Girls, they just wanna have fun!
In the past few days, 
lanning has been posting some Old School music videos on her LJ and DW that meant a lot to her when she was young, and it's been a real blast from the past for me, too. I thought I'd tip my hat to her and post one of my own favorites...
...it's been viewed more than four million times on youtube, so it's a lot of other people's favorite, too!
Girls Just Want To Have Fun zoomed to the top of the charts in 1983, then it dug in and became part of the popular culture zeitgeist as a light-hearted feminist anthem. You've probably heard it on any number of TV shows or movies, though you may not have seen the original award-winning music video. It's been covered by more than thirty singers, but the best cover was done by Cyndi Lauper--yeah, bet you didn't know the song was recorded in 1979 by the author, Robert Hazard; it was originally written from a male point of view. Lauper changed the wording (with Hazard's okay) to reflect a female perspective and the rest was history.
lanning has been posting some Old School music videos on her LJ and DW that meant a lot to her when she was young, and it's been a real blast from the past for me, too. I thought I'd tip my hat to her and post one of my own favorites...
Click to view...it's been viewed more than four million times on youtube, so it's a lot of other people's favorite, too!
Girls Just Want To Have Fun zoomed to the top of the charts in 1983, then it dug in and became part of the popular culture zeitgeist as a light-hearted feminist anthem. You've probably heard it on any number of TV shows or movies, though you may not have seen the original award-winning music video. It's been covered by more than thirty singers, but the best cover was done by Cyndi Lauper--yeah, bet you didn't know the song was recorded in 1979 by the author, Robert Hazard; it was originally written from a male point of view. Lauper changed the wording (with Hazard's okay) to reflect a female perspective and the rest was history.