Comments on: Ingredients for a comeback: Carly Simon

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:07:40 +0000

next up: Carly Simon reprising LL Cool J’s great line “Don’t Call it a Comeback–I been hear for years!” ala Alanis’s appropriation of Fergie.

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:23:11 +0000

I’m happy with all the comments from Carly Simon fans. I’m glad that she has a loyal fanbase. Sorry, if I didn’t make it clear enough, that I, in fact, like her music and am glad she has been getting more press recently. Apologies if f I confused anyone with the use of the term “comeback.” When I said used the word, I didn’t mean to infer that she wasn’t making recordings, but rather, her name started popping in a lot of places when I hadn’t heard it for a long time, and it piqued my curiosity on what was behind it. (There are plenty of bands and musicans who still put out CDs that I buy, even though, the don’t get as much press, sale, airplay as they used to.) The posting was more about the release of a CD by an decades long established recording artist, and less on the her need for a comeback. I could have easily titled the post “ingredients for a record release,” but that wasn’t was as catchy.

As for Simon CD sales, her last cd peaked at #13 and the one before that #7, on the billboard charts, according to her website. Of course, the cd sales now skew toward older audiences who still buy full CDs, rather younger audiences who illegally download music, or buy digital singles over full CDs. Nevertheless, it is still an important measure of success.

It was an open question on why was I hearing her name, and it appears that it has to due obvious reasons, her new label, Starbucks (who people like to report about) and her PR team getting her into magazines like Vanity Fair. I’m still curious on how these things bubble up from word of mouth, but I’ll save that for another day.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:57:43 +0000

I don’t understand. What do you mean by “comeback?” For the real Carly Simon fans, SHE NEVER LEFT! Go back and check the release dates on her cds. Pretty consistent, I would have to say. Face it, Carly never left, but many of her fans did when the marriage broke up and her music became a little too confessional in regards to the bad things in life!

By: richard

richard — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:43:58 +0000

Comeback? She never went away. Her cd before last opened in the top 10 and she was nominated for a grammy.

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:29:19 +0000

Although the article is about family video gaming, the title, “I Think This Song Is About Me,” perhaps hints that the Carly meme is spreading.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/fashion/27cyber.html?ex=1364270400&en=116858aad0aa0ed9&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:20:17 +0000

a carly comeback would be “the stuff that dreams are made of.” *love* her!

By: Tina

Tina — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:43:15 +0000

There is a new book coming out, too, about Carly, Carole, and Joni Mitchell.
An excerpt was in this month’s Vanity Fair. http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/04/musicgirls200804

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:08:26 +0000

Ah.. so right. There goes another blog post down in flames. Not sure where my head was when I wrote this post, I was hoping for connections where there were none to be found. I still want to chew the idea of the comeback. Is it just having enough promotion or are these some X factors which give signs that people are ready or open to the idea…

By: Willie

Willie — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:36:35 +0000

Carly Simon did not write He Hit Me (and it felt like a kiss)–that was Carole King.

but yes, April 29th sees Carly releasing an album of all new material