MONEY CHANGES EVERYTHING (2007 CYNDI LAUPER DECADES ROCK LIVE) SCOTT WEILAND BEST HITS

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At first glance, the guest stars that joined Cyndi Lauper for her Trump Taj Mahal Hotel & Casino concert would surprise many. Shaggy? Ani DiFranco? The Hooters? Pat Monahan? Scott Weiland?!. But those following the singer’s career know that she long ago left behind the flaming hair, flamboyant secondhand shop wardrobe and bouncy pop that made her famous. Today’s Lauper is a seasoned performer who knows her way around a genre or two, so her choice of partners and songs is quite sound. Her hits were spruced up with new arrangements that allowed them to better stand alongside the more current songs from her guests’ repertoire (“She Bop,” for example, was a swinging country rock stroll, which was a better fit than the original production). And since her partners were personal friends, the duets didn’t come off as contrived.

Lauper and Weiland were a frisky pair for his song “Barbarella,” leaning back to back as he crooned the rock ballad like David Bowie. Weiland then channeled Mick Jagger’s strutting and posturing for “Money Changes Everything,” which found the petite Lauper lying on the floor with the lanky singer standing over her, both of them bellowing the lyrics in a frenzy.

The Atlantic City, N.J., event was filmed for VH1 Classic’s new series “Decades Rock Live,” so retakes, squawls of feedback and rotating musicians were part of the show. The pauses between numbers sometimes made the energy lag, with Lauper sweetly apologizing in her thick Brooklyn accent for the interruptions that accompany TV tapings. “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” the obvious finale, was rearranged as a cross between a campy Vegas show tune and a mariachi band showcase. It was a fun way to pump up the crowd one last time, but purists would have preferred the original. Shaggy rejoined Lauper to add additional reggae zest and carry her around on his back as she sang, showing that even in her 50s, the gal does indeed still wanna have fun.

Para quienes siguieron la carrera de la cantante saben que hace mucho que dejó atrás el flamante cabello, el extravagante vestuario de segunda mano y el pop que la hicieron famosa. La Cyndi Lauper de hoy es una intérprete experimentada que conoce su camino en uno o dos géneros, por lo que su elección de socios y canciones es bastante acertada. Sus éxitos fueron trabajados con nuevos arreglos que les permitieron estar mejor al lado de las canciones más actuales del repertorio de sus invitados.

Lauper y Weiland se tornan en una pareja juguetona para la canción “Barbarella”, inclinándose uno a uno de espaldas mientras Weiland cantaba la balada rock al estilo de David Bowie. Weiland canalizó su postura a la de Mick Jagger para “Money Changes Everything”, quien además encontró a la pequeña Lauper tendida en el suelo para el corresponder a los coros cantando sobre ella, ambos gritando las letras de la canción en todo un frenesí.

El evento de Atlantic City, N.J., se filmó para la nueva serie de VH1 Classic, “Decades Rock Live”, por lo que los retakes, los comentarios y los músicos rotativos formaron parte del show. Las pausas entre los números a veces hicieron que la energía se retrasara, siendo el caso de Cyndi Lauper, quien se disculpaba dulcemente con su acento de Brooklyn por las interrupciones que acompañan a las grabaciones de televisión. “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”, el final obvio, se reorganizó como un cruce entre una melodía de Vegas campy y una muestra de banda de mariachi. Fue una forma divertida de animar a la multitud por última vez, pero los puristas hubieran preferido el original. Shaggy se unió a Lauper para agregar más ralladura de reggae y cargarla sobre su espalda mientras cantaba, demostrando que incluso en sus 50 años, la chica realmente quiere divertirse.

[steveraney]

That was the most underrated performances of all time! They were magic together.❤

[KyOte]

Watching them dance together is what GOOD music is all about… just two mavericks celebrating their common ground

[bundoavfc]

One the surface this duet doesn't seem palpable and the chemistry is in question. In reality, it's fucking brilliant. One of the most unexpected and brilliant duets I have seen. Chemistry is incredible. Eff Madonna...Cyndi is the true Queen from the 80s.

[artp]

Anyone here ever performed live? Well there is some magic in this performance, if performers, music artists don't feed off each other's soul and spirit energy it's obvious but here you can see they did feed off each other. Well done.

[krissyg.]

The chemistry of this performance still blows my mind.

[robertg.]

These guys are punk rock!!! They did not follow and dress like everyone else!!! These 2 went outside the square box

[peterrathbone]

Great performance, these two definitely go well together. More often than not, duets don't go well but on this occasion it works.

[Truthteller-zc]

I was jealous 😪 she got a kiss from him this was his only duet ?

[chadczternastek]

Demonitize ... money changed everything!