At first glance, the Beatles’ “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” is nothing more than a hopeful ode to life’s persistence.
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on brah, the refrain repeats throughout the song. La, la, how their life goes on.
The song was innocent enough—until the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, painted the unassuming track in a far different light.
The 1968 track was one of several Beatles tunes that Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) included in an infamous memorandum that urged radio stations to ban certain songs following the national tragedy for various reasons.
Per CCC’s controversial memorandum), the refrain Life goes on, brah could’ve been offensive to a nation mourning the 2001 deadliest terrorist attack in the country’s entire history.
Greg Brady, another former radio host of a Clear Channel station, told:
“[It] probably was the proper thing at that time, not to rock the boat, and it didn’t seem like something that was worthy of poking the bear—playing the song just to get a reaction. I’m sure a lot of DJs felt the same way.”
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