Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian (1986) PIttsburgh, PA

[dweml258]

Awesome, just totally awesome. But was it really live? I shouldn't doubt...I have learned to have huge respect 4 the Bangles. But no drummer?? Pre recorded? The rest surely seems 2 be live. Michael is my favorite too, But they all get my respect as musicians...musicians who love 2 have fun on stage, & really deliver 2 the audience. Oh, and hot!

[moggs69]

HOT LOVE THIS BAND ,, SUZANNA HOFF U BABE IN 80S AND NOW UR HOT I SHAGGED U SO MUCH TOTAL BABES LOVE THEM

[MrLovindancin]

great band, great sound, great look. i watch this video and i walk with an erection.

[TheThechokmah777]

These ladies ROCK!  even today, very cool!

[oeddi666]

This is by far the fucking best version of that song I haver heard!!!

[inkydoug]

Select a Bangle to be ape s**t about.

[hexe77100]

cant stop watchin it! i totally got a crush on michael! her smile is so cute!

[DJChuckB2009]

got Suzanna Hoffs???

[GonzoGuyy]

Whose playing drums then?

[LtdBoomer]

@GonzoGuyy

A little sweet Drumcomputer,maybe a LinnDrum....

[mudsharkkiller]

Long live the Peterson Sisters....Both beautiful to this day. Vicky is my favorite.

[RoadNasty]

Amazing....25 years ago this month already. But Miki's smile at 2:41 will never age.

[Oqab11]

No wide screen in 80s

[fg6971]

wish i attended this concert.love the big hair,great live video but looks better when i change my tv to 4:3 from wide screen. the fake wide screen stretching makes the band look husky.

[sanramir444]

waoooo a very complete performace..vicky rock with her guitar and michael with her cool smile

[btstark]

Wow... I have been looking for this video for years since some random guy in college walked up to me on campus and said he saw me on MTV dancing on a balcony. Just watched it for the first time and there I was in frame 2:41 dancing in a white shirt with my hands over my head. Guess that uses up 3-4 seconds of my 15 minutes! Thanks so much for posting this! Bryan

[sarcee1960]

Reminds me of Beatlemania. Audience is fucking wild, throwing clothes on Micky's mike stand, going crazy, dancing, screaming... ha ha.

Really high quality vocal sound on this.

And Vicki's hot pink ruffle dress..oh my fucking god.

[banglebabe1]

@sarcee1960 The color must be off. It's actually a red dress and some fan stole it after one of their shows. Too bad, they sometimes auction their clothes off for charity and I bet that dress would've raised a nice little bit.

[ultrakool]

why isn't this any more a crave than doing the jerk or the macarena? because susanna is in it. thas why

[doglover427]

Tambourine girl is just havin' a blast. I love it! XD

[nyl81]

Fucking good!Much-much better than today's bitch "singers"!I love them!

[KatsRDaBestNY]

I love It!!!

[orangevalesweetpea]

Oh man, those WERE the days!! Great music, FUN concerts, and a FINE lookin bassist. Those were times when people went to concerts to have fun, dance and enjoy the great music. Nowadays, well, ya couldnt get me into a concert. Toooo dangerous. People my age have our memories of good times and good music, and, well, that is good enough for us. Thanks girls..Michael, Debbie and Vicki. Oh yeah, you too Poodle Hoffs.

[klepetar]

1.41 micki watches somethign flying again

[JesusDosier]

Where is the drummer????

[evan90277]

@JesusDosier Playing the tamborine.

[Taubi81]

@JesusDosier The Fans are the Drummer. ;-)

[gladasya]

Wanna See Something really Cool? Buy a a copy of The All-Nighter,Starring Susannah Hoffs of The Bangles,and Deedee Pfeiffer,Michelles sister,who was in Grease 2!!!

[alwayson09]

They were so cool! 

[EdwardoCarusio]

@alwayson09 Were?

[CoJXP]

Just someone that walks like an ass didn´t like these girls rocking!!!

[Antartnord]

Funny and femenines, uniques =)

[foxafox]

I love Vicki Peterson  ! ! !

[cartech1974]

I can remember driving around in my '65 malibu SS, in high school, late at nite, listening to these girls rock it. I always by myself, for fear of being embarassed by me jamming out to them. Male ego thing, lol. I've always thought these were the perfect looking women back then, and I'm still in love with Suzanna, and Miki to this day!

[777ludovico]

Wonderful babes rockers, very femenine ,Bangles forever!

[elOneOneOne]

1:02 i dropped my clothes, and threw them on the Micki. Awesome vid!

[vannie6969]

I love this video

[SaddleSoreSista1]

eye roll at 0:32 is absolutely priceless. So Michael whats this all about then? :)

[TheChuckporter]

The Bangles

[RodCow]

They didn't like that they had this song forced on them and you can see the resentment on their faces here.

[NonStopRocker]

I wanna do the bass player...!

[sody2000]

Drums?

[webguy21]

@sody2000 yeahhh.... machined

[thorstenheymann]

wow awesome *-*

[Sajfot]

This is what it was like when ppl had fun on concerts and musician just had fun and enjoy the music. I love those women. :) Btw, can anyone tell me names of the women that sing 2nd and 3rd verse? Ty. :)

[tommoisme]

@Sajfot 2nd verse: Micheal Steele 3rd verse: Susanna Hoffs

[3foldit]

Look out - girls at play !

[shaithis80]

@3foldit kind of sucks when there is no drummer playing.

[genxxxersize]

Da Bangles are sooooooo KEWL! Susanna Hoffs RULES, hehee!;o) *nefertiri kisses*

[zackgreer]

who was the invisible one playing the drums?

[shaithis80]

@zackgreer in answer to your question there was a man in the background off to the right on synthesizer and the part where you think it sounds like a whistle nope it is the man in the background providing that. Kind of funny how the Bangles have managed to get away with that through the decades. Canned drumming suuucks. They should have borrowed Neil Pert from Rush.

[zackgreer]

@shaithis80 and that's why when it comes to girl bands, the Go-Go's are at the apex.

[shaithis80]

@zackgreer speaking of the Go-Go's someone did an extended cut of Our Lips Are Sealed. However I do like to go a little back in time to the days of the Runaways and then fast forward to a little L7 myself. Don't listen to much of the new material Joan Jett puts out however did pick up Lita Ford's latest. Somewhat like the Donnas as well. Regardless of the drumming SNAFU on walk like an egyptian, I still like the Bangles and only many years later I discover no drummer on Walk Like an Egyptian:)

[Jfladager]

need more women who rawk

[aeram87]

OMG! They were so much fun back in the 80s and they can actually sing! <3 I wish I was born and ready to party back then!

[paulybrus1]

there are actually men dancing and pumpin' their arms to this shit....cut your balls off, you've lost any right to be called a man you soft cocks.

[just4historie]

@paulybrus1 you suck

[paulybrus1]

@just4historie i believe you would be one of those formerly considered....a male?

you're an embarrassment.

[tonebadazz50]

Oh my, Theyre all so beautiful!

[banglefan1982]

It's so cool to see this clip on here since like a week or so later this song went to #1 for a month thanks for posting it

[mcelgin1]

I love the way Michael Steele rolls her eyes at :32, as if to say, yep, a dumb song, indeed.

[Roxyofthemisfits]

I love the way Michael laughs throughout the song especially at 1:14. She's absolutely georgeous georgeous georgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[joie1020]

@Roxyofthemisfits amazing how she kept her composure isn't it? love love michael susanne steele! hope she comes back and sings again.

[tomegee55]

I only saw them perform in a small club setting (probably in 1985), and missed the dynamics of their larger concert shows. They're obviously having a blast performing to this quite responsive crowd!

[tomegee55]

Also, her synching to the obviously synthesized whistle track (1:52) is a hoot!

[tomegee55]

Debbi's not playing on this song is a mixed blessing. She may not be playing, but it got her out from behind her kit so we can see what a attractive, statuesque beauty she is!

[al853]

Peterson sisters look men disguised of women.

[apple5551]

did she keep that shirt?

[erreur]

this is @ the Syria Mosque in Oakland across from the Cathedral of Learning and the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, it's now a parking lot :(

[BGElks]

@erreur What an awesome venue. I think it's criminal that Pitt thought it was a good idea to make it a parking lot.

[rodneyhackenflash]

I don"t know HOW PretzelFarmer got all these videos he has posted of the Bangles from Pittsburgh Pa. but they are the BEST on the wed !! What a great performance by all the Girls!!

[cingle2004jp]

Is there anything else like this? Hope more

[mpower6428]

wow, its like a zoo full of 80's era yuppie dorks. im actually suprised i didnt see more pink polo shirts.

[brandonclayflores]

thissong rocks so much it actually feels eerie during the guitar solo,

[babylad]

Too bad I was still in diapers in 86 as a toddler to see these hot girls performing. These women turn me on that they rocked and I have a guitar today but don't play like they do. Just a beginner. Learning chords. Love rock. There all beautiful and hot!

[IamBobNow]

oh my god, this is soo funny!!!! i mean...the crowd.. :D

love this!

[rodneyhackenflash]

Notice the look on Michael face when some man threw his shirt and it hit her microphone! Thank god for Pittsburgh! If not yoiu wouln't see this video!!

[ruderkonge1976]

Wow I really like the bass player. Never noticed her before. She's pretty cool. Had a cool style.

[156nico]

brave e beelle!!!!

[vrmgi]

FYI, in the original song recording, Debbi Peterson was replaced at drums by a contract musician, as their producer David Kahne did not think Debbi was capable of getting the drums right for this song. And so in the original video for "Walk Like an Egyptian", and in all of their live performances, Debbi does not do drums on this song. There is instead always a drum track playing in the background, probably a drum machine or a recording.

[rjpancerniCAUSA]

@vrmgi Are you serious? I mean, I did notice the 'lack of someone on the drum kit', still she seems good enough to have learned.

[vrmgi]

@rjpancerniCAUSA Yes, i am very serious. Do a Google search and read up on the history of the Bangles and their producer, David Kahne. Debbi Peterson was forever bitter about this episode, which is why she never does the drums in live shows of this song. Apparently this has become increasingly common practice for a lot of studio recordings of rock bands, to replace the original band members with much more skilled contract players (lots of them in the LA area!) for the recording.

[rjpancerniCAUSA]

@vrmgi Incredible. Same thing happened to Ringo on  the Beatles first album (as I am sure you know.)

[MrSirMrSirMr]

@rjpancerniCAUSA Actually, the Beatles first album is all Ringo.  It's only the original single version of Love Me Do that features a session drummer.

[rjpancerniCAUSA]

@MrSirMrSirMr Darn that Andy White.

[bfnputz]

@vrmgi Josh Freese?

[boumite]

@vrmgi To be precise, she wasn't replaced by a contract musician on this song but by worse...a drum machine!! She said it herself on VH1 behind the music. It is true however that all members of the band have been overdubbed by session musicians for the second album with the exception of Michael Steele on bass.

Originally, Walk like an Egyptian was supposed to be sing solely by Debbi but Kahne didn't like her voice so he removed her from the song entirely.

[RoadNasty]

Miki's smile at 2:40 is just great!

[BeccaGSD]

Isnt she beautiful

[wendifur]

The only thing thats live is the voices....the rest,drums "axes",is all playback

Do try to keep up guys

[jtkriskey]

@wendifur Okay, so when did the recording sound like this? Yes they are using a drum machine, but the keyboards, guitars, tamborine, and voices are all live. Please listen and look for the differences before commenting.

[anonymusum]

Maybe the so called guitar solo is live - and Im not sure if they doubled the vocals? Anyway, I think those performances are quite poor......

[Lizardking881110]

Vicky, Susana, Mike and Debbie are soooo cuuuteeee.

[smilingpug]

The drums are a machine, but they're playing axes and singing. And, Mike is playing a mean bass. As always.

[Lindsyll]

I think they are playing guitar. But they never have anyone actually playing the drums on this song which is sad. Would be awesome.

[APRIL62318]

mine is not this clear my dvd that is

[wendifur]

live voice ,playback music

[wra7h]

why is there never a drum, playing lol

[sprintbass]

sexy to say the least

[smilingpug]

LOVE THE POWER CHORD ENDING.

[smilingpug]

These girls .... oh my .... oops.

[phreakyphriday]

Wow, looks like fun. Wish I was there.

[RodCow]

Yes PretzelFarmer,

Big thank yous,

these girls rockit big style

RodCow

[DoogeMeister]

People actually forget that these ladies actually had talent.

Thanks for the concert, fantastic to see them at their best.

[nemesisntdead]

Thumbs UP to that!

[casparfriedrichX]

PretzelFarmer--Wow, many thanks for posting this whole concert. For me, tnis is who the bangles will always be - not Susanna Hoffs in my room trying on all my clothes (not that there's anything wrong with that), but a talented, tight, take-no-prisoners rock band that performs with great energy and joy and verve. Oh, and sex, of course. Verve and sex.