Cyndi Lauper

Fashion fascists out in droves
Some with powder up their nose ...
And the money men who had to steal away
Telling stories who they've had
Who's a no count, who looks bad
Then they turn around and say how much they like you ...
Like you ... Like you ? No

I love to hate you... I love to hate you ... I really do

Playing games with people lives
Change the rules when stakes are high
All the vampires come out at night to play ...
Things are different today, that is always what you say
Well maybe so, except for people like you ...
Like you ... Like you ? No

I love to hate you ...

Look around you can't look down
You might miss out on what you think is cool ... You fool

You've decided who I am, in this brief experience
And if it's worth spending your precious time on me
My friend Mel he could relate
Told me once I love to hate
I get so hot the words get stuck
Stuck like you ...
Like you ... Like you ? No

I love to hate you ...
It's not just the clothes that you wear
Or the way you do your hair
It's just you

An 80’s pop starlet that skyrocketed her way to the top of the mainstream game, Cyndi Lauper has made her mark as an artist both socially and musically.

Beginning her solo career in the 1983 with hit debut album She’s So Unusual, Lauper came to be a household name with the four top-five hits that came with the record, including breakthrough single “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and the visceral, chart-topping “Time After Time”. Her camp attitude, electrifying vocals, and unrelenting earworms made an impression on the general public, and she would take home Best New Artist and Best Album Package at the Grammy’s for She’s So Unusual, amidst 4 other nominations. Lauper would never reach the same sort of stardom again musically following She’s So Unusual, but her legacy was far from over.

She’s So Unusual set the ground for her next True Colors. Released in 1986, the album most notably contained title-track “True Colors”, which would grow to become a primary anthem of the gay rights movement. Lauper would later serve as a key advocate of the LGBT community, and she has fairly consistently addressed homophobia throughout her career.

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Sisters of Avalon

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Sisters of Avalon (1996)

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