il faut confronter les id?es vagues
avec des images claires
Brigitte Mohnhaupt 1976:
"Ein Revolution?r ben?tigt 3 Dinge: Mut, einen Alfa Romeo und ein ital. Rennrad"
Ich weiss nicht, wie man die Liebe macht
Wie ich weiss, "macht" man die Liebe nicht. Sie weint bei einem Wachslicht im Dach. Ach, sie waechst im Lichten, im Winde bei Nacht. Sie wacht im weichen Bilde, im Eis des Niemals, im Bitten: wache, wie ich. Ich weiss, wie ich macht man die Liebe nicht. Unica Z?rn (Ermenonville 1959)
De koele minnaar
?H? kevertje?, lokte zij,?kom je moet dood.? Zoals zij voorovergespannen, gebogen lag en in haar onzichtbare gezicht het wreed duivengekoer liet spelen, wekte zij alle begeerte weer in hem, als een nieuw, onaantastbaar wezen; hij lichtte haar rok op. ?Stil. Ik heb hem.? Zij reikte en stootte met de schoen onder de divan. Bezweet draaide zij zich om, steunend op haar knie?n. In het licht toen zij de divan hadden weggeschoven, lag het platgedrukte beest, bewoog zijn pootjes. Tussen de schilden zat schuim en een wit en oker gevlekte massa. ?Hij leeft nog?, hijgde Jia,?trap er op.? ?Neen.? ?Toe nou! Vlug.? Hij zette zijn voet op de kever, schoof zijn schoenzool langs de plankenvloer. Het beest bestond niet meer. Zij opende haar mond, likte haar lippen nat. ?Kom.? Hij strekte haar, als een zieke, onttakelde pop die niet beven kon, niet schreeuwen, niet huilen kon op het tapijt neer. ?Aie?, riep ze en de pop brak verder. Later kwam in haar ogen de sneeuwlucht terug en om haar lippen, gezwollen, kinderlijk en droog, het onwennige lachje van de bevrediging. Midden in de nacht schudde zij hem wakker. Zouden alle kevers uit de straten komen en hen overvallen om h?m te wreken? ?Het kan. Men doet niets onbestraft.? ?Neen? Meen je dat, Edward?? ?Ja.? ?Ik wil niet dood. Hou me vast.? De koele minnaar 1956 Hugo Claus
You're So Vain
The Washington Post - 1983 WP: Who was ?You?re So Vain about? Mick Jagger? Carly: No. WP: Warren Beatty? Carly: It certainly sounds like it was about Warren Beatty. He certainly thought it was about him - he called me and said thanks for the song?. WP: You had gone with him? Carly: Hasn?t everybody? WP: No. Carly: That only means you haven?t met him, though at the time I met him he was still relatively undiscovered as a Don Juan. I felt I was one among thousands at that point ? it hadn?t reached, you know, the populations of small countries?. Rolling Stone - 1985 RS: Some people think "You're So Vain" is about James. Carly: No, it's definitely not about James, although James suspected that it might be about him because he's very vain. No, he isn't, but he had the unfortunate experience of taking a jet up to Nova Scotia after I?d written the song. He was saved by the fact that it wasn?t a Lear. RS: You mentioned the "contest" going on about who it's about. What would be the clearest statement you would want to make on who the song was about? Carly: The contest is run by this man in Los Angeles named Winkler, and he had his listeners call in to cast their ballot as to who they thought the song was about. Kris Kristofferson is leading. A lot of people think it's about Mick Jagger and that I have fooled him into actually singing on it, that I pulled that ruse. And some of the people think it's about James. But I can't possibly tell who it's about because it wouldn't be fair. FAME - 1989 For the record, Simon acknowledges the song is a little about Beatty; it's a composite of three men from her L.A. days. Warren, it seems, was not a particularly good boyfriend. "And I never took him seriously," she says. "He was great fun and very, very, bright. But noooo ... as a boyfriend. A lot of women like somebody who's that smooth. In the beginning Warren was pretty good at pretending he was only smooth on the outside and a bowl of jelly on the inside. But he doesn't do that secondary act very well now." Carly Simon VH1 - One to One - 1990 "People have been questioning for a long time, who it's about - I mean, who I wrote the song about. It always strikes me as funny. That people would be THAT into what I was thinking about, that's the greatest ego trip anybody could have....that they would be THAT interested in what you were thinking about when you wrote a song. And for that very reason, of course, I can never give it away." Carly Simon Phil Donahue - 1990 An audience member asks Carly: Was You're So Vain about Warren Beatty? And did Mick Jagger sing vocals on that? Carly: I've never, ever told who You're So Vain is about. But I will tell you since you're so very pretty in that pink sweater....it's about the young Oprah Winfrey. Primetime Live - 1990 Diane Sawyer: You're So Vain is about...we've heard Mick Jagger and Warren Beatty. Carly: Who cares, I can't believe people care, you know? It was a riddle a long time ago and it's best, as all those riddles are, it's best unsolved. NBC Interview - 1994 Bob Costas : Carl Bernstein told me once that he had sealed the identity of Deep Throat in some sort of envelope and I guess he stuck it beneath a tree someplace deep in the forest with instructions on how to find it - to be opened 50 years after his death. And only then the identity of Deep Throat could be revealed. Carly: I have right here. (reaching into her pocket) Bob Costas : Have you done the same thing with the identity of the person you're mocking in You're So Vain? Carly: Well, you know people have always asked me this. I don't know why people are so interested in that. I suppose it was at a time in my life in which I was garnering a great deal of sort of tabloid press - in terms of who I was going out with. It's the kind of thing that if I actually tell, it'll lose the whole mystique. What's the point of telling? Why bother to tell? Bob Costas : Is it a person or a composite of people? Carly: It was a dog actually. Yes, it was a person! Bob Costas : No, I mean a single person. I wasn't suggesting it was outside of humankind. (laughing). Was it a single person or a composite of objectionable traits in a variety of people? Carly: Hardly objectionable! I think it's a very attractive man. I think it's a very complicated man who is obviously concerned with his image, but obviously worthy of my love or my interest. I don't LOVE just anyone. You know, he's gotta have a certain amount of character. If he was only vain it would be boring, but there's a lot more to him. He hobknobs with the underworld. This Morning - 1995 Mark McEwen: How did you get Mick Jagger to sing on You're So Vain? Carly: I guess it was kind of chance in a way. I was in London, it was 1972 and he happened to call at the studio while I was doing the background vocals with Harry Nilsson. Mick said "Hey, what cha doin'?" and I said "We're doing some backup vocals on a song of mine....why don't you come down and sing with us?" So Mick and Harry and I stood around the mike singing you're so vain and Harry was such a gentleman - he knew the chemistry was between me and Mick; in terms of the singing, so he sort of bowed out saying "The two of you have a real blend - you should do it yourselves." And that's how it happened. MM: So, who is You're So Vain about? Carly: I don't know. MM: We've heard it was Warren Beatty. It was Mick Jagger. But you've never really said who it was. Carly: Yeah. Charlie Rose - May 2000 CR: Tell us about You're So Vain Carly: Well, there was originally a song that had the melody of what is now You're So Vain, called Bless You Ben. It went "Bless you Ben, you came in, where nobody else left off.....There I was, by myself, hiding up in my loft".... It never went anywhere, I could never fall in love with it. And then I was at a party and somebody walked in and my friend said to me "Doesn't he look like he's just walked on to a yacht?". So, I thought to myself - hmmm, let me write that in my notebook. And then one day, when I was playing Bless You Ben on the piano, I substituted "You walked into the party, like you were walking onto a yacht" and the exchange was equal. And it felt natural and it felt good and then I could get into that man, I knew who I was talking about. CR: Warren Beatty? Carly: Well.....not at all. CR: Not at all? Carly: Well, maybe a little bit. CR: Was it one man? Was it Warren or was it a composite for you? Carly: Most songs are a composite....most songs are. CR: Was this one? Carly: I don't know. Pure Oxygen - 2000 PO: Warren Beatty or Mick Jagger? Carly: Neither PO: You're kidding me? Carly: I may be kidding you. PO: You won't tell? Carly: No, I won't tell.....well, it's certainly not, not about Warren. E! "You're So Vain was just a series of lines in a notebook for a long time. There was You're so vain you probably think this song is about you and You walked into a party like you were walking onto a yacht. And then one day I figured out 'Hey, these two could be about the same person.'" Carly Simon Sunday Morning - 2001 Rita Braver: Everyone thinks You're So Vain is about Mick Jagger. Carly: Oh, they don't really think that. RB: Yes - they do. Carly: Okay. RB: Is it? Carly: Oh, no, no, no. RB: And then I read it might be about Warren Beatty? Carly: Oh, you know, don't listen to what other people tell you. RB: Well, do you want to solve that mystery for me? Carly: You know, I could never really solve it because if I did, then no one would have anything to talk to me about. on Janet Jackson's song Son Of A Gun - 2001 "The apricot scarf was worn by Nick....there's nothing in the words that refer to Mick" Carly sings Possible Dreams Auction - 2003 Carly's participation in this year's charity auction created an intense media buzz when she offered to reveal the identity of the person(s) she had in mind when she penned the song "You're So Vain" to the highest bidder, but only after they agreed to abide by a confidentiality agreement. Shortly after this news was printed in People magazine, the Associated Press picked up the story and newspapers, television and radio shows around the world immediately followed. The news scrollers on all the major cable networks began carrying Carly's name across the bottom of the television screen. MSNBC.com conducted a viewer's poll where Beatty's name earned 54% of the vote. Matt Lauer reviewed the list of usual suspects with Anthony DeCurtis (of Rolling Stone magazine) on The Today Show. Roger Friedman of Fox News went on record with his firm opinion that song was about Warren Beatty. The BBC's Up All Night radio show interviewed Carly fans live from the US to get their opinion on who the song was written about and why this mystery has such long lasting appeal. Possible Dreams Auction 2003 - Photo courtesy of The Vineyard GazetteOn August 4th, the gavel cracked at $50,000 for Carly's "Dream Secret". The winner (Dick Ebersol - an NBC executive) and nine of his friends will join Carly at her home in a few weeks, at which time she will sing You're So Vain while her guests enjoy peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and vodka on the rocks. At midnight, Mr. Ebersol alone will learn Carly's closely guarded secret. "Carly told me that I could offer up to the entire world, a clue as to what she'll tell me when we have this night in about two weeks. And the clue is: the letter 'E' is in the person's name." Dick Ebersol on NBC's Today Show - Aug. 5th, 2003 CNN - People In The News - 2004 Paula Zahn : Long ago, you once admitted that it could potentially be a composite of a number of men that were dear to you in your life. Whether that be Mick Jagger, Warren Beatty or maybe even a little bit of James Taylor in there? Carly: Well, I guess for those who are interested in clues - the name of the person it was about had an "E" in it. PZ: Oh, well thank you...that's very helpful Carly. That could be Mick, Warren or James. We still have the same three in the pot. Carly: Maybe I could disclose another letter. OK, it also has an "A". PZ: (Laughter) Ok, we'll be asking you about this for the next thirty years. Carly: Well listen, two vowels ain't bad! Regis & Kelly - 2004 Regis : Isnt' it time for you to tell the world - who's the guy you're singing about? Is it Warren Beatty? Is it Mick Jagger? Or is it me? Tell us! Carly: If I tell it, it's going to come out in dribs and drabs. And I've given out two letters already, and "A" and an "E". But I'm going to add one to it. I'm going to add an "R", in honor of you. USA Today - June, 2005 "It's about Mark Felt!" Simon, 59, joked by phone Wednesday from her home in Martha's Vineyard, referring to the former FBI official who has said he was Deep Throat. You're So Vain was a No. 1 hit in January 1973, six months after the Watergate break-in that led to President Nixon's downfall. But unlike the Watergate principals, Simon says she'll never reveal the answer, not even when she or the song's subject dies. "I don't see why I ever would. What would it advance? I wrote that song in the days when people kept confidences to themselves, whereas now, people expose them so easily and readily for the benefit of their next movie sale." She finds it "bizarre" that fans are still speculating about her lyrics three decades later. "If people knew who it was to begin with, it might not have become a hit."
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allisonjanney
Huh, nee hoor, ni sh' bai chi betekent 'je bent niet goed wijs' in het chinees! Mandarijn om precies te zijn...
Sweetlikehoney
Ja, het is ongeveer gelijk aan een patatje Kapsalon (met shoarma en aanhangels). Joppie is met mayo, curry, mosterd en ui. Oftewel, niet kunnen kiezen wat je wilt. ;-)
beau
ik kan je aanraden eens joppiesaus te proberen bij de spuitfriet.. hebben ze daar ook..is gelige, kerrie achtige saus en is bedacht door een eigenaresse van een cafetaria in glanerburg.
anna k.
maarhee, wat vind je van mijn nieuwe persfoto? komt in filosofiemagazine en aanstonds ook in de volkskrant.
anna k.
ik heb geen idee waarom ze haatdragend zouden kunnen zijn. maar het was niet heel netjes dat ze met geen woord ingingen op mijn herhaald verzoek.
