― Justyn Dillingham, Wednesday, 24 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Sterling Clover, Wednesday, 24 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Steve K, Wednesday, 24 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
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― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 24 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― J Blount, Wednesday, 24 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Justyn Dillingham, Thursday, 25 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
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― maryann, Thursday, 25 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
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― bob snoom, Thursday, 25 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Sterling Clover, Thursday, 25 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Sean Carruthers, Thursday, 25 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Alex Robert, Wednesday, 18 September 2002 22:58 (twenty-three years ago)
*poop*
i haven't heard anything more than '...fun', though - which is definitely classic - what other songs should i seek?
― brian badword (badwords), Thursday, 19 September 2002 02:12 (twenty-three years ago)
Well, the videos are all excruciating, but at least Cyndi had Lou Albano in hers.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 19 September 2002 05:12 (twenty-three years ago)
or is it...
― Charlie (Charlie), Thursday, 19 September 2002 05:14 (twenty-three years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 19 September 2002 05:23 (twenty-three years ago)
― Charlie (Charlie), Thursday, 19 September 2002 05:29 (twenty-three years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 19 September 2002 07:01 (twenty-three years ago)
― Charlie (Charlie), Thursday, 19 September 2002 07:17 (twenty-three years ago)
― DeRayMi, Thursday, 19 September 2002 10:58 (twenty-three years ago)
I just remember her having this kind of 1949 Andrews Sister v. 1989 fashion victim thing going on in the video. Regardless, it's still one of my favorite songs of all time.
Celine Dion's version made me hate her even more -- as if such a thing were possible.
Cyndi = classic.
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Saturday, 8 November 2003 18:58 (twenty-two years ago)
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 8 November 2003 21:30 (twenty-two years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 9 November 2003 00:46 (twenty-two years ago)
― cinniblount (James Blount), Sunday, 9 November 2003 01:47 (twenty-two years ago)
― jack cole (jackcole), Sunday, 9 November 2003 01:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― sucka (sucka), Sunday, 9 November 2003 02:44 (twenty-two years ago)
― Keith Harris (kharris1128), Saturday, 15 November 2003 03:18 (twenty-two years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 15 November 2003 03:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― Keith Harris (kharris1128), Saturday, 15 November 2003 04:15 (twenty-two years ago)
― Jim Reckling (Jim Reckling), Saturday, 15 November 2003 04:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― nickn (nickn), Saturday, 15 November 2003 04:43 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sean (Sean), Saturday, 15 November 2003 08:45 (twenty-two years ago)
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 12 May 2005 07:21 (twenty-one years ago)
― cindy williams permafrost (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 12 May 2005 07:29 (twenty-one years ago)
EXACTLY what I was gonna say! Ya just KNOW that in an alternate universe, it's not Madonna but Cyndi who...etc.
-- Ned Raggett
Sorry Ned, couldn't disagree more. I hated "Girls..." and Cyndi herself when I first heard her, mostly because she didn't sound like Black Sabbath. But the video for "Time After Time" was quite moving, and won me over. Utterly Charming & Disarming: The bit right at the start when she awakens her boyfriend by allowing a ceramic dog (modeled after RCA Victor's "Nipper", I think) to "lick" his cheek. And later, in the "She Bop" video, she endeared herself to me all over again with her fairly clumsy (and so what!) top-hat-and-cane soft shoe number. And there was even a little animated bit accompanying the synth-break! I was always fairly indifferent to video - most of 'em were forgettable, which means that I've forgotten them! Cyndi Lauper's videos I never forgot.
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 12 May 2005 09:20 (twenty-one years ago)
― cindy williams permafrost (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 12 May 2005 09:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Thursday, 12 May 2005 10:19 (twenty-one years ago)
Er, it's when she started to write ALL her songs that she started to suck! (and when we realized she had nothing to say).
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 12 May 2005 10:51 (twenty-one years ago)
― cindy williams permafrost (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 12 May 2005 10:55 (twenty-one years ago)
Image-wise, and somewhat musically too, Cyndi was the blueprint for what Madonna would do.
But Madonna seemed to be able to do it with more artistic control and more longievety.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 12 May 2005 11:08 (twenty-one years ago)
CAPTAIN Lou Albano
― Vinnie (vprabhu), Thursday, 12 May 2005 11:34 (twenty-one years ago)
GO
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 August 2013 16:35 (twelve years ago)
sorry, didn't mean to post the same thing to two cyndi threads!
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 24 August 2013 03:55 (twelve years ago)
That's TONY-AWARD-WINNING-COMPOSER CYNDI LAUPER to you, bub.
― Set the Ctrl-Alt-Del for the heart of the sun (SlimAndSlam), Saturday, 24 August 2013 12:58 (twelve years ago)
I got a nice copy of She's So Unusual at the record sale today :D
― no fomo (La Lechera), Saturday, 24 August 2013 21:06 (twelve years ago)
:D
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 August 2013 22:02 (twelve years ago)
I just bought two tickets to see her in November. This is the 30th anniversary She's So Unusual tour, so I think you can be safe assuming she will do all the hits from that and more.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 24 August 2013 22:42 (twelve years ago)
she should just do the whole damn album. more than 1/2 of it is hits anyway, right?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 25 August 2013 00:02 (twelve years ago)
Yeah I'm wondering if it'll be an album-straight-through deal. I sort of hope not, I'd be happy to hear all the songs but mixed into a full set with other stuff.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 25 August 2013 01:24 (twelve years ago)
Setlist.fm says she's been doing the whole album straight through, and then mixing up the encore with 3-5 other songs.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 25 August 2013 01:31 (twelve years ago)
goddammit how did I miss this tour uuuggh
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 25 August 2013 01:44 (twelve years ago)
Huh, that totally frontloads her biggest hits -- really just leaving "True Colors" for the end. Oh well, I'm sure it'll be a good time.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 25 August 2013 01:51 (twelve years ago)
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, August 24, 2013 8:31 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
that's not a very long concert
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 25 August 2013 12:59 (twelve years ago)
I want to be the one to walk in the sun
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 13:32 (eleven years ago)
cosigned
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 15:54 (eleven years ago)
is THAT what she says?
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 15:56 (eleven years ago)
KISS U KISS U I KISS U
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 15:58 (eleven years ago)
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, October 15, 2014 10:56 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
well I think she says "wanna"
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 16:09 (eleven years ago)
I've always heard the song as a K-Pop ancester, so I just hear and love the rush of words ands sounds.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 16:11 (eleven years ago)
*ancestor
well that line that slocki quoted is key b/c she added it and it's one of the way she seems to completely transform the meaning from the original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aLNwOxPsjg
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 16:16 (eleven years ago)
she actually changed it i think? from "i want my girls to walk in the sun"?
anyway... that line... is my favourite thing ever right now. it's like a rift briefly opening up to a dimension of pure joy
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 16:37 (eleven years ago)
Some guys take a beautiful girlThey try to hide them away from the rest of the worldAll my girls have got to walk in the sunBecause girls just want to have funYeah, girls just want to have fun
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 16:39 (eleven years ago)
"all my girls"
ew
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 16:54 (eleven years ago)
HAVE GOT TO
let's all have a moment's silence to thank Cyndi
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 16 October 2014 04:14 (eleven years ago)
I dont'...even understand.
her Christmas single with the Hives is freakin amazing.
― campreverb, Sunday, 18 October 2015 14:23 (ten years ago)
she posted on Instagram that she's in Nashville recording with country producer Tony Brown. I'm intrigued...
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 18 October 2015 14:44 (ten years ago)
Ok so I just watched VIBES for the first time -- -- loooved it-- <3 <3 <3 Cyndi-- am I crazy or was there a scene with a longhaired guitar player who was also in the video for madonna's "la isla bonita"?
i always wondered who that guy was and now i am even more curious because i previously thought he was a resident of la isla bonita
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 4 February 2019 22:47 (seven years ago)
ha, I have and have enjoyed the film score to Vibes but have never seen it, this is a failure of character on my part which i'll remedy
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Monday, 4 February 2019 22:49 (seven years ago)
i felt like a dummy for not watching it -- when it came out i probably thought it was too goofy and i was in that phase where i wanted to talk about nuclear annihilation
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 4 February 2019 22:56 (seven years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-yis9av6xc
Cyndi on Johnny Carson
Watched it a couple weeks ago and was blown away. What a performer. Plus a great talk show couch guest.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 4 February 2019 23:01 (seven years ago)
Yay! It was one of my fave movies as a kid & I still love it to this day. Cyndi said in her memoir that shooting it was a pretty bummer experience though :/ Dan Aykroyd was supposed to costar alongside her & he quit when she got signed on (was v dismissive of her lack of experience in the rehearsal) and her & Goldblum didn’t get on much better, she was pretty miserable. I think the fact that they kinda hate each other makes for funnier moments between them in the movie
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 February 2019 23:07 (seven years ago)
bummer :( didn't know people were so snobby to her but i am not surprised. those were messed up times. i thought jeff goldblum seemed like just the right sort of weirdo for her but he was high on the fly and probably wanted to be more serious. it was a much better movie than i expected it to be!
watching that johnny carson video reminded me of how much i LOVED cyndi as a kid.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 4 February 2019 23:12 (seven years ago)
Vibes is great! I treasure the DVD I bought for like $3. Good to pair with Transylvania 6-5000, although Vibes is a superior film. Cyndi Lauper shoulda been in more movies.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 4 February 2019 23:19 (seven years ago)
Yeah I read that Ron Howard was originally signed on to direct & I wonder if she wouldn’t have had a better experience if he had been behind the camera. Who knows tho. It’s a shame ppl were kinda jerky to her because she’s great on camera. i think she could have done some really great projects with the right people and/or more encouragement
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 01:04 (seven years ago)
Transylvania 6-5000 is my wife’s favorite movie
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 03:00 (seven years ago)
It's the best movie ever made by a chemical company with money they couldn't expatriate from behind the Iron Curtain
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 03:17 (seven years ago)
Like that Tonight Show clip. Wondering who is in the band. It’s not the guys from The Hooters, is it?
― Only a Factory URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 05:41 (seven years ago)
Don't see the Hooters there. Wiki lists the band for her Fun Tour as Kenni Hairston – Keyboard & Vocals, Sandy Gennaro – Drums, John Kumnick – BassJohn McCurry – Guitar & Vocals. It's probably that band.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 06:34 (seven years ago)
Just watched Vibes for the first time last night. I won't go so far as to say that it was good, but Cyndi Lauper and Jeff Goldblum were very good.
Anyway, I thought that Hole In My Heart (All the Way to China) was a weird choice of an end title credits song for a movie that takes place in Ecuador, but I highly recommend it. Don't recommend the music video though.
― peace, man, Monday, 7 March 2022 14:36 (four years ago)
apparently they didn't get along on set at all!
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Monday, 7 March 2022 15:28 (four years ago)
I can definitely imagine that, but I don't think it reflected in their performances at all.
― peace, man, Monday, 7 March 2022 15:37 (four years ago)
Just found this - from Lauper's appearance of The New Show, which was another sketch show Lorne Michaels produced for NBC. (Broadcast on Friday nights, it lasted only one season. He returned to SNL the following year.)
Lots of fun, especially when Lauper gets on the camera crane.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xZtdcgS27o
― birdistheword, Sunday, 5 June 2022 07:00 (four years ago)
Lol thank you for not spoiling the guest dancer at the end there
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 5 June 2022 21:17 (four years ago)
Incognito Cyndihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geovHVnj42Y
― When the Pain That You Feel is the Bite of an Eel, That's a Moray (Old Lunch), Sunday, 5 June 2022 21:26 (four years ago)
Speaking of incognito Cyndi, I assume I am the last person on earth to find out she sang the pee wee’s playhouse theme?
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 14:38 (four years ago)
Second last.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 18:24 (four years ago)
i'd never seen the goonies music video until today and that thing is in a whole separate tier of music videos.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 4 October 2024 05:37 (one year ago)
Yeah, I never saw it in the 80s, but I wish I had.
― peace, man, Friday, 4 October 2024 12:05 (one year ago)
Third last
xxxpost
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Friday, 4 October 2024 13:07 (one year ago)
Saw her Farewell Tour in Sacramento tonight - she still sounds incredible. And i got so emotional! I teared up over almost every song <3 Love her so much
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 24 August 2025 08:09 (nine months ago)