Carly Simon: No Secrets
Carly Simon reveals the challenges behind No Secrets - the classic album that made her a global star and included the enigmatic song You're So Vain.
Carly Simon is one of the most influential singer-songwriters of her generation. The classic album that made her a global star was No Secrets, which included the enigmatic song You're So Vain. The album spent five weeks at number one in the US chart.
In this new interview Carly ties together her life and work on No Secrets - she is at her most honest, sometimes defiant, but with a wit and wisdom that comes from her rich and turbulent life. She tells of how the second single from the album, Right Thing to Do, was a refreshingly realistic love song, choosing to ignore her lover's problems. That lover was James Taylor; Carly wrote the lyrics on a plane after looking over at James and thinking 'there's nothing you can do to turn me away.'
The album's title track, We Have No Secrets, struck a chord with a generation trying to reconcile honesty in relationships with the emotional consequences that followed. Carly had a number of highly public affairs in the early 70s and her experience fed into the album's most famous song, the global hit You're So Vain. She performs the missing fourth verse on the piano, the first time she has ever sung it along with the melody.
Carly tells of how her producer made her do the vocal track on 'Vain' over and over, and how Mick Jagger ended up on backing vocals. The film has access to the master tapes and we hear Jagger's vocal track. Her producer reveals Carly was 'so turned on' after singing with Jagger that she recorded the whole vocal again - and that is the one on the album.
Finally, the film includes footage of Taylor Swift and Carly Simon performing You're So Vain together, and extracts from an interview where Swift herself talks about her love for the song.
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Carly Simon
You're So Vain
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00:03
Carly Simon
We Have No Secrets
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00:26
Carly Simon
Embrace Me You Child
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00:36
Carly Simon
The Right Thing To Do
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00:41
Carly Simon
His Friends Are More Than Fond Of Robin
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00:46
Carly Simon
It Was So Easy
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Carly Simon
We Have No Secrets
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Participant | Carly Simon |
Director | Guy Evans |
Executive Producer | Phil Dolling |
Production Company | Eagle Rock Film Productions |
Production Company | 91热爆 Studios |
Broadcasts
- Fri 5 May 2017 22:00
- Sat 6 May 2017 01:35
- Fri 9 Feb 2018 21:00
- Sat 10 Feb 2018 01:05
- Fri 15 Feb 2019 20:00
- Fri 5 Jul 2019 20:30
- Sat 6 Jul 2019 02:15
- Fri 6 Mar 2020 21:30
- Sat 7 Mar 2020 02:45
- Fri 5 Mar 2021 19:00
- Sat 6 Mar 2021 01:30
- Sat 2 Oct 2021 00:15
- Fri 23 Jun 2023 22:30
- Sat 24 Jun 2023 01:45
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