🎵 CYNDI LAUPER - She Bop Reaction

[@TheSadpunk0]

As far as I can tell, this is the first song ever released about female self-gratification. It came out when I was a young teen and it kind of blew my mind that girls did that too. I was so naive 😂

[@bradsullivan2495]

Actually, the Divinyls released "I Touch Myself" a few years before.

[@chrisoakley5830]

@@bradsullivan2495 No that was MUCH later than this song. This one came out in the mid 80s. The song you mentioned was the 90s.

[@jamiemacdonald436]

@@bradsullivan2495 This was 83. The Divinyls song was 90. 👍

[@cannedmusic]

the weird part, when it came out, I knew what she was talking about, my friend, who introduced me to her, didn't believe me the last few words scrolled up sum it perfectly

[@seansitton1929]

Both this song and Sheena Easton's Sugar Walls were released in 1984.

[@neillenet291]

Cyndi Lauper actually has a PHENOMENAL voice. You can't tell by some of her pop songs but she can really sing.

[@chrisoakley5830]

You're right and that's why she's in the RNR Hall of Fame.

[@MP-od1zz]

I saw her live, maybe 10 years ago now, and she was amazing! I honestly didn’t expect her to be that good. I was very impressed.

[@jennifermullen9891]

True colors has always been one of my favorites

[@donaldgilbreath4200]

Yeah, as I got older and listened to her actual voice beyond all the noise that accompanied it, she really can sing.

[@TonyTigerTonyTiger]

I didn't realize how good her voice was, until I saw the behind the scenes clips for We Are The World.

[@MikeInMD1961]

She's been on The Howard Stern Show several times, singing her hits acoustically. When the music is stripped down you can really hear how fantastic her voice actually is. What a set of pipes!

[@CCDzine]

That performance of True Colors in Howard's old WXRK studio is excellent; just her, keyboardist, and violinist.

[@heyhuey4429]

Look at how she stood out on "We Are The World" up against the cream of the crop.

[@kellifranklin9872]

I mean I’m a grandmother and I still bop. The best provocative pop song besides I Touch Myself. Hard to believe Tipper Gore and co. missed this one! Lauper is a legend! Still magnificent! Do y’all bop? Lol!

[@rogerbennett6117]

Yes I do!!! Why not?

[@lightlantern]

Hellz Ya!!

[@rogerbennett6117]

@@lightlantern why not feel great?? Lol and this is when music was great too!!

[@lolalilolily]

Yes great stress relief 😁

[@kellifranklin9872]

@Lolalilolily Amen!

[@pleasantvalleypickerca7681]

"Messin' with the Danger Zone"!!! Oh yes!!!🤣🤣

[@Rob-eo5ql]

She’s wearing dark glasses like she’s blind LMAOOOO

[@newsuperbowserworld]

Those are called sunglasses.

[@thomasharris4942]

Cindi is a real talent. And she's still out there doing it.

[@wittynamehere_]

"Do I wanna go out with a lion's roar? Or do I wanna go south and get me some more?" "They say if I don't stop, I'll go blind." "They say I'd better get a chaperone, because I can't stop messin' with the danger zone. But I won't worry, and I won't fret. Aint no law against it yet." Yup. Preach it, Cyndi. ✊️😉

[@NondescriptMammal]

gotta love her sense of humor, to come up with a pop music video as goofy and weirdly fun as this

[@joellehoude1225]

Fun fact, Cyndi Lauper played a psychic in the TV show "Bones". I saw Cyndi in concert a few years ago. She was the back up for one of Cher's final concerts. Great show by both.

[@3DJapan]

She starred in the movie Vibes with Jeff Goldblum.

[@TS-ct8it]

She was Ira’s ex-wife on Mad About You. 😄

[@rhigh100]

@@3DJapan I remember that movie. I had just got cable.

[@sgt.blkdog3840]

Sorry Joelle, but I don’t find your fact to be very fun.

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

Cher RIP

[@warpig4942]

This song made the "Filthy 15", a list of the supposed worst of the worst songs that were corrupting children in the mid 1980s. The list was created by a group called the PMRC who wielded a lot of influence in Congress because Al Gore's wife, Tipper, was it's founder and leader. In response to the attacks from the PMRC and widely publicized Congressional hearings the RIAA agreed to put "Parental Advisory" stickers on certain albums. The albums with those stickers became "forbidden fruit" and the kids wanted to hear them more than ever.

[@ziggy4thefacts441]

Good memories of shopping record store and purposely ignoring unlabeled albums

[@RedLP5000S]

F*cking conservatives....

[@lw3918]

Odd that Democrats cared about morals then, but not now.

[@brettkenschaft4239]

No better way to get a kid to listen to something than to tell them that they can't or shouldn't 🤣

[@86forever]

Man!! i'm a 90s kid (born in the late 80s) I remember my mom and aunt talking about this though.... i think last year OR in 2019/20 was the anniversary of the PMRC "Filthy 15" songs ..... the list is totally take compared to some songs that came out in the later 90s & 00s!! OMG can you imagine what the list would ve like in today's world??

[@Ryan.usa73]

She Bop, He Bop, Everybody BOPS.

[@HillbillyWhisperer63]

There are those who bop, and those who lie about it 🤣

[@johnelli2259]

I'm bopping rn 😁

[@donpimpon573]

Tú bop más que nadie

[@msdamaris1s779]

When I was younger I thought she was talking about dancing 🤣. Keep the good reactions and streams coming. 💜

[@alukuhito]

Well, that's the point with music. Songs are meant to be taken different ways by different people. Artists specifically, probably since music began, give double meaning to their words, so the songs can be enjoyed by lots of people.

[@sairaleblanc5329]

LOL Me too!

[@mikenkk1]

"They say I better stop or I'll go blind" lol

[@swcoder]

"Every subject deserves a song" - Lex. LMAO

[@coolies2002]

Very wise words!

[@kimberlinibambini1988]

Cyndi = She is so unusual- Actual album title- Love her, Always have and will- Y’all should check out some of her interviews!! 🙃🙂

[@robertasirgutz8800]

This is my favorite Cyndi song! I see her around, living in NYC. Super cool lady.

[@mrb4749]

Never knew the meaning until years after the song was released. To me she's,a very good singer, I dug the sound of this song. Liked many of her songs.

[@surlechapeau]

Brad & Lex, her "Money Changes Everything" is next for you!!

[@andrew.4469]

Yes!!!!!

[@4tuneagent]

Great tune..her version is a cover from the New Wave band from Atlanta, The Brains..

[@jlilley73]

I totally understand what Lex is getting at with suggesting Cyndi as a Tim Burton character, especially after that video. Definitely has that vibe. "They said I can't go out without a chaperone. Because I can't stop messing with the Danger Zone. Well I won't worry and I won't fret; ain't no law against it yet."

[@astonsfan]

I saw Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin,The Rolling Stones etc in concert and Cindy was one of my favorite shows !!!!

[@americanmutt9089]

This and Time After Time are my two favorite by Cyndi. She was also a manager for Captain Lou Albano in the WWE back when it was the WWF in the 80's.

[@BobbyGeneric145]

All Through the Night is my favorite

[@Jessica_Roth]

Cyndi being interviewed in "Later with Bob Costas" (the final NBC talk show; it aired after the Tonight Show and Late Night, from 2.00-2.30 am), in 1986 BOB (enthusiastic): I love that song, it's so all-inclusive. "She bop, he bop and we bop. I bop, you bop and they bop." It's so…empowering. CYNDI (can't believe Bob is *this* thick): It's a song about masturbation, Bob. BOB: Oh. I've remembered that for *36 years* . Wow, my brain has no sense of priorities, does it? Other songs about self-love: "Pictures of Lily" by The Who "Dancing with Myself" by Billy Idol "The Stroke" by Billy Squier "I Touch Myself" by Divinyls and I'm sure several more…

[@deanevangelista6359]

“Turning Japanese” by The Vapors.

[@Johnny_Socko]

I mean Bob wasn't wrong! He just didn't know what he was right about. lol

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

😂😂😂

[@mikechmielewski386]

"Lance Jr" by Courtney Barnett

[@aburke0823]

This song got round the clock air time on the radio because NO ONE knew what it was about. 🤣🤣

[@Planetcharr]

yep. and when the programmers fount out (after that Dr. Ruth appearance) it started to get less airplay but it already reached #3 on the charts ....

[@aburke0823]

@@Planetcharr I know right?

[@kimberlysteppe7456]

I was 45 years old til I found out what she bop means. Omg!

[@TrianglesAndCircles]

True Colors...beautiful song.

[@tangela0725]

It sure is!!! It makes me tear up!!!

[@TrianglesAndCircles]

@@tangela0725 does for me too.

[@jimbrentar]

one of the best songs ever about self pleasure. along with "Dancing With Myself" and "Turning Japanese"

[@bminturn]

I was 9 when the song came out, and I was vaguely aware of what it was about. And so were my parents because I remember them commenting on it. But it was never a "turn that channel!" kind of deal if it came on MTV because - unlike most artists today - she was able to make an arguably subversive statement without being explicit. It was clever.

[@wolfpack9958]

Don't forget the line " looking for a good vibration".

[@Trifler500]

I always just thought of it as the type of bop you do when dancing, and that works too.

[@AugieDoggyDoo]

Every subject deserves a song 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Perfect! That just made me LOL...

[@heyoletsgo9]

cyndi lauper's version of etta james' classic "at last" will blow your minds if you're ever in the mood to really hear what she can do vocally...her live performance of "at last" on the late late show has been waiting to go viral for years...it's stunning

[@BM-hb2mr]

Such great music we grew up in, in the 80's . I don't think there was a better time. These songs were all skating rink songs. Great times.

[@s.mcpherson6354]

Totally forgot this song existed until I saw it again here. This song always sounded like the theme or anthem for a female villain in something like *The Kingsman* series of movies.

[@firecracker187]

Cyndi has perfect pitch and a range of four octaves, her voice is a thing of wonder

[@khloealvarado4592]

She Bop is a great song, music video is entertaining, fun to watch. I Drove All Night & Money Changes Everything needs a reaction. I love Money Changes Everything music video, because is a live performance & so great.

[@xoxxobob61]

I remember when this Video debuted on MTV. I was watching with a group of friends and I couldn't stop laughing and they asked me what I was laughing about. The entire premise of the video went over their heads until I told them what it was about ! I was really surprised that MTV didn't Censor this video.

[@nonplayerzealot4]

They did. It was one of the first videos they banned, but I recall seeing it before they decided to ban it for content in 84. I have a random memory of seeing that video and What's Love Got To Do With It back to back. Those were the only two I can remember, but I recall sitting there watching MTV one morn. First video MTV banned was to Van Halen's cover of "Pretty Woman" because they had a transvestite tied to a pole who was being groped by two little people and at the end, the woman reveals she was a dude all along with a knowing smirk.

[@xoxxobob61]

@@nonplayerzealot4 LOL I remember that Van Halen video!

[@bryansproles2879]

Another big 80's song dealing with this subject is by the band The Vapors, calling "Turning Japanese" 😂

[@Dixon193]

Also Dancing With Myself.. Billy Idol. I Touch Myself .....Divinyls Whip It .....Devo

[@scottperry8354]

I loved Lex's saying she was like a Tim Burton character. I can definitely visualize that. 😉

[@misterprickly]

I love the wrestler cameos from Captain Lou Albano and former Women's champion Wendy Richter.

[@jenniferjacobs228]

Forty years later and I only now am finding out what this song is about hahaha Went straight through to the keeper..lol....hahahahah

[@joesmith8725]

Poppy new wave classic and artist. Lauper was huge in the '80s and early '90s. Very quirky lady and singer. She had the typical new wave punk look and hair style, clothes as well. Many girls back then dressed like her and the colorful clothes, quirky clothes and hairstyles. Check out more of her songs/videos. Her singing style is like Dale Fozzio from Missing Persons and Gwen Stefani (No Doubt). With the in and out high pitch sound. Also the colored, punky hair and clothing style. Brad and Lex. Many of us Gen-Xers didn't find out until later what this song was really about. LOL. Lauper and Prince were something else! They were known for stuff like this.

[@siridh1]

I dressed like Cyndi Lauper for Halloween in a 40's dress I got from a consignment shop, dyed my hair red, teased and acted crazy all night -- had the best time.

[@TheTreeheart]

When this song came out, Dr. Ruth Westheimer praised her attempt to de-stigmatize ‘bopping’ as something normal we all do in private that won’t make us go blind…lol

[@tarshnottrash1483]

😂 always loved this song - learn something new every day. Good one Cyndi

[@yeahboiii6640]

Great tune. All over the radio as most of Cindi's songs were and still are. Everyone gotta bop.😃

[@julienielsen4462]

My fave song by Cindy!! Used to watch her when she was a manager in the WWF.

[@renaymatthews6929]

Finally! this is the first time I have seen a reaction to this. I loved this song as a teen and I didn't know what it was about until I was an adult. Same with many songs from the 80s they loved to say things without saying things back then. They would have not been able to get away with what they get away with today. My favorite Cyndi Lauper song I believe was a cover but not sure who the original singer was, Money Changes Everything is the name of it.

[@michaelmaez2456]

This was always my favorite Cyndi Lauper as a kid not having a clue what it was about lol. I got this cassette tape from Santa Claus when i was in second or third grade. I remember snooping in my moms closet where i found it. She does a great cover of Prince's "when you were mine"

[@mgordon1100]

That's funny Michael. But you were so young. We were teenagers, and we knew. I'm surprised that these two adults couldn't see it. Well, Brad not so much, but I certainly figured Lex would catch it. They can be so 😇 😆

[@pauligrossinoz]

I had no idea what this song was about when I was a teenager in the 80s. Even when I was told the truth I seriously doubted it. It wasn't until I read that Cyndi Lauper herself confirmed it that I believed it. _Very cool!!!!_ Love it!!!!

[@Filthyrebel]

Great song about everybody taking care of themselves 😂😂

[@loisfreeman1646]

Girls Just Want To Have Fun was one of her best. You may want to give it a listen if you haven't yet! My Mom loved her back in the 80's forward when Mom was in her 50's/60's.

[@Techmagus76]

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[@mgordon1100]

They already did it. I haven't seen this one for so long, I forgot that Capitan Lou Albano was here as well. It's a shame that they don't know the connection between Cyndi Lauper and the WWE. Cyndi gave us a whole new package to be entertained by.

[@SebastianSmith-c5t]

And it was a cover song written and originally sung by a man named Robert Hazard in 1979.

[@Dixon193]

Everyone in the world has heard Girls Just....from my 94 year old Grandmother to my 8 year old niece :)

[@pauljohnstone180]

Trivia: She sang the theme song of Pee Wees playhouse and she was the voice of the character Chairy on the show.

[@johnlamere2189]

The song is about "masturbation" without saying the word "masturbation". It was included on the Parents Music Resource Center's "Filthy Fifteen" list, due to its sexual lyrics; this led to the creation of the Parental Advisory sticker. Lauper told The Howard Stern Show she recorded the vocals while she was nude. She has stated that finding a copy of the gay men's magazine Blueboy lying around in the recording studio provided the impetus for writing "She Bop". "She bops, he bops, and we bop. I bop, and you bop, and they bop" in other words, everyone plays with themselves, or at least most people, even if they claim they don't.

[@BobbyRagnar]

I love the subtle stuff, in the car for "auto eroticism". And of course "stop that or you'll go blind" :)

[@amandawagner7563]

Right picture her style back then running along side beetle juice lol they bop together lol.

[@pisces228]

I had no clue until years later ehat the song was about. "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, yes, but this one flew right by my teenage head.

[@michiganjfrog366]

also, in the beginning of the video, she's having a good old time steaming up those windows by herself with a blue boy magazine.

[@oteroair]

Yes Cindy is a total Character..And Versatile!

[@Phlogiston2312]

I didn't know that it was about bopping herself until years later. There was some controversy about it, and the blue boy magazines were a reference to pron magazine

[@ros73dros]

"Every subject deserves a song" awesome Lex!!

[@alanstrom2221]

Brad, she does it with her unique talent.

[@wilmartinez4178]

LMFAO 😂! 😂! 😂! This song is about girls pleasing themselves ❤

[@spede1]

I used to sing this around my parents when I was 8 and didn't realize the meaning of the song.

[@MrBibi86]

*"They say I better stop or I'll go blind" brings back memories. if I spent a little to much time in the shower as a teen my mum would knock on the and would say I will go blind lol*

[@kennethcassidy4560]

There are a bunch of songs on Self -gratification in general that a lot of folks didn't catch at the time but got popular anyways. lol She Bob- Cindy Turning Japanese- The Vapors Bush Fire - B52's

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

Whip It.... Devo.

[@Dixon193]

@@ericsierra-franco7802 Dancing With Myself.. Billy Idol. I Touch Myself .....Divinyls

[@nonplayerzealot4]

Dancing With Myself is a major one. A bopping adjacent one was Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood. The relax meaning before you spew so you can continue grinding on long term. That was another song that made She Bop cute by comparison. Relax when you wanna come....

[@donaldgilbreath4200]

I remember all the girls in high school running around singing this song.

[@TrianglesAndCircles]

Cyndi Lauper is different. That's her thing. This was the first hit I can remember from her. So many great memories! I guess we all bopped back then and didn't even realize it.

[@markissleepy]

"Cyndi Lauper is different..." You might even say She's So Unusual.

[@pauld6967]

..and if you don't get Mark Olsen's reference, he is giving you the title of the album.

[@TonyTigerTonyTiger]

Uhm, what about Girls Just Want to Have Fun. That was her first hit.

[@TrianglesAndCircles]

@@TonyTigerTonyTiger all Cyndi is awesome.

[@ashrimpcalledhank]

I swear it looked like Lex caught on first but she kept wafting for Brad to figure it out

[@NOTHEOTHERGUY]

Peaked at #3 on the US Billboard charts! If I recall correctly, she was the first female artist to have three top 3 hits in a row from the same album.

[@davidetienne9404]

#2

[@moonlily1]

It's about flicking the bean, bro. "Going south", "new sensations', "good vibrations", you get it.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

Can't stop messin' with the danger zone..

[@WolfFX13]

Y'all need to check out the movie she was in. She co-stared with Jeff Goldblum in 'Vibes', where a group of Psychics are hired to find some mystical artifact. She plays a Medium who constantly gets possessed by her 'spirit guide'. Absolute Gold!

[@gregb3966]

Great song about flogging the horn or double clicking the mouse, she was a beauty!! Haha

[@gregallsmagic]

She does like a high pitch hiccup sound in a lot of songs . Including this one.

[@FreeMTrider]

Cyndi has that great vibrato........while singing this song, Hey, hey, I've been thinking of a new sensation I'm picking up good vibrations Oop, she bop, she bop Do I wanna go out with a lion's roar?

[@sumonjamal1653]

It's a song about sexual gratification from a woman's point of view, made into a poppy song... When I was a kid, the sign that said "Uncle Siggy's Master Bingo" went over my head 😂 (Sigmund Freud was a psychoanalyst who theorized about size...) and the housewives embodied the conservative knobheads who spread misinformation about 'hairy palms' and 'going blind' from sexual gratification... Cyndi Lauper was brilliant making this song & video... and no one objected to it(!) the way they did Olivia Newton John's 'Physical' 😂

[@flatebo1]

ONJ had more of a Julie Andrews-type public persona, so Physical wasa bit too much of a departure from that image than many were willing to buy. Lauper was a wierdo, so this song didn't recieve the same resistance from the audience.

[@msdamaris1s779]

I loved Olivia Newton John’s Physical 🥰…and many more by her.

[@jimsteinmanfan80]

Then Divinyls released When I think about you I touch myself that every parent noticed from the title alone and then there were lots of objections.

[@itchyandred4131]

Couldn't have said it better ✌️

[@flatebo1]

@@jimsteinmanfan80 Yeah, you have to at least pretend to be sublte - like ZZ Top's Pearl Necklace.

[@youtmeme]

mtv got the reference right away and the vdj's told the viewers so!😉

[@transmit13]

Cyndi Lauper in her own words today. "Most people didn’t get what “She Bop” was about until much later, when I went on Dr. Ruth’s radio show. I was playing along with her, making believe I was in a psychiatrist’s office, but then everything I said was blown up later by the press. Suddenly “She Bop” was on the Parents’ Music Resource Center’s “Filthy Fifteen” list of songs that they said should be banned, like “Let me put my Love into you” by AC/DC. Oh, c’est la vie. That’s French for “whatever.” Happy 38th "She Bop"

[@jeffreekoch9298]

This song is crazy now, thinking about it. Then again, Cindi Lauper was always kinda out there. Lol. We didn't really know what the song was about. We just liked it as kids during the '80s 😆 it was just another cool new wave singer, song with cool video. Typical of that time period. Another example were The Vapors, new wave punk band. Their "Turning Japanese" song was catchy, fun and cool video 😆

[@Dixon193]

Also... Dancing With Myself.. Billy Idol. I Touch Myself .....Divinyls Whip It .....Devo

[@SluttChops]

lmfao. Everyone knew what it was about.

[@jeffreekoch9298]

@@SluttChops not all of us kids did. 😆

[@carmeloruiz6021]

Brad you were right. That's exactly what it means.

[@mynameispaul0530]

"Because they can't stop messin' with the danger zone" lol

[@randallwilson]

Iwas thinking this song was about ( when i first listened to it bac in the 80ies) was about a dance or maybe a hair style tht was popular in the 50ies or 60ies!

[@rolanmeimban6456]

cyndi lauper she bop one of d best during the 80s n 90s, extraordinary great song ever produced

[@christyzeeaquarianated2600]

"Do I wanna go out with a lion's roar? Yeah, I wanna go south and get me some more Hey, they say that a stitch in time saves nine They say I better stop or I'll go blind...." Went alllll the way over my head as a kid, but you bet your arse I understand it these days! 🤣🤣🤣

[@LivingInTheKaliYogurt]

I just learned what this song means today. Lol

[@dragonreader3817]

I’m ashamed to say I had no idea what this song was about when it came out. I just thought it was catchy. Then a deejay on the eighties station was taking about it in early 2000’s and I was like, omg I should have known that. 🤪

[@3DJapan]

Amazing that they allowed this on the radio.

[@teresabunting6364]

Love all her songs!!

[@kimberlinibambini1988]

Oh boy! Excited for this!! 😬😁

[@sashabertold3731]

When You Were Mine - Live 1985 a American Music Awards! Love your compaarison with Beetlejuice!!

[@Planetcharr]

Fun Fact: There is another video for this song by Cyndi Lauper. it is from for her acoustic CD called The Body Acoustic ... and she has a slowed down / acoustic version video for this song. quite interesting.

[@andrew.4469]

I love all of Cyndi Lauper's songs. She's amazing!!! Please, react to "Money changes everything".

[@BobbyGeneric145]

Oooh good one. My fave is All through the night

[@andrew.4469]

​@@BobbyGeneric145 I love " All through the night" too!❤

[@jangle4246]

This and other songs from the She's So Unusual album were played a lot at parties in the early to mid 80s. Cyndi inspired a lot of crazy dancing and good fun!

[@lorenlash9174]

EFFIN ICON 🤟🏼

[@donalddixon6541]

Should have got the one with the lyrics! ha ha ha She was also in a neat movie with Jeff Goldblum called "Vibes". You guys say Vibe all the time so.....

[@erikcartman2749]

Yes this is definitely classic 80s pop!

[@EF-fc4du]

Cindy had a really unique style of singing. She could belt fantastically but she only did it sparingly in her music. You can obviously hear it when she hits that long note here.

[@joeltwinx3805]

She's so Unusual

[@tinamakaneole8866]

Lololol it took me years to understand this .😂

[@elbruces]

I had no idea what that song was about back in the day, but I'm all for it. Most 80's bands back then trained me to ignore lyrics as being nonsensical or pointless, and just jam out to the sound. Especially Duran Duran. Like, I dearly love "The Reflex" to this day, but have no idea what Simon was going on about, and honestly I don't ever want to know.

[@rxlxviii]

You should check out The Hooters' "All You Zombies", The Hooters wrote Time after Time for Cyndi.