Ba-dee-ya — The go-to phrase used by Maurice White of Earth Wind and Fire in every song he wrote that needed a filler phrase. The most popular use of this phrase was in the song September where he sings:
“'Ba-dee-ya, say, do you remember / Ba-dee-ya, dancing in September…”
The co-writer of the song September, Allee Willis, asked:
“'We are going to change 'ba-dee-ya' to real words, right?' " But, this never happened.
In the final vocal session Allee Willis got desperate and begged Maurice White to rewrite that part of the song.
Finally when it was so obvious that he was not going to do it, she yelled:
“'What the fuck does 'ba-dee-ya' mean?'
And, White said:
“Who the fuck cares?'"
She said of that moment:
“I learned my greatest lesson ever in songwriting from him: never let the lyric get in the way of the groove”
The rest is 21st of September history.
As a result of taking that lesson to heart, Allee Willis went on to write: Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Boogie Wonderland,” the Pointer Sisters’ “Neutron Dance,” Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield’s “What Have I Done to Deserve This” and The Rembrandts’ “I’ll Be There for You (Theme from Friends).”
She has collaborated with: Bob Dylan, James Brown, Patti LaBelle, Deniece Williams, Herbie Hancock, Lamont Dozier; and, co-authored the Broadway musical The Color Purple.
She is also the first woman--and fifth person ever--to have written music for two shows opening on Broadway in the same season.
Ba-dee-ya!
“'Ba-dee-ya, say, do you remember / Ba-dee-ya, dancing in September…”
The co-writer of the song September, Allee Willis, asked:
“'We are going to change 'ba-dee-ya' to real words, right?' " But, this never happened.
In the final vocal session Allee Willis got desperate and begged Maurice White to rewrite that part of the song.
Finally when it was so obvious that he was not going to do it, she yelled:
“'What the fuck does 'ba-dee-ya' mean?'
And, White said:
“Who the fuck cares?'"
She said of that moment:
“I learned my greatest lesson ever in songwriting from him: never let the lyric get in the way of the groove”
The rest is 21st of September history.
As a result of taking that lesson to heart, Allee Willis went on to write: Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Boogie Wonderland,” the Pointer Sisters’ “Neutron Dance,” Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield’s “What Have I Done to Deserve This” and The Rembrandts’ “I’ll Be There for You (Theme from Friends).”
She has collaborated with: Bob Dylan, James Brown, Patti LaBelle, Deniece Williams, Herbie Hancock, Lamont Dozier; and, co-authored the Broadway musical The Color Purple.
She is also the first woman--and fifth person ever--to have written music for two shows opening on Broadway in the same season.
Ba-dee-ya!
“…Hey, hey, hey
Ba-dee-ya, say, do you remember?
Ba-dee-ya, dancin' in September
Ba-dee-ya, never was a cloudy day..”
Ba-dee-ya, say, do you remember?
Ba-dee-ya, dancin' in September
Ba-dee-ya, never was a cloudy day..”
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It is often used in a sarcastic manner after a cliched or bad joke has been told.
It is often used in a sarcastic manner after a cliched or bad joke has been told.
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1- You will appear to be actually smarter than the recipient, because they will assume you either speak another language they have never heard, or are referencing pop culture they are unaware of
2- The rest of your idiocy in your message will be overshadowed by this shocking soliloquy change
3- You'll get talked about, and really any press is good press.
1- You will appear to be actually smarter than the recipient, because they will assume you either speak another language they have never heard, or are referencing pop culture they are unaware of
2- The rest of your idiocy in your message will be overshadowed by this shocking soliloquy change
3- You'll get talked about, and really any press is good press.
Drunk guy leaving a message: " Heyyyyy, how are you? I don’t know why you’re ignoring me, I didn’t do anything wrong. Um. Yeah, like, what the, what happened man, we like didn’t meet up… right? And then next thing you know you just don’t wanna talk to me now? You know you’re going to see me when the summer time comes. And you’re gonna see me, and I’m going to be jacked out and you’re gonna be like, “fuck, I coulda duh duh duh duh” or you gonna hear about a girl that i was with and be like, “What he like what and he what his what with what in the what!?” and then you’re going to be like, “Daaaamn.” So let’s skip all that and let’s start talking again cuz I didn’t do anything mean to you or bad to you, we just couldn’t freaking get on the same wavelength of time to make a date to hang out. This time, let’s just meet and boom, quick and easy, ba-da liki mala da shini malaga, and everything’s cool, alright? Ok. Bye."
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