12.15.14 Adam News and Info
Dec 15, 2014 0:44:25 GMT -5
Post by Q3 on Dec 15, 2014 0:44:25 GMT -5
Lennon or McCartney
Just a tiny bit of Adam but worth watching for the priceless expression!)
Adam is at 00:2!! The other one (Adam Levine is right after him!)
youtu.be/kSwUzM_nTGM
A bit OT:
A singer I love, not named Adam!
12.15.12 by Q3
Things are a bit quiet now, and so I thought I would digress from Adam for a bit.
Yesterday, I was working on something and my husband put on some music. I was struck by the quality of the singing and the songs. He has selected Laura Nyro and was streaming her first album, More Than a New Discovery which was released on January 1967. I had forgotten just how good she was.
In 2012, Laura Nyro was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Here is what the Rock Hall wrote about her:
Laura Nyro was among the most gifted singer-songwriters of the Sixties and Seventies, and one of the first female singer-songwriters who didn’t come from the folk-music world. Her music reflected a combination of spirituality and street smarts. Bursting with talent, she possessed a soulful soprano, a commanding touch on the piano, and an arsenal of songs that drew from R&B, soul, gospel, jazz, Brill Building pop and Broadway show tunes. Nyro was not easily pigeonholed and almost too unconventional for mainstream tastes. However, she had a fanatical cult following, and many of her songs became popular in the hands of others. Decades later, such radically original female artists as Tori Amos, Kate Bush and Suzanne Vega evinced some of Nyro’s trailblazing sorcery, while male performers, including Elton John and Todd Rundgren, have also credited Nyro as an influence.
Nyro was raised in New York City, where she heard and studied all kinds of music. She was only 19 when More Than a New Discovery, her debut album, was released in 1967. Later that year, aspiring manager David Geffen saw Nyro perform at the Monterey Pop Festival and got her signed to Columbia Records. She released a trio of classic albums in quick succession: Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968), New York Tendaberry (1969) and Christmas and the Beads of Sweat (1970). Many of Nyro's songs from this period became major hits for other artists, making her more successful as songwriter than as a recording artist. Labelle sang with Nyro on Gonna Take a Miracle (1971), a joyous set of covers that showed remarkable range and Nyro's deep knowledge of classic rock and roll songwriting, drawing from the girl groups, Motown, doo wop, Chicago soul and more. Sporadic releases - including Smile (1976), Nested (1978) and Mother’s Spiritual (1984) – followed thereafter. Her last studio album, Walk the Dog and Light the Light, appeared in 1993. Nyro died of ovarian cancer in 1997 at the age of 49.
- See more at: rockhall.com/blog/post/10-essential-laura-nyro-songs/#sthash.Wmbuw6mT.dpuf
Nyro was raised in New York City, where she heard and studied all kinds of music. She was only 19 when More Than a New Discovery, her debut album, was released in 1967. Later that year, aspiring manager David Geffen saw Nyro perform at the Monterey Pop Festival and got her signed to Columbia Records. She released a trio of classic albums in quick succession: Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968), New York Tendaberry (1969) and Christmas and the Beads of Sweat (1970). Many of Nyro's songs from this period became major hits for other artists, making her more successful as songwriter than as a recording artist. Labelle sang with Nyro on Gonna Take a Miracle (1971), a joyous set of covers that showed remarkable range and Nyro's deep knowledge of classic rock and roll songwriting, drawing from the girl groups, Motown, doo wop, Chicago soul and more. Sporadic releases - including Smile (1976), Nested (1978) and Mother’s Spiritual (1984) – followed thereafter. Her last studio album, Walk the Dog and Light the Light, appeared in 1993. Nyro died of ovarian cancer in 1997 at the age of 49.
- See more at: rockhall.com/blog/post/10-essential-laura-nyro-songs/#sthash.Wmbuw6mT.dpuf
Here are the Rock Hall’s selections for the 10 essential Laura Nyro songs.
1. "Wedding Bell Blues"
2. "Stoney End"
3. "And When I Die"
4. "Eli's Comin'"
5. "Stoned Soul Picnic"
6. "Save The Country"
7. "Mercy on Broadway"
8. "New York Tendaberry"
9. "It's Gonna Take A Miracle"
10. "Midnite Blue"
Here is one of my favorite Laura Nyro songs: "Stoned Soul Picnic" from the 1989 album Laura: Live at the Bottom Line.
youtu.be/ZOv0W1gT3ZU
So, since today’s forecast is calm with no news likely, I challenge you to post about an artist you love and to post one great video.
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Wednesday, 31 Dec 2014
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