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Jimmy Fallon (as James Taylor) sings "Romney & Bain"

This week at the Democratic National Convention, James Taylor entertained the delegates. On Friday on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, the host who's previously parodied David Bowie, Neil Young and Eddie Vedder, among others, added Taylor to his list, transforming "Fire & Rain" into a spot-on "Romney & Bain."

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Jimmy Fallon (as James Taylor) sings "Romney & Bain"

POSTED: Saturday, September 8, 2012, 7:25 PM

Dan DeLuca, Inquirer Music Critic

This week at the Democratic National Convention, James Taylor entertained the delegates. On Friday on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, the host who's previously parodied David Bowie, Neil Young and Eddie Vedder, among others, added Taylor to his list, transforming "Fire & Rain" into a spot-on "Romney & Bain."

Fallon's performance is a pro-Obama guitar strummer, for sure, but with bipartisan digs. It mentions Vice President Biden's name followed by the lyric "Oh Joe keep your piehole closed you're killing me" and rhymes "I've heard Bill Clinton speeches I thought would never end" with "I've seen Chris Christie jiggling in the wind."

Thanks to Joan Myers for this. Watch below.

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:02 PM, 09/08/2012

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— RufusG

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:18 AM, 09/09/2012

Yeah, that's it! We're not laughing at you, we're laughing at...ummm...we're laughing at "hurt" or whatever it was you said we are laughing at. And we'll be laughing at it FOREVER, because it is that freakin' funny. I mean painful.

Excellent analysis, though. Rufus.

— ahab

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:19 AM, 09/09/2012

Perfect contract!

RNC got 82 year old white guy from Hollywood.

DNC got 30+ year old white guy from Hollywood.

The generational change is happending. With higher rate of education among the whites, the last remnent of intolerance will be gone. Just need to educate the other groups as well.

— Seed

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:12 PM, 09/08/2012

Please no more Jimmy Fallon articles, the guy was somewhat funny on SNL but that show of his is an embarrasment. I've never seen somebody so uncomfortable on a talk show and his comedy is terrible and not funny.

— neddyflanders

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:34 PM, 09/08/2012

Did he shoot up first ?

— Yankee Air Pirate 12

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:20 AM, 09/09/2012

Yeah, Eastwood had a hit of smack and two of Viagra.

— ahab

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:14 PM, 09/08/2012

Let's see... the Repuglicans have the 80-something year old version of Clint Eastwood and Ted Nugent to stump for them and the Dems have the Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen, George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansen, Eva Longoria, and countless others just performing/speaking at their convention. Why would anyone under the age of 60 be ripping Jimmy Fallon? Jealous much, rednecks?? Oh wait, I'm sorry. You probably have Brooks and Dunn too-LOLOLOL.

— PhillyJo

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:29 PM, 09/08/2012

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— RufusG

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:22 AM, 09/09/2012

Get used to it, your lame convention is going down in history.

— ahab

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:49 PM, 09/08/2012

leftist are anti american

— hannigan

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:24 AM, 09/09/2012

Spoken like a true "patriot." LOL. Surprised you were able to spell it right.

— ahab

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:59 AM, 09/09/2012

Geez, I hope you knuckleheads remember to vote on November 7th, we'll all be better off.

— johnat136

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 1:37 AM, 09/09/2012

+1@PhillyJo

— sla6yer

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:33 AM, 09/09/2012

Eastwood deserves some credit. He was the star of the RNC, the "family values" party, after fathering 7 kids with 5 different women, two of whom he married. An example for us all.

— Bruce in NM