Carly Simon《You’re So Vain》
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收余恨，免娇嗔 ，且自新 ，改性情，休恋逝水，苦海回身，早悟兰因。
——《锁麟囊》
歌名:《You’re So Vain》
歌者：Carly Simon
词曲：Carly Simon
流派： 流行
歌曲评分：满分五星，歌词意境、旋律动听程度（包括歌手的演唱是否优美）、情感的丰富性、配乐水平、流行程度等五个方面判断。
学习难度：最容易的为1星，最难为5星。
歌词
[Intro]
Son of a gun
[Verse 1]
You walked into the party
Like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror
As you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner
[Chorus]
You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?
[Verse 2]
You had me several years ago
When I was still quite naive
Well, you said that we made such a pretty pair
And that you would never leave
But you gave away the things you loved
And one of them was me
I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and
[Chorus]
You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?
I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and
You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?
[Verse 3]
Well, I hear you went up to Saratoga
And your horse naturally won
Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia
To see the total eclipse of the sun
Well, you're where you should be all the time
And when you're not, you're with
Some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend
Wife of a close friend, and
[Chorus]
You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?
You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
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多添一点：
今天分享一首来自Carly Simon的《You’re So Vain》。
这首歌来自专辑《No Secrets》（没有秘密）。有趣的是，这首歌的灵感来源一直就是流行音乐史上最大的秘密之一，即使在今天，这个秘密也只是部分被揭开。1971年获得格莱美年度最佳新人奖后，Simon于1972年11月发行了《You’re So Vain》，这首歌迅速登上了公告牌排行榜，在那里停留了17周，并在1973年1月6日登顶榜首。这首歌的成功也加深了它的神秘性。
Simon在歌词中尖锐地指责某人，但没人知道她写的人究竟是谁。传言可能她想骂的人包括 Warren Beatty、Kris Kristofferson, Cat Stevens, 和 Mick Jagger，这些人都和她有过婚外情。1974年，她在接受《现代高保真音乐》(Modern Hi-Fi and Music)采访时说:“这首歌讲的是很多人的故事。我是说我能想到很多人。我在这首歌中用到的例子都是我的想象，激发灵感的来源很多，这不仅仅某一个特定的人。”然而，媒体和公众似乎希望这是关于一个特定的人，对媒体的做法，Simon不置可否。这也是一种炒作的技巧吧。
在2000年查理·罗斯(Charlie Rose)的一次采访中，Simon解释了这首歌的起源:“本来有首歌的旋律是现在的‘You’re So Vain’，叫做‘Bless You Ben’。有一天，当我在钢琴上弹奏“Bless You Ben”时，我把有句歌词换成了“You walked into the party, like You were walking on a yacht”。我感觉换完很自然，我也能联想到我想讲述的人。”
她的有句歌词是与好友坐在飞机靠窗的座位上想出来的，她注意到窗外的云朵映在她的咖啡里。朋友说,"look at the clouds in your coffee," Simon说着便在他们的日记里写下了这句话，几周后，Simon打电话给朋友，问是否可以把这句话用在一首歌里，得到了朋友的允许。尊重原创和版权的意识还是很到位的。
围绕这首歌的秘密一直在继续。这首经典的歌也被很多人翻唱。下面一个版本是玛丽莲曼森的翻唱。可以听听不同的感觉。你喜欢哪个？