tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post5055033186364011834..comments2024-03-28T09:13:04.373-04:00Comments on KIKO'S HOUSE: An Appreciation: Laura NyroShaun Mullenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964214385216513188noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-36433336272747059162011-02-05T01:07:05.093-05:002011-02-05T01:07:05.093-05:00Ralph, you really dont know that. Chill. Its Ralph...Ralph, you really dont know that. Chill. Its Ralphs fantasy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-81559044351346040492009-10-27T12:19:02.768-04:002009-10-27T12:19:02.768-04:00A tremendous talent who left us much too early. I ...A tremendous talent who left us much too early. I love Stoney End.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-89889406202126193002009-04-30T18:40:00.000-04:002009-04-30T18:40:00.000-04:00Laura Nyro will forever live in my mind body and s...Laura Nyro will forever live in my mind body and soul. never will i forget the ten times i had the honor of seeing her live, each time profound and special. musically i take direction from her and hear her cords come through my own songs.really there are no words to describe the love and loss i feel for her. bless you laura.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-25170208350839211152008-08-01T02:01:00.000-04:002008-08-01T02:01:00.000-04:00The is picture is breathtaking. In 1968, the song,...The is picture is breathtaking. <BR/>In 1968, the song, Stoned Soul Picnic was deliberately placed between Timer and Emmie on ELI. This was to divert and lessen the combined impact Timer and Emmie would have had. They were inspired by her then flame and eventual life partner, Maria Desiderio. She was 13 years old in 1967 and Laura was 19. In 1997, shortly before she died Laura “oversaw the production of the album..." Stoned Soul Picnic,"... and made the track selection her final artistic project.” (Wikipedia) Curiously, she chose to use the original recordings from ELI , only this time Timer and Emmie were juxtaposed. <BR/> Please see my LGBT article <BR/>Emmie - Pop's first lesbian love song. <BR/>Ralph, Let’s call her RalphRabdrakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05570986684310911473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-69467206035818380132008-05-08T23:08:00.000-04:002008-05-08T23:08:00.000-04:00Laura's mother was Jewish. Gilda. she named her so...Laura's mother was Jewish. Gilda. she named her son Gillian (Gil)after her mother. Smile, was a dedicated album around the death of her mother. Laura had a very Jewish way about her. Sure she is Italian as well, and its all over her, but her maternal connective tissue was around being partly Jewish. Her grandfather, Gilda's dad, was such a strong influence in her personal politics. Love, and Politics. I adored her muse, and still do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-11004540737597173442008-03-16T23:55:00.000-04:002008-03-16T23:55:00.000-04:00I think Laura was one of the greatest talents who ...I think Laura was one of the greatest talents who ever lived. She could bring so much ENERGY through in her music - she had all the excitement and force of gospel, but brought in the discipline, wit, and intelligence of traditional pop along with the inventiveness of jazz.<BR/><BR/>In a way, I think it's a shame so many people cite her as an influence. If you told the average discerning music fan Laura opened the door for hundreds of "female confessional singer-songwriters" they would think "oh, so she was the first Jewel or Sheryl Crow? What a bore".<BR/><BR/>But Laura wasn't a confessional singer-songwriter, whining about her feelings and strumming a guitar. She was a brilliant composer and arranger who happened to write her own very intelligent songs and sing them beautifully. She was an amalgam of Bob Dylan, Nina Simon, and Miles Davis - not the Tori Amos of her time. Nobody can be compared to this brilliant woman, and she is surely missed in this present time of self-indulgence and mediocrity in music.<BR/><BR/>We love you, Laura.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19217611.post-74396955385814964962007-10-18T09:45:00.000-04:002007-10-18T09:45:00.000-04:00I loved Laura Nyro so much, to this day, one of my...I loved Laura Nyro so much, to this day, one of my brothers still calls me "Laura." I went through five copies of "Eli" and was lucky enough to see her several times - including a Sunday afternoon gig at the old Main Point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com