Laura Nyro: Free Thinker

Free Thinker by Laura Nyro

Category:

Music

Tags:

• folk
• indie
• pop
• r&b
• jazz
• Laura
• Nyro

[Agoateeman]

awesome tune.  i'm just discovering it this evening!

[neverforeverkate]

@Agoateeman Awww I remember the first time I discovered this song. I found very nostalgic for some strange reasons.

[atisaseret]

I've heard that PJ Harvey might be a candidate. She's a singer from the UK.

Personally, I can't even begin to imagine anyone like Laura. She was so gifted and so far beyond and INCOMPARABLE.

[neverforeverkate]

@atisaseret I love Pj Harvey. Shes one of my favs. She was pretty big during the whole grunge scene.

[DaysOfBrokenArrows]

@neverforeverkate @atisaseret - Most films have actors play the musicians in question, not other musicians. In Laura's case, a good candidate would be Heather Matarazzo who looks like her.

[neverforeverkate]

@DaysOfBrokenArrows I don't think Heather Matarazzo looks like Laura. This is just my opinion.

[brink1000]

back at ya, fellow music lover...isn't Laura devastating?

[atisaseret]

@SteveMorrisBala personally I really don't think anyone can play Laura Nyro at this point. Amy Winehouse is out - as far as I'm concerned -she's NOTHING like Laura except for having Long, Dark Hair. Polly Harvey's songs are Dark mostly (which I like), but her style is very different from Nyro's. I do know someone who's played her on Broadway, and AT THE TIME, looked (and sounded a bit) like Laura - JUDY KUHN. Several Female Singers got together and did a Broadway Show called: ELI'S COMING..

[TheDaniel1916]

This blows me away... I only see a space in front of me...and I'm moving...moving... my body is dancing and my smile is leading...

[DenJamMac3]

This song is completely different from the Laura Nyro music I have been listening to for the last week (essentially every song on You Tube). What a new dimension. It reminds me of Joni Mitchell's Hissing of Summer Lawns, but is not derivative of her style, if that makes sense. Another amazing feat of this wonderful artist.

[Lovemylovething]

I don't think any Actress or Singer should try to play her in a live action film, no one even comes close i.m.h.o. If they must do a bio movie, I'd prefer an animated one, kinda like "Persepolis", I really like that film. I think Eliza Jane Schneider could perhaps catch a bit of the essence of her speaking voice, and of course the songs would be DEFINITELY need to be the original recordings.

Ultimately tho, I just wish we had more footage of the REAL Laura!

[BARNAPE]

Sorry everyone, I have only just found this video and comment thread. Is someone actually going to do a film about Laura or are just just discussing what it would/should be like. I'm not going to get too excited just in case!!

[atisaseret]

@atisaseret - Long Islander (I Live here) didn't mean that Laura Nyro is a Long Islander - she's from the Bronx. Sorry about the confusion.

[atisaseret]

@DaysOfBrokenArrows - While that's true, it would be better, in my opinion, if someone could actually Sing and Play Laura's composition - that in itself, is a pretty mean feat! While Heather (who's also a Long Island Native) looks a little like Laura, it would be preferable to someone who can not only Act, but do everything across the Board. I'll try to keep an Open Mind -

[DaysOfBrokenArrows]

@atisaseret - Most films have actors play the musicians in question, not other musicians. In Laura's case, a good candidate would be Heather Matarazzo who looks like her.

[DaysOfBrokenArrows]

@atisaseret - Most films have actors play the musicians in question, not other musicians. In Laura's case, a good candidate would be Heather Matarazzo who looks like her.