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Hey check out Barbara Streisand doing “stoney end” That was her “hit” to me. I thought it was better than the original by Laura Nyro, and I love LN. Barbs hits all the marks.
[/QUOTE]Laura Nyro was covered by some of the finest voices in the business (the Fifth Dimension did almost an album’s worth) yet her originals rival them all.
Nitpick: *Crystal *Blue Persuasion. Great song, better than Crimson and Clover. Mirage was also a fine song.
Of course Laura was a supreme artist, a true underrated forgotten genius. It’s just that I heard Barbs version first and it’s a real hit.
AS for Tommy James: Remember Cats eye in the window? That was a terrible rip off of horse with no name from 1972. Check that one out. Tommy wrote Tighter but didn’t do the hit.
Because of course I meant to type “Crytal”. 
Yes. I was agreeing with you. The difference to me is that the covers had glossier production even when they kept more or less the same arrangement. She put out singer-songwriter albums and the others released pop hits.
I heard this at the grocery store a few days ago. :eek:
If you have seen Play Misty For Me you will have heard Roberta Flack. She sang The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.
I haven’t heard a Billy Squier song in a long, long time. I hope that trend continues.
I looked it up and I think I have heard that one before but not for a really long time. It is a good song but definitely not my go-to style of music. I call that overly dramatic wedding reception music.
That song was a Monster hit. The biggest song of 1972. She had Killing me softly the next year which might have been the song of the year for 73 too. She was the biggest recording artist in the world for a bit there. I don’t find it drippy. It has real taste on relistening. I didn’t like it at the time but now I can’t find a fault with it at all. It’s head and shoulders above most other pop records, in mood and instrumentation.
BTW it was written by Ewan Maccoll, an old Commie, Kirstys father, and the main naysayer when Dylan went rock.
This song has been used for a HSUS ad.
Another verse says “The first time ever I lay with you…” and I don’t think it’s about curling up in bed with your pets at night.:smack:
Don’t hear much Laura Nyro anymore. Shame.
Are you talking about just her songs or her recordings?