{"id":2210,"date":"2013-08-11T13:00:48","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=2210"},"modified":"2013-08-10T16:15:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-10T20:15:53","slug":"video-cyndi-lauper-girls-just-want-to-have-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2013\/08\/11\/video-cyndi-lauper-girls-just-want-to-have-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Cyndi Lauper, Girls Just Want To Have Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While we&#8217;re on the subject of <a href=\"http:\/\/cyndilauper.com\/\">Cyndi Lauper<\/a> (kind of), here is one of the many reasons she is awesome: the video for <i>Girls Just Want To Have Fun<\/i>, from 1983. <\/p>\n<p>It includes some of the first ever computer-generated images, as well as an appearance by wrestler Lou Albano and one scene that is a homage to the Marx Brothers movie <i>A Night At The Opera.<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Official Video)\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_PIb6AZdTr-A\"><div id=\"lyte_PIb6AZdTr-A\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/PIb6AZdTr-A\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Official Video)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/PIb6AZdTr-A\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/PIb6AZdTr-A\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While we&#8217;re on the subject of Cyndi Lauper (kind of), here is one of the many reasons she is awesome: the video for Girls Just Want To Have Fun, from 1983. 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