Carly Simon defends Sabrina Carpenters controversial album cover, says its not outrageous

Carly Simon is coming to Sabrina Carpenter’s defense. During a recent interview, Simon reacted to Carpenter’s album cover that caused quite a stir. Carpenter’s album artwork for “Man’s Best Friend” showed a photo of the singer on her hands and knees, as a man appeared to be grabbing her by the hair.The “Busy Woman” singer wore a black mini dress and matching heels in the photo.Simon argued the current outrage surrounding Carpenter’s album is relatively mild, compared to past examples of bold artistic expression in the music industry. “She’s not doing anything outrageous,” the “You’re So Vain” singer said in an interview with Rolling Stone.“It seems tame.”“There have been far flashier covers than hers,” Simon said.

“One of the most startling covers I’ve ever seen was [The Rolling Stones’] “Sticky Fingers.” That was out there in terms of sexual attitude.So I don’t know why she’s getting such flak.”Once Carpenter shared her latest album cover of “Man’s Best Friend,” fans were quick to comment.“This cover makes me uncomfortable…” one person wrote.Another comment read, “That’s disgusting!!”Other fans enjoyed Carpenter’s album and wrote, “Sue her she wants to be iconic.”While Simon is no stranger to pushing the envelope herself, the singer reacted to the similar criticism she received for her famous 1975 “Playing Possum” album. “Everybody looked at it, and people definitely had a reaction to it,” Simon told Rolling Stone of her own cover at the time.

“But they wouldn’t have told me what they really thought.”The “You Belong To Me” singer famously posed in a lacy black dress with matching leather boots.Simon’s face wasn’t shown, but she was photographed on her knees for the album cover. That photo was shot by Norman Seeff, who still remembers the stir it caused. “Suddenly, I’m getting calls from ‘Time’ and ‘Newsweek,’ saying, ‘This is one of the s...