|
Simon says the caustic song about a self-absorbed lover is
actually based on a composite of three of the men in her life
around that time, and one of them is actor Warren Beatty.
"I have confirmed that the second verse is Warren," Simon told
People magazine in an interview released on Wednesday pegged to
her upcoming memoir, "Boys in the Trees."
Simon, 70, says Beatty, the charismatic star of hit movies
"Bonnie and Clyde" and "Shampoo," is aware of his role in the
song, although, she said, "Warren thinks the whole thing is
about him!"
Simon, who had romances with singers Mick Jagger and Cat Stevens
and actor Jack Nicholson as well as Beatty, is not naming other
names, but in the past she has said the song was not about her
then husband, singer-songwriter James Taylor.
The hit single, with the chorus "You're so vain, you probably
think this song is about you," reached the top of the charts in
the United States, Canada, Australia and Ireland in 1972 and was
Simon's biggest hit.
Simon told People she was struck by the enduring interest in the
song's inspiration.
"Why do they want to know?" she said. "It's so crazy!"
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by James Dalgleish)
[© 2015 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.] Copyright 2015 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
 |
|
