Fun Music Information -> Bangles
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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:
These are the alternate spellings of the performer's name we've had to correct in submissions to amIright.
The BengalsBand Name Origins:
- The "les" on the end of The BangLES was sort of a BeatLES tribute, since the girls were into the Beatles Submitted by: *~*Kristyn*~*
- At first, the band thought of dozens of names and came up with "The Colours", then they were "The Supersonic Bangs", and finally settled on "The Bangs". But then in 1981, another group called "The Bangs", from New Jersey, threatened to sue for use of their name, so they decided to change their name to "The Bangles", and it stuck with them. Submitted by: Nick
Why the Name is Stupid:
- First, it can be easily confused with a sucky NFL football team from Cincinnati. Second, they wear every jewelry except a bangle. Submitted by: girly girl
Better Names for Current Songs:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Talk Like A Politician" | "Walk Like An Egyptian " | Election '08 |
| "Bomb Like An Iraqi" | "Walk Like An Egyptian " | Peter |
| "Walk With An Erection " | "Walk Like An Egyptian" | Firzen |
| "Calgary Flames" | "Etenal Flame" | sport |
| "Act Like An Exhibitionist" | "Walk Like An Egyptian" | Susan M. |
There are additional new song names available. | ||
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Eternal Flame," | You gotta have an eternal fuel supply… | pauhead |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "King Tut" | "Walk Like An Egyptian," The Bangles | Kathy |
| "Light My Fire" | "Eternal Flame," The Bangles | Kathy |
| "If She Knew What She Wants" | "Girls Just Want To Have Fun," Cyndi Lauper | Raphael |
| "If She Knew What She Wants" | "Everybody Wants To Rule The World," Tears For Fears | She didn't know that? - Brian Kelly |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"In Our Room" originally "In Your Room"
Doug Pitts
"Eternal Fame" originally "Eternal Flame"
Natasha Bly
"Waking Down Your Street" originally "Walking Down Your Street"
Why were you sleeping there?
Peter
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"In Your Broom" originally "In Your Room"
Bangles hide out in some interesting places.
George Straitjacket
"Win Your Room" originally "In Your Room"
George Straitjacket
"Maniac Monday" originally "Manic Monday"
... Especially during rush hour!
Josh
"External Flame" originally "Eternal Flame"
Natasha Bly
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"Eternal Blame" originally "Eternal Flame"
George Straitjacket
"In Your Roof" originally "In Your Room"
Got stuck there while trying to get to your room?
Naomi Swanson
"In Your Doom" originally "In Your Room"
Naomi Swanson
"Magic Monday" originally "Manic Monday"
Bridget Andrews
"Talk Like An Egyptian" originally "Walk Like An Egyptian"
Arlene Titshaw
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parody Recordings:
May 27
"Crazy Love for Splinters" by Below Average Dave
a parody of "Hazy Shade of Winter" by The Bangles
The original song is one of the most fun by The Bangles, and is often overlooked because of the Simon & Garfunkle version, here is my tribute to annoying pesky bugs that NONE of us want to deal with.
badave.com: (mp3)
(Comments)
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Walk Like An Egyptian" | "Walk Like A Peguin" | Rob H |
| "Eternal Flame" | "Eternal Flame: Literal Video Version" | Michael Pacholek |
| "Hazy Shade Of Winter" | "2009 MLB All Star Game (Recap Song)" | Jay Jianoran |
| "Walk Like An Egyptian" | "Talk Lies To Egyptians" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Walk Like An Egyptian" | "Talking Bostonian" | Invisible Boy |
| "Manic Monday" | "Why Does Garfield Hated Mondays?" | Tokusou Sentai Blessranger |
| "Walk Like An Egyptian" | "Drown like an Egyptian" | MasonR |
| "Eternal Flame" | "Eternal Darkness" | Andrew Cutler |
| "Eternal Flame" | "Isa's Lament (I'm in love with Boots)" | Christy McDaniel |
| "Walk ike An Egyptian" | "Talk Like a Politician" | Tony Wiseguy |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Eternal Flame | The Olympics | Celeste |
| Eternal Flame | Natural Gas Utility | Peg |
| Eternal Flame | Preparation-H® Hemmorhoid Cream | LyricBoy |
| Eternal Flame | Fire Prevention PSA | WhizkidF |
| Walk Like An Egyptian | Egypt Department Of Tourism | Ed |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Walk Like An Egyptian | Israeli Consulate | Peter |
| Eternal Flame | Fire Department | Ed |
| Eternal Flame | Arson Hotline | Ed |
| Eternal Flame | STD Clinc | Marv |
| Walk Like An Egyptian | Egypt Tourism Board | Larcen Tyler |
| There are additional on hold music ideas available. | ||
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Walking In Memphis Marc Cohn | Walk Like An Egyptian The Bangles | Walking Like An Egyptian In Memphis The original Memphis was in Egypt. | Ashley Michelle McGowan |
| Walking In Memphis Mark Cohn | Walk Like An Egyptian The Bangles | Walking In Memphis Like An Egyptian Memphis Egypt that is, not Tennessee | Edward |
| Walking Away Diamond Rio | Walk Like An Egyptian The Bangles | Walking Away Like An Egyptian | Ed |
| What A Difference A Day Makes Dinah Washington | Manic Monday The Bangles | What A Difference A Manic Monday Makes | MOR |
| There are additional Bangles duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
Misheard Lyrics:
"Manic Monday"
Misheard Lyrics: Just another man named Monday.
Original Lyrics: It's just another manic Monday.
| "Hazy Shade of Winter"
Misheard Lyrics: Look around
Knees are brown Original Lyrics: Look around
Leaves are brown |
"Walk Like An Egyptian"
Misheard Lyrics: Walk like a magician
Original Lyrics: Walk like an Egyptian
| "Manic Monday"
Misheard Lyrics: It's just another man in Monday
Lucifer Sunday Let's have sundae I don't have to run, deyy... It's just another man in Monday Original Lyrics: It's just another manic Monday
I wish it was Sunday 'Cause that's my funday My I don't have to runday It's just another manic Monday |
| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Manic Monday"
Misheard Lyrics: Waiting for the train, but the bus is already there.
Original Lyrics: Blame it on the train, but the boss is already there.
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Damon Cox I genuinely didn't know it was wrong until I looked at this website. It kind of makes sense as it suggests the train is late, and she's still waiting for it when a bus between her home and destination has already arrived. |
| There are additional misheard stories available. | |
Funny Lyrics:
"Walk Like An Egyptian"
The Funny Lyrics: Waho waho walk like an Egyptian walk like an egyptian
Why They're Funny: How does an Egyptian walk?
Submitted by: Arthur
| "Manic Monday"
The Funny Lyrics: I wish it was Sunday,
'cause that's my fun day, My 'I don't have to run' day. Why They're Funny: I really find it funny, because of the way she called Sunday an 'I don't have to run' day, just so that it rhymed with 'Sunday' and 'fun day'.
Submitted by: Gr
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| There are additional Bangles Funny lyrics available. | |
Nonsensical Lyrics:
"Manic Monday"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: It's just another manic Monday
I wish it was Sunday Cuz that's my funday. Why They're Nonsensical: Well don't you know that Sunday always immediately precedes Monday???
Submitted by: Mike Hack
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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"Manic Monday"
The Lyrics: Six o'clock already
I was just in the middle of a dream I was kissin' Valentino By a crystal blue italian stream Who They Mention: Rudolph Valentino
Submitted by: FussBudget
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Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products:
"Hazy Shade Of Winter"
The Lyrics: In a Salvation Army band
Product Brand Name: Salvation Army
Submitted by: rocky
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"In Your Room"
Opening Lines: I love it in your room at night.
Comments: Submitted by: Brian Kelly
| "If She Knew What She Wants"
Opening Lines: If she knew what she wants, he'd be giving it to her.
Comments: Submitted by: Brian Kelly
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Song Title Space Change:
"Walk In Down Your Street" originally "Walkin' Down Your Street"
Submitted by: George Straitjacket
Band Name Anagrams:
Ban Legs Submitted by: Peter
An awful difficult thing to do with this group.
Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Going Down To Liverpool"
The Lyrics: I'm going down to Liverpool to do nothing I'm going down to Liverpool to do nothing I'm going down to Liverpool to do nothing All the days of my life All the days of my life
Why: "Going Down To Liverpool" was the song that started the Bangles on their road to success. Released on an early lp of the group's, back in 1984, it didn't reach into the pop charts but was a minor hit on alternative radio charts of the time. And the video was played a few times on MTV. The video featured the Bangles being chauffeured (the chauffeur was at times annoyed by the group's antics in the back of his car) by none other than Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock from "Star Trek"). The video was Leonard Nimoy's son, Adam's first adventure into directing, and one or more of the Bangles were best friend's of Adam's (may have been dating), and Leonard became a family friend to the Bangles and agreed to the role in the video. It would be re-recorded by the group, Katrina & The Waves ("Walking On Sunshine"), the following year of 1985, and that group would take the song into the top ten in Britain (although it would again fail to chart in the U.S.). The place that is mentioned (both in the chorus and the title of the song) is Liverpool, a mainly working class city in northern England. Liverpool is also where the group the Beatles were from.
Submitted by: Peter
| "Walk Like An Egyptian"
The Lyrics: All the Japanese with their yen The party boys call the Kremlin And the Chinese know (oh whey oh) They walk the line like Egyptian
Why: "Walk Like An Egyptian" was the first #1 tune for the California four woman band known as the Bangles, and became one of the best known party/dance tunes of the New Wave 1980's (1986). In the eighth and next to the last verse as I have posted above are shoutouts to Japan (through Japanese), China (through Chinese) and Egypt (through Egyptian) and the Kremlin a real life fortress part of the city of Moscow in Russia that was the home of the KGB spy agency during the cold war and time that the Soviet Union was still in existence as it was when this song was written and was a #1 hit.
Submitted by: Peter
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Songs That Are Banned:
"Walk Like An Egyptian"
One of the 166 songs "blacklisted" by the Clear Channel Communications group following the September 11th attacks.
Submitted by: Ra'akone
