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Con Brian D'Addario, the Monkees, Arthur Alexander, Dr. Hook, Glen Miller, Etta James, Marion Montgomery, Frank Sinatra, Limelighters, Mary Hopkin, The Stylistics, Dionne Warwick & Elton John, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, Buffalongo, King Harvest, Robert Hazard, Cyindi Lauper y Alfa con Roberto Vecchioni.

This week on The Metro, Rev. Jeff Ivins brings you the following bands for your trimp back: The Mars Model, Duran Duran, Bow Wow Wow, The Go-Go’s, Talk Talk, Re-Flex, Julie Brown, Adam & The Ants, Icehouse, A Flock Of Seagulls, The Human League, Robert Hazard, The Specials, Men At Work, and finishing up with Berlin.

Book Vs. Movie: Girls Just Want to Have FunThe Cyndi Lauper Hit Vs. the Sarah Jessica Parker MovieThe 1985 film *Girls Just Want to Have Fun* is a beloved teen dance comedy inspired by Cyndi Lauper's iconic song. The story follows Janey Glenn (Sarah Jessica Parker), a dance-loving teen who moves to Chicago with her strict military father. Encouraged by her quirky friend Lynne (Helen Hunt), Janey auditions for the TV show *Dance TV* and teams up with working-class Jeff Malene (Lee Montgomery) to pursue their dance dreams, facing rivals and romance. The film also features Shannen Doherty as Jeff's sister and Jonathan Silverman as his goofy best friend. So which did the Margos prefer? The original song by Robert Hazard or the 1985 film? Listen to find out!In this ep, the Margos discuss:The careers of Cyndi Lauper and Robert Hazard in the early 1980sHow the film was adapted from the songThe Movie Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker (Janey Glenn,) Helen Hunt (Lynn Stone,) Lee Montgomery (Jeff Malene,) Jonathan Silverman (Drew Boreman,) and Shannon Doherty as Maggie Malene. Margo's upcoming book on Saturday Night Fever (pre-order!) Clips used:“Girls” remake song and early sceneGirls Just Want to Have Fun (1985 trailer)Roger Ebert's 1985 review of Girls Just Want to Have FunAudition scene“Dance TV”“Party invasion scene”Music by Deborah Galli with Tami Follow us on the socials!Join our Patreon page “Book Vs. Movie podcast”You can find us on Facebook at Book Vs. Movie Podcast GroupInstagram: Book Versus Movie @bookversusmoviebookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Margo D's Blog: Brooklynfitchick.comMargo D's Instagram “Brooklyn Fit Chick”Margo D's TikTok Margo D's YouTube: @MargoDonohueMargo P's Instagram: @shesnachomama Margo P's Blog: coloniabook.comMargo P's YouTube Channel: @shesnachomamaOur logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine 

Book Vs. Movie: Girls Just Want to Have FunThe Cyndi Lauper Hit Vs. the Sarah Jessica Parker MovieThe 1985 film *Girls Just Want to Have Fun* is a beloved teen dance comedy inspired by Cyndi Lauper's iconic song. The story follows Janey Glenn (Sarah Jessica Parker), a dance-loving teen who moves to Chicago with her strict military father. Encouraged by her quirky friend Lynne (Helen Hunt), Janey auditions for the TV show *Dance TV* and teams up with working-class Jeff Malene (Lee Montgomery) to pursue their dance dreams, facing rivals and romance. The film also features Shannen Doherty as Jeff's sister and Jonathan Silverman as his goofy best friend. So which did the Margos prefer? The original song by Robert Hazard or the 1985 film? Listen to find out!In this ep, the Margos discuss:The careers of Cyndi Lauper and Robert Hazard in the early 1980sHow the film was adapted from the songThe Movie Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker (Janey Glenn,) Helen Hunt (Lynn Stone,) Lee Montgomery (Jeff Malene,) Jonathan Silverman (Drew Boreman,) and Shannon Doherty as Maggie Malene. Margo's upcoming book on Saturday Night Fever (pre-order!) Clips used:“Girls” remake song and early sceneGirls Just Want to Have Fun (1985 trailer)Roger Ebert's 1985 review of Girls Just Want to Have FunAudition scene“Dance TV”“Party invasion scene”Music by Deborah Galli with Tami Follow us on the socials!Join our Patreon page “Book Vs. Movie podcast”You can find us on Facebook at Book Vs. Movie Podcast GroupInstagram: Book Versus Movie @bookversusmoviebookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Margo D's Blog: Brooklynfitchick.comMargo D's Instagram “Brooklyn Fit Chick”Margo D's TikTok Margo D's YouTube: @MargoDonohueMargo P's Instagram: @shesnachomama Margo P's Blog: coloniabook.comMargo P's YouTube Channel: @shesnachomamaOur logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine 

Join DJ Jesse Luscious as he examines the early East Bay Ska scene & how it leaked over to the East Bay Punk scene with The Uptones, Operation Ivy, Dance Hall Crashers, & Eric Din and enjoy his traditional no holiday music zone! New tracks from Wonk Unit, Slaughterhouse, Revolution Rabbit Deluxe, Old City, Lord & Lady Kevin, & The Tony Slug Experience are in the mix along with classics from Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon, Rancid, Bob Vylan, Blag Dahlia, Stank Voor Dank, Dead Kennedys, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Problem Patterns, Radio Birdman, Ludicra, Rocket From The Crypt, Lunachicks, Living End, Robert Hazard & The Heroes, New York Dolls, Big Black, Blood Command, No Trend, Stiff Little Fingers, and Black Flag, and the Luscious Listener's Choice! Jello Biafra And Mojo Nixon- The Lost World Blag Dahlia- Horribly Wrong (As Ralph Champagne) Tony Slug Experience- Puppet Smut Dead Kennedys- MTV Get Off The Air Stank Voor Dank- Neanderthal Stiff Little Fingers- Suspect Device (edit) Problem Patterns- Who Do We Not Save Radio Birdman- Non-Stop Girls Blood Command- Death To All But Us!  Big Black - Passing Complexion Lord And Lady Kevin- Lazarus No Trend- Cancer Old City- Class Act (edit) Bob Vylan- Dream Big (Radio Edit) Wonk Unit- Rapidly Declining Dignity Rancid- Fall Back Down Revolution Rabbit Deluxe- Tim Gurner Says Pretty Girls Make Graves- The Getaway New York Dolls- Looking For A Kiss Robert Hazard And The Heroes- Hang Around With You Eric Din- Donkeyfish Operation Ivy- Bankshot Uptones- Get Out Of My Way Dance Hall Crashers- Java Junkie Living End- Roll On Lunachicks- Bitterness Barbie Slaughterhouse- My War Black Flag- Annihilate This Week Rocket From The Crypt- On A Rope Ludicra- Why Conquer

We get the listeners involved and we are ranking 10 very different and unique covers songs from artist across Rock, Pop, Metal, and Hard Rock. Some you may not have even known were actually covers songs because the cover version is the only one you have ever known. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It's quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Leave Us A Five Star Review in one of the following places: Apple Podcast Podchaser Spotify Connect with us  Email us growinuprock@gmail.com Contact Form  Like and Follow Us on FaceBook Follow Us on Twitter Leave Us A Review On Podchaser Join The Growin' Up Rock Loud Minority Facebook Group Do You Spotify? Then Follow us and Give Our Playlist a listen. We update it regularly with kick ass rock n roll Spotify Playlist Covers Episode Playlist Buy and Support Music From The Artist We Discuss On This Episode Growin' Up Rock Amazon Store Pantheon Podcast Network Music in this Episode Provided by the Following: Stryper, CobraKill, JJ Cale, Eric Clapton, Quiet Riot, Slade, Diamond Head, Metallica, Robert Hazard, Cyndi Lauper, Anne Bredan, Led Zeppelin, Soft Cell, Gloria Jones, The Arrows, Joan Jett, The Grass Roots, Bon Jovi, Judas Priest, Fleetwood Mac, Van Halen, The Kinks, Ace Frehley, Shadows Fall Crank It Up New Music Spotlight  Cobrakill “Party Like Hell” If you dig what you are hearing, go pick up the album or some merch., and support these artists. A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Steve picked a set of sunglasses songs.  Here is the full list of artists played this week: Sam Roberts Band, Neil Finn, Phantogram, Iggy Pop, Saturday Looks Good To Me, Chrissie Hynde, Robert Hazard, Brian Eno with John Cale, Boy & Bear, Stiff Little Fingers, Tears For Fears, The Bug Club, Better Than Ezra, Gina X Performance. AI-free since 2016! On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio      *** 5pm Friday ***      *** 10am Sunday ***      *** 8pm Monday *** Stream live at http://209.95.50.189:8178/stream Stream on-demand most recent episodes at https://wbnh1051.podbean.com/category/suburban-underground/ And available on demand on your favorite podcast app! Facebook: SuburbanUndergroundRadio   ***    Instagram: SuburbanUnderground   ***    #newwave #altrock #alternativerock #punkrock #indierock

What if you could experience the essence of a city's musical heartbeat and the stories of those who keep it alive? Join us for the season premiere of Chewing the Gristle, where we sit down with the ever-versatile Joe Mass. From his mastery in jazz, fusion, and rock, to his unique role as a Neil Young tribute artist, Joe's journey is nothing short of fascinating. He shares vivid tales of recording under the legendary Bootsy Collins' label and memorable collaborations with artists like Jimmy Haslip and Jeff Lorber. Don't miss out as Joe also reveals his exciting current projects and upcoming gigs.Step back in time with us to explore Philadelphia's rich musical tapestry in our special chapter on the city's historic moments. We recount the early inspirations, including an unforgettable encounter with an 11-year-old prodigy and the life-changing influence of the Allman Brothers. The spotlight also shines on Philadelphia icons like Robert Hazard and his serendipitous hit "Girls Just Want to Have Fun." These stories encapsulate the transformative experiences that shape a musician's career, blending nostalgia with profound insights.Finally, immerse yourself in the intertwined stories of Philadelphia's jazz scene, celebrating figures like Dennis Sandoli, Pat Martino, Jimmy Bruno, and the DeFrancescos. Relive the humorous, humbling moments of wisdom and camaraderie shared among these jazz legends. We'll also discuss the enduring influence of Philly's jazz community and the strong connections that continue to inspire contemporary music. Whether you're a lifelong jazz enthusiast or new to the genre, this episode promises to captivate and inspire with its rich, interconnected narratives.FishmanDedicated to helping musicians achieve the truest sound possible whenever they plug-in. Wildwood GuitarsOne of the world's premier retailers of exceptional electric and acoustic guitars.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

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This week on The Metro, Rev Jeff Ivins brings you the following bands for your weekly time trip back to the 1980s: Bad Manners, After The Fire, The Style Council, Pat Benatar, George Michael, Pet Shop Boys, Untouchables, Robert Hazard, Waitresses, Howard Jones, Fleshtones, Eddie Money, Saga, Peter Schilling, and finishing off with Madness.

Best. Covers. Ever. Wildcard EpisodeWhat're your favorite cover songs!? A great man once sang "It's like he's tracing Picasso and calling it art." On this wildcard episode, we each rank and celebrate the five greatest and single worst covers ever recorded, talk about the fascinatin' history of covers vs standards and reunite legendary trombone-fronted NYC band Cover Me Badd as guest rankers! Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your favorite Xerox store.  Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram & Threads and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod .   SPOILERS/FILE UNDER:AC/DC, Air Supply, Argent, the Bangles, Barenaked Ladies, Bauhaus, Beastie Boys, the Beatles, Berlin, David Bowie, Jeff Buckley, Tim Buckley, Kate Bush, Johnny Cash, Centromatic, Joe Cocker, Leonard Cohen, Elvis Costello, Cover Me Badd, cover songs, covers, Coverville, Devo, Dream Academy, Bob Dylan, Electric Light Orchestra, Food For Feet, Funland, the Futureheads, the Guess Who, Guns n Roses, Robert Hazard, the Hollies, Wanda Jackson, Jellyfish, Mark Kozelek, Langley Schools Music Project, Cyndi Lauper, Led Zeppelin, Lucius, Madness, Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, the Posies, the Rolling Stones, Linda Ronstadt, Screaming Females, Simon & Garfunkel, Jessica Simpson, the Smiths, Star Spangled Banner, Taylor Swift, T Pain, THAT'S A COVER?!, This Mortal Coil, trombone, Lara Trump, Wall of Voodoo, Jack White, Will To Power, Wings, Stevie Wonder US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com ::: wewillrankyoupod@gmail.com :::http://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPod ::: http://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPod :::https://www.threads.net/@WeWillRankYouPod ::: http://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo ::: http://www.YourOlderBrother.com (Sam's music page) ::: http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page) ::: https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

Cover versions – always fascinating!!  Occasionally, an artist will cover an obscure song, or a deep cut by another artist and make it their own.  But what about when the song has ALREADY been a hit?  Sometimes it works; sometimes it doesn't; sometimes it ends up in court! This episode, we're looking at examples of all three.  Our “Album You Must Hear Before You Die” is, believe it or not, “And other bits of material” by Paper Lace, the most successful band to come out of Nottingham, UK.  The hit single from the album, “The Night Chicago Died” topped the Billboard Hot 100 and sold over three million copies!  Who'd have thought it? Jeff also follows up with some rock news looking at Ozzy Osbourne and Bruce Springsteen's efforts to stay on the stage.   References:  Bob Dylan, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Lennon & McCartney, cover versions, “Blowin' in the Wind”, Peter Paul and Mary, Leonard Cohen, “Suzanne”, The Great American Songbook, Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis, All Along the Watchtower, Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Mr. Tambourine Man, Tainted Love, Soft Cell, Gloria Jones, Me and Bobby McGee, Janis Joplin, “Pearl”, “Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay”, Otis Redding, Kris Kristofferson, I Love Rock 'n' Roll, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, The Arrows, Sex Pistols, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Without You, Badfinger, Harry Nilsson, Mariah Carey, Led Zeppelin, Nobody's Fault but Mine, Joan Baez, Anne Bredon, “In my time of dying”, Blind Willie Johnson, “Dazed and Confused”, Jake Holmes, Inspired by Jake Holmes, David Bennett Piano, Whole Lotta Love” Muddy Waters, You Need Love, Willie Dixon, The Small Faces, “You Need Loving”, “Rock'n'Roll”, Little Richard, “Keep a-Knockin'”, Stairway to Heaven, Taurus, Spirit, back-payment of royalties to the original artist, Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen, John Cale, “I'm Your Fan”, Jeff Buckley, I Will Always Love You, Dolly Parton, Whitney Houston, The First Cut is the Deepest, Rod Stewart, Cat Stevens, Reason to Believe, Tim Hardin, The Man Who Sold the World, David Bowie, Nirvana, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper, Robert Hazard, Love Hurts, Nazareth, Everly Brothers, Turn the Page, Jon English, Metallica, Bob Seger, A Hazy Shade of Winter, Bangles, Simon & Garfunkel, I'm a Believer, The Monkees, Neil Diamond, RESPECT, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Moonlighting, Bruce Willis, David Addison  Bob Dylan, cover versions, Peter Paul and Mary, Leonard Cohen, Tainted Love, Without You, Led Zeppelin, Jake Holmes, Hallelujah, John Cale, RESPECT, Aretha Franklin Episode PlaylistYouTube Links:Jake Holmes - Dazed and Confused TrumpI Live Rock and Roll - Joan KirnerOnce in a LifetimeDavid Bennett Pian - 8 Led Zeppelin songs that "rip off" other songs The Man Who Sold the World - Nirvana

This week on The Metro, Warlock Jeff Ivins celebrates his and Dr. LaVey’s Birthdays by bringing you the following bands for your weekly timewarp: Bill Nelson, Mental As Anything, Sheena Easton, Robert Hazard, Nu Shooz, Jellybean, Gary Numan, Belle Stars, Kings, Stacey Q, The Fixx, Scritti Politti, Pet Shop Boys, Olivia Newton-John, and finishing up with Altered Images.

This week on The Metro, Warlock Jeff Ivins brings you the following bands for your time trip to the 80s: Baltimora, Modern English, Romeo Void, The Kinks, Robert Hazard, Wham!, Frank & Moon Zappa, Oxo, A-Ha, The Police, T’Pau, Thomas Dolby, and finishing off with ABC.

This week we're talking about those people, often behind the scenes, who wrote the sonic hits of the 1980's: The Songwriters. Joining host Lyndsey Parker (Yahoo Music Entertainment Editor) for this epic discussion are two superstar songwriters who probably have written your favorite songs from this current decade, Sam Hollander and Justin Tranter.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on The Metro, Warlock Jeff Ivins brings you the following bands for you time trip to the 1980s: The J Geils Band, Samantha Fox, Iggy Pop, Billy Joel, Don Henley, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Animal Nightlife, Corey Hart, Haircut One Hundred, Robert Hazard, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Marilyn Martin, and finishing off with Fiction Factory.

For this episode Steve picked an hour of songs with a science fiction, space travel, aliens, UFO etc. theme.  You get the idea.  Fun stuff.  Here are the bands that you will hear: Deserters, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Fountains of Wayne, Nada Surf, Pixies, Radiohead, Robert Hazard, Simple Minds, David Bowie, Beastie Boys, Teen Machine, The Tories, 20/20, Aimee Mann. On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio      *** 5pm Friday ***      *** 10am Sunday ***      *** 8pm Monday *** Stream live at http://209.95.50.189:8178/stream Stream on-demand most recent episodes at https://wbnh1051.podbean.com/category/suburban-underground/ And available on demand on your favorite podcast app! Twitter: @SUBedford1051    Facebook: SuburbanUndergroundRadio    Instagram: SuburbanUnderground  

This week on The Metro, Warlock Jeff Ivins brings you the following bands: Wham!, Aztec Camera, Greg Kihn, The J Geils Band, Robert Hazard, The B-52’s, Alphaville, Jane Wiedlin, Billy Ocean, Eurythmics, Suburban Lawns, Nick Heyward, Marilyn, Fischer-Z, and finishing up with some Duran Duran.

www.iconsandoutlaws.com    Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper Thornton was born June 22, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York City, right here in the U.S., to Catholic parents, Fred and Catrine. Her mother was from Sicily. She has two siblings, a younger brother Fred (nicknamed Butch), and an older sister, Ellen. Her parents divorced when she was five.   Her earliest childhood days were spent in Brooklyn, but when she was about four years old, the family moved to Ozone Park, Queens, where she lived in a railroad-style apartment through her teenage years. Growing up, Lauper felt like an outcast. She grew up listening to such artists as The Beatles and Judy Garland. Then, at only 12 years old, she began writing songs and playing an acoustic guitar that she got from her sister.   Cyndi was primarily raised by her mother, who worked as a waitress to support the family. Mom loved the arts and frequently took Cyndi and her siblings to Manhattan to see Shakespeare plays or visit art museums. However, Cyndi did not do particularly well in school. She was reportedly kicked out of several parochial schools in her youth. Raised in the Roman Catholic faith, Cyndi Lauper recounted in Boze Hadleigh's "Inside the Hollywood Closet" the time a nun attacked her after catching a nine-year-old Lauper scratching a friend's back: "A nun ran in, ripped me off her back, threw me against the lockers, beat the s**t out of me, and called me a lesbian."   As many kids do, she expressed herself with various hair colors and eccentric clothing. She took a friend's advice to spell her name as "Cyndi" rather than "Cindy." Unfortunately, her" unusual" sense of style led to classmates bullying her and even throwing stones at her.   Lauper went to Richmond Hill High School, where she was expelled but later earned her GED. In her book, Cyndi revealed that after her stepfather threatened to sexually assault her and her sister and then secretly watched her take a bath, she left home for good. Cyndi left Home at 17 to escape her creepy ass stepfather, intending to study art. Her journey took her to Canada, where she spent two weeks in the woods with her dog Sparkle, trying to find herself. She eventually traveled to Vermont, taking art classes at Johnson State College and supporting herself by working odd jobs. Money was sparse, so she waitressed, served as an office assistant, and even sang in a Japanese restaurant for a time. At one point, her boyfriend at the time hunted and shot a squirrel, which she cooked up and ate. Lauper also faced an unplanned pregnancy, which she wanted, but her boyfriend did not. So, Lauper terminated the pregnancy.   "Nobody wants to run in and do that," She later told HuffPost. "It's just that I didn't want to have a kid that I love come into the world and not be able to share the kid with a dad." During this period, Cyndi got around by hitchhiking. Unfortunately, she put herself into close quarters with some potentially crappy individuals, such as the man who gave her a ride and forced her to perform a sexual act on him. "I just wanted to be able to live through it, get to the other side of it." On another occasion, she was assaulted by a bandmate and two accomplices.   Sometimes, it all understandably got too overwhelming for Lauper. "A lot of times I couldn't take it anymore, so I just lay in bed all the time," Lauper wrote. "When I really couldn't deal with anything, I used to get the shakes, just complete anxiety attacks." In 2019, Lauper gave the commencement address at Northern Vermont University-Johnson, the academic institution that now includes Johnson State. At this event, NVU awarded her the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters.   In the early 1970s, Cyndi performed as a vocalist with several different cover bands. One of those bands, Doc West, covered disco songs and Janis Joplin. A later band, Flyer, was active in the New York metropolitan area, singing songs by bands including Bad Company, Jefferson Airplane, and Logan's favorite, Led Zeppelin. Although She was performing on stage and loving that part, she was not happy singing covers. One night, while singing a cover of Kiki Dee's "I've Got the Music in Me" in 1974, her voice gave out. But it came back shortly after, and Lauper continued to sing in cover bands and a Janis Joplin tribute act. Then, in 1977, Cyndi's pipes said no more. Her voice disappeared again, and doctors discovered that she'd suffered a collapsed vocal cord.   Recommended by her temporary replacement in the Joplin cover band, Lauper sought the help of vocal coach Katie Agresta. She helped heal Cyndi and provided her with the tools and techniques to prevent it from happening again. Agresta also helped her realize that she was singing the wrong music entirely, discovering that she was more suited to pop, not hard rock. As Lauper wrote in her memoir, "[I realized] what I was aching for — to sing my own songs, in my own voice, in my own style, that I made up myself." In 1978, Lauper met saxophone player John Turi through her manager Ted Rosenblatt. Turi and Lauper formed a band named Blue Angel, Combining a New Wave look with a '60s throwback sound, and recorded a demo tape of original music. Steve Massarsky, manager of The Allman Brothers Band, heard the tape and liked Lauper's voice. He bought Blue Angel's contract for $5,000 and became their manager. "The playing was bad. There was something interesting about the singer's voice, but that was all," he later told Rolling Stone. Massarky set up a few major label showcases, but they all thought the same thing; the band wasn't great, but the singer was something special. Lauper received recording offers as a solo artist but held out, wanting the band to be included in any deal she made. She even turned down the chance to record a song by herself for the soundtrack to the MeatLoaf movie Roadie, produced by legendary disco song crafter Giorgio Moroder, the founder of the former Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany. Blue Angel was eventually signed by Polydor Records and released a self-titled album on the label in 1980. Lauper hated the artwork, saying it made her look like Big Bird. Still, Rolling Stone magazine later included it as one of the 100 best new wave album covers (2003). Despite critical acclaim, the album sold poorly ("It went lead," as Lauper later joked), and the band broke up. The members of Blue Angel had a falling-out with Massarsky and fired him as their manager. He later filed an $80,000 suit against them, which forced Cyndi into bankruptcy. She then temporarily lost her voice due to an inverted cyst in her vocal cord.   After Blue Angel broke up, Cyndi worked in retail stores, waitressing at IHOP (which she quit after being demoted to the hostess when the manager sexually harassed her), and singing in local clubs. Her most frequent gigs were at El Sombrero, which sounds like they have amazing chimichangas. Music critics who saw Her perform with Blue Angel believed she had star potential due to her four-octave singing range, which was not an easy feat. Then, in 1981, while singing in a local New York bar, Cyndi met David Wolff. He took over as her manager and had her sign a recording contract with Portrait Records, a subsidiary of Epic Records. On October 14, 1983, Cyndi released her first solo album,"  She's So Unusual." The album became a worldwide hit, peaking at No. 4 in the U.S. and reaching the top five in eight other countries. She became extremely popular with teenagers and critics, partly due to her hybrid punk image, which was crafted by stylist Patrick Lucas.   Lauper co-wrote four songs on She's So Unusual, including the hits "Time After Time" and "She Bop." On the songs she did not write, Lauper sometimes changed the lyrics. Such is the case with "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," originally written and recorded by Robert Hazard, which you can find on YouTube, and it's pretty awesome. She found the original lyrics misogynistic, so she rewrote the song as an anthem for young women.    The album includes five cover songs, including The Brains' new wave track "Money Changes Everything" (No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100) and Prince's "When You Were Mine." The album made Cyndi Lauper the first female artist to have four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 top five hits from one album. The L.P. has stayed in the Top 200 charts for over 65 weeks and sold 16 million copies worldwide.   Cyndi won Best New Artist at the 1985 Grammy Awards. She's So Unusual also received nominations for Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (for "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"), and Song of the Year (for "Time After Time"). She wore almost a pound of necklaces at her award ceremony. It also won the Grammy for Best Album Package, which went to the art director, Janet Perr.   The video for "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" won the inaugural award for Best Female Video at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards, making Cyndi an MTV staple. The video featured professional wrestling manager "Captain" Lou Albano as Lauper's father and her real-life mother, Catrine, as her mother, and also featured her attorney, her manager, her brother Butch, and her dog Sparkle. She was a huge wrestling fan. In 1984–85, Cyndi appeared on the covers of Rolling Stone magazine, Time, and Newsweek. In addition, she appeared twice on the cover of People and was named a Ms. magazine Woman of the Year in 1985.   In 1985, she participated in "USA for Africa's" famine-relief fund-raising single "We Are the World," which has sold more than 20 million copies since then.   At the Grammys in 1985, She appeared with another professional wrestler, a Mr. Terry" Hulk" Hogan, who played her "bodyguard." "'The Grammy means a lot to me,' said Cyndi (in the arms of Hulk Hogan) after winning Best New Artist, 'Because I never thought I would amount to anything. I always wanted to make art.'" She would later make many appearances as herself in a number of the World Wrestling Federation's "Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection" events and played Wendi Richter's manager in the very first WrestleMania event. Dave Wolff, Lauper's boyfriend and manager at the time, was a wrestling fan as a boy and helped set up the rock and wrestling connection.   In 1985, Cyndi released the single "The Goonies' R' Good Enough," from the soundtrack to the movie The Goonies and an accompanying video that featured several wrestling stars. The song reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.   She then received two nominations at the 1986 Grammy Awards: Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for "What a Thrill" and Best Long Form Music Video for Cyndi Lauper in Paris.   Cyndi released her second album, "True Colors," in 1986. It entered the Billboard 200 at No. 42 and has sold roughly 7 million copies.   In 1986, She appeared on the Billy Joel album The Bridge, with a song called "Code of Silence." She is credited with having written the lyrics with Joel, and she sings a duet with him. In the same year, Cyndi also sang the theme song for Pee-wee's Playhouse, credited as "Ellen Shaw." In 1987, David Wolff produced a concert film called Cyndi Lauper in Paris. The concert was broadcast on HBO.   Cyndi made her film debut in August 1988 in the comedy Vibes, alongside a nobody named Jeff Goldblum, Peter Falk, and Julian Sands. She played a psychic in search of a city of gold in South America. To prepare for the role, Cyndi took a few finger-waving and hair-setting classes at the Robert Fiancé School of Beauty in New York and studied with a few Manhattan psychics. The film flopped and was poorly received by critics but would later be considered a cult classic.   Cyndi then contributed a track called "Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)" for the Vibes soundtrack, but the song was not included. Instead, a high-energy, comic action/adventure romp through a Chinese laundry video for the song was released. The song reached No. 54 on the U.S. charts, but did way better in Australia, reaching No. 8. Cyndi's third album, A Night to Remember, was released in 1989. The album had one hit, the No. 6 single "I Drove All Night," originally recorded by Roy Orbison, three years before his death on December 6, 1988. Cyndi received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 1990 Grammy Awards for That track. Still, overall, album sales for the album were down. A side note; The music video for the song "My First Night Without You" was one of the first to be closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. That record sold around 1.3 million copies.   Due to her friendship with a familiar name here at Icons and Outlaws, Yoko Ono, Cyndi was a part of the May 1990 John Lennon tribute concert in Liverpool. She performed the Beatles song "Hey Bulldog" and the John Lennon song "Working Class Hero." She was also involved in Sean Lennon's project, "The Peace Choir, "performing a new version of John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance."   Shortly after, the album was met with a dismal response, and she split with her boyfriend and manager, David Wolff. Cyndi lived alone in a New York hotel, emotionally drained and considering suicide. "I had come so far but felt like I had failed," she wrote in Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir (via Bullyville). "I would go to the studio, and then sit in my dark room and drink vodka. I had to spend most of my time alone. I was grieving. I thought the sadness would never go away." Indirectly, it was Cyndi's best-known song that encouraged her to try to crawl out of her low place: "The only thing that always ­prevented me from suicide is that I never wanted a headline to read, 'Girl who wanted to have fun just didn't.'" On November 24, 1991, Cyndi married actor David Thornton, who's been in home alone 3, John Q with Denzel, and that god-awful tear-jerker, the Notebook.   Cyndi's fourth album, "Hat Full of Stars," was released in June 1993 and was met with critical acclaim but failed commercially, unsupported by her label. The album tackled topics like homophobia, spousal abuse, racism, and abortion, sold fewer than 120,000 copies in the United States and peaked at No. 112 on the Billboard charts. The album's song "Sally's Pigeons" video features the then-unknown Julia Stiles playing a young Cyndi. You may remember Julia from ten things I hate about you, alongside a young Heath Ledger.   In 1993, Cyndi returned to acting, playing Michael J. Fox's ditzy secretary in the movie Life with Mikey. She also won an Emmy Award for her role as Marianne Lugasso in the hugely popular sitcom Mad About You with Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt. On November 19, 1997, Cyndi gave birth to her son, Declyn Wallace Lauper Thornton, who is now a trap rapper. Her fifth album," Sisters of Avalon," was released in Japan in 1996 and worldwide in 1997. Just like "Hat Full of Stars," some songs on "Sisters of Avalon" addressed dark themes. The song "Ballad of Cleo and Joe" addressed the complications of a drag queen's double life. The song "Say a Prayer" was written for a friend who had died from AIDS. "Unhook the Stars" was used in the movie of the same name. Again without support from her label, the release failed in America, spending a week on the Billboard album chart at No. 188. This album also received much critical praise, including People magazine, which declared it "'90s nourishment for body and soul. Lauper sets a scene, makes us care, gives us hope." Let's just say it… her label sucks!   On January 17, 1999, Cyndi appeared as an animated version of herself in The Simpsons episode "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken." She sang the National Anthem to the "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" melody. That same year, she opened for Cher's Do You Believe? Tour alongside Wild Orchid. Yeah, that group with a young Fergie. Cyndi also appeared in the films "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle" and The "Opportunists." In addition, she contributed to the soundtrack of the 2000 animated film, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, performing the song "I Want a Mom That Will Last Forever." On October 12, 2000, Cyndi took part in the television show Women in Rock, Girls with Guitars performing with Ann Wilson of Heart and with the girl group Destiny's Child and the queen B herself!. A CD of the songs performed was released exclusively to Sears stores from September 30 to October 31, 2001, and was marketed as a fundraiser for breast cancer.   In 2002, Sony issued a best-of CD, The Essential Cyndi Lauper. Cyndi also released a cover album with Sony/Epic Records entitled At Last (formerly Naked City), which was released in 2003. At Last received one nomination at the 2005 Grammy Awards: Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for "Unchained Melody." The effort was also a commercial hit, selling 4.5 million records.    In April 2004, Cyndi performed during the VH1's benefit concert, "Divas Live" 2004, alongside Ashanti, Gladys Knight, Jessica Simpson, Joss Stone, and Patti LaBelle. This event supported the Save the Music Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring instrumental music education in America's public schools and raising awareness about the importance of music as part of each child's complete education. She made appearances on Showtime's hit show "Queer as Folk" in 2005, directed a commercial for the Totally 80s edition of the board game Trivial Pursuit in 2006, served as a judge on the 6th Annual Independent Music Awards, and made her Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated "The Threepenny Opera" playing "Jenny." In addition, she performed with Shaggy, Scott Weiland of Velvet Revolver/Stone Temple Pilots, Pat Monahan of Train, Ani DiFranco, and The Hooters in the VH1 Classics special Decades Rock Live. In 2006, she sang "Message To Michael" with Dionne Warwick and "Beecharmer" with Nellie McKay on McKay's Pretty Little Head album.   On October 16, 2006, Cyndi was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. In 2007, she served as a guest performer on the song "Lady in Pink" on an episode of the Nick Jr. show, The Backyardigans. Cyndi's sixth studio album, "Bring Ya to the Brink," was released in the United States on May 27, 2008. Regarded as one of her best works when it was released, the Songwriters Hall of Fame has regarded the album track 'High and Mighty' as one of her essential songs. The album would be Cyndi's last release to date of original material, in addition to being her last for Epic Records, her label since her 1983 debut solo album. The album debuted at #41 on the Billboard 200, with 12,000 copies sold. Other projects for 2008 included the True Colors Tour and a Christmas duet with Swedish band The Hives, entitled "A Christmas Duel." The song was released as a CD single and a 7" vinyl in Sweden. Lauper also performed on "Girls Night Out," headlining it with Rosie O'Donnell in the U.S.   On November 17, 2009, Cyndi performed with Wyclef Jean in a collaboration called "Slumdog Millionaire," on The Late Show with David Letterman. In January 2010, Mattel released a Cyndi Lauper Barbie doll as part of their "Ladies of the 80s" series.   In March 2010, Cyndi appeared on NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice with the then-future president, Donald Trump, coming in sixth place.   Cyndi's 7th studio album, Memphis Blues, was released on June 22, 2010, and debuted on the Billboard Blues Albums chart at No. 1 and at No. 26 on the Billboard Top 200. The album remained No. 1 on the Blues Albums chart for 14 consecutive weeks; Memphis Blues was nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album at the 2011 Grammy Awards. According to the Brazilian daily newspaper O Globo, the album had sold 600,000 copies worldwide by November 2010. In addition, Cyndi set out on her most extensive tour ever, the Memphis Blues Tour, which had more than 140 shows, to support the album.   Cyndi made international news in March 2011 for an impromptu performance of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" while waiting for a delayed flight at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in Buenos Aires. A video was later posted on YouTube.   In November 2011, she released two Christmas singles exclusive to iTunes. The first release was a Blues-inspired cover of Elvis Presley's classic "Blue Christmas," and the second was a new version of "Home for the holidays," a duet with Norah Jones. In June 2012, Lauper made her first appearance for WWE in 27 years to promote WWE Raw's 1000th episode to memorialize "Captain" Lou Albano.   In September 2012, Cyndi performed at fashion designer Betsey Johnson's 40-year Retrospective Fashion show. She also released a New York Times best-selling memoir, "Cyndi Lauper A Memoir," which detailed her struggle with child abuse and depression.   Cyndi then composed music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Kinky Boots, with Harvey Fierstein writing the book. The musical was based on the 2006 independent film Kinky Boots. The musical tells the story of Charlie Price. Having inherited a shoe factory from his father, Charlie forms an unlikely partnership with cabaret performer and drag queen Lola to produce a line of high-heeled boots and save the business. It opened in Chicago in October 2012 and on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 4, 2013. She won Best Score for Kinky Boots in May at the 63rd annual Outer Critics Circle Awards. The musical led the 2013 Tony Awards, with 13 nominations and six wins, including Best Musical and Best Actor. In addition, she won the award for Best Original Score. Cyndi was the first woman to win solo in this category. After a six-year run and 2,507 regular shows, Kinky Boots ended its Broadway run on April 7, 2019. It is the 25th-longest-running Broadway musical in history. It grossed $297 million on Broadway.    In the summer of 2013, celebrating the 30th anniversary of her debut album "She's So Unusual," Cyndi embarked on an international tour covering America and Australia. The show consisted of a mix of fan favorites and the entirety of the She's So Unusual record.  She stated:"  It's been such an amazing year for me. When I realized it's also the anniversary of the album that started my solo career, I knew it was the perfect time to thank my fans for sticking with me through it all. I'm so excited to perform She's So Unusual from beginning to end, song by song and I can't wait to see everyone!" The tourtour grossed over $1 million   She was a guest on 36 dates of Cher's Dressed to Kill tour, starting April 23, 2014. In addition, a new album was confirmed by her in a website interview.   Cyndi hosted the Grammy Pre-Telecast at the Nokia Theatre, L.A., on January 26,  later accepting a Grammy for Kinky Boots (for Best Musical Theater Album).   On April 1 (March 1 in Europe), Cyndi released the 30th Anniversary edition of She's So Unusual through Epic Records. It featured a remastered version of the original album plus three new remixes. The Deluxe Edition featured bonus tracks such as demos, a live recording, and a 3D cut-out of the bedroom featured in the 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' music video with a reusable sticker set.   On September 17, 2014, Cyndi sang on the finale of America's Got Talent. Then, on September 25, as part of the Today Show's "Shine a Light" series, she re-recorded "True Colors" in a mashup with Sara Bareilles' "Brave" to raise awareness and money for children battling cancer. By October, the project had raised over $300,000.   The Songwriters Hall of Fame added Cyndi to its nomination list in October 2014. Also, her fourth consecutive 'Home for the Holidays' benefit concert for homeless gay youth was announced in October. Acts included 50 Cent and Laverne Cox, with 100% of the net proceeds going to True Colors United. In July 2015, She announced a project with producer Seymour Stein. She later told Rolling Stone it was a country album co-produced by Tony Brown.   On September 15, 2015, Kinky Boots opened at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End.   In January 2016, Cyndi announced she would release a new album on May 6, 2016. This record was made up of her interpretations of early country classics entitled "Detour." The announcement was supported by a release of her version of Harlan Howard's "Heartaches by the Number" and a performance on Skyville Live with Kelsea Ballerini and Ingrid Michaelson. Then, on February 17, 2016, she released her version of Wanda Jackson's "Funnel of Love."   In February 2016, Cyndi was nominated for an Olivier Award for contributing to the U.K. production of the play "Kinky Boots" along with Stephen Oremus, the man in charge of the arrangements. In January 2017, this production's album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.   In May 2016, she was featured on "Swipe to the Right" from Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise by French producer Jean-Michel Jarre. This second album of the Electronica project is based on collaborations with artists like Tangerine Dream, Moby, Pet Shop Boys, and more.   In October 2016, her son Dex Lauper was the opening act for her in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Las Vegas, Nevada, for her dates on her Detour Tour.   In January 2017, Cyndi was featured on Austin City Limits' 42nd season, performing some classic bangers alongside some of her country tunes from the "Detour." album. The episode aired on PBS.   In March 2018, it was announced that Cyndi and co- "Time After Time" songwriter Rob Hyman would compose the score for the musical version of the 1988 film "Working Girl." Ya know the movie that starred Melanie Griffith and Sigourney Weaver. She teamed up with Hyman because she wanted "the music to sound like the 80s". The musical would be staged by Tony Award winner Christopher Ashley. A developmental production premiere of the musical is planned for the 2021/2022 season.   For Grandin Road, Cyndi exclusively designed her own Christmas collection, 'Cyndi Lauper Loves Christmas', available from September 2018. "I've always loved Christmas. It reminds me to find some happiness in the little things," she said.   Her annual Home For The Holidays concert at the Beacon Theatre in New York was held on December 8, 2018.   Cyndi guest starred, playing a lawyer in an episode of the reboot of the television series Magnum P.I.. The episode, titled "Sudden Death", aired on October 22, 2018.   On November 15, 2018, iBillboard announced that Cyndi would receive the Icon Award at the Billboard's 13th annual Women in Music Event on December 6 in New York City. According to Billboard's editorial director, Jason Lipshutz, "The entire world recognizes the power of Cyndi Lauper's pop music, and just as crucially, she has used her undeniable talent to soar beyond music, create positive change in modern society and become a true icon."    The song "Together" was featured in the Canadian computer-animated film Race time, released in January 2019. Originally written and performed in French by Dumas, Cyndi performed the English translation in the English version of the film initially titled La Course des tuques.   On June 26, 2019, she performed at the opening ceremony of Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019. Backed by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Cyndi played two concerts on July 12 and 13, 2019, at the iconic Hollywood Bowl.   In September 2019, it was announced that Cyndi would star alongside Jane Lynch in the new Netflix comedy series described as "kind of The Golden Girls for today." However, as of March 2021, there have been no updates on this project. On April 23, 2020, Cyndi participated in an online fundraising concert to raise money for LGBTQ nightlife workers who struggled financially because of the coronavirus pandemic. Her finale was her performing "True Colors." The show was initiated by the Stonewall Inn Gives Back nonprofit organization of the historic Greenwich Village gay bar.    In November 2020, She dueted with former top ten "American Idol" finalist Casey Abrams on a cover version of the song 'Eve of Destruction.   In November last year, Shea Diamond featured Cyndi as a guest vocalist on the track 'Blame it on Christmas.' An official video was released in December.   She then performed at this year's MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute Show, honoring folk icon Joni Mitchell on April 1.   It was announced in May this year that Alison Ellwood will direct a career retrospective documentary about Cyndi. The project is already in production but does not yet have a release date. "Let The Canary Sing" will be the title of this career-spanning documentary produced by Sony Music Entertainment.   Still killing it after all these years!   "Shes So Unusual" ranked No. 487 on Rolling Stone's list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003. In addition, the album ranked No. 41 on Rolling Stone's Women Who Rock: The 50 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2012.   "Time After Time" has been covered by over a hundred artists and was ranked at No. 22 on Rolling Stone's 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years and at No. 19 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s.   "She Bop," the third single from She's So Unusual, is the first and only top ten song to directly mention a gay porn magazine. An ode to masturbation, it was included in the PMRC's "Filthy Fifteen" list, which led to the parental advisory sticker appearing on recordings thought to be unsuitable for young listeners. Rolling Stone ranked it the 36th best song of 1984, praising its unusual playfulness regarding sexuality.   "True Colors" is now considered a gay anthem, after which True Colors United, which advocates for runaway and homeless LGBT youth, is so “colorfully” named.   Info used from: Nickiswift.com Wikipedia.com

On this episode we talk One-Hit-Wonders and also listen to the "The Kazoo Brothers' who perform some of your favorites live on our show. Don't miss this episode! *For the best listening experience, please get a free SPOTIFY account at Spotify.com so you can enjoy hearing the songs we are talking about on the show! Music and Lyrics By: The Newbeats (Bread and Butter), Chilliwack (My Girl. Gone Gone Gone), The A's (Womans Got the Power), The Proclaimers (I'm Gonna Be/ 500 Miles), Robert Hazard and the Heros (Escalator of Life), The La's (There She Goes), Looking Glass (Brandy/ You're a Fine Girl), Carl Douglass (Kung Foo Fighting). #Music #comedy #entertainment --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/finding-subjects-podcast/message

This week on The Metro, Warlock Jeff Ivins brings you the following bands for your weekly time warp to the 1980s: Pet Shop Boys, OMD, After The Fire, Duran Duran, Rod Stewart, Tommy Tutone, Alphaville, Sid Vicious, Quarterflash, Peter Schilling, Sparks & Jane Wiedlin, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Plimsouls, and finishing up with some Robert Hazard.

This week on The Metro, Warlock Jeff Ivins brings you the following bands for your weekly time trip back to the 1980s: Depeche Mode, Midge Ure, Kajagoogoo, Fiction Factory, Robert Hazard, Billy Idol, Rockpile, Untouchables, A Flock Of Seagulls, Romeo Void, Waitresses, The Bangles, Modern English, and finishing off with some Kim Carnes.

En 1983 salió al mercado “She's so unusual” (Ella es muy inusual) el álbum de estreno de la artista estadounidense Cyndi Lauper del cual llegó al número 1 de los listados la canción “Girls just want to have fun” (Las chicas sólo quieren divertirse). Así la escuché yo… “Girls just want to have fun” es una nueva versión de la canción escrita y grabada originalmente en 1979 por el artista Robert Hazard, primero como un “demo” y que luego fue publicada en el álbum “Magazine 85”. Autor: Robert Hazard Girls just want to have fun - Cyndi Lauper (1983) She's so unusual álbum (1983) Cyndi Lauper (nombre real Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper) Girls just want to have fun - Robert Hazard (1979) single (Demo) Girls just want to have fun (1979) ___________________ “Así la escuché yo…” Temporada: 3 Episodio: 15 Sergio Productions Cali – Colombia

This week on The Metro, Warlock Jeff Ivins brings the sounds of the 80s with the following bands: D-Day, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Dead Or Alive, Kajagoogoo, Robert Hazard, Rod Stewart, Bananarama, Herbie Hancock, Belinda Carlisle, Heaven 17, Gang Of Four, Dollar, Church, and ending with Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel.

SUPPORT ME ON PATREON WATCH MUSIC is not a GENRE VIDEOS and MORE I'm from Philly. Born there, lived there a little, grew up near there & was there every week for decades. It's in my blood in more ways than one. But that pales in comparison to my dad's experience. He was born there, lived there 30 years, and visited family there every week for many MORE decades. Why does this matter? Because place matters. Not just for family but for culture too. And that very much includes music. Now that I've spent over 20 years in NYC, I can tell you there's one big difference in the two cities: pressure. Both cities are a crossroads of cultures. Both have tons of options & influences & sounds. But whereas NYC is one giant pressure cooker, constantly testing you, Philly lets you breathe, doesn't ask you to be any more than you are. It's why so many stage shows & musicians have historically gone there first to get into fighting shape. You NEED to be in fighting shape to thrive in NYC. Philly doesn't just let you live, it encourages it. In NYC you can do whatever you want too, but you're on your own until you can prove you're worth the trouble. This is why Philly music fans, venues & radio are so much better, so much easier to find your place in and be supported. It's also why Philly music is way more of a mix of styles than NYC music. In NYC, you have every imaginable style of music, but they're segregated into silos that rarely mix in any significant way. And they're way more self-conscious about it all. In Philly, every kind of music talks to every other kind just because, and the results are new amalgams that couldn't have been born anywhere else. Does that make Philly the greatest music city in the US? Probably not. There are too many worthy competitors – New Orleans, Memphis, Chicago, etc. But it does put Philly WELL in the top 5, and I'd say even the top 3. G. Love & Special Sauce are a great example of the Philly amalgam. Led by Garrett Dutton, they mix hip-hop, funk, psychedelica, folk, blues, soul & alt rock in a way only a Philly band could do. There are so many other examples of this kind of mixing through the decades. The Philadelphia Sound itself – funk-soul-dance mixed with lush orchestral strings & percussive horns. Think Hall & Oates – folk roots turned to funk-soul-pop-rock. Lil Uzi Vert – lo-fi emo rap rock. Below is a very incomplete list of other well-known artists from the Philly area. Note the variety of styles, both among and within the artists: The Four Aces, Danny & the Juniors, Frankie Avalon/Fabian/Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker/Nicky DeMatteo, McCoy Tyner, Todd Rundgren & Nazz, Jim Croce, Hall & Oates, Gamble & Huff/McFadden & Whitehead/The Stylistics/Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes/Teddy Pendergrass/Sister Sledge/The Delfonics, Patti LaBelle, Joan Jett, Robert Hazard & the Heroes, The Hooters, Cinderella/Britny Fox, Pretty Poison, The Dead Milkmen, Live, Ween, Schoolly D, DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince, Boyz II Men, The Roots, Jill Scott, G. Love & Special Sauce, Ape Café, Nick DeMatteo & REC, Huffamoose, Disco Biscuits, Circa Survive, Low Cut Connie, Eve, Chiddy Bang, Meek Mill, Lil Uzi Vert, Tierra Whack. Every single thing I have ever done has Philly in it somewhere. Here's the most complete playlist to date of my solo & band work: The Semi-Complete Nick DeMatteo - Spotify playlist Do you have any ties to Philly music? Do you know G. Love? What other areas of the country are as fertile a ground for music mixing as Philly? Discuss dammit! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nick-dematteo/support

SUPPORT ME ON PATREON WATCH MUSIC is not a GENRE VIDEOS and MORE Philadelphia – my old hometown – has a rich musical history, and every few years there's a buzz about the scene there (NOW? - look up Mannequin Pussy). When I was a teen, the Philly area had some major acts either making their name then (The Hooters, Joan Jett, Robert Hazard & the Heroes) or starting out on their way to major success later (Boys II Men, Will Smith, The Roots, Live). I was immersed in the present and the possible. And like most of music fandom in Philly, I had a hunger for good music of any kind. The Dead Milkmen are from Philly. Their first four albums were huge in my life during high school and college. I saw them several times live, usually in and around South Street. I loved how they were/are both punk AND meta-punk, killing the punk/surf-punk style while commenting on and sending it up at the same time, and throwing in whatever other genres (dance, pop, folk, hard rock) they felt like using. They had the punk “disdain” for hippies down from the get-go, even though by then the either/or division was old news. So they made fun of hippies AND made fun of making fun of hippies. Punk and meta-punk. They've been through tons of ups & downs: their initial cult-to-chart years; their declining major label years; their hiatus and the tragic suicide of Dave Blood; and their reforming (yay!) a little over a decade ago. Their music from the last five years is better than it's ever been. Like Philly (and me), they don't quit. They're always ready to come back for more, whether as underdogs, veterans, or stars. Like them, I've always been both directly in the mix and way out of it. It means my/our music is often on trend AND observational about what's going on, and has lots of genre-hopping & experimentation. This is why our music is both so vibrant & so hard to pin down. What I got from the Milkmen (among other bands) was what I call “irreverent reverence” – honoring or working within a style, but not feeling beholden to it, even to the point of commenting on or poking at it. Lyrics can be outwardly or subtly funny, openly or cleverly jabbing. Here are two recent examples that fit all that: REC - "The Garden” (from the album Sympathy for the Weird) REC - “Xmiss” (from the album The Sunshine Seminar) Favorites are: BLIimBY: “Beach Song”, “Big Lizard”, “Bitchin' Camaro”, “Right Wing Pigeons”; EYP: “Beach Party Vietnam”, “The Thing that Only Eats Hippies”; virtually all of Bucky Fellini; Beelzebubba: “Brat in the Frat”, “I Walk the Thinnest Line”, “Punk Rock Girl”, “Smokin' Banana Peels”. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nick-dematteo/support

This week on The Metro, Warlock Jeff Ivins brings you the following bands for your warp back to the 1980s: Altered Images, Plimsouls, Paul Young, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Members, Limahl, Dead Kennedys, Cutting Crew, Eddie Grant, Devo, Kate Bush, Robert Hazard, Quarterflash, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and finishing off with Samantha Fox.

This week on Suburban Underground, Drew and Steve play some great tunes including no themes nor mini-themes.  Just great music. Stick around till the end and ye shall be rewarded with words of wisdom. We play songs from these artists: Beat Hotel, Robert Hazard, Matthew Sweet, The Heart Throbs, New Regime, Pia Fraus, SR-71, CHVRCHES, Black Fuzz, David Bowie, Audra, Au Pairs, Nine Inch Nails. Originally aired May 29, 2020

In the fifteenth episode of MashUpheaval - your all-request, live performance mashup podcast - Amelia Ray performs two mashups: one of Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” (written by Robert Hazard) and Indigo Girls’ “Closer to Fine,” (written by Emily Saliers); and another of Cutting Crew’s “I’ve Been in Love Before” (written by Nick Van Eede) and Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine’s “Can’t Stay Away from You” (written by Gloria M. Estefan).Episode video: https://youtu.be/s0nMVOLD7dESong List:(1) “Girls’ Girls” - a mashup of “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” (written by Robert Hazard) and “Closer to Fine,” (written by Emily Saliers)(2) “Can’t Stay Away from Love Again” - a mashup of “I’ve Been in Love Before” (written by Nick Van Eede),  “Can’t Stay Away from You” (written by Gloria M. Estefan) and “I’ll Never Love This Way Again (written by Richard Kerr and Will Jennings)If you would like to request a mashup, send an email to: mashupheaval@ameliaray.netSupport this podcast: www.patreon.com/ameliaraywww.ameliaray.net

Como resignificar uma canção que afirmava o que as mulheres queriam de um ponto de vista masculino e transformá-la em um hino sobre empoderamento feminino? Pergunte à Cyndi Lauper, que fez isso em 1983 regravando a música Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, uma história que eu conto em detalhes nesta edição do Resumo do Som. Capa do single Girls Just Want to Have Fun, de 1984Cyndi Lauper. Foto: Tony Costa/CORBIS Girls Just Want to Have Fun está disponível em:       Girls Just Want To Have Fun foi escrita por Robert Hazard e adaptada por E. Greenwich e J. Kent© 1983 Portrait Records Trechos musicais extraídos de:Riff de guitarra por Jason Read: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMzV008C2Lw Riff de sintetizador por Curly Wurly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzMFXYCH9I0 Riff de marimba por Waz Dat Sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wri6y2thdOM   Agradecimentos aos produtores virtuais pelo apoio:Fabiano F. M. Cordeiro Ricardo BunnymanGostaria de apoiar o 80 WATTS? É só escolher a plataforma de sua preferência.       This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Career criminal Johnny Burnett steps out of a ten-year stint into a world that has moved on quicker than he can handle. He promises his girl Gwen he’s going straight, but the lure of his biggest caper yet is too much to resist. Johnny Burnett - Tony Cantwell Gwen - Amy Dunne Brannigan - Roxanna Nic Liam The Professor//Radio Presenter/Customer - Aoife Spratt Eddie Tayback/Doctor - Ali Fox Red McLure/Judge - Finbarr Doyle Dermot - Stephen Considine O'Doole/Mickey/Jeweller - Malachy McKeever Vic Renda/Armoured Car Guard/Police Dispatcher/Mel - John Morton Leo - Kelly Shatter Written & directed by Peter McGann Poster by Sean Clancy Sound and lighting by Kevin Callanan Performed on April 16th 2019 in the Workman's Club Intro music - Old Townhouse - Long by Lobo Loco Music used in show The Asphalt Jungle by Miklós Rózsa Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, written by Robert Hazard, performed by Cyndi Lauper

Shut-Her Island is home to the most impregnable workhouse in Ireland, so when it mysteriously loses radio contact with the mainland, suspicions are raised. The Vatican’s top detectives, Eamon “Devil May Care” de Valera and his plucky boy-ward, Li’l Charlie McQuaid, are dispatched undercover as fallen women to investigate. Eamon de Valera - John Morton Li'l Charlie McQuaid - Kelly Shatter Baxter Bixby/Peigeen - Finbarr Doyle Pope Pius XII - Stephen Considine Dolores Swann/Carly - Ali Fox Cardinal Leland Stockwell/Narrator/Italian taxi driver - Tony Cantwell Sister Frances/Townsperson - Malachy McKeever Cindy/Townsperson 2 - Aoife Spratt Stacy - Amy Dunne Brittany/Young Priest - Roxanna Nic Liam Written & directed by Peter McGann Poster by Sean Clancy Sound and lighting by Kevin Callanan Performed on April 16th 2019 in the Workman's Club Intro music - Old Townhouse - Long by Lobo Loco Music used in show - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, written by Robert Hazard, performed by Cyndi Lauper

The Album: Cyndi Lauper She's So Unsual (1983) She's So Unusual dropped October 14th, 1983, and introduced much of the world to Queens' pop punk tough girl Cyndi Lauper. She presented as a colorful character with colorful hair and colorful homies and charmed her way into pop culture with ten tracks recorded for CBS at the Record Plant, NYC. The former front woman for rockabilly band Blue Angel took a demo written by Philly rocker Robert Hazard and retooled it to become an anthem for her and the Eighties. "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" was the hit single that launched She's So Unusual and Cyndi Lauper into fame and led the album to platinum success, with six singles, two Grammy Awards, and critical acclaim for days. She's So Unusual was the pick of astrologer/activist Chani Nicholas, who joined us to break down the relevance and resonance of the album in her life, Cyndi's star appeal, the queer gaze present on the album, Cyndi's quirky Cancerian coolness, and the her impact on music and the masses. More on Chani Nicholas Meet the Woman Bringing Social Justice to Astrology (Rolling Stone) There's a Reason for Chani Nicholas's Cult Following (Shondaland) Where Astrology and Social Justice Meet: A Q&A with Chani Nicholas  (Rewire.News) Twitter | Instagram More on She's So Unsual Classic Album: She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper (Classic Pop) 30 Years of Pop Perfection: Why Cyndi Lauper's "She's So Unusual" Holds Up" (Complex) Wikipedia Entry on "She's So Unusual" Show Tracklisting (all songs from She's So Unsual unless indicated otherwise): Time After Time Girls Just Want to Have Fun Money Changes Everything She Bop Divinyls: I Touch Myself When You Were Mine Prince: When You Were Mine When You Were Mine Money Changes Everything The Brains: Money Changes Everything Time After Time Money Changes Everything Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Early Guitar Demo Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Demo Girls Just Want to Have Fun Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there If you're not already subscribed to Heat Rocks in Apple Podcasts, do it here!

Mike and Ting talk about BioShock. Contains SPOILERS for BioShock and BioShock Infinite. Discuss: @lostlevelsclub /r/lostlevelsclub mike.and.ting@lostlevels.club Show Notes: Dictionary definition of “stacked” Reuben Sandwich Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One & Two The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Japan Nintendo to build £250m Super Mario theme park in Japan List of Friends Episodes How Long to Beat BioShock Dollar (max capacity is $500 although counter is 4 digits) U-Invent, Power to the People and Research Camera Bioshock - All 3 Alternate Endings (YouTube) Would You Kindly? First Little Sister Encounter (YouTube) Jack Kills Ryan (YouTube) BioShock on Metacritic Plasmids Rod Fergusson, the "Closer" who helped get BioShock Infinite out the door, is leaving Irrational Bioshock Infinite Music - Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1983) by Robert Hazard, Cyndi Lauper (YouTube) Bioshock Infinite - Old Elizabeth (YouTube) Caramel Frappuccino  

With his drumming, comedy, and IMMENSE punk knowledge; this week’s guest is the definition of a Turned Out A Punk triple threat. This week Damian sits down with the great Jon Wurster to talk about his incredible journey through punk and music. Also covered (but not at all limited to) -The naturalness of the phone line -The Sex Pistols on the nightly news: exciting and scary -Growing up in the mennonite farmlands outside Philadelphia -Hearing the Ramones for the first time -Rock World -Hearing Train In Vain on the radio -Trying to buy London Calling but it had a “Parental Warning” sticker -The awesomeness of Soul Asylum -The Carpenters live -The Osmonds go rock -Randy Johnston: The world’s most famous white Jimi Hendrix impersonator. -Seeing the Ramones live -The A’s and The Reds: Philly LOVES sports in music -Robert Hazard and Girls Just Want To Have Fun -Hooters: Live Aid’s darkest story -Going to see the Dead Kennedys -Autistic Behaviour -Toxic Reasons -Love Hall -DREAM BILL: Superchunk playing with RKL and The Zero Boys -Seeing the Circle Jerks live -Leaving before Minor Threat played and regretting forever -YDI -Long March Jazz Academy -The Obsessed -Iron Cross: amazing live -Learning to play the drums at ten -Meeting Gram Parker years later -Meeting the Dead Milkmen and their importance -Forming Psychotic Norman -Joining The Right Profile -A Freakonomics author’s rock past -Hootie And Blowfish -The amazingness of Tommy Keene -Seeing Mac pre-Superchunk in NJ -The WORST tour across America -Good news, bad news. The good news: you get to see Dread Zeppelin -Washing Mac’s windows -AntiSeen -The greatest breakdown of the Ramones’ drummers ever -Lou Barlow and Evan Dando sing Glue -Matt Watt like the effort -and TONS more!!!!!