Old music: Cyndi Lauper – I'm Gonna Be Strong

Forget Madonna, the real queen of 80s pop was the majestic, magnificent Cyndi LauperThe adorably bonkers Cyndi Lauper is surely one of pop music's most underrated singers, largely because of who she's not. Ever since she emerged from the New York scene in the early 80s she has had the misfortune of being compared to Madonna. Some misguided souls even feel Lauper is but a pale and quirky shadow of Ms Ciccone but this is so, so wrong. In many ways it is Lauper who puts Madonna in the shade. For a ...

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