Remembering Sinead O’Connor. A unique talent who made an indelible mark on pop culture. Outspoken and brave. A lot of trials and tribulations. A great artist with an incredible voice. She will be missed. 🌹
Photo: #fransschellekens @gettyimages #redferns
Paul and I had a special relationship, especially in the 80s. He was a nut and I just love that about him. We had the same some sort of sensibility. I know he went through some ups and downs, but he was a really good guy and I am sorry to hear of his passing and that he had gotten so sick. Hopefully he’s cracking jokes and shooting a few rounds on the big miniature golf course in the sky.
My friend @iamwandasykes posted earlier that he asked for donations to go to @su2c and dementia or Alzheimer related organizations focusing on care, support and research.
Give what you can. 🙏🕯️💔
Paul and I had a special relationship, especially in the 80s. He was a nut and I just love that about him. We had the same some sort of sensibility. I know he went through some ups and downs, but he was a really good guy and I am sorry to hear of his passing and that he had gotten so sick. Hopefully he’s cracking jokes and shooting a few rounds on the big miniature golf course in the sky.
My friend @iamwandasykes posted earlier that he asked for donations to go to @su2c and dementia or Alzheimer related organizations focusing on care, support and research.
Give what you can. 🙏🕯️💔
Paul and I had a special relationship, especially in the 80s. He was a nut and I just love that about him. We had the same some sort of sensibility. I know he went through some ups and downs, but he was a really good guy and I am sorry to hear of his passing and that he had gotten so sick. Hopefully he’s cracking jokes and shooting a few rounds on the big miniature golf course in the sky.
My friend @iamwandasykes posted earlier that he asked for donations to go to @su2c and dementia or Alzheimer related organizations focusing on care, support and research.
Give what you can. 🙏🕯️💔
Paul and I had a special relationship, especially in the 80s. He was a nut and I just love that about him. We had the same some sort of sensibility. I know he went through some ups and downs, but he was a really good guy and I am sorry to hear of his passing and that he had gotten so sick. Hopefully he’s cracking jokes and shooting a few rounds on the big miniature golf course in the sky.
My friend @iamwandasykes posted earlier that he asked for donations to go to @su2c and dementia or Alzheimer related organizations focusing on care, support and research.
Give what you can. 🙏🕯️💔
Paul and I had a special relationship, especially in the 80s. He was a nut and I just love that about him. We had the same some sort of sensibility. I know he went through some ups and downs, but he was a really good guy and I am sorry to hear of his passing and that he had gotten so sick. Hopefully he’s cracking jokes and shooting a few rounds on the big miniature golf course in the sky.
My friend @iamwandasykes posted earlier that he asked for donations to go to @su2c and dementia or Alzheimer related organizations focusing on care, support and research.
Give what you can. 🙏🕯️💔
Paul and I had a special relationship, especially in the 80s. He was a nut and I just love that about him. We had the same some sort of sensibility. I know he went through some ups and downs, but he was a really good guy and I am sorry to hear of his passing and that he had gotten so sick. Hopefully he’s cracking jokes and shooting a few rounds on the big miniature golf course in the sky.
My friend @iamwandasykes posted earlier that he asked for donations to go to @su2c and dementia or Alzheimer related organizations focusing on care, support and research.
Give what you can. 🙏🕯️💔
Did you know that I directed the #HeyNow video? 🎬
Also, #dragisnotacrime ✨
Gonna call out
to these embers
Waiting to ignite
Gonna pull you up
By your love, by your love
#Shine turns 21 on Sunday ✨
Photo: #Clang
In 1994 I put out the greatest-hits collection Twelve Deadly Cyns . . . And Then Some. I reworked “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” to give it a reggae feel and it became “Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun).” The single did well in Europe, and for a couple of weeks I did a European tour with twelve drag queen dancers. I kind of just wanted them to be there dancing with me, but I couldn’t help them put together a routine because I’m not a choreographer. We were basically doing it by the seat of our pants. But they had a good attitude about it. And it was me and twelve drag queens in a bus, which was kind of awesome. They were a bunch of kick-ass rockers passing around vodka bottles.
During the tour, I talked to the guys about the discrimination that they faced, and I figured that maybe I should write a song for them. I wanted to make it a dance song to celebrate them. It became “Ballad of Cleo and Joe” on my next album, which I had started writing with Jan Pulsford, my keyboard player on Hat Full of Stars.
In 1994 I put out the greatest-hits collection Twelve Deadly Cyns . . . And Then Some. I reworked “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” to give it a reggae feel and it became “Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun).” The single did well in Europe, and for a couple of weeks I did a European tour with twelve drag queen dancers. I kind of just wanted them to be there dancing with me, but I couldn’t help them put together a routine because I’m not a choreographer. We were basically doing it by the seat of our pants. But they had a good attitude about it. And it was me and twelve drag queens in a bus, which was kind of awesome. They were a bunch of kick-ass rockers passing around vodka bottles.
During the tour, I talked to the guys about the discrimination that they faced, and I figured that maybe I should write a song for them. I wanted to make it a dance song to celebrate them. It became “Ballad of Cleo and Joe” on my next album, which I had started writing with Jan Pulsford, my keyboard player on Hat Full of Stars.
RSD Essentials is celebrating the 40th anniversary of She’s So Unusual with a limited edition blue opaque vinyl! Have some fun and pre-order your copy today. (link in bio)
#RSDEssentials #RecordStoreDay #ShesSoUnusual40
And don’t be afraid. It’ll all be ok. ✨
#Shine #PBS #soundstage
Hey doll! Happy BDay!! Congrats on your Emmy nomination (5th time’s a charm!) And I’m with you in spirit as you continue to fight for everyone on that picket line! 🪧✊
🎶Time After Time🎶, we’re still listening to Cyndi Lauper’s iconic hits. Go inside inside the magic of her music and activism in an all-new documentary, Let the Canary Sing, premieres June 4 on #ParamountPlus!
“…true friends will leave footprints in your heart.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
Happy National #GirlfriendsDay 💕
On this day in 2008! #IntoTheNightlife 🪩💃🎶
23 years ago! #TheOpportunists #fbf
#fbf 🎩
And Tony…it was an honor to work with him. He spent time talking to me about radio in the old days and Hank Williams and how he would tell stories and then go into song. He told me to listen to that because he knew I wanted to do that. He was a wonderful singer and teacher and artist and a humanitarian. He had so many different things that he did. He was the last of the great crooners. Really great.
Photo 1: from Tony’s Instagram
Photo 2: #BryanAdams
And Tony…it was an honor to work with him. He spent time talking to me about radio in the old days and Hank Williams and how he would tell stories and then go into song. He told me to listen to that because he knew I wanted to do that. He was a wonderful singer and teacher and artist and a humanitarian. He had so many different things that he did. He was the last of the great crooners. Really great.
Photo 1: from Tony’s Instagram
Photo 2: #BryanAdams
I want to give a special thank you to my Sony family for helping to make #LetTheCanarySing a reality. You have been a wonderful partner throughout my career and I am grateful for you.
Thank you to #RichardStory and #TomMackay who serve as Executive Producers for Sony Music Entertainment and #KristaWegener, Senior Vice President, Sales and Distribution, Premium Content, #SonyMusicEntertainment who will lead global sales for the film.
The documentary is produced by @Fine_Point_Films (The Go-Go’s, No Stone Unturned, Elian) with Trevor Birney, Eimhear O’Neill and Andrew Tully serving as producers. Lisa Barbaris, Greg Cimino, and Tabs Breese are Executive Producers.
And of course, thank you again to director #AlisonEllwood 🎬
Photos: @photagonist
