Carly Simon - Better Not Tell Her

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  • Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
  • Music video by Carly Simon performing Better Not Tell Her. (C) 1990 Arista Records, Inc.

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  • @sambocus
    @sambocus 2 роки тому +35

    A song that could strike a chord in many of us. Performed by someone who holds more talent, style, grace and Love for what she does. Thank-you Carly Simon.

  • @Clothahump1
    @Clothahump1 11 років тому +46

    One of the greatest lost love songs ever written. Carly is such a talent!

  • @magistrorm2
    @magistrorm2 12 років тому +30

    This song actually makes me cry every time I hear it. Ever since I first heard it on the radio way back in the 90's. It brings back some of the most beautiful memories of my life. God bless you Carly.

  • @MCrick-vb9qn
    @MCrick-vb9qn 7 років тому +33

    Fell in love with this song the moment I put the CD on to listen. The guitar, the drums, the rhythm, the story. Twenty seven years later, I still love it.

    • @MrDaiseymay
      @MrDaiseymay 5 років тому +3

      precisely, you sum it up well, the complete package is superb.

    • @brandyl2183
      @brandyl2183 Рік тому +1

      Same here

  • @michelleherrera9353
    @michelleherrera9353 6 років тому +17

    She had the prettiest hair in this video! Carly Simon is the BEST!

  • @pasadener
    @pasadener 11 років тому +43

    so sensous and beautiful. carly is one of the rarest and best

  • @robertbrittenham5475
    @robertbrittenham5475 10 років тому +63

    So glad someone writes music for grown ups. You are the best Carly!

  • @jsstar76
    @jsstar76 6 місяців тому +4

    It’s 2024. This song is timeless.💕

  • @tyrearn9235
    @tyrearn9235 6 років тому +38

    This woman is incredible. God bless you Carly Simon and thank you for your wonderful music.❤

  • @tonyridlen
    @tonyridlen 12 років тому +30

    Carly has a great voice for singing songs just like this one!!!!!

  • @naomielou4946
    @naomielou4946 5 років тому +10

    I can't express how much I love this song. This is one of those songs that has so much emotions attached to it based on memories. Specifically the summer nights in Cape Cod.

  • @thomasallen7359
    @thomasallen7359 Рік тому +7

    The "music" of today will NEVER hold a candle to this!

    • @anthonycosta6461
      @anthonycosta6461 2 місяці тому +1

      You can say that again

    • @erobins8352
      @erobins8352 Місяць тому

      ???? You must not be a swifty then 🤪🤪🤪🤪

    • @anthonycosta6461
      @anthonycosta6461 Місяць тому +1

      @@thomasallen7359 😝😝😝😝😝😝

  • @sojournergjo6436
    @sojournergjo6436 7 років тому +22

    It has been over 25 years since I first heard this song, and I love it as much now as I did back then. Carly, you are the best! And yes, nobody does it better!

  • @dampergoldenrod4156
    @dampergoldenrod4156 9 років тому +32

    Great song from late 1990-1991. Can't believe it is already 25 years since I first heard this.

  • @triciabolster8235
    @triciabolster8235 3 роки тому +7

    I always resonated to this song...never saw the video until now...awesome. Carly Simon, you are a beautiful genius of a siren.

  • @rclamb04
    @rclamb04 12 років тому +8

    So beautiful and talented

  • @beeobee100
    @beeobee100 10 років тому +6

    The smoke may be gone but the warmth lingers after 43 years. Just hooked-up with her recently

  • @MaribethPriore
    @MaribethPriore 8 років тому +25

    An amazing voice, lyric and music. Nobody does it better.

  • @brendakrieger7000
    @brendakrieger7000 3 роки тому +7

    Her best song..so seductive

  • @Laureltree61
    @Laureltree61 10 років тому +42

    Awww Carly you make me melancholy. Take me back. Lost loves and sad goodbyes. Such a beautiful song.

    • @hughkurpierz1172
      @hughkurpierz1172 10 років тому +5

      LOVE CARLY VERY MUCH I DO

    • @flonk2355
      @flonk2355 4 роки тому +1

      And there are the ones you had no chance to say good-bye to..

    • @patkennedy2861
      @patkennedy2861 4 роки тому +1

      And I cried when he left me...and I think of you still....I have to say how these words haunt me. And Spanish Guitar music. Spain 1977. So long ago, and yet, just the other day.....

  • @beeobee100
    @beeobee100 10 років тому +149

    At 82 years old one might think that this "old guy" cannot experience the feedings that this song brings back to my memories. The "white nights" that me and a lovely young lady experienced in the 70's. I still feel the passion.

    • @doloresm7396
      @doloresm7396 10 років тому +11

      Bob, We are all, forever young.

    • @beeobee100
      @beeobee100 10 років тому +11

      Dolores M
      It seems that those memories burn in my mind like embers from "the smoke from a different fire",

    • @doloresm7396
      @doloresm7396 10 років тому +7

      Ah, yes, "The Smoke From a Different Fire." Great Bozz Scaggs line from their song. Loved your post.

    • @beeobee100
      @beeobee100 10 років тому +4

      Dolores M Sometimes I can be prolific

    • @doloresm7396
      @doloresm7396 7 років тому +5

      Wondering how you are Bob? Hope the passion still burns.

  • @hopppy54
    @hopppy54 5 років тому +23

    I would play this album for hours...Saturday...
    cleaning house...love Carly Simon so much

    • @amosamaralmarao7846
      @amosamaralmarao7846 Рік тому +1

      Eu faria o mesmo!Adorei seu comentário!
      Abraços do Brasil!👍❤😉

  • @marieblue
    @marieblue Рік тому +5

    “Better Not Tell Her” (1992) is about a woman who is giving advice to an ex-boyfriend about his current flame, telling him to acknowledge some of the truth about them, but not all of it :
    “But if you slip and my name comes up
    Don’t deny that you knew me
    Just leave out the white nights”
    Secretly, the narrator hopes that the ex will come around and rekindle their romance… 💚💘💙

  • @danielr4640
    @danielr4640 4 роки тому +7

    One of my favorite songs from the 90’s

  • @saleconomos473
    @saleconomos473 5 років тому +7

    In short....Carly does not get much better than this.

  • @thegrandmasabrina
    @thegrandmasabrina 6 років тому +7

    Don't know how I missed this one back in 1990! Happy I found it in 2018. Have always liked Carly Simon. Music for grown-up people!

    • @MrDaiseymay
      @MrDaiseymay 5 років тому +2

      mature people, of all ages

  • @wannababrit
    @wannababrit 7 років тому +12

    This should have won Best Video of the Year, the song topping the charts. (I never heard it till last year. Another great statement on the music industry.) The pain caused by an affair - to everyone; but in this video, the least to the man. The pearls dropping towards the end, her white chair ... they speak volumes only Carly can sing. Thank you for posting something so poignant and perfectly done. (P.S. To paraphrase one rock icon, "Give the guitar player some." Superb playing by Mr. Jay Berliner.)

    • @fionam3554
      @fionam3554 Місяць тому

      I'm not so sure it was an affair. She might be an ex, saying this to her former boyfriend, and still her love. They broke up, and she still loves him. They may run in some of the same circles, and she does not want trouble with his current, possibly in fear of losing all contact with the man. I would HOPE the man is smart enough to not put initials of an affair in his diary... but a then-gf, yes.

  • @terezashadden9397
    @terezashadden9397 8 років тому +24

    Always loved Carly s music. Comforting, and she is very talented.

  • @kathryncleary2897
    @kathryncleary2897 7 років тому +9

    She's just brilliant

  • @chrisschultz8598
    @chrisschultz8598 Рік тому +3

    One of the purest voices ever.

  • @rosieasmrwhispererzephier7021
    @rosieasmrwhispererzephier7021 9 років тому +30

    I love Carly Simon's music

  • @2010metsfan
    @2010metsfan 12 років тому +5

    One of the most talented singers/songwriters ever! Compared to today's so-called "stars (Lady Gaga, 50- Cent, etc.) she is light years ahead. Carly's music is still being played 25- 35 years later. Think most of today's "artists" will have their stuff played decades later?

  • @RosePetal17
    @RosePetal17 3 роки тому +6

    Her words and melodies are gorgeous I just rediscovered this song, along with many of her other beautiful songs

  • @petemason59
    @petemason59 11 років тому +32

    carly simon, james taylor, carol King.
    They wrote most of the good stuff for the past 30 years.
    Not that Fluff that hits the charts, I'm talking about the stuff you remember.

  • @sheilawest684
    @sheilawest684 5 років тому +5

    I love this song. Carly Simon is one of the greatest!

  • @riverviewvineyard1143
    @riverviewvineyard1143 8 років тому +13

    I keep coming back to listen again , again, I'm becoming a fan of Carly ,this is a good thing

  • @nazaholicable
    @nazaholicable 12 років тому +14

    Wonderful sensuous song. Wonderful sensuous video. Wonderful sensuous Carly.

  • @carolewimmer7389
    @carolewimmer7389 6 років тому +8

    Gorgeous, and one of my favorite of your songs.

  • @dcsheehan7149
    @dcsheehan7149 8 років тому +14

    Superb song - always especially loved that flourish of guitar after "why you love Spanish dancing".

  • @jnwalsh3656
    @jnwalsh3656 3 роки тому +7

    TIME THAT SHE WAS IN THE R & R HALL OF FAME!

  • @armandotavizon8482
    @armandotavizon8482 7 років тому +10

    Such a beautiful voice,song,lady

  • @fredkurzweil4327
    @fredkurzweil4327 2 роки тому +4

    Love this song it's sad I still meet people who have never heard it.

  • @DebbieCostanzo
    @DebbieCostanzo 2 місяці тому +1

    Carly Simon ❤ one of the most real, talented women of our time! ❤

  • @AlHarrington-lp6se
    @AlHarrington-lp6se 6 місяців тому +1

    🎶 🎵
    Spent my summers on Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard, so Carly is summertime with a sailboat on the ocean.
    Worked for a radio station one summer and I had to work the board early on Sundays to broadcast the church service.
    I'd get everything prepared, then crank BETTER NOT TELL ME on the program speakers in the studio- just me at 6am.
    It was my blood pumping jam.
    And yeah, I've briefly met Carly on the vineyard - it's hard not to, she's a local...and tall 😊
    Say your hi and move on.
    Miss the Boogies at the AC on Thursday nights in ob.
    Miss the Taylor parties in Lamberts cove after the show 😅
    TPD saw fit that they didn't last long 😢

  • @debbresser4908
    @debbresser4908 5 років тому +5

    Honestly this is one song I have to sing and dance to. The CD is wonderful/////

  • @scrumpyjj
    @scrumpyjj 9 років тому +19

    Just fantastic and Carly is so beautiful she can do no wrong for me.

  • @tomjohnson7529
    @tomjohnson7529 10 років тому +46

    Wow, no need for meat dresses, personal xrated videos, just talent and oozing sexiness and she can sing too. This has always been my second favorite Carly song.

    • @shihcheChen168
      @shihcheChen168 10 років тому +3

      the first?

    • @tomjohnson7529
      @tomjohnson7529 10 років тому +5

      shih che Chen You're so vain. Love those stories in a song.

    • @tulioalfonsi
      @tulioalfonsi 7 років тому

      Poor James...hehehe
      My first is this one and 2nd one is Coming ARound again and 3rd, Let THe RIver Run

    • @danawinsor1380
      @danawinsor1380 7 років тому +4

      Great comment. "Meat dresses," lol.

    • @achirichello1208
      @achirichello1208 5 років тому +2

      Meat Dress? Haha damn

  • @patrickwalsh467
    @patrickwalsh467 5 років тому +33

    It's April; 7, 2019, and I still love this song and the outstanding musicianship. I will always come back for a drink of this....

    • @franniebanani6532
      @franniebanani6532 2 роки тому +2

      I broke up with a guy and played this song over n over. Beautiful. Especially over glass of good wine

  • @magistrorm2
    @magistrorm2 11 років тому +14

    Hey Carly your song is a dream come true. Too bad there's so many stupid and evil people in this world. I really love you and your music. Those musicians of yours are tremendously good and like you highly inspirational. I love you dear and happiest of holidays to you and all of yours.

    • @Barracuda24-f3w
      @Barracuda24-f3w 3 роки тому +1

      Who doesn't love this lady? She is the greatest confessional singer/songwriter of all time. ❤❤💯

  • @luisalvarez5973
    @luisalvarez5973 10 років тому +13

    Amazing song!!! It brings back great memories for me. Great video by the way. Amazing voice.

    • @lisad7788
      @lisad7788 9 років тому +2

      Yeah, great memories for me too. :)

  • @nicolenebaard8776
    @nicolenebaard8776 7 років тому +12

    i agree i am a grandmother already but better not tell her is in my memory box forever..

  • @shoulderlift
    @shoulderlift 10 років тому +23

    I have always loved Carly Simon the singer but also the person she is. Authentic, humble, talented, beautiful inside and outside! Her lyrics are never sexist....never putting down the opposite sex like most female singers do nowadays. Thank you Carly for respecting people and their differences, no matter what gender they are. You are one terrific person Mrs. Simon!

  • @SteveEcksteinDouglasDrive
    @SteveEcksteinDouglasDrive 5 років тому +1

    just hold on to your "precious memories" for as long as possible, for they r the only things that matter in this crazed world. Ms. Simon was from a prior world, so different, much kinder in many ways, especially in the art world. i give myself this " advice" each day, especially when i "slip & fall" music, my refuge, always " rescues & uplifts " me>

  • @brendakrieger7000
    @brendakrieger7000 3 роки тому +2

    Happy 76th Birthday🎂🥳

  • @michaelhaydn3493
    @michaelhaydn3493 8 років тому +13

    i'm ' brave enough' to listen to this, late at night. it works! it's a great track! Carly Simon!

  • @IngerAnna
    @IngerAnna 12 років тому +12

    This is such a lovely song about lost love! One of my Carly favourites.

  • @wintergemma
    @wintergemma 6 років тому +3

    And I still love you beautiful Carly! ❤

  • @Zurround
    @Zurround Рік тому +1

    I love this song but my absolute favorite song from this musician is GIVE ME ALL NIGHT.

  • @sibkiss2009
    @sibkiss2009 8 років тому +7

    Loved this

  • @leostamm8537
    @leostamm8537 9 років тому +3

    Don't worry Carly I'll never tell her.Well I better fire my semi up get out of Arizona and get to Atlanta.I'll be gear jamming and listening to your music all the way to the east coast like I do every week for the last 30 years.Love you Carly.AND I AM STILL YOUR BIGGEST FAN.ADIOS

    • @emilymathews7073
      @emilymathews7073 4 роки тому

      I told her, the wife, and it’s my deepest regret

  • @brandyl2183
    @brandyl2183 Рік тому

    Holy shit. I’ve loved this song since it was first played on the radio back in the day. Not until today did I know there was a video. Very fantastic and underrated song by one of the greats.

  • @sallysullivan3712
    @sallysullivan3712 5 років тому +4

    Love her music!

  • @magistrorm2
    @magistrorm2 12 років тому +2

    The most beautiful song I ever heard. I still love you M.A.A.

  • @petemason3336
    @petemason3336 8 років тому +6

    Face of a Lioness, voice of an angel.
    Cancer survivor.
    sound of my life.
    The new hildegaard.

  • @thomasallen7359
    @thomasallen7359 Рік тому +3

    This was for my ex lover.
    I'd still die for your love.
    That I still...love...you

  • @MrDaiseymay
    @MrDaiseymay 5 років тому +1

    By JOVE---that's one hell of a performance, of a very descriptive story, so familiar to many , and beautifully arranged too. One of Carly's very best. SMOKIN !!

  • @lisad7788
    @lisad7788 9 років тому +7

    I love the guitar solo!

  • @guyharvey2133
    @guyharvey2133 6 місяців тому +1

    Carly loved her rhythmic percussion

  • @ronalddaub3789
    @ronalddaub3789 6 років тому +11

    I love it even more today

    • @elainesimpson5641
      @elainesimpson5641 5 років тому +1

      Ronald
      How can you not feel this.....brilliant, big happy sigh listening :-)

  • @Shaunbarcalow1
    @Shaunbarcalow1 4 місяці тому +5

    One of the greatest choruses to any song ever.

  • @annemariesimard1994
    @annemariesimard1994 9 років тому +5

    you re thé Best ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @georgeskevis360
    @georgeskevis360 5 років тому +2

    still brings back the best memories , thank you Carly

  • @ms.j...withsomethintsay3995
    @ms.j...withsomethintsay3995 8 років тому +8

    What a great video!!

  • @bluestar9000
    @bluestar9000 13 років тому +2

    First heard this on an in-flight music channel in 1991. Loved it ever since. Great song pity it is not well known

  • @robertaastrologia
    @robertaastrologia 5 місяців тому +1

    I love that she always sings with a big smile....

  • @Laedi72
    @Laedi72 8 років тому +18

    still love this song in 2016 as much as i did when i heard it the first time!

  • @cwcricket
    @cwcricket 12 років тому +3

    My favorite song from a CD that's 22 years old.

  • @juanpsolf
    @juanpsolf 5 років тому +1

    Lovely song, Carly! Greetings from Madrid (Spain) where, as you said in lyrics, "the summer is hot"...

  • @downeastxg
    @downeastxg 5 років тому +6

    Fun fact in Carly's new book 'Touched by the Sun, My Friendship with Jackie'. Page 187, Carly tells that this vid was filmed on the beach in front of Jackie Kennedy's Aquinnah house on the Vineyard. Two great women.

  • @johanschoeman8732
    @johanschoeman8732 5 років тому +2

    Stunning song...!

  • @louisprofeta3992
    @louisprofeta3992 12 років тому +1

    Carly, like no other, unique, particular is her style all day that Simon girl, does it windy or rained on, no matter, then good!

  • @johnjackson7310
    @johnjackson7310 5 років тому +2

    Such a beautiful lady with just the greatest voice.

  • @crystaljackson4911
    @crystaljackson4911 9 років тому +35

    this song is beautifully depressing and sad

  • @dianevolinski461
    @dianevolinski461 5 років тому +2

    2019....and I still cant get enough of these songs. Im getting older, 69, but Bob Johnson is sooo right. they fill you with passion. "All that I want is yo" should have been the theme song for Fifty Shades. Wish I had the opportunity to see her in person.

  • @patricemarie2960
    @patricemarie2960 6 років тому +2

    .... Wow! .... Beautiful! .... "Fantasia ...... Red Dress Music!"

  • @T-araLover
    @T-araLover 10 місяців тому

    Oh Carly, I've Loved this Beautiful Song for a long long time 🎶🥰

  • @julietade1
    @julietade1 13 років тому +1

    Boy, this brings back memories!

  • @jimdonovan5520
    @jimdonovan5520 3 роки тому +3

    Ah Martha’s Vineyard, with a woman I once loved..

  • @unselfcontrol
    @unselfcontrol 12 років тому +2

    Same gorgeaus singer Carly Simon. Beautiful song.

  • @Julymag123
    @Julymag123 12 років тому +1

    It's new to me, congratulations, Carly Simon. It's wonderful.

  • @SusanAStevens
    @SusanAStevens 4 роки тому +1

    Carly I lost track of you catching up on the years your incredible , everyone tries to find out my originality in music myself, an you and I have similarities yet i have my own originality. Glad I knew your music funny everyone could not pin who influenced myself you are definitely were one. Thank you for your giving heart. Susan

  • @robynwright8298
    @robynwright8298 2 роки тому

    Was a bit worried something was going to catch fire ? Lol :) great song

  • @geroaldoconceicao5803
    @geroaldoconceicao5803 5 місяців тому

    Uma voz espetacular , refinada e cativante obrigado Carly.

  • @goodnamesareallgone1
    @goodnamesareallgone1 6 років тому +2

    an incredible human being

  • @MikeSmith-cn6ub
    @MikeSmith-cn6ub 4 роки тому +1

    Absolutely stunning just like fine wine she just got better with age. I can't imagine how sweet she's gotten now. Mmmmm that's all I can say I still believe in love.

  • @Christine-nh3jg
    @Christine-nh3jg 4 роки тому +2

    This is very sensual.

  • @johnmoxley4833
    @johnmoxley4833 3 роки тому +1

    Pretty song

  • @bsimon3325
    @bsimon3325 6 років тому +3

    You have the most incredible Smile's I've ever seen.

  • @bblawnsnow
    @bblawnsnow 7 років тому +3

    real passion

  • @chrilee2
    @chrilee2 Рік тому

    Summer ! Love this and the album❤