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  • Warren Beatty Is So Vain, Apparently

    Carly Simon’s 1972 hit “You’re So Vain” has been sung about plenty of exes. But who was Carly actually talking about in the song? There’s been speculation for years, as Simon had her string of famous exes. Now, one piece of the puzzle has fallen into place.

    Simon has divulged that the song is at least in part about actor Warren Beatty.

    The list of possible targets of “You’re So Vain” is pretty long. Names that have been mentioned over the years include Mick Jagger, David Bowie, James Taylor, David Cassidy, Cat Stevens, and of course, Warren Beatty.

    In a recent interview with People, Simon says that the second verse is definitely about Beatty.

    “I have confirmed that the second verse is Warren,” she told People.

    So, do you remember that second verse?

    You had me several years ago when I was still quite naive
    Well you said that we made such a pretty pair
    And that you would never leave
    But you gave away the things you loved and one of them was me
    I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee
    Clouds in my coffee, and. ..

    Apparently, Beatty always knew the song was about him, in part.

    “Warren thinks the whole thing is about him,” says Simon in an upcoming memoir.

    But Beatty is only the subject of the second verse. There are still two other men referenced in that song. Who do you think they are?

  • Rumer Willis Goes Risque at Elle Event

    Rumer Willis Goes Risque at Elle Event

    Rumer Willis, the 25-year-old daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, wore a rather risque ensemble to the Elle Women in Music celebration on Tuesday. Her pink underwear peeked through the black skirt with sexy cutouts that was part of her daring outfit.

    Willis served as DJ for one of the event’s sets, and debuted her new ginger hair color at the same time. Too bad she hadn’t worn orange undies under her Isabella Square skirt, as they wouldn’t have clashed with her orange hair the way the pink ones did.

    Rumer spun tunes including TLC’s Waterfalls and Carly Simon’s You’re So Vain. She also danced to music by Beyonce and Jay Z.

    Hopefully Willis was noticed for her dance moves and not her pink underwear.

    Rumer Willis is following in her famous mom and dad’s footsteps by trying her hand at acting. She recently starred in For the Record: Tarantino at West Hollywood hotspot DBA. Both Bruce Willis and Demi Moore showed up for their firstborn’s performance.

    “They stayed after to congratulate her and chat for a bit,” a source shared. “Bruce and Demi did not interact with each other.”

    Rumer took to Twitter to put a stop to the fun people were poking at her following the event. She cited an article about a teenager with a handgun hidden in a most precarious location as being far more newsworthy than the peeking through of her pink undies at the Elle event.

    Do you find Rumer Willis’s outfit and peeking pink panties to be particularly offensive? It’s likely that many people didn’t even notice them. And as for her acting abilities, it will certainly be interesting to see if she achieves her famous mom and dad’s high level of success.

    Image via Wikimedia Commons

  • You’re So Vain: You Can Know More Than Taylor Swift

    So apparently Taylor Swift got Carly Simon to come on stage with her and do a duet of “You’re So Vain” this weekend. That would mean a whole lot more to you if you knew a bit more about “You’re So Vain”.

    What more is there to know about “You’re So Vain”?

    I’m glad you asked. Take a seat. Actually, hit play on this YouTube video, skip through the ad if they let you, then scroll down and follow along as we unpack this thing.

    http://youtu.be/b6UAYGxiRwU

    Everybody and their brother knows that Carly Simon wrote this song about a guy – maybe more than one guy, even – and she won’t tell anyone who it is. But Simon has said that the song is more of a composite about three men.

    The first thing to know is that Mick Jagger sings background vocals on the song. The second thing to know is that the song is not about Mick, contrary to some rumors. Simon said that in 1983, in a Washington Post interview.

    Simon has also revealed that some of the lines were never really about one guy.

    “You’re So Vain was just a series of lines in a notebook for a long time. There was ‘you’re so vain you probably think this song is about you,’ and ‘you walked into a party like you were walking onto a yacht.’ And then one day I figured out ‘Hey, these two lines could be about the same person.’”

    The lyrics are reprinted below for reference, but here are a few things Simon has revealed or explained about the song.

    The “apricot” scarf referenced in the song was worn by Nick Nolte. Apparently before his mugshot days.

    A “gavotte” is a French folk dance, but in this context simply means that the man is pretentious and likes to watch himself dance in the mirror, especially around other people.

    The overmuch rhymes of “yacht”, “apricot” and “gavotte” are meant to highlight just how full of himself this guy is.

    “I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee’ came from an airplane flight that I took with Billy Mernit, who was my friend and piano player at the time. As I got my coffee, there were clouds outside the window of the airplane and you could see the reflection in the cup of coffee. Billy said to me, ‘Look at the clouds in your coffee’.”

    The phrase basically means that her “dreams” of a relationship with the man in the song were no more real than the clouds reflected in that coffee.

    The “Saratoga … your horse naturally won” business is about the Saratoga Race Course, in Saratoga Springs, New York. It is a ritzy affair. Think: the Ascot horse races in “My Fair Lady”. Another jab at the pretentiousness of this guy.

    The “total eclipse of the sun” visible in Nova Scotia happened on March 7, 1970.

    The “wife of a close friend” has never been officially revealed by Simon, though Angela Bowie, former wife of David Bowie, says it is about her, which would make the song about Mick Jagger. But we already know that is not the case.

    Simon has teased the answers to this, but never revealed them, over and over. She has milked a career out of that song, though she does have several others that are quite good. Once she even auctioned off the answers about the song for charity, but made the winner sign a confidentiality agreement.

    Now you know more than Taylor Swift. Here are the lyrics.

    “You’re So Vain”, by Carly Simon (1972)

    You walked into the party
    Like you were walking onto a yacht
    Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
    Your scarf it was apricot

    You had one eye in the mirror
    As you watched yourself gavotte
    And all the girls dreamed
    That they’d be your partner
    They’d be your partner, and….

    [Chorus]
    You’re so vain
    You probably think this song is about you
    You’re so vain
    I’ll bet you think this song is about you
    Don’t you? Don’t you?

    You had me several years ago
    When I was still quite naive
    Well you said that we made such a pretty pair
    And that you would never leave

    But you gave away the things you loved
    And one of them was me
    I had some dreams
    They were clouds in my coffee
    Clouds in my coffee and….

    (Chorus)

    Well I hear you went up to Saratoga
    And your horse naturally won
    Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia
    To see the total eclipse of the sun

    Well, you’re where you should be all of the time
    And when you’re not you’re with
    Some underworld spy
    Or the wife of a close friend
    Wife of a close friend, and….

    (Chorus)