The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough by Cyndi Lauper was released on June 6, 1985, with What a Thrill as the B side. The song appeared on The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Continue reading
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80s Song of the Day: Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper
The phone rings in the middle of the night
My father yells what you gonna do with your life
Oh daddy dear you know you’re still number one
But girls they want to have fun
Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper was released on September 6, 1983, with Right Track Wrong Train as the B side. It was the lead single from Lauper’s debut album She’s So Unusual. Continue reading
80s Song of the Day: True Colors by Cyndi Lauper
If this world makes you crazy
And you’ve taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know I’ll be there
True Colors by Cyndi Lauper was released August 25, 1986, with Heading for the Moon as the B side. It was the first single released from Lauper’s second album of the same name. Continue reading
80s Song of the Day: She Bop by Cyndi Lauper
Hey, they say that a stitch in time saves nine
They say I better stop – or I’ll go blind
Oop – she bop – she bop
She Bop by Cyndi Lauper was released on July 2, 1984, with Witness as the B side. It was the third single from the singer’s debut album She’s So Unusual. Continue reading
45 RPMs: Cyndi Lauper Time After Time
If you’re lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
The U.K. and other versions of the Time After Time 7″ single came with this picture sleeve. The U.S. version did not.
As I mentioned in a previous post, I was a huge fan of Cyndi Lauper in the 80s, and She’s So Unusual was one of my very first albums. It still holds a lot of significance for me because it came out at a time when I was just starting to discover my own musical tastes and interests. Cyndi wasn’t my parents’ favorite singer or my brothers’ favorite band – she was all mine.
Time After Time is an absolutely stunning song and one of my all-time favorites. Released in 1984, it was the second single off of She’s So Unusual, after Girls Just Want to Have Fun, and Cyndi’s first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Continue reading
On the Road: Cyndi Lauper’s Fun Tour, 1983-1984
Cyndi Lauper‘s She’s So Unusual was one of my very first albums, and the Fun Tour that supported it was my first concert. Cyndi’s first major headlining tour lasted from November 1983 through December 1984, covering North America and three stops in Europe. 
I saw the September 6, 1984 show at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia. Philly natives The Hooters opened for Cyndi. Because I had actually seen her in concert, I was elected president of my town’s unofficial chapter of the Cyndi Lauper Fan Club, which consisted of me and about four of my friends. I took my duties very seriously at the time (there was a handwritten newsletter and lots of Cyndi buttons pinned on denim), and I still remember that tour living up to its name – just a really fun time with lots and lots of energy. Continue reading
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