# Why does Carly Simon keep singing about me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629 "2008-07-24T16:32:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629/1 "2008-07-24T16:32:21Z")
It’s getting to be darned annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629/2 "2008-07-24T16:48:09Z")
Because you’re so vain? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629/3 "2008-07-24T16:49:11Z")
You only think she’s singing about you. I’d get some help for that. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629/4 "2008-07-24T16:50:57Z")
Stop wearing that stupid apricot scarf, maybe she’ll stop. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629/5 "2008-07-24T16:54:01Z")
So… how’s Nova Scotia this time of year? P.S. Listen carefully for Mick Jagger on backup vocals. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629/6 "2008-07-24T16:59:41Z")
And I was thinking about starting a thread about the WASPiest rockers, too. A staple on Adult Contemporary stations, and living on Martha’s Vineyard: that’s John Kerry’s kind of rock! ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629/7 "2008-07-24T18:25:16Z")
But is it really vain to think the song is about him when, in fact, the song _is_ technically about him? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629/8 "2008-07-24T18:27:38Z")
[QUOTE=Death of Rats] But is it really vain to think the song is about him when, in fact, the song _is_ technically about him? [/QUOTE] It’s not. The song’s about Carly Simon. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629/9 "2008-07-24T18:50:21Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] It’s getting to be darned annoying. [/QUOTE] So, you haven’t got time for the pain? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629/10 "2008-07-24T18:52:46Z")
Waiter! There are clouds in my coffee! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629/11 "2008-07-24T18:54:11Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Waiter! There are clouds in my coffee! [/QUOTE] Better than [clowns](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=353971). ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629/12 "2008-07-24T18:55:00Z")
How’d your horse do at Saratoga? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629/13 "2008-07-24T19:07:25Z")
Stop picking on me! Dob’t you know I’m where I should be all the time (and when I’m not…) ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629/14 "2008-07-24T19:36:02Z")
Are you just filled with Anticipation? ---
**Author:** ![Wheeljack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@Wheeljack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheeljack)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629/15 "2008-07-24T19:37:14Z")
You probably think this thread is about you. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629/16 "2008-07-24T19:44:33Z")
[QUOTE=Wheeljack] You probably think this thread is about you. [/QUOTE] Don’t _you_? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629/17 "2008-07-24T20:24:50Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Stop picking on me! Dob’t you know I’m where I should be all the time (and when I’m not…) [/QUOTE] The _wife_ of a close friend?! ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629/18 "2008-07-24T22:33:27Z")
[QUOTE=CaerieD] Don’t _you_? [/QUOTE] Well, that’s the way _I’ve_ always heard it should be. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629/19 "2008-07-25T00:13:34Z")
Oy gavotte! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629/20 "2008-07-25T00:54:57Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] The _wife_ of a close friend?! [/QUOTE] What are you? Some underworld spy or something? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-carly-simon-keep-singing-about-me/457629.md?page=2)