Carly Simon drops another clue
Thirty-eight years ago, Carly Simon sang her hit “You’re So Vain,” in which she crooned over a mystery man who, “walked into the party… like he was walking onto a yacht.” Ever since, there has been three decades of speculation about who “he” is?
Some of the suspects: James Taylor (Simon’s new husband at the time), Warren Beatty and Mick Jagger, both former boyfriends. Now, there is a new dark horse in the running… David Geffen?
Apparently, Simon did a recent re-recording of the song in which she whispers a man’s first name during an instrumental portion of the song. That one word: “David.” It can be heard when the recording is played backwards. Very Beatlesque.
Geffen owned Asylum Records, Simon’s label back when the song was originally recorded, thus spawning the suspicious with this new clue and dispelling other theories that the name refers to David Bowie or David Cassidy.
Carly’s still not sayin’ for sure.
Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 3:56 pm by michelle
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