For my fourth birthday in 1968, an Aunt and Uncle gave me some spending money to buy sweets. I convinced my mother to take me to a record shop and I bought Ob-la-di-ob-la-da by Marmalade. The very first record I ever bought. Later, in my teens, I "discovered" The Beatles and they became my favourite band of all time. So thank you for this lovely reaction video. video
Marmalades biggest hit was 'Reflections of my Life' (1969) a must listen and my all time favourite song. It was also a favourite of those serving in Vietnam at the time. I am 70yo now and it still strongly impacts me to this day. As for today's choice it's a close call but I think I prefer the Beatles version.
A great choice of comparison, both where excellent, I find it difficult to pick a favourite so, for me it's a draw. Marmalade were a great band who had a number of hits in the U.K.
I'm told (though I can't verify it) that the guys in Marmalade, when they were first getting started, used to come to our house in Barlanark, Glasgow, Scotland, so that my father could tune their guitars. I was born in 1963, so I would have been very young (and consequently have no memory of this LOL). If any of the guys happen to read this, maybe they can confirm.
I was eleven years old and loved Marmalade's version but at the time I never knew it was a Beatles song, and yes The Marmalade version was released only a week after The White album came out. The Beatles version is of course the best.
The Beatles used to release albums, especially in the early days, that rarely included singles. They viewed including a single on an album as cheating their fans and preferred to include an unreleased song instead of one that they intended to release as a single (This is also why they hated the cash grab that Capitol Records did to their early albums in the US). Because of this, lesser groups used to pounce on newly released Beatles albums, pick a song and quickly release a cover of the song as a single, with the hope of having a sure fire-hit with a Lennon/McCartney song (with no Beatles competition in the singles charts). The Marmalade release is almost a carbon-copy of the Beatles version. However, almost all of their own, self-written singles that followed this, are worth a listen and are really good. "Rainbow," "Reflections of My Life," "My Little One," Etc. "Reflections of My Life" was their biggest worldwide hit (not Ob-La-Di) and made the Top Ten in the US.
The Beatles didn’t release it as a single in the US or UK leaving it open for other bands to do so , Marmalde were the first Scot’s band to get a No 1 in the UK with their cover , this was the recording I grew up with and didn’t know it was a Beatles song till many years later . It’s almost sacrilegious for me to go against the Beatles .. 🤦♂️.. but I grew up thinking it was a Marmalade song .. so by cultural default .. sigh .. it’s Maramalade for me . Either way it’s a great , quirky and joyful McCartney penned ditty 😀 👍🏴clearly I wrote that before watching Cynthia look up the same facts 😅 👍🏴
@@SPKdesign1 me too , I o ly became aware of them when it came on the tv they’d officially split up , must’ve been 1970 I spose . It was AFTER that that I started to become aware of their catalogue and cultural significance 👍🏴
@@JamesDickson-vs5of I vividly remember James when Starman came oot the 2nd time in 73 and Bowie put his arm round Mick Ronsons shoulders on TOTP we were all in the playground next day doing the same belting out Starman . As a wee aside , our peer group that next day all agreed to get Bowie haircuts that weekend and come into school on the Monday wi the sticky uppy mullet he had at the time .. I pestered my dad all Friday night and the next morning he took me to the 1 barber shop we had in oor toon , auld John the ex Army barber .. you know where this going right ? 🤣… got sat on the plank for young uns on the chair , I asked for a David Bowie , my dad winked at him unseen by me … and I got a severe short back and sides and cried all the way home …. 🤯 Of the 12 of us 2 got Bowie cuts and 10 were oppressed by their dads and got a “ decent “ hair cut .. parental fascism 🤣 👍🏴
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering 🤣🤣🤣🤣 aw jay a couple of my bootboy mate's had the Ziggy stardust hair cuts, wee minger tant, ♥️ sleep tight bonzi, had his dyed copper red, ah canny begin to tell ye how absolutely ace it looked, wi black Abercrombie , I hud the obligatory feather cut, ma auld boy hud a Alvin stardust, im pissing ma self just thinking about it 🏴✌️
And ze Beatles win this one for me, too - solely based on the better stereo mix, with the drums in the middle where they _should_ be! 😅 PS: Awww, I heard Cheeto! 😊
I read that being the perfectionist that he was, Paul spent hours on this track trying to get it right. In the end almost out of desperation, John came up with the piano intro bashing away on the keys, and they used it.
This is one of the first songs I can remember, but it was the Marmalade version that was the hit, and if I knew The Beatles had written it, I didn't realise they'd recorded it, and never heard their version until many years later. In the end though, it's just a cheesy pop song I don't much care about, but cheese and marmalade is a pretty good combination, so that's what I will go with.
I remember the White Album having Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da on it and separately Marmalade releasing it as single and as a child of 10 or 11 wondering ''what gives?' Locally, The Beatles version did get radio air time. Hearing both side by side I think I prefer The Beatles rendition, if only for the background subtleties. But that was a short head if one can use horse racing parlance.
One can indeed Simon .. 😀.. Marmalade doing a Beatles song was like having a 10lb penalty but they still won a No 1 here 😅 See what I did there ? 🤣 👍🏴
Marmalade is certainly one of those products worth making yourself. Forget the mass produced shred, buy those Seville oranges and adjust your own tangyness taste. Minestrone last week, marmalade today...what a culinary musical journey we are on. But please no goats head soup!
The main thing missing in The Marmalade version is Paul's amazing vocal. Hard to compete with that. But if you didn't know it was a Beatles' song The Marmalade version is great.
Apparently McCartney didn't just write the song, he drove the rest of the band to distraction recording in over and over again to get it just right - including the speed it was been played. Ever the perfectionist.
Obviously The Beatles,but an honourable mention to Marmalade. I feel that they were a little reggae inspired. There was a kid in my class called , Gaylord Jackson. The poor guy got a lot of stick. You know how cruel kids can be.
Awww that had to sting on a daily basis .. that’s poor parenting to not know what a disadvantage that would be when that kid went to school 🤦♂️ 👍🏴
The band are called The Marmalade. I never use the The either. There was a Jamaican band that used the name as well in the early 60s but that's probably not why they changed theirs.
YOU HAVE THE REMASTERED VERSION IN STEREO THE ORIGINAL IS IN MONO, BUT IT WAS NO 1 IN UK, I THOUGHT BEATLES WAS MORE EMPTY BUT GOOD,THE BEDROCKS WAS MORE CARIBBEAN, MARMALADE WAS FASTER AND BETTER TO DANCE TOOV😊😊
@@mightyV444 Are you .. SURE mightyV ?.. are you now doubting whether I was indeed first ?.. think carefully and look at my eyes 👀.. the eyes , the eyes , look at my eyes .. 👀..not around the eyes .. look at my eyes 👀 !! I DID comment first , you were second and that’s now an agreed fact .. 🤞 You’re back in the room !!! 😝 👍🏴
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering - Nice try, sir! 😄👍 But your remote hypnosis doesn't work on me! 😁 I'll believe you if you can somehow manage to make the time on your 1st comment display as longer than on mine! 😉👍
Marmalade's version (which i haven't heard in probably 50 plus years) is pretty insipid after the Beatles original. Weak vocals,no background laughter, weak instrumental apart from a little brass.
For my fourth birthday in 1968, an Aunt and Uncle gave me some spending money to buy sweets. I convinced my mother to take me to a record shop and I bought Ob-la-di-ob-la-da by Marmalade. The very first record I ever bought.
Later, in my teens, I "discovered" The Beatles and they became my favourite band of all time.
So thank you for this lovely reaction video. video
Marmalades biggest hit was 'Reflections of my Life' (1969) a must listen and my all time favourite song. It was also a favourite of those serving in Vietnam at the time. I am 70yo now and it still strongly impacts me to this day. As for today's choice it's a close call but I think I prefer the Beatles version.
Good call Jackie, for nothing other than nostalgia, honest jay, marmalade for me 🏴✌️
I think the question should be Thick or Thin cut.
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The Beatleeeeeeeeeeeees definitely !!!!!
A great choice of comparison, both where excellent, I find it difficult to pick a favourite so, for me it's a draw. Marmalade were a great band who had a number of hits in the U.K.
The Beatles have my vote! Thanks for the reactions! 😊
I'm told (though I can't verify it) that the guys in Marmalade, when they were first getting started, used to come to our house in Barlanark, Glasgow, Scotland, so that my father could tune their guitars. I was born in 1963, so I would have been very young (and consequently have no memory of this LOL). If any of the guys happen to read this, maybe they can confirm.
*First, Jay!!!!* 😄
I was eleven years old and loved Marmalade's version but at the time I never knew it was a Beatles song, and yes The Marmalade version was released only a week after The White album came out. The Beatles version is of course the best.
Same here, except I was around 6-7 then. Didn't hear the superior BEATLES version for a few years afterwards.
The Beatles used to release albums, especially in the early days, that rarely included singles. They viewed including a single on an album as cheating their fans and preferred to include an unreleased song instead of one that they intended to release as a single (This is also why they hated the cash grab that Capitol Records did to their early albums in the US). Because of this, lesser groups used to pounce on newly released Beatles albums, pick a song and quickly release a cover of the song as a single, with the hope of having a sure fire-hit with a Lennon/McCartney song (with no Beatles competition in the singles charts). The Marmalade release is almost a carbon-copy of the Beatles version. However, almost all of their own, self-written singles that followed this, are worth a listen and are really good. "Rainbow," "Reflections of My Life," "My Little One," Etc. "Reflections of My Life" was their biggest worldwide hit (not Ob-La-Di) and made the Top Ten in the US.
Actually, I quite like the No Doubt cover of this song.
I'd not heard it before. Good fun!
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Never heard that version
Would like a comparison of Beatles vs. Earth Wind and Fire on the song.....Got to get you into my life......thanks
Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers covered it first.
The version I think I like best is by The Bedrocks - not heard it in years - I'll need to check it out again
Lennon with the 'thank you' and final laugh.
The Beatles didn’t release it as a single in the US or UK leaving it open for other bands to do so , Marmalde were the first Scot’s band to get a No 1 in the UK with their cover , this was the recording I grew up with and didn’t know it was a Beatles song till many years later .
It’s almost sacrilegious for me to go against the Beatles .. 🤦♂️.. but I grew up thinking it was a Marmalade song .. so by cultural default .. sigh .. it’s Maramalade for me . Either way it’s a great , quirky and joyful McCartney penned ditty 😀
👍🏴clearly I wrote that before watching Cynthia look up the same facts 😅
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I agree.
@@SPKdesign1 I’m sure James feels the same and we’re all roughly the same generation ✊
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering That would make sense. Ididn't really listen to the Beatles willingly til I was a bit older.
@@SPKdesign1 me too , I o ly became aware of them when it came on the tv they’d officially split up , must’ve been 1970 I spose . It was AFTER that that I started to become aware of their catalogue and cultural significance
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When this was in the charts, " everyone" was singing it, really easy for bairns to sing a long with 🏴✌️
That’s my recollection too James ✊
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering hey jay,it was the same wi yon song dizzy 🏴✌️
@@JamesDickson-vs5of I vividly remember James when Starman came oot the 2nd time in 73 and Bowie put his arm round Mick Ronsons shoulders on TOTP we were all in the playground next day doing the same belting out Starman .
As a wee aside , our peer group that next day all agreed to get Bowie haircuts that weekend and come into school on the Monday wi the sticky uppy mullet he had at the time .. I pestered my dad all Friday night and the next morning he took me to the 1 barber shop we had in oor toon , auld John the ex Army barber .. you know where this going right ? 🤣… got sat on the plank for young uns on the chair , I asked for a David Bowie , my dad winked at him unseen by me … and I got a severe short back and sides and cried all the way home …. 🤯
Of the 12 of us 2 got Bowie cuts and 10 were oppressed by their dads and got a “ decent “ hair cut .. parental fascism 🤣
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering 🤣🤣🤣🤣 aw jay a couple of my bootboy mate's had the Ziggy stardust hair cuts, wee minger tant, ♥️ sleep tight bonzi, had his dyed copper red, ah canny begin to tell ye how absolutely ace it looked, wi black Abercrombie , I hud the obligatory feather cut, ma auld boy hud a Alvin stardust, im pissing ma self just thinking about it 🏴✌️
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering iv got a Mick ronson single, billy porter it's cawd 🏴✌️
And ze Beatles win this one for me, too - solely based on the better stereo mix, with the drums in the middle where they _should_ be! 😅
PS: Awww, I heard Cheeto! 😊
Yeah, it's the Beatles for me, always was a favourite fun song, but I did enjoy hearing the higher backing vocals in Marmalade's version.
I read that being the perfectionist that he was, Paul spent hours on this track trying to get it right. In the end almost out of desperation, John came up with the piano intro bashing away on the keys, and they used it.
I love Marmalade's other songs as well ,like Rainbow/Radancer/Cousin Norman/My Little One. 👋👋👋
The Beatles album release in '66 was "Revolver", Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band in '67, and "The Beatles "White Album" in '68.
White albom,was late 60s
Think I prefer Marmalade on my Toast !! Cheers
This is one of the first songs I can remember, but it was the Marmalade version that was the hit, and if I knew The Beatles had written it, I didn't realise they'd recorded it, and never heard their version until many years later. In the end though, it's just a cheesy pop song I don't much care about, but cheese and marmalade is a pretty good combination, so that's what I will go with.
@@delorangeade I think your wanting jam on it 🤣🏴✌️
KEYBOARD PLAYER IN MATMALADE WAS CALLED JUNIOR CAMPBELL AND HAD A GREAT HIT WITH HALLELUJAH FREEDOM IF YOU COULD PLAY THAT, NOT HEARD IT FOR YEARS, 😊😊
Is your Caps lock stuck on Peter ? 🤷♂️
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering YES THEY ARE , WHY ARE YOU BOTHERED ABOUT THST, CANT AFFORD NEW ONE WITH TORIES PUTTING MY MORTGAGE UP X. 4
1966,was maybe Eleanor Rigby,yellow submarine.
I remember the White Album having Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da on it and separately Marmalade releasing it as single and as a child of 10 or 11 wondering ''what gives?'
Locally, The Beatles version did get radio air time.
Hearing both side by side I think I prefer The Beatles rendition, if only for the background subtleties. But that was a short head if one can use horse racing parlance.
One can indeed Simon .. 😀.. Marmalade doing a Beatles song was like having a 10lb penalty but they still won a No 1 here 😅
See what I did there ? 🤣
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Marmalade is certainly one of those products worth making yourself. Forget the mass produced shred, buy those Seville oranges and adjust your own tangyness taste. Minestrone last week, marmalade today...what a culinary musical journey we are on. But please no goats head soup!
The main thing missing in The Marmalade version is Paul's amazing vocal. Hard to compete with that. But if you didn't know it was a Beatles' song The Marmalade version is great.
I should add the The was dropped but it wasn't when this was released.
Pretty sure it was a mistake that was left in to reverse the "Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face" line.
Can you check out if The Carpenters,cover it?
The Beatles win, but hats off to Marmalade 😊
Apparently McCartney didn't just write the song, he drove the rest of the band to distraction recording in over and over again to get it just right - including the speed it was been played. Ever the perfectionist.
Chris .. you KNOW as do I , why they changed their name from The Gaylords 😅
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@@hanierfamily 😝 we understand each other 🤣
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Obviously The Beatles,but an honourable mention to Marmalade. I feel that they were a little reggae inspired.
There was a kid in my class called , Gaylord Jackson. The poor guy got a lot of stick. You know how cruel kids can be.
Awww that had to sting on a daily basis .. that’s poor parenting to not know what a disadvantage that would be when that kid went to school 🤦♂️
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Never a single in the UK for the Beatles also a hit same time for reggae group the Bedrocks
The band are called The Marmalade. I never use the The either. There was a Jamaican band that used the name as well in the early 60s but that's probably not why they changed theirs.
Beatles , its soumds music wise almost the same
She never get dizzy,with her neck movement? She have to have a good Chiropractic?😮😅
YOU HAVE THE REMASTERED VERSION IN STEREO THE ORIGINAL IS IN MONO, BUT IT WAS NO 1 IN UK, I THOUGHT BEATLES WAS MORE EMPTY BUT GOOD,THE BEDROCKS WAS MORE CARIBBEAN, MARMALADE WAS FASTER AND BETTER TO DANCE TOOV😊😊
I reject your reality mightyV and replace it with my own .. I think you’ll find I was first all along .. 😵💫
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering - Sure! On a different timeline you probably were, too! 😀
... not on _this_ one, though!
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@@mightyV444 Are you .. SURE mightyV ?.. are you now doubting whether I was indeed first ?.. think carefully and look at my eyes 👀..
the eyes , the eyes , look at my eyes .. 👀..not around the eyes .. look at my eyes 👀 !!
I DID comment first , you were second and that’s now an agreed fact .. 🤞
You’re back in the room !!!
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@@hanierfamily - 😉 😄
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering - Nice try, sir! 😄👍 But your remote hypnosis doesn't work on me! 😁
I'll believe you if you can somehow manage to make the time on your 1st comment display as longer than on mine!
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Who wrote it….that is who does it justice.
Marmalade were good but the beatles were amazing
TBF that's a tough one! 51/49 the Beatles for me , the gaylords 🤣🤣🤣
1966 i fell of my chair when you mentioned that 1966 you failed it was 1968
Nop!! No comprtion there! Its To easy its the BEATLES,in technology,production,creativity,its to Easy!
The Beatles never released it as a single, it was crying out to be a hit single. The Beatles for me. Marmalade didnt do anything new with it.
THE 2 VERSIONS DID BETTER THAN THE BEATLES IN THE CHARTS, MARAMALADE AND THE BEDROCKS
Because the Beatles didn't release it as a single - so obviously, it couldn't make the charts!
Don't think John liked it
Molly was ALWAYS the singer in the band,not reversed.
The Beatles production is far superior. The Marmalade version is bland.
John lennon,hated it!
Marmalade's version (which i haven't heard in probably 50 plus years) is pretty insipid after the Beatles original. Weak vocals,no background laughter, weak instrumental apart from a little brass.