Cyndi Lauper

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun “ Some boys take a beautiful girl and hide her from the rest of the world.” The song “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” by Cyndi Lauper is a song that shows that all girls want to do is be themselves and have fun. Women in the 1930’s acted as the rest of society wished to see them and not how they chose to act. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout a young female character does not care how a girl is supposed to act she is going to act like a tomboy if she…

almost completely independent and I plan to keep it that way. Once again, my gender doesn’t define my dependence on others. b. Favorite line: “Pay my own fun, oh, and I pay my own bills. Always 50/50 in relationships.” 10. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun- Cyndi…

Mikayla Pen Block D English 11 December 12, 2014 “I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people.” Be yourself and ignore all opinion of others, the best thing you can do it be yourself. John Lennon was an inspirational singer and song-writer. He spoke about people being true to themselves. Positive vibes came from Lennon’s music and his…

“end suicide among LGBTQ youth by providing life-saving and life-affirming resources … that create a safe, supportive and positive environment for everyone” (The Trevor Project). Also, the It Gets Better Campaign involves celebrities, such as Cyndi Lauper, Kathy Griffin, Ellen DeGeneres, Neil Patrick Harris, and everyday people who encourage today’s teens that things will eventually get better and that the bullying will stop. With the internet being such an easy escape for today’s teens, it’s…

committee compiled and published the "Filthy Fifteen", a list of 15 songs they classified as 'dangerous'. Sex was made the Aunt Sally in the agenda of the PMRC. Songs by popular artists of that era such as "Darling Nikki" by Prince and "She Bop" by Cyndi Lauper took the first and fifteenth positions on the list respectively. Heavy metal tracks such as "Eat Me Alive" by Judas Priest (oral sex), "Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)" by W.A.S.P. (explicit language) and "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)" by Def…

Celebrities on Social Media “Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are where stars go to be made and where dying stars go live again” (Allen). Since the Internet has appeared, the music industry has been majorly impacted. Celebrities are now able to gain exposure and fans, and can also use social media to connect with their fans and stay famous. They are able to get more exposure and promote themselves to help their careers. They also can use their fame for other purposes such as charities. The…

On August 1, 1981, a brand new wave of the music industry launched on cable television. The first music video premiering on this channel was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles (cite). While at the time, no one could predict the success of MTV, this song seemed to foreshadow the impact of this new music television. Music videos, while having been around for a long time, had never had a format all to themselves on television. MTV provided artists who could harness the full capabilities…

the presentation is more reasonable. ASL is linguistically distinctive from English, Galloway Gallego notes, and it requires time and attempt to clarify melodies that are loaded with representations or wordplay. In this manner, when interpreting Cyndi Lauper 's "True Colors," Galloway Gallego will clarify that "true colors" can mean more than real shading. "If I said it in ASL, it would come out 'real color, ' " she said. "That doesn 't really make sense. But if I say, 'True colors means…

Introduction The 1950’s saw the birth of rock and roll. Ever since then, rock has not only survived, but thrived. Artists like Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry paved the way for The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, and many others in the 1960s and 1970s. In turn, they made way for the new metal, punk, and grunge artists of the 1980s and 1990s. 1950s jazz, blues, and R&B have served as the basis for eighties and nineties R&B, hip hop, and rap. Pop has continued to develop with the changing minds…

Center stage. A single actor in a pool of white light, his jaw opening to sing the first note of “Santa Fe” from the musical, NEWSIES. That is the director’s main goal, in my opinion; to captivate audiences within the first couple of seconds. One of the director’s main roles is to help guide actors during rehearsals. When I was younger, nine or ten, my elementary school teacher told me that I could be an excellent teacher. That has stuck with me through the years. A lot of the teachers that I…