Hey guys,
My buddy Brad P came and spoke at our superconference last month and he mentioned to the guys the song girls just want to have fun as a good reference for what women actually want.
So I decided to actually go through the lyrics of the hit 80s song and see if there is any actual insight to be gained here.
I'll also provide a youtube link so you guys can listen along as you read...
Ok now onto the lyrics:
I come home in the mornin' light
My mother says, "When you gonna live your life right"
"Oh Mommy dear, we're not the fortunate ones
And girls, they wanna have fun
Woah girls, just wanna have fun"
Coming home in the morning light obviously means coming home at the butt crack of dawn which could mean a walk of shame situation or simply an all night girl's night out. Either way staying out all night = Fun.
The phone rings in the middle of the night
My father yells, "Whatcha gonna do with your life?"
"Oh Daddy dear, you know your still number one
But girls they wanna have fun
Oh girls, just wanna have"
Her phone rings late at night as her party girl friends or fellow members of her girl group are getting ready for the clubs. Remember this was pre-cell phones so they had to call the house to get her attention.
Thats all they really want
Some fun
When the workin' day is done
Oh girls they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have fun
(Girls they wanna)
(Wanna have fun now)
(Wanna have)
All girls want is fun, translation all girls want is positive emotions!
Some boys take a beautiful girl
And hide her away from the rest of the world
I wanna be the one to walk in the sun
Oh girls they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have
Cyndi Lauper ( and most party girls) don't want to have a boyfriend who hides them from the sun ( their social life and the best parties)
Thats all they really want
Some fun
When the workin' day is done
Oh girls they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have fun
(Girls they wanna)
(Wanna have fun now)
(Wanna have)
They just wanna, they just wanna
(Girls, girls just wanna have fun)
They just wanna, they just wanna have fun
Girls just wanna have fun
(They just wanna, they just wanna)
They just wanna, they just wanna
They just wanna, they just wanna have fun
(Girls, girls just wanna have fun)
Girls just wanna have fun
When the workin'
When the workin' day is done
Oh when the workin' day is done
Oh girls, girls just wanna have fun
They just wanna, they just wanna
They just wanna, they just wanna
Oh girls, girls just wanna have fun
(They just wanna, they just wanna)
When the workin'
(They just wanna, they just wanna)
When the workin' day is done
(Girls, girls just wanna have fun)
When the working day is done
Oh girl, girls just wanna have fun
(They just wanna, they just wanna)
When the working day is done speaks to the contradiction between girls having jobs that they don't really enjoy and waiting for quitting time so that they can knock off and do what they reall want. Party with their girlfriends.
Girl power :)
Anyway not much illumination in here, but you have to admit this song really does show you what a generation of party girls wants.
JS-The King Of Content
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
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I knew the guy that wrote that song, Robert Hazard. He died almost two years ago and what a great guy. He was a fellow Philadelphian such as me. Great song writer and really cool dude. You can find his music under "Robert Hazard and the Heroes" the group he fronted for years.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting thing about this song is that it was originally intended to be performed by a man.
ReplyDeleteIf you read the lyrics from a mans perspective, as if a man was singing them, the meaning is slightly different.
I imagine that Cindy Lauper changed some of the words though, like a guy wouldnt say "mommy", he'd say "momma"
Hahahahahaha. Come on Jon admit it , You were high as a kite when you wrote this This can't be serious.
ReplyDeleteyou're dissing rsd alex for writing bullshit and all you have to offer yourself is this?? WTF?!
ReplyDeleteyou're better than that, son!