Ovid, NY is upstate, near Rome and Trumansberg NY, as one travels to Ithaca, NY.....Trumansberg has a crazy haunt called
The Rongovian Embassy, a marlin hangs behind the bar, velvet brocade curtains abound. It is the site of a former hippie commune co-op from thr 60s. Not sure who would be vain commune style, but nonetheless, a visual to start your day.
There's also an Ovid Michigan. I don't think it's a town. I think it's a very obscure clue. She likes playing with public, but I think her clues are true. She went out of her way to say the word was "Ovid" and not David. She could have just said that she's not saying David.
She's said that there are these three letters in the person's name, A, E, and R. I'm 99.9% sure she said there was a B as well one time, but I can't find anything on the net to back that up.
She's also said it's really about characteristics from three people. She said that it has a little to do with Warren Beatty, so I'm going to assume he's one. His name has an A, E, R and a B in the name. His name meets all three requirements, plus my memory. She told Howard Stern the three names and he said one was Warren Beatty and this was after 2010 and he said one of them might be Geffen, but he wasn't sure and he couldn't remember the third one. He also said that the person isn't that vain. Stern didn't say "He WASN'T that vain. He said: He's NOT that vain which makes me believe the person is still alive.
So I'm going to lay out my case here:
Stern is full of crap when he says he can't remember. He just doesn't want to be hounded.
The song is mainly about one person, because Stern says "HE" isn't that vain, but per Carly it's a little about three.
She has said unequivocally that Geffen, Jagger and Taylor are not the subject of the song. In fact after the song was released she had been married to James Taylor for about a month, and he actually had taken a trip to Nova Scotia. She said fortunately it wasn't on a Lear Jet. So it seems the Lear Jet is a factual piece.
I'm assuming the A, E, R and B are in all three names.
Today the word partner means significant other. It was not used that way back in 1971. Back then a partner was someone in business or co musician, like Simon and Garfunkel were partners. So all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner takes on a different meaning. I think it could mean that all of the girls dreamed they'd be your songwriting partner. So it would have to be someone a lot of people wanted to write songs with.
This person also had a lot of affairs.
So here's the people I think fit all three requirements.
Obviously Beatty and next I think is Stuart David Cohen or David Blue. Those are the minor players.
The person the song is about is Robert Allen Zimmerman or Bob Dylan. He has all of the letters in his name. He was hugely successful by 1971 and it's fairly easy to believe that the record company would provide him a Lear Jet. This is from memory so take it for what it's worth. I saw a documentary about Bob Dylan years and years and years ago. They spoke to Dylan's wife at the time and asked her about how she dealt with Bob being a guy who had lots of affairs. She said she just slept around too. So if I'm remembering that right then Bob fits that part as well. It's also very easy to believe that a lot of people would want to be his songwriting partner. On his 2006 album "Modern Times" he borrows heavily from the poetry of Ovid, and he's not that vain.
That's my case for Bob Dylan so far. I reserve the right to change my mind. :thumb:
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I adore this song.
It's one of the best ever!
