Now, just tell us who "You're So Vain" was written about

[Bluebear]

So we can have total peace. Thank you.

(C'mon, I bet you want to know too. Don't you? Don't you? Don't you?)

[TheDebbieDee]

1. Warren Beatty! Do I win a prize?

[foreigncorrespondent]

47. I'm with you on this!

And you should get a prize for being the first to state it. :)

[Must_B_Free]

2. Mick Jagger

[bamademo]

8. No...not Mick. He was the backup singer.

It's Warren.

[PowerToThePeople]

3. Me. n/t

[gratuitous]

13. Bullshit, you faker!

It was MY horse that won at Saratoga!

[LosinIt]

4. Throwing out a guess....Mick Jagger???

Carly, are you out there?

[BigBearJohn]

5. hahahahaha LMFAO -- so funny. I wanna know too!

[spanone]

6. Martin Short

[Quakerfriend]

7. I second Warren Beatty

[chknltl]

9. that one guy...yep that one nt

[chknltl]

12. and he had a Friend too nt

[jean]

10. Beatty

[smoogatz]

11. James Taylor, believe it or not.

Mick sang the harmony part.

[chknltl]

14. See told ya he had a Friend nt

[Bluebear]

18. 'No, it's definitely not about James'

Carly: No, it's definitely not about James, although James suspected that it might be about him because he's very vain. No, he isn't, but he had the unfortunate experience of taking a jet up to Nova Scotia after I’d written the song. He was saved by the fact that it wasn’t a Lear.

http://www.carlysimon.com/vain/vain.htm

[chknltl]

25. wowsers

I was still a teen back then not as easily confused as I am now.
I woulda "bet my bippy" on JT tho.

[annarbor]

15. I heard that it was about Paul Simon....

really! After hearing that it was about Warren Beatty fifty-thousand times....
Ann Arbor

[Bluebear]

21. It can't be! No "e" in it!

Carly: Well, I guess for those who are interested in clues - the name of the person it was about had an "E" in it.

PZ: Oh, well thank you...that's very helpful Carly. That could be Mick, Warren or James. We still have the same three in the pot.

Carly: Maybe I could disclose another letter. OK, it also has an "A".

http://www.carlysimon.com/vain/vain.htm

[maveric]

32. Carole King.

There's an "A" and an "E".

[BlueEyedSon]

16. I agree with "Warren Beatty" and "backup vox by Mick" nt

[bobthedrummer]

17. Warren Beatty, of course.

[Bluebear]

20. She says now it's not Warren~!

PO: Warren Beatty or Mick Jagger?

Carly: Neither

PO: You're kidding me?

Carly: I may be kidding you.

PO: You won't tell?

Carly: No, I won't tell.....well, it's certainly not, not about Warren.

http://www.carlysimon.com/vain/vain.htm

[ChiciB1]

38. That's Not An Absolute NO!

She says it about almost everyone they bring up.

Warren Beatty, at least THAT'S what went around back then and he DID think the song was about him, AND he DID thank her!

[Bluebear]

39. I remember

But the fact that he thanked her didn't prove it! :)

[annarbor]

19. Thanks....

Now I can't get that damned song out of my head!

[Bluebear]

22. The dresed earworm lol! n/t

[Benhurst]

23. Bob Dylan?

[benddem]

37. that's who I heard it was about.

also Diamonds and Rust by Joan Baez. Dylans the one.

[ailsagirl]

53. Definitely Diamonds & Rust was for Dylan but... You're so vain?

[spanone]

24. Tom DeLay

[deacon]

26. Richard Nixon n/t

[Retired AF Dem]

27. You all have to wait 30 more years

The biggest mystery since "deep throat".

[NoPasaran]

28. I still think it was William Safire

Damn wrong thread

[Melynn]

29. Mark Felt

Carly Simon just confirmed his identity in the current issue of Rolling Stone.

[ChiciB1]

30. C'mon... Warren's The Guy!

He was such a HUNK in his day! And a GREAT Liberal!

Glad he's on the scene again!

[Kire]

31. Tweedy

G. Gordon Liddy, Skinner

[Hobo]

33. Warren Beatty

I thought we all knew that.

Hobo

:beer:

[chalky]

34. I still need to know what Billy Joe McAllister was throwing off the

Tallahassee bridge.

Then I can be at peace.

[FtWayneBlue]

40. I think it was

their aborted or stillborn child, and they couldn't marry because of it being impossible to cross racial lines at that time and place.

[chalky]

45. Oh. Well. I'm cool, then.

Back to spreading the Downing Street Minutes for me!

:D

[ailsagirl]

54. You're not serious

[kliljedahl]

35. Woody Allen?

Keith’s Barbeque Central

[unhappycamper]

36. JT n/t

[wherewingstakedream]

41. Joe Namath

[steely]

42. JT or Beatty

I remember an interview from the distant past.

[greenbriar]

43. James Taylor

He and Carly Simon were married and both craved the limelight

[mourningdove92]

44. Kris Kristopherson

Did I spell that right?

[Tinoire]

46. Dude- That's gotta be cute lil ol' Wolfie

Apricot kind gives it away ;)

Oh... she said scarf not mushroon cloud. My bad.

[cestpaspossible]

48. I alway figured it was about

[smartvoter]

49. It's about me. She says it right in the lyrics. nt

[omega minimo]

50. "You're scarf it was ap-pri-cot"

Had to be Rod Stewart

[wisteria]

51. Oh, I hadn't thought about him. Could be! n/t

[ailsagirl]

52. Warren Beatty with Jagger singing in the background

Carly Simon had a fling with Beatty-- the result was this song.

[Bucky]

55. Maury Amsterdam

[omega minimo]

60. Sho Shexy

Maybe he borrowed Rose Marie's scarf!

[Old_Fart]

56. Me

[peacebaby3]

57. Not sure, but Anticipation is written about Cat Stevens/Yusef Islam

She wrote it while waiting for him to pick her up for one of their first dates. I always thought knowing that made the song much more interesting. Of course, she sold out to the damn Ketchup Co.

My guess is Warren Beatty as well for You're So Vain.

[Zen Democrat]

58. I hadn't thought about Dylan .. but he did have a place in Nova Scotia

[TreasonousBastard]

59. Hugh.