Carly Simon - Vengeance

[Starskylina87]

Kicked Ass Rock song she's ever done superb!

[lurch321]

I think Spy was the best album of Carly's career.....................dun­no why it didn't do better at the time. (It became one of her biggest flops). Guess her label didn't do enough to promote it.........................als­o, guess too many people were immersed in disco and new wave. Any Carly fan should own this one!

[efrem1]

@lurch321 As an amatuer rock historian, I can only guess that the music industry saw this as a weak attempt by Carly to take advantage of the spy mania which came about as a result of her hit The Spy Who Loved Me the previous summer. A great album I agree.

[bassmanjoe]

GREAT BRIDGE!!!

[maggiomail]

as a straifght guy, I'd like nothing better than to even kiss that carly

[darkknight9761]

This was always one of my all time favorites. I remember watching this on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert back in the 70's.

[sixtiesforever1966]

@darkknight9761 Good Old Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. Nothing like that today, and Midnight Special.

And if I criticize the music of today someone out there will cry like a baby.

[fran9860]

I LOVE YOU CARLY. AS A GAY BOY, IF I EVER HAD THE CHANCE TO SLEEP WITH A FEMALE, IT WOULD BE WITH YOU.

[collinsjamesl]

Great freakin' song! 

Why was this not a huge hit?!!!

[moparfan59]

@collinsjamesl That's what I'd like to know!!!!!!!

[fran9860]

as a gay boy, if ever i had the chance to sleep with a woman, it would be CARLY SIMON)!

[FatherTimeST1300]

Great job, Carly. Skin it back. Loved it. ♫ ♥ ♫ ♥ ♪

[efrem1]

There much better!!

[nellie2581]

Great

[fantasybballnut]

tasty guitar licks...

[Dylanshreds1]

is that tony levin playing bass?

and carly simon fuckin rocks

[MrVideokid007]

i have not seen this video since it first aired on mtv almost twenty-five year's ago...

[SailFreex]

After watching some of these videos (Carly prancing and skipping coltishly across the stage in Martha's Vineyard to "Nobody Does it Better," Carly in that whit edress in the lobby scene in "Let the River Run/New Jerusalem," I have to conclude she's the sexiest woman who ever lived and one of the greatest singer/songwriters ever.

[efrem1]

Great song, but please get a cleaner copy.

[missjanehudson]

this was first shown on "midnight special" 1979.also aired frequently between films on HBO's "video jukebox"

[FromCarol]

After a bout with breast cancer, raising two kids, and outdoing two husbands, Carly is still in top form! I l adored her music in the 70's when I was a teenager ( YOU BELONG TO ME,) and am now passing it on to my eleven year old twins who also like her. A-1, M-1 Carly Simon still grrooves me. From Carol

[larrygentry]

@bangwezl, I first saw this video at a department store where they were introducing laser disc players.  Yes, laser discs degrade over time. CD's will do the same, actually, although not as quickly.

[FatherChrismas]

You've got to get a better copy of this one.

[sailmd070406]

Actually, this was aired August 1st, 1981, number 32 of the 62 songs that were aired on that very first day of: MTV. So this must be a nth generation bootleg of the original MTV footage. Surprising you can here anything. But she's got such fanatstic stage presense!!

[tall32guy]

The bassist is Tony Levin. A VERY prolific bassist, almost as much as Leland Sklar. Check him out on the Net.

[Soulthinker2007]

I first saw that clip on 20/20 back in 1979 or 80.

[EuroTom1]

she looks sooo good here!

[larrygentry]

This is probably from laserdisc and the audio is degrading

[bangwezl]

@larrygentry Is that possible?

[lurch321]

Dunno why this album (Spy) was such a flop when it originally came out. I think it's the best one of her career! Guess it wasn't promoted heavily enough...........also, maybe too many people were only into disco and new wave at the time.

[Cluin]

Looks like Tony Levin on bass.

[Jeffrywith1e]

@Cluin Thats EXACTLY what I thought!

[bassmanjoe]

@Cluin It is Tony Levin on bass, he has played with soooo many diverse artists.

[sserpent21]

I've heard this somewhere where it didn't sound so muted. I love this song but it's hard to get into this way and almost every video of this I've seen has the bad sound.

I love Spy, and I love Carly but the audio is poor. Sorry.

[icekarma2752]

great stuff!! thx for posting

[baburton81]

I think this is pre-recorded. Watch her mouth closely and listen to the recording, which I do often. She's wonderful anyway. So great

[swampzoid]

yes, she is lipsynching to a studio recording. this song is featured on her album "spy" . this video was done in a studio and not live.

[SHMAGEGIE]

she reminds me here about mick jagger.

in a good way :-)

[zenmachinefilms]

Great song, too bad the mix here is bad. Her voice is just incredibly powerful on this song to anyone who has heard the recording.

Great mix of rock/jazz/fusion backing players on this CD too.

[remy5858]

i love this song, thanks for the upload

[jjarndyce]

Y'all need to get the album, SPY, from which this came. It wasn't a hit but it contains two of the most gorgeous songs ever - 'We're So Close' and 'Love You by Heart'.

[DiscoCat78]

I got this right when it came out. "Memorial Day" is pretty cool too!

[999manman]

Tony Levin on bass, I believe. Though Carly did a good job faking it I am pretty sure David Spinozza did the guitar solo. But who cares...she's a hottie!

[jh621]

Carly looks AMAZING!!! This fox can ROCK!!! The greatest singer/songwriter of all time - hands down!!!  LOVE YOU CARLY!!!

[whiteknight99able]

@jh621 I think carole king might disagree!

[dotdadee]

STEVE GADD ON DRUMS!

[cubdukat]

I haven't heard this song for ages. They used this clip to promote LaserDisc when it first came out, to show off what kind of sound quality you could get out of it.

[sallyVALENTINE]

The backing vocals were sung by actor Tim Curry.

[shiversandchills]

omg, that is Tim Curry??!

[tall32guy]

It sure don't look like him to me, but I've heard that before. Never knew if it was true. LOL

[KoreanKoryu]

Does anyone know who the background singer is?

[tim52160]

WOW !!With that dress i havnt seen anyone half her age be that sexy and powerful while singing. Looks like the kiddies better take some lesons from these older gals!

[pamhagerty]

My all time favorite video ! Can you believe

that schmuck James Taylor left her?

[savagecat1984]

she left him.

[retromike]

They called it "Center Pan Remover"

[razddd]

Doesn't get any better!

[swampzoid]

this song was suppose to be the new "you're so vain" but little became of it unfortunately. it's an awesome song.

(hey, can somebody post a better sounding copy of this video, please?

[tplayer73]

You can hardly hear Carly. What's up with that?

[patrickguice]

I am glad the lyrics are posted the mix is horrible of her vocal track. That is some dangerous vocal mixing the officer said.

[girlfromweb]

since i was about 12-13 yrs old i've been singing carly simon songs. when i'd get an album i'd rehearse all the songs till i got them right! one of my favorite past-times to remember! thanks carly~

[cosmicku]

this strikes me as lip syncing

[cryptkeeperfun92]

Of course she's lip syncing. She's not performing live, it's a music video. She records her-self them puts the song she recorded in its place.

[cryptkeeperfun92]

Great performance by the greatest singer/songwriter of all-time