08/05/2008
Cyndi Lauper Has No Love Affair with Bush
In an interview with The Times, Cyndi Lauper lashed out at George W. Bush while speaking of her love for gay people:
"This community for me is my beloved community. This is not a money-making venture. I have been running with this community all my life, and when I hear people like George Bush talk about the gay community being anti-American it makes my blood boil. The guy who saved the White House, one of the heroes who crashed that plane on 9/11, was gay – the rugby player Mark Bingham, who died on United 93. And does Bush ever mention that? Does he f***! That gay guy saved his lousy ass. And this guy who says he prays to God, this guy who promotes hate and fear, this guy we call our President...This guy is the true anti-American."
She also tells them how she tried really hard to be gay but was eventually forced to come out as straight:
"My sister was gay, my best friends were gay, so I figured I had to be gay. So I did everything they did. I tried kissing girls. But it didn’t feel right for me and eventually I was forced to come out as a heterosexual."
Posted 12:30 PM EST by Andy Towle in Cyndi Lauper, George W. Bush, News | Permalink
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People concentrate on what the article is about! She supports us more than any other artist out there, PERIOD. Her music is great for some and not so great for others. Personally I love her new material and love the fact that she doesn't care about what her record company tells her to do to be "cool". Bring Ya to The Brink is on my Top 3 albums this year and love that fact that she supports my community like she does.
Posted by: Steven | Aug 5, 2008 4:37:56 PM
People concentrate on what the article is about. She was asked a question and she answered with honesty! She is a supporter of our community and always has been. Some people like her music and others don't care much for it- that's perfectly fine. Personally, I don't like Madonna's music at all or Britney Spears either. I do respect the fact that she has done tons of work to bring LGTB issues and her new album is one of my Top 3 albums this year!
Posted by: steven | Aug 5, 2008 4:42:40 PM
I fucking love this woman
Posted by: Tony | Aug 5, 2008 4:47:14 PM
Lil' Michael, you would be lucky to live long enough to be an old queen. But I suspect all the acronyms will get in the way. LMAO!
Posted by: Jesse Archer | Aug 5, 2008 4:47:52 PM
@Michael- There is nothing more repulsive than homophobia out of the mouth of a gay man (assuming you are a big fat queer). Why such a hater of 'fags' and 'queens?' Do they scare you? Do they make you uncomfortable? Are you secure in your 'masculinity?' Do you post on Manhunt with the phrase, "Straight acting, UB2?" Karma dictates that some big old 'queen' is going to kick your ass someday...
Posted by: Mr. E | Aug 5, 2008 4:50:38 PM
Bring Ya To The Brink is pretty awesome. Cyndi is a Class Act. Cyndi Lauper may be the ONLY celebrity who really stand up for Gay Rights. She is an inspiration to me. You may like or not like her music, but she deserves RESPECT for all her hard work.
Posted by: Anthony | Aug 5, 2008 7:23:18 PM
It's been a quarter century since she won hearts with the catchy Girls Just Want to Have Fun, the hit single that propelled her debut album So Unusual to 16 million sales worldwide. And though that song remains an anthem for teenaged girls the world over, not to mention a karaoke night favourite, it's been a while since we've heard from Cyndi Lauper.
Sure, she's found success throughout the decades, but not since that white hot single lit up the charts has she been as relevant as fellow 1980's star Madonna.
But with her recently released Bring Ya to the Brink, we get the diva at her bubblegum best. Bring Ya to the Brink has been heralded by a wide range of critics, primarily on the strength of the US Billboard Hot Dance Club #1 hit, Same Ol' F***ing story, produced by uber-cool New York City DJ Richard Morel.
Her musical progression has been the subject of much conversation, from infectious pop, to R&B, to World music, to acoustic. Now, however, she's come full circle. Bring Ya to the Brink is packed to the brim with gooey, groovy dance numbers. And though she's been here before, given the freshness of this latest offering, it's safe to say: this is anything but the same ol' story.
Posted by: Tim | Aug 5, 2008 7:49:44 PM
Umm, John in Manhattan, why am I a douchebag? Was I supposed to say that someone said something they didn't? Man your posts drip with bitterness. This isn't the first time you've attacked me (the last time you somehow got it into your head that I'm a Republican, which is the most absurd thing I've ever heard---I'm a bleeding heart liberal San Francisco fag and wouldn't vote Republican if my life depended on it), and I don't understand it.
Posted by: Paul R | Aug 5, 2008 8:22:49 PM
George Bush wasn't home when the plane would have hit anyway. He was at story time having kids read to him. Remember?
Paul R., you have to remember that it's like a Log Cabin witch hunt here. I get it too, even though I've never voted for a republican presidential candidate in my life.
Posted by: paul | Aug 5, 2008 8:59:45 PM
Thanks, Paul. Maybe he's conflating the two of us and our undoubtedly sinister, self-loathing ways!
Though I was the only Paul here for a while before you started commenting. You made me have to add the R to my name---damn you!
Just kidding. Maybe he thinks the added R stands for Republican. I can't say I'll be losing sleep over it.
Posted by: Paul Holtz | Aug 5, 2008 11:51:37 PM
Go Cyndi! She is truly amazing
Posted by: Brian | Aug 6, 2008 1:47:14 AM
since gays apparently don't share the repug "family values", we are by implication, anti-american. as the later post indicates, 60,000 gay soldiers have been expelled from the military. yet the military has so relaxed it's standards to meet quotas, that they are accepting people with criminal records and paying $150,000 retention bonuses to linguists. this administration has got to be the stupidest in history. little wonder that the whole sorry lot is headed, if nominally, by a drug and alcohol brain-addled nincompoop. i despise bush as much as good old cyndi does. she is a good woman with a lot of talent who is on our side. good on her.
Posted by: nic | Aug 6, 2008 1:55:02 AM
since gays apparently don't share the repug "family values", we are by implication, anti-american. as the later post indicates, 60,000 gay soldiers have been expelled from the military. yet the military has so relaxed it's standards to meet quotas, that they are accepting people with criminal records and paying $150,000 retention bonuses to linguists. this administration has got to be the stupidest in history. little wonder that the whole sorry lot is headed, if nominally, by a drug and alcohol brain-addled nincompoop. i despise bush as much as good old cyndi does. she is a good woman with a lot of talent who is on our side. good on her.
Posted by: nic | Aug 6, 2008 1:58:28 AM
sorry, i meant to say "over 12,000 gay and lesbian soldiers have been discharged including 60 linguists".
Posted by: nic | Aug 6, 2008 2:26:44 AM
Thanks for proving my point Michael!
Being bitter and hateful is all you got.
It's no wonder you have no friends and are so lonely.
Posted by: icee | Aug 6, 2008 8:19:16 AM
President Bush never said gays are anti-American, he did, however, say, uneducated pop stars with speech impediments are anti-American.
Posted by: On a Side Note... | Aug 10, 2008 8:32:38 AM
How did we inherit these nasty, stupid, morons in the gay community? Those hating on Cyndi here just don't get it. A straight person who stands by us, unequivocally, not because she has anything to gain from it, but because it is her conviction, should be applauded. She should not be heaped with scorn by ingrates! No problem if you don't like her music, no-one is expecting everyone to, but please have the decency to say 'thank you' for everything she does to make YOUR life better, and I do... THANK YOU, Cyndi!!!
Posted by: CK | Aug 10, 2008 9:18:41 PM