# Susanna Hoffs/Bangles...Walk Like an Egyptian. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081 "2015-03-27T01:53:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081/21 "2015-03-27T13:10:14Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > On the various histories I have seen of them, they assert a couple of things: > > 1. She had no clue she was being filmed close up. The eye thing was something she did as part of working an audience at a gig, and the camera was very far back so she had no sense it was on her. It was just one thing happening in the middle of a video shoot - absolutely no sense at the time that it was going to be All That. > > 2. That look changed everything about the band. The video blew up, that look became infamous and Hoffs was featured as their breakout star. Hoffs…didn’t fight being made the star (some argued she pushed for it) and it led to dissent, radio-pop ballads like Eternal Flame and their breakup. 1996 called. It wants it’s Pop-Up Video back 😃 ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081/22 "2015-03-27T13:11:32Z")
Right before the whole _Walk Like An Egyptian_ thing hit, I was a student worker at my college’s basketball/multipurpose arena. Best work-study job ever! Whenever we had concerts, I was ‘working’ the show. I have such a good Susanna Hoffs story, it still makes me swoon a little bit here over two decades later. After the concert was over, the roadies are moving the equipment out to the truck, but the Bangles were not big time yet, so there were probably a total of 8-10 real roadies there. It was such a small time tour that a few of us locals were enlisted to help out. So, most of the gear is loaded into the truck, and the band themselves have started coming out of the little dressing room area (the women’s locker room) and heading for the bus. A few of us college boys jumped at the chance to help them carry their things. Being the closest, I managed to wind up walking beside Ms Hoffs carrying her travel bag. 😃 We get to the bus, and I get, as thanks, a nice little slightly bourbon-y kiss from Ms Hoffs. I think I may have just stood there slack faced for a good 5 minutes.⭕o 4 months later, they were big, and no longer playing small college shows. But I still remember that kiss. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081/23 "2015-03-27T13:11:33Z")
Hot chicks, fun song. That’s a good mix. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081/24 "2015-03-27T13:16:52Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Right before the whole _Walk Like An Egyptian_ thing hit, I was a student worker at my college’s basketball/multipurpose arena. Best work-study job ever! Whenever we had concerts, I was ‘working’ the show. I have such a good Susanna Hoffs story, it still makes me swoon a little bit here over two decades later. > > After the concert was over, the roadies are moving the equipment out to the truck, but the Bangles were not big time yet, so there were probably a total of 8-10 real roadies there. It was such a small time tour that a few of us locals were enlisted to help out. > > So, most of the gear is loaded into the truck, and the band themselves have started coming out of the little dressing room area (the women’s locker room) and heading for the bus. A few of us college boys jumped at the chance to help them carry their things. Being the closest, I managed to wind up walking beside Ms Hoffs carrying her travel bag. 😃 > > We get to the bus, and I get, as thanks, a nice little slightly bourbon-y kiss from Ms Hoffs. I think I may have just stood there slack faced for a good 5 minutes.⭕o > > 4 months later, they were big, and no longer playing small college shows. But I still remember that kiss. That deserves a virtual _HIGH FIVE_. Nice work! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081/25 "2015-03-27T13:56:52Z")
> [@Jack\_of\_Words](#): > > I know it’s a cover, but if we must leer over the lovely lady-group let’s at least have one of their better tunes: > [Hazy Shade of Winter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxrwImCJCqk) Okay, I never knew, until seeing it over on the side on YouTube there, that Leonard Nimoy was in their video for “Going Down to Liverpool.” ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081/26 "2015-03-27T14:07:00Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > 1996 called. It wants it’s Pop-Up Video back 😃 Worthless guitar and music trivia _is my life_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081/27 "2015-03-27T14:56:11Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Man, that side-eyes thing Hoff does is maybe the single sexiest moment in the history of rock n’ roll. This is going to be completely obscure… maybe fellow anime fans in the know like **deltasigma** or **Airk** can back me up. Way back in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, there was a comedy anime dubbing group called “Pinesalad Productions”. They are probably best known for taking episodes of Harmony Gold’s _Robotech_ re-cut of _Macross_ and redubbing them with rude, juvenile humour. They also dubbed several episodes of Sunrise’s _The Dirty Pair_ adaptation, however. I’ll never forget in one episode, when the Pair’s boss Luigi calls them on the video phone, he asks Kei if she knows who Susanna Hoffs from The Bangles is. When Kei responds in the affirmative, Luigi says he’s been working on his impression of her, and then shifts his eyes from side to side in that familiar fashion. I _still_ find that gag hilarious. Too bad nobody seems to have copies of those dubs any more… ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081/28 "2015-03-27T15:53:34Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > I was disappointed that she didn’t have a longer movie career to permit more of [this.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zzGQJHZ0Qk) Nice, but I kept on expecting the Terminator to bust in inquiring “Sarah Connor?” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081/29 "2015-03-27T15:59:13Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > That look changed everything about the band. The video blew up, that look became infamous and Hoffs was featured as their breakout star. Hoffs…didn’t fight being made the star (some argued she pushed for it) and it led to dissent, radio-pop ballads like Eternal Flame and their breakup. One factor that should have been trivial was her height. Hoffs was several inches shorter than her bandmates. So when the band posed for group shots, photographers often arranged the four of them so Hoffs was in front. The unintended effect was that it looked like Hoffs was the star and the other three were her back-up band. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081/30 "2015-03-27T16:05:46Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [Hoffs only gets better with age](http://www.hawtcelebs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/susanna-hoffs-at-2014-stagecoach-festival-in-indio_3.jpg), for reals. I’m not just saying that. The woman is a stone cold fox. [Oh yes.](http://www.susannahoffs.com/wp-content/gallery/live/liveblackdress.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081/31 "2015-03-27T16:16:27Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > I was disappointed that she didn’t have a longer movie career to permit more of [this.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zzGQJHZ0Qk) Does it make that scene creepy to know her mother directed the film? I can just picture it: “come on honey. Wear this! Boys will like you. You need to get out more.” (Talk about unfairly maligned films. According to wikipedia, the film received a 0 on Rotten Tomatoes. Come on - it’s not THAT bad.) ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081/32 "2015-03-27T17:59:02Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Man, that side-eyes thing Hoff does is maybe the single sexiest moment in the history of rock n’ roll. In the good old days **Beavis** and **Butthead** were amused/annoyed by that little affectation - “How come that chick keeps looking up?” Dumbass show or not, their little video commentary snippets were frequently gold :D. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081/33 "2015-03-27T18:02:39Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > I was disappointed that she didn’t have a longer movie career to permit more of [this.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zzGQJHZ0Qk) Thank you, thank you so much for bringing that clip to my attention! ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081/34 "2015-03-27T18:05:15Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [Hoffs only gets better with age](http://www.hawtcelebs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/susanna-hoffs-at-2014-stagecoach-festival-in-indio_3.jpg), for reals. I’m not just saying that. The woman is a stone cold fox. Agree, she’s still a beauty but I liked the big 80s hair. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081/35 "2015-03-27T18:32:05Z")
I saw this a few days ago… > **[Bangles Star Susanna Hoffs Sings a Bangles Song at Karaoke](https://www.vulture.com/2015/02/watch-a-bangle-sing-the-bangles-at-karaoke.html)** > > Susanna Hoffs loves “Eternal Flame” as much as you do. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081/36 "2015-03-27T18:40:18Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [Hoffs only gets better with age](http://www.hawtcelebs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/susanna-hoffs-at-2014-stagecoach-festival-in-indio_3.jpg), for reals. I’m not just saying that. The woman is a stone cold fox. And she has a love for the Rickenbacker… which makes her hotter. ETA: …or what **WordMan** said. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081/37 "2015-03-27T19:17:02Z")
> [@psiekier](#): > > …and then shifts his eyes from side to side in that familiar fashion. > > I _still_ find that gag hilarious. Too bad nobody seems to have copies of those dubs any more… IIRC, Dennis Miller also did that on one of the SNL Weekend Updates. Hilarious 🙂 I saw Hoffs around '95 or '96, she did a spontaneous free concert out at Westlake Plaza downtown Seattle. My favorite from her “Under the Covers” albums mentioned in this thread is Rod Stewart’s _Maggie May_. She has a gravely floor to her voice like Rod, and when she sings it she totally flips the feel of it (at least in my fantasy) of being the older-cougar Maggie singing the story. She can use me up and kick me to the curb any day _swoon_. I agree about her Rickenbacker. They released a Hoff’s signature-edition model that is apparently now very hard to find and expensive. Saw one come up on E-Bay a few years ago, something like $4000, wish I’d had the money to frivolously binge on that… ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081/38 "2015-03-27T20:07:37Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > My favorite from her “Under the Covers” albums mentioned in this thread is Rod Stewart’s _Maggie May_. She has a gravely floor to her voice like Rod, and when she sings it she totally flips the feel of it (at least in my fantasy) of being the older-cougar Maggie singing the story. She can use me up and kick me to the curb any day _swoon_. I listened to that album this afternoon, inspired by this thread, and intended to link to her version of _Maggie May_, but didn’t because I couldn’t find a link to the recording. She does Rod Stewart better there than Bonnie Tyler ever could, if you can believe it. And sung by her it’s really ambiguous, because of course it’s originally sung from the point of view of a young man, but I never saw it your way. Interesting interpretation. Btw., Matthew Sweet does a spot on Tom Petty impersonation on that album, too. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081/39 "2015-03-27T20:14:51Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > IIRC, Dennis Miller also did that on one of the SNL Weekend Updates. Hilarious :). The idea was hilarious, the execution was…not. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081/40 "2015-03-27T20:32:06Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > I agree about her Rickenbacker. They released a Hoff’s signature-edition model that is apparently now very hard to find and expensive. Saw one come up on E-Bay a few years ago, something like $4000, wish I’d had the money to frivolously binge on that… I _love_ the look of Ricky’s. But their necks typically have a nut width of 1 5/8". Argh, so narrow (1 3/4" is more common and that 1/8" different is huge to folks like me with sausage fingers). I am sure her sig model has a skinny neck profile, too - she’s hot, but I couldn’t play her guitar! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susanna-hoffs-bangles-walk-like-an-egyptian/716081.md?page=3)