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October 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 29

Cyndi Lauper, She’s So Unusual (1983) I have things under control now – I’m down to just one copy of this album. I had four vinyl copies, the CD reissue (anniversary) and my original cassette tape. I grew up with this album. It was almost a guilty pleasure for a time, I remember being teased […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1983, 80s, All Through The Night, Cyndi Lauper, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, LP, Record, She Bop, She's So Unusual, Tape, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 29, Vinyl ·

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June 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Bat For Lashes: The Boys of Summer (Live at EartH, London, 2019)

Bat For Lashes The Boys of Summer (ep) Bat For Lashes I’ve long been a fan of covers that go deep beyond anything resembling a ‘novelty factor’; covers where the artist (always a gifted songwriter of course) takes apart a classic track and rebuild it, not to make it better but simply to better understand […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2019, Album Review, Bat For Lashes, Bat For Lashes: The Boys of Summer (Live at EartH, Covers, Cyndi Lauper, Don Henley, Earth, EP, Kate Bush, Live, London, Natasha Khan, Piano, Solo, The Boys of Summer, The Boys of Summer (ep), Tori Amos, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Cyndi Lauper: She’s So Unusually Great!

When I was young I liked Cyndi Lauper. Well, I liked some of the songs when they appeared on the radio.  I liked She-Bop; I can remember it going round and round on a C-90 cassette tape that I was given along with my first tape-player (after my parents’ first overseas trip). The C-90 was bunged in […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Cyndi, Cyndi Lauper, Cyndi Lauper: She’s So Unusually Great!, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Lauper, Madonna, Nostalgia, She Bop, She's So Unusual, She’s So Unusually Great!, True Colors, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 500

Cyndi Lauper, I Drove All Night [Single] (1989) I have the parent album but this is the hot song – its b-side is Maybe He’ll Know which is good, but it’s from an earlier record…I do love Cyndi Lauper, the first two albums particularly, but this one too – and a few of the things […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1989, A Night To Remember, Album, Cyndi Lauper, EP, I Drove All Night, I Drove All Night (1989), Maybe He'll Know, Record, Roy Orbison, Single, The Vinyl Countdown # 500, Vinyl ·

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March 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Willie Nelson: Summertime – Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin

Willie Nelson Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin Sony Legacy There’s dozens of Willie Nelson Sings and/or Willie Nelson Plays albums – a kids album, an instrumental album, reggae, jazz, standards, particular eras, composers…he is one of the most adept and brilliant song stylists of the post-war years. And yet some of his albums – particularly […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Cyndi Lauper, Gershwin, Standards, Summertime, Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin, Willie Nelson, Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin, Willie Nelson: Summertime - Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin ·

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January 24, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

She-Bop – All The Best Tunes From The Best Women Making Pop Music: DJ Set

I’m a fan of the 1980s – I’m sure I’ve made that known plenty of times. So for a slight twist on an 80s DJ night I’ve decided to feature only the women. Solo artists, duets, lead singers in bands, cameos – it’s all about the female voice and those soaring anthems and power ballads […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1980s, 7pm, All The Best Tunes From The Best Women Making Pop Music, Bangles, Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Gibson, DJ, DJ Set, Eurythmics, Female, Fleetwood Mac, Fri, Friday, Girls, January 27, LP, Madonna, Record, San Fran, She Bop, She-Bop – All The Best Tunes From The Best Women Making Pop Music: DJ Set, Stevie Nicks, Tiffany, Vinyl, Whitney Houston, Women ·

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January 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

In-Yr-End-O: Come Again? – The Frank And Filthy Song Lyrics Hiding in Plain Sight Deep Inside Your Favourite Pop Songs

You don’t often hear very good jokes on the radio. Well, I don’t. But then, I don’t often listen to the radio…I do remember hearing one I liked: A woman goes in to a bar and asks the barman for a “double entendre” So he gave her one. Off for a walk after, listening to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Come Again?, Cyndi Lauper, Dirty, Double Entendre, Filth, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Funny, Golden Brown, Grace Jones, In-Yr-End-O, In-Yr-End-O: Come Again? – The Frank And Filthy Song Lyrics Hiding in Plain Sight Deep Inside Your Favourite Pop Songs, Innuendo, Joke, Kiss, Lick It Up, Lucille Bogan, Peaches, Pearl Necklace, Pull Up To The Bumper, Relax, Shave 'Em Dry, She Bop, Single Entendre, The Frank And Filthy Song Lyrics Hiding in Plain Sight Deep Inside Your Favourite Pop Songs, The Stranglers, ZZ Top ·

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May 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Cyndi Lauper: Detour

Cyndi Lauper Detour Sire/Warners I’m a huge Cyndi Lauper fan – but I couldn’t tolerate Memphis Blues, she hiccupped her way through a range of blues classics that was, at best, comical but mostly just insulting. It undersold Cyndi’s true talent too – she’s a great singer, a strong character voice with an innate theatricality. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Alison Krauss, Chad Cromwell, Country, Covers, Cyndi Lauper, Detour, Emmylou Harris, Jewel, Memphis Blues, Patsy Cline, Tony Brown, Tribute, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson, Willie Weeks ·

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March 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Grimes: Art Angels

Grimes Art Angels 4AD It’s taken a while for me, a few more listens than usual, but Art Angels makes sense now – and the best bits really are great, such as Scream (featuring Taiwanese rapper, Aristophanes). Here you can hear Claire Boucher (aka Grimes) gunning for and knocking down M.I.A. As good as Flesh […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Art Angels, Claire Boucher, Cyndi Lauper, Grimes, She's So Unusual ·

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February 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1189

Cyndi Lauper, A Night To Remember (1989) Yes, yes, you would take the first two albums by Cyndi Lauper over this, sure. Or even go back to Blue Angel. No question. But don’t write this one off – it’s not shit. Not at all. There’s I Drove All Night for a start. There’s a bunch […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1989, A Night To Remember, Cyndi Lauper, I Drove All Night, LP, Primitive, Primitive Cool, Vinyl ·

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October 6, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1269

Kylie Minogue, Kylie (1988) Bought for $1 some 15 years ago – never listened to it. Never needed to. Never wanted to. Oh, the Kylie Minogue songs were everywhere and I watched Neighbours for a bit too. As a young’un. But I can’t tell you why I bought this album. Maybe because my cousin drove […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1988, Cyndi Lauper, Got To Be Certain, Kylie, Kylie Minogue, Locomotion, LP, Madonna, Mel and Kim, Neighbours, Vinyl ·

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January 9, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1437

Culture Club, Colour By Numbers (1983) Going through old photos recently, spotted my folks’ first holiday snapshots, Japan and Hong Kong, 1983, they returned with my first stereo, a tape-deck, a “ghetto blaster”, also known as a “bop blaster”. Later, many years later, one of dad’s friends ran it over (by mistake) when leaving a […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Church Of The Poison Mind, Colour By Numbers, Culture Club, Cyndi Lauper ·
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