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And Finally
Geffen’s not vain, says Carly Simon
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 2 March 2010
Carly Simon has denied that her song, ‘You’re So Vain’, is about music mogul David Geffen, branding the claims a “funny mistake”.
As reported yesterday, Simon recently told Uncut Magazine: “You know what, I’m just going to tell you this. The answer is on the new version of ‘You’re So Vain’, on my new record ‘Never Been Gone’. There’s a little whisper and it’s the answer to the puzzle”.
The Sun then insisted that, upon listening to said song, they clearly heard her whisper “David Geffen”, thus bringing the whole mystery to an end. The paper added that the reason was his decision to put more effort into promoting Joni Mitchell while he was head of the label both women were signed to at the time, Elektra. I’m not sure if they heard her whisper that, though.
Anyway, in an email to showbiz411.com, Simon said yesterday: “What a riot! Nothing to do with David Geffen! What a funny mistake! Someone got a clue mistaken for another mistake! How can this guessing game stop without a lie?”
