First Time Hearing | Carly Simon - You're So Vain Reaction
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Carly Simon songs to listen to - Anticipation … Coming Around Again … Nobody Does It Better … That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be … Haven’t Got Time For the Pain.
"Let the River Run" is my personal favorite.
Carly has refused to publicize Everyone the song is about. Warren Beatty has been acknowledged as one of the offenders. However, a select few evidently do know and are basically sworn to secrecy. A few years ago, supposedly she told Taylor Swift. However, unless it’s disclosed in her Will, don’t expect to ever know for certain.
She allowed the names to be auctioned off for charity with the provision that the buyer sign an NDA. The buyer, coincidentally enough, was a friend of hers from the TV industry, he paid $50,00.00 for the name.
I don’t know how you could be alive on this planet and not have heard this song… really! There are 50+ yrs of ‘questions’ about WHO this person is.. as Carly is an EPIC performer from the 60s and onward (she was married to James Taylor). She doesn’t have a bad song (IMO).. and she has many. Thanks for a wonderful blast from the past, and for your reaction!
You better make sure he knows who James Taylor is.
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You're So Vain is in fact about 3 different male suitors Carly had in her life up until 1972.. Verse 2 is specifically about actor, director, producer Warren Beatty. Many have speculated Mick Jagger, James Taylor and Cat Stevens. Carly has denied any of the verses are about them.
It would be ironic if part of it was about Jagger, since he sang backing vocals on the studio version.
Carly Simon has only ever revealed who the song is about to one person and it isn't you. The only thing she has revealed publicly is that it is about one person, not multiple people and the name contains an "a" in it.
@@matthewsann6077, well, she said one was David Geffen. But I also heard that every verse was about a different person.
Spot on. 3 different men and much speculation over the years. All time classic!
She’s made both statements, that the song was about one man, and that the song was about multiple men. She’s also give clues about the name or names, stating one time that it had an “e” in it, then another time she said it had an “a” in it and yet another time she said it had an “r” in it 😂 I think she likes to play into the mystery of the song. It’s a secret she’s been able to keep for decades by playing it this way. Genius! 🤣
If you listen to the original studio cut at the 1:40 minute mark you'll recognize the background singer. It's Mick Jagger.
Great analysis as always.
As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.
I thought the "I had some dreams-they were clouds in my coffee, clouds in my coffee..." was exactly what it looks like--you pour the cream and for a moment it's lovely--like beautiful clouds--but it's fleeting; next moment it's not worth much--the beauty has gone. Carly Simon is super talented; singer, songwriter, piano player. The entire No Secrets album is terrific.
Carley Simon, born with a gold spoon in her mouth. Her father being Richard Simon of
Simon and Shuster.
Carley was married to James Taylor and gave birth to two of his children.
He was pretty messed up on drugs and such which I would guess caused the
demise of the marriage.
The general consensus is that the song is about the actor Warren Beaty as they had dated before the song was written
And word has it that he was a narcissist and stunk, as in he was malodorous. That was also confirmed for me by hospital personnel that care for his mother as a patient. Conversely, his sister Shirley MacLaine, was completely the opposite, down to earth and clean smelling.
Carly has never said who this was about, however speculation says its about Warren Beatty. Its been a mystery since the early 70s.
That’s the Way I,ve Always Heard It Sohoul Be. Amazing vocals.
Almost certain we all know at least one person this song could be about 🤣 I adore her for refusing to reveal the identity or identities of the main character, the mystery is delicious and adds to the irony, love it.
Anticipation Is another great song by Carly Simon, back in the seventies it was used in a ketsup commercial.
In August 2003, Simon agreed to reveal the name of the song's subject to the highest bidder of the Martha's Vineyard Possible Dreams charity auction. With the top bid of $50,000, Dick Ebersol, president of NBC Sports and a friend of Simon, won the right to know the name of the subject of "You're So Vain". Peace out.
I didn’t know that. Was he sworn to secrecy as part of the deal?
@@terri2494 Yes he was.
I always thought the "clouds in my coffee" line was about how when you first pour in the cream, it's really pretty and interesting and then it quickly disappears and makes the coffee less-than and weaker. The dreams she had about whoever this guy is, dissipated and turned into nothing quickly.
Exactly...well put!
Nicely said!
I never saw it that way but it fits perfectly!
She was flying on a jet drinking coffee, and when she put the coffee down, she saw the reflection of the clouds in the coffee. That's how she came up with the lyric. The meaning is till up to interpretation!!!
I think you'd really appreciate her song, That's the Way I've Always Heard it Should Be. The lyrics are cutting and insightful. There's an iconic live version where she's playing the keyboard.
I love Carly Simon, her music seems so heartfelt and honest. She has social anxiety and had stopped performing in public, she finally put on a concert in her hometown for friends, family and people in her town. It was released on DVD, here's the great closing number COMING AROUND AGAIN/ ITSY BITSY SPIDER: ruclips.net/video/q9cidpLcPgA/видео.html
I think you missed the point of this song. Basically, this song is about me.😂
I think clouds in her coffee, is probably her tears.
The song is not about him. The song is about her.
Was just about to comment exactly this. 💯
Exactly
I can't believe you never heard this song. The question always was who is she talking about. You keep taking me a trups down memory lane and i love it. Love you reactions. You are so spot on.
Mick Jagger is singing backup on this song.
Yes, on the studio record. And it's fire.
Carly was doing diss tracks before diss tracks were a thing. :D
Carly Simon is a true singer- songwriter. She wrote so many wonderful, personal songs. I still love to listen to her albums. I still have my "No Secrets" and "Hotcakes" LPs.
You should react to Nobody Does it Better( James Bond theme song) anticipation, that's the way I always heard it should be and many many more by Carly Simon
the clouds aren't really in the coffee, bro. she was fixated on things that weren't even there, just reflections.
Hollywood playboy actor. Hooked up with many actresses
A great blast from the past!
When this song came out, I was at university in the US. Everybody talked about it. The presumption at the time, back in the 1970s was that it was about Mick Jagger or Warren Beatty. As discussed by previous commenters, Ms. Simon has disclosed that Beatty was one of three men she was singing about. She had a famously tumultuous marriage with the equally brilliant singer/songwriter James Taylor from 1972 (when the song was recorded to 1973). You might want to consider listening to one of James Taylor's early hits like the song "Fire and Rain."
She does a great song called "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be"
Each verse is about a different lover of hers. The first is Warren Beatty and the second is James Taylor. She hasn't revealed who the other verses are about
She said in a People magazine article that the second verse only is about Warren Beatty. She has not revealed who the other verses are about.
She put creamer in her coffee and it looked like clouds
Todd Rundgren “Hello it’s me” or Carole King “It’s too Late”. Both great story songs to check out✌️👍
Oh man, I just need to hear those first two chords and I am right back to the 1970's when this song hit the airwaves. ((sigh)) Such good memories!
That’s exactly it about the coffee, when you first pour it billows through thee coffee like a cloud.
OMG who the heck is it? Everyone has always wanted to know, for half a century we have wanted to KNOW!
About the coffee, some people can read the future by looking the bottom of the cup after you drink. I'm not a believer of those "myths" (broken mirror, black cat, etc...) but, I was engaged to a girl in my twenties. One day we're having coffee with a friend of hears that ask me not to shake the cup after finish drinking, just pose down. She looked at the bottom of the cup for few seconds and said that I was get married and have two boys, then looked at my fiance cup and said she would marry a man with a name that started with M and was going to have four kids. I got married years later and got two boys, she got married to a man with a name the started with M and have four kids! Excuse my English, not my first language.
Why do so many reactors like to react to second-rate live performances of songs, instead of the album original/studio recording of said songs?
She did do it to " this guy" whoever he is...lol...and did it well!
Love this song!
Similar to "Ode to Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry, this song has been the subject of ~50 years of speculation. Both are good fun for going down the rabbit hole.
"I bet you think this song is about you" pointedly mocks potential subjects on their vanity making them assume it is about them. Who that is has been the subject of much speculation since the songs release. Warren Beatty has long been the lead suspect. Simon says it's about multiple past partners.
It’s been decades since I finally stopped saying or thinking, “But it is about him.” It just occurred to me as I wrote that that she might have been teasing the three of them because each verse was about a different man. If none of them got confirmation that she had written about them they might have been very confused. I think it was decades later that she said each verse was about a different person.
The actor Warren Beatty was quite the thing back in the day, and was rumored to be the vain one. Imagine him hearing this on the radio and wondering, “Is this song about me?”
It's definitively one hundred percent only about Warren B. Carley raffled off the identity to the highest bidder for a charity forty years after the songs' release. Originally the winner signed a NDA to keep it to themselves, but then Carley just let loose with it in an interview hilariously, admitting she didn't want someone else to steal her thunder of the reveal. She went out of her way to apologize to Annette Benning and praise her as a better woman than her and she was an amazing performer. And Carley can absolutely do whatever she wants cause she is an artist following a long tradition of using their craft as therapy art and she had the tact and class not to name drop the dude in the song or press back in the day when he was the king prince of Hollywood and it mattered. The lyrics are hilarious in their poetic catty lyricism. Reminds me of Taylor Swift or Alanis Moressete in their hay day. Gentlemen, you don't want to piss off and do dirty singer song writers. Not only will they crank out a diss track in your dishonor calling you out, the song will be a banger and become immortalized never leaving the airwaves of oldie stations one day forever or public consciousness or zeitgeist in some way.
I’ll never forget when this song was released in 1972, one of the best Carly Simon songs, she great
Warren Beaty.
It was thought that this song was about Warren Beatty, who was a reputed ladies man and vain.
This song is about David Geffen. people used to say it was about Mick Jagger. it's not but he does sing backing vocals on the track, you can hear him clearly toward the end of the studio version.
This opens such a great genre. female singer-songwriters from the 70's Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon, Laura Nyro, Patti Smith. Roberta Flack. etc. |
Check out an album-listen: Tapestry by Carole King, another carly simon song would be "nobody does it better" studio version or the cover by "Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies"
✨The song about David Geffen was “Free Man in Paris”, by Joni Mitchell.✨🫶🏼✨
So, recently I read that it's actually about three different people, which is why the chorus makes sense. The song isn't really about any of them, but rather about her encounters with men, with them as examples. I don't know if that's accurate or not. But it does make sense.
Her point with the lyric (which I think is so brilliant), "you're so vain, you probably think this song is about you" is that a secure man would either wonder, consider the possibility that it isn't, or not care at all, the narcissist she's singing about (and if you've ever spent any significant time around a narcissist, you could attest to this, I'm sure) doesn't consider whether it might or might not-- he thinks it's about him, because what isn't about him? Brilliant writing.
Agreeing with the others there are candidates but …. She dated so very wealthy pretty men in her youth . I think it’s a jab at male vanity especially in the early feminist days . The Rock n R boys & Hollywood could be ridiculous vain
It is cathartic
Warren Beatty
This song was about Warren Beatty
Supposedly this is about Warren Beatty
Verse 1: Nick Delbanco
Verse 2: Warren Beatty
Verse 3: Joe Namath
You should hear the studio version. Beautiful song.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone side with the guy/guys in this song!
I don’t know what recording you played but to me she actually seemed to be having an off day. That or she was older and her voice wasn’t quite as good as it was in her younger years, or maybe it was at the end of a concert. She didn’t quite hit the higher note on the “Don’t you? Don’t you?” part. She still sounds great but I wanted you to know that the studio version is even better. As others have said, she has some great songs. I didn’t see anyone mention Mockingbird, which she sang with her then husband James Taylor. It was released in 1974. Their voices went well together and they collaborated on several songs. I would recommend starting with the studio version of Mockingbird.
My favorite Carly Simon song is 'Memorial Day' from the album 'Spy'.
This song is definitely about someone specific, but Carly has never divulged who the song was about.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Suspect Jagger did the backup vocals to place himself above suspicion.
Not as good without the great Mick Jaggers backup vocals. Thanks for the reaction.
Yes. Maybe 3 somebodies. One of whom might have been Warren Beatty.
Kris Krstofferson "The Pilgrim" very clever lyrics.
She is such a damn good songwriter in addition to her vocals and instrumental skills. (It must run in the family because her sister is a damn fine songwriter also.)
The guy is Warren Beatty…. Apparently. Never revealed.
It’s her personal perception of them after being in a relationship with them a breakup anthem
I like rhyming yacht, apricot and gavotte.
Dovonan, Scottish musician, songwriter and record producer, has a very beautiful composition with very peculiar lyrics called Wear Your Love Like Heaven.
It's believed the song is specifically about actor and well known ladies man Warren Beatty.
She is daughter of Simon from the publishers Simon & Schuster
It's about Warren Beatty or Mick Jagger. She dated them both.
Clouds in my coffee: the creamer eventually dissipates and disappears into the coffee. Like her dreams disappear.
Love this song, 3 different guys claimed it was about them, so many vain men 😂😂😂
I always thought it was about Warren Beatty, but it was never verified by Carly Simon, she refused to tell who it was about!
She did admit in a People magazine article that only the second verse is indeed about Warren Beatty. She has not revealed who the other verses are about.
Well, thank you Roger, I must have missed that one! She did refuse for quite a long time to tell so I just figured she never told! Thank you for your nice reply about this!
Deb
The studio version is much better and Mick Jagger sings back up vocals on it.
This has a feminist stance and was empowering to write, presumably. My favorite line, clouds in my coffee, creamer.
"Clouds in my coffee" is tears falling in the coffee and the results of the mixing
Rumer was always it was about Warren Beatty. You should hear the original studio version where you can hear Mick Jagger on background vocals.
Knew you would like this song. I'm pretty sure it's about a couple different people. One of them is 100% Warren Beatty
I remember public rumors that Carly wrote this song about Warren Beaty. I was amazed at Carly and Kris Kristofersson would be a couple??
It is about someone. But is it about the one -- or many -- who think it's about them? Carly came from a VERY wealthy family -- her father was a co-founder of major publishing company Simon and Schuster -- and dated several famous and/or rich men and married a couple. It certainly was about at least one of them (rumor has it 3), but she has never confirmed who. (Some say Warren Beatty is confirmed, some say he's not.) It was fun speculating when it came out 50 years ago (damn, I feel old), and it's still fun today. Thanks for a fresh reaction.
Yes she was slamming these guys but very subtly! with tongue firmly in cheek.
She had more than one man in her life that could have been the subject of this song! She participated in a fundraiser years ago to tell the winner who the song was about as she has never publically confirmed WHICH narcissist she dated inspired the song. Love Carly Simon, but hope she has done a bit of soul searching on her taste in men. lol
She has admitted in a People magazine article that only the second verse is indeed about Warren Beatty. She has not revealed who the other verses are about however.
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African Sky Blue: Johnny Clegg and Juluka
Something I think you may enjoy
I'm an Austrian guy, so not a native English speaker. But
"clouds in my coffee" always ment to me : yes, it happend, rose me up for a while, but it doesn't bother me anymore.
It would be difficult to exaggerate just how big this song was. Played ALL the time on the radio. Her posters everywhere. TV performances and interviews. She was big and this song was big.
check out carly and james taylor doing the song Mockingbird. A great performance. You'll love it. Amazing how we can be so busy with our lives we miss things like this. Fortunately, sometimes we catch them up later.
Pour cream into coffee. At first there are pretty clouds billowing in the coffee, but they quickly vanish as the whole cup turns into one ‘café au lait’ color. So she’s saying that her dreams about this guy were like ‘clouds in her coffee’ - beautiful at first, but then quickly dissolved.
Carly Simon dated Warren Beatty and Mick Jagger. She was also married to James Taylor. All of these men could get ladies any time they wanted to and had a bit of conceit. Of the three none exactly knew who the sang was about, but she knew they would all think it was them. Brilliant..
One of my all-time favorites. ETA: Also, I don't remember her blonde.
didn't she finally say it was about Warren Beatty?
It is not long after her and James Taylor. Had broke up.
I love the twisted and ironic logic: the song is about you, but you would only think that if you’re super vain.
Good reaction. You nailed it!
Carly has admitted the second verse is about someone and that someone is Warren Beatty. She said only the second verse is about a real person. This was an ongoing mystery for decades and there are a few well known male personalities who want everyone to believe the song is about them. Thanks for the great reaction. 👏👏👏
She was married to James Taylor, but said it wasn't James. It was rumor to be Mick Jagger, but she said not him. I don't know who it was about?
Warren Beatty thinks its about him...
I d recommend "That s the Way I Always heard it Should Be."
She was married to James Taylor and she mentions Saratoga, NY where I saw 20 rock concerts.
Oh Gossssssh can we PLEASE get a SINGLE. DAMN. VIDEO. where you can see the woman's perspective, as a HUMAN? You're a human. You've most likely dealt with narcissists, cheaters, liars, gaslighters before. But you felt bad for him? This isn't a female issue! Men are narcissists. Women are narcissists. It's not gaslighting when...you...don't even name the person, talk about behaviors that you saw with your own eyes, and admit that you HEARD something about them; not that you KNOW it. Passive-aggressive expression through music? Absolutely. Gaslighting? Not a chance. What on Earth made you come to the conclusion that she was denying him his reality? No.
I love the paradox--obviously this song IS about them, but for them to think so is still vain.