tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post9206187977039929328..comments2024-03-29T06:35:12.301-05:00Comments on Althouse: Now that at long last no one cares, Carly Simon reveals that the "you" who probably thought that song was about him was...Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25161122070130632892019-10-22T15:59:00.714-05:002019-10-22T15:59:00.714-05:00Why did Carly get a facelift? Just saw a posted ph...Why did Carly get a facelift? Just saw a posted photo of her on social media and no, be real. Mic Jagger and the guys are authentic. BTW, the "clouds in my coffee" song--hey, as a hippie child of the 60s and 70s, I've had those clouds in my coffee--someone spiked the coffee with a drug! JoansGatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14900008104667163432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64467199494845217222010-02-27T17:49:46.951-06:002010-02-27T17:49:46.951-06:00Yes David was such a hetero stud muffin before he ...Yes David was such a hetero stud muffin before he "changed". Such a laugh. Maybe Carly is looking for a music deal and is trying to butter up Geffen to get a sweeter deal.showbiz111https://www.blogger.com/profile/09244712411680124158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90232091622864723962010-02-27T08:01:09.136-06:002010-02-27T08:01:09.136-06:00As a long time die-hard fan of Carly Simon - I spe...As a long time die-hard fan of Carly Simon - I spent countless hours admiring her on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B000002I2V/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_3?ie=UTF8&index=3" rel="nofollow">the album cover "No Secrets"</a> - I find her today to be so sad. Her last visit to the Letterman show was that of a woman with too much of a face lift and a voice that is completely gone, including her pitch. She appeqrs to be grasping at hanging on to whatever fame or standing she can grab. <br /><br />Carly - it's time to let go. If the phrase "rest on her laurels" applies to anyone, it should be you. No one can take away the tremendous body of work you've contributed, culturally and musically - except you. Please don't destroy any of it by going where you don't belong.Chasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10818855976358768057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56722481363338153782010-02-27T05:30:02.955-06:002010-02-27T05:30:02.955-06:00about the "clouds in my coffee", the lin...about the "clouds in my coffee", the line was, "I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee." <br /><br />It is a reference back to the line that "all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner." <br /><br />"Clouds in my coffee" is analogous to something fleeting and insubstantial, possibly vaguely unpleasant, as the "coffee" might be cloudy due to grounds suspended in the brew or other impurities. Probably more relevant in the days of percolators, before Mr. Coffee and paper filters. <br /><br />I could care less who was so vain but the song has some good biting lyrics, the insults are very subtle.Omaha1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17906834802115018347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68675727355311378912010-02-26T22:49:02.486-06:002010-02-26T22:49:02.486-06:00Joe's comment hits it. But that's why wom...Joe's comment hits it. But that's why women are strange.Bob Ellisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446972838620138676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70797095334841538472010-02-26T22:28:34.706-06:002010-02-26T22:28:34.706-06:00I just heard this song yesterday on the way home f...I just heard this song yesterday on the way home from work. I was once again struck how it make no sense.<br /><br />"You're so vain<br />You probably think this song is about you"<br /><br />But it IS about him, so how can he be vain?Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04450897654318345683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75697846187994020502010-02-26T22:22:59.962-06:002010-02-26T22:22:59.962-06:00I think Carly is a more talented songwriter
She w...<i>I think Carly is a more talented songwriter<br /></i><br />She writes only the words or the tune, but I can't remember which one it is.Ralph Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915708905660273961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53269642633463524822010-02-26T20:03:32.913-06:002010-02-26T20:03:32.913-06:00This may not be so cut and dried.
Update: Everyo...This may not be so cut and dried. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/02/update-everyone-owes-david-geffen-an-apology.html" rel="nofollow">Update: Everyone Owes David Geffen an Apology</a><br />"Rumors indicating Geffen was the subject of the song surfaced after Simon revealed that on a recently recorded version of the song, she recites (backward) the name of its inspiration. One of these names is David. However, ShowBiz411 also spoke with someone who worked on the production of the song who says that Simon <i>also</i> says two other names: one that’s unintelligible, and “Warren,” an obvious reference to 29th President of the United States, Warren G. Harding."Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749459207189576328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3445226292824577852010-02-26T17:00:40.922-06:002010-02-26T17:00:40.922-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32073920892891666132010-02-26T16:57:13.440-06:002010-02-26T16:57:13.440-06:00Sinced David Geffen later disclosed his homosexual...Sinced David Geffen later disclosed his homosexuality, is it possible he was never really "so vain" as simply uncomfortable sexually and looking for a way out?jaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12283981765800728240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85555034970539997412010-02-26T16:26:59.198-06:002010-02-26T16:26:59.198-06:00David Geffen may have read other folks' mail, ...David Geffen may have read other folks' mail, but it was more important that he was Ahmet Ertegun's boyfriend.<br /><br />That's what makes this "confession" so silly.<br /><br />The rest is irrelevant.Mark Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15884518441515988550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42021895283995638662010-02-26T14:15:40.814-06:002010-02-26T14:15:40.814-06:00"Geffen started out in the mail room. He woul...<i>"Geffen started out in the mail room. He would get to work at 5 am and steam open the letters so that he could rise in the company. It worked. He kept getting to work early to steam open the mail for years after leaving the mailroom."</i><br /><br />Ah yes, talent, that's what this business was built on.<br /><br />Maybe not. Maybe, instead, it was built on reading other people's mail. <br /><br />Some things can cause me to hate life more than any of you can imagine. <br /><br />Y'know, like <i>living</i>.The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47814829788194600982010-02-26T14:06:43.507-06:002010-02-26T14:06:43.507-06:00It could've been about almost anyone in the 60...It could've been about almost anyone in the 60s, so it was probably better this way.<br /><br />Made 'em all squirm.The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90199623865208191172010-02-26T13:15:33.122-06:002010-02-26T13:15:33.122-06:00By the way, it is Warren. She just won't admi...By the way, it is Warren. She just won't admit it now. It's better to be thought of as a fag hag (he "had" her) than only one of say 13,000, give or take a few.<br /><br />Is that you, Wilt?Mark Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15884518441515988550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54311158146777560112010-02-26T13:09:09.090-06:002010-02-26T13:09:09.090-06:00@Irene
You're plenty smart on both sides.@Irene<br /><br />You're plenty smart on both sides.Mark Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15884518441515988550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24847862078772694552010-02-26T12:29:50.877-06:002010-02-26T12:29:50.877-06:00I'm a wee bit too young to be a true Boomer, a...I'm a wee bit too young to be a true Boomer, and I was in middle school when all these people were on top of their game, so I never realized - damn, Yousef Islam was kinda hot back in the day. I don't really like Cat Stevens' music, but he was awfully pretty, wasn't he?<br /><br />I think Carly is a more talented songwriter than Joni. I realize most people would disagree.Kinsey Holleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07131588359263181570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25952147082873953022010-02-26T11:24:46.016-06:002010-02-26T11:24:46.016-06:00Geffen waxes nostalgically about Mitchell here: Li...Geffen waxes nostalgically about Mitchell here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XOV34vsjfg#t=1m42s" rel="nofollow">Link</a>.<br /><br />wv = "schyd" Olde English spelling of the infamous brown marks.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64597703523760576112010-02-26T11:16:25.779-06:002010-02-26T11:16:25.779-06:00Joni Mitchell's song "Free Man In Paris&q...Joni Mitchell's song "Free Man In Paris" (1973, <i>Court And Spark</i> was also about David Geffen, in first-person voice.Will Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01697259400752147065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36204482160523257672010-02-26T11:15:49.871-06:002010-02-26T11:15:49.871-06:00AprilApple said...
Dang. I was hoping for War...AprilApple said...<br /><br /> <i>Dang. I was hoping for Warren.</i><br /><br />I'd heard it definitely was him. Given his rep as a lady killer, it would make sense. What would be interesting is why he would pick her (she's rather plain) as opposed to her sister, Joanna, who is/was quite a knockout. Dad's money, one presumes.<br /><br />Given some of the info about Geffen here, I think she may just be messing with everybody.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15589958656028023357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33957173588800020612010-02-26T10:25:51.699-06:002010-02-26T10:25:51.699-06:00I always assumed the song was about her father, pu...I always assumed the song was about her father, publisher Richard Simon of Simon & Schuster.Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70100194952343844662010-02-26T10:19:21.924-06:002010-02-26T10:19:21.924-06:00"Clouds in my coffee" may be another jea..."Clouds in my coffee" may be another jealous reference to Joni Mitchell.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00767121173408405839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51899562760773103862010-02-26T10:14:56.536-06:002010-02-26T10:14:56.536-06:00My horse naturaly lost.My horse naturaly lost.SteveRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12864387606863466980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30328923546038560912010-02-26T10:02:06.120-06:002010-02-26T10:02:06.120-06:00I always wanted to fly my Learjet up to Nova Scoti...I always wanted to fly my Learjet up to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun because of that song.<br /><br />Because indeed I am where I should be all the time.<br /><br />But when I'm not, I am <i>not</i> with some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend.<br /><br />Worse, I do not have an apricot scarf and one eye in the mirror, and I have never knowingly watched myself gavotte.<br /><br />Ah, well.<br /><br />Coffeemate it is.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12744783002676009112010-02-26T09:49:34.363-06:002010-02-26T09:49:34.363-06:00Geffen started out in the mail room. He would get ...Geffen started out in the mail room. He would get to work at 5 am and steam open the letters so that he could rise in the company. It worked. He kept getting to work early to steam open the mail for years after leaving the mailroom.<br /><br />He sued Neil Young for making un-Neil Young like records. <br /><br />He lost.<br /><br />TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56354760929189546102010-02-26T09:49:16.418-06:002010-02-26T09:49:16.418-06:00"Clouds in my coffee" may just be a poet..."Clouds in my coffee" may just be a poetic reference to cream or Coffee-mate.<br /><br />That would be a boring dream, though once I dreamt about a totally white room with a white table and chair, white plate and utensils, and green peas.<br /><br /><i>That</i> was a damned boring dream, I tell ya. When I got up I was mad about it; what a waste of good sleep. I'd rather have had a dream about Bea Arthur.<br /><br />Well, maybe not.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.com