Cyndi Lauper? does You Make Lovin' Fun
 

Check out this video on youtube if you don't know about it already and read the comments:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB2qTJLY_Gc

I was very excited about this until I heard it, because Cyndi ROCKS! So apparently this was the first single ever released by Cyndi and she was meant to "sound like someone else". I really doubt this is Cyndi, it sounds nothing like her!Then again, I went on to read that she didn't even have a copy until 2002 when she confirmed it was her. How strange! I'm not sure about this version at all.

Does anyone know any more about this?

By the way, how annoying was the repeated mis-spelling of McVie in the comments?!?

I had a similar reaction as the comment person...

LOVE YMLF...love Cyndi...HATE this version. It's like they took EVERYTHING that was good about the song out of it.

But, it's just one more degree in six degrees of separation...

still not sure if it's actually her.

I don't believe this is Cyndi Lauper. Doesn't sound a thing like her. She must have her reasons for claiming to be the singer on this.

And this version is absolute junk. Possibly the worst cover I've ever heard of a Fleetwood Mac song.

Here's a picture of the single that was released for her version:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yo...ngfuncover.jpg

It's Cyndi. She used to sing in cover bands in the 70's until she formed Blue Angel in 1978.

She was paid 12 bucks in 1977 to record a few covers for someone and this was the only one that was released. She got "paid to sound like someone else," in her words.

I know the woman who gave her the single; she said Cyndi was indeed surprised that it saw the light of day at all!

I'm still skeptical. As the wise guy said, don't believe everything you read (or see) on the internet.

But Cyndi or not, this version is absolutely horrible. I have to go listen to a few tracks by Christine to wash the dirty feeling out of my ears. (lol)

:laugh: it is pretty bad, I agree, but it is definitely her. Why she'd just claim it was her, especially BECAUSE it's so bad, makes no sense.

Good point. Okay, it's Cyndi. Cyndi at her absolute worst. (lol)

Which really isn't fair, because it's not the vocal that makes the song so horrible, it's the so-called arrangement.

Poor Cyndi! Being reminded of it - oh dear!

I could be wrong but I think it was for one of those companies that made knock off records. You would see them in woolworths or k-mart and they would get you because it would have all the titles of hit songs but in small print they would say they weren't the original artists. I think the company made money because they paid the publishing company for the rights to use the song but not the artists, so they'd pay some no name artist a few bucks to record it. And Cyndi had hit on hard times before the release of She's So Unusual so it's no surprise she would do this. And if you've listened to her for as many years as I have you can tell it's her, pushing her voice into a lower register and not letting herself do her signature vocal inflections.

Listening to it again I do agree. Those companies suck. The cd's are always awful! By the way...great screen name!

But those records usually made the attempt to sound like the original by using a similar arrangement of the songs. The arrangement of this version of YMLF is absolutely nothing like the FM original. (That obnoxious disco beat -- those horrible screeching horns!)

Thanks. Sara is one of my favorite songs. :)

You are not alone :thumbsup:

That's what I was thinking. Whoever thought it would be a great idea to turn YMLF disco should be flamed. I heard this version a few years ago and also had trouble believing it was Cyndi. The sad part is, with a better arrangement I can imagine a Cyndi cover of YMLF being incredible!

Love your username! Is there a raisin_girl on here somewhere too? I hope so!

Thank you! I'm a huge Tori fan. I think there was a raisin girl but unfortunately she went to the other side. ;)

Yes, it's Cyndi Lauper. Yes, it was recorded about 8-10 years before she became famous. The mp3 of this has been floating around since Napster was free and the king of download sites. End of story.

I already ended the story on the first page. ;)

Just backin' ya up, since people seemed to have driven through the roadblocks. :thumbsup:

Now, if you'll excuse me for a minute, I have to figure out a way to put blood back into my ears.

Read back a few posts...

:lol: DUMB.

I hope that is a remark at the awful cover of a great song and not me....:shrug::(

Sure! :nod:

For comparison, here's a compilation of snippets from Blue Angel demos that Cyndi recorded between 1979-1980. The song "Never to Be" isn't her; it's Britt Savage who replaced her in 1981 after she left the band. It was another case of mistaken identity since a lot of people thought it was her, until I asked Lee Brovitz (BA's bass player) and Britt herself about the song. :laugh:



you can hear similar vocal nuances here, since they were from the same time period.

I posted this about a year ago. The download links are still good.



"You Make Loving Fun" was the first song ever officially released by Cyndi Lauper. In 1977, Lauper was commissioned to record several songs written by other artists. The only release to come of these sessions at that time was a 7" vinyl single of this track. Details about the release are unknown even to Lauper herself, who did not own her own copy until a fan gave her one in 2002. Lauper then remarked she was paid only twelve dollars for her work, to "sound like someone else."

After Lauper's later success, a 12" vinyl single featuring new remixes was released in Japan in 1984 on a small independent label called Jam Spot, which was a division of Yamano Music Co. In 1989, a 3" CD single also surfaced in Japan with the same mixes. All of these versions are considered rarities in Lauper's catalogue.

From the 1989 CD:

Cyndi Lauper - You Make Loving Fun (Extended Dance Vocal Version)
http://www.mediafire.com/?0f8caqxcc8k

Cyndi Lauper - You Make Loving Fun (Single Version)
http://www.mediafire.com/?tsatoiau010