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Re: CSimon-"I thought that that was going to be a joint venture, but I'd never heard from Mick about how he'd like me to share the royalties. It's the very least I can do to thank Mick for turning what could of been an ordinary record [YOU'RE SO VAIN on which Mick sang backing vocals] into an iconic huge song for me over the years—so, my god, let him take all of my songs and say that he wrote them."
I can't tell if she's being sarcastic here. any more context to this quote?
When she mentions Mick not contacting her about royalties...... why mention that if it wasn't on her mind?
And I don't think Mick's backing vocals made YOU'RE SO VAIN iconic........so I think she's using hyperbole to make
her point.
If she's saying...i helped him (writing) and he helped me (backing vocals) out...fine.
The lyrics are fairly simplistic anyway...
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Same book that says Stevie Wonder toured with the Stones on the back of Superstition as a hit, Earls Court and Knebworth were in 1975, Micks 30th birthday was in 1972, Peter Tosh signed to RSR in 1980, Dirty Work began recording after Live Aid etc.....
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I can't tell if she's being sarcastic here. any more context to this quote?
When she mentions Mick not contacting her about royalties...... why mention that if it wasn't on her mind?
And I don't think Mick's backing vocals made YOU'RE SO VAIN iconic........so I think she's using hyperbole to make
her point.
If she's saying...i helped him (writing) and he helped me (backing vocals) out...fine.
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I can't tell if she's being sarcastic here. any more context to this quote?
When she mentions Mick not contacting her about royalties...... why mention that if it wasn't on her mind?
And I don't think Mick's backing vocals made YOU'RE SO VAIN iconic........so I think she's using hyperbole to make
her point.
If she's saying...i helped him (writing) and he helped me (backing vocals) out...fine.
You're So Vain is iconic...the epitome of iconic...it's the first time Jagger appears uncredited on a pop song even...it was a huge hit, and it's part of what defines her career.
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isn't she also Mick's muse in Memmory Motel...
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When 'Vain" was released in Dec 72 AM radio still ruled the airwaves for the most part and it was HEAVILY promoted with Jagger on b/u vocals. Everyone knew it before the song was even premiered. I remember the dj (yes, they actually had someone to introduce songs and physically drop the needle on vinyl!!) would talk about Jagger singing on it before each airplay....
It was was huge. Back then, music was not as splintered into genres...if something was a hit, everyone knew it, whether you heard it on the radio, watched it on some show or heard it while you were at Macy's.
My 19-year niece recently heard that song and asked, 'Is that Mick Jagger?' -
I wondered how she knew...she said, 'You can tell...'
I was 7,8 in 1973 and you could argue that "You're So Vain" was my introduction to Mick Jagger.
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When 'Vain" was released in Dec 72 AM radio still ruled the airwaves for the most part and it was HEAVILY promoted with Jagger on b/u vocals. Everyone knew it before the song was even premiered. I remember the dj (yes, they actually had someone to introduce songs and physically drop the needle on vinyl!!) would talk about Jagger singing on it before each airplay....
It was was huge. Back then, music was not as splintered into genres...if something was a hit, everyone knew it, whether you heard it on the radio, watched it on some show or heard it while you were at Macy's.
My 19-year niece recently heard that song and asked, 'Is that Mick Jagger?' -
I wondered how she knew...she said, 'You can tell...'
I was 7,8 in 1973 and you could argue that "You're So Vain" was my introduction to Mick Jagger.
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It's the very least I can do to thank Mick for turning what could of been an ordinary record
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isn't she also Mick's muse in Memmory Motel...
So thats why Memory Motel sucks. (I was actually thinking about that track yesterday. I remember people on this board, and others, being psyched about them bringing it out for the first time live. That song, Indian Girl and Sweet Neo Con are some of the worst Stones compositions of all time.)
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Did Mick receive royalties for his contribution to You're So Vain?
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No he was a uncredited performer on the track.
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Iconic yes...but not BECAUSE MJ sang backing vocals. It was a huge it and huge for her career.....but most people
did not know and still don't know that MJ appears on it.
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When 'Vain" was released in Dec 72 AM radio still ruled the airwaves for the most part and it was HEAVILY promoted with Jagger on b/u vocals. Everyone knew it before the song was even premiered. I remember the dj (yes, they actually had someone to introduce songs and physically drop the needle on vinyl!!) would talk about Jagger singing on it before each airplay....
It was was huge. Back then, music was not as splintered into genres...if something was a hit, everyone knew it, whether you heard it on the radio, watched it on some show or heard it while you were at Macy's.
My 19-year niece recently heard that song and asked, 'Is that Mick Jagger?' -
I wondered how she knew...she said, 'You can tell...'
I was 7,8 in 1973 and you could argue that "You're So Vain" was my introduction to Mick Jagger.
The same with the uncredited performance of "I Can Feel The Fire"...when I heard that I thought his vocals were amazingly rock n roll.