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  • I’ll Bet You Think This Song Is About You

    CNN is reporting tonight that Carly Simon’s big secret — the subject of the standard You’re So Vain— is David.

    She’s just not saying David’s last name yet.

    And maybe the best part of the entire issue is that Simon reveals the clue is when she whispers the name “David”, which is heard when played in reverse just before the bridge on a new version of the song.  So even if The Beatles didn’t kill Paul and leave clues in their music, at least one artist says she has added a clue in reverse.

    All of this has prompted London newspaper The Sun to report that David is mogul David Geffen.  The tabloid’s sleuthing says that Carly was jealous about Geffen bringing Joni Mitchell to his startup label in the

    Eh.  Maybe.

    Knowing the lyrics, I would say that’s a stretch.  But it ain’t Warren (Beatty) or Mick (Jagger), so I guess either proved their vanity when claiming the song was about them.

    What do you think?   Who else could David be?   Showbiz411 debunks the entire David issue and claims the guy is still Warren.  I always thought so.

    Your turn.

  • My Sharona Singer Dead At 57

    Doug Fieger, lead vocalist of The Knack, whose voice became a radio staple in the late 1970s singing My Sharona and Good Girls Don’t, has died at the age of 57 after battling cancer for years.

    The number one single and multi-platinum LP, Get The Knack, was a worldwide smash driven by a repetitive bass hook that became synonymous with the group.  Drummer Bruce Gary, who could play with tight control or New Wave abandon, died of cancer five years ago.

    The band never recaptured the popularity of their first two albums, but continued making music into 2001.

    RIP, Doug Fieger

  • Lil Wayne’s Long Goodbye

    You don’t have to watch the hour long live stream. God knows I kept fast-forwarding. But as he gets ready for sentencing on last year’s gun charges, Wayne took an hour of his dwindling freedom to light up, talk to his fans and rotate in whoever was wandering by.

    There’s no denying Wayne’s appeal or credibility. President Obama name checks him, Billboard is suggesting that Rebirth might sell more than 100,000 units in its debut week and he’s already sitting on 4 Grammys. But last year’s multiple arrests on weapons and drug charges means Wayne is likely going to prison for a time.  Even multimillionaire musicians can’t like prison.  Maybe they like it less.

    But a little dental surgery bought him an extra month on the outside.   Apparently prison dentists aren’t as good as the ones in Miami so the dude who smoked a Grammy stage earlier this month has until March before being sentenced.  Which gives President Obama one more time to namecheck him.  Maybe about dental hygiene.

    Here is the full hour on Ustream for completists.