Hive Open Mic #157 - You're So Vain (Carly Simon)

Al Dios Que Adoramos

My take on this week's theme "To the God we worship" by @williansmarquez will be a bit different to most people's posts.
Some people think they themselves are God...

Carly Simon - You're So Vain

When I saw the word "admiration" The Picture of Dorian Gray instantly came to my mind; a novel written by Oscar Wilde and first published in 1890.

Unlike the admiration for God as in our theme is it the story of a young man who admires himself too much and destroys the lives of some of the people around him in the wake of it.

I have been learning a new song that has been on my list for some time, and I find it to almost be a real-life story matching that of Dorian Gray.. In this day and age, sadly, a lot of people admire mostly themselves without regards for others and this song is about such a person.

Carly Simon released this song in 1972 and for many years people speculated if it was about her previous partner and actor Warren Beatty. A few years back, however, she revealed that he was only covered in verse two and two others gave the ideas for the rest of the song.

There you go, there are loads of people on this planet, who could be Dorian! 😉

Wrapping It Up

I have shortened my version a little for this presentation, there is an instrumental bit that I'm skipping on this occasion and I still have to find a suitable ending for my acoustic version, but I hope, you like it anyhow.

As always: Thanks for listening! 😊

You can find the lyrics here

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1890) by Oscar Wilde

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