Back to Ms Laura
- philogguk
- Oct 29, 2021
- 1 min read
Starting the prep again towards next Thursday's Livestream - Time & Love, Exploring Music by Laura Nyro, and more! By 1969, having written a string of songs that became big hits for other people, Laura was a shining star in the New York music scene/business. But the business wasn't what she was interested in. So already, by New York Tendaberry, her glorious third album (and probably my favourite), she was heading further and further away from the mainstream. According to her biography, there were few hooks or catchy choruses among the gems that made up New York Tendaberry. Laura Nyro was moving deeper and deeper into her own world of art and emotion, where she would be the only one brave enough to sing her songs. Brave or crazy, we'll attempt some next Thursday!
New York Tendaberry came out Sept 24th 1969. We can only imagine what people made of it. I'm sure for some (like me years later) it was like a thunderbolt, and their lives - at least their musical lives - would never be the same again...
Here's a little sequence of three around that title song...
I hope Im writing in the right space...? Matti I just sat back to enjoy your brilliant version of And When I Die. Such a great song. Loved you singing and playing it and with THE HAT!!! wunderbar!!!
Billy,of all the cocktail recipes you have posted this one takes my fancy. Good job I didn't try to drink 121!! - I might still be in a coma!. Great tune Billy, with wonderful intro Julia.🍸🍹🍺🍻🍷🍾🥂🥃
Billy, pretty Laura/Laura tune!
Billy, thanks for the primer on sweet blindness and for reminding me of anise. I’m taken back to Colombian aguardiente, in a cinnamon tea sweetened with panela—I think in the UK it’s better known as jaggery. I have no idea how to say it in US English. Even here, I’ve only bought it in Spanish :)
Brave as always! Go for it! Ooo, getting ready!