danb@mako.UUCP (Dan Ball) (01/13/85)
>Message-ID: <147@decwrl.UUCP> > _Ms._ magazine has named Cyndi Lauper as one of their women of the >year (1984). Are they serious, or what? > Feminist? Could somebody please tell me what's feminist about that >song? Most feminists I know are offended by the song. > The article concludes with this: >> If Helen Reddy's recording of "I Am Woman" was about anger and a newfound >> collective pride, "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" is about a newer, defiant >> joy and the celebration of our strength. > It is? All the song says is "girls just want to have fun" over and >over until you're sick. > What do you folks think? > <_Jym_> I agree to the Nth. Cyndi Lauper is not a feminist nor a normal female. Cyndi Lauper is a silly nincompoop who sings about silly things. Anyone who can go home at night, go to bed and say to herself "I think I should write a song about what I'm going to do with my privates while reading my *Blue Boy Magazine*" has got to be totally bubbled.
emjej@uokvax.UUCP (01/15/85)
/***** uokvax:net.music / mako!danb / 4:28 pm Jan 12, 1985 */ I agree to the Nth. Cyndi Lauper is not a feminist nor a normal female. Cyndi Lauper is a silly nincompoop who sings about silly things. Anyone who can go home at night, go to bed and say to herself "I think I should write a song about what I'm going to do with my privates while reading my *Blue Boy Magazine*" has got to be totally bubbled. /* ---------- */ Well, yes, and her hairdo definitely reminds me of mange, but consider these lyrics from the Beatles, who practically everybody says are great (and I tend to agree): "What do you see when you turn out the light?" "I can't tell you, but I know it's mine." from "A Little Help from My Friends" Now, admittedly the whole song may not be about the subject in question, but... "What about Edward G.?" James Jones