Quote Originally Posted by SPACE GLIDER View Post
I recently listened to that 80's album "She's So Unusual" again ... I think it deserved a lot more credit than it received. Even though it sold well and made her a star, I don't think it was given the critical respect and acclaim it deserved. Mainly because folks were maybe subconsciously dismissing Cyndi's talents because of her new wave/punky image.
Did you know that many of the songs on that album were actually covers? But she totally made them all her own in a very unique way. Money Chances Everything was by The Brains (I actually have the 45). When U Were Mine was by Prince, All Through The Night was Julian Cope (have that on a cassette somewhere) and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun was an unreleased demo by new wave artist Robert Hazzard. For Girls she changed some of the lyrics. He originally sang "Some boys take a beautiful girl and hide her away from the rest of the world, well all my girls are gonna walk in the sun". His song was a little more about seeing girls as being just pretty trophies, but Cyndi's turn of phrase claimed the song as her own and it became a battle cry for girl power (years before the Spice Girls ruined that phrase for good).

An overlooked gem was Cyndi's Sisters of Avalon album, and (in my opinion) her best album so far. If you haven't heard it, I highly recommend it.