One of my all time favorite pop songs of the '70s, Carly Simon's You're So Vain, gets the pop metal once over by the quirky five-member Faster Pussycat. This song was the band's contribution to Rubaiyat: Elektra's 40th Anniversary, a double album (2 CDs) of songs from Elektra's early years remade by their current (1990) stable of acts. Oh, and yes, I own it.
This is a wonderfully odd album, by the way, featuring everyone from The Cure and the Gipsy Kings to Jevetta Steele and Metallica to the Kronos Quartet and avant-garde composer performer John Zorn. If you can find it, I recommend it.
This particular cover has always been a favorite of mine. Taime Downe, pronounced "tie me"...get it?...is the lead singer. He has a thin scratchy voice, that ultimately works on this and their other songs. Probably an acquired taste for most.
They take this sarcastic, melodically bitter song and turn it into a campy hair masterpiece. The video certainly accentuates the humor. I believe the three older blonde ladies are the Del Rubio triplets, but I could be wrong.
Let me know what you think about this in the comments. I'm going to find a mirror so that I can check my profile.
(If you are seeing a crying emoticon with "error" in the video window, you are probably blocked from viewing myspace content. Try viewing when not at a location that blocks certain web content. While there are a few bare midriffs, there is nothing exceptionally "adult" about this video.)
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