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RKP5637

(67,108 posts)
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 12:07 PM Oct 2016

Incredible!!! Must see Ad about Trump!!! Exceptionally well done!!!

http://adage.com/article/campaign-trail/vain-carly-simon-s-iconic-song-trump/306236/

'You're So Vain': Carly Simon's Iconic Song Is All About Donald in Anti-Trump Ad



Although it's a famous mystery who Carly Simon was crooning about in "You're So Vain," the singer has given us an answer, at least for 2016, by agreeing to place her iconic song in an anti-Trump ad.

The new spot, created by the pro-Hillary Clinton Super Pac Patriotic Artists and Creatives, is an unabashed, almost joyous attack on the Republican candidate. It opens with a mosaic of TV screens featuring soundbites of various talking heads, including prominent members of the Republican party, calling Mr. Trump a narcissist.

Ms. Simon's song then kicks in and the ad goes on to employ a now familiar anti-Trump advertising device: turning the candidate's own words against himself by recycling moments such as when he mocked a disabled New York Times reporter or an E! interview in which he admitted he couldn't say that he treated women with respect. It also piles on image after image of Trump-branded products, from steaks to casinos to buildings and water bottles.

According to the ad's YouTube post, this is the first time that Ms. Simon has agreed to use her song in a political ad. (It appeared in advertising at least once before in a U.K. ad for Dunlop tires.) But as revealed in a Forbes piece by Melinda Newman, there's a notable bit of new material: a freshly recorded line from Ms. Simon herself, in which she replaces the lyric "your scarf, it was apricot" to "your face, it was apricot" just as the spot projects a close-up shot of Mr. Trump's neon orange puckering mug.
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Incredible!!! Must see Ad about Trump!!! Exceptionally well done!!! (Original Post) RKP5637 Oct 2016 OP
Excellent malaise Oct 2016 #1
I wonder if it will be played a lot on TV. I think it's brilliant. It's long for a RKP5637 Oct 2016 #5
He can't stalk tonight malaise Oct 2016 #16
Great ad! whathehell Oct 2016 #2
thank you, carly, for doing this!! I caught the "face, it was apricot" change. brilliant. niyad Oct 2016 #3
K&R! 2naSalit Oct 2016 #4
loved it, thx. nt Mosby Oct 2016 #6
Whoa. The ad lands a lot of punches saltpoint Oct 2016 #7
I keep wondering if they will air it on TV. It's a long Ad, but really socks home the points!!! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2016 #8
Agree. I like hearing Carly Simon's saltpoint Oct 2016 #9
Love it! workinclasszero Oct 2016 #10
... RKP5637 Oct 2016 #18
OMG! stage left Oct 2016 #11
Sacré Bleu! Mme. Defarge Oct 2016 #12
Love it!! lark Oct 2016 #13
Same here!!! It's incredible!!! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2016 #15
Hmmmm, Wonder if Trump and Warren Beatty are friends? Old Vet Oct 2016 #14
K&R napkinz Oct 2016 #17
Nail meet Hammer madokie Oct 2016 #19
K&R. (N/C) denbot Oct 2016 #20

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)
5. I wonder if it will be played a lot on TV. I think it's brilliant. It's long for a
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 01:29 PM
Oct 2016

TV Ad, $$$$$'s, but maybe they could do this and take off two of the shorter ads. I love how the republicans are calling out Trump. You know, if Trump stalks Hillary again like last time tonight, I think some in the audience might burst out laughing. Trump, is such a fool and he just doesn't get it that much of the world is laughing at him. Then, after the election, the world can laugh at Trump The LOSER!

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)
8. I keep wondering if they will air it on TV. It's a long Ad, but really socks home the points!!! n/t
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 02:06 PM
Oct 2016

saltpoint

(50,986 posts)
9. Agree. I like hearing Carly Simon's
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 02:08 PM
Oct 2016

voice in the background.

"...while you watched yourself gavotte" -- and Trump wobbling back and forth like a bobblehead doll. LOL!

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