When my mom passed in 1973 at a very young age, I would just put my earphones on and curl up listening to her albums. She helped me get through a very painful period of my life. LOVE HER!!!
@jimmysapien996110 ай бұрын
So sorry
@TheNortheast2078 ай бұрын
I’m so sorry about your mom. But, but happy that this music helped you .
@c.a.carlln0287 Жыл бұрын
“Love heals. Love is the best thing we have” -- Amen, Laura! ❤❤
@carolinefreebern11263 жыл бұрын
Laura Nyro made me cry listening to her gentile peaceful response to life. Her words and personal stories are a prayer to me Laura Nyro I did not know until a few months ago. The meaning in her lyrics are of high intellect and wisdom of experiences. What a mother.... She’s got her priorities right. She’s one of my new favorite artists. Her inspiration moves me
@3ossomok5882 жыл бұрын
i love her with all my heart
@JulieBluestoneMusic2 жыл бұрын
@@3ossomok588 Me too.
@robscott80097 жыл бұрын
I am 50 years old, born in 1967. I have loved music from the 60's every since I was 7 years old, and to this day, it's pretty much all I listen to. Having said that, I am really embarrassed that I just discovered Laura! Of course I know all of the songs she wrote for the 5th Dimension, Blood Sweat and Tears...etc. But I had no idea that Laura was such an amazing singer in her own right. She was such an incredible talent, and I had no idea about her existence! So, as of today, September 19th, 2017...I have discovered the beautiful Laura Nyro. Rest In Peace sweet lady...and thank you for the incredible legacy you left behind!
@MA-yh2ko7 жыл бұрын
Rob Scott.. Wow I wrote the same exact thing under a different video. Cept I was born in 1964 and music was a love from age 5.
@Julie-ev5js4 жыл бұрын
Rob and Michael, I was just thinking the SAME THING today. I just discovered her very, very recently. I was born in 1963 and remember music from the late '60s--like when the Beatles' Hey Jude and Let It Be first came out (on AM radio!). I have an older brother and sister and I remember hearing Joni Mitchell and other singers and groups from that era but not Laura Nyro. SUCH a talent and so genuine--not a part of the music industry machine and neither a byproduct of it, either. So glad I discovered her! She's one of my very favorites.
@claireobenson63273 жыл бұрын
Thinking the exact same thing. I was born in 66, and LOVE 60's and 70's music. Also just discovered Laura Nyro. I appreciate her creative genius.
@OldHeathen19632 жыл бұрын
@@Julie-ev5js born '63. I remember her songs from Am radio. I just found out about her past month or two...just incredible artist! Gone to soon. 😢
@nancypappas19523 жыл бұрын
I truly love her idea of success it is personal. She inspired me very much. First time that I heard her sing I was 15.
@davidcooper7339 Жыл бұрын
Words of wisdom from an artist who I just became familiar with four weeks ago. Laura Nyro brings tears of joy and sorrow to my core and for that I'm grateful. I'm emotionally moved and inspired by her gift of music more than most other artists. She is a rarity among musicians in that she provides absolute "Eudaimonia" to my being and temporary respite from the doldrums of existence.
@fredschwartz125911 күн бұрын
Thoroughly enjoying this interview... Lovely to hear her voice and thoughts. A magnificent artist whose music meant so much to me...
@unclealand7 жыл бұрын
Listen! Laura Nyro is so comfortable and lighthearted. The sound of her laughter is so warm. It's almost unbearable because . . . I miss Laura a lot. Don't you? When I first saw her sing in the early seventies I remember she sat at the piano and went right into a song, and I thought "Oh, my god. She really does sound like that."
@nena42153 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen her live three times and and was lucky enough to have a few conversations with her and her autograph. She was a very sweet soul and I do miss her so much. I love her later music the most!
@jasons.bouton31112 жыл бұрын
Ironically I was born in 1965 in Danbury Hospital where Laura passed away....Laura ,Karen Carpenter and Joni Mitchell Carole King Carly Simon.....there are not and will most likely never be Goddesses like these to sing on the Earth again....I ❤️ and literally worship these truly BEAUTIFUL and ANGELIC Spirits and they have my ❤️ !!! Thank You All Truly My Goddesses and TRUE music I believe never dies.
@jimmysapien996110 ай бұрын
Wow 3 times 😲
@JoeJoe-ng9qb3 жыл бұрын
Saw Laura a few times in performance. San Diego, NYC. Suddenly I find the Angel In The Dark album. Thank you, angel Laura. Thanks for posting these interviews Richard!!!
@iantuition Жыл бұрын
it bothers me so much that THIS soul didn't even get to grow old and wiser. imagine.
@samkohen4589 Жыл бұрын
Passed away at only 49. Still had a lot of music still in her
@SuperBSmeter7 жыл бұрын
I just loved her music so much as a teenager. She was a lifeline...
@donaldfewell89083 жыл бұрын
My favorite musician
@johncotner52063 жыл бұрын
A brilliant 🌟 her music is still with all
@carolrandazzo47133 жыл бұрын
So many incredible singers sang Laura's songs but the way Laura sang her songs was very different. The meaning was very heavy when Laura sang. I think there was some personal content that gave her singing the debth and sincerity that it had. She was a very deep thinker and she seemed to examine her life in the songs and when she sang them the meaning was different than it was when others sang her songs. The songs themselves were so great and that is why the success of others with her material was due in part to the song itself, even apart from Laura. Interesting how Coltrane influenced her phrasing...she is so jazzy.
@c.a.carlln0287 Жыл бұрын
Laura’s laugh was so adorable. You really had to connect with her to bring it out. ❤
@lilredscout10 ай бұрын
hi chuck
@johnmartinez41295 жыл бұрын
Saw Laura in LA back in the late 60’s @ I think the Troubadour- been a huge fan since, I regret never meeting her when I toured in the early 70’s with Ruben & the Jets
@lilredscout10 ай бұрын
I tried to interview her at the BumperShoot in Seattle in the early 90s. I got on the reporters list. Chickened out.
@brotherdave20007 жыл бұрын
She was always so real in her interviews. She would be such an interesting person to converse with.
@lilredscout26 күн бұрын
Richard, I always love hearing this.
@susantyrellfans4 жыл бұрын
Revisiting, Richard, you were fantastic...in bringing out her fantastic. Talk about a rapport.
@peterdavino44082 жыл бұрын
What a sense of humor on that girl! To be able to laugh at the whole thing is such a gift. And also achieving simplicity is no small feat in this complicated world so... that's a process well worth the undertaking. God bless the soul of Laura Nyro.
@samkohen45892 жыл бұрын
And she knew she was dying
@josealexandrearaujoalan8512 жыл бұрын
The importance of a real interviewer. A well-chosen guest and smart questions. It's a treasure for future generations. Thank you so much, Richard Knight, Jr.
@willfromyadkinville3 жыл бұрын
i love her! to infinity!
@peterdavino44083 жыл бұрын
You two kids were playing in the garden & having such a great time with great vibes! There's nothing better than a energy flow like that. No judgements. Just exchanging ideas on how & what & when & where. You're so sweet with Laura and she's so adorable and appreciated the opportunity to reconnect with you!
@3ossomok5882 жыл бұрын
"i got furyyy i got fury in my souuuuul fury's gonna take me to the glory in my mind i can't study waaar noooooooo more" rest in peace dear laura nyro
@tonysketchley707 жыл бұрын
NEW YORK TENDERBERRY best record ever made
@rkrw5763 жыл бұрын
I'd have to agree.
@chrisdeene12 ай бұрын
I found Laura in college around 1969. She’s in me.. she’s fun and her music is too special for me to say.
@c.a.carlln0287 Жыл бұрын
“If it didn’t come out, then it ain’t coming out.” --- For the most part this is still true, although the demos from her 1st album recently did.
@kassandraayalasongs3 жыл бұрын
She’s still It 😎 🔥
@snowdog874 жыл бұрын
Christmas and the Beads of Sweat is my fav Every song a gem Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp and Map to the Treasure are two of the most sensual and/or downright erotic songs i've ever heard Poverty Train was the first song of hers i heard way back when Blew me away Never looked back
@peterdavino44083 жыл бұрын
Let me ask y'all if she's not a genius then who is? In my humble opinion the simplicity was already there. She had responsibilities and those can complicate things but....the simplicity I think she's speaking of here is where you're completely centered and focused in spite of the stormy world throwing lightening bolts at your dreams.
@josealexandrearaujoalan8512 жыл бұрын
So many geniuses died too soon because of drugs or loneliness. Laura's approach to success was a very healthy one. Her songs answer to the question of whether she was a genius. I say, just listen to the songs.
@xrxs1020 Жыл бұрын
I agree. Laura Nyro was decidedly a G.E.N.I.U.S. Her music occupied a different dimension from other singer-songwriters-pianists. Where others leave off, she begins. The beauty of her melodies, her chord progressions, her voice, her phrasing were unsurpassed. The world lost a genius when she died so young.
@samkohen4589 Жыл бұрын
Rex Reed, one of the toughest critics of all time described New York Tendenberry as a masterpiece, equivalent to anything done by George Gershwin. That is identical to being described as a genius
@zenarcade644 жыл бұрын
Love her!
@jammosu64988 жыл бұрын
Greatest artist ever
@kassandraayalasongs7 жыл бұрын
JAMM OSU true dattttt
@rikardo10709 ай бұрын
angel of my heart... come back to me .............please
@susanfaw60777 жыл бұрын
You can also do Nested in your spare time, which is worthy of a grammmy, then just also do, "Season of Lights." which is one of the most underrated pieces of music ever. Maybe, a tad blow by me, but, still, I absolutely love this song as one of my favorites ever in life.
@mark3harris6 жыл бұрын
Susan Faw love that record... still on rotation in the car...
@markproctor88572 жыл бұрын
Nested is one of the greatest lost albums ever recorded...
@johnhayes97368 ай бұрын
So far ahead of her time!
@joebassin42437 жыл бұрын
I so love this Dicki.
@samkohen45893 жыл бұрын
And soon after she was gone
@theelectricant983 жыл бұрын
So sad to hear her say she had a few good years left
@samkohen45893 жыл бұрын
@@theelectricant98 She actually knew she did not, but did not want to alarm her fans. During that time she was working on a new album Angel in the Dark. A beautiful piece or work done while she was literally on her deathbed and in excruciating pain.
@lauraswihart4816 Жыл бұрын
@@samkohen4589 Poor lady - cancer is horrible! May she be remembered 💗
@samkohen4589 Жыл бұрын
@@lauraswihart4816 The problem is that there is no cure for cancer. Laura knew that after what her mother went through. She will always be remembered