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Melok
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Melok asked in Social ScienceGender Studies · 1 decade ago

What's the best lyric you've ever heard from a female singer?

My favourite has to be Carly Simon.

"You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you"

One simple line that causes all of her past boyfriends to think "Uh, is it me she's talking about?"

Thanks for your opinions.

Update:

Wow, Emma J!

Here's a thumbs up for you.

Update 2:

That's not completely true, Tracey.

Popular guesses on the subject include Mick Jagger (who sang uncredited backing vocals on the song), Cat Stevens, Warren Beatty, Kris Kristofferson (with whom she had had brief relationships), unfaithful fiancé William Donaldson, and Simon's ex-husband, James Taylor.

Despite these guesses and many interviews asking who it was, to this day Carly Simon has never publicly acknowledged in full whom the song is about. She commented in an interview that it was about "many vain men I've known in my life".

In a 1989 interview, Simon acknowledged that the song is a little bit about Beatty but said that the subject of the song is a composite of three men from her L.A. days. [1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_so_vain

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The last time I saw richard was detroit in 68,

    And he told me all romantics meet the same fate someday

    Cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark cafe

    You laugh, he said you think youre immune, go look at your eyes

    Theyre full of moon

    You like roses and kisses and pretty men to tell you

    All those pretty lies, pretty lies

    When you gonna realise theyre only pretty lies

    Only pretty lies, just pretty lies

    Joni Mitchell

  • Erika
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Carly Simon wrote that song about Warren Beatty, who in his time was a NOTORIOUS womanizer who dated (among hundreds of others) Carly Simon. So the subject of that song knows who he is.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Rie Fu's song Life is like a boat.

    ( warning part of this is in Japanese. I listen to japanese music alot...much more than american)

    Nobody knows who I really am

    I never felt this empty before

    And if I ever need someone and come along

    Who's gonna comfort me and keep me strong?

    We are all rowing the boat of fate

    The waves keep on coming and we can't escape

    But if we ever get lost on our way

    The waves will guide you through another day

    Dooku de iki o shiteru

    Toome ni natta mitai

    Kurayami ni omoeta kedo

    Mekaku shisareteta dake

    Inori o sasagete

    Atarashii hi o matsu

    Asayaka ni hikaru umi

    Sono hate made e

    Nobody knows who I really am

    Maybe they just don't give a damn

    But if I ever need someone and come along

    I know you will follow me and keep me strong

    Hito no kokoro wa utsuri yuku

    Mukedashitaku naru

    Tsuki wa mata atarashii shuuki de

    Fune o tsureteku

    And every time I see your face

    The oceans heave up to my heart

    You make me wanna strain at the oars

    And soon I can see the shore

    Ah, I can see the shore?

    When will I see the shore?

    I want you to know who I really am

    I never thought I'd feel this way towards you

    And if you ever need someone to come along

    I will follow you and keep you strong

    Tabi wa mada tsuzuiteku

    Odayaka na hi mo

    Tsuki wa mata atarashii shuuki de

    Fune o terashiasu

    Inori o sasagete

    Atarashii hi o matsu

    Asayaka ni hikaru umi

    Sono hate made

    And every time I see your face

    The oceans heave up to my heart

    You make me wanna strain at the oars

    And soon I can see the shore

    Unmei no mune o kogi

    Nami wa tsugi kara tsugi e to

    Watashitachi o osou kedo

    Sore mo suteki na tabi ne

    Dore mo suteki na tabi ne

    you can find the english lyrics on animelyrics.com

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    There were two lyrics that deserve comment:

    I am Woman - Helen Reddy

    That Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady - Helen Reddy

    Which pretty well sums up all of feminism.

  • 1 decade ago

    I think Alannis Morissette's song "I'm Here to Remind You" (I think that's the title) is the best song about having someone you loved break up with you.

    Also, Karla Bonoff's song, "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me" is an incredible song about the loneliness that goes with not dating anyone for a long time.

  • Helen Reddy: "Oh yes I am wise, but it's wisdom born of pain. Yes, I've paid the price, but look how much I gained. If I have to, I can do anything. I am strong, I am invincible, I am woman."

    Peggy Lee: "I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and never never never let you forget you're a man, 'cause I'm a woman."

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Nothing Compares 2 U (Written by Prince) Sung by Sinnead O'Connor. Ooooh! Goosebumps just thinking about it

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    this whole song by flyleaf - much like falling

    When I said good morning

    I was lying

    I was truly thinking of

    How I might quit waking up

    He pointed out how selfish

    It would be to kill myself

    So I keep waking up

    It feels so much like falling

    Dying while I wait to die

    The fear of something or nothing

    Lonely empty lie

    I don't want to be a liar

    I don't want to be selfish anymore

    I want so much to change

    Learning your love everyday

    There's still so much to know

    You grip my wrists

    I let go

    It feels so much like falling

    Separated from the fear

    Aware of a destination far away from here

    It feels so much like falling

    Separated from the fear

    Aware of a destination far away from here

    Far away from here

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Sally Rogers, folk singer:

    I WISH I HAD SOMEONE TO LOVE ME

    First verse & Chorus:

    I wish I had someone to love me,

    Someone to call me his own,

    Someone to sleep with me nightly,

    I weary of sleeping alone.

    Meet me tonight in the moonlight,

    Meet me tonight all alone,

    I have a sad story to tell you

    I'm telling it under the moon.

    Tonight is our last night together,

    Nearest and dearest must part,

    The love that has bound us together

    Is shredded and torn apart.

    I wish I had ships on the ocean

    Lined with silver and gold

    Follow the ship that he sails in

    A lad of 19 years-old.

    I wish I had wings of a swallow,

    Fly out over the sea

    Fly to the arms of my true love

    And bring him home safely to me.

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