More than likely, when certain preteen girls I know were doing headstands on the beach and singing “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” they had no idea that the the singer was thinking about her Sicilian grandmother and mother and how they deserved more out of life than the servitude allotted women in their culture.
The preteens wouldn’t have known that Cyndi Lauper made sure her video was filled with girls of all races so that any young girl could identify with it.
I learned all that Saturday, when radio host Brooke Gladstone interviewed Lauper at On the Media. The interview started way back in Lauper’s Queens childhood and moved up to the Tony nomination for best score in a musical, Kinky Boots.
From On the Media’s website: “For more than 30 years Cyndi Lauper has been a creative force, as a singer, songwriter, author and now composer of the music and lyrics for a hit Broadway play. Last month Brooke talked to Cyndi Lauper before a live audience in NYC about her life, her art and where she draws her inspiration.”
Listen to the interview here.
Photo of Cyndi Lauper: Gavin Bond
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