{"id":2322,"date":"2025-04-13T16:27:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T20:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/?p=2322"},"modified":"2025-04-13T16:30:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T20:30:28","slug":"margo-guryan-27-demos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/?p=2322","title":{"rendered":"Margo Guryan: 27 Demos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hesitant to perform and sensing a weakness in her voice, Margo Guryan stuck behind the scenes of the 60s\/70s musical world. She learned piano as a child then began writing poems and composing during her final year of high school. She\u2019s most well known for \u201cSunday Morning\u201d as covered by Spanky and Our Gang<\/a>, Oliver<\/a>, and Glen Campbell & Bobby Gentry<\/a>. Each takes a slightly different approach to the tune, but right now I prefer her stripped-down version<\/a> on \u201c27 Demos.\u201d Even more than the main version<\/a> off her album \u201cTake a Picture,\u201d which includes guitar riffs and a bit of swing to it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c27 Demos\u201d is a 2001 collection of Margo\u2019s demos from 1967 to 1978. It was released after her songs gained sudden popularity and acclaim overseas. Although detractors note some of the album\u2019s \u201cSesame Street-type arrangements<\/a>,\u201d that is likely what drew me to it. The Sesame Street Original Cast Recordings (especially Vol. II) are nostalgic to me, so I love hearing her similar musical arrangements with slightly more adult themes. She always pairs her \u201cwhispy voice\u201d with keyboard, then sometimes has guitar, drums, or wind accompaniment. I think it’s fair to call the genre \u201csunshine pop\u201d or the style \u201cgirlish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To overcome her vocal limitations, her producer and husband David Rosner suggested doubling the vocal tracks to smooth out the difference between her low and high range. This is noticeable in the tracks, but only if one\u2019s paying attention. Right now I\u2019m interested in the tracks \u201cI\u2019d Like to See the Bad Guys Win\u201d and \u201cThe 8:17 Northbound Success Merry-Go-Round,\u201d the latter of which has a unique rhythm, organ solo, and message to it. Some of \u201c27 Demos\u201d is forgettable, but it\u2019s alarming these wouldn\u2019t have been released if not for increased attention on her! I feel connected to her experience of learning piano but not wanting to perform, that her parents grew up in the New York\/Cornell area (my grandfather went there), and her interest in politics. Despite her death in 2021, I think she will continue to grow in popularity.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hesitant to perform and sensing a weakness in her voice, Margo Guryan stuck behind the scenes of the 60s\/70s musical world. She learned piano as a child then began writing poems and composing during her final year of high school. She\u2019s most well known for \u201cSunday Morning\u201d as covered by Spanky and Our Gang, Oliver,… Continue reading Margo Guryan: 27 Demos<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2322"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2327,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322\/revisions\/2327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}