Rockin' with the King of Babylon

July 31, 2006 9:16 AM

Did I imagine this song from the 80's?

There's this song I remember. Definitely from the 1980's. The lyrics go something like:

Hey little girl, you can't go wrong
rockin' with the king of Babylon.
Hey little girl, all night long
rockin' with the king of Babylon

and so on.

Unfortunately, the single google hit I get for these lyrics is some random myspace page. But I swear I remember hearing this song numerous times on WLIR (well before it turned into WDRE and started to suck), and, later, on an episode of Miami Vice.

Please hope me!

posted by dersins to Media & Arts (9 answers total)

Best answer: According to this page, it might be David Johansen "King of Babylon".
posted by swordfishtrombones at 9:35 AM on July 31, 2006

Best answer: A slightly modified search (+"king of babylon" +"miami vice") yielded several mentions of "King Of Babylon" performed by David Johansen. There's a short preview on this page (track 4).
posted by dickyvibe at 9:37 AM on July 31, 2006

Response by poster: Thank you askme!
posted by dersins at 9:39 AM on July 31, 2006

Hey... That's Buster Poindexter!
posted by jerseygirl at 11:52 AM on July 31, 2006

Hey... That's Buster Poindexter!

Hey ... that's the guy from the New York Dolls! And the cab driver from the movie Scrooged ... ;-)

He's had a weird career...
posted by frogan at 12:10 PM on July 31, 2006

Varied career, for sure.
posted by jerseygirl at 12:30 PM on July 31, 2006

Don't forget that he played the villain in the Hulk Hogan/Sherman Hemsley vehicle Mr. Nanny. Strange career indeed.
posted by crashlanding at 12:40 PM on July 31, 2006

Hulk Hogan/Sherman Hemsley vehicle.

I'm just gonna let that phrase soak in for a bit. Maybe the terror will subside.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 1:15 PM on July 31, 2006

And according to Rolling Stone, he's reprising his role in the NY Dolls on a new album . . . He's not nearly as cute a girl as he used to be
posted by mabelstreet at 2:24 PM on July 31, 2006