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Carly's whisper
While fans speculated that Warren Beatty, Mick Jagger and the singer’s ex-husband James Taylor were the egocentric bloke in question, Carly herself has remained tight lipped on the subject...until now.
She told Uncut magazine recently that playing her newly recorded version of the song backwards would reveal the man's name.
Sure enough, a backwards spin of the disc reveals the rather creepily whispered name "David".
Enter new hot favourite David Geffen, head of Elektra records at the time of the song's release. Allegedly, Simon was displeased with the way he chose to support her musical nemesis Joni Mitchell after she also signed with him.
So there you have it. Perhaps.
Source: Rolling Stone 
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Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work. Throughout her career, she has amassed a total of 13 Top 40 Hits including "You're So Vain", "Nobody Does It Better"...
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This song has always had my favouite mondegreen where the line "You flew your Lear Jet up to Nova Scotia" misheard as "You threw your squirrel up the roller coaster" Still makes me laugh!
It's now our favourite too...what a wonderful image...thanks for the mail!
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