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I dont know if this has been posted here or not, but Im gonna send it your way anyway! Queen of kook pop? I dont think that I like that to much >:-O **HUGS** Joseph > Cyndi Lauper ... New Album in the works > > > Cyndi Lauper is set to release a new LP later this > year. > Provisionally entitled 'Naked City'... the album > looks set to be > released on her old label Sony after the star's last > album 'Shine' > failed to get a release on the ill-fated 'Edel' > label. > Writing the bulk of her material Cyndi is hoping to > continue artistic > control when she re-signs with the major label. > > Currently enjoying a successful tour supporting > Meatloaf, we take a > look back over the career of the Queen of Kook > pop... and discover > that at 50 she shows no signs of slowing down. > > > > With her throughly individual candy-coloured > punk/street image and > that warbling, emotive voice, Cyndi Lauper garnered > the image as one > of pop's kookier players. She celebrated > individuality with youthful > vigour on her aptly entitled 1983 debut album 'She's > So Unusual'. Her > quirky pop videos made her an MTV icon (she was > special guest at the > stations 20th aniversary celebrations) and repeated > the success of > her debut with 1986's 'True Colors'. > > At her height she was the 'other' (more extreme) > Madonna. Brooklyn > raised Cyndi was the true spirit of 80's New York. > Her best-loved > hits 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun', 'Time After Time' > and 'True > Colours' are enduringly popular and their inclusion > on 1994's hit's > package '12 Deadly Cyns...' guaranteed that the > album was a multi- > platinum seller around the world. > > However, despite the success of the hits package, > heaped critical > praise (for 1993's 'Hatful of Stars') and awards > (for both music and > acting roles) Cyndi experienced several setbacks > throughout the > nineties. After winning an Emmy in 1995 for her > appearances in the US > sitcom 'Mad About You 'Cyndi was courted by NBC and > wrote a sitcom of > her own, the pilot of which was filmed but never > broadcast. > Subsequently the whole project was cancelled, though > she made many > more appearances in 'Mad About You'. Then there were > musical projects > that failed to materialse such as the 2001 album > 'Shine', which was > pulled from release due to problems with indie label > Edel. Instead a > selection of the album's tracks were released as an > EP, but with > little publicity the release failed to set the > charts alight. > > > The forthcoming 'Naked City' will be Cyndi's first > album proper since > 1996's 'Sisters of Avalon', (putting the 1997 > Christimas Album > aside). The return of the born again hippie who is > as popular as ever > (having supported Cher on her sellout tour in the > US... and currently > supporting Meatloaf) is eagerly anticipated by fans. > > > > ===== Bitter pill to swallow, Slidin' down my throat Bitter pill to swallow, How it makes me choke How the hell am I gonna find, Happiness and peace of mind When I'm losin' all the time? Yea... bitter Annie Lennox~~Bitter Pill, from her latest album Bare __________________________________ |
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