21 years old, lived alone, had her album, would get home from work, lay on the couch and listen to her album on my turntable. What a voice, what a talent. I'm now 69 yrs. old. Still 21 in my head, but a bit wiser.
@@eileenstolte1417 I discovered her through Todd Rundgren who said Nyro was a big influence on his music. That led me to all these great songs that I never knew were hers.
Met her at the Troubador in West Hollywood in 1968 following an incredible performance. My sister and I merely went to the stage door and asked to meet her and we were ushered in. Such a marvelous, warm, loving soul. I consider the moment one I will cherish always.
Twenty-five years ago a bright light dimmed when Laura passed. But, years before that, I was blessed, living in Boston, and my job was working with a crew of other college-age guys handling security at concerts at the Boston Garden, and throughout New England colleges hosting campus-facility concerts. Going to college at UMass-Amherst was difficult some days when I drove, after UMass classes, from Amherst-to-Boston, worked a Boston Garden concert, and then had to drive two-hours back to Amherst because I often had an 8am or 9am class, three-days-a-week.. The best part of the job was working security outside of the talent's private rooms. Many times, there'd be loads of liquor, beer, ice, mega sandwiches and more for the talent and their hanger-ons. Some talents and their crews had a special culinary need: chocolate chip cookies; shrimp; But one night I drew Laura's private room. It had cokes and Pepsi, ice, and a vat of ice cream. That's it. Nothing more. (Usually, you let the talent be, other than introducing yourself to any manager traveling with the talent to ask if they'll need or want something. The talent's record label would assign someone to travel with the talent, but I cannot remember who was traveling with her.) So, I did that with Laura, and she was so kind and inviting. I asked if she wanted anything and she smiled, "no, I'm fine," she replied, so I opened the door, starting to back out-of-the-room, and she asked "what's you name." I replied "Rick, Ms. Nyro." "Rick, I'm Laura," she said, "not Ms. Nyro." After the concert, she came back to the room, packed a very small suitcase, a guitar and flute and said "Rick, thanks for all your help." She blew me a kiss, then walked out of my life. I still miss that moment!
Laura Nyro was revered by her peers. She was the voice of a whole generation. There will never ever be another like her. l feel so fortunate that I experienced her brillance. The youth of today need to discover this incredible musical icon.
There's something truly unfair about this life, that someone like her gets taken away much too soon; yet we are left with the likes of those who make this world so troubling. I am so glad her music lives on, but how I wish I had gotten to know her while she was still with us. Simply enchanting, Laura
@@samkohen4589 Not really true... Apparently she had long stretches of not recording music after that initial burst. She was very young when she was more prolific. It's possible that this was her creative peak. It's a spiritual thing which cannot be measured in illusory time. Physical life is temporary; that much is sure. Laura's lyrics certainly seemed to understand a higher truth...
@@lemurianchick Actually when she had completed 'Going to take a Miracle' with Labelle, disgusted by the whole music industry she simply quit the industry. She was only 24. It would take a few years before she made a bit of a comeback.
It's amazing that she never had a hit with this and her other songs recorded by other artists. What a genius, what a beautiful heart and love for her fans.She was truly one of a kind.
A girl I loved in college(1970) had this album. She knew I loved several songs she had written covered by Blood, Sweat, and Tears, Three Dog Night, 5th Dimension, etc. I was blown away! Laura was a shooting star. Gone too soon but left a beautiful legacy.
I had Laura's albums. When I discovered her and realized that Barbara Streisand and Blood Sweat & Tears had hits that were written by her I much preferred listening to her. When an artist creates something such as a song they have the passion to deliver it in the spirit in which it was written.
I was 17 when I changed my own diaper for the first time. Probably not the same when it comes to world influence .... But. I was not trying to make an impact just looking for relief. j/k I can't listen to Laura Nyro's songs without crying. The most underrated woman singer/songwriter ... should be always be mentioned in the same breath/conversation as Carol King.
Oh my goodness that's totally amazing to hear she was most definitely a nature of force with pen&paper one of her most precious and most sentimental of songs I don't know I've just discovered her in 2020
I’m ashamed to say that I had never heard of Laura Nyro until I looked here on RUclips for this song. I had loved it in my youth, the Barbara Streisand version. But once I heard Laura’s version, I loved this one much much more. I looked her up and discovered that this incredibly talented lady wrote much of the soundtrack of my youth! I wish she were still around, writing great songs, playing the piano and singing her heart out.
Patti Messenger Same, have just discovered her tonight, but sure will be listening to lots more of her work. Don’t know why I’ve not heard of her before now!
@@peterharms3639lNever too late. Thanks to You Tube I continue to discover tons of blues artists from the 1920's and '30's. So many I'd never heard about.
Yes, I usually prefer the author’s version of a song but especially so in this case. Streisand does a respectable job, technically correct but, man oh man, Laura!
In the late 60's, early 70's , if you recorded a Laura Nyro song, you were guaranteed a hit.! 5Th Dimension. 3 Dog Night, Barbara Streisand to name but 3. She was a genius songwriter and left us far too early.!
interesting side note. I read somewhere she was being considered the singer for Blood Sweat and Tears- after Al Kooper before David Clayton Thomas I imagine...they certainly did a number of her tunes..weird thought ,her being the front person for that band.
+mistersurrealist You're absolutely right. Other versions by Ronstadt, Streisand, Sarah Bareilles, or the 5th Dimension never quite got the adventure & raw power of Laura
i watched it too and was moved by BETTE MIDLER'S emotional introduction. it was thrilling to finally see her inducted and to be recognized by the industry. there will never be anyone quite like her again...
Extremely talented too and this is the 1st time in my 59 years I've heard her sing her versions. What a great voice to go with her talent as a songwriter! he left us way too soon.
I've always wondered what she was like in person. When I look at her photos it's easy to see the emotional depth she put into songs like this reflected in her face. She's certainly attractive in a conventional sense but it goes so much deeper than that. Even if I'd never heard her sing a note I think she's the kind of woman I'd see across a crowded room and fall instantly in love.
Just noticed this little tid bit- On this week 50 years ago, December of 1969, she had THREE of her songs in the top 20 Billboard hits. #10, "And When I Die" (Blood, Sweat, and Tears), #11, "Eli's Coming" (Three Dog Night), and #19 "Wedding Bell Blues" (5th Dimension). Wow, what a talent.
In the last week of November 1969 on Billboard, these three songs were actually in the top ten: #2 And When I Die, #3 Wedding Bell Blues, #10 Eli's Comin. Wedding Bell Blues was #1 in November for 3 weeks before being being replaced by The Beatles Come Together in the last week. Cheers.
I hadn't heard this in years. When I listened to it a few minutes ago, I realized that back in the day, this was the version the DJs were playing in Houston and San Antonio Texas, not the Barbra Streisand version. No wonder, it's the best version (nothing against Barbra, but Laura nailed it!
Thanks for posting this! I've always loved Laura Nyro music. Now that my Mama has passed though, I cry more when I hear it, because she's no longer here to cradle/comfort me. (Or me her) We never get to old to need our Mamas. 😞
What a talent ... Laura, Carole King, Neil Diamond, Neil Sedaka ... the last of the great Tin Pan Alley/Brill Bldg. songwriters ... and the first of them to find their own voices and record their own songs ... monumental... But Laura, though, God! what a flower ... (but for two months) my exact contemporary, which means she's been an influence & an inspiration since (good Lord!) I was a junior in college ... and that was in the last century, and some
Saw her at Univ of Detroit in 1970 after a snowstorm. Just her and a piano, some people in the stands. No recording delivers the power of her voice. It rattled the building. And to think she also wrote all these songs. It's mind blowing.
I rediscovered this beautiful and superbly talented woman on a PBS broadcast of "Inventing David Geffen" As a kid I remember Laura Nyro lived near my uncle on LOng Island. I wish more people knew that she was the author of the songs that were made famous by other artists.some people can write, some can sing, Laura Nyro did both like an angel. Her gift was truly divine..
Jesus she's got it. She's so great I cannot understand how I missed her rendition of this excellent song. But I was even 11 years old. I think it was recorded by the 5th dimension and heard it then. But her version is much better than theirs, so youthful.
Big themes, beautiful melodies, shifting rhythms, dramatic arrangements, impassioned vocals and stunning, gospel pop soul-Laura Nyro should be celebrated as one of the greatest singer songwriters of all time.
I've seen her name numerous times on album covers and CDs as the composer of various songs. But I have just now discovered her own actual singing. What a beautiful voice.
As both a songwriter and vocalist/musician, Laura Nyro is every bit as important as Bob Dylan - but for whatever reason, she tends to fly under the radar in terms of proportionate recognition. She is so deeply immersed in her music - and was truly 'badass' before anyone really knew what that meant. I admire - and miss her. What music she could have made if given more time...
I feel in the short ,so to speak Run Laura had .It is unmatched by anything in the last 30 or more yrs. Maybe a century-Singers and so called artists today ,a good 99% cant sing a lick or compose a scratch pad worth of original music. It's Foolery at the highest level and People sheeple are buying it.
I absolutely agree, Nancy. She regarded herself primarily as a poet ( which ofcourse she was ), and I for one think that her lyrics are finer and more original than Bob Dylan's ( and for which he was recently awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature ). But I think you put your finger on it - her genius was a gargantuan one, and in a sense her talent was too big for her times to handle. She was a very great singer, a remarkable and influential composer, and a superb lyricist. Society often finds it difficult to honor one whose gifts are so manifold. But we're catching up to her now, and that's a good thing.
Me too! Will be 52 next month, a music fan my whole life, and I knew Laura as a songwriter, but not her voice and all the great lyrics and her playing and seeing. She was so gifted, so passionate. Love her. Can't stop thinking about her and listening!
Flew from Texas to China in early December 2016 on business. Long flight, Lauro was one of the listed audio options, and it was one of my life's greatest pleasures to be able to sit back, relax and hear her song with such beauty, talent and fervor.
There was something so magical about the late 60's/early 70's singer/song writers ..... and Laura Nyro seems to capture it all in her music. Noooo, dammit I am NOT cryin' ...
I envy you. I am 65 now . My older sister and brother listened to her . I still do now. I don't think they give her enough credit. She is a marvelous songwriter, singer , composer and pianist.
Wonderful article about her in today’s Wall Street Journal so have been looking for my old albums until I slapped my forehead and said YOU TUBE! What a great voice; like meeting up with an old friend.
I was so happy to hear the news when Laura Nyro was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I'm only sorry it took so long, she was an original and I've always loved her music, dating back from the late 60's. My dad was a fan of her music, he taught my sisters and I to appreciate the lyrics. Her music will live forever, she and Carole King are some of the original great songwriters. Thank you
Both versions are great. Barbara couldn't do a bad version of anything. But Laura slipped up on me. Never heard of her til recently. And now I learn that she wrote all of these great songs that have been part of my life for 50 years.
I saw her live performance in 1971. It still gives me goosebumps to think about it. Her voice. Her charisma. Her talent. I sat in awe through the whole concert. A small venue of maybe 300 seats
I listened to Laura Nyro all thru highschool, her music made you think & took you on mind trips that way.. I still have Laura's first two albums, and I have always treasured them! Laura was the first lady of musical storytales... her music is so meaningful & natural in every way, she started a fury wayyy back, these artists today do not compare... Thank you for leaving the world such treasures. RIP Laura...
There is nobody quite like Laura and her music. She was truly one of a kind. I fell in love with her as a teen and followed her music until her death. Heaven is now filled with her music.
Probably the most influential female artist in contemporary music in the last 50 years. She has influenced scores of female singers and songwriters since Joni Mitchell to date. And many males as well such as Elton John, Todd Rundgren, Steely Dan, to name a few. While in the music industry she is known to everyone from jazz artists to the many rappers that have sampled her (eg Kanye in 'Glory'), I find it intriguing that Laura is relatively obscure with the public: probably because she never had her own big hit single in an era when that was the key to getting known, through AM radio.
Heard "Gonna Take A Miracle" many years ago.I mwas blown away. Laura was a creative dynamo! To gifted for the music business because she had it all. Couldn't catagorize a musician, composer, vocalist like LAURA. SHE WAS TO GOOD!
@@eileenstolte1417 it was written by Randazzo, Weinstein and Stallman. However Laura did an album in 1971 with Labelle called It’s Gonna Take a Miracle that included the song and many other R&B covers of songs she loved growing up.
This album with all these great songs was possibly the greatest album ever by a female artist. Hands down. Period. IT was a once in a century assembly of writing and singing I have ever heard. Today while walking my dog, Banjo, I listened to it again on my Ipod. I was reminded of my youth and how I loved these songs and , Laura Nyro.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! R.I.P. LAURA.YOU LIVE ON THROW YOUR SONGS TODAY I PLAYED STONEY END FOR THE FRIST TIME TO MY 15 YEAROLD DAUGTHER KRISTIN!! SHE LOVED IT!!!!!!
I am just so sorry I didn't know Ms Laura I am just finding out about her here in 2020 she's before my time but she was truly a force to be reckoned with I am so glad I found this beautiful being I just love her and all her amazing songs I am so glad I found you Laura and truly I am your most loyal fan forever in my ❤️ I am so sorry you passed away and when I die and when I'm gone one child born ❤️
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21 years old, lived alone, had her album, would get home from work, lay on the couch and listen to her album on my turntable. What a voice, what a talent. I'm now 69 yrs. old. Still 21 in my head, but a bit wiser.
I get it
Completely understand, Doxie - and I'm a lot older 😉😪 I love Barbra Streisand's version just as much.
God Bless yes time fly's I'm 81 wiser I don't know.
With age you get wisdom but I would give up every deep thought in my head if it would get me my hair back......... just sayin'..........
Same age Same reaction.Blessing from NZ
Just beautifully sung by a beautiful woman.. shame she's gone so young..
she was 49
Laura Nyro - one of the most under appreciated singer songwriters of 20th century popular music.
fact!
By the public, yes. Many musicians recognize her influence.
You got that right 👍
Soo true,! Truly underrated.....I am so lucky to have been listening to Laura since '69-'70.
@@eileenstolte1417 I discovered her through Todd Rundgren who said Nyro was a big influence on his music. That led me to all these great songs that I never knew were hers.
Met her at the Troubador in West Hollywood in 1968 following an incredible performance. My sister and I merely went to the stage door and asked to meet her and we were ushered in. Such a marvelous, warm, loving soul. I consider the moment one I will cherish always.
Lucky you
An amazing story! Thank you for sharing it!
Very nice. Never heard her sing before. Only familiar with her name and the Streisand song, of course.
@@vincentruvo6988 Laura is phenomenal my friend! Check out her work it is truly Beautiful. Peace.
Thanks for sharing this with us; I'm sure it was a beautiful and special moment.🙂🌻🌞
Twenty-five years ago a bright light dimmed when Laura passed. But, years before that, I was blessed, living in Boston, and my job was working with a crew of other college-age guys handling security at concerts at the Boston Garden, and throughout New England colleges hosting campus-facility concerts.
Going to college at UMass-Amherst was difficult some days when I drove, after UMass classes, from Amherst-to-Boston, worked a Boston Garden concert, and then had to drive two-hours back to Amherst because I often had an 8am or 9am class, three-days-a-week..
The best part of the job was working security outside of the talent's private rooms. Many times, there'd be loads of liquor, beer, ice, mega sandwiches and more for the talent and their hanger-ons. Some talents and their crews had a special culinary need: chocolate chip cookies; shrimp; But one night I drew Laura's private room. It had cokes and Pepsi, ice, and a vat of ice cream. That's it. Nothing more.
(Usually, you let the talent be, other than introducing yourself to any manager traveling with the talent to ask if they'll need or want something. The talent's record label would assign someone to travel with the talent, but I cannot remember who was traveling with her.)
So, I did that with Laura, and she was so kind and inviting. I asked if she wanted anything and she smiled, "no, I'm fine," she replied, so I opened the door, starting to back out-of-the-room, and she asked "what's you name." I replied "Rick, Ms. Nyro."
"Rick, I'm Laura," she said, "not Ms. Nyro." After the concert, she came back to the room, packed a very small suitcase, a guitar and flute and said "Rick, thanks for all your help."
She blew me a kiss, then walked out of my life. I still miss that moment!
That's a great story, man.
Yeah. that's one to cherish and sounds like your youthful innocence was a part of it. Thanks for sharing.
Brilliant brilliant story.
Good post Rick.... thx.
Thanks for this sweet story.
Stunning talent who left us a treasure trove of beautiful music.
Totally agree. I've been getting into Carol King and Laura really impacted the times. She is just amazing. Genius I would say.
She wrote this...and her version is my favorite. (the quality of her voice...so shimmering...)
Far superior to the better-known Streisand cover version!
Yes. I totally agree 👍
This woman is an absolute genius of a songwriter, absolutely one of a kind.
And almost criminally underrated
RIP, Laura
Laura Nyro wrote so many No. 1 hits and many people never heard of her she was with out a doubt a song writing genius
I couldn't have gotten through my freshman year of college without her. This album carried me through.
What year?
Laura Nyro was revered by her peers. She was the voice of a whole generation. There will never ever be another like her. l feel so fortunate that I experienced her brillance. The youth of today need to discover this incredible musical icon.
Amen.
Every song Laura Nyro ever wrote is a cherished gift!
well said , I couldn't have put it better
well said , I couldn't have put it better
Jesus is paradise and HE wanted Laura to show her how very very special she is. Ms. NYRO is in HIS ARMS. Bet on it!!
Even if she didn't believe?
to suffern63:
Her music tells us that she's a believer, don't you see?
She had one of the greatest voices I've ever heard and she was a genius when it came to songwriting!
true
Amen sister!
She was also a fine keyboardist, mainly a pianist. :)
@George Morenstein laura was something special
She was my all time favorite ❤
There's something truly unfair about this life, that someone like her gets taken away much too soon; yet we are left with the likes of those who make this world so troubling. I am so glad her music lives on, but how I wish I had gotten to know her while she was still with us. Simply enchanting, Laura
Passed away at 49. Had so much music still inside her
@@samkohen4589 I know. Her voice is so unique and hauntingly beautiful. Miss her presence here...
@@samkohen4589 Not really true... Apparently she had long stretches of not recording music after that initial burst. She was very young when she was more prolific. It's possible that this was her creative peak. It's a spiritual thing which cannot be measured in illusory time. Physical life is temporary; that much is sure. Laura's lyrics certainly seemed to understand a higher truth...
@@lemurianchick Actually when she had completed 'Going to take a Miracle' with Labelle, disgusted by the whole music industry she simply quit the industry. She was only 24. It would take a few years before she made a bit of a comeback.
@@samkohen4589 How did she make the comeback? The fact there is virtually no footage is odd. Sometimes I wonder...
Her and Carol King were the best female piano player singer writers of their generation.
Her certainly was !
Would you add Carly Simon.
Don't forget Joni!
I'm with Frank here on this one. Ms.Nyro and Carol King the top two. The rest are looking up!
@@dennisrowan9700 Sorry...Joni HAS TO be there.
It's amazing that she never had a hit with this and her other songs recorded by other artists. What a genius, what a beautiful heart and love for her fans.She was truly one of a kind.
A girl I loved in college(1970) had this album. She knew I loved several songs she had written covered by Blood, Sweat, and Tears, Three Dog Night, 5th Dimension, etc. I was blown away! Laura was a shooting star. Gone too soon but left a beautiful legacy.
Every girl then had Tapestry in her record collection and no disrespect to the great Carole King but one who liked Laura Nyro was someone special.
I also loved a girl in college who turned me onto Laura and here we are 50 years later, remembering that girl and still loving Laura Nyro.
I had Laura's albums. When I discovered her and realized that Barbara Streisand and Blood Sweat & Tears had hits that were written by her I much preferred listening to her. When an artist creates something such as a song they have the passion to deliver it in the spirit in which it was written.
She was 17 when she wrote this
Talents like this come once in a generation.
I was 17 when I changed my own diaper for the first time. Probably not the same when it comes to world influence .... But. I was not trying to make an impact just looking for relief.
j/k I can't listen to Laura Nyro's songs without crying. The most underrated woman singer/songwriter ... should be always be mentioned in the same breath/conversation as Carol King.
I was burning ants the sidewalk with a magnifying glass when I was 17!
Oh my goodness that's totally amazing to hear she was most definitely a nature of force with pen&paper one of her most precious and most sentimental of songs I don't know I've just discovered her in 2020
@@jonirving5606 Wrong, century
I’m ashamed to say that I had never heard of Laura Nyro until I looked here on RUclips for this song. I had loved it in my youth, the Barbara Streisand version. But once I heard Laura’s version, I loved this one much much more. I looked her up and discovered that this incredibly talented lady wrote much of the soundtrack of my youth! I wish she were still around, writing great songs, playing the piano and singing her heart out.
Patti Messenger Same, have just discovered her tonight, but sure will be listening to lots more of her work. Don’t know why I’ve not heard of her before now!
@@peterharms3639lNever too late. Thanks to You Tube I continue to discover tons of blues artists from the 1920's and '30's. So many I'd never heard about.
Me too. Just thought that Nyro was a great songwriter. Had no idea until a few months ago, that she was also a singer.
Yes, I usually prefer the author’s version of a song but especially so in this case. Streisand does a respectable job, technically correct but, man oh man, Laura!
Laura Nyro is one of the best singer/songwriters of probably the best era of singer/songwriters.
In the late 60's, early 70's , if you recorded a Laura Nyro song, you were guaranteed a hit.! 5Th Dimension. 3 Dog Night, Barbara Streisand to name but 3. She was a genius songwriter and left us far too early.!
interesting side note. I read somewhere she was being considered the singer for Blood Sweat and Tears- after Al Kooper before David Clayton Thomas I imagine...they certainly did a number of her tunes..weird thought ,her being the front person for that band.
Such heart and soul in her music , I can only listen to HER version of her song.
+mistersurrealist You're absolutely right. Other versions by Ronstadt, Streisand, Sarah Bareilles, or the 5th Dimension never quite got the adventure & raw power of Laura
+Dan Reese Is there another version? ;)
merlinstwin didn't you read the post above by another ? seems like others have did a take on this song .
+Dan Reese Erm.... I was joking. I guess it was too subtle.
merlinstwin np
Beautiful inside and out and much underrated as a singer and songwriter!!!!!
@Marianne Reid-Brown Fake compliment alert! People bought app. ten million records of performances of her songs.
i watched it too and was moved by BETTE MIDLER'S emotional introduction. it was thrilling to finally see her inducted and to be recognized by the industry. there will never be anyone quite like her again...
Absolutely VAST. What a force that still is so true, beautiful and incomparable. Love you Laura!
Vast. Yes. Good description.
Laura Nyro was beautiful.
+Craig Blast I don't think she thought she was beautiful. I don't think she saw what the rest of us saw in her. She was beautiful.
Beenthere Donethat Ok leave your sister out of this.
See? Where YOU go, friction is there. I just found this thread. You have negative vibes, Bud.
Extremely talented too and this is the 1st time in my 59 years I've heard her sing her versions. What a great voice to go with her talent as a songwriter! he left us way too soon.
I've always wondered what she was like in person. When I look at her photos it's easy to see the emotional depth she put into songs like this reflected in her face. She's certainly attractive in a conventional sense but it goes so much deeper than that. Even if I'd never heard her sing a note I think she's the kind of woman I'd see across a crowded room and fall instantly in love.
Just noticed this little tid bit- On this week 50 years ago, December of 1969, she had THREE of her songs in the top 20 Billboard hits. #10, "And When I Die" (Blood, Sweat, and Tears), #11, "Eli's Coming" (Three Dog Night), and #19 "Wedding Bell Blues" (5th Dimension). Wow, what a talent.
In the last week of November 1969 on Billboard, these three songs were actually in the top ten: #2 And When I Die, #3 Wedding Bell Blues, #10 Eli's Comin. Wedding Bell Blues was #1 in November for 3 weeks before being being replaced by The Beatles Come Together in the last week. Cheers.
GENIUS
I was 5 when my mother played this for me and we danced .... I still remember it like yesterday ...
Lotta Krap I love this picture so much
That is very sweet.
That is such a luminous and comforting memory, and a great context for the song. "Cradle me, Mama, cradle me again." Thanks for sharing it.
The most beautiful voice I’ve ever heard
I hadn't heard this in years. When I listened to it a few minutes ago, I realized that back in the day, this was the version the DJs were playing in Houston and San Antonio Texas, not the Barbra Streisand version. No wonder, it's the best version (nothing against Barbra, but Laura nailed it!
Thanks for posting this! I've always loved Laura Nyro music. Now that my Mama has passed though, I cry more when I hear it, because she's no longer here to cradle/comfort me. (Or me her) We never get to old to need our Mamas. 😞
*too
What a talent ... Laura, Carole King, Neil Diamond, Neil Sedaka ... the last of the great Tin Pan Alley/Brill Bldg. songwriters ... and the first of them to find their own voices and record their own songs ... monumental... But Laura, though, God! what a flower ... (but for two months) my exact contemporary, which means she's been an influence & an inspiration since (good Lord!) I was a junior in college ... and that was in the last century, and some
agreed! we won't see their likes again!! last great wave of lyrical song writers--
She wasn't Brill Bldg. She was up there with Jimmy Webb as a classic American songwriter.
Saw her at Univ of Detroit in 1970 after a snowstorm. Just her and a piano, some people in the stands. No recording delivers the power of her voice. It rattled the building. And to think she also wrote all these songs. It's mind blowing.
That is what you call a good voice, soulful, sincere and passionate
I rediscovered this beautiful and superbly talented woman on a PBS broadcast of "Inventing David Geffen" As a kid I remember Laura Nyro lived near my uncle on LOng Island. I wish more people knew that she was the author of the songs that were made famous by other artists.some people can write, some can sing, Laura Nyro did both like an angel. Her gift was truly divine..
+Patrice Cowhig I saw that PBS show on Geffen. I was surprised by their professional relationship and how hurt he was by it.
Jesus she's got it. She's so great I cannot understand how I missed her rendition of this excellent song. But I was even 11 years old. I think it was recorded by the 5th dimension and heard it then. But her version is much better than theirs, so youthful.
Barbra streisand knocked it outta the park. I love that rendition, too.
This isn't a rendition; this is the original. If you want to hear a good rendition, check out Linda Ronstadt's.
Yes she was an incredible talent
She wrote it ✌️💓
I can feel her in my soul when I’ve walked through Greenwich Village in the dark, in the rain.
A gift to all of us.
The greatest songwriter that ever lived, hands down.
Big themes, beautiful melodies, shifting rhythms, dramatic arrangements, impassioned vocals and stunning, gospel pop soul-Laura Nyro should be celebrated as one of the greatest singer songwriters of all time.
I miss you Laura Nyro. You helped me to get through high school. Thank you. Rest in Musical Heaven.
I've seen her name numerous times on album covers and CDs as the composer of various songs. But I have just now discovered her own actual singing. What a beautiful voice.
Same here
Me 2.
As both a songwriter and vocalist/musician, Laura Nyro is every bit as important as Bob Dylan - but for whatever reason, she tends to fly under the radar in terms of proportionate recognition. She is so deeply immersed in her music - and was truly 'badass' before anyone really knew what that meant. I admire - and miss her. What music she could have made if given more time...
See the youtube of Sara Bareilles at Laura's Rock Hall of Fame induction discussing what a 'punk' Laura was, and her musical bravery.
I feel in the short ,so to speak Run Laura had .It is unmatched by anything in the last
30 or more yrs. Maybe a century-Singers and so called artists today ,a good 99% cant sing a lick or compose a scratch pad worth of original music. It's Foolery at the highest level and People sheeple are buying it.
I absolutely agree, Nancy. She regarded herself primarily as a poet ( which ofcourse she was ), and I for one think that her lyrics are finer and more original than Bob Dylan's ( and for which he was recently awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature ). But I think you put your finger on it - her genius was a gargantuan one, and in a sense her talent was too big for her times to handle. She was a very great singer, a remarkable and influential composer, and a superb lyricist. Society often finds it difficult to honor one whose gifts are so manifold. But we're catching up to her now, and that's a good thing.
Women are under-appreciated in all fields it seems.
I'm ready to agree only when someone brings to my knowledge her equivalent of Visions of Johanna
The original and the best version !
Me too! Will be 52 next month, a music fan my whole life, and I knew Laura as a songwriter, but not her voice and all the great lyrics and her playing and seeing. She was so gifted, so passionate. Love her. Can't stop thinking about her and listening!
There are some really great and not so great covers of this song, but Laura’s is still the best!
Hugely under rated female artiste. This is real music.
Flew from Texas to China in early December 2016 on business. Long flight, Lauro was one of the listed audio options, and it was one of my life's greatest pleasures to be able to sit back, relax and hear her song with such beauty, talent and fervor.
There was something so magical about the late 60's/early 70's singer/song writers ..... and Laura Nyro seems to capture it all in her music. Noooo, dammit I am NOT cryin' ...
I envy you. I am 65 now . My older sister and brother listened to her . I still do now. I don't think they give her enough credit. She is a marvelous songwriter, singer , composer and pianist.
what an amazing lyric... Laura Nyro makes me weep (in a good way)whenever i hear her music..
Her voice gives me goosebumps. Unbelievable voice.
This is the best version of this song, period.
What a brilliant, brilliant song from an iconic song writer.
Wonderful article about her in today’s Wall Street Journal so have been looking for my old albums until I slapped my forehead and said YOU TUBE! What a great voice; like meeting up with an old friend.
@Lovemylovething Totally agreed. Nyro was an original; no one like her before or since.
I was so happy to hear the news when Laura Nyro was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I'm only sorry it took so long, she was an original and I've always loved her music, dating back from the late 60's. My dad was a fan of her music, he taught my sisters and I to appreciate the lyrics. Her music will live forever, she and Carole King are some of the original great songwriters. Thank you
Both versions are great. Barbara couldn't do a bad version of anything. But Laura slipped up on me. Never heard of her til recently. And now I learn that she wrote all of these great songs that have been part of my life for 50 years.
"The zeal for ranking impedes thought." Martha Nussbaum
I saw her live performance in 1971. It still gives me goosebumps to think about it. Her voice. Her charisma. Her talent. I sat in awe through the whole concert. A small venue of maybe 300 seats
Linda Ronstadt also does a very good version of this song.
LInda Ronstadt's version is superior to Barbara, IMO.
Special talent.
She wrote alot of great music.I still play her She's Timeless
I listened to Laura Nyro all thru highschool, her music made you think & took you on mind trips that way.. I still have Laura's first two albums, and I have always treasured them! Laura was the first lady of musical storytales... her music is so meaningful & natural in every way, she started a fury wayyy back, these artists today do not compare... Thank you for leaving the world such treasures. RIP Laura...
There is nobody quite like Laura and her music. She was truly one of a kind. I fell in love with her as a teen and followed her music until her death. Heaven is now filled with her music.
Everyone else that plays your music is nothing more than an imatation. You are the real deal with your fantastic vocal range! RIP sweetie!!
She’s the goddess of music 🎵🎶
Always come back to Laura when I'm a bit drunk but want to hear where it all started. You always be with us Laura.
Singer, songwriter, musician, and one of America's greatest talents taken too soon. Why hasn't someone made a biopic of this treasure?
I love the way she sings her own songs. Much better than the other artists. Love her so much.
The best of the great pop women singers from the 1960s.
Probably the most influential female artist in contemporary music in the last 50 years. She has influenced scores of female singers and songwriters since Joni Mitchell to date. And many males as well such as Elton John, Todd Rundgren, Steely Dan, to name a few. While in the music industry she is known to everyone from jazz artists to the many rappers that have sampled her (eg Kanye in 'Glory'), I find it intriguing that Laura is relatively obscure with the public: probably because she never had her own big hit single in an era when that was the key to getting known, through AM radio.
She was a trailblazer and a legend in the truest definitions to both of those words.
One of my favorite artists for almost 50 years!
Her voice is miracle i love it
Every time I hear the fantastic voice of Laura Nyro I get goosebumps. Amazing music.
love Laura.....cried the day she died!! her music lives on!!
Phenomenal songwriter and a beautiful soulful singer. Above top shelf.
Laura Nyro was one of a kind and no one comes even close to her.
You are absolutely right.
true!
Doesn,t make the cut.
great singer it so brings back the 60s such a good version special lady
Her music is played every day at my house
Heard "Gonna Take A Miracle" many years ago.I mwas blown away. Laura was a creative dynamo! To gifted for the music business because she had it all. Couldn't catagorize a musician, composer, vocalist like LAURA. SHE WAS TO GOOD!
I never knew Laure wrote that! Wow
@@eileenstolte1417 it was written by Randazzo, Weinstein and Stallman. However Laura did an album in 1971 with Labelle called It’s Gonna Take a Miracle that included the song and many other R&B covers of songs she loved growing up.
This album with all these great songs was possibly the greatest album ever by a female artist. Hands down. Period. IT was a once in a century assembly of writing and singing I have ever heard. Today while walking my dog, Banjo, I listened to it again on my Ipod. I was reminded of my youth and how I loved these songs and , Laura Nyro.
For someone so well known as a songwriter, she had an incredible voice in her own right, exemplified powerfully in this song
What a great song writer and singer.
All these years, I've only ever known the Streisand version. Thanks.
her voice gives me chills :) i just love it
Me too!
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! R.I.P. LAURA.YOU LIVE ON THROW YOUR SONGS TODAY I PLAYED STONEY END FOR THE FRIST TIME TO MY 15 YEAROLD DAUGTHER KRISTIN!! SHE LOVED IT!!!!!!
I can listen to this song and her all day. The only problem I have with this song is that it's too short
Don't believe we'll ever see another liker genius
She was a gift.
this song has been going through my mind for 45 years, great to hear it again.mmmmwahhh!
She strikes me as the woman you would want to sing in your house. She is a gift.
This song has been running in my mind for a couple months now, trying to remember who did it and finally found it. What a take back
Wow, I'm 52 and only just discovered this voice!! The sweetest thing I've ever heard.
What a year, 1968. What a voice, Laura! RIP.
Going down the Stony End. Great song! Cradle me again. The fury and the matching thunder has matched my raging soul.
I am just so sorry I didn't know Ms Laura I am just finding out about her here in 2020 she's before my time but she was truly a force to be reckoned with I am so glad I found this beautiful being I just love her and all her amazing songs I am so glad I found you Laura and truly I am your most loyal fan forever in my ❤️ I am so sorry you passed away and when I die and when I'm gone one child born ❤️
Welcome to the Nyro worship club, Katy!
Thanks for sharing your comments Whiz
@@katymartin5026 Get it, like "hero"? That's how it's pronounced, in case you didn't know.
Ten times better than Barbra Streisand. I was 21 when I first heard of Laura Nyro and wow I was blown away!!! And still am 46 years later!!!
A MILLION times better than Streisand.
Agreed. She's indelible on ones memory soul
Barbara who?
I heard Streisand’s version first. Once I heard Laura, Barbra sounded like a child with a Mr Microphone.
Cant compare the two . like comparing Joplin with Maria Callas , different intonation Nyro was raw Streisand is polished. both great vocalists
Laura Nyro's musical talent made a lot of singers and musicians very wealthy.
Thank you wonderful Lady for the joy you brought to so many of us.
This made me weep uncontrollably tonight. Thanks again Laura, I needed it.
Cradle me, mama, cradle me again.
every song she sing gives me shivers down my spine whenever I hear them
She was amazing !!!! Brilliant !!!
so much talent, I have never stopped loving you Laura