The You’re So Vain singer’s fabulous memoir lays bare her love life and her depressive streak
No need for a review, folks: it was Warren Beatty. The first giddy avalanche of press about Carly Simon’s memoir wasn’t about her, but about him, the sole subject, according to the papers, of her biggest hit, You’re So Vain. But what’s this? The “walked into a yacht” line came from a friend, Kim, at a party the previous year, duly entered by Simon into her songwriting notebook. The lyric “clouds in my coffee” came from an observation by her piano player, Billy, on a cute reflection from a plane window. This is what the book actually says.
“And no, the song is not just about one person,” Simon continues. “Warren Beatty played second base in this particular infield…[but] in all seriousness, the subjects of the first and third verses don’t know… so it would be inappropriate and a rude awakening to disclose their identities”. And that famous chorus line (“You’re so vain/ You probably think this song is about you”)? “A genuinely daft piece of original cleverness,” she shrugs. A line coming from her and her alone.
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