Any of you remember this kooky singer of the 80's? She's still active, and she's recently started performing live barefooted!
Posted by LeDaemon (Member # 198) on :
She'd be pushing at least almost 50 now I think. I checked her website and there are some promo shots of her in high heel sandals with painted toes. Not too shabby actually. I was never a fan of her music though. At the time she was singing "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" I was busy jamming to "Run to the Hills." I was at the opposite end of the 80s music spectrum as a teenager.
Posted by footgirl0226 (Member # 29201) on :
Do I remember her. Let's go back.
6th grade I went through Lauper phase where I wore 2 different shoes to school and shaved a checkerboard pattern in the side of my head. YES I DID. It totally was a statement of rebellion since I went to a catholic school and it was totally against the dress code policy... This was in 86-87 somewhere around there...
I laugh to this day thinking about how bad I thought I was! Looking back- I was just a punky pre-teen who had no home training! lol
Posted by Tiny Dave (Member # 30771) on :
Yep and I remember see her bare footed one time in her vidoes.
Posted by Ophillia (Member # 29787) on :
LOL i actually saw Cyndi Lauper here when i was 6 months preggo with the twins and she was opening for Cher. we were 6 rows back on the floor from the stage she was out touching hands and stuff while she was singing her song SHINE and she touched my belly! it was pretty cool! Posted by footjoyboy (Member # 26478) on :
Cyndi Lauper put out some great music; very talented. Some people should take a re-listen.
_fjb_ Posted by Toetapper (Member # 6473) on :
Remember her? How could I forget? I wound up playing most of her singles through the 80's. She got a big boost from the WWF's Captain Lou Albano. I enjoyed much of what she did when she wasn't taking what she did too seriously. She had some acting chops, too.
She often performed barefoot back then, as well. That may be what really endeared her to me.
Posted by Second Timer (Member # 21660) on :
The tune "Time After Time" is a classic. Shit, even Miles Davis performed the song. But like LaDaemon, I was into Sabbath, Ronnie James Dio, Iron Maiden, etc...
Posted by Cain (Member # 8492) on :
She has been performing barefoot since she started dude. Go on youtube and check out some older videos she was barefoot in some of them... True Colors was one and she has been barefoot on past album and CD covers too. She was the original Joss Stone.
Posted by dougiezerts (Member # 6829) on :
A 12" single of hers has a great close-up of her soles! Don't remember what song it was, but I do have the record.
Posted by tom (Member # 223) on :
she was so cute back in the day !
she always wore wacky footwear too.
Posted by Toetapper (Member # 6473) on :
quote:Originally posted by tom: she was so cute back in the day !
she always wore wacky footwear too.
She wore wacky everything. Dyed and cut her hair wacky. Her general demeanor was wacky but all of it was in the spirit of fun, I think.
Perhaps I should expand on what I said earlier. Cyndi Lauper was never a favorite artist - far from it. Nevertheless, when you make your living playing what people want to hear you must accept that you are going to play (or are doomed to play) tunes to which you wouldn't listen by choice. It makes some of the music a little more palatable if you try to learn the music with an appreciation of what has gone into it.
My tastes in music haven't changed all that much, make it swing or make it roar. I've moved a little to the swing side.
Posted by canIsmellYourFeet (Member # 11183) on :
quote:Originally posted by dougiezerts: A 12" single of hers has a great close-up of her soles! Don't remember what song it was, but I do have the record.
I'm not sure if that was the single, but it was on the back of her EP release "Shine."
Yep, Cyndi and Phoebe Cates were the first women I had feet "crushes" on when I was little. Posted by Foot Toons (Member # 1962) on :
I can remember wanting to smell her feet. Yeah, I'm weird!
Posted by ljjnico (Member # 15015) on :
When Cyndi Lauper was around I was just born (born on 24th August 1986) but I do think she was one of the best singers of the 80's and still going strong to this day.
Posted by J.J. (Member # 24686) on :
The songs 'True Colors' and 'Time After Time are real gems, I wonder if she wrote them herself? However, these are reflections from today, at the time I wasn't interested in her music at all, it was her always appearing bare foot that had me hooked. As Cain said she did that right from the start, I'm sure it won her a lot of fans . Another woman for beautiful flashes of gorgeous feet was Kate Bush.
Posted by dougiezerts (Member # 6829) on :
I think she actually does write most of her songs.
Posted by Lyrical (Member # 6603) on :
Cute feet then cute feet now whether she's 50 or not
Posted by footjoyboy (Member # 26478) on :
"Another woman for beautiful flashes of gorgeous feet was Kate Bush." Comment by J.J.
I've never seen Kate barefoot, but I love her work; especially "The Kick Inside".
_fjb_ Posted by dougiezerts (Member # 6829) on :
I'm in love with Kate Bush! She actually toured barefooted, in 1979. You should check out her Live at Hammersmith Odeon video. I think it is on DVD.
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