I played for Robert from 2003 till he passed in 2008. We played a lot as a duo and spent a lot of time together. Our relationship was rocky as were many with Robert. Love/Hate kind. I was fired and rehired three times. One time I got a long letter and a little gift of a pipe while he was vacationing in Costa Rica with the family. It was three pages, hand written, that basically said he never knows what I'm talking about but I'm hired back. Why I went back...?? Like I said, Love/Hate. Anyway, we maybe did GJWTHF three or four times. Once with the whole band at a private event on the Mushulu in Philadelphia Harbor. The band didn't know the song as we had never played or rehearsed it and Robert got royally pissed as he often did. In my defense, I knew the song...hahaha. The story he told of the song: He was doing one of those gigs at Dobbs that started at like one in the morning. And he was drinking enough back then to really hear voices in his head. I think the alcohol played a big part in the RCA record sounding so bad and also the sound of this demo. He got home from the gig in the early morning hours as the sun was coming up and got into a warm bath. In fifteen minutes, in the bathtub, the song came to him. What Cyndi did was to change the lyric from, "These girls just want to have fun," to "Girls..." One word that turned it into a female anthem still strong today. In Robert's words to me, he was talking to his father in the song and complaining about those South Philly kind of girls with the big hair who only wanted to fool around and have fun but weren't ever serious. There was NO intent of watching women taking baths. I don't know where you got that idea but it's really not true. Robert's public persona was wayway different than who he really was. I saw that person on rare occasions and I think it's why I stayed with him through all the shit. Cyndi heard the demo years later and told Robert she would do the song if he would give her half the copyright. He emphatically told her no and the song sat till she recorded it with the Hooters(?) and had the legendary hit. Some years later Robert sold half the copyright to Sony for a million dollars and the Magic Mailbox, as he called it, started. Checks for 200K 175K 300K. Every few months or so. I think the money only really mattered to him so that he could eventually have the perfect Adirondack lifestyle in the gorgeous camp he created. Apart from anything else, he and Susan were the most gracious hosts I've ever known. It was a strange departure from how he was on gigs. In 2006, I think it was, we were doing a duo show in NYC. A real nice place upstairs from a deli restaurant. He could really eat when the food was good. Cowboy steaks were his favorite. I had never heard of a cowboy steak...hahaha. The club was beautiful and had great sound and lighting. Cyndi reserved the entire club for her and her entourage. She had called in advance and the club was telling people it was sold out and they couldn't buy tickets. After dinner we went upstairs for the soundcheck and eventually two people came, his daughter, Corinna, and her boyfriend. We did the first and only acoustic version of Escalator of Life that night. I played the intro on my flat top. And we did Girls. The sound guy loved the show. It was weird. Cyndi was still pissed enough to reserve the club not show up. It's literally millions of dollars. She did get a career from the song, a movie, and it's hard to complain about the mechanical royalties, but still. If you look on You Tube for the live versions of Route 666 and Lucky Hat, that's me on guitar in the cowboy shirt Robert had to buy for me because I had, "no sense of style." :)
Indeed, We had a woman playing violin sometimes, and I was younger than he was, but did see a lot of that sort of control and behavior,. He earned that right and was never disrepectful.But def was an exp and a difficult job. But he was a fine guy and It was a good exp etc. I should have stayed in the wedding band financially speaking 😉but I still think the exp was worth it and may have helped shape who I am today in some small way as I hope it may have had some postive memories and exp's for you as well. No,it was never an easy gig,but wth, we try right? Peace. all the best!!,Carmen
It's not a cover. This was recorded as a demo to sell to other artists which is how most songs are made. Its only a cover when it's a track someone released and later someone else re-records.
@@pghcraig Robert Hazard wrote and performed this song many times live. People seem surprised. Everyone thinks these songs are all Lauper's deal in every why. She paid Robert one million for this tune. Amazing where all the credit goes. People are clueless. Also, Time after Time, written and performed live, many times by the Hooters! Another hit that was not Lauper's. I mentioned this info on Lauper's tour dates site under comments and I was instantly remove from the post.
My wife just came up to me and showed me a video where they played the original song and the cover and we were both like 😲😲😲. I'm 50 and never knew Cindy Lauper did a cover
@edmundnieginski6142 Hahaha im shocked! The same goes for "I drove all night" originally written by two other song writers and Roy Orbison recorded and sang it first! Cyndi was just an industry plant who wrote none of her own music! Every hit was a cover! 😒
I only found out after Robert Hazard had passed that he wrote this. I enjoyed seeing the band back in the eighties at places such as the 23 East. Great music!
This is Robert's song. He wrote it. I saw him perform it many times at the old great rock and roll halls of 1980's Philadelphia - JC Dobbs, the London Victory Club, etc. I even saw him perform this at Veterans Stadium after a game. He rocked! I knew John Lilly, the lead guitarist and through him got to know Robert a bit. He was a good guy. I wish there was a video of him performing this somewhere.
Heard this live on a radio simulcast in 1981 or 1982 and it was awesome. After he gave the song to Cyndi, I saw him and his band in Asbury Park NJ and he did not do this one. My only disappointment from a great show. I did see him perform a more acoustic version of the song a couple of times before he passed away in 2008. I am thankful I got to know him as a friend for the last year of his life.
Okay but like this being the original version makes so much sense. His parents keep asking him when he is going to find a girl and get married and he says that girls don't want it they wanna have fun. And he knows this and does not force any girl to give up on her fun partying and all. This is actually really nice.
Honestly it makes me want to have a spouse that thinks similarly to me and to appreciate my freedom as a person. That I’m not owned by anyone rather I’m my own person.
I like your point of view. I was actually thinking he was partying and seeing several women casually (hence I get a call in the middle of the night and the showing up in the morning light). Him saying to his parents “girls just wanna have fun” was, in my opinion, him saying they want to have fun and so do I and I’m here to oblige 😂. Now I could be completely wrong and I dig your point of view too!
The phone rings in the middle of the night My father says, "My boy, what do you want from your life?" Father dear, you are the fortunate one Girls just wanna have fun Yeah, girls just wanna have fun Come home with the morning light My mother says, "My boy, you've got to start living right." Don't worry, mother dear, you're still number one Girls just wanna have fun These girls just wanna have fun That's all they really want Some fun When the working day is done Girls just wanna have fun Yeah, girls just wanna have fun Some guys take a beautiful girl They try to hide her away from the rest of the world All my girls have got to walk in the sun 'Cause girls just wanna have fun Yeah, girls just wanna have fun I know your love for him Is deep as day is long I know you'd never be the Thing to do him wrong But when I knock on the door I'm close now, you could come It really wasn't important 'Cause girls just wanna have fun Yeah, girls just wanna have fun It's all they really want Good fun When the working day is done Girls just wanna have fun Yeah, girls just wanna have fun (Just wanna, just wanna) Come on, boy (Just wanna, just wanna) Oh yeah (Just wanna, just wanna) You are the fortunate one Girls just wanna have fun Yeah, girls just wanna have fun (Just wanna, just wanna) Come here, boy (Just wanna, just wanna) Oh, yeah (Just wanna, just wanna) You are the fortunate one Girls just wanna have fun Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
It is not irrelevant since this is the original version, so it must be mentioned . Your opinion is subjective because preference based on taste differs completely from one subject to another. This is not an opinion or a judgement: Iam trying to be as objective, descriptive and scientific as possible. Thanks for your understanding.
Charlie Llorente I never said I didn't know what subjective and objective mean and I stated it was a opinion which is inherently subjective also it is you subjective opinion that it should be mentioned because the picture and audio alone shows that his is much older then Cyndi Lauper's version
Роберт Хэзард безусловно был легенда. Он только был успешный в Филадельфии во время его творчества. Но, теперь, с интернетом, весь мир может наслаждаться замечательная музыка Хэзарда. С 1979 по 2008, настоящая легенда с несколькими хорошими песнями. Спасибо за вклад, Роберт Хэзард.
Born on this day(August 21) in 1948 Robert Rimato aka Robert Hazard. Never heard this version but I know he wrote it and it became a big hit for Cyndi Lauper. R.I.P. Robert.
This guy was pure TALENT. Singer and an amazing songwriter. I remember the days at Cherry's in Bensalem, and several other venues. Got to meet him and he posed for a pic with me a year before he died. I will always treasure that. RIP Robert
@@lucifaerislifeandstuff5181 the lyrical gender change was extremely minor . All that was really done was change "those" girls ( wanna have fun) to just "girls" (wanna have fun)
@@Barb5001 I know, also a ton of people mistakingly think that this was a demo. Although Robert Hazard was a song writer he both Copyrighted and sang this at concerts and gigs for years before he let Cyndi Lauper sing it. By all accounts he was going to release this but was talked out of it. There is no evidence that this was just a demo.
Robert Hazard wrote some phenomenal music, with the Heroes and on his own. His Americana sound in the 2004-2008 time period was great and his earlier album Howl was as good as it gets. He was a great singer songwriter who missed making it to the top but left us with great music nevertheless. Saw him play a number of times and he was always on his game, a true talent....he is greatly missed.
Hadn't heard girls just wanna have fun in a long time and gave it a listen this morning and found out that this song belonged to someone other than Cyndi..I was led to believe that Cyndi had written the lyrics and recorded this song but lo and behold this song was passed down to her by the late Robert Hazard thanks Robert ❤️❤️❤️❤️💯💯💢💢💯💢
I saw what was announced as the debut performance of Robert Hazard & the Heroes at a Philly club called Starz, I think in 1978. They were opening for the Flaming Groovies. I vividly remember Robert spending the entire show singing while staring down at his shoes - stage fright, I guess! I later heard from my younger sister, once they started getting played on Philly radio (mainly WMMR and WIOQ) that Robert had a daughter that was in my sister's class. Thanks for prompting some memories tonight....
One of the great feminist pop anthems of the 1980s was originally sung by this man. In 1979, Robert Hazard wrote Girls Just Wanna Have Fun in 15 minutes in a motel bath
If I am not mistaken, Robert Hazard wrote this song back in 1979. Cyndi Lauper made it famous while changing some of the lyrics. Everything happens for a purpose.
Anton Ch. the feminists are the dudes saying how the girls anthem should have never happened since they’re so salty about females. Both were great. Stop bitching already
Killakommie Foyomommie It’s a liberating message. Women were expected to be proper and know their place. Lauper’s version helped set women free and go out and make their own money and be who they want to be.
This is a really good power pop tune, even has a slight punk edge, I'm glad I discovered it. Another song I didn't know was a cover is Blondie's Hanging On The Telephone - the original is by The Nerves, has a similar powerful energy.
Interesting version, I admire Cyndi Lauper even more now, unlike a lot of artist who cover a song and don't put their own spin on it, Cyndi really made this song her own, very creative. But props to Hazzard for writing it, may he rest in peace
CoCoMoroney Exactly what album? Robert might have performed it a few times live but, he never recorded a studio version that was included on any of his albums. www.discogs.com/artist/140580-Robert-Hazard
Seriously. Her version is about being a woman calling her own shots and his version is about a misogynistic womanizer.... Geee.. wonder why he faded away? lol
This song is a demo, recorded in 1979. It was never released to the public. Song writers will often do a demo inorder to try to sell their songs. But No one wanted this, until Cyndi Lauper's solo début She's So Unusual came along, then he finally had a buyer. She changed it up and made it her own.
+Lisa Edwards Actually, others wanted the song but Robert wisely waited for the right singer to give it to . He knew it was not right for him as it was not his style . As the story goes,there was someone connected to Robert who was also aware of an album being put together for a then mostly unknown singer, Cyndi Lauper... and they were looking for songs for that album. So, he said to Robert, If you still got that ;girls having fun song , I got a singer for you! ;Long story short, Cyndi loved the song.;Roberts and Cyndi got together and made the very slight lyric changes to change the gender. So, instead of a song about a guy who can't find a girl to settle down with, it became a song about a girl who does not want to settle down. Either way, girls just want to have fun. :) II became the best business decision both of them ever made. It made Cyndi world famous and gave Robert nice royalty checks until the day he died as it became an international hit .... it still is popular is today .
Cyndi was indeed known in the NYC tri state area . where Robert was also from . BTW , Robert never gave her the rights for the song . He only allowed here to record it first .
@Michael Sweeney I never said that Robert was from or lived in NY City. I said he was also ifrom the NY City area... which includes eastern PA and northern NJ .:)
Both versions are great! Robert’s has that manic angsty new wave energy, more about casual sex, complete with an Oedipal mom thing. Cyndi took the bones of the song and made it much more poppy and girl-power and playful… and more kid-friendly. with that iconic MTV video, “fun” seems to mean partying and girl-cameraderie and acting silly all the time and gabbing with friends on the phone.
The phone rings in the middle of the night My father says, "My boy, what do you want from your life?" Father dear, you are the fortunate one Girls just wanna have fun Yeah, girls just wanna have fun Come home with the morning light My mother says, "My boy, you've got to start living right." Don't worry, mother dear, you're still number one Girls just wanna have fun These girls just wanna have fun That's all they really want Some fun When the working day is done Girls just wanna have fun Yeah, girls just wanna have fun Some guys take a beautiful girl They try to hide her away from the rest of the world All my girls have got to walk in the sun 'Cause girls just wanna have fun Yeah, girls just wanna have fun I know your love for him Is deep as day is long I know you'd never be the Thing to do him wrong But when I knock on the door I'm close now, you could come It really wasn't important Because girls just wanna have fun Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
Did it surprise you that Cyndi's hit was a cover of this original version? Two reasons many may not realize a song is a cover or not know of the original are that A) the original was never a hit (or not nearly as big a hit) -- AND/OR -- B) they are too young and never heard or been exposed to the original. Also, to those commenting, this is not about "writing" a song. Many (if not most) artists don't write their own music. How many in the following list did you already know: • Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus (Marcy Brothers) • Ain't That A Shame - Cheap Trick (Fats Domino) • The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies (Albert Hammond) • Always On My Mind - Elvis Presley; Willie Nelson (Brenda Lee) • Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes (Lou Johnson; Dionne Warwick) • Angel Of The Morning - Juice Newton (Evie Sands; Merrilee Rush) • Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis Presley (Charles Hart) • Because The Night - 10,000 Maniacs; Patti Smith Group (Bruce Springsteen) • Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes (Jackie DeShannon) • Black Magic Woman - Santana (Fleetwood Mac) • Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (Bruce Springsteen) • Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt (Roy Orbison) • Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley (Carl Perkins) • Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino (Gene Autry) • Cupid - The Spinners (Sam Cooke) • Crimson And Clover - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (Tommy James & The Shondells) • Crying - Don McLean; k.d. lang (Roy Orbison) • Cum On Feel The Noize - Quiet Riot (Slade) • Da Doo Ron Ron - Shaun Cassidy (The Crystals) • Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy (Tanya Tucker) • Der Kommissar - After The Fire (Falco) • Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann (The Exciters) • Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young (Daryl Hall) • Family Man - Hall & Oates (Mike Oldfield) • Fire - Pointer Sisters (Bruce Springsteen: wrote song, recorded later) • Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper (Robert Hazard) • Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison (James Ray) • Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston (George Benson) • Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins (Dianne & Annita; Mindbenders) • Handy Man - James Taylor (Sparks of Rhythm, Jimmy Jones, Del Shannon) • Hazy Shade Of Winter - The Bangles (Simon & Garfunkel) • Heartbreaker - Dionne Warwick (Bee Gees) • Heat Wave - Linda Ronstadt (Martha & The Vandellas) • Hound Dog - Elvis Presley (Big Mama Thornton) • How Am I Supposed To Live Without You - Laura Branigan (Michael Bolton: wrote song, recorded later) • Hurt So Bad - Linda Ronstadt (Little Anthony & The Imperials) • I Can't Let Go - Linda Ronstadt (Evie Sands; Hollies) • I Go Blind - Hootie & The Blowfish (54-40) • I Love Rock 'n Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (The Arrows) • I Need A Lover - Pat Benatar (John Cougar Mellencamp) • I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany (Tommy James & The Shondells) • I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow (The Strangeloves) • I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston (Dolly Parton) • I'll Be There - Mariah Carey (Jackson Five) • I've Done Everything For You - Rick Springfield (Sammy Hagar) • If You Don't Know Me By Now - Simply Red (Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes) • It's My Life - No Doubt (Talk Talk) • It's So Easy - Linda Ronstadt (Crickets) • Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band (Paul Pena) • Jump, Jive An' Wail - Brian Setzer Orchestra (Louis Prima & Keely Smith) • Just One Look - Linda Ronstadt (Doris Troy; Hollies) • Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack (Lori Lieberman) • Knocking On Heaven's Door - Guns 'N Roses (Bob Dylan) • Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary (John Denver) • Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers; Joan Baez (Gene Cotton) • Love Hurts - Nazareth (Everly Brothers) • Mad World - Gary Jules (Tears For Fears) • Mandy - Barry Manilow (Scott English) • Me & Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin (Roger Miller) • Mony, Mony - Billy Idol (Tommy James & The Shondells) • Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds (Bob Dylan) • My Way - Frank Sinatra (Claude François, orig. titled "Comme d'Habitude") • New York, New York - Frank Sinatra (Liza Minnelli) • The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Reba McIntyre (Vicki Lawrence) • Nothing Compares 2U - Sinéad O'Connor (Prince) • Nothing s Gonna Change My Love For You - Glenn Medeiros (George Benson) • Oh, Pretty Woman - Van Halen (Roy Orbison) • Ooh Baby Baby - Linda Ronstadt (The Miracles) • Pink Cadillac - Natalie Cole (Bruce Springsteen) • Please Mr. Postman - The Beatles; Carpenters (The Marvelettes) • Poor Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt (Warren Zevon) • Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner (Creedence Clearwater Revival) • Radar Love - White Lion (Golden Earring) • Red Red Wine - UB40 (Neil Diamond) • Respect - Aretha Franklin (Otis Redding) • Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell (Larry Weiss) • Rhythm Of My Heart - Rod Stewart (Rene Shuman) • Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston (Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.) • Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks (Kingston Trio; Jacques Brel, titled "Le Moribond") • Self Control - Laura Branigan (Raf) • Shame On The Moon - Bob Seger (Rodney Crowell) • The Shoop Shoop Song - Cher (Betty Everett; Mary Clayton) • Since I Don't Have You - The Four Seasons; Art Garfunkel; Don McLean (The Skyliners) • Stay - The Four Seasons; Jackson Browne (Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs) • Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley (Mark James) • Tainted Love - Soft Cell (Gloria Jones) • Take Me to the River - Talking Heads (Al Green) • Thank You For Being A Friend - "Golden Girls” theme (Andrew Gold) • That'll Be The Day - Linda Ronstadt (Buddy Holly/Crickets) • (They Long To Be) Close To You - Carpenters (Richard Chamberlain) • The Tide Is High - Blondie (The Paragons) • Torn - Natalie Imbruglia (Ednaswap) • Tracks Of My Tears - Linda Ronstadt (The Miracles) • Tumbling Dice - Linda Ronstadt (Rolling Stones) • Turn! Turn! Turn! - The Byrds (Pete Seeger) • The Twist - Chubby Checker (Hank Ballard & The Midnighters) • Twist & Shout - The Beatles (Top Notes; The Isley Brothers) • Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers (Todd Duncan; Al Hibbler) • Up On The Roof - James Taylor (The Drifters) • Venus - Bananarama (The Shocking Blue) • We're All Alone - Rita Coolidge; Frankie Valli (Boz Scaggs) • When Will I Be Loved - Linda Ronstadt (Everly Brothers) • With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker (The Beatles) • Without You - Nilsson; Mariah Carey (Badfinger) • Working My Way Back To You - The Spinners (The Four Seasons) • You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins (The Supremes) • You Keep Me Hangin' On - Vanilla Fudge; Kim Wilde (The Supremes) • (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin (Carole King) • You're No Good - Linda Ronstadt (Dee Dee Warwick) • You've Got A Friend - James Taylor (Carole King) • (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher - Rita Coolidge (Jackie Wilson) *Looks like Linda Ronstadt takes the cake with the most (thirteen total) Hot 100 hits (almost all in the Top 40) that were all cover tunes: “Blue Bayou”, “Heat Wave”, “Hurt So Bad”, “I Can’t Let Go”, “It's So Easy”, “Just One Look”, “Ooh Baby Baby”, “Poor Poor Pitiful Me”, “That'll Be The Day”, “Tracks Of My Tears”, “Tumbling Dice”, “When Will I Be Loved” and “You're No Good”.
Didn't know about Jet Airliner and Every Time You Go Away. How about Blueberry Hill, The Twist (Hank Ballard), Mr. Tambourine Man (Dylan), Always on my Mind (Brenda Lee), Bette Davis Eyes (Jackie DeShannon), and The Greatest Love of All (George Benson).
In regards to Because the Night--it was actually originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen, but he wasn't satisfied with it. The Patti Smith Group made it famous. Springsteen will sing his version with his lyrics at concerts though.
SWLinPHX From I - You Shook Me and I Can't Quit You Baby. From II - Bring It On Home. From IV - When the Levee Breaks. Not an exhaustive list, not least because - as you mentioned - they rearranged and borrowed on other tracks, producing some songs that were neither wholly original, nor covers.
To be fair, some of those songs were well known originally, so although the cover became just as or more famous, does not mean they were a surprise to people. A lot though, yeah, the cover version is often thought of as an original song.
+Storm Hawk I guess it was originally this way, but Cyndi Lauper found them to be a bit misogynistic, so she rewrote them to be a girl's anthem. It's was written to be such an anthem. This is what I read, anyway.
+Meagan Palmer I really cannot see much difference to the song. Cindy even sings it with a similar angst. I do know without this guy the song would never existed and without Cindy it wouldn't of been a mega hit. Bet the guy bought a house from proceeds made.
I'm blown away that I have not heard this till now... This made me wonder about Lauper's other hits and who wrote them. True Colors? (not her) All Through the Night? (not her) I Drove All Night? (not her) Money Changes Everything? (not her) When You Were Mine? (not her)… Apparently she did CO-write She-Bop and Time After Time... Reminds me of how Joan Jett's hits were all written by other people, and she is the singular songwriter on pretty much nothing.
My parents are from philly, a friend of my fathers email me the supposed original lyrics. I'm not sure how official they are but, its more than i could find anywhere on the net for this version.
The phone rings in the middle of the night My father says, my boy, what do you want from your life? Father dear, you are the fortunate one Girls just wanna have fun Yeah, girls just wanna have fun Come home with the morning light My mother says, my boy, you've got to start living right Don't worry, mother dear, you're still number one Girls just wanna have fun These girls just wanna have fun That's all they really want Some fun When the working day is done Girls just wanna have fun Yeah, girls just wanna have fun Some guys take a beautiful girl They try to hide her away from the rest of the world All my girls have got to walk in the Sun 'Cause girls just wanna have fun Yeah, girls just wanna have fun I know your love for him Is deep as day is long I know you'd never be the Thing to do him wrong But when I knock on the door I'm close now, you could come It really wasn't important 'Cause girls just wanna have fun Yeah, girls just wanna have fun It's all they really want Good fun When the working day is done Girls just wanna have fun Yeah, girls just wanna have fun (Just wanna, just wanna) Come on, boy (Just wanna, just wanna) oh, yeah (Just wanna, just wanna) You are the fortunate one Girls just wanna have fun Yeah, girls just wanna have fun (Just wanna, just wanna) Come here, boy (Just wanna, just wanna) Oh, yeah (Just wanna, just wanna) You are the fortunate one Girls just wanna have fun Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
TheFrozenBladeGaming same(if that means his channel brought me here). I wish I could find a better way to say it, but Cyndi Lauper's version is way better
First time I saw Robert Hazzard and the Heroes in Dobbs, the band only knew about 5 songs. We went upstairs after we realized the songs were repeated. Next time I saw him, we had the front table and Robert walked all over our table without knocking over drinks, candles, & ashtrays .I was hooked! Even had this album. R.I.P. Robert.
I had this album... I wonder what happened to it. In Philly, Robert Hazard was just another guy on the radio, 'YSP, or 'MMR. I didn't realize he was local, or that he died. :(
Genderswapping songs is tricky and often poorly done, but Cyndi's was subtle, clever, and ingenious. But the press seems often to be too overeager to make Hazard's version a foil; he has to play the villain and they get simplistic about it. The Atlantic and Washington Post said it was about "coerced" sex; I see no sign of that. (How liberated is it to deny women agency over their bodies?) Both also quoted the line about walking in the sun as opposed to being hidden away by a man as the crowning climax of Cyndi's brilliant feminist rewrite, the line that she wrote to make triumphantly clear what the new song was now about. And of course that is in the original! Also many sources uncritically print Cyndi's claim that "There was a whole bridge...[that] was like, 'Hey dad, we are the fortunate ones, nudge, nudge, 'cause girls they want to have fun." That was of course *not* what the line said. Instead the speaker tells Father that *Father* (not he) is the fortunate one, presumably having found the right girl and settled down. Of course he's no less placating Father than when he assures Mother that she is still the most important woman to him. But that's a very different thing from suggesting that Dad and he are going out chasing tail. True, Hazard's original is not soon going to be winning any awards for depicting a speaker with an enlightened perspective. (But what is so wrong with that?) I think of its speaker as kind of a spoiled princeling type, "sowing his oats" in the prime of youth. Cyndi brilliantly, with just a few words (certainly far less than the papers and her seem to be under the impression were changed, but more's the accomplishment IMO) completely turned it into her own voice--the working-class punk feminist who never fit in with the expectations of her own conservative time and place. Her speaker is rebellious in a far more consequential way than Hazard's "naughty boy" being nagged by his parents (less in response to any unexpected subversion of a normal youth, it seems, than simply as a matter of playing their roles as a guiding influence in nudging him through his phases with the appropriate urgency). And she is completely comfortable in her own skin with that fact. Journalists, though, should not feel comfortable in theirs, if they are too lazy to properly do the job they get paid to do.
Well, of course. They do this sort of retake and shape-shifting, sleight-of-hand nonsense with a lot of things today. Paul McCartney claiming today that BlackBird is a civil rights song about Black women (total nonsense) or that Night of the Living Dead was racial in its casting of a Black in the lead role (it wasn't), or that Mister Rogers (a lifelong republican) was actually a hidden subversive Leftists. I Just think that the Left today can only love and support things if it aligns with their politics, so they Make it fit if they have to so they can enjoy it. BTW, I love the Cyndi version of the song.
Great song!!! Didn't know there was an original version until just this second. The original is quite nice - the melody is there, the energy is there, the hook is there. Yes, a man did write it. But I feel it must be said - while certainly spirited, this is lacking something that Cyndi's version isn't. Cyndi infuses it with love, pure love. The masculine kick is nice, gives the song the frame, but the feminine touch takes it to the highest. It's like life - the feminine, the masculine. The me and the you. Both are great, both are needed. Together. That's the magic.
There's so many more lyrics in this version rather than 'when the working day is done' 'its all they really want' and 'girls just wanna have fun' for four minutes with three short verses dispersed in between.
Robert Hazard From Opera Family He is The First One in The History Take Opera Down To The Rock & Roll Way of Singing -This Song Was Only (Demo) From Philadelphia Opera Musician Heroes Which Was Popular During The 1980s Robert Hazard (Rimato), 8-21-1948 to 8 5-2008,Began Writing-Singing at Age Ten. Performing in Local Folk Clubs & Coffee Houses He Grew up in Springfield,Delaware, Pennsylvania Graduated 1966.His Father a Tenor Opera Singer With Philadelphia Opera Company & Owned a jeweler's Shop,
It's a demo, it was never released officially. Hazard wrote it in 1979, but it sat on tne shelf until 1983 when Cyndi Lauper did it in a new arrangement. Hazard must get tasty royalty cheques!
I was 15-17 when I played with him...I stayed with him through about 15-20 other musicians. As they came and went, it was sometimes just he and I sitting up in that rehearsal room in Buddtown working out songs. To this day, I've never met anyone I respect more - I learned a lifetime's worth in that time. If that weren't enough, when my own family couldn't tolerate my choice, he took me in to his home and made me feel like I belonged. Godspeed RH.
Lol why speak on something you didn’t do research on. Robert Hazard, the writer of Girls Want To Have fun, only did a demo to give Cyndi and idea of what the song should sound like, the song still belongs to Cyndi Lauper. Also, the song isn’t really misogynistic, so why even bring that up?
To CLEAR It Up. You can't COVER a song that was not commercially released. He wrote the song and made a demo tape. The original is the first commercial release. (No need to argue it's the text book definition).
The description is wrong. This guy wrote the song, not Cyndi Lauper. It is not his "version" it is the original. Lauper's is more known but this is still the original.
I played guitar on this! So glad someone has a copy.
Are you serious?? If you are serious than hats off to you and to the amazing artist/songwriter that I didn't know much about
nice work
Re-edit and release it, man!! This original version is great!
So good this song has a worthy solo 'cause Laupers' has the worst pop song solo ever. Congrats bro!
I truly prefer your version
I played for Robert from 2003 till he passed in 2008. We played a lot as a duo and spent a lot of time together. Our relationship was rocky as were many with Robert. Love/Hate kind. I was fired and rehired three times. One time I got a long letter and a little gift of a pipe while he was vacationing in Costa Rica with the family. It was three pages, hand written, that basically said he never knows what I'm talking about but I'm hired back. Why I went back...?? Like I said, Love/Hate. Anyway, we maybe did GJWTHF three or four times. Once with the whole band at a private event on the Mushulu in Philadelphia Harbor. The band didn't know the song as we had never played or rehearsed it and Robert got royally pissed as he often did. In my defense, I knew the song...hahaha. The story he told of the song: He was doing one of those gigs at Dobbs that started at like one in the morning. And he was drinking enough back then to really hear voices in his head. I think the alcohol played a big part in the RCA record sounding so bad and also the sound of this demo. He got home from the gig in the early morning hours as the sun was coming up and got into a warm bath. In fifteen minutes, in the bathtub, the song came to him. What Cyndi did was to change the lyric from, "These girls just want to have fun," to "Girls..." One word that turned it into a female anthem still strong today. In Robert's words to me, he was talking to his father in the song and complaining about those South Philly kind of girls with the big hair who only wanted to fool around and have fun but weren't ever serious. There was NO intent of watching women taking baths. I don't know where you got that idea but it's really not true. Robert's public persona was wayway different than who he really was. I saw that person on rare occasions and I think it's why I stayed with him through all the shit.
Cyndi heard the demo years later and told Robert she would do the song if he would give her half the copyright. He emphatically told her no and the song sat till she recorded it with the Hooters(?) and had the legendary hit. Some years later Robert sold half the copyright to Sony for a million dollars and the Magic Mailbox, as he called it, started. Checks for 200K 175K 300K. Every few months or so. I think the money only really mattered to him so that he could eventually have the perfect Adirondack lifestyle in the gorgeous camp he created. Apart from anything else, he and Susan were the most gracious hosts I've ever known. It was a strange departure from how he was on gigs.
In 2006, I think it was, we were doing a duo show in NYC. A real nice place upstairs from a deli restaurant. He could really eat when the food was good. Cowboy steaks were his favorite. I had never heard of a cowboy steak...hahaha. The club was beautiful and had great sound and lighting. Cyndi reserved the entire club for her and her entourage. She had called in advance and the club was telling people it was sold out and they couldn't buy tickets. After dinner we went upstairs for the soundcheck and eventually two people came, his daughter, Corinna, and her boyfriend. We did the first and only acoustic version of Escalator of Life that night. I played the intro on my flat top. And we did Girls. The sound guy loved the show. It was weird. Cyndi was still pissed enough to reserve the club not show up. It's literally millions of dollars. She did get a career from the song, a movie, and it's hard to complain about the mechanical royalties, but still.
If you look on You Tube for the live versions of Route 666 and Lucky Hat, that's me on guitar in the cowboy shirt Robert had to buy for me because I had, "no sense of style." :)
An interesting man for sure xD
Indeed, We had a woman playing violin sometimes, and I was younger than he was, but did see a lot of that sort of control and behavior,. He earned that right and was never disrepectful.But def was an exp and a difficult job. But he was a fine guy and It was a good exp etc. I should have stayed in the wedding band financially speaking 😉but I still think the exp was worth it and may have helped shape who I am today in some small way as I hope it may have had some postive memories and exp's for you as well.
No,it was never an easy gig,but wth, we try right? Peace. all the best!!,Carmen
I am sad that he has passed away. How cool that you had the chance to know him and perform with him, thank you for telling us!
That is a great story. Really. Thank you!
Was the song ever officially released or was there a demo version only?
NEVER in my 40 years would I ever have guessed this was a cover song - and I'm so glad, because this is the punkest thing I've ever heard in my life.
Same! I'm not even huge on punk, but this shit slaps!
It's not a cover. This was recorded as a demo to sell to other artists which is how most songs are made. Its only a cover when it's a track someone released and later someone else re-records.
@@pghcraig Robert Hazard wrote and performed this song many times live. People seem surprised. Everyone thinks these songs are all Lauper's deal in every why. She paid Robert one million for this tune. Amazing where all the credit goes. People are clueless. Also, Time after Time, written and performed live, many times by the Hooters! Another hit that was not Lauper's. I mentioned this info on Lauper's tour dates site under comments and I was instantly remove from the post.
My wife just came up to me and showed me a video where they played the original song and the cover and we were both like 😲😲😲. I'm 50 and never knew Cindy Lauper did a cover
@edmundnieginski6142 Hahaha im shocked! The same goes for "I drove all night" originally written by two other song writers and Roy Orbison recorded and sang it first! Cyndi was just an industry plant who wrote none of her own music! Every hit was a cover! 😒
The description should say "Robert Hazards original song" It's not his version of anything. He wrote it.
I was just saying that.
Its says Robert hazards original song because it's his song
honey burn no it says it’s his “version”, the guy wrote that he needs to make it say in the description “original song”
@@JonnyBoyOfficial damn I can believe I texted that a week ago it felt like a year oof
honey burn lol
I never knew he was the original wow
f i r s t r e p l y
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and what are you doing here
CRANIACS?????
Arcade craniacs why are u here 💀💀💀
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I only found out after Robert Hazard had passed that he wrote this. I enjoyed seeing the band back in the eighties at places such as the 23 East. Great music!
This is Robert's song. He wrote it. I saw him perform it many times at the old great rock and roll halls of 1980's Philadelphia - JC Dobbs, the London Victory Club, etc. I even saw him perform this at Veterans Stadium after a game. He rocked! I knew John Lilly, the lead guitarist and through him got to know Robert a bit. He was a good guy. I wish there was a video of him performing this somewhere.
Holy crap this song rocks. That riff is epic.
Heard this live on a radio simulcast in 1981 or 1982 and it was awesome. After he gave the song to Cyndi, I saw him and his band in Asbury Park NJ and he did not do this one. My only disappointment from a great show. I did see him perform a more acoustic version of the song a couple of times before he passed away in 2008. I am thankful I got to know him as a friend for the last year of his life.
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Wow, you're so lucky ❣️
Met this guy when I did a show in Philly many years ago. Nice guy. Glad he had some success with this song. Sorry he's no longer around
Okay but like this being the original version makes so much sense. His parents keep asking him when he is going to find a girl and get married and he says that girls don't want it they wanna have fun. And he knows this and does not force any girl to give up on her fun partying and all. This is actually really nice.
Honestly it makes me want to have a spouse that thinks similarly to me and to appreciate my freedom as a person. That I’m not owned by anyone rather I’m my own person.
I like your point of view. I was actually thinking he was partying and seeing several women casually (hence I get a call in the middle of the night and the showing up in the morning light). Him saying to his parents “girls just wanna have fun” was, in my opinion, him saying they want to have fun and so do I and I’m here to oblige 😂. Now I could be completely wrong and I dig your point of view too!
I don't really get that. I think he's being kind of sarcastic and bitter.
@@roxynano ないす
It's actually idiotic. Those girls are alone with their cats today.
makes you wonder how many low fi rock songs could successfully be rebranded as pop anthems
bingo!
ssshshshhhhh I'm already on it
That's exactly what the big record studios are wondering everyday, my friend.
can't wait to hear King of Carrot Flowers blasting out of car radios, then
The song "Kitty" by Racey was also successfully rebranded.
The phone rings in the middle of the night
My father says, "My boy, what do you want from your life?"
Father dear, you are the fortunate one
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
Come home with the morning light
My mother says, "My boy, you've got to start living right."
Don't worry, mother dear, you're still number one
Girls just wanna have fun
These girls just wanna have fun
That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
Some guys take a beautiful girl
They try to hide her away from the rest of the world
All my girls have got to walk in the sun
'Cause girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
I know your love for him
Is deep as day is long
I know you'd never be the
Thing to do him wrong
But when I knock on the door
I'm close now, you could come
It really wasn't important
'Cause girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
It's all they really want
Good fun
When the working day is done
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
(Just wanna, just wanna)
Come on, boy
(Just wanna, just wanna)
Oh yeah
(Just wanna, just wanna)
You are the fortunate one
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
(Just wanna, just wanna)
Come here, boy
(Just wanna, just wanna)
Oh, yeah
(Just wanna, just wanna)
You are the fortunate one
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
Thank you
Thank you ❤
THIS ONE is the ORIGINAL VERSION!
The other is better
harley quinn ,that is subjective And definitely irrelevant.
Charlie Llorente just as irrelevant as saying this is the original sorry offended you with my subjective opinion
It is not irrelevant since this is the original version, so it must be mentioned . Your opinion is subjective because preference based on taste differs completely from one subject to another. This is not an opinion or a judgement: Iam trying to be as objective, descriptive and scientific as possible. Thanks for your understanding.
Charlie Llorente I never said I didn't know what subjective and objective mean and I stated it was a opinion which is inherently subjective also it is you subjective opinion that it should be mentioned because the picture and audio alone shows that his is much older then Cyndi Lauper's version
Роберт Хэзард безусловно был легенда. Он только был успешный в Филадельфии во время его творчества. Но, теперь, с интернетом, весь мир может наслаждаться замечательная музыка Хэзарда. С 1979 по 2008, настоящая легенда с несколькими хорошими песнями. Спасибо за вклад, Роберт Хэзард.
Another life cut far too short by cancer.
God bless you, Bobby.
Thanks fo all the great music.
Cigs
This is the original. Cyndi Lauper's song is a version of THIS.
her song got also a sample from
Redbone - Come and Get Your Love
cyndi version is better
@@golf_clap_ when you listen to it thinking it's about lesbian sex. Cindy's version is better.
Pop music is basic. Basic things make money.
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M B the versions are very different
M B it really is
Born on this day(August 21) in 1948 Robert Rimato aka Robert Hazard. Never heard this version but I know he wrote it and it became a big hit for Cyndi Lauper. R.I.P. Robert.
I was today years old when I learned this is Robert Hazards song.
Same. Thank you internets!
This guy was pure TALENT. Singer and an amazing songwriter. I remember the days at Cherry's in Bensalem, and several other venues. Got to meet him and he posed for a pic with me a year before he died. I will always treasure that. RIP Robert
rip
I toured with him as his bass player from 89 -91,great guy,Sony bought this out for 2 mil. We never even played it.Miss him dearly,peace
Carmen Bondra really? Wow
Dude got one hell of a payday when Cyndi hit it big with this.
for sure :)
Robert said that Cyndi wanted ownership of the song after the gender change but Robert wisely flatly refused her and retained ownership .
@@Barb5001 I would too she for years lied and said that she wrote the song
@@lucifaerislifeandstuff5181
the lyrical gender change was extremely minor . All that was really done was change "those" girls ( wanna have fun) to just "girls" (wanna have fun)
@@Barb5001 I know, also a ton of people mistakingly think that this was a demo. Although Robert Hazard was a song writer he both Copyrighted and sang this at concerts and gigs for years before he let Cyndi Lauper sing it. By all accounts he was going to release this but was talked out of it. There is no evidence that this was just a demo.
Robert Hazard wrote some phenomenal music, with the Heroes and on his own. His Americana sound in the 2004-2008 time period was great and his earlier album Howl was as good as it gets. He was a great singer songwriter who missed making it to the top but left us with great music nevertheless. Saw him play a number of times and he was always on his game, a true talent....he is greatly missed.
Just stumbled on him, 79' was the time when 76' punk going pop, but he is stil in it! ;) Great Song :)
Love the guitar riff.
Hadn't heard girls just wanna have fun in a long time and gave it a listen this morning and found out that this song belonged to someone other than Cyndi..I was led to believe that Cyndi had written the lyrics and recorded this song but lo and behold this song was passed down to her by the late Robert Hazard thanks Robert ❤️❤️❤️❤️💯💯💢💢💯💢
I saw what was announced as the debut performance of Robert Hazard & the Heroes at a Philly club called Starz, I think in 1978. They were opening for the Flaming Groovies. I vividly remember Robert spending the entire show singing while staring down at his shoes - stage fright, I guess! I later heard from my younger sister, once they started getting played on Philly radio (mainly WMMR and WIOQ) that Robert had a daughter that was in my sister's class. Thanks for prompting some memories tonight....
One of the great feminist pop anthems of the 1980s was originally sung by this man. In 1979, Robert Hazard wrote Girls Just Wanna Have Fun in 15 minutes in a motel bath
And basically lived on it for the rest of his life.
Such are the compensations of genius plus luck.
Wonder which one's the more important?
That's a very...precise observation. Where you there with him? Was he fully or partially clothed in bath? What scent of shampoo was he using?
Harvey Weinstein Ejaculated On Me Hahaha. He smelled of lavender and freshly harvested vanilla beans.
Richard morris:Lmao I don’t wanna even know what he was doing in there to come up with this
Yes, what Cyndi did was incredible. She transferred a macho song to one of the most listened hits of the 80s. Cyndi is the best.
Such a great song! Never knew how rocking the original version was!
I was today years old when I found that Cyndi actually covered this. Love the new-wave punk feel of this song.
She didn't cover it. This is a demo and was never released before.
@@archeopia23it wasn’t released but he still preformed it at gigs it’s still his song and it always will be
~ R.I.P, Hazard and thank you for writing this classic jam! Cheers, DAVEDJ ~
2:09 That is one of the best guitar solo's I've heard in a song. Too awesome.
Man that really sounds like a Telecaster to me. So iconic.
Then you haven't heard much...🤦♀️
The ending licks sound like Elliot Easton. Pretty cool.
Parece que no has escuchado mucho
the world needs more short guitar solos!
If I am not mistaken, Robert Hazard wrote this song back in 1979. Cyndi Lauper made it famous while changing some of the lyrics. Everything happens for a purpose.
Why all the hate? This is a great New Wave sound.
True
Because of fucking feminists
Anton Ch. the feminists are the dudes saying how the girls anthem should have never happened since they’re so salty about females. Both were great. Stop bitching already
He sounds like his mouth is frozen...
Killakommie Foyomommie It’s a liberating message. Women were expected to be proper and know their place. Lauper’s version helped set women free and go out and make their own money and be who they want to be.
This is a really good power pop tune, even has a slight punk edge, I'm glad I discovered it.
Another song I didn't know was a cover is Blondie's Hanging On The Telephone - the original is by The Nerves, has a similar powerful energy.
The most truthful song of all time.
Surprising this was the original version. It's really good!
Interesting version, I admire Cyndi Lauper even more now, unlike a lot of artist who cover a song and don't put their own spin on it, Cyndi really made this song her own, very creative.
But props to Hazzard for writing it, may he rest in peace
Cyndi´s wasn´t a cover. This is a demo. If that´s a cover then I guess Pretty Hurts by Beyoncé and Diamonds by Rihanna are covers.
Gunnhild Edwards It wasn't a demo though, he performed it at gigs and it was on his album
CoCoMoroney Exactly what album?
Robert might have performed it a few times live but, he never recorded a studio version that was included on any of his albums.
www.discogs.com/artist/140580-Robert-Hazard
Seriously. Her version is about being a woman calling her own shots and his version is about a misogynistic womanizer....
Geee.. wonder why he faded away?
lol
ROOKTABULA What lyric exactly are you getting that from?
Loved Robert's minor hit, "Escalator Of Life" in 1983.
This song is a demo, recorded in 1979. It was never released to the public. Song writers will often do a demo inorder to try to sell their songs. But No one wanted this, until Cyndi Lauper's solo début She's So Unusual came along, then he finally had a buyer. She changed it up and made it her own.
+Lisa Edwards
Actually, others wanted the song but Robert wisely waited for the right singer to give it to . He knew it was not right for him as it was not his style .
As the story goes,there was someone connected to Robert who was also aware of an album being put together for a then mostly unknown singer, Cyndi Lauper... and they were looking for songs for that album.
So, he said to Robert, If you still got that ;girls having fun song , I got a singer for you!
;Long story short, Cyndi loved the song.;Roberts and Cyndi got together and made the very slight lyric changes to change the gender.
So, instead of a song about a guy who can't find a girl to settle down with, it became a song about a girl who does not want to settle down. Either way, girls just want to have fun. :)
II became the best business decision both of them ever made.
It made Cyndi world famous and gave Robert nice royalty checks until the day he died as it became an international hit .... it still is popular is today .
+Barb5001 good stuff. thanks for taking the time to post
Cyndi was indeed known in the NYC tri state area . where Robert was also from .
BTW , Robert never gave her the rights for the song . He only allowed here to record it first .
Cindy Lauper sold 16 million copies of this album worldwide.
@Michael Sweeney I never said that Robert was from or lived in NY City. I said he was also ifrom the NY City area... which includes eastern PA and northern NJ .:)
Canalside Radio just mentioned this so here I am. Never heard this original version before. Good punky vibes.
Both versions are great! Robert’s has that manic angsty new wave energy, more about casual sex, complete with an Oedipal mom thing. Cyndi took the bones of the song and made it much more poppy and girl-power and playful… and more kid-friendly. with that iconic MTV video, “fun” seems to mean partying and girl-cameraderie and acting silly all the time and gabbing with friends on the phone.
Cyndi made it her own. She's a legend.
@@DoubtingThomas333 no, just no
@@dj-um7el but she is
@@y2kpopofficial no not at all
@@dj-um7el everyone is entitled to their own opinion
Sounds like a song The Cars would have done.
True! Except Cars would have been slightly more awkward about it I feel, lol.
Except the Cars guitar player was heavily influenced by rockabilly- and this obviously by the Buzzcocks and the Violators
It sounds like The Cars mixed with Bryan Ferry
I thought the exact same thing! Haha
The phone rings in the middle of the night
My father says, "My boy, what do you want from your life?"
Father dear, you are the fortunate one
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
Come home with the morning light
My mother says, "My boy, you've got to start living right."
Don't worry, mother dear, you're still number one
Girls just wanna have fun
These girls just wanna have fun
That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
Some guys take a beautiful girl
They try to hide her away from the rest of the world
All my girls have got to walk in the sun
'Cause girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
I know your love for him
Is deep as day is long
I know you'd never be the
Thing to do him wrong
But when I knock on the door
I'm close now, you could come
It really wasn't important
Because girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
You've got some damn good ears. Thanks for this!
HERO!
This guy stole my name!
lol
lol 2 years later
He is older, so technically you stole his name and yes I know this is 3 years late
@@toxicdrawings - Ya hear that? It's the sound of a joke flying over your head.
@@marlonmontelhiggins8570 Ya hear that? It's the sound of my cries flying over your head.
Absolutely brilliant!
Sad there's no high quality version of this, because then it would be the definitive version.
AI guys do your thing
Why is this not in Spotify 😩
It wasn’t ever really released it was on a demo disc by him and somehow Cyndi Laupner heard it and wanted to cover it
Underground
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is a song written by and first recorded in 1979 by American musician Robert Hazard.
Screaming Mimi's released or not he is wroten and recorded.
I really like this version
Its not a version its the original
you mean you like the original?
well @@resh7521, the original is the FIRST VERSION!
@@resh7521 It's a version you pedant
Awesome original version!!
Did it surprise you that Cyndi's hit was a cover of this original version? Two reasons many may not realize a song is a cover or not know of the original are that A) the original was never a hit (or not nearly as big a hit) -- AND/OR -- B) they are too young and never heard or been exposed to the original. Also, to those commenting, this is not about "writing" a song. Many (if not most) artists don't write their own music. How many in the following list did you already know:
• Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus (Marcy Brothers)
• Ain't That A Shame - Cheap Trick (Fats Domino)
• The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies (Albert Hammond)
• Always On My Mind - Elvis Presley; Willie Nelson (Brenda Lee)
• Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes (Lou Johnson; Dionne Warwick)
• Angel Of The Morning - Juice Newton (Evie Sands; Merrilee Rush)
• Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis Presley (Charles Hart)
• Because The Night - 10,000 Maniacs; Patti Smith Group (Bruce Springsteen)
• Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes (Jackie DeShannon)
• Black Magic Woman - Santana (Fleetwood Mac)
• Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (Bruce Springsteen)
• Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt (Roy Orbison)
• Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley (Carl Perkins)
• Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino (Gene Autry)
• Cupid - The Spinners (Sam Cooke)
• Crimson And Clover - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (Tommy James & The Shondells)
• Crying - Don McLean; k.d. lang (Roy Orbison)
• Cum On Feel The Noize - Quiet Riot (Slade)
• Da Doo Ron Ron - Shaun Cassidy (The Crystals)
• Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy (Tanya Tucker)
• Der Kommissar - After The Fire (Falco)
• Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann (The Exciters)
• Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young (Daryl Hall)
• Family Man - Hall & Oates (Mike Oldfield)
• Fire - Pointer Sisters (Bruce Springsteen: wrote song, recorded later)
• Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper (Robert Hazard)
• Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison (James Ray)
• Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston (George Benson)
• Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins (Dianne & Annita; Mindbenders)
• Handy Man - James Taylor (Sparks of Rhythm, Jimmy Jones, Del Shannon)
• Hazy Shade Of Winter - The Bangles (Simon & Garfunkel)
• Heartbreaker - Dionne Warwick (Bee Gees)
• Heat Wave - Linda Ronstadt (Martha & The Vandellas)
• Hound Dog - Elvis Presley (Big Mama Thornton)
• How Am I Supposed To Live Without You - Laura Branigan (Michael Bolton: wrote song, recorded later)
• Hurt So Bad - Linda Ronstadt (Little Anthony & The Imperials)
• I Can't Let Go - Linda Ronstadt (Evie Sands; Hollies)
• I Go Blind - Hootie & The Blowfish (54-40)
• I Love Rock 'n Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (The Arrows)
• I Need A Lover - Pat Benatar (John Cougar Mellencamp)
• I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany (Tommy James & The Shondells)
• I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow (The Strangeloves)
• I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston (Dolly Parton)
• I'll Be There - Mariah Carey (Jackson Five)
• I've Done Everything For You - Rick Springfield (Sammy Hagar)
• If You Don't Know Me By Now - Simply Red (Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes)
• It's My Life - No Doubt (Talk Talk)
• It's So Easy - Linda Ronstadt (Crickets)
• Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band (Paul Pena)
• Jump, Jive An' Wail - Brian Setzer Orchestra (Louis Prima & Keely Smith)
• Just One Look - Linda Ronstadt (Doris Troy; Hollies)
• Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack (Lori Lieberman)
• Knocking On Heaven's Door - Guns 'N Roses (Bob Dylan)
• Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary (John Denver)
• Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers; Joan Baez (Gene Cotton)
• Love Hurts - Nazareth (Everly Brothers)
• Mad World - Gary Jules (Tears For Fears)
• Mandy - Barry Manilow (Scott English)
• Me & Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin (Roger Miller)
• Mony, Mony - Billy Idol (Tommy James & The Shondells)
• Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds (Bob Dylan)
• My Way - Frank Sinatra (Claude François, orig. titled "Comme d'Habitude")
• New York, New York - Frank Sinatra (Liza Minnelli)
• The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Reba McIntyre (Vicki Lawrence)
• Nothing Compares 2U - Sinéad O'Connor (Prince)
• Nothing s Gonna Change My Love For You - Glenn Medeiros (George Benson)
• Oh, Pretty Woman - Van Halen (Roy Orbison)
• Ooh Baby Baby - Linda Ronstadt (The Miracles)
• Pink Cadillac - Natalie Cole (Bruce Springsteen)
• Please Mr. Postman - The Beatles; Carpenters (The Marvelettes)
• Poor Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt (Warren Zevon)
• Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
• Radar Love - White Lion (Golden Earring)
• Red Red Wine - UB40 (Neil Diamond)
• Respect - Aretha Franklin (Otis Redding)
• Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell (Larry Weiss)
• Rhythm Of My Heart - Rod Stewart (Rene Shuman)
• Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston (Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.)
• Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks (Kingston Trio; Jacques Brel, titled "Le Moribond")
• Self Control - Laura Branigan (Raf)
• Shame On The Moon - Bob Seger (Rodney Crowell)
• The Shoop Shoop Song - Cher (Betty Everett; Mary Clayton)
• Since I Don't Have You - The Four Seasons; Art Garfunkel; Don McLean (The Skyliners)
• Stay - The Four Seasons; Jackson Browne (Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs)
• Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley (Mark James)
• Tainted Love - Soft Cell (Gloria Jones)
• Take Me to the River - Talking Heads (Al Green)
• Thank You For Being A Friend - "Golden Girls” theme (Andrew Gold)
• That'll Be The Day - Linda Ronstadt (Buddy Holly/Crickets)
• (They Long To Be) Close To You - Carpenters (Richard Chamberlain)
• The Tide Is High - Blondie (The Paragons)
• Torn - Natalie Imbruglia (Ednaswap)
• Tracks Of My Tears - Linda Ronstadt (The Miracles)
• Tumbling Dice - Linda Ronstadt (Rolling Stones)
• Turn! Turn! Turn! - The Byrds (Pete Seeger)
• The Twist - Chubby Checker (Hank Ballard & The Midnighters)
• Twist & Shout - The Beatles (Top Notes; The Isley Brothers)
• Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers (Todd Duncan; Al Hibbler)
• Up On The Roof - James Taylor (The Drifters)
• Venus - Bananarama (The Shocking Blue)
• We're All Alone - Rita Coolidge; Frankie Valli (Boz Scaggs)
• When Will I Be Loved - Linda Ronstadt (Everly Brothers)
• With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker (The Beatles)
• Without You - Nilsson; Mariah Carey (Badfinger)
• Working My Way Back To You - The Spinners (The Four Seasons)
• You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins (The Supremes)
• You Keep Me Hangin' On - Vanilla Fudge; Kim Wilde (The Supremes)
• (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin (Carole King)
• You're No Good - Linda Ronstadt (Dee Dee Warwick)
• You've Got A Friend - James Taylor (Carole King)
• (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher - Rita Coolidge (Jackie Wilson)
*Looks like Linda Ronstadt takes the cake with the most (thirteen total) Hot 100 hits (almost all in the Top 40) that were all cover tunes: “Blue Bayou”, “Heat Wave”, “Hurt So Bad”, “I Can’t Let Go”, “It's So Easy”, “Just One Look”, “Ooh Baby Baby”, “Poor Poor Pitiful Me”, “That'll Be The Day”, “Tracks Of My Tears”, “Tumbling Dice”, “When Will I Be Loved” and “You're No Good”.
Didn't know about Jet Airliner and Every Time You Go Away. How about Blueberry Hill, The Twist (Hank Ballard), Mr. Tambourine Man (Dylan), Always on my Mind (Brenda Lee), Bette Davis Eyes (Jackie DeShannon), and The Greatest Love of All (George Benson).
In regards to Because the Night--it was actually originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen, but he wasn't satisfied with it. The Patti Smith Group made it famous. Springsteen will sing his version with his lyrics at concerts though.
***** Zepplin was notorious for borrowing from (or ripping off) earlier artists' songs. However, what songs of theirs were actual "cover tunes"?
SWLinPHX From I - You Shook Me and I Can't Quit You Baby.
From II - Bring It On Home.
From IV - When the Levee Breaks.
Not an exhaustive list, not least because - as you mentioned - they rearranged and borrowed on other tracks, producing some songs that were neither wholly original, nor covers.
To be fair, some of those songs were well known originally, so although the cover became just as or more famous, does not mean they were a surprise to people. A lot though, yeah, the cover version is often thought of as an original song.
Ironic that this girls anthem was written and originally sung by a man.
+Storm Hawk RICKY MARTIN
I'm dude and just did a cover of this song - now I feel way less original lol
+Storm Hawk Like Respect?
+Storm Hawk I guess it was originally this way, but Cyndi Lauper found them to be a bit misogynistic, so she rewrote them to be a girl's anthem. It's was written to be such an anthem. This is what I read, anyway.
+Meagan Palmer I really cannot see much difference to the song. Cindy even sings it with a similar angst. I do know without this guy the song would never existed and without Cindy it wouldn't of been a mega hit. Bet the guy bought a house from proceeds made.
Wow. This original is way cooler than the later cover.
Nah
@@Cr102y Quiet you...
@@EvanSkuthorpe cope
Not close but it's interesting to see the original
It sounds like Dracula is singing it, but I still like this version better.
Hahahahaha, Dracula is a good one.
Adler Post HC They did the mooonnnsteerrr maassshhh!
Jordan3D Sounds more like the late Warren Zevon.
Jordan3D ~DEAD~ HAHAHHAHAHAHA
UncleGweilo Not enough werewolf. :)
I love this, why is this not on spotify?
I made a discovery today and I love both, the cover and the original🤩
So amazing
I love the guitar work on this original version.
honestly, same.
A guy who says he played guitar on this song wrote a comment on here.
I'm blown away that I have not heard this till now... This made me wonder about Lauper's other hits and who wrote them. True Colors? (not her) All Through the Night? (not her) I Drove All Night? (not her) Money Changes Everything? (not her) When You Were Mine? (not her)… Apparently she did CO-write She-Bop and Time After Time...
Reminds me of how Joan Jett's hits were all written by other people, and she is the singular songwriter on pretty much nothing.
My parents are from philly, a friend of my fathers email me the supposed original lyrics.
I'm not sure how official they are but, its more than i could find anywhere on the net for this version.
my mind is blown..
This guy went to my highschool.
Fake
SleepyPanda he went to springfield highschool, you can look it up, him and tom kiefer of cinderella.
@@dainodawg3160 omg
Nice happiness profile pi.
Sure jan
I love this version, but it's cool to hear how a song can become a mega hit with the right singer and arrangement...glad he got the $$$$
The phone rings in the middle of the night
My father says, my boy, what do you want from your life?
Father dear, you are the fortunate one
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
Come home with the morning light
My mother says, my boy, you've got to start living right
Don't worry, mother dear, you're still number one
Girls just wanna have fun
These girls just wanna have fun
That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
Some guys take a beautiful girl
They try to hide her away from the rest of the world
All my girls have got to walk in the Sun
'Cause girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
I know your love for him
Is deep as day is long
I know you'd never be the
Thing to do him wrong
But when I knock on the door
I'm close now, you could come
It really wasn't important
'Cause girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
It's all they really want
Good fun
When the working day is done
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
(Just wanna, just wanna)
Come on, boy
(Just wanna, just wanna)
oh, yeah
(Just wanna, just wanna)
You are the fortunate one
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
(Just wanna, just wanna)
Come here, boy
(Just wanna, just wanna)
Oh, yeah
(Just wanna, just wanna)
You are the fortunate one
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
Matthew Santoro?
TheFrozenBladeGaming Same...
I feel like everyone should be saying same who is watching this video
Ah I'm too late
TheFrozenBladeGaming same(if that means his channel brought me here). I wish I could find a better way to say it, but Cyndi Lauper's version is way better
TheFrozenBladeGaming Same here.
I think I like this one more. A mix of punk and rock n roll with Elvis esque vocals. I've never heard something like that before.
This version rocks.
cool song, mr. hazard, you are the man!
YOU ARE THE GUY WHO MADE GIRLS HAVE FUN!
Amazing!
Excelente e eternizada ficou, essa música, na versão de Cindy Lauper. Superdançante, superpop
I really like this version 😊
This song is not RH’s “version” of anything! It’s his ORIGINAL song!
So Elvis Costello
First time I saw Robert Hazzard and the Heroes in Dobbs, the band only knew about 5 songs. We went upstairs after we realized the songs were repeated. Next time I saw him, we had the front table and Robert walked all over our table without knocking over drinks, candles, & ashtrays .I was hooked! Even had this album. R.I.P. Robert.
I had this album... I wonder what happened to it. In Philly, Robert Hazard was just another guy on the radio, 'YSP, or 'MMR. I didn't realize he was local, or that he died. :(
Genderswapping songs is tricky and often poorly done, but Cyndi's was subtle, clever, and ingenious. But the press seems often to be too overeager to make Hazard's version a foil; he has to play the villain and they get simplistic about it.
The Atlantic and Washington Post said it was about "coerced" sex; I see no sign of that. (How liberated is it to deny women agency over their bodies?) Both also quoted the line about walking in the sun as opposed to being hidden away by a man as the crowning climax of Cyndi's brilliant feminist rewrite, the line that she wrote to make triumphantly clear what the new song was now about. And of course that is in the original! Also many sources uncritically print Cyndi's claim that "There was a whole bridge...[that] was like, 'Hey dad, we are the fortunate ones, nudge, nudge, 'cause girls they want to have fun." That was of course *not* what the line said. Instead the speaker tells Father that *Father* (not he) is the fortunate one, presumably having found the right girl and settled down. Of course he's no less placating Father than when he assures Mother that she is still the most important woman to him. But that's a very different thing from suggesting that Dad and he are going out chasing tail.
True, Hazard's original is not soon going to be winning any awards for depicting a speaker with an enlightened perspective. (But what is so wrong with that?) I think of its speaker as kind of a spoiled princeling type, "sowing his oats" in the prime of youth. Cyndi brilliantly, with just a few words (certainly far less than the papers and her seem to be under the impression were changed, but more's the accomplishment IMO) completely turned it into her own voice--the working-class punk feminist who never fit in with the expectations of her own conservative time and place. Her speaker is rebellious in a far more consequential way than Hazard's "naughty boy" being nagged by his parents (less in response to any unexpected subversion of a normal youth, it seems, than simply as a matter of playing their roles as a guiding influence in nudging him through his phases with the appropriate urgency). And she is completely comfortable in her own skin with that fact.
Journalists, though, should not feel comfortable in theirs, if they are too lazy to properly do the job they get paid to do.
THIS CAME OUT IN 1979 A nother still , LOL The 80s cant make there own , There lucky the had the 70s to bounce back on
Hey check this out. He now becomes she. I am ingenious clever and subtle.
THE 80s need to thank the 70s big time for all there cover songs BY THE 100s if not 1000s
I mean actually it wasent even cindy, her producer change the lyrics apparently
Well, of course. They do this sort of retake and shape-shifting, sleight-of-hand nonsense with a lot of things today. Paul McCartney claiming today that BlackBird is a civil rights song about Black women (total nonsense) or that Night of the Living Dead was racial in its casting of a Black in the lead role (it wasn't), or that Mister Rogers (a lifelong republican) was actually a hidden subversive Leftists. I Just think that the Left today can only love and support things if it aligns with their politics, so they Make it fit if they have to so they can enjoy it. BTW, I love the Cyndi version of the song.
this song is much more beautiful in the voice of singer Robert Hazard the real singer of. music
it is terrible
You’re joking right
it's not a version, he is the composer of this song
I didn't know Cyndi Lauper's song was a cover until about 2 weeks ago. I was floored. I'm 44 and just found out.
Me too
Come for the music, stay to read people arguing about the word "version"
Same, just three years later than you😂
He absolutely nailed it. True then, true now.
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL VERSION!!!! FANTASTIC
O didn't know about this. ☺️
Holy Moses! Yet another original. What's next, Let it Be by the Beatles was a cover for Perry Como?
LOVE!!!!!
xoxo
The Clarences
Great song!!! Didn't know there was an original version until just this second. The original is quite nice - the melody is there, the energy is there, the hook is there. Yes, a man did write it. But I feel it must be said - while certainly spirited, this is lacking something that Cyndi's version isn't. Cyndi infuses it with love, pure love. The masculine kick is nice, gives the song the frame, but the feminine touch takes it to the highest. It's like life - the feminine, the masculine. The me and the you. Both are great, both are needed. Together. That's the magic.
There's so many more lyrics in this version rather than 'when the working day is done' 'its all they really want' and 'girls just wanna have fun' for four minutes with three short verses dispersed in between.
I've never heard the original demo. Interesting how Cyndi real transformed it!
Robert Hazard From Opera Family He is The First One in The History Take Opera Down To The Rock & Roll Way of Singing -This Song Was Only (Demo) From Philadelphia Opera Musician Heroes Which Was Popular During The 1980s Robert Hazard (Rimato), 8-21-1948 to 8 5-2008,Began Writing-Singing at Age Ten. Performing in Local Folk Clubs & Coffee Houses He Grew up in Springfield,Delaware, Pennsylvania Graduated 1966.His Father a Tenor Opera Singer With Philadelphia Opera Company & Owned a jeweler's Shop,
Blows my mind this is the ONLY recording of this song. It’s a cassette!!
Wish the originals were just as popular as their covers
All this time, I thought Cyndi Lauper's version was the original... 😅 My childhood was a lie.
And it is
@@archeopia23but this came 4 years before it??
Did they record this directly into a potato?
Scott D Yes, but it was one fucking awesome potato.
+Scott D That joke is more original than this song.
It's a demo, it was never released officially. Hazard wrote it in 1979, but it sat on tne shelf until 1983 when Cyndi Lauper did it in a new arrangement. Hazard must get tasty royalty cheques!
***** It would be interesting to know what he made over the years. Wonder if his estate now gains any royalties after his passing. Miss that dude.
He passed away in 2008.
I was 15-17 when I played with him...I stayed with him through about 15-20 other musicians. As they came and went, it was sometimes just he and I sitting up in that rehearsal room in Buddtown working out songs. To this day, I've never met anyone I respect more - I learned a lifetime's worth in that time. If that weren't enough, when my own family couldn't tolerate my choice, he took me in to his home and made me feel like I belonged. Godspeed RH.
I too was one of the lucky ones to be in his band from 89-91ish, a true gent and great man and writer. Serious working with him. peace man!
Greatest song to be covered by literally anyone
Like this
Lol why speak on something you didn’t do research on. Robert Hazard, the writer of Girls Want To Have fun, only did a demo to give Cyndi and idea of what the song should sound like, the song still belongs to Cyndi Lauper. Also, the song isn’t really misogynistic, so why even bring that up?
It is what it is.
People have to find a way to be negative. 😂
I’m not disagreeing but what is this comment in relation to Because I don’t think any where in this video they said any of that
@@southernstargazer2006 oh ok cool I actually like this song so idk why people are on about the lyrics sound not much different if at all
Now let's have The Cure cover it. :)
yes,all the yes
:O...Holly...
magicmulder oh my god i wish
I wish I could heart this.
magicmulder
Girls just wanna break my heart.
I'm Robert Smith.
To CLEAR It Up. You can't COVER a song that was not commercially released. He wrote the song and made a demo tape. The original is the first commercial release. (No need to argue it's the text book definition).
The description is wrong. This guy wrote the song, not Cyndi Lauper. It is not his "version" it is the original. Lauper's is more known but this is still the original.
It's a really awesome song, I love it because it's punk rawkish. Punk rawk is my favorite kind of rawk. HI PAWS IN THE AIR!