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  • De Beers is smuggling Blood Diamonds to Canada and gettig fat rich once again

  • Your video is a favorite on The Bahamas

  • but were is the commercial with the kids pulling there parents out of bed. and the song(i dont remember all of it but this is the ending) moom and dad wake up already please! how can you be sleeping at 6 am at least? so meet me down stairs and make it fast 'case chrismas mornings here at last!!!!!!!!!

  • this is beautiful

  • Beautiful cover. And I seriously doubt that Cat Power sat down and said, "yeah, I support De Beers and their blood diamond policy." Unless you check the source of every article of food, clothing, and household item you buy, chances are good you supported a sweat shop, exploited migrant farm workers, and put a mom and pop shop out of business.

  • anybody know where i can get this song cant find it no where

  • without saying a word, just spend $10k

  • People stop bitching. It's a commercial. Please absorb yourself with more meaningful problems then the "blood diamonds" of Africa. I'm sure you probably smoke weed...which causes many deaths annually due to the drug cartels in Mexico. Or have you ever walked by a homeless person and spared nothing. Quit acting holier then thou and shut the fuck up!!!

  • @NKW1nonly "More meaningful problems then the "blood diamonds" of Africa."??? WTF is wrong with you? What are you going to say next - let's deal with "more meaningful" problems than international sex slavery or female circumcision or wildlife extinction? WTF is "more meaningful," you douche? I don't smoke weed, but for your information NOBODY smokes weed from Mexico in the US anymore. It's all made here. How can you equate supporting an ILLEGAL cartel (DeBeers) with ignoring a panhandler.

  • @wellesradio What makes them illegal? I honestly don't know.

  • @tofumar They broke the trust laws of many nations (I'm not sure about international law) including our own through a price-fixing monopoly. They also operate illegal mines in some countries. Aside from their illegal practices their presence on the market was considered a cartel to the point where executives were afraid to come to the U.S. and risk arrest.

  • I can't believe Cat Power would support DeBeers. Damn, I'm rethinking that artist.

  • @NKW1nonly Wow, just wow.

  • @LovelesOne Couldn't have said it better myself

  • :-( Diamonds so beautiful yet brought to you by the blood and tears of African children.

  • youtube.com/watch?v=X_vNDl_qcM­E

  • I don't know why these companies do this. They make them sample songs and it makes us want the whole thing but never happens

  • Oh look... a beautifully pure love song turned into commercial trash, losing the heartfelt poignancy originally intended. Nothing new here!

  • more like, that lady rolls over and the necklace gets buried under the pillow and then they can't find it in the morning and it causes a big fight where the man punches the lady's tooth out and she finds the necklace under the pillow and thinks its from the tooth fairy.

  • i never and will never forget this commercial!!!

  • watch?v=qCP5_5K1OlQ

    ^ For the other version of Cat Power.

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  • its funny diamond store commercials are always heterosexual, whats up with that?

  • Seems like women would be insulted that they are so simple minded that they get all excited over a stupid piece of jewelry.

    It's not really the diamonds, it's the fact that the man has so much money he can afford to waste money on something as stupid as a diamond.

  • @themeaningoflife38 The guy is thinking theres no way she can refuse me oral sex after i blew thousands on this shiny rock. So think of it as an expensive once a year blow job. If prostitution was legalized diamond stores would go out of business.

  • i always think of this song, when i think of the one i let get away from me.

  • General Cordswainer just put out a cover of this song. It's like a mix between Cat Power and Mazzy Star. Very sexy & a bit smoother than the Cat Stevens version. Totally recommended for your first dance at your wedding if you're a fan of Indie/Folk/Acoustic Rock.

  • Aww. Sweet.

  • wow, cat power sold OUT

  • Give your significant other shiny expensive diamonds, receive blowjob.

  • De Beers...you forgot to mention that your diamonds were taken from South Afica during Aparthied.

  • lol. "I guess we'll be having the sex now"

  • @creamytarte okay, it never actually said that diamonds were a rarity.

  • ..Jewelry face.

  • @spiderweaver2 Haha. Sarah Haskins!

  • @BeatlesSixtyFour I'm glad someone got the reference xD

  • Lol i luv how when she wakes up her expression says wtf is this? Hahaha i kid this is a wonderful commercial mainly becuz of the song

  • how i can tell you ive been cheating on you... about a necklace?

  • I think this is what they called leaving you hanging, why can she make the full version of this song?

  • who's singing this??

    i know the original artist..but

    this voice is so soothing and calming :D

    plz help thnxxxxxxxx

  • @clearvive22

    chan marshall singing, the group is called cat power :)

  • @clearvive22 Her name is Cat Power. Unfortunately, this song is not available for any kind of full download. It's nowhere on the internet.

  • Im saying diamonds are not even Semi-precious , this is a fact .

    Thru propoganda telling people diamonds are the must have item etc , most think there diamond is worth loads of cash and a precious item .

    If you want to live in la la land that becomes your reality , but the truth is diamonds are nt even Semi-precious . The market is cleaverly controled to keep the price super high , and the masses ignorent .

  • where can i download this song

  • @bustitwydeopen365 you can't. apparently the full version of this song does not exist. its cat power covering a cat stevens song called 'how can i tell you'. the original is great too though, i'm sure you can find that version just about anywhere

  • Reality is diamonds are worth almost nothing . This is 100% fact

    Google

    The Diamond Empire

    or

    Ever try to sell a diamond

  • @ozzycriss De Beers no longer holds the market strategy that you are criticizing. They changed it a few years ago due to modernization in the face of a changing market. They now operate on a supply & demand strategy.

  • If you don't buy her shiny things she won't love you.

  • Hahahahah

  • Lucky b***h! lol

  • does anyone know who singe this song please?

  • It's Cat Power. It was never made into a real song, because it's actually a Cat Steven's song. It was basically just made for this commercial.

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  • @brotein

    I just followed IndieMusicCritic82's advice on iTunes and looked up General Cordswainer. It's not exactly like the Cat Power version, but it's actually pretty sexy and you can listen to the full song. It's worth checking out anyway.

  • @jomayra69 Cat Power

  • actually the person who sings the song in the commercial is chan marshall but if you want a really close version to it that is better than cat power then look up liz durrett - how can i tell you

  • Oh hey cool a commercial for an evil company.

  • I wish I could agree more than once. I recently got engaged and my fiance knew how strongly I feel about the diamond conflict in Africa, so he bought my ring from a company that puts ethics first; my diamond was mined in Canada with workers being paid right and with a rotating work shift to minimize their exposure to danger. It's a better ring and even LESS expensive than the chain stores. When will people learn?

  • I agree!!

  • Congrats hun, we all should do the same about any precious stone or metal

  • awee

  • aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw

  • RalphCMX i was about to agree with you but after the first sentence i was about to laugh. do you know where diamonds come from before they hit stores(besides diamond mines). some countries they buy it from dont know the real value of diamonds and corporations buy it from them for ten dollars a hand full. some people spend a three months salary on an engagement ring that cost some people their hands. most of them are children workers and if they cant work they are discarded.

  • all u have to say is, "I" and then "LOVE" and then "YOU" not that hard.lol jk jk jk beautiful song...

  • I don't think diamonds are a symbol of love. Too many bad people wear diamonds in order to show off. And quite a lot of nice people decide not to wear diamonds (even although they could afford it) - simply to be modest. Fools are easy to impress with diamonds. Having a modest personality is more impressive, I think.

  • my dad proposed to my mom with a simple silver ring with a onyx stone on it. yes, she still wears it.

  • The song and the ad make me cry! It's soo sweet!

  • Never 4gotten this commercial since it came out that year lol i lv it lolz

  • if u wanna surprise ya gurl.....THIS! iz how u surprise ur gurl!!..if i E-V-V-V-V-VER find tht mate this iz wht i would do!!...and who's singin this?! tht lady has da absolute most sexiest voice!!

  • Chan Marshall. She goes by the stage name Cat Power.

  • I long to tell you....THAT I'm ALWAYS thinking of you!!!

  • You need a new place and some dcon

  • Dude, if someone put something on my chest while I was sleeping, I'd wake up on the other side of the room, frantically flicking at myself with both hands & shrieking "ROACH! ROACH! EW!"

  • maybe because you don't have a husband/boyfriend like that one in the commercial who might possibly do what he did? :P

  • I'm glad they had the galls to say "this Christmas" instead of "this holiday"

  • its not the same though...

  • Love this commercial, if only for the Cat Power cover of an amazing Cat Stevens song. I understand the whole copyright gig and whatnot, but I'd so love to get a hold of the full song as sung by Chan Marshall. Thanks for posting this--just the 0:29 seconds of this song always makes me cry.

  • I <3 This Commercial

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  • why would a window be open in the middle of winter!

  • Maybe they live here... in Vegas.

  • ti amo

  • there is no full song by cat power. others artists have recorded the full version originally by cat stevens but cat power only recorded this bit.

  • THAT MAKES ME ANGRY

  • morning sex after morning diamonds lol

  • Search for Julie Wheeler, Julie Wheeler did do a complete version of this

  • This commercial kept coming on the first night I stayed up all night with my boyfriend. Each time it'd come on we'd kiss and I'd laugh cuz he was such a goofball!!! I wish she recorded this song so I could geg it, that was a great memory i made with him! ):

    rest in peace joe, i'll forever love you

  • Aww, that's really sweet.

  • Diamonds are almost worthless , but the sheeple still cant bother looking at the facts google it people , your diamonds are worth almost nothing .

  • Except the lives of countless tribes people. But that might as well be nothing to something with greed in it's heart.

  • i heard she only recorded 30 seconds of this song, and thats all of it on the commercial

  • i love sarah haskin's version. lmao.

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  • hey, did anyone send you the full version? did you get it? it's been a while since you posted the vid ... I want the song too, cant find it anywhere... please contact me if you have it, thank you so much

  • How about living up to what you promised instead of buying a useless rock?

  • my favorite comercial of all time

  • love this song!!

  • Okay, I can understand the feist comparisons...the first time I heard this I wasn't positive of whether it was Cat Power or Feist...(Cat Power, fyi) but Regina Spektor? Really? Love that woman and this sounds NOTHING like hear. All 3 of them are fantastic though.

  • her*

    And now that I think about it, most people have only heard Fidelity, so maybe the confusion is a little bit understandable

  • who is the lady singing the song in the background

  • She is Chan Marshall, whose stage name is Cat Power, that's who the people below have been talking about.

  • thats girl is my modeling teacher lmao i swear .

  • "Stupid Cat Power! Release the song, dammit!" lol.. Agreed!

  • Buy a diamond and in 5-years a divorce.

    Being 30 and at times being regretful for not marrying, I could say I am comfortable. During the last 7-years, I cannot count the marriages I saw, and then later, hearing about a divorce.

    Son't waste 15k on diamonds for a woman who'll leave you. Rather, spend it on investing in your own well being.

  • It's rather sad... but for the most part what you say is true.

    I would like to think otherwise, and I do.

    Call me ignorant I don't care, but I believe that marriage is the greatest investment out their. If you think otherwise I believe you live a sad life, but really who am I to say this. Later on in life I hope you find someone worth investing in. If not may your life be full of joy. You dont have to reply back I just want to tell you how I felt; Im sorry for wasting or taking up your time.

  • What is so great about a contract?

  • hi!!! you have the mp3 of this song???

    please send me!!!

    I want it too =D

    it's beautiful...

  • i think lucanaoe2 was being sarcastic.

    stupid cat power. release this song dammit!

  • I really loved this song when i heard it in the commercial, but i like it with HER voice. It makes the song more nostalgic or smth.... :-( somehow it's not the same with Cat Stevens singing it, even though it's HIS song....

    and btw, anyone else think it looks like he's about to stranggle her with the necklace? ^_^ hehe.... i know, no need to tell me

    but basically, i hate it when we are kept from the good stuff :-s

  • Cat Power does the best cover songs, but never releases them. It's so frustrating. They also did one on David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and it's just amazing.

  • movies are prohibited to lie =|?..... lol obviously you never heard of the term FICTION

  • hahahhahaha

    "God, you'd think they'd be educated enough to watch 'Blood Diamond' to get all the facts about the diamond industry, but nooooooooo. They're so idiot-like!"

    your an idiot. Get all of the facts by watching the movie. wow. I can't even comprehend how stupid you are. Yes its a bad situation. but really? you just watched a movie, get over yourself.

  • Well instead of bashing debeers, why don't you just go and do something about the whole blood diamond situation. And blood diamond the movie is after all a movie. By saying watching blood diamond is getting the facts is not only ludicrous... its ignorant. I agree that the blood diamond situation is bad, but instead of bashing debeers, actually back up what you say. Furthermore, debeers is no worse than the people who buy their products.

  • debeers is one of the worst

    imagine all the children and people that are mutilated for those diamonds

    its truly terrible and despicable

  • Yeah it's despicable!

    Think of the children!

    All these idiots on youtube who like this commercial/song are such idiots!

    God, you'd think they'd be educated enough to watch 'Blood Diamond' to get all the facts about the diamond industry, but nooooooooo. They're so idiot-like!

    I bet you they don't believe in Global Warming either, blackberri!

    Obviously movies and news can't lie because theres that law that prohibits them from lying!

    Get a clue idiots!

    Dicaprio speaks the truth!!!!

  • dude chill its a flippen comercial and by watching "blood diamond" which byw is a good movie doesnt make you a flippen expert on the matter "think of the children" what may i ask, have YOU done lately to help "the children"? grow up. do something usefull and quit arguing w/ people you dont even know! seriously man... its pretty lame. and p.s. the song is actually pretty good. i fail to see why u gotta dis it...
  • i think lucanaoe2 was just being sarcastic...

  • "who sings this?

    not the originial version.

    but this one.

    this is way better than the original. "

    Exactly I like this one so much more

  • cat power

  • whats the song name I want to buy it off itunes or download it on my itunes

  • she never recorded a full version.

  • Cool commercial :)

  • who sings this?

    not the originial version.

    but this one.

    this is way better than the original.

  • cat power.

  • regina spektor

  • god

    the only thing i could possible think of when i saw this commercials ( and the lincoln one) is when the hell is cat power releasing another record.

  • My favorite moment is the last shot, when his eyes are still closed, but he smiles :)

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  • I looooooooove this commercial. <3 <3 <3 ;)

  • i loooooooove this cover. :)

  • this guy got laid.

  • your sick

  • sounds alot like ingrid michaelson doesnt it?

  • yes it does, but it is decidedly Cat Power. It has been confirmed by both DeBeers and her record label.

  • was thinking the same thing.

  • And I guess the people who can't afford diamonds for their wives love their wives less? Let's get lives and stop being so materialistic...

  • YES! YES! YES!

    YES, people who can't afford diamonds for their wives love their wives less.

    SANDAILI = Always asking the hard questions nobody else has the guts or balls to ask. By "guts" I mean "lack of brains." And by "balls" I mean "lack of balls."

  • sandaili was being sarcastic, man.

  • does anyone know where i can find this version of the song

  • it doesn't exist

  • Such a pity. I keep hoping her next album will have a full version of this song, yet..

    Someone, please please please help me find a version even remotely like this. The original Cat Stevens just doesn't cut it for me.

  • Julie Wheeler sings Cat Power version of How can I tell you

    search for that....shes good

  • the version most resembling this and that is often MISlabeled as Cat Power is Liz Durrett's version. Download "Liz Durrett - How Can I Tell You"

  • k thanks

  • blackjebus, flawless victory.

  • this is a beautiful song!!

    I would like to have a Christmas Day as this..

    Ps.. sorry for my english..but i came from italy..

    BELLA!!

  • I LOVE this commercial. It's so sweet and it gets me everytime.

  • he probably got his dick sucked that night.

  • She better swallow, less she want that shit taken back to da sto'.

  • I love how he smiles at the end! This is so sweet!!!! why can't all guys be this creative! lol

  • My fiance used to sing this to me, now we're not together.... I cry every time I hear this song.

  • *Hug*

  • i LOVE this commercial. i don't get y ppl don't like it. it's just a sweet commercial. if u don't like it than y do u watch it? it makes no sense what so ever!!

    <3 Hayley

  • elbriga83: Abusing the typical youtube-activitard stereoptype with whiney movie-inspired DiCaprio hard-on bullshit and persuading women to become mullet-lesbians since 1983.

    Seriously.

    You're 25.

    You can still vote Obama, but grow out of that college tool phase already.

    Kay?

    Thanks!

  • Aww, you're so cute, you brainwashed misogynist redneck.

  • Also, such statement could've easily been founded on research on African history and on the history and business model of DeBeers. But your feeble mind probably couldn't comprehend that, so why bother? Your idiocy deserves nothing but a lowest common denominator response.

  • Accounts CLOSED: ciagarsmoke/elbriga83

    You online philanthropist, you. You're so cool with your fancy research that never happened! ;-D

    I wish us Los Angeles rednecks could get some of that fancy edumacating... in that... what'd you call it? A Co Lodge?

    So, if my idiocy deserves nothing but the "lowest common denominator"(lol) response, then why did you reply TWICE to me here, and TWICE more on my channel's comments?

    It burns more when it's true, doesn't it? lol thanks for EVERYTHING

  • Yeah, well... try to marry one of those "bitches" without a "shiny rock". See how far you get. They want the shiny rocks, or we wouldn't be buying them, pal.

  • I don't want shiny rocks, and I don't want my man to get me them.

  • My kind of lady.

  • I just want to know why won't Cat Power record this song and release it...i read somewhere that she's been asked but refused...she sings it soooo well!!!!!

  • wow people are taking this commercial way to seriously, i just like the song i didnt pick up on the whole guys are poor communicators thing, who knows maybe he talked to her after she woke up

  • Wasnt youtube created to collect consumer information from the american public, to sell

    to corporations to create commercials and plan capitalist production.

    Its now time for the people to reprogramme youtube by only expressing approval of needed commodities and disaproval of unneeded luxury products , they collect market research data from posted youtube clips but they cant control your choices by force.

  • This is not the full commercial. After he closes the window and is going to go downstairs, he checks on the kids, then goes to get the necklace.

  • This commercial is disgusting.

    The lame idiot "can't think of the right words to say" (according to the song) so he has to go buy her a diamond.

    What a pathetic depiction of the man as a poor communicator and the woman as desiring material things rather than true communication with her husband.

  • I couldn't have said it better than you.

    Thank you.

  • *nods*

  • Wow...you're a loser. Save your political statements for a place that they matter. You just sound like an idiot on here.

  • People who can't refute a comment logically using shaming language as you do. "Loser", "idiot" are the name calling responses of someone who has nothing to say.

    We should be teaching women that love is not about getting material things from a man.

  • Commercials are there to entertain and inform about a specific product/service, not teach you social relations. If your parents and/or school instructors failed to educate you on how to express yourself or interpret situations, you're already lost and a simple commercial won't change that.

    You're reading too much into this advertisement.

  • "What a pathetic depiction of the man as a poor communicator" - epi

    Hey doll, heads up ! 3 things for us guys (in no particular order) :

    1) Tasty food

    2) Sports

    3) Good lay every once in a while

    N you`re complaining cuz yer gettin fu$&in` diamonds ?

  • you need to relax...just enjoy the sweet moment the commercial is presenting us

  • i wuvvs this song... <3 i love you Mattchoo... <3 and i'm glad i found the right words to say Dec. 15...