Saturday, March 31, 2007

Old School Saturday

The song, Mistadobalina, by Del The Funky Homosapien came up in conversation today.

I hadn't thought of that song in years, but I remember really liking it.

The song was released by Del TFH in 1991 and sometime around then (maybe a few years later) I had a CCD (Sunday School but on Tuesdays for all you non-Catholics out there)
teachr named Bob Palladino and we used to sing the song as

Mistapaladino
Mista Bobpalladino
Mistapaladino
Mista Bobpalladino


It always got a laugh.

Incidentally, Mr. Palladino Mr. Bob Palladino apparently recently pled guilty to some kind of embezzlement at the school district he worked in or something like that recently.

Anyway, my mom said that she thought this song was based on some Monkeys song from the 1960s and some googling confirmed that:

Zilch - The Monkees


Zilch!
Mister dobalena, mister bob dobalena
Mister dobalena, mister bob dobalena
Mister dobalena, mister bob dobalena
Mister dobalena, mister bob dobalena

Zilch!
China clipper calling alameda
China clipper calling alameda
China clipper calling alameda
China clipper calling alameda

Zilch!
Never mind the furthermore, the plea is self defense.
Never mind the furthermore, the plea is self defense.
Never mind the furthermore, the plea is self defense.
Never mind the furthermore, the plea is self defense.

Zilch!
It is of my opinion that the people are intending.
It is of my opinion that the people are intending.
It is of my opinion that the people are intending.
It is of my opinion that the people are intending.


Who knew?

And for old times sake, let's listen to the song again - shall we?

The remaining of my post is to be read in the voice of the announcer from Video Music Box on BET.

It's nervous Thursday, we're gonna kick it with Del The Funky Homosapia and Mistadobalina:

2 comments:

ChuckJerry said...

Video Music Box was not on BET. It was on WNYC-TV, which was a local New York station that, at the time, was owned and operated by the city.

You didn't even need cable to watch Video Music Box, and they showed the dopest videos.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426817/trivia

Open Bar said...

Good call, Chuck. Video Music Box was indeed the shit.

Also, let's give some props to Del, because any rapper with the sack to put "Homo" into his name has some serious balls.