Cyndi Lauper - Bring Ya to the Brink - SYNC LISTEN

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I like the stident production and how taut it is, and for me it absolutely updates and compresses the energy of Diana Ross's Give Up into something I could imagine came from Rex the Dog.

 

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Oh it's Digital Dog. Maybe I'm getting lost.

 

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And Set Your Heart actually is Cyndi's lost in music.

 

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I always go back to Kylie's Steb Back In Time here as this is truly up there as a throwback to golden era disco. It's so jubilant and plaintive - it hits the jackpot for me.

 

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The Japan performance with the statue of LGBTQIA liberty head peice is still iconic. Will fetch it out later.

 

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Humans were designed with ears for this experience alone.

 

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Don't go there...baby
C'mon...
You know..
I. Love. You

What this song doesn't unleash isn't worth experiencing.

 

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And lie down.

 

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I don't think this playlist is in order, but anyway...

 

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Reaching her post 80s power pop peak piqued my interest on Grab A Hold.

 

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This song just ignites.

 

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Imaginary single #3 with a performance on TGI Friday if it was still a thing being a real water cooler moment as we all talk about Cyndi crowd surfing during the final chorus.

 

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Awash with distilled Bette Davis Eyes rhythms, this quite simply is her most timeless song since, well, Time After Time. And doesn't she excell at ballads with watery imagery? I am gripped once again.

 

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There was a time I got it wrong / It shakes my memory

Gets me every time.

 

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Anyway: didn't she do well?

 

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07 High and Mighty
10 Into the Nightlife
08 Rocking Chair
10 Echo
06 Lyfe
10 Same Ol' Story
07 Raging Storm
10 Lay Me Down
08 Give It Up
11 Set Your Heart
10 Grab a Hold
10 Rain On Me

HEY (HEY (HEY))

 

[RJN]

Humans were designed with ears for this experience alone.

 

[Jark]

Raging Storm elegant, slinky, ethereal banger

you'd better not do a BAD SHOW on MTV

 

[POP!]

A shame she hasn't released anything but kitschy country and blues stuff since this.

 

[FetchFugly]

I wish she had released a few more albums with original material rather than pick a theme covers.