Great Retrospective
Hard to believe she was a teen when she wrote her first hits. A great songwriter who is forgotten today. Disk 1 is best but I Met Him on a Sunday (disk 2) is terrific.
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Confession
I have two confessions to make. I cannot get into POP music, because some are boring, and the rules of music is done by POP standards. My other confession is that I shyed away from Laura Nyro for ten years, and now I feel like I'm way behind the times! She doesn't have the best voice in the world, but I have found that is her charm. And her music is not boring by any means, in fact it's very interesting! I am very glad that I took a chance on Ms. Nyro, in fact now after hearing this collection, now I'm going to check out the albums.
Rewriting the rules
She expanded the idea of what a pop song can be, liberating it from verse-chorus-verse that even The Beatles never did. Richie is again wrong: while fewer hita, the second disk is sweet. The original version of Sweet Blindness is worth picking up just for the hey of it, but I like this one better. The live tracks at the end are also a revelation: stripped of sometimes choking studio layers to expose the songs, with less mannered vocals of a real-live grown-up woman. 34 tracks for 24 credits? Yes please.
In a league of her own
Music that will lift your spirit and clearly embraced by many many noted artists in a variety of forms. Check out the first album for a real look at Laura Nyro.
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