Friday, February 26, 2010

Ok. So it was David Geffen. So she reveals it in a Beatlesesque manner.

So what? I really couldn't care less.

I just like the tune.

Carly Simon
You're So Vain

8 comments:

Always On Watch said...

One of my all-time favorites here.

Carly Simon's sister was (is?) an opera singer, if I recall correctly.

Carly herself also received some opera training, too. Listen to the resonance in her voice!

Always On Watch said...

Joanna Simon, opera singer back in the day

Pastorius said...

I don't buy it. Geffen is gay and never came out of the closet. This is Simon covering for him.

The song is about Warren Beatty.

revereridesagain said...

Carly whispers what I've always thought was "son of a gun" at the start of YSV. So now we find out it was "David Geffen"? I like "sonofagun" a lot better.

revereridesagain said...

Apparently she goosed it up a bit with lines like "you had me several years ago" because writing a song about your producer being a schmuck isn't usually a guarantee of a hit.

Wonder if the SNL tape of her (I think it was her) performing it on SNL is still out there. I remember Chevy was in the background in an apricot colored scarf.

Epaminondas said...

Maybe this is all true, but paul is dead. I heard it backwards as well

midnight rider said...

Carly Simon said Paul is dead??? Who buried him?? Joni?

Pastorius said...

Who buried David Geffen and Keanu Reeves in the closet?