In fact, she’s issued many albums that are its equal. But, like Carole King with Tapestry, Simon is only allowed No Secrets, as if to suggest it was a fluke. And Rickie Lee Jones is permitted two or three good albums. Yes, they’ll let Joni Mitchell into the club. Glance at the covers of the print music monthlies, and you’ll see a ratio that never favors women. Let’s also not overlook just how many men can only perceive genius in other men. Bobbie Gentry, whose work wasn’t reappraised until 2019, was another to be underestimated because of her physical presentation. For others, though they might be reluctant to admit it, it’s Simon’s conspicuous glamour. It’s the same reason he finds James Taylor and Harry Chapin untenable. For Robert Christgau, self-styled ‘Dean’ of music critics, it’s her background of well-heeled bohemia – by that prejudice, he views her as innately and irredeemably complacent. It’s hard to pinpoint a reason – possibly because there are several – that Simon attracts as many writers eager to minimize her as she does ones who lift her up. Her 2022 nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – whatever your opinion of that popularity club – is long overdue.
She’s been crafting albums of clever, literate songs that hang together as meaningful bodies of work since 1971. Why someone would want to push the falsehood that Simon’s work is disposable upmarket bubblegum remains a mystery.
That’s usually intended either as an open slight or a backhanded compliment – in other words, a slight in drag. She has been inducted into the inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "You're So Vain", the Songwriter's Hall of Fame and was presented the prestigious Founders Award by ASCAP.Ĭarly Simon has had an indelible impact on popular music and continues to create, influence and inspire.A recurring critical assessment of Carly Simon‘s work, perpetuated mainly by male writers, is that she’s a “singles artist”.
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Her hit songs include "That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be," "Anticipation," "You're So Vain," "Coming Around Again," and "Let the River Run" which was featured in Mike Nichols' movie Ділова жінка (1988), earning Simon an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy, making her the first female artist in history to win all three awards for a single song as a performer and composer. Simon's biggest success came with 1972's No Secrets which included "You're So Vain." The album sold millions of copies and occupied the Billboard charts for seventeen weeks, peaking at #1 for three consecutive weeks.Ĭarly has released over twenty-eight albums of original music, multiple award-winning film scores including two Disney movies based on Winnie the Pooh, treasured children's books, two instant #1 New York Times bestseller memoirs, and composed Romulus Hunt, a family opera. Joining the singer-songwriters of the early 1970s, Simon changed the public's conception of pop music to an honest, sensitive and intelligent craftwork. Carly Simon has an unparalleled career that spans five decades of openhearted storytelling both in song and print.
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