tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663852.post1196967721576774754..comments2011-04-01T14:13:37.441-05:00Comments on Philosophy Blog: Then what is it about?Shawn Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08304470271355715163noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663852.post-79046101821126171122008-04-30T12:34:00.000-05:002008-04-30T12:34:00.000-05:00Nah. Carly Simon is singing about Warren Beatty."...Nah. Carly Simon is singing about Warren Beatty.<BR/><BR/>"Then you flew your lear jet up to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun" His mom's up there.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, that's always bugged me too, since he's right, and the song IS about him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663852.post-70346049987930139612008-04-08T17:11:00.000-05:002008-04-08T17:11:00.000-05:00It's about someone but she doesn't say whom. So, I...It's about someone but she doesn't say whom. So, I imagine there could be many people listening to the song thinking "is it me or someone else?" In that way, it's very clever.Jordan Zimmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06720855854674480999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663852.post-46241966301659147112008-03-13T20:56:00.000-05:002008-03-13T20:56:00.000-05:00Well... The story goes that it could have been abo...Well... The story goes that it could have been about maybe 3-4 men, one of them being Mick Jagger. He sings background vocals on the song. If you listen closely you'll hear him.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00366215351298512947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663852.post-5185218029463939402008-03-12T09:12:00.000-05:002008-03-12T09:12:00.000-05:00The song is about her--i.e., the singer--whose sen...The song is about her--i.e., the singer--whose sense of identity and self-respect has been wounded by her association with the megalomaniac. He's so vain he doesn't understand that the song is about her ability to finally assert her pride and self-respect. Instead, he only sees that it talks about him. A good analogy is <I>Gone with the Wind,</I> which although it centers around Scarlett, is really <I>about</I> Rhett, and his discovery of his own indepenendence.Timothy Sandefurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01416347637468098134noreply@blogger.com