Carly Simon talks about "You're So Vain"

Carly Simon tells Michael Eisner how she composed on the great mysteries of rock 'n roll.

This episode of "Conversations with Michael Eisner" airs Sunday, June 29 at 10pm Pacific.

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• carly
• simon
• michael
• eisner
• mick
• jagger
• warren
• beatty
• james
• taylor
• rock
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[ShampooCell]

She got the most brilliant revenge on every last one of her exes by making them all wonder if the song is about them. Smart lady.

[slugg63]

Oh my God! I know who it is! I've studied the song for 30 years and I've got it! Our school janitor in grade 5!!! Now I have to figure out who killed Paul ...."Paul is dead" played backwards on Abby Road!! And all the rest of the subliminal messages I need to find!!! Good grief......it's a song about anyone that's an ass....we've all met them.

[curvy71]

@Prepster954 i agree

[Prepster954]

@curvy71 i always thought that also, it was about Mick Jagger...I guess we were all wrong after listening to this interview.....I still think she was thinking about him when she wrote it!!

[slugg63]

@swiggy58a That was a comment a year ago, and you need to reply? Now we both look stupid.

[swiggy58a]

@slugg63 Damn! You were almost funny there! And semi-clever!

Try again!

[curvy71]

@fatdanios well who knows maybe we will find out eventually someday.

[fatdanios]

@curvy71 No. Mick Jagger accompanied her on the chorus, tho. When you listen to the interview, it seems that the song just developed over time without anyone in particular in mind. I always thought it was about George Hamilton!

[curvy71]

@AndreBalaio she dumped Warren Beatty for Mick Jagger

[curvy71]

i think she wrote the song your so Vain about Mick Jagger

[hd4ms]

I always check in the mirror for stuff hanging from my nose while I walk into a room full of people. Better to be vain than to look like a buffoon.

[bimini1212]

So a guy walks into a room full of "Bobs" and just for fun says "Hey Bob!". Of course they all think he's talking to them. I love that Carly Simon's playing the same prank with this song - "I'll bet you think this song is about you". They're all so vain they probably do. It only works if it's about all of them. Why do some people insist on finding out who the one guy is? Glad to see many here get it. Some apparently never will :-\.