#487

Impressions:  Ah Cyndi, I was numb to your music when this album came out, as your hits were so hard to get away from. Radio. MTV. Commericals. I couldn’t even find refuge in pro-wrestling because you’d show up there too! Let’s give this a listen… Not a bad guitar-driven opening number, “Money Changes Everything” almost sounds like Psychedelic Furs or New Order-ish (although it’s two minutes too long.) “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” is one of those cultural touchstones that’s difficult to even think of as music. But, that funhouse guitar/organ riff still is pretty damn catchy and she really belts out the vocal. “When You Were Mine” is okay, but I think her vocal style doesn’t always get me. I say doesn’t always, because “Time After Time” actually gets me. She nails the vocal here and the lean guitar/organ/drum machine arrangement is surprisingly affecting. If this was on vinyl, it woud have had a good Side 1, but then “She Bop” kicks off the so-so second side. While I enjoy the subversive quality of the track, the dumb chorus where she congegates the verb ‘bop’ always bugged me.  “All Through The Night” is a nice tune, but almost ruined by one of the worst sythesiser solos I’ve ever heard. The dubby “Witness” features slightly better-than-usual ’80s production, but doesn’t leave a mark. “I’ll Kiss You” is terrible. Just terrible. “He’s So Unusual” was promising as a retro Betty Boop ditty but Lauper cops out with the buried sound and short running tim. “Yeah Yeah” is filler.