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Rating: After Jane's Addiction, Pantera, Sepultura, and Napalm Death, it seemed like the right time to review Cyndi Lauper and her iconic "She's So Unusual." Many fools and uninformed people might say: "Who the hell is this Cyndi Lauper?" Well, Cyntia Anne Stephanie Lauper, known as Cyndi, was the true queen of '80s pop, who had the slight inconvenience of encountering a small obstacle called "Madonna" on her furious rise...
When talking about Cyndi Lauper, one talks about eccentric hairstyles and dazzling, original looks; it was primarily these little things that made her a sort of cult figure during that period. Many pop stars of later generations have shamelessly copied her unique style of appearance and attitude. For those who still can't understand what I mean, I'll give a simple example: take the Gwen Stefani of this period, send her back twenty years in time, give her even more energy and grit, and you get Cyndi Lauper. Certainly "She's So Unusual" was Cyntia's true iconic album, a perfect debut that immediately consecrated her among the greats of her time. There's not much to say about the album; two titles are enough: "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" and "Time After Time," two pop music classics, two hits that took over dance floors and ballrooms worldwide, sung with that somewhat childlike voice that has always distinguished this singer. It's incredible how, despite everything, the hurricane that was Cyndi has slowly faded into nothingness, and how none of her other albums achieved the same success as the first.
In my opinion, Lauper was one of the most underrated pop stars in the musical landscape of the last twenty years; a complete artist who had the terrible misfortune of not being able to maintain a good level of popularity over the years, slowly ending up in oblivion as something out of fashion and past its time, unlike Ciccone, who managed to reach the true status of pop goddess. Anyway, I rate Cyndi Lauper on the same level, if not even higher. Then again, we all know, it's a matter of perspective...
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Money Changes Everything (05:06)
She said I'm sorry baby I'm leaving you tonight
I found someone new he's waitin' in the car outside
Ah honey how could you do it
We swore each other everlasting love
She said well yeah I know but when
We did, there was one thing we weren't
Really thinking of and that's money
Chorus:
Money changes everything
Money, money changes everything
We think we know what we're doin'
That don't mean a thing
It's all in the past now
Money changes everything
They shake your hand and they smile
And they buy you a drink
They say we'll be your friends
We'll stick with you till the end
Ah but everybody's only
Looking out for themselves
And you say well who can you trust
I'll tell you it's just
Nobody else's money
Chorus
Money changes everything (x2)
02 Girls Just Want to Have Fun (03:58)
I come home in the morning light,
My mother says "When you gonna live your life right?"
Oh,mommy,dear,
We're not the fortunate ones,
And girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun.
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 wanna have fu-un,
Oh,girls,just wanna have
That's all they really want.....
When the working day is done,
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un,
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have...
Girls,
They want,
Wanna have fun.
Girls,
Wanna have
Some boys take a beautiful girl,
And hide her away from the rest of the world.
I wanna be the one to walk in the sun.
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have
That's all they really want.....
Some fun....
When the working day is done,
Oh,girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have....
Girls,
They want,
Wanna have fun.
Girls,
Wanna have.
They just wanna,
They just wanna.....
They just wanna,
(Oh....)
They just wanna.....
(Girls just wanna have fun...)
Oh...
Girls just wanna have fu-un...
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
(Oh...)
They just wanna...
(They just wanna have fun...)
Girls just wanna have fu-un...
When the workin',
When the working day is done.
Oh,when the working day is done,
Oh,girls...
Girls,
Just wanna have fu-un...
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
They just wanna,
They just wanna have fun...
Girls just wanna have fu-un..
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
They just wanna,
They just wanna....
(Have fun..)
They just wanna,
(Girls wanna have fun)
They just wanna....
Oh,girls...
(Wanna have fun....)
Girls just wanna have fu-un.
When the workin',
When the working day is done.
Oh,when the working day is done,
Oh,girls,
Girls just wanna have fu-un.
They just wanna,
They just wanna...
When the working day is done...
(fades)
03 When You Were Mine (05:07)
When u were mine
I gave u all of my money
Time after time
U done me wrong
Cause, just like a train
U let all my friends come over and eat
And u were so strange
U didn't have the decency to change the sheets
Oh girl, when u were mine
I use to let u wear all my clothes
U were so fine
Maybe that's the reason that it hurt me so
I know, that you're goin with another guy
But I don't care, cause I love u baby that's no lie
Love u more mine than I did when u were mine
When u were mine
U were kindasorta my best friend
So I was blind
I let u fool around
I never cared
I never was the kind to make a fuss
When he was there
Sleepin in between the two of us
I know, that you`re goin with another guy
But I don't care, cause I love u baby that's no lie
Love u more than I did when u were mine
When u were mine
U were all I ever wanted to do
Now I spend my time
Following him whenever he's with u
I know that you're goin with another guy
But I don't care, cause I love u baby that's no lie
Love u more than I did when u were mine
04 Time After Time (04:03)
Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick
And think of you
Caught up in circles
Confusion Is nothing new
Flashback warm nights
Almost left behind
Suitcase of memories
Time after
Sometimes you picture me
I'm walking too far ahead
You're calling to me, I can't hear
What you've said
Then you say go slow
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds
Chorus:
If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you I'll be waiting
Time after time
If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you I'll be waiting
Time after time
After my picture fades and darkness has
Turned to gray
Watching through windows
you're wondering If I'm OK
Secrets stolen from deep inside
The drum beats out of time
Chorus
You said go slow
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds
Chorus
Time after time (x10)
05 She Bop (03:52)
We-hell-I see him every night in tight blue jeans--
In the pages of a Blue Boy magazine
Hey I've been looking for a new sensation
I'm picking up--good vibrations--
Oop--she bop--
Do I wanna go out with a lion's roar
Huh, yea, I wanna go south n get me some more
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--he bop--a--we bop
I bop--you bop--a--they bop
Be bop--be bop--a--lu--bop,
I hope He will understand
She bop--he bop--a--we bop
I bop--you bop--a--they bop
Be bop--be bop--a--lu--she bop,
Oo--oo--she--do--she bop--she bop
(whistle)...
Hey, hey--they say I better get a chaperone
Because I can't stop messin' with the danger zone
No, I won't worry, and I won't fret--
There ain't no law against it yet--
Oop--she bop--she bop--
She bop--he bop--a--we bop
I bop--you bop--a--they bop
Be bop--be bop--a--lu--bop,
I hope He will understand
She bop--he bop--a--we bop
I bop--you bop--a--they bop
Be bop--be bop--a--lu--she bop,
Oo--oo--she--do--she bop--she bop
07 Witness (03:40)
You're sorry now
And you'll change some how--
And I am what you need to get out, but--
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
Cause I'm crawling back
I'm searchin the right track--
I'm standin--at last I'm sure
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
No, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh--witness
No, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh--witness
Jailbird chained to walk
How you used to--talk, talk, talk--
But the melody--none at all my love--
And I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
I don't wanna be
No I don't...
Oh, oh, oh, oh...witness--witness--
Witness--witness--
08 I'll Kiss You (04:13)
Went down to the local gypsy
And I handed her the same line--
'You know what I want from you
So honey won't ya gimme #9'
Cause you know lately I ain't feelin so great--
Last time she gave me love potion #8
And you know pretty baby how I think you're pretty smart
But one sip from this bottle and I'll tear you all apart--
The gypsy told me that the first thing
That would happen you get dizzy
Second thing you better make sure
That your boyfriend isn't busy
Cause you won't wanna eat
And you won't wanna drink
You won't wanna talk
And you won't wanna think
My mother used to tell me not to kiss on this first date
This time when I see you, you know I ain't gonna wait!
I'll Kiss you
Gonna corner you and not let you go
I'll Kiss you
Don't tell me nothing--I--I--don't wanna know
And twidely--dee--and twidely--dum
I'll Kiss you, I'll Kiss you, I'll Kiss you
Hopped into a taxi, and I told the driver
Got to get me cross town
Killed the bottle, started seeing double
When the driver turned around
And though I was a failure with love potion #8
#9 was different and the hour's getting late
Now I'm standing on the corner
Everyone looks great to me
And if you come and get me take me where I want to be--
I'll Kiss you...
...I'll Kiss you
I'll Kiss you
XXX
09 He's So Unusual (00:46)
You talk of sweeties bashful sweeties
I've got one of those
Oh he's handsome as can be
But he worries me
He goes to college
And gathers knowledge
Oo, what that boy knows
He's up in his Latin and Greek
But in his chicin' he's weak cause,
When I want some lovin'
And I gotta have some lovin'
He says please stop it please
he's so unusual...
10 Yeah Yeah (03:18)
Through the burning sun
And the driving rain
Over the sea
And across the plain
Oh I'll ask you once
And I'll ask you again
Won't you be my love
Won't you be my friend
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Well the lights are low
And the hour is late
Don't you want me baby
Through your garden gate
Don't you feel it coming
And it feels so strong
I will never ever ever
Ever do you wrong
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now the mountain is high
And the river is deep
We always knew
And we hold the key
Violets blue
Roses red
Love you baby
Till I'm dead
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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