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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: bijou on February 26, 2010, 12:53:07 PM
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The identity of the singer’s self-regarding former lover, which coincides with the release of the 64-year-old’s greatest hits album, is disclosed during an instrumental interlude in a new acoustic recording of the hit.
The name “David†is whispered backwards around two-and-a-half minutes into the track. Simon has confirmed that it is a reference to the man who, according to the song, 'walked into a party like he was walking onto a yacht.'
“I’m just going to tell you this,†she said when asked about pop music’s great mystery in an interview with Uncut magazine. “The answer is on the new version of You’re So Vain. There’s a little whisper – and it’s the answer to the puzzle.†...
link (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/7321983/Carly-Simon-lets-slip-name-of-man-who-thought-Youre-So-Vain-was-about-him.html)
[youtube=425,350]mQZmCJUSC6g[/youtube]
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Didn't she hold some auction a while back and tell one person the name?
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From Wiki, for what it's worth...
Dick Ebersol, president of NBC Sports and a friend of Simon, was the highest bidder for a Martha's Vineyard Possible Dreams charity auction offering in which the prize was the revelation of the person that "You're So Vain" was about. After making the winning bid of $50,000, Ebersol was given a private performance of the song at Simon's home and Simon whispered the subject into his ear. A condition of the prize was that Ebersol would not reveal the person to anyone. Ebersol said that Simon allowed him to divulge a clue about the person's name: "Carly told me that I could offer up to the entire world, a clue as to what she'll tell me when we have this night in about two weeks. And the clue is: The letter 'E' is in the person's name."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You're_So_Vain
And apparently people really have fun editing it:
The subject of the song remained unidentified for 38 years and has been revealed as David Geffen.
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[youtube=425,350]mQZmCJUSC6g[/youtube]
That song needs more cowbell! ROFLMAO!!! :rotf: :lmao:
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Seriously, who gives a shit?
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Ok, that was weird. Jinx, I played the video on your post, and the head-bopping in your avatar exactly matched the beat.
Picard, Data, and Riker were bopping along to Carly Simon!
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I always heard it was about Warren Beatty.... :whatever:
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I always figured it was someone born with a silver spoon, like her. Not Jagger, Beatty or Geffen(gay).
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I always figured it was someone born with a silver spoon, like her. Not Jagger, Beatty or Geffen(gay).
Do you remember when it was supposed to be about George Hamilton?
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Washed has-been trying to drum up some publicity. (yawn)
So, did Carly knock boots with that pansy Geffen? Ewwww.... :puke: :puke:
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Washed has-been trying to drum up some publicity. (yawn)
So, did Carly knock boots with that pansy Geffen? Ewwww.... :puke: :puke:
Don't tell me you need to go get your junk checked out... Again. :puke:
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SINGER CARLY SIMON has finally ended a 38-year guessing game - by naming the subject of hit You're So Vain.
The catty lyrics were believed to be aimed at an ex-boyfriend such as MICK JAGGER, CAT STEVENS, KRIS KRISTOFFERSON or WARREN BEATTY.
But now the target has been revealed as gay producer DAVID GEFFEN, at the time head of Carly's Elektra record label.
And rather than being angry about a failed relationship, Carly is thought to have resented the effort he put into promoting rival JONI MITCHELL.
Carly, 64, had always claimed in public that the song was a "composite" of people she knew.
But she solved the riddle by whispering David's name BACKWARDS in a reworked version of the 1972 song for her new album Never Been Gone, out next week.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2869512/Carly-Simon-ends-Youre-So-Vain-riddle.html
HAhahahahahaha...she wrote the song about a faggot...HAhahahahaha...
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Seriously, who gives a shit?
bingo!
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It's a nice tune - I've always liked it, even the lyrics.
But I've never given a minute of thought about WHOM she was talking.
As far as I was concerned, it was fictitious.
Thanks, Carly. You blew it. Destroyed my appreciation for your freakin' song.
Who knows? Maybe Geffen went gay because Carly was a lousy lay.