Roger Waters, Sarah McLachlan, Erasure, Backyardigans, Dionne Warwick, Billy Joel
Influences:
Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Edith Piaf, Sarah Vaughan, Joni Mitchell, Blondie, Etta James, Dionne Warwick, Patti LaBelle, Lena Horne, The Shangri-Las, Tina Turner, Ann Peebles, Gene Pitney, The Ronettes
Bring Ya To The Brink (2008)
Although Cyndi Lauper has released only three albums of new material since her 1980s heyday--1992's underrated HAT FULL OF STARS, 1997's SISTERS OF AVALON, and 2004's SHINE--she has never slowed down, maintaining a near-constant presence on the concert circuit. As her retro cohorts the B-52's, Donna Summer, and Madonna all release new albums that consciously look back to their earlier hits for inspiration, Cyndi Lauper went in the opposite direction for BRING YA TO THE BRINK, releasing an album entirely unlike anything else she has previously done. Recorded in collaboration with a number of hot dance producers and mixers, BRING YA TO THE BRINK is a tough, sexy collection of sleek electronic dance songs more in keeping with modern trends in club tunes than with those girls who just wanna have fun like they did back in 1984.
Personnel: Cyndi Lauper (vocals); Knox Chandler (guitar); Dave Finnell (trumpet); Steve Gaboruy (keyboards); Roger Fife (synthesizer); Sammy Merendino (drums).
Recording information: Sterling Sound, NYC, NY.
Song Title
1. High and Mighty
2. Into the Nightlife
3. Rocking Chair
4. Echo
5. Lyfe
6. Same Ol' Story
7. Ragin Storm
8. Lay Me Down
9. Give It Up
10. Set Your Heart
11. Grab a Hold
12. Rain On Me
Body Acoustic CD (2005)
1. Money Changes Everything - (with Adam Lazzara)
2. All Through The Night - (with Shaggy)
3. Time After Time - (with Sarah McLachlan)
4. She Bop
5. Above The Clouds - (with Jeff Beck)
6. I'll Be Your River - (with Vivian Green)
7. Sisters Of Avalon - (with Ani DiFranco/Vivian Green)
8. Shine
9. True Colors
10. Water's Edge - (with Sarah McLachlan)
11. Fearless
12. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - (with Puffy AmiYumi)
Collection CD (2004)
DISC 1: SHE'S SO UNUSUAL:
1. Money Changes Everything
2. Girls Just Want to Have Fun
3. When You Were Mine
4. Time After Time
5. She Bop
6. All Through The Night
7. Witness
8. I'll Kiss You
9. He's So Unusual
10. Yeah Yeah
11. Money Changes Everything
12. She Bop
13. All Through The Night
DISC 2: TRUE COLORS:
1. Change Of Heart
2. Maybe He'll Know
3. Boy Blue
4. True Colors
5. Calm Inside The Storm
6. What's Going On
7. Iko Iko
8. Faraway Nearby, The
9. 911
10. One Track Mind
DISC 3: HAT FULL OF STARS:
1. That's What I Think
2. Product Of Misery
3. Who Let In The Rain
4. Lies
5. Broken Glass
6. Sally's Pigeons
7. Feels Like Christmas
8. Dear John
9. Like I Used To
10. Someone Like Me
11. Part Hate, A
12. Hat Full Of Stars
At Last CD (2003)
1. At Last
2. Walk On By
3. Stay
4. La Vie En Rose
5. Unchained Melody
6. If You Go Away
7. Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
8. My Baby Just Cares For Me
9. Makin' Whoopee - (with Tony Bennett)
10. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
11. You Really Got A Hold On Me
12. Hymn To Love
13. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Essential Cyndi Lauper CD (2003)
1. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
2. Money Changes Everything
3. Who Let In The Rain
4. She Bop
5. Time After Time
6. I Drove All Night
7. Hat Full Of Stars
8. Change Of Heart
9. Sisters Of Avalon
10. All Through The Night
11. When You Were Mine
12. True Colors
13. Unhook The Stars
14. Goonies 'R Good Enough, The
Looks Like Christmas CD (2001)
Sony Music Special Products:
1. Feels Like Christmas
2. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
3. Minnie And Santa
4. World Is Stone, The
5. December Child
6. Christmas Conga
7. Heading For The Moon
8. Silent Night
Cyndi Lauper - Twelve Deadly Cyns. . . and then some DVD (2000)
Cyndi Lauper was one of the bizarrely fashioned stars who defined the lighthearted, sometimes silly pop music of the 1980's. Launched by MTV when they were still a fledgling channel, Lauper provokes a nostalgia for the time when the cable network actually played some great music videos. Videos for hits like "She Bop," "Time After Time" and the now classic "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" were ebullient, colorful romps that inspired more than enough living room dancing. TWELVE DEADLY CYNS is a wonderful showcase of these classic 1980's music videos which includes all of Cyndi's greatest hits.
Merry Christmas... Have A Nice Life CD (1998)
1. Home On Christmas Day
2. Early Christmas Morning
3. Rocking Around The Christmas Tree
4. Christmas Conga
5. Minnie And Santa
6. Feels Like Christmas
7. Three Ships
8. New Year's Baby (First Lullaby)
9. December Child
10. In The Bleak Midwinter
11. Silent Night
Wanna Have Fun CD (1998)
1. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
2. When You Were Mine
3. Night To Remember, A
4. Dear John
5. Calm Inside The Storm
6. Money Changes Everything
7. That's What I Think
8. Dancing With A Stranger
9. Iko Iko
10. Someone Like Me
Sisters Of Avalon CD (1997)
1. Sisters Of Avalon
2. Ballad Of Cleo & Joe
3. Fall Into Your Dreams
4. You Don't Know
5. Love To Hate
6. Hot Gets A Little Cold
7. Unhook The Stars
8. Searching
9. Say A Prayer
10. Mother
11. Fearless
12. Brimstone And Fire
13. (untitled hidden track)
Twelve Deadly Cyns...And Then Some CD (1995)
1. I'm Gonna Be Strong - ('95)
2. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
3. Money Changes Everything
4. Time After Time
5. She Bop
6. All Through The Night
7. Change Of Heart
8. True Colors
9. What's Going On
10. I Drove All Night
11. That's What I Think
12. Sally's Pigeons
13. Hey Now (Girls Just Want To Have Fun) - ('95)
14. Come On Home - ('95)
True Colors CD (1986)
1. Change Of Heart
2. Maybe He'll Know
3. Boy Blue
4. True Colors
5. Calm Inside The Storm
6. What's Going On
7. Iko Iko
8. Faraway Nearby, The
9. 911
10. One Track Mind
She's So Unusual CD (1983)
1. Money Changes Everything
2. Girls Just Want to Have Fun
3. When You Were Mine
4. Time After Time
5. She Bop
6. All Through The Night
7. Witness
8. I'll Kiss You
9. He's So Unusual
10. Yeah Yeah
11. Money Changes Everything - (live, bonus track)
12. She Bop - (previously unreleased, live, bonus track)
13. All Through The Night - (previously unreleased, live, bonus track)
Cyndi Lauper was one of the biggest stars of the early MTV era, selling five million copies of her debut album, She's So Unusual as well as scoring a string of four Top Ten hits from the record, including the major hits "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and "Time After Time". Lauper s thin, girlish voice and gleefully ragtag appearance became one of the most distinctive images of the early '80s, which helped lead her not only to the top of the charts, but also to stardom. Throughout America, there were numbers of teenage girls dressing like Lauper and using "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" as an anthem, a call to arms for self-expression. At first, her music was a bright, colorful new wave fusion of a number of styles, including new wave post punk reggae pop and funk Both her music and her appearance helped popularize and just as importantly, sanitize the image of punk and new wave for America, making it an acceptable part of the pop landscape. Lauper didn't follow through on the success of She's So Unusual choosing to turn toward middle-of-the-road balladry and mainstream pop but her first album remains a benchmark of the early 80s.
