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Gh0st36 t1_iy6a39f wrote

Captain Obvious, is it really you!?!? We all thought you were dead...

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cedertra t1_iy6cccd wrote

Replying to Gh0st36 (#750,536)

I don't think you get it: the line "you probably think this song is about you" of kind of dumb, because it IS about them, which makes them not vain for thinking that.

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TheBestMePlausible t1_iy6gi0c wrote

Replying to cedertra (#751,072)

I don’t think you get it. That’s part of the song. Part of the vibe. The singer/lyricist is well aware of the irony, the bitterness, the contradiction.

That said, apparently there are at least three different people it could be about, and maybe it’s not about any of them. But they would all likely think it is.

It probably is though. i’m pretty sure the lyric is meant to be ironic.

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JauntyTurtle t1_iy6ix8w wrote

Every time this song comes on I angrily say "I can't believe Carly Simon wrote a cruel song about me. I've never even met the bitch!"

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QutieLuvsQuails t1_iy7rusk wrote

IMO there’s no way the song is about one single person. It’s about all the self-centered people who think everything is about them.

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rdmille t1_iy8p6b9 wrote

At least one verse was written about Warren Beatty, as Carly Simon revealed in 2003.

The funny part is that after the release of the song, Warren Beatty called her to thank her for writing a song about him.

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