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William A. Baurle William A. Baurle is offline
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I am green with envy over Carly Simon's You're So Vain.

It's a perfect, can't-possibly-fail song.

As for images, just take that epic first verse:

You walked into the party
Like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat strategically tipped below one eye
Your scarf, it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror as
You watched yourself gavotte...


In an interview I recently watched, Simon says (ha!) that each verse referred to a specific person. Two she doesn't identify, except vaguely. But the first verse (above) is about Warren Beatty.

Edit* I'm wrong. It's the second verse that refers to Beatty. So the gavotting guy with the apricot scarf is still not certain, though it could be David Geffen.

Or me. Yeah, it's probly about me. (Yes, some Americans say "probly". I say "probly" probly way more than I say "probably".)

You go Carly!

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