Carly Simon's Anti-Trump Ad! "You're So Vain" (updated ... longer version)

[napkinz]

Last edited Sat Oct 8, 2016, 09:19 PM - Edit history (1)

Published on Oct 8, 2016

For the first time ever, Carly Simon is allowing the use of her song 'You're So Vain' for political purposes. And it comes at the expense of Donald Trump.

[In_The_Wind]

1. Great Ad! Thanks Carly.

[napkinz]

2. I love the shot of Putin on the horse with Trump as she sings

"They'd be your partner. They'd be your partner."

[mucifer]

3. How did she know all those years ago his face would be apricot?

[napkinz]

5. I know, talk about being prescient!

[In_The_Wind]

7. Watching Donald dance while Carly sings watched yourself gavotte is perfect.

The escalator scene couldn't have been any better.

This election will go down in history as a major embarrassment to the republican party.

[napkinz]

14. I hope you saw the longer version

(I had initially posted a shorter version.)

[meow2u3]

4. Your face, it was apricot

[napkinz]

6. yep!

[Warren DeMontague]

15. Caught that too.

Hysterical.

[smirkymonkey]

8. I love Carly! She's one of my favorite artists.

This is brilliant. It's like this song was written for him.

[napkinz]

9. to this day she won't say who the song is actually about

Well, we finally found out who (Watergate's) Deep Throat was, so maybe one day we'll learn.

[LiberalLoner]

10. Little bit of trivia

Drums on this played by the brilliant J. Gordon.

[napkinz]

11. thanks ... I'll have to look that name up

[napkinz]

16. wow ... played for Derek and the Dominos, George Harrison, Joe Cocker

sad ending though

[LiberalLoner]

17. +1

[smirkymonkey]

12. I think it is a combination of people.

I could be wrong, but I am pretty sure that Warren Beatty is one of them.

[napkinz]

13. I did a Google search

another name mentioned was Mick Jagger

[salin]

21. +10

Love her, love the retweeked lyrics and the ad!

[napkinz]

36. it had only a few hundred hits two days ago ...

Today it's over 100,000

[salin]

37. late back to the thread - but how very cool!

thanks for the update. What a good sign.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

18. Well done!

Too bad a large segment of the population finds Trump's narcissism appealing, presidential even.

Fingers crossed we're talking about too small a segment to put him in the White House.

[napkinz]

20. "large segment of the population finds Trump's narcissism appealing"

Trump has them RILED up. To think how they are going to deal with losing ...

[vanlassie]

19. Carly's autobiography is fascinating.

[napkinz]

24. and why hasn't she been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Madonna is in and Carly isn't.

Makes no sense.

[vanlassie]

25. Good question!

[napkinz]

26. I did a search and found this on FB

About: I know it's not a major issue, but it seems like an injustice that someone who has made such a remarkable contribution to music would be omitted.

https://www.facebook.com/InductCarlySimonIntoTheRockAndRollHallOfFame/

[milestogo]

22. Simply Awesome.

[napkinz]

28. when that song first came out, Donald Trump was being sued for refusing to rent to African-Americans

How sweet after all these years to see him finally getting his just deserts ... or as it if often spelled, desserts, and it's APRICOT!

[Hugin]

23. K&R

[Gothmog]

27. Wow that was a great song

[napkinz]

29. it was a HUGE hit in the 1970s

[Gothmog]

34. I know but it is being targeted against a very appropriate target

[napkinz]

35. yep :)

[OnDoutside]

30. I believe Carly auctioned the name of the character of the song for charity, in the last few years.

[napkinz]

31. Carly's Secret To Highest Bidder

By MELISSA CHEUNG CBS/AP August 4, 2003

Simon's secret went for $50,000 at Monday night's auction in Edgartown, which raised a total of about $500,000 with the help of other items donated by other Vineyard celebrities including Walter Cronkite, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Diane Sawyer and Mike Nichols.

And who was the highest bidder? NBC Sports president Dick Ebersol.

If $50,000 seems a little low for such a closely guarded bit of music folklore, consider this: there's a catch.

Ebersol had to promise not to tell anyone else.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/carlys-secret-to-highest-bidder/

We finally learned who Deep Throat was. But it looks like we'll never learn who the subject of the song is.

[OnDoutside]

32. Thanks napkinz.

[napkinz]

33. you're welcome OnDoutside