Carly Simon - You're So Vain - yea or nay?

[Rayge]

I don't even know what a gavotte is

*As you watched*
Just in case that was a serious confession of ignorance rather than a rhetorical trope, a gavotte is a rather prissy dance that happens to rhyme with 'apricot' if you shorten the A and put the accent on the third, rather than the first, syllable.
Which, incidentally, is what the gavotte rhythm does.
See how it all fits together?
I blame the Illuminati

[Rayge]

I don't even know what a gavotte is

*As you watched*
Just in case that was a serious confession of ignorance rather than a rhetorical trope, a gavotte is a rather prissy dance that happens to rhyme with 'apricot' if you shorten the A and put the accent on the third, rather than the first, syllable.
Which, incidentally, is what the gavotte rhythm does.
See how it all fits together?
I blame the Illuminati

She even admits it here

http://variety.com/2012/music/news/deco ... ain-29926/

[Diamond Dog]

I remember we had drunken debate in the pub about if she's contradicting herself about the song not being about this person. I think I argued that it obviously is because she's singing about him regardless of what it's saying.

FFS.

[sloopjohnc]

I remember we had drunken debate in the pub about if she's contradicting herself about the song not being about this person. I think I argued that it obviously is because she's singing about him regardless of what it's saying.

Are you still drunk?

[Dr Markus]

I remember we had drunken debate in the pub about if she's contradicting herself about the song not being about this person. I think I argued that it obviously is because she's singing about him regardless of what it's saying.

Are you still drunk?

I wish.

[sloopjohnc]

I remember we had drunken debate in the pub about if she's contradicting herself about the song not being about this person. I think I argued that it obviously is because she's singing about him regardless of what it's saying.

Are you still drunk?

I wish.

You got that nice raise. Live a little. . .

[Dr Markus]

Are you still drunk?

I wish.

You got that nice raise. Live a little. . .

I don't think my US bosses would like it somehow.

[fange]

I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee...

[The Slider]

I really like it
And, unlike Rayge, I think the main lyric is fantastic, one of the best in pop mmusic

You walked into the party
Like you were walking on a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf, it was apricot
You had one eye on the mirror
And watched yourself gavotte

Damn right

I don't even know what a gavotte is

It's "as you watched yourself go by", isn't it?
The 6th line doesn't rhyme with the 2nd and 4th in the 3rd verse (won, sun, with) and not really in the 2nd either (naïve, leave, me).

edit: I just listened on headphones and yes it is 'gavotte'. 45 years later
Son of a gun!


I fucking love everything about it
The lyric is shit but it's a pop record.
All pop lyrics are shit

[Brickyard Jack]

You walked into the party
Like you were walking on a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf, it was apricot
You had one eye on the mirror
And watched yourself gavotte

Damn right

I don't even know what a gavotte is

It's "as you watched yourself go by", isn't it?
The 6th line doesn't rhyme with the 2nd and 4th in the 3rd verse (won, sun, with) and not really in the 2nd either (naïve, leave, me).

edit: I just listened on headphones and yes it is 'gavotte'. 45 years later
Son of a gun!


I fucking love everything about it
The lyric is shit but it's a pop record.
All pop lyrics are shit

Not it is "gavotte". A dance, like the "Ascot Gavotte" in My Fair Lady.