Cyndi Lauper Archives

Earlier on Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the long-standing case that protected a pregnant woman's right to choose to have an abortion. Many, many artists chimed with their opinion on the ruling, with almost all being against the ruling. Cyndi Lauper has taken things a step further. In 1993, Lauper released "Sally's Pigeons," a song inspired by a real-life incident where the pop singer's friend got a back-alley abortion after becoming pregnant and died due to the attempted procedure. Last month, after the Court's ruling was leaked to Politico, Lauper headed back into the studio to record an acoustic version of "Sally's Pigeons." Here's what Cyndi Lauper had to say about the new version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v5g-vceY9H68&ab_channelCyndiLauper-Topic "The Supreme Court’s radical decision today makes the re-recording and re-release of 'Sally’s Pigeons' more relevant than ever. In my childhood, women didn't have reproductive freedom and 50 years later we find ourselves in a time warp where one’s freedom to control their own body has been stripped away. When I wrote this song with Mary Chapin Carpenter in 1991, we wrote about two little girls who dreamt of stretching their wings like the pigeons they watched that flew above them. They dreamt of being free. But freedom then for women and unfortunately now comes at a big price. If we don’t have control over our own bodies then we have no real freedom. We are second class citizens. We need to mobilize. We need to let our voices be heard."

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Cyndi Lauper Shares New Version of ‘Sally’s Pigeons’

There’s a New Cyndi Lauper Documentary in the Works

Billie Eilish, Cher, Phoebe Bridgers and More to Play Cyndi Lauper’s Home for the Holidays Benefit

Patti Smith, Michael Stipe and More Join Forces on ‘People Have the Power’

Henry Rollins and Cyndi Lauper Celebrate the Holidays With “Rise Above” Duet

Miles Davis: Our 1985 Interview, Part 2

Miles Davis: Our 1985 Interview

Halsey Performs Touching Stripped-Down Cover of Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” at the Emmys

Tina Fey Covers Cyndi Lauper and System of a Down in SNL Talent Show Sketch: Watch

Watch Laura Jane Grace & Cyndi Lauper Play A Punk “The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough” In NYC

Review: The Con X Is a Worthy Tribute to Tegan and Sara

Ryan Adams – “Back In Your Head” (Tegan and Sara Cover)

Tegan and Sara Announce The Con X: Covers Artists, Including Hayley Williams, Ryan Adams, Shamir, Grimes, and More

Cyndi Lauper’s Son Dex Makes His Debut With Hip-Hop Single ‘Wavy’

Usher, Sheryl Crow, and Cyndi Lauper Tell Donald Trump Not to Use Their Songs

Cyndi Lauper Delivers Emotional Performance of Prince’s ‘When You Were Mine’

Cyndi Lauper Will Donate Raleigh Concert Profits to Help Repeal HB2

The Music of David Bowie: Behind the Curtain at Carnegie Hall’s 2016 Tribute Concert

Hear Marina & the Diamonds’ Delicate Cover of Cyndi Lauper’s ‘True Colors’

Watch Kurt Vile and Cyndi Lauper Cover the Rolling Stones’ ‘As Tears Go By’

Stephen Colbert Bids Adieu to ‘Report’ With Jeff Tweedy, Michael Stipe and More

Wiz Khalifa and Nicki Minaj Try on Cyndi Lauper’s ‘True Colors’

Watch St. Vincent and Alexis Krauss Join Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’

Memoir Mania: What to Expect from Cyndi Lauper, Pete Townshend, and More

Velcro Fly: Cyndi Lauper and ZZ Top Celebrate With Betsey Johnson and John Varvatos

Arcade Fire Rock With Cyndi Lauper at Jazz Fest

The Hives and Cyndi Lauper Duet on Christmas Song

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