laura nyro timer

a great song and, i think, the first example of magic realism in pop music, not unlike the book 100 years of solitude by marquez, or nyro's favorite movie "cries and whispers". the rhythm and mood in the song changes often and effortlessly, and while the images are mostly given over to the idea of timer, laura's cat, i have also attempted to incorporate a mood of light heartedness of people laughing or picnicing or in general, just having a good time. this is just one way to illustrate a song, and i think in time i will re do the video with many more relevent images and place them in a "timely " way to the music itself. right now my main reason for making and posting this video was simply to putthis less well known song out there, a small masterpiece by an artist who wrote many masterpieces in her tragically short life. we will always miss laura nyro, we will always love her contribution to popular music

Category:

Music

Tags:

• laura
• nyro
• cat
• magic
• realism
• 100
• years
• solitude
• marquez
• cries
• whispers
• bergman
• partys
• intense
• 11th
• chord
• repetition

[ClueSign]

Kate Bush studied this like you and I studied algebra.

[kurt11110]

@ClueSign that's an interesting comment clusign . i'm a big fan of kate bush . tell me more .

[muckbluvid]

I love this woman's music! Joni Mitchell considered Laura the only contemprary woman songwriter on her level. And here's as good a reason why as any. Continuous surprize and delight throughout.

[kurt11110]

thank you muckbluvid !!!

[Paintpro91952]

Music/songwriting does not get any better than (or very often equal) to Laura ...

one of my very favorite Laura tunes ...

[69chacka]

U got me walkin thru the walls of space Timer is timeless!! Bless all 4 2012 !!chacka 69

[69chacka]

bLESS ALL i FIND MYSELF HAVING TO HEAR THIS SONG IN ORDER START MY DAY!!great SOND LIKE MORNING COFFEE !!CHACKA b!!

[69chacka]

bLESS NTHOSE tIMER tIMER NOKNOWS THE.............gREAT CHACKA!!!

[69chacka]

@69chacka 

[69chacka]

eyrider how rite U R111chacka69 bless us 4 2012!!!!

[69chacka]

What a great title Tkimer is Timeless!!!chacka69 Soul pours out of this song!! Bless 2012

[stonedpicnic]

What an absolutely incredible song this is..probably my favourite song of all time. I have to say it didn't register with me immediately, probably because of it's complexity. But the more I listened, the more I got hooked. Now, I feel like I'm flying every time I hear it!

[joeyrider]

I feel I need to join in the praise of Laura Nyro' enormous contibution to music and in this song in particular. I had the rarest and quite unespected to see her performing live in London in the early '90. I had following her since Stoned Soul Picnic came out in and I was a little baby and i can't agree more, this song never fails to spiritually uplifting me more whenever I hear.

.. 'and if the song goes minor I won't mind' is the close I can claim to be near the ONE. She was and is a blessing

[JDCT37]

According to the book about Nyro, "Timer" is about God being a "Timer", in other words you don't know how long you have to live on this earth...