I remember the band themselves (I think it was from a VH1 show like "I Love the 80s" or something) saying that it's supposed to be a dance whether it catches on or not.
Exactly ... I watched some Las Vegas reactors make the same mistake with Toxic Waltz by Exodus . They had it in their head it was some kind of stupid dance craze and it obliterated everything after that . I still prefer blind reactions where people just say what's on their mind 🤔
Hey Black... This was NOT a dance, this was just for fun. At the time this came out, no one took the song seriously... we just had fun dancing "like an Eypytian!! Everyone one was doing it in some fashion, as you can see by that video!! Love it!!!
Susanna Hoffs was one of my first celebrity crushes. She is in her 60's and still drop dead gorgeous. One of the most beautiful women to have ever lived.
The Bangles were actually a much better band than this song would have you believe. They were very 60s-influenced (Beatles, Byrds, Hollies, Love), and wrote original songs that were in that vein. But once they were signed to a major label, they had to play the game and have hits, and this song was them playing the game. Tracks that were much more indicative of their real sound include Hero Takes A Fall, Dover Beach, In Your Room, Waiting For You, and their covers of Live (The Merry-Go-Round) and September Gurls (Big Star).
If you really want to hear them snap, check out their cover of an old Simon and Garfunkel song "Hazy Shade of Winter ". It's from the 1987 movie Less Than Zero, starring a very young Robert Downey Jr. ❤ 🤘Rock on, Kelly 🤘
One part of the Walk Like An Egyptian music video that stood out to me and many others was the close-up on Susanna Hoffs' eyes as she looks side to side. According to the video's director Gary Weis: "Susanna apparently suffered from a little stage fright and to overcome it she would often focus on individual audience members. We did not even have an entire audience, just a small group to stand near the stage with their arms up to make it look like it was a concert. We had cameras focused with close-up shots on each of the girls and that's when we captured Susanna looking at an audience member on the left and then switching to another one on her right. It was just sort of luck, but when I saw it I knew we had to put that in the video."
Historical fact: while there have always been girl groups, girl bands were few and far between. The fist girl band was The Runaways with Joan Jett who started mid to late 70s. The Bangles & Go-Gos came along in the 80s.
On recording this song, The Bangles had a dispute with their producer about who was gonna sing the song. Drummer Debbie wanted it, but the producer was like: "no way, we can't have a drummer taking the lead vocals - that doesn't look good on stage. Susanna should sing the song." As a form of protest, the other 3 members all took their part of the song - and Debbie did the whisteling part. But that's why in the live footage in this video you see Debbie at the front of the stage as well, they still regarded it as her song 🙂
The Bangles are a top-tier act but I hate that most people start with this song. It's basically a novelty song, not representative of their work. Pick any song from their first major album and it will be better than this.
I loved this song as a teenager. When I had kids of my own, I introduced them to this song during chore time one week. I always tried to teach them to find the fun in the boring/dreary parts of life. They dusted and mopped and washed dishes like an Egyptian to this song. We had a blast with a costume contest every week...whoever had the best costume got $10 and the chance to be the next week's DJ in charge of the cleaning music. It was hilarious! One week we had Cleopatra and her cat, a mummy, and my youngest with hand drawn scorpion tattoos and a sword, there were farmers and cowboys, the next week they were all zombies, then there was the week they discovered Nirvana and dressed in flannels... Saturday mornings were always filled with laughter and learning as we cleaned. It was a great way to introduce them to different genres of music, and different ways of life.
I'll be 52 in a few weeks, and seeing Susanna Hoff again brought back that young pre-teen/teenager crush I had on her back in the day. That girl was F.I.N.E. as hell, and those looks she could throw out there would make ya melt! YES the dance is absolutely ridiculous, and I don't know of ANYONE that did the dance except to goof off when this song came on the radio. Everyone loved the song though.
Walk Like An Egyptian was originally offered to Toni Basil, who had achieved international success in 1982 with the song "Mickey", but she turned it down. The Bangles needed one more song to complete their 1986 album Different Light, so they took it.
The Bangles were an all-female group with a lot of hits in the 80s incl. "Manic Monday" written by Prince, "Eternal Flame", and a great cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Hazy Shade of Winter".
Suzanna Hoffs was my Jr. High crush...welll..still to this day even, hahaha. "Manic Monday", Hazy Shade of Winter", and "In Your Room" are great tracks also. Let's go Black P! 40!
Two other Bangles bangers you need to check out are "Hazy Shade of Winter", a Simon and Garfunkel cover, and "Manic Monday" which was written by Prince.
This song came out when the Tutankhamun exhibit was traveling across the USA. Everyone was talking about it for about a year so the song caught the fad and became a hit.
No man who was young in the 80's can ever forget Susanna Hoffs and her eyes in this video. It's a moment in culture, which was then cemented by MTV who used that part in it's ads.
One of my former co-workers was an Egyptian immigrant. He LOVED this song. Had it as his ringtone. Simply because it was so much fun. He never thought it was insulting to Egyptians. (something that some pundits claimed at the time). I STILL love the song.
Their big hits before they became famous here in Los Angeles. We would see them quite often and 2 big hits was “Mary Street” and “real world” Those two are good songs very sixtyish Paisley type sound really nice Have a listen.
The song “Walk Like an Egyptian” by The Bangles is a metaphor for the awkward way people move when they try to keep their balance in choppy water, which is reminiscent of the way people are depicted in ancient Egyptian tomb paintings. That is what the writer of the song was inspired by, but if you look at it as a metaphor for life it could also mean trying to stay afloat when life tries to drown you. You go about your day by day like everyone else just trying to survive. Just because a song has an upbeat sound doesn't always mean it is a happy song, in my opinion.
I seem to recall this was on the heels of the US tour of the King Tut mummy and relics. Everyone was an amateur Egyptologist. And after seeing those pyramid paintings everyone assumed that was how Egyptians walked. The farce was if that walk persisted and how society would look if it was kept up.
I just recently realized that ZZ Top had a song an video called 'Velcro fly'... which had a dance sequence and female dancers doing the 'Egyptian dance'... That came out in 1985. 'Walk like an Egyptian' came out in 1986.
IN MY ROOM, HAZY SHADE OF WINTER, a cover of a Simon and Garfunkel song, GOING DOWN TO LIVERPOOL, and WALKING DOWN YOUR STREET, are great follow ups to this smash hit from the Bangles. And yes, Susannah Hoffs is beautiful. Keep going.
You just had the same reaction to Susanna Hoffs (the petite singer at the end of the song) as every male who saw this video when it came out. We were all crushing on her, and she still is and can really sing (even now). Do check out Hazy Shade of Winter and In Your Room by the Bangles-they were legit with real talent.
Some folks may remember, this song was adapted by the UNLV basketball team to become "Walk Like A [head coach Jerry] Tarkanian." ("Rebels, Rebels..." *puts towel in mouth)
I can't lie, I was in love with Susanna Hoffs. I can't help feeling you did Eternal Flame, but some other great Bangles tracks Hazy Shade Of Winter Bell Jar Going Down To Liverpool
LOL. Every time you posed with your arms out doing the Egyptian, I snapped a screen shot. I have proof you did the Egyptian. Hahaha!!! After a couple drinks at the dance clubs on a Friday night, they played the song. Only time we ever did that. Tipsy on the dance floor.
Susanna was my "freebie" my girl said, if you meet her and she goes for it... Yeah, that's gonna happen She is 65 years old and very active on Facebook and Instagram
Before this, Steve Martin did Saturday Night Live and did his song "King Tut" and he did this "Egyptian" walk. Steve Martin was in the 70s & The Bengals was in the 80s or 90s.
As others have suggested view Steve Martin's King Tut song video....also keep in mind that while the Bangles song came out in the mid 80's it was just a fun silly upbeat song, that people danced normally to, although they would throw in the Egyptian moves for fun now and then. Meanwhile Steve Martins song came out during the 70's during a massive tour of and the excitement of the King Tut's treasures. exhibit.
Hahaha this song was huge and yes we all did the dance . Nobody would have been thrown out of the club back in the day. It wasn't cringe in the 80s lol. 😂 Great reaction ❤
Something that almost tore the band apart for this song is that all 4 women do lead vocals but this song only had room for 3 and they made the ladies audition to see who would get the lead vocal spots in the song
The Bangles first album, "All Over the Place", released in 1984, had a '60s sound with lots of clever, well-constructed songs including "Going Down To Liverpool". It did well and earned them a spot opening for Cyndi Lauper's "Fun Tour" in 1983-84. The Bangles second album, Different Light, was their breakthrough. First came "Manic Monday," written by high-profile Bangles fan Prince. Then "If She Knew What She Wants," written by Jules Shear. But then came "Walk Like An Egyptian," the goofy romp that the band didn't think would get released as a single because it was "too weird." Of course, it shot to number 1 and became a sensation, but the group's rock pedigree did take a hit.... Other great Bangles singles for your consideration include "Walking Down The Street" and my personal favorite, especially being an adolescent in 1988, "In Your Room." The Bangles also did a great cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Hazy Shade of Winter", which did much better in the charts than the original.
Bro, as others have said, it's not a dance. Nobody in the '80s that I know ever did such a dance, and I went to plenty of school dances back in the day. It was just a goofy silly thing, like maybe something that the class clowns might do, or people goofing around might've done when the song played on the radio.
I see you checking out Susanna Hoffs BP! Now go check out Patty Smyth and her band Scandal doing “Goodbye to You” and “The Warrior”. Also, someone mentioned The Runaways (Joan Jett, & Lita Ford in the band), so check out their songs “School Days” and “Wasted”
You need to do a video on "All For Love" by Bryan Adams, Sting, and Rod Stewart. It is an awesome love song written for Disney's "The Three Musketeers" back in the 90's, which starred Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Martin Sheen, and Oliver Platt. This song is beyond fantastic!
The dance was just a joke. You'd laugh and do it in the middle of all your normal moves when this came on. But now you need to check out King Tut by Steve Martin on SNL!
Suzanna Hoffs kept Prince in a very tight friend zone. He went to a lot of the Bangles show just to see those rolling eyes and often he jumped on stage to play his incredible solos. He wrote and gifted the girls a song "Manic Monday" who reached number two on the Billboard chart. Ironically Prince took away the first place with his hit "Kiss".
This was THE JAM, when it dropped. We'd all whistle along, and do the "Way-o,way-o,wa-ay-o,way-o!!" Every one of my guy friends, and not a few of my female ones, fell in love with Susannah Hoffs, after this video. She sang the third verse, and did that sexy eyes thing. Myself, I was massively into the basd player, Mikki Steele. She sang the second verse.
Susanna Hoffs , one of the most beautiful women in the world and also one of the nicest. She even looks better now than she did back then , pure class.
The Susanna Hoffs eye roll is one of the best. She is so incredibly beautiful, and still is today!
All the boys loved that one.
Yep, she’s a five tool player.
Only reason I keep watching this ... have ya seen her live version of Bad Company's "Feel Like Makin' Love" ? So unnnnbelievably hot!
You won't find a 50 year old man today that doesn't know who Susanna Hoffs is.
OMG...For almost 40 years I thought I'm the only one who's looovved it
Their cover of 'Hazy Shade of Winter' is an absolute MUST to react to!!! SUCH a banger!!
Absolutely agree! One of the covers that I like better than the original.
I agree!
They proved they were a legit rock group!
I concur
Yes! Beautiful song!! A MUST!!!
I was 18-19 when this song came out....this was never a "dance" just a fun song to DANCE to
I remember the band themselves (I think it was from a VH1 show like "I Love the 80s" or something) saying that it's supposed to be a dance whether it catches on or not.
Manic Monday written by Prince
Definitely a must hear. Love that song.
Done by the Bangles
Steve Martin had SNL skit with walk like an Egyptian skit around the same time. Not sure if the skit's name
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@@argosthedork5097he didn’t use this song because he did King Tut ten years beforehand.
Susanna Hoffs and those eyes oh man...i had such a crush on her as a kid lol
Just as a kid ? I still do.
Every dude who has ever seen Susanna Hoffs has a crush on her. She is almost too beautiful to be believed.
I wanted to be her back then!
Same.
It wasn't a "dance", it was just a funny move to sell the song.
Exactly ... I watched some Las Vegas reactors make the same mistake with Toxic Waltz by Exodus . They had it in their head it was some kind of stupid dance craze and it obliterated everything after that . I still prefer blind reactions where people just say what's on their mind 🤔
Yep. Susanna Hoffs definitely one of my crushes in the 80's
A GREAT BIG YES TO THAT!
Same for everyone. Guys wanted her, girls wanted to be her.
Hey Black... This was NOT a dance, this was just for fun. At the time this came out, no one took the song seriously... we just had fun dancing "like an Eypytian!! Everyone one was doing it in some fashion, as you can see by that video!! Love it!!!
Susanna Hoffs was one of my first celebrity crushes. She is in her 60's and still drop dead gorgeous. One of the most beautiful women to have ever lived.
Susanna Hoffs is absolutely gorgeous.
BP thought absolutely the same😂Did you see it?
Steve Martin's King Tut was also a lot of fun!
Hieroglyphs. I love how we were FREE to laugh and have fun and no one was angry!
Yup. Totally agree. You'd never be able to make this song/video today...The world is in a sad state when you can no longer just have fun.
Yes yes yes!
It was a Marxist plot by the liberals now we know better to be suspicious of everyone and angry all the time.
@@rubyslippers8215 I doubt that modern dances like Gangnam Style were ever meant to be taken seriously.
The Bangles were actually a much better band than this song would have you believe. They were very 60s-influenced (Beatles, Byrds, Hollies, Love), and wrote original songs that were in that vein. But once they were signed to a major label, they had to play the game and have hits, and this song was them playing the game. Tracks that were much more indicative of their real sound include Hero Takes A Fall, Dover Beach, In Your Room, Waiting For You, and their covers of Live (The Merry-Go-Round) and September Gurls (Big Star).
At 7’25’’ Susanna Hoffs hit you as hard as she hit me as a teenage kid in the 80s. She was soooo gorgeous and actually still is as an older lady. ❤
def one of the greatest moments in music video history .I also love that we get to hear the other others sing in this one.
King Tut SNL Steve Martin
BP will crack up at that classic SNL skit. Back in the "Two Wild and Crazy Guys" days with him & Dan Aykroyd. Lol
Love classic SNL, not anything after the 90's.
omg yes...
That was the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band backed him up for that song.
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Oh wow!!! I had that 45 when I was young lol! Thanks for the info
If you really want to hear them snap, check out their cover of an old Simon and Garfunkel song "Hazy Shade of Winter ". It's from the 1987 movie Less Than Zero, starring a very young Robert Downey Jr. ❤ 🤘Rock on, Kelly 🤘
@GrannyMetalheadTV One of my favorite movies. Also, I love The Bangles; In Your Room, and Bell Jar.
One part of the Walk Like An Egyptian music video that stood out to me and many others was the close-up on Susanna Hoffs' eyes as she looks side to side. According to the video's director Gary Weis:
"Susanna apparently suffered from a little stage fright and to overcome it she would often focus on individual audience members. We did not even have an entire audience, just a small group to stand near the stage with their arms up to make it look like it was a concert. We had cameras focused with close-up shots on each of the girls and that's when we captured Susanna looking at an audience member on the left and then switching to another one on her right. It was just sort of luck, but when I saw it I knew we had to put that in the video."
Check out their other hits. Hazy Shade of Winter and In Your Room are good ones
Historical fact: while there have always been girl groups, girl bands were few and far between. The fist girl band was The Runaways with Joan Jett who started mid to late 70s. The Bangles & Go-Gos came along in the 80s.
Bangles bass player Michael Steele was also a member of The Runaways
Wasn't Lita Ford in that band too?
Yes she was@@craigdragseth9272
The first girl band The Runaways? What about the Shangri-Las?
Maybe in Rock or Pop but Doo Wap and MoTown were loaded with girl groups.
Ohhh, Disco had some girl bands too.
On recording this song, The Bangles had a dispute with their producer about who was gonna sing the song. Drummer Debbie wanted it, but the producer was like: "no way, we can't have a drummer taking the lead vocals - that doesn't look good on stage. Susanna should sing the song." As a form of protest, the other 3 members all took their part of the song - and Debbie did the whisteling part.
But that's why in the live footage in this video you see Debbie at the front of the stage as well, they still regarded it as her song 🙂
The “whistling” is synth. It’s not real whistling.
Lol. The song is actually about waiting tables in a big city, but they took a totally unique approach to it.
That's exactly what the walk looks like! 💁🤣
Your reaction, and every other teenage boy when this song came out, at 7:15!!!! 😂😂😂
The Bangles are a top-tier act but I hate that most people start with this song. It's basically a novelty song, not representative of their work. Pick any song from their first major album and it will be better than this.
This was the best selling single of 1987.
Born in 83. This was my JAM when I was in preschool. I'm so glad there were no cell phones back then to record me dancing to this absolute banger
Dude, IT'S NOT A DANCE!!! It says what it is in the title...WALK like an Egyptian.
exactly!!!
I loved this song as a teenager. When I had kids of my own, I introduced them to this song during chore time one week.
I always tried to teach them to find the fun in the boring/dreary parts of life. They dusted and mopped and washed dishes like an Egyptian to this song. We had a blast with a costume contest every week...whoever had the best costume got $10 and the chance to be the next week's DJ in charge of the cleaning music.
It was hilarious! One week we had Cleopatra and her cat, a mummy, and my youngest with hand drawn scorpion tattoos and a sword, there were farmers and cowboys, the next week they were all zombies, then there was the week they discovered Nirvana and dressed in flannels...
Saturday mornings were always filled with laughter and learning as we cleaned. It was a great way to introduce them to different genres of music, and different ways of life.
I'll be 52 in a few weeks, and seeing Susanna Hoff again brought back that young pre-teen/teenager crush I had on her back in the day. That girl was F.I.N.E. as hell, and those looks she could throw out there would make ya melt! YES the dance is absolutely ridiculous, and I don't know of ANYONE that did the dance except to goof off when this song came on the radio. Everyone loved the song though.
Walk Like An Egyptian was originally offered to Toni Basil, who had achieved international success in 1982 with the song "Mickey", but she turned it down. The Bangles needed one more song to complete their 1986 album Different Light, so they took it.
😅you discovered the moment every boy of my generation fell in love with Susanna.
The Bangles were an all-female group with a lot of hits in the 80s incl. "Manic Monday" written by Prince, "Eternal Flame", and a great cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Hazy Shade of Winter".
Suzanna Hoffs was my Jr. High crush...welll..still to this day even, hahaha. "Manic Monday", Hazy Shade of Winter", and "In Your Room" are great tracks also. Let's go Black P! 40!
I think "In Your Room" would be a little too much for BP's delicate sensibilities. 🤣He'd need CPR after hearing those lyrics!🤣
@@rubyslippers8215 Hahahha, you may be right!
Two other Bangles bangers you need to check out are "Hazy Shade of Winter", a Simon and Garfunkel cover, and "Manic Monday" which was written by Prince.
8:11 If you play it for your kids, you will HAVE TO WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN 😂😅
Manic Monday and Hazy Shade of Winter. Keep doing what you do.😁
This song came out when the Tutankhamun exhibit was traveling across the USA. Everyone was talking about it for about a year so the song caught the fad and became a hit.
This song shows up from time to time in movies and tv shows.
Manic Monday should be the next Bangles hit you should do a reaction to!!! God bless!!! Chuck Knight from Atascocita (Houston), Texas.
No man who was young in the 80's can ever forget Susanna Hoffs and her eyes in this video. It's a moment in culture, which was then cemented by MTV who used that part in it's ads.
One of my former co-workers was an Egyptian immigrant. He LOVED this song. Had it as his ringtone. Simply because it was so much fun. He never thought it was insulting to Egyptians. (something that some pundits claimed at the time). I STILL love the song.
This song and the video for it were so popular that ZZ Top did an Egyptian themed video to the song Velcro Fly
The lead singer has aged very well. Still beautiful today
Their cover of Hazy Shade of Winter is so good! Manic Monday and In Your Room are must hear too!
look at egyptian wall paintings. this is what the paintings look like with their arms and hands extended.
Their big hits before they became famous here in Los Angeles. We would see them quite often and 2 big hits was “Mary Street” and “real world” Those two are good songs very sixtyish Paisley type sound really nice Have a listen.
This was just fun back in the day, no one took it seriously except it was a good, snappy, fun song
The song “Walk Like an Egyptian” by The Bangles is a metaphor for the awkward way people move when they try to keep their balance in choppy water, which is reminiscent of the way people are depicted in ancient Egyptian tomb paintings. That is what the writer of the song was inspired by, but if you look at it as a metaphor for life it could also mean trying to stay afloat when life tries to drown you. You go about your day by day like everyone else just trying to survive. Just because a song has an upbeat sound doesn't always mean it is a happy song, in my opinion.
I seem to recall this was on the heels of the US tour of the King Tut mummy and relics. Everyone was an amateur Egyptologist. And after seeing those pyramid paintings everyone assumed that was how Egyptians walked. The farce was if that walk persisted and how society would look if it was kept up.
I just recently realized that ZZ Top had a song an video called 'Velcro fly'... which had a dance sequence and female dancers doing the 'Egyptian dance'... That came out in 1985.
'Walk like an Egyptian' came out in 1986.
The next song you should consider is one. They did for a movie back in the you know, late 80s called "Hazy Days of Winter" You're like that for sure.
IN MY ROOM,
HAZY SHADE OF WINTER, a cover of a Simon and Garfunkel song,
GOING DOWN TO LIVERPOOL, and WALKING DOWN YOUR STREET, are great follow ups to this smash hit from the Bangles.
And yes, Susannah Hoffs is beautiful. Keep going.
You just had the same reaction to Susanna Hoffs (the petite singer at the end of the song) as every male who saw this video when it came out. We were all crushing on her, and she still is and can really sing (even now). Do check out Hazy Shade of Winter and In Your Room by the Bangles-they were legit with real talent.
Some folks may remember, this song was adapted by the UNLV basketball team to become "Walk Like A [head coach Jerry] Tarkanian." ("Rebels, Rebels..." *puts towel in mouth)
It’s already been suggested to check out Steve Martin’s “King Tut”, SNL 1978!
HILARIOUS!!!!!!°
Hilarious truly😂
I can't lie, I was in love with Susanna Hoffs.
I can't help feeling you did Eternal Flame, but some other great Bangles tracks
Hazy Shade Of Winter
Bell Jar
Going Down To Liverpool
LOL. Every time you posed with your arms out doing the Egyptian, I snapped a screen shot. I have proof you did the Egyptian. Hahaha!!!
After a couple drinks at the dance clubs on a Friday night, they played the song. Only time we ever did that. Tipsy on the dance floor.
Susanna was my "freebie" my girl said, if you meet her and she goes for it...
Yeah, that's gonna happen
She is 65 years old and very active on Facebook and Instagram
Now you've got to react to Steve Martin's "King Tut". It's hilarious!
This video made Susanna Hoff my first celebrity crush. Those eyes and that voice.
I was about ten when this came out. I don’t recall people actually doing the dance. However, the song was hugely popular.
Before this, Steve Martin did Saturday Night Live and did his song "King Tut" and he did this "Egyptian" walk. Steve Martin was in the 70s & The Bengals was in the 80s or 90s.
The first time I saw Suzanna Hoffa do that side to side look my teenage ass fell in love!
As others have suggested view Steve Martin's King Tut song video....also keep in mind that while the Bangles song came out in the mid 80's it was just a fun silly upbeat song, that people danced normally to, although they would throw in the Egyptian moves for fun now and then. Meanwhile Steve Martins song came out during the 70's during a massive tour of and the excitement of the King Tut's treasures. exhibit.
Song writer saz: he was on a ferry boat on rough seas, and the people on the boat looked like they were walking like Egyptians. So he wrote the song.
Been waiting for this , lol. I’m 63 and still love it!!! 🖖🏻🇨🇦
Awe man, this was just fun, not a dance song. Entertainment. No message. No marketing. Just plain fun.
Hahaha this song was huge and yes we all did the dance . Nobody would have been thrown out of the club back in the day. It wasn't cringe in the 80s lol. 😂 Great reaction ❤
He started walking like an Egyptian right after The Eye Roll just like the rest of us did lol😂😂😂
Gotta check Manic Monday. Prince wrote it. Supposedly Prince had a crush on Susana Hoff
Such a fun song to dance to. Their song “Manic Monday” (I believe that’s the correct song) was written by Prince.
Something that almost tore the band apart for this song is that all 4 women do lead vocals but this song only had room for 3 and they made the ladies audition to see who would get the lead vocal spots in the song
This was about the same time as the King Tut tour
Growing up in Arizona, a local radio station made and always played a parody “Walk Like A Phoenician.” 😂
The Bangles first album, "All Over the Place", released in 1984, had a '60s sound with lots of clever, well-constructed songs including "Going Down To Liverpool". It did well and earned them a spot opening for Cyndi Lauper's "Fun Tour" in 1983-84.
The Bangles second album, Different Light, was their breakthrough. First came "Manic Monday," written by high-profile Bangles fan Prince. Then "If She Knew What She Wants," written by Jules Shear. But then came "Walk Like An Egyptian," the goofy romp that the band didn't think would get released as a single because it was "too weird." Of course, it shot to number 1 and became a sensation, but the group's rock pedigree did take a hit....
Other great Bangles singles for your consideration include "Walking Down The Street" and my personal favorite, especially being an adolescent in 1988, "In Your Room." The Bangles also did a great cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Hazy Shade of Winter", which did much better in the charts than the original.
Yeah this song didn’t do them any favors. All Over The Place is the sound I appreciated more.
Bro, as others have said, it's not a dance. Nobody in the '80s that I know ever did such a dance, and I went to plenty of school dances back in the day. It was just a goofy silly thing, like maybe something that the class clowns might do, or people goofing around might've done when the song played on the radio.
I see you checking out Susanna Hoffs BP! Now go check out Patty Smyth and her band Scandal doing “Goodbye to You” and “The Warrior”. Also, someone mentioned The Runaways (Joan Jett, & Lita Ford in the band), so check out their songs “School Days” and “Wasted”
fun fuct for those that are not aware , micheal steele , ( bass ) was also the bass palyer for the runaways .
You need to do a video on "All For Love" by Bryan Adams, Sting, and Rod Stewart. It is an awesome love song written for Disney's "The Three Musketeers" back in the 90's, which starred Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Martin Sheen, and Oliver Platt. This song is beyond fantastic!
Hahaha!! I still love the shit out of this song!! 😆❤ I so want to go to Egypt!
Bust the moves BP 😂 Susanna Hoffs is gorgeous x
“Hazy Shade of Winter”, their remake of a Simon & Garfunkel song, is a banger. This one is cringey 80s cheese.
Susanna Hoffs’ eyes, though…. 👀
Do not forget hairstyles fashion and dance styles always have a way of coming back in style decades later from when they first appeared
The dance was just a joke. You'd laugh and do it in the middle of all your normal moves when this came on. But now you need to check out King Tut by Steve Martin on SNL!
Nah bro back in the 80s we were popping and locking doing the king tut or tutting as its called today looks waaaaaaaaay cooler
Gotta do Manic Monday. That was one of their first songs and my fave.😊
The first thing that came to mind was Steve Martin's King Tut skit on SNL! So funny!
Susanna Hoffs is the shorter Brunette and the main singer. Eternal Flame, Manic Monday, and Hazy shade of winter, are their top songs.
Their song, Manic Monday, was written by the man, the legend, Prince! He was so talented! This song, Walk Like an Egyptian, is so annoying to me! 😂💜💜
I remember watching this on video jukeboxes in the 80's ,when I was stationed in Okinawa. ❤
Susana Hoff’s side eye, the moment many, many of use preteen boys knew we weren’t gay. ⛺️
or knew we were...
@@vodriscoll very true kind sir. My apologies. 🌈
Suzanna Hoffs kept Prince in a very tight friend zone. He went to a lot of the Bangles show just to see those rolling eyes and often he jumped on stage to play his incredible solos. He wrote and gifted the girls a song "Manic Monday" who reached number two on the Billboard chart. Ironically Prince took away the first place with his hit "Kiss".
I think all of us boys had a crush on Susanna Hoffs :)
Not just the boys 😎
Still do
you had the same reaction to Suzanna singing and her close up (mmm mmm mmm) is exactly why this song was so popular.
Now you need to watch Steve Martin perform King Tut!!!
Also check out the Go-Go's - Our Lips are Sealed!
This was THE JAM, when it dropped. We'd all whistle along, and do the "Way-o,way-o,wa-ay-o,way-o!!"
Every one of my guy friends, and not a few of my female ones, fell in love with Susannah Hoffs, after this video. She sang the third verse, and did that sexy eyes thing. Myself, I was massively into the basd player, Mikki Steele. She sang the second verse.
Susanna Hoffs , one of the most beautiful women in the world and also one of the nicest. She even looks better now than she did back then , pure class.
My dad had a HUGE crush on the 2 middle women in the live shots back in the 80's along with Blondie, Janet Jackson and Nena.
Those eyes. Don't need to say anything else
FACTS..
Now you need to watch King Tut from Steve Martin. Lol!