Jimmy Fallon Channels James Taylor For Election Spoof

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Jimmy Fallon demonstrates why we dedicated an entire cover story to him with his latest spot-on musical impression. After proving himself an uncanny mimic of Neil Young, Jim Morrison and Bob Dylan, Fallon unveiled his latest trick: being James Taylor.

On September 7, the late night talk show host re-purposed Taylor’s “Fire And Rain” as a comment on the Republican and Democratic conventions, singing, “I’ve seen Romney, I’ve seen Bain/I’ve seen Clinton speeches I thought would never end.”

Watch the video below. He’s won our vote.

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