Cyndi Lauper Vs Madonna ------circa "1984"
 

In 1984, who did you like better - Cyndi Lauper or that chick Madonna? Both were hugely popular, and both were hugely unusual.

I was 14 in 1984, and I viewed Madonna's music as a little too "pop" and "dance" for my tastes. Cyndi Lauper's music fell more into my music category, so I voted for Cyndi. After all, she had The Hooters as her backing band on the album She's So Unusual - can't go wrong there.

Re: Cyndi Lauper Vs Madonna ------circa "1984"
 

I was little then, I did like both of them (I did especially love "Lucky Star"), but at the time, I was more drawn to Cyndi, I think her image circa 1984 was more kid-friendly while Madonna was more teen-geared back then. Madonna has had the much better career of course, although I actually preferred Cyndi's "Bring Ya To The Brink" to Madge's "Hard Candy"

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As a post-pubescent male, I think Madonna was more appealing to me. Though I owned cassettes (remember those?) from both. And Lauper was the only one I saw in concert - but that was more because she seemed "safer" to my parents than Madonna. I still remember that show. The Bangles (before any of their hits) were the opening act :)

Both have aged a lot better than anyone would've thought in the 80's.

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Didn't both debut albums come out in 1983?
I remember the FEMINISTS gave Cyndi an award and didn't like Madonna because she used sex as selling her music. Where Cyndi was about having fun and not looking sexy.

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what I loved about the whole "selling sex" thing is that a few years later, Cyndi appeared nude in the I Drove All Night video. Of course, even at her dirtiest, she was never as dirty as Madge was back in those days.

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Cyndi - I still listen to her quite a bit. And I've seen her "At Last" dvd a few times. It's a good show.

Madonna has just a few songs from the 80's I like.

Re: Cyndi Lauper Vs Madonna ------circa "1984"
 

In 1984? Madonna (sex) . . . easily! :drool:

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Cyndi

Re: Cyndi Lauper Vs Madonna ------circa "1984"
 

At the time, Cyndi seemed to have a bit more going for her in terms of being sytlistically varied and She's So Unusual is one of the great pop albums of the last 25 or so years - i viewed Madonna as more of a dance act that had huge mainstream appeal, although she has evolved into The female artist of the last quarter century - but for a circa 1984 argument, i'd go with Cyndi - plus she had perfect ice cream scoop cleavage.
http://blog.eitb.com/media/Image/cyndi-lauper(3).jpeg

Check out The Body Acoustic from a couple of years ago - some really nice reworking of some of Cyndi's hits.

Re: Cyndi Lauper Vs Madonna ------circa "1984"
 

Both. Videos from both of them at the time were unforgettable. And their albums were tremendous hits. Singles like "Material Girl" and "Like a Virgin" from Madonna and one of the biggest debuts with the most hit singles (at that time) from Cyndi's "She's So Unusual."

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I think at the time it was Lauper because my mom used to play the shit over and over again... I do have to say, my wife dragged me to the Cyndi Lauper/B52s last year at Radio City, and she still puts on a pretty good show and still has a strong voice.

Re: Cyndi Lauper Vs Madonna ------circa "1984"
 

Ha-ha, you guys are old.

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Lauper's cover of "Money Changes Everything" beats anything Madonna did back then, although I liked both at the time.

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I was 10 then, so my only experience with both was from MTV basically. I only knew the singles and whatnot. I liked both, but probably perferred Madonna.

But Cyndi had Captain Lou Albano as her dad in "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" ... hmmm. This is tough.

Re: Cyndi Lauper Vs Madonna ------circa "1984"
 

Madonna never sang a song about The Goonies

Re: Cyndi Lauper Vs Madonna ------circa "1984"
 

Well I was only 2 years in 1984. But looking at both their careers, Madonna is Madonna and Cyndi Lauper is a one hit wonder.

But again, I was too young. MTV had 15 years to tell me how great Madonna is/was.

Re: Cyndi Lauper Vs Madonna ------circa "1984"
 

Cyndi had more than one hit song: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Time After Time, Money Changes Everything, She Bop, True Colors, Change of Heart, and I Drove All Night.

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I was thinking that too, and it would've probably put Cyndi over the top, but The Goonies was in 1985, so I figured it wouldn't count.

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Perhaps. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun is the only one that still plays regularly on the radio.

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Time After Time gets played all the time.

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Both but at time I was huge on Culture Club and Depeche Mode,Wham!,Tears For Fears.