Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cbscc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!cbosgd!cbsck!cbscc!rsu From: rsu@cbscc.UUCP (Rick Urban) Newsgroups: net.women,net.music Subject: Lauper, Feminism and "Girls Just..." Message-ID: <4675@cbscc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 25-Jan-85 07:59:04 EST Article-I.D.: cbscc.4675 Posted: Fri Jan 25 07:59:04 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Jan-85 06:44:25 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories , Columbus Lines: 7 Xref: watmath net.women:4293 net.music:5882 Anyone still interested in the debate over Cyndi Lauper's version of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" should take a look at the new copy of Esquire (I think it is the February 1985 issue). There is a small article in their entertainment section explaining Lauper's "rewriting" of some of the original lyrics, with a "before" and "after" example.