Laura Nyro - Emmie (Live at Fillmore East 1970)

Laura Nyro performing a rare version of her classic song, "Emmie" at Fillmore East, 1970.

[@DanLNigro]

This is Laura's cousin Danny. Thank you for posting this bare and intimate version of Emmie, a song which Laura said was "about the eternal feminine." The cycle of a girl becoming a woman, and here, Laura the young woman lyrically longs for, but ultimately kisses goodbye the fading innocence of her girlhood. A beautiful and unique expression of self-realization. It never grows old. Thanks for keeping it alive! Wishing you the best.. Dan

[@winstonsmith9533]

Thank you thank you thank you!

[@aryehfinklestein9041]

There is no-one like your cousin. Makes them all look like amateurs.

[@rogergindi6291]

I was at that concert. So nice to see it again!

[@enminghee2926]

Are you the same guy producing Caroline Polachek's Pang? I always thought Polachek looked like she could be Laura's secret daughter.

[@royanderson2316]

Thanks Danny for the information regarding the song Emmie.

[@bigcub62]

I miss her What a talent.

[@robertblau7732]

Unbelievable. What a talent. Every one of her songs is a "word painting".

[@maryelk]

For 50 years I've been a devoted fan of this amazing talent. Thanks

[@efanshel]

I think she was truly outstanding, and this is my personal favorite of her compositions...

[@pauljefferson5952]

She was amazing have loved her talent since the seventies. Love the filmore version. Some of her songs move me. What a shame we lost her so young

[@55e9st]

I was there. Miles Davis "opened" for her. Beyond words.

[@lindamcnelis6374]

I feel Laura has always been a part of my life. She has been my friend and I love her. Her music is personal, truthful, revealing her intimate self in her amazing lyrics. She sang her life and the life of New York bringing people close to her. She was a gifted genius and I still long for her music. Her voice -soft, sweet, powerful and free. Thank you for posting this beautiful rendition of Emmie, always one of my all time favorites.

[@anterlopic1]

I first saw Laura at SUNY @ StonyBrook-just before she performed, or right after, this concert. The stage was bare, except for a large grand piano. A rose, in a vase, was set atop the piano. After a few moments Laura, literally, seem to glide out, a few feet above the ground, in a logn white dress-she was mesmerizing!

[@patriciamcgeehan7111]

Laura reached out and touched my soul.

[@walterkrueger9889]

Was blessed to see her perform live twice.

[@louisaabernathy8767]

Me, too. I felt blessed as well

[@khanna4751]

I was blessed 3 times. Such a marvelous musician and songstress. Pure beauty

[@DanLNigro]

@JigsawCaptain Laura refers to her younger self as Emmie, and her "mama" would have, indeed, been her mother, my Aunt Gilda, a wonderful, protective lady who doted on and guarded Laura, and with whom Laura was extremely close. This was my Aunt Gilda's favorite song of Laura's.

[@leslieperryis]

An album from my youth. Laura's "Emily" was deeply profound and still resounds with my heart. So glad I found her again!

[@69chacka]

This song captures love soul and melodic perfection! loved it 3 decades ago, love it NOW chacka69 Bless 2012

[@royanderson2316]

Beautiful song beautifully sung. Thank you Laura.

[@carlysevero7921]

I ❤️ this song and “Poverty Train.” Laura is a musical Genius........

[@LJG907]

This is a classic song. I saw her perform several times at the Bottom Line. Thanks for the memories.

[@silverstuff182]

Back when Mark Roth worked for Ritchie Havens he told me about ELI. I went out and bought it right away, having trusted him unequivocally. Loved it ever since. Thanks, Mark.

[@thomastillman5395]

When I can't sleep at night I'm reciting a Laura Nyro song. I'll never get her out of my head! She stays with me always. Brilliant, period.........

[@karenengelbretson9174]

it's about women, love and friendship. "...you ornament the earth for me."

[@1BKennyB]

So much passion in this performance! 😮

[@MarciaMatthews]

Emily, you're the natural snow, The unstudied sea, You're a cameo.

[@69chacka]

Blessed like a bird ....pure as untouched snow !She is truly G-d gifted chacka69

[@aryehfinklestein9041]

Beautifully stated.

[@alfredknauts4587]

hermosa voz y hermosas canciones!! yo era chico pero amaba sus canciones!

[@MsSalome83]

Thanks eternal to my Lady Grace for introducing me to Laura, to Emily. To me. *Oooh la la la*

[@JigsawCaptain]

I love this version esp. the uptempo ending and the fact she does the whole song, (who stole mama heart, and cuddled in her garden..,? Darlin' Emmie) thank you my friend, I'm working on Timer from the same concert, hope my graphics are half as good as yours. Your version of Emmie is brilliant! your friend, JigsawCaptain

[@khanna4751]

Omg do you ever look like your mama. I saw hr when you were just about to be born. I love her and her awesome music. Love to you.

[@theresaluchsinger4488]

Move me, oh sway me, Lauren you ornament the earth for me.

[@debramandra6338]

Laura.

[@theresaluchsinger4488]

@debramandra6338 that's my daughter's name, lauren:)

[@engpauloh]

You´re welcome! Nothing of it is possible without a good software... and of course, be inspired by a very good music. :o). Laura must see the light. That´s the way we can talk and listen to her constantly.

[@rkgk1517]

I know this song isn't actually meant to be about a lesbian relationship, but that's how I interpreted it when I first heard it and it really grabbed my heart that way. "I swear you were born a weaver's lover, born from the loom's desire..." what a beautiful mind, that such words could come from it

[@engpauloh]

I agree with you. I think that this song means an hypothetical dialog between The "Young Laura" and The "Old Laura"; Eli´s and The 13th Confession back cover shows it too.

[@lupcokotevski3668]

Beautiful. Music as art, and a true artist is what Laura was. Ronnie Dyson does a really good cover of this song.

[@MRSWEETBACK]

Ooh, la, la, la Ooh, la, la, la Ooh, la, la, la Ooh, la, la, la Emily And her love to be Carved in a heart On a berry tree But it's only, only a little farewell love spell Time to design a woman Touch me Oh wake me Emily you ornament the earth For me Emily You're the natural snow The unstudied sea You're a cameo And I swear, I swear you were born A weaver's lover born for the loom's desire Move me Oh sway me Emily you ornament the earth For me, for me Emmie your mama's been a-callin' you Ooh Who stole Mama's heart And cuddled In her garden? Darlin' Emmie La, la, la Ooh, la, la, la Ooh, la, la, la Ooh, la, la, la You're my friend And I loved you Emily Emily Emily She got the the way to move me, Emmie She got the the way to move me yeah She got the the way to move me, Emmie She got…

[@blackandtanful]

1970､ﾌｨﾙﾓｱで歌うﾛｰﾗ･ﾆｰﾛ～～EMMILIE～～1972年に京都で見たときは､こんなに彼女にのめり込むとは!??････#jazzm

[@kkpilot8913]

i have loved laura since new york tendaberry. i was 16 at the time. i felt nurtured by her voice and began writing in flow with a fountain pen. Christine i apologize but whiskey sours never influenced me xoxo

[@thomcassotta4144]

My Goddess ......some think that this Lesbian Love Song (written in 1968 ) was too radical for its time & might have gotten her black-balled from the mainstream , celebrity , fortune and respect. ......I think she was quite eccentric and uninterested in all those superficial rewards ....which is why she is my Goddess.

[@aleecat75]

... and Gilda made the best tuna fish sandwiches!

[@blackandtanful]

1970､ﾌｨﾙﾓｱで歌うﾛｰﾗ･ﾆｰﾛ～～EMMILIE～～1972年に京都で見たときは､こんなに彼女にのめり込むとは!??････

[@fncz]

Was she the lead singer of the Decoys' "It's Gonna Be AllRight?" It sounds like a 14 year old Laura to me,,,,,street corner doowop but I swear it could be her.

[@debramandra6338]

No. Laura was always a solo artist. Not a singer.

[@rabdrake2447]

engpauloh, props. Do you know the date of this live performance? btw Thanks for the back cover of Eli. It was Laura's keepsake of "Emmie and her love to be," Maria Desiderio! Laura at 19, Maria was thirteen, "so let the wind blow...Timer, I like her song and if the song goes minor I won't mind." If you want the skinny, Google "An Open Letter to Dan Nigro Re: Laura Nyro" The Appendix has the '68 Van der Horst in-house rave revealing the origins of: "Emmie" as me; and the Back Cover of Eli.

[@engpauloh]

Rabdrake Bruno I think 1971.

[@debramandra6338]

Give it a break. YOU dont know what youre talking about so please stop spreading your BS.

[@debramandra6338]

Stop spewing BS