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Ken Burch

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2. You're missing the point...this isn't a serious thread...

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Wed Oct 16, 2013, 08:08 PM

Oct 2013

I was working with the idea that, in the early Seventies, Carly might have been so baked that she actually THOUGHT she was having an affair with a cartoon character.

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Just figured out who Carly Simon was REALLY singing about in "You're So Vain"... [View all] Ken Burch Oct 2013 OP

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You're missing the point...this isn't a serious thread... Ken Burch Oct 2013 #2

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Song is about Groucho MsdaMark Oct 2013 #4

I thought it was about Dave Coulier. nolabear Oct 2013 #5

Dave would've been about three or so when Carly wrote that. Ken Burch Oct 2013 #8

Now I can hear it. texanwitch Oct 2013 #6

Warren Beatty's family was from Nova Scotia originally. He went there as a kid. applegrove Oct 2013 #7

winner easychoice Oct 2013 #10

I always heard it was Warren Beatty. nt tblue Oct 2013 #13

Warren has actually been quoted saying he thinks the song was about him. Ken Burch Oct 2013 #18

Ted Cruz Marie Marie Oct 2013 #9

What Carly says easychoice Oct 2013 #11

Great link! In_The_Wind Oct 2013 #15

glad you liked it! easychoice Oct 2013 #16

I think that song was about me. MiddleFingerMom Oct 2013 #12

Hence the reference to clowns in my coffee, clowns in my coffee... Phentex Oct 2013 #14

OMG...was it pipi_k Oct 2013 #17

scarf! not skin! Gato Moteado Oct 2013 #19