She Bop

[ohiosmith]

We-hell-I see them every night in tight blue jeans -
In the pages of a blue boy magazine
Hey I've been thinking of a new sensation
I'm picking up - good vibration -
Oop - she bop

Do I wanna go out with a lion's roar
Huh, yea, I wanna go south n get me some more
Hey, they say that a stitch in time saves nine
They say I better stop - or I'll go blind
Oop - she bop - she bop

She bop--he bop--a--we bop
I bop--you bop--a--they bop
Be bop--be bop--a--lu--she bop,
I hope He will understand
She bop--he bop--a--we bop
I bop--you bop--a--they bop
Be bop--be bop--a--lu--she bop,
Oo--oo--she--do--she bop--she bop

Hey, hey - they say I better get a chaperone
Because I can't stop messin' with the danger zone
No, I won't worry, and I won't fret
Ain't no law against it yet
Oop - she bop - she bop

She bop - he bop - we bop...

[arwalden]

1. Cyndi Lauper Is Awesome

[ohiosmith]

2. Agreed

[khashka]

3. Obviously someone is listening to the right stuff

You know she recorded that naked?

Khash.

[ohiosmith]

4. No way.

[tjdee]

5. Susanna Hoffs recorded "Eternal Flame" naked too.

Apparently, the eighties were a good time for naked singing chicks?

[Az]

9. I am hard pressed to think of any time a

naked singing chick is not a good thing.

[oustemnow]

12. If you're lying about this....

I will hunt you down and strangle you.

Or maybe I'll just give you a hug for making me think about a naked Susanna Hoffs.

And yes, I realize that both options are equally creepy.

[tjdee]

13. I'm not afraid!

Seriously, though. That was the big news around my middle school, all the straight boys were all a-titter with the info. I've always thought it was as much truth as....say...Cyndi Lauper recording She Bop naked, anyway.

[khashka]

17. Cyndi did record it naked

I have it on good authority.

However, Susanna Hoffs - I'd have loved to have seen that!

Khash.
(and I'm not even one of these "straight boys" of which you speak)

[tjdee]

6. When I found out what that song was about, I was shocked, shocked I say!

It was my favorite song on the whole album, I just thought it was a nonsense song.... but oh!

[LaraMN]

7. To think I sang along to that as a little kid! The horror!

I blame Cyndi Lauper for a plethora of societal perversions.
:rofl:

[khashka]

8. So you are Cyndi's fault?

I'm gonna let that one go....

Do you know it took me (of all people) into my thirties before I got "He's So Unusual".


Khash.

[LaraMN]

10. Ha! As if my many "eccentricities" could possibly be the result

of only ONE dementing influence! Took until your thirties to figure that one out, huh? Makes you wonder what else you still might not have noticed....:yoiks:

[-..__...]

11. I remember seeing Cyndi Lauper back in 79-80 at UMass Amherst.

It was with her original band "Blue Angel" and they played the middle set of an all day free outdoor concert on campus (I think she may have married one of the other band members at some point). I bought the album and I still have it somewhere in my collection.

Several years later when I was working at a record warehouse (obviously college didn't work out to good for me :smoke:), her first solo album came out and when it dawned on me who it was I wasn't at all surprised
that she would be making it big time.

[nutsnberries]

14. a little off-topic here...

but you just brought me back to UMass Spring Concerts.
Is that where you saw Blue Angel?

I vaguely remember Spring Concert 1980...
Bonnie Raitt, Allman Bros, NRBQ... maybe BBKing that year too?

Oh God, I had a great time that day. I worked security for an hour or two and spent the rest of the day dancing and drinking.
Did I see Cyndi Lauper and not know it? :party: It wouldn't surprise me.

[-..__...]

15. Damn, I guess it is a small world.

My stay at UMass was fairly brief... 79-80 (I didn't make it back for the 81 Spring semester. Too much :party:)

I was a member of the campus committee that planned and organized the concerts. During one meeting we were discussing a list of possible bands for the semester. The head coordinator asked "has anyone heard of this band U2"? "We can get them really cheap" (which meant them playing the Student Union/cafeteria). Only a few of us had heard of them at the time so the committee elected not to have them appear. :banghead:

I worked the security details for the Allman Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, NRBQ, Ray Charles, etc.

Also the smaller shows at the Student Union Center (I believe it was called the "Blue Room" or something like that).
I don't recall BB King, but I do recall working one show for John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola and some other well known guitarist. I seem to vaguely recall working security for an appearance by Abbie Hoffman as well.

Blue Angel played outdoors at the Sylvan housing complex with maybe 6-8 other bands.

Remember.....

Students skipping class to watch "General Hospital"?

Cosmic Wimpout?

The Hanger (or was it Hanger 1)?

Massive snowball fights between neighboring dormitories?

The partying when the US hockey team beat the Russians and won the gold medal at the Oylimpics?

[nutsnberries]

16. a couple more things...

I don't think I saw Blue Angel at Sylvan, I'd probably remember that. probably. maybe. ;)

you mentioned the snowball fights... yeah, I remember that and "traying".
We used to take the trays from the dining hall to sled down the hill at Central... often we'd end up under cars in the parking lot :)

I was a freshman in Southwest when the US hockey team won... I remember the toilet paper rolls STREAMING from the towers and all-around hysteria.

On the flip-side of (u)mass reactions to events,,, I remember the complete sadness the night John Lennon died. God... one enormous vigil.



I've got some Cosmic Wimpout dice somewhere but can't remember how to play!

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

18. Great song

I saw her 3 times in the 80's, always a great show.

After her first album came out, my band (all guys) did a hard rock, all guitar cover of She Bop. Funny to see our singer Phil belting it out...

RL