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’ cover, and the only one that went to #1 in the charts (UK):

Thank you for your continued support of DeadSplinter, who is 1-year old this week. I’ve been here for 10 of the 12 months and I still haven’t managed to finish going through the DUANs I missed! Thanks to Keitel for letting me post some of the music I like, and to all of you for putting up with me!

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27 Comments

  1. Morphine, You Speak My Language 

     

  3. XTC – Your Dictionary

     

  4. welp…this is in the dictionary
    but fuck me are they wierd words

  5. oh also..me aunt loved that beatles song…coz it sounded like swearing when she sang along
    (when she was a kid)


    • (edit) the farscy breaks all these rules……
      i see the queens english (and rips english)
      and think ooooh…thats very nice
      then give it two fingers and go do my thing…
      (sorry rip no disrespect meant)

      • …none taken, i’m sure

        …some rules are made to be broken & language is nothing if not dynamic…so most of the time I think usage has the upper hand over the formalities

        …that said I may just be bitter because I don’t speak emoji…& I haven’t gotten over wanting to use whole words & punctuation in text messages…so I’m kind of an anachronism, basically?

        • I may have been given a wee bit of abuse for typing proper English in texts. Meh, I enjoy grammatical exactitude. 

          • /me ignores texts…even well written ones
            if it was important they would have called
            i really havent gotten the hang of this smartphone shit yet

        • lol you do stand out
          🙂

          • …that feels self-indulgent to star…but thank you, all the same

    • Speaking of Elvis Presley, when I take my dog out for his many constitutionals we often have incidental run-ins with neighbors. It’s not directed at us, they’re usually on a phone screaming at someone or screaming at each other. I sing this to the dog:
       

  8. I checked my dictionary app first to make sure it wasn’t there. 
    Cream – Swlabr


     

    • cream will always get a star from me
      same for the who…and zappa…and pink floyd …..shit basically every thing me and me dad used to watch whilst getting high as a kite
      (dont expect the star tho….turns out im realy shit at remembering to star shit after ive read it)

  9. Most early REM lyrics were basically unintelligible. I still don’t know what half the words to this song are and I’ve seen them do it live. 
     

    • I love Radio Free Europe! it’s so fun and dancy!
       
      discussion at 4:10


       
       

    • “Hands up if you’re still listening in 2020”

  13. …I know it’s probably another example of me being predictable…but I kinda feel like you done forced my hand?

  14. I do love songs with titles that are not in the dictionary.



  17. Late to the party, but this is not a word.  Corey misread a sign in an airport overseas:
     

    Could also explain why so many of the song titles on this album are plays on words, e.g. “Fabuless” and “Knievel Has Landed.”

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