Clerihew Carly Simon

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Carly Simon Songstress, big hair, and a huge smile Cheshire cat teeth you can see across the Nile You’re So Vain—Just might be about Jagger Love her—Itsy-Bitsy Spider—and all her swagger

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I Am Anaya

Date: 10/17/2022 12:23:00 PM

Music industry executive David Geffen was also a speculated choice, but Simon says she never even met him. Other names often bandied about as having been vain enough to inspire “You’re So Vain” are David Cassidy, Cat Stevens, and David Bowie.

Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 8/22/2023 7:30:00 AM

I think she eliminated Cassidy, Bowie, Tayler, and Jagger and once said the second verse is about Warren Beatty (to get her pic on People magazine). Is it possible it is all about him, or did she wrote about more than one? ;);) Love her for keeping the secret!

Lady Labyrinth

Date: 6/25/2022 3:59:00 AM

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I Am Anaya
Date: 6/25/2022 5:51:00 PM

Amazing arrangement, vocals, and instruments... Carly Simons voice is like a fine wine when singing this song. "Her song Nobody does it better!" Roger Moors James Bond was the quintessential British badass.