RELEASES:
PMRCDS-007 Margo Guryan
- 16 WORDS (Pure Mint) CD
Enhanced Single (includes
video on CD)
Links
www.myspace.com/margoguryan
Background
Info on 16 Words
Margo's notes to 16 Words
Watch the hilarious video
to 16 Words
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Margo Guryan (Los
Angeles, U.S.A)_
Margo
Guryan
was born in Far Rockaway, New York, a suburb about fifty
minutes drive from Manhattan. She began studying
the piano at the age of 6 years and as soon as she was
able to read and write, Margo began to write poems.
And as soon as she mastered some elemental piano,
she ‘made up' songs.
After
graduating from Boston University of Fine Arts with
a degree in composition, Margo's songs were soon beginning
to be regularly recorded. However listening to pop music
was something of a “no-no” for jazz musicians at the
time and it was only after her good friend Dave
Frishberg turned Margo onto the pop sensibilities
of The Beach Boys
that she began writing pop records. Although Margo never
originally intended to be a singer herself, she recorded
a number of demos of her 'pop songs' to show to “real”
pop artists. The interest in these performances led
to her 1968 album, “Take
A Picture” on Bell Records.
Margo's songs have also been covered by many stars,
including Bobbie Gentry
& Glen Campbell,
Claudine Longet,
Mama Cass (Mamas &
The Papas), St
Etienne, Astrud
Gilberto amongst many others.... Her fans include
Beck and Shirley
Manson.
Which
brings us up to date with 16 Words,
which Margo recorded last year and has very kindly consented
to us releasing on Pure Mint. A simple. very funny,
and almost annoyingly catchy! satirical 'pop song'.
To quote Margo: "I
wrote music to George Bush's `16 words' because this
allowed me to express my feelings on a multitude of
current issues...without writing a word! I found the
perfect partner in James Reitano, whose amazing video
in potent, if amusing, images went even further by underlining
the disaster governments can (and do) inflict."
Not
much one can really add to that....
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Take
A Picture
- for those unfamiliar to it - is a sublime psychedelic/soft/pop
album from the late 1960's, which, whilst achieving
fairly modest success at the time of its release, has
subsequently come to be seen as a true classic of its
type and era. It has been re-released several
times over the last few years on both vinyl
and CD. Highly recommended and the original
vinyl, very sought after!
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For
more info: please email info@pure-mint.com
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