Cyndi Lauper credits Gaga for bringing back dance pop

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The legendary Cyndi Lauper recently spoke about her career and her favourite musicians in a recent Pitchfork article and this is what she had to say about Gaga and The Fame:

I really liked the energy of this album. It was young. It was dance. It was different. I was making a dance record at the time [2008’s Bring Ya to the Brink], and I just thought what she was doing was so great for the scene. She crossed it right back into the mainstream, which hadn’t been done since the ’90s.

I love old movies and often pull inspiration from them, and I felt that maybe Gaga did, too. But of course, she was modern, and kind of left. She writes great pop songs. You listened to the songs on The Fame and you knew them in one listen.

I also liked her a lot; we did a Mac Viva Glam campaign together. I knew her when she came out, performed with her in the early days. I believe that dance music is more of a visual, and that’s always been important to me, and I saw Gaga do it right.

Source: https://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/the-music-that-made-cyndi-lauper/

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Throwback to 2010 when Cyndi wrote Gaga’s profile for TIME Magazine’s most influential list. This makes me cry each time I read it 

“When I see somebody like Gaga, I sit back in admiration. I'm inspired to pick up the torch again myself. I did an interview with her once, and she showed up with a sculpture on her head. I thought, How awesome. Being around her, I felt like the dust was shaken off of me. I find it very comforting to sit next to somebody and not have to worry that I look like the freak. She isn't a pop act, she is a performance artist. She herself is the art. She is the sculpture.”

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2 minutes ago, Meat said:

The legendary Cyndi Lauper recently spoke about her career and her favourite musicians in a recent Pitchfork article and this is what she had to say about Gaga and The Fame:

I really liked the energy of this album. It was young. It was dance. It was different. I was making a dance record at the time [2008’s Bring Ya to the Brink], and I just thought what she was doing was so great for the scene. She crossed it right back into the mainstream, which hadn’t been done since the ’90s.

I love old movies and often pull inspiration from them, and I felt that maybe Gaga did, too. But of course, she was modern, and kind of left. She writes great pop songs. You listened to the songs on The Fame and you knew them in one listen.

I also liked her a lot; we did a Mac Viva Glam campaign together. I knew her when she came out, performed with her in the early days. I believe that dance music is more of a visual, and that’s always been important to me, and I saw Gaga do it right.

Source: https://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/the-music-that-made-cyndi-lauper/

Gaga's old face 

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It's refreshing to see someone speak highly of Gaga for a change, a lot of other divas threw shade at her for no reason.

I'm sure Barbara Streisand thinks good of her too, just maybe taken out of context what she said.

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2 minutes ago, Meat said:

Throwback to 2010 when Cyndi wrote Gaga’s profile for TIME Magazine’s most influential list. This makes me cry each time I read it 

“When I see somebody like Gaga, I sit back in admiration. I'm inspired to pick up the torch again myself. I did an interview with her once, and she showed up with a sculpture on her head. I thought, How awesome. Being around her, I felt like the dust was shaken off of me. I find it very comforting to sit next to somebody and not have to worry that I look like the freak. She isn't a pop act, she is a performance artist. She herself is the art. She is the sculpture.”

Sooo beautiful! So touching coming from a legend of pop music. 

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6 minutes ago, Meat said:

I was making a dance record at the time [2008’s Bring Ya to the Brink]

That’s a really good one!

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23 minutes ago, Lukasson said:

That’s a really good one!

I agree. Into The Nightlife and Echo are still my jams, listened to it back when they played them on Gossip Girl.

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Legends recognize legends 💪

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It's also interesting that a lot of other dance pop songs that were megahits in 2008-2010 aged very poorly. Gaga's, however, managed to remain timeless.

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1 hour ago, Meat said:

Throwback to 2010 when Cyndi wrote Gaga’s profile for TIME Magazine’s most influential list. This makes me cry each time I read it 

“When I see somebody like Gaga, I sit back in admiration. I'm inspired to pick up the torch again myself. I did an interview with her once, and she showed up with a sculpture on her head. I thought, How awesome. Being around her, I felt like the dust was shaken off of me. I find it very comforting to sit next to somebody and not have to worry that I look like the freak. She isn't a pop act, she is a performance artist. She herself is the art. She is the sculpture.”

in an alt timeline Madonna is the one that supported our Queen since the beginning 

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We need an unusual girls collab. 

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We need an unusual girls collab. 

and who would be the unusual ones? 

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1 hour ago, Sine From Above said:

I'm sure Barbara Streisand thinks good of her too, just maybe taken out of context what she said.

no she doesn't 
she's just a jealous forgotten flop

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2 minutes ago, Chemtrails said:

no she doesn't 
she's just a jealous forgotten flop

No she actually loves Gaga. That was just an oddly timed comment