"She's so Unusual"

She spells her name unusually and Cyndi Lauper's album "She's So Unusual" was just unusual enough to make it a hit. It was a favorite album for many girls in the early 1980's--including me. I'm sure you remember her contagious hit, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun." Not only was this song fun dance music for sleepover parties and mixers but girls could relate to Cyndi and the message of her music. We admired Cyndi's assertion of independence and her expression of individuality. Many young girls emulated her funky, care-free style. In her music video "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Cyndi Lauper defies her parents which empowered girls everywhere to stand up to their own over protective parents-a perfect role model for rebellious teens. "She Bop" was another favorite dance song. It had a catchy chorus that anyone could dance to and sing along with. "Time After Time" we listened to and sang her songs "All Through the Night" when we should have been sleeping!

You can buy her album, "She's So Unusual" and many others through her website: cyndilauper.com. Eventually Cyndi's website store leads to Amazon.com where you can purchase the album "She's So Unusual" on audio CD, MP3 download and even audio cassette. I still have my cassette tape from the 80's! You can also listen to her music, watch her videos and see her lyrics on the internet at Yahoo Music (http://music.yahoo.com/ar-254493-downloads---Cyndi-Lauper). Cyndi's MP3's can be purchased at Rhapsody (http://mp3.rhapsody.com/cyndi-lauper) for downloading to your computer for listening and burning to cd and for your ipod. Rhapsody also has karaoke versions of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "She Bop", and "Time After Time" that you can download as an mp3. Individual MP3's are only 99 cents at Rhapsody.com. You can even find sheet music of some of her hits for singing, piano and guitar at sheetmusicplus.com (http://search.sheetmusicplus.com/store/smp_fastresults.html?cart=3445849385307699).