You're so vain - am I missing something?

princess poppy

Carli Simon - Youre so vain

Heard this ridiculous song for the hundreth time. Annoys me every time I hear it!

Who the hell else is the song about other than the person who is supposedly so vain :pac: :pac: :pac:

Rigsby

princess poppy wrote: »

Carli Simon - Youre so vain

Heard this ridiculous song for the hundreth time. Annoys me every time I hear it!

Who the hell else is the song about other than the person who is supposedly so vain :pac: :pac: :pac:

To each their own, but I quite like it. I doubt if many, besides your good self care too much as to who it's about. There's a LOT worse out there.

princess poppy

I know what you are saying, its just a bug bear of mine, you know when things get under your skin...

Android 666

Yeah, I agree with you, the whole 'you're so vain you probably think this song is about you' line is extremely stupid when you think about it - the guy it's aimed is made to feel doubly vain if he thinks that the song, that is about him, is actually about him. It becomes a bit annoying when you start thinking about that angle.

There's several theories as to who it could be, David Geffen, Warren Beatty and Mick Jagger (who does backing vocals on the song) amongst others but she's never revealed who it is.

princess poppy

Rigsby wrote: »

To each their own, but I quite like it. I doubt if many, besides your good self care too much as to who it's about. There's a LOT worse out there.

I'm not convinced much worse out there apart from that guy who has to write a classic in the attic. :rolleyes:

Shryke

I think it's a great song so there ya go really.

Sinfonia

Android 666 wrote: »

the guy it's aimed is made to feel doubly vain if he thinks that the song, that is about him, is actually about him.

That's what makes it so fiendishly clever

It's like if I ask you "Are you in denial?"

Funkfield

Its supposed to be about Warren Beatty, but that could be rubbish.

EDIT: couuld be a few people

old_aussie

I liked the song from the first time I heard it in early 1973.

Many people look into a mirror and do as the song says.

I think the person referred to in the song is Danny Armstrong, who she had just broken up with before writing the song.

MarkR

I suppose it's meant to be obvious irony. Could be used as an exhibit of how women don't always make sense!

efb

It's an awesome song - played it this morning thanks to this thread! Cheers op

Frank Black

Android 666 wrote: »

There's several theories as to who it could be, David Geffen, Warren Beatty and Mick Jagger (who does backing vocals on the song) amongst others but she's never revealed who it is.

She did actually, to a guy who won a charity auction in 2003 (for $50,000).
One of the conditions was that he was not to reveal the answer to anyone else though.

Rigsby

princess poppy wrote: »

I'm not convinced much worse out there

:eek:

You ARE joking.......are n't you ????



BTW, how does not knowing who the song is written about, make it bad ?

Android 666

Sinfonia wrote: »

It's like if I ask you "Are you in denial?"

No, I'm in the Danube.

what a day

Love this song also, good read about it on wikki

Id hazzard a guess its about warren beatty too but she would not admit it and doubt she ever will.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You're_So_Vain

viadah

I'd hazard a guess that the line means that the person in question is that vain that even without being named specifically they automatically assume the song is aimed at them. The chorus becomes a reflection on the verse. The subject of the verse is the kind of person who thinks that people would write songs about them. I always thought that was kind of obvious.

Kold

The QOTSA adaptation is pretty good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eBCwuCTCFQ

livinsane

I think it's a savage song and very clever.

Mick Jagger does backing vocals.

Might go listen to it now in fact...

lordgoat

i had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee...

mathepac

I love Carly and the song. I've heard most of the suggestions as to who the subject is.

The song has a lot going for it, a good lyric, a nice driving piano riff, very good solo and some smart rhyming "apr-i-cot" and "gavotte", great singer, great voice and great production. What's not to like?

I dunno if Warren could gavotte outside the bedroom but Mick certainly could back then.

MickShamrock

princess poppy wrote: »

I'm not convinced much worse out there

It's a classic. Obviously you haven't heard The Script or any other such drivel.

The Swordsman

MarkR wrote: »

I suppose it's meant to be obvious irony. Could be used as an exhibit of how women don't always make sense!

Posted 4 days ago and you seemed to have got away with it.

I doff my hat to you sir! :D

irishh_bob

based on the mythology surrounding the song down the years , the only thing we know for sure is that our carly liked to put out and plenty