This past Saturday some good friends got us tix to go see Cyndi Lauper on her True Colors tour at the Greek Theater in L.A. What an awesome time. There was Erasure, Cyndi, and Rosie O'Donnell. What a talented trio. Cyndi has a humongous gay following, as evidenced by the thousands of screaming Queers at the concert. It was nothing short of Fabulous. My only complaint is that the Greek Theater is a little gestapo about their rules and regulations.
My so generous friends rented a limo for the ride from Long Beach to Los Angeles, which can be lengthy under the best conditions. There were six of us and I realized how stupid limos really are. Unless you are one of the two people sitting in the forward facing seats, you have to crawl in and out of the limo. Literally crawl. Who thought of this? Of course the sheer volume of alcohol in the limo helped to make up for the need to crawl in and out.
We arrived at the concert a little late so we missed the crowd, but not the excellent music. How these artists can make the old favorites sound new time and again is beyond me. I am appreciative of what they do for Queers in terms of recognition and acceptance and I am appreciative of what they do to music as an art form. Only Cyndi Lauper could get so many screaming fans off their asses to dance with Girls Just Want to Have Fun - a 20 year old tribute to I don't know what. But you just can't help but listen to her and say, "Wow."
