Alexis Petridis on ad-hoc protest songs

'Egypt's protesters say it with the Bangles'Lethal Bizzle's Pow! and the Bangles' Walk Like an Egyptian have found an unexpected second lease of life as soundtracks to insurrection: the former was played during the student protests last year, the latter's title has become a slogan of the anti-Mubarak protests in Egypt. It's all slightly improbable, but then songs adopted by protesters almost invariably are. Lethal Bizzle and the Bangles take their place alongside David Hasselhoff, whose Looking ...

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