Song Saturday: The Bangles' Walk Like An Egyptian

How's it going lurkers? Aside from a few complainers last Song Saturday, I am really glad that more of you enjoyed all the songs written and co-written by Prince and learned something new.

Here it is 1 year later and I am STILL reeling over the fact, that Prince wrote "Manic Monday," which he eventually gave to The Bangles. 

After re-listening to the lyrics for "Manic Monday," I began to realize that it DOES sound like a Prince song. There is no need to worry. This is NOT another Prince Tribute blog.

Because some felt the need to COMPLAIN about the latest Prince Tribute blog from last Saturday, they will probably complain again today mostly for the sake of complaining and because this song won't necessarily be from their favorite genre of music.

To ease the minds of some, I will try sharing some new Rock Music, next Saturday.

Speaking of The Bangles, they used to be 1 of my favorite Pop-Rock bands growing up in the 1980's. They are famous for songs such as "Manic Monday" and "Walk Like An Egyptian." 

Could you imagine if "Walk Like An Egyptian" released today?

Considering how "politically correct" everybody and everything must be in this era of crybabies, people would probably be outraged around social media and have a heart attack over the song being "racist" and "politically incorrect."

I loved "Walk Like An Egyptian" growing up. During the mid to late '80s, the music video was in heavy rotation on MTV. Over 30 years later, the song is still being played on traditional radio stations. 

The song and music video for "Walk Like An Egyptian" were so popular, that many people did the silly so-called, "Egyptian" dance moves. NOBODY COMPLAINED about it either! We simply had fun.

It's such a shame that we can't go back to a time like the '80s. More people learned how to enjoy and appreciate entertainment as oppose to being hypersensitive and wanting to be a political activist, that browbeats everyone with political correctness.

Amazingly, The Bangles' song, "Walk Like An Egyptian" is still very popular today and in Japan. In fact, this song is so popular it was used as the ending theme for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's 2nd season, Stardust Crusaders.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Ending Theme Song (2014)

 

After discovering that JoJo's Bizarre Adventure used "Walk Like An Egyptian" as the 2nd season's ending theme song, I was stunned. Then again, it makes sense. Given my hectic schedule on AND offline, I have yet to watch Stardust Crusaders. 

 

Hopefully after Adult Swim's Toonami block finishes premiering Attack On Titan, we the viewers will have a chance to watch Stardust Crusaders. 

 

I am especially curious to know, if Viz Media gained the rights to use "Walk Like An Egyptian" as the ending theme song for the English Dub of Part 3: Stardust Crusaders.

Since the 2nd season of this Seinen Supernatural Action Anime takes place during the late 1980's, contains '80s pop-culture music references, and has 9 Egyptian gods as characters, "Walk Like An Egyptian" seems appropriate for the ending theme song.

Even though I have yet to watch the 2nd season, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, I watched another music reference video about the next set of characters. Tomorrow I will have a preview of the next set of characters for Stardust Crusaders.

Judging by the looks of this next season, it has more characters than both Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency combined. Anyway, here is The Bangles' music video for the song, "Walk Like An Egyptian."

The Bangles "Walk Like An Egyptian" Different Light (1986)