Cyndi Lauper: She’s So Unusual

Epic/Portrait 25792/PRT 25792

Released: October 14, 1983

What is that one guitar solo or lick you would love to learn? Seriously.

@therockandrollyears thanks for asking

This is a tough one. Almost every lick Larry Carlton plays on AJA. His playing is all over that record and without him it’s half as good.

Or anything Knopfler plays on Making Movies. The guy never stops, he’s using the edge of the pick on the few songs he doesn’t finger pick. Like my next candidate he’s bending strings a half step up or down so effortlessly you don’t realize what he’s done until you attempt it yourself.

Or Gilmour. Jesus he’s sneaky, the airy solos sound so simple that it isn’t until you’re trying to emulate him that you realize you should just quit. My homeboy Rick DiFonzo did a damn fine job with Roger Waters some years back. Listen to him on The Wall in Germany.

But it’s this guy. Jeff Beck remained the guy to beat until his death. Never content to play an unadorned note when there was so much more to do, Beck, like Knopfler and Gilmour bent notes to make a simple blues run transcendental. His trem bar was always at hand sending his solos soaring. My guitar hero.

Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun 

Michael Kamen's career had a variety of surprises as we have seen, though I would dare to suggest he did a lot to bridge the classical and the popular with his opus. One of the pinnacles of the approach  might be his collaboration with Roger Waters, when the latter did The Wall in Berlin. Yes, he did hold these concerts after the real one there got demolished, so the entire album gained another dimension. Of course, Waters continued to be Waters, which resulted in a rock opera on steroids, because he called many guests to transform the album into whatever he planned. Some cooperators surprise you, though. I mean, Bryan Adams doesn't sound like someone you would put your trust here, yet Waters' hunch proved to be correct, since the Canadian rocker presented a rarely shown side of his.

Cyndi Lauper - She Bop (1983) Cyndi Lauper / Stephen Broughton Lunt / Gary Corbett / Rick Chertoff from: “She’s So Unusual” LP          "She Bop" / "Witness"

New Wave | Pop

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Recorded: @ The Record Plant in New York City, New York USA during May - August 1983

Released: October 14, 1983 (Album) July 2, 1984 (Single | "She Bop" / "Witness")

Album Personnel: Cyndi Lauper: Lead Vocals / Backing Vocals Rick Difonzo: Guitar William "Rock Pygmy" Wittman: Guitar Rob Hyman: Keyboards Richard Termini: Synthesizer Peter Wood: Synthesizer Eric Bazilian: Bass Guitar / Guitar Neil Jason: Bass Guitar / Guitar Anton Fig: Drums

Backing Vocals: Ellie Greenwich Maretha Stewart Diane Wilson Krystal Davis Jules Shear

Produced by Rick Chertoff

The A’s The A's were an American rock band, formed in Philadelphia in 1978, and consisting of Richard Bush (lead vocals), Rick DiFonzo (guitar), Rocco Notte (keyboards), Terry Bortman (bass), and Michael Snyder (drums).

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