I’m almost ashamed to admit it took me 12 years to find out my favorite female vocalist performed one of my favorite songs - the brilliant Sara Bareilles singing the brilliant Laura Nyro!! 😊
Such a wonderfully fitting tribute to a Titan of Nyro's stature. Sarah honoured her in these few minutes better than a thousand half meant speeches ever could. Laura would have loved that...
When u r covering a song made famous by Nyro and Striesand you are on a hiding to nothing but Sara kills it.. Can't help thinking Laura looking down smiling, at such a fine tribute.
Yes, a difficult song, with A history. She got it, like all good songs starts with, a drama, ie I was born from love and mama worked the mines its brilliant.
I was a kid when Barbra Streisand did this song, and I've always loved it. Then Sara took it and made it even better. Terrific artist and fabulous performance.
Three and half minutes of pure joy...!! Wonderful cover by Bareilles; so upbeat, happy, and joyous. Laura Nyro is an American treasure; as good as Joni Mitchell for sure. I miss the days of genuine and earnest music like this. Rock On Laura Nyro...!!
I know one of the musicians (June Millington) who played on the Streisand version of this song. Strange experience. Sara makes the song actually almost make sense. Outstanding performance.
OK, I'll say it... Besides her singing one of the greatest and most difficult songs to sing, how absolutely gorgeous is Sarah in this performance?! I'm going to be dreaming about this for the rest of my life!
Will Lee, bassist, member or Paul Schafer's Worlds most Dangerous Band from the Letterman Show. Anton Figg was on drums and Sid McGuiness on guitar were all there.
There is not enough I can say about this performance except thank you for singing and making videos such as this. We face a tenacious time in our history, if what they say is true, music is a gift from God. Then you are a gift in tenacious times for people who you entertain. 🌷
Why such little views? This was a dynamic and most powerful sophisticated and elegant performance in honor of Miss Laura. if you ask me one of my all time favorite dedications in honor of the late great and most fascinating lyricist of all time the incomparable Miss Laura Nyro gone but never ever forgotten let's always keep her memory alive.
The reason for the few views is that this was performed nine/ten years ago, and this official video has been published only a year ago, so.. people don't search for it anymore, everybody has already seen.
@@davialbuquerque2706 oh thanks for telling me. I just actually found out about Ms Nyro and her body of work in the summer of 2020 the first song. I had ever really heard as a young child was fifth dimensions wedding bell blues later on in life now at 59 years old I am finding out these songs fifth dimension and other recording artist were out there singing had originally been written and recorded and composed by this fabulous woman Laura Nyro its very sad that at 59 years old I am literally finding out who this amazing woman is and was I just wish I could have known so much sooner than so much later .
@@Suri-o7w better late than never. Laura danced to her own piper & didn't want the trappings of a typical career. Her biography is very enlightening. I think you would enjoy it!
Almost makes you want to go a place called 'Stoney End' I've a nasty feeling it wasn't nice. As all good songs written from life, and your heart. Rgdscolin.
With such great success as a writer it's interesting that none of them became big hits until others performed them. LN was a great lyricist but not much of a performer. Barielles voice is quite limited, even flat at times.
Been reading a lot about Laura Nyro in the last couple of days. I read that Todd Rundgren said that after listening to Nyro, he started to write songs like her, and not The Who - and a lightbulb went on in my head! "That makes a LOT of sense now!" Question, of course, is just HOW do you do that? As for this performance: I did listen to it a second time just to listen to the BASS; vocals...maybe it's the hype ("Best ever!"), or maybe it's Sara smiling all through the song while singing a heart-rending song, but I'd just say it's technically sound, but somewhat emotionally lacking. I HAVE decided, by a narrow margin, that Stoney End is her Nyro's best song, over Stone Soul Picnic.
I don't want to wait years to induct Sara Bareilles in the Hall Of Fame put her in "now" on this performance alone. #Beautiful, #Upbeat, #Positive & #Flawless, love this! Laura Nyro's induction is well deserved.
I just love this wonderful performance and how could you go wrong with those backing vocals and such a tight band. I can only imagine how brilliant it must have been to see live.
For someone, for anyone to even attempt singing this awesome song is worthy enough, but to reach and surpass the original is sublime mesmerizing talent.
Nevar thought to hear anyone do a verison of this dynomite Laura Nyro song that could match Streisand's. Sara comes verr close. Like Babs's, this seams an upbeat, happy covar - until you actaully listen to the lyrics and get whipsawed. Wish Nyro had lived longar to compose more musics like this.
So this was redone for the broadcast - is that right? I notice how different the ending is, even some of Sara's phrasing. And even in that version, which is excellent, you can hear the background singers (fantastic!) adapting to Sara's changes toward the end.
At 2:21 of this video is the patented Laura Nyro pause/tempo change. And then; after Sara Bareilles accents the pause with a powerful vocal, that wonderful music resumes again at 2:36. But then at 2:57 it seemed like Sara and the background singers weren't on the same page as to when to end the song. Even so; being true professionals, this performance is a beautiful tribute to the fantastic Laura Nyro!
Perfect - great song, sung great, great band, great camera work, great sound, it's all great!
It's a big production, in a really good way.
One of the greatest performances ever on a Rock & Roll induction show.
Sara Bareilles knocks this out of the F’in park! Incredible performance of an absolute gem of a tune!
That's an understatement James !
Do you know who wrote the song, etc?
@@mddell58 Laura Nyro. This performance is from when Laura Nyro was inducted into the RRHOF.
@@mddell58 Laura Nyro. This was her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction.
@@mddell58 Of course, Laura Nyro wrote it. She wrote all of her songsl
Not an easy tune to sing...this is just fantastic! So happy to see people who love this song like me!
Are you familiar with who wrote this song?
@@mddell58 I'm pretty sure he is.
@@mddell58 Laura Nyro (1947-1997), my favorite musician. :)
@@mddell58 Duh?
@@o.fortuna657 look her up! You won't be disappointed. One of our treasures from the 70's who died too young.
I’m almost ashamed to admit it took me 12 years to find out my favorite female vocalist performed one of my favorite songs - the brilliant Sara Bareilles singing the brilliant Laura Nyro!! 😊
Sara shows off her vocal chops. Awesome cover.
...and in heels.
Is it just me or is everyone on the stage having a blast performing this classic?
Totally!
No were too busy crying my freind, we know.
@@colinrunciman5166 Understood. Sometimes I forget one can feel Joy and Sorrow at the same time. As in, "I'm crying because I'm happy". Stay safe.
@@wildsarsaparilla it's like her being reborn
The bass player in this song completely slays this number.....you all should rewatch and take note
Will Lee. David Letterman houseband and much more.
brecker brothers band, 24th street band, and Fab Faux, Hiram Bullock band
Bareilles + Nyro + Stoney End = perfect happiness for me
It just doesn’t get better 💜💜💜
It’s great to see a young artist sing a great song from the Classic Rock era. She does a great job.
Wow, Sara Bareilles did Laura Nyro proud, she really got the spirit of Laura.
Oh , let's not speak too much of Lara, a genius.
@@colinrunciman5166 who’s Lara?
Just a complete pro. !!
I can't resist, Barbara , singing , I was born fome love by carol Nyro
I grew up listening to Barbra Streisand sing this many many times, years later Sara did both Barbra and Laura pure justice. Love it!
Such a wonderfully fitting tribute to a Titan of Nyro's stature. Sarah honoured her in these few minutes better than a thousand half meant speeches ever could. Laura would have loved that...
This woman’s talent is unparalleled!!!
I always find myself coming back to this performance! Just love it!
When u r covering a song made famous by Nyro and Striesand you are on a hiding to nothing but Sara kills it.. Can't help thinking Laura looking down smiling, at such a fine tribute.
I certainly hope so!!!
Laura would be proud of her
Love Sara and Laura
Probably my favorite version of this song, I so wish Sarah would’ve recorded and released This song
She didn't.
@@lazysingledaisybronwyn8105 that’s what he said
She is brilliant at this , a difficult song, rds Colin
She would have made a lot of money.
Yes, a difficult song, with A history. She got it, like all good songs starts with, a drama, ie I was born from love and mama worked the mines its brilliant.
I was a kid when Barbra Streisand did this song, and I've always loved it. Then Sara took it and made it even better. Terrific artist and fabulous performance.
Dearest Sara Bareilles, Applause. YOU really accomplished the impossible. Stunning. Laura heard you. Thank you from me.
I love how Sara glances over at the backup singers at .41 and 1.24. Like “yeah… you nailed it. Thank you.”
This song + this performer = 😭❤️
This sublime performance gives me chills every time. Thank you, beautiful lady, Sarah!!!
Totally agree 100%😊
I just so love this redition , I totally bow to this woman. When one pays respect to Laura Nyro .
Three and half minutes of pure joy...!! Wonderful cover by Bareilles; so upbeat, happy, and joyous. Laura Nyro is an American treasure; as good as Joni Mitchell for sure. I miss the days of genuine and earnest music like this. Rock On Laura Nyro...!!
Joni Mitchell is actually a CANADIAN treasure-but we don’t mind sharing her with the rest of the world…🎶🎵🇨🇦😉☺️
@@margaretanscombe730 Yes, and I'm a Canadian too. I should have stated that more clearly!!
@@richsouthall1937 LOL! Well then yes, you *should* have ‘claimed’ Joni M. too! (Or maybe you were just being a typically modest Canadian? 😉😁)
Joni Mitchell said that there were only two, herself and Laura. And she added, "but Laura was unmatched by anyone." Who would question Joni Mitchell?
"so upbeat, happy, and joyous"... K - Do you really consider this a "happy' or 'joyous' song?
the original was outstanding and Sara is probably the only singer that could do it justice
No one acknowledged that she accompanying herself & rocking out! A true talent m
I know one of the musicians (June Millington) who played on the Streisand version of this song. Strange experience. Sara makes the song actually almost make sense. Outstanding performance.
OK, I'll say it... Besides her singing one of the greatest and most difficult songs to sing, how absolutely gorgeous is Sarah in this performance?! I'm going to be dreaming about this for the rest of my life!
Bass is smoki'n...🎶
Will Lee, bassist, member or Paul Schafer's Worlds most Dangerous Band from the Letterman Show. Anton Figg was on drums and Sid McGuiness on guitar were all there.
The single best HOF performance I have ever seen...Amazing...
it's great. but did you miss Prince doing While My Guitar Gently Weeps ?
Absolutely brilliant Bass playing by Will Lee! Dare I say genius. A great version of the original song.
Wow! A great song performed by a great singer backed by real live instruments. How I miss those days.
Damn. Gave me chillbumps.
I was fortunate enough to watch it live and I could tell she just nailed it after I picked my jaw up off the floor at the end. You go Sara.
Wow...
Awesome...she's a truly wonderful singer. Makes you appreciate even more how truly gifted Barbara Streisand is.
There is not enough I can say about this performance except thank you for singing and making videos such as this. We face a tenacious time in our history, if what they say is true, music is a gift from God. Then you are a gift in tenacious times for people who you entertain. 🌷
Sara knocked this song out of the park!
Why such little views? This was a dynamic and most powerful sophisticated and elegant performance in honor of Miss Laura. if you ask me one of my all time favorite dedications in honor of the late great and most fascinating lyricist of all time the incomparable Miss Laura Nyro gone but never ever forgotten let's always keep her memory alive.
The reason for the few views is that this was performed nine/ten years ago, and this official video has been published only a year ago, so.. people don't search for it anymore, everybody has already seen.
@@davialbuquerque2706 oh thanks for telling me. I just actually found out about Ms Nyro and her body of work in the summer of 2020 the first song. I had ever really heard as a young child was fifth dimensions wedding bell blues later on in life now at 59 years old I am finding out these songs fifth dimension and other recording artist were out there singing had originally been written and recorded and composed by this fabulous woman Laura Nyro its very sad that at 59 years old I am literally finding out who this amazing woman is and was I just wish I could have known so much sooner than so much later .
@@Suri-o7w better late than never. Laura danced to her own piper & didn't want the trappings of a typical career. Her biography is very enlightening. I think you would enjoy it!
Wow that was great ! I love Laura Nyro's music & her voice & this young lady sang it beautifully & very respectful. Awesome voice on her
Wonderful performance! Bass player doing some serious work!
Maybe the greatest live performance I have ever seen. Absolutely pitch perfect!
Actually, she was off pitch for most of the song. If you want to hear perfect pitch, you’ll have to listen to Streisand’s version.
J.C.She Does a Overwhelming Rendition of this Song!!!!
a fitting tribute to my favorite female singer/songwriter!
Paul Shaffer's band from Letterman killin it
First time I ever heard Sara. This is great!!
One of my fave rock hall performances. Thanks for uploading. Sara is under appreciated
Not by us, she's not =;-))
I find myself watching this over and over. :)
Such a great song by the wonderful, unforgotten Laura Nyro. Pretty good perfomance by Sara!
You have .....to sigh, nr the end ,the best and only cover I've seen, of Stoney End.
W O W ! A +. ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. The BACKUP SINGERS are GORGEOUS. The blonde Bass guitar is rockin awesome! SARA you are FANTASTIC !
Wow brilliant performance, channel’s Laura’s artistry and with a beautiful touch of joyousness.
The best version I have heard... Great
Sara is a national teasure!!!!
Laura was a national treasure as well, I will forever believe Sara and Laura would've liked each other.....
Wow! 👏 a beautiful lady with a golden voice. She gets a standing ovation from me. She sang it beautifully. 👏
Almost makes you want to go a place called 'Stoney End' I've a nasty feeling it wasn't nice. As all good songs written from life, and your heart. Rgdscolin.
A great tribute to Laura Nyro
Apart from Laura, nobody does Laura better than Sara.
Outstanding Performance!
Fantastic performance
She’s amazing!!
The best version of this song that I have ever heard.
One of my favorite Rock Hall moments ❤️
Wow! The only cover that ever did justice to Laura's amazing, incomparable music! thank you Sarah, Laura would be proud!
Sara a piano playing songwriter and singer just like Laura Nyro.
Not an easy song to understand however for me it's equal to a work of art. Everyone wanted to sing the music she wrote.
This is good, but I love the way Laura Nyro sang it. She wrote it, after all. ❤
Stunning performance of a truly joyous, melodically beautiful song,from one of the world's celestial songwriters.
wow, she pulled off a very hard song vocally. Snaps
Love her sultry voice...
Wacht again, this woman does a fantastic job of "our" classic, rgds Colin, Glasgow.
LOVE!!!!!! GREAT TRUBUTE TO A TRUE ARTIST! SARA IS FABULOUS! DID LAURA PROUD!
The back up singers really make this song happen.
Laura Nyro wrote "Stoney End," "Wedding Bell Blues," and "And When I Die" when still a teenager.
Thank you for mentioning her that way. Laura was so down to Earth, ethereal, soulful, brilliant ... helping us sing appropriately for ourselves.
@@lazysingledaisybronwyn8105 don't stop! She deserves every acknowledgment we can give her.... love Laura
With such great success as a writer it's interesting that none of them became big hits until others performed them. LN was a great lyricist but not much of a performer. Barielles voice is quite limited, even flat at times.
Fantastic rendition.
Sara Bareilles - artist extraordinaire!!
Been reading a lot about Laura Nyro in the last couple of days. I read that Todd Rundgren said that after listening to Nyro, he started to write songs like her, and not The Who - and a lightbulb went on in my head! "That makes a LOT of sense now!" Question, of course, is just HOW do you do that? As for this performance: I did listen to it a second time just to listen to the BASS; vocals...maybe it's the hype ("Best ever!"), or maybe it's Sara smiling all through the song while singing a heart-rending song, but I'd just say it's technically sound, but somewhat emotionally lacking. I HAVE decided, by a narrow margin, that Stoney End is her Nyro's best song, over Stone Soul Picnic.
God, I love this woman.
Just a wonderful performance. Thank you so much!
I don't want to wait years to induct Sara Bareilles in the Hall Of Fame put her in "now" on this performance alone. #Beautiful, #Upbeat, #Positive & #Flawless, love this! Laura Nyro's induction is well deserved.
Absolutely agree. Amazing.
Sara so talented. Written an opera, performing on Broadway, all around talent
I have come to a late appreciation of Laura Nyro. what a talent gone way too soon.
Brilliant musicians backing Sarah-don't forget them !
I just love this wonderful performance and how could you go wrong with those backing vocals and such a tight band. I can only imagine how brilliant it must have been to see live.
For someone, for anyone to even attempt singing this awesome song is worthy enough, but to reach and surpass the original is sublime mesmerizing talent.
Great job!
Perfect. Best version of this song.
Dumb comment. Not even close.
A great performance of this song; I play it over and over!
Nevar thought to hear anyone do a verison of this dynomite Laura Nyro song that could match Streisand's. Sara comes verr close. Like Babs's, this seams an upbeat, happy covar - until you actaully listen to the lyrics and get whipsawed. Wish Nyro had lived longar to compose more musics like this.
So this was redone for the broadcast - is that right? I notice how different the ending is, even some of Sara's phrasing. And even in that version, which is excellent, you can hear the background singers (fantastic!) adapting to Sara's changes toward the end.
Yes - this is great, but it's not what was broadcast.
I was aware she wrote Stoney End but not much more. These tributes are quite an education. Tremendous talent so well hidden for decades.
Fantastic, when I come across this performance I come to a stop. Streisand, eat your heart out.
Somewhere, somehow, Laura smiles down on Sara!
Laura Nyro would have loved it
Beautiful and lively performance!👍🏻
Go Sara! That Love Letter will have to wait! Go on backup singers!!!!!
Laura Nyro lives via Sarah
Simple… Wow
As good as this is - nobody sings a Laura Nyro song better than Laura Nyro.
At 2:21 of this video is the patented Laura Nyro pause/tempo change. And then; after Sara Bareilles accents the pause with a powerful vocal, that wonderful music resumes again at 2:36. But then at 2:57 it seemed like Sara and the background singers weren't on the same page as to when to end the song. Even so; being true professionals, this performance is a beautiful tribute to the fantastic Laura Nyro!
Why not just enjoy this & don't break down every emotion... it's great.
@@Chicanaloca, because then I would've just gave the video a 'like'.
I love this version & song.i was 10 when Streisands version came out so don't remember as much.Does time go quick as I'm 61 now.
Sara absolutely nailed this song . Was so good I would make love to her right on the piano .
Awesome , awesome .