>>Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:25:39 -0700
From: "Paul Myers" <pulmyears@gmail.com>
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Laura Nyro "Triple Goddess Twilight"
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I agree vis-a-vis the Todd / Laura continuum, (See Todd's song "Baby
Let's
Swing" from Runt, the first line is "Laura, I saw you open in L.A....."
I'll bet he did.  I grew up with the Todd version of the Laura
piano-based
Gospel Show Tunes balladry. When I finally heard the original, via her
stunningly beautiful song "Triple Goddess Twilight", I realized just how
much of "We Gotta Get You A Woman" began there<<


One of the strengths of early Rundgren is that he was that rare rocker
who wasn't afraid to adopt female artists as his influences. I'm not
just thinking of Laura Nyro here; "I Saw the Light" is the best Carole
King song that Carole King never wrote.


Greg Sager
(amused by the fact that Audities had two completely unrelated Rickie
Lee Jones mentions yesterday)