Cyndi Lauper - She Bop šŸŽµ

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

Cyndi Lauper (born 1953), superstar of the 80s, still around. Here's her ā€œShe Bopā€. Back then, masturbation is still considered controversial. And, music video was meaningful.

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Date: 1983 Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Broughton Lunt, Gary Corbett and Rick Chertoff.

bop To hit or strike.
We-hell-I see them every night in tight blue jeans --
In the pages of a blue boy magazine
Hey I've been thinking of a new sensation
I'm picking up ā€” good vibration --
Oop ā€” she bop -- 
stitch in time saves nine a idiom. It means, a little preventive maintenance can eliminate the need for major repairs later. [The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition.]
The idiom here alludes to infibulation, that is, sewing up vulva to prevent masturbation or pre-marital coitus.
go blind Masturbation causes blindness is old myth often used to scare the young.
Do I wanna go out with a lion's roar
Huh, yea, I wanna go south n get me some more
Hey, they say that a stitch in time saves nine
They say I better stop ā€” or I'll go blind
Oop ā€” she bop ā€” she bop

She bop ā€” he bop ā€” a ā€” we bop
I bop ā€” you bop ā€” a ā€” they bop
Be bop ā€” be bop ā€” a ā€” lu -- she bop,
I hope He will understand
She bop ā€” he bop ā€” a ā€” we bop
I bop ā€” you bop ā€” a ā€” they bop
Be bop ā€” be bop ā€” a ā€” lu -- she bop,
Oo ā€” oo -- she ā€” do -- she bop ā€” she bop

Hey, hey ā€” they say I better get a chaperone
Because I can't stop messin' with the danger zone
No, I won't worry, and I won't fret --
Ain't no law against it yet --
Oop ā€” she bop ā€” she bop --

She bop ā€” he bop ā€” we bopā€¦
girl in red skirt dancing, looking wild
Cyndi Lauper's ablum cover: ā€œShe's So Unusualā€. (1984) Buy at amazon

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