Iron Maiden, who would think would
sing more about Medieval times, here tell the story
of H. Erectus man discovering fire, and the ongoing
quest for fire throughout the Paleolithic age
In a time when dinosaurs walked the earth
When the land was swamp and caves were home
In an age when prize possession was fire
To search for landscapes men would roam.
Then the tribes, they came to steal their fire
And the wolves, they howled into the night
As they fought a vicious angry battle
to save the power of warmth and light.
Drawn by quest for fire
They searched all through the land
Drawn by quest for fire
Discovery of man.
And they thought that when the embers died away
That the flame of life had burnt and died
Didn't know the sparks that made the fire
Were made by rubbing stick and stone.
So they ploughed through forest and swamps of danger
And they fought the cannibal tribes and beasts
In the search to find another fire
To regain the power of light and heat.
Drawn by quest for fire
They searched across the land
Drawn by quest for fire
Discovery of man.
This pop song from the '80s is
by the Bangles, called "Walk Like an Egyptian".
Presumably, that meant "like an Egyptian '80s
band". In any event, it is a song you can dance
to.
All the old paintings on the tomb
They do the sand dance doncha know
If they move too quick (oh whey oh)
They're falling down like a domino
And the bazaar man by the Nile
He got the money on a bet
All the crocodiles (oh whey oh)
They snap their teeth on your cigarette
Foreign types with the hookah pipes say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian
The blonde waitresses take their trays
They spin around and they cross the floor
They've got the moves (oh whey oh)
You drop your drink then they bring you more
All the school kids so sick of books
They like the punk and the metal band
When the buzzer rings (oh whey oh)
They're walking like an Egyptian
All the kids in the marketplace say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian
Slide feet up street bend your back
Shift your arm then you pull it back
Life['s] hard you know (oh whey oh)
So strike a pose on a Cadillac
If you want to find all the cops
They're hanging out in the donut shop
They sing and dance (oh whey oh)
They spin the club, cruise down the block
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
All the cops in the donut shop say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian
Walk like an Egyptian
This is by Steve Martin who was
a Saturday Night Live cast member in the 1970s.
It wonders what King Tut would think if he knew
how popular he'd be 3200 years hence all over the
world.
Verdi's grand "Chorus of
the Hebrew Slaves" is sung in preparation for
the Olympics in Turino, Italy, showing that children
can be conscripted for their labor 3200 years after
the Hebrews quit Egyptland
When Moses led the Israelites
out of Egypt and back to the Promised Land, they
obtained the Law known as the Ten Commandments.
Here the Statler Bros. sing about them and the long
trek home.
This song by the Statler Brothers
tells the story of Noah's Ark and the Great Flood,
an event recorded in the Epic of Gilgamesh as well
as the Bible. As it happened.
Metallica introduces heavy metal
into the Old Testament by telling the story of the
10th plague cast by Moses on the Egyptians, the
one that finally broke Pharaoh's nerve, from the
plague's POV
During the Babylonian Captivity
in the 500s BC, Emperor Nebuchadnezzar threw three
Jews into a pit of fire, and according to the Bible,
they did not die. Here is their song by the Statler
Bros.
Aristotle's Seventh Book of Politics
discussed an idea called "Western Civilization"
(Occident) and contrasted it to the Persian East
(Orient). The designation stuck and Alexander became
its champion
