James Taylor and Carly Simon: The Rolling Stone Interview
James Taylor and Carly Simon: The Rolling Stone Interview The singer-songwriters talk "You're So Vain," marriage, addiction and success By Stuart Werbin January 4, 1973 I t began in the plush bedroom of a fashionable Riverdale home, one week before James Taylor and Carly Simon became Mr. and Ms. Simon-Taylor. Mrs. Andrea Simon was hosting a party for her son Peter whose book of photographs, Moving on/Holding Still , had just been released. Up in the bathroom, Carly and Peter were diligently trying to synchronize two battery-operated cassette recorders so that a few guests could enjoy a closed-door preview of "You're So Vain," in a reasonable facsimile of stereo. The song lodged itself in my cerebral cortex and had me twitching and humming for the next few days. By midweek, the twitch turned to an itch, which could only be soothed by getting a copy. Carly said there was nothing she could do until Elektra sent her a copy, but in the meantim...