Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Divine Angel said:

This song

https://youtu.be/qFqov8a9iL4?si=YLws3h77w4TsF-q0

Uses a sample from this song

https://youtu.be/OedfVXal_Y8?si=PcogGMUdpef39y5G

Odd number from the Monkees, hadn’t hard that one.

Michael Nesmith, who died in 2021, revealed the origin of Mr. Bob Dobalina.

“It was the name of a department store manager in San Antonio,” Nesmith said. “My wife Phyllis and I were shopping when the page came over the speaker and I was immediately struck by the internal rhythm of the phrase.”

https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/2611/who-was-mistadobalina-mista-bob-dobalina-del-the-funky-homosapien/

While reading a biography of Alexander Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda was struck by the musicality of the name, and started humming what would later become the song Alexander Hamilton in the musical, Hamilton.
https://youtu.be/cuyMAneJqms?si=AX_TXlP2lgzMorTC