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About This Track
“Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat” is a song by Bob Dylan, from his 1966 album Blonde on Blonde. Like many other Dylan songs of the 1965-1966 period, the song features a surreal, playful lyric set to an electric blues accompaniment.
Dylan’s lyrics affectionately ridicule a female “fashion victim” who wears a leopard skin pillbox hat. The pillbox hat was a popular, highly fashionable ladies’ hat in the United States in the early-to-mid 1960s, and was most famously worn by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Dylan satirically crosses this accessory’s high-fashion image with leopard-skin material, perceived as considerably more downmarket and vulgar. (Of course, genuine leopard skin was very upmarket, since it came from an endangered species. It was not yet illegal to trade in leopard-skin, but it was rare and valuable.) The song was also written and released long after pillbox hats had been at the height of fashion, something that was very apparent to listeners at the time.
The song has been widely speculated to be inspired by Edie Sedgwick, an actress/model known for her association with Andy Warhol. Sedgwick is also often suspected as being an inspiration for other Dylan songs of the time, particularly some from Blonde on Blonde.
Dylan’s lyrics affectionately ridicule a female “fashion victim” who wears a leopard skin pillbox hat. The pillbox hat was a popular, highly fashionable ladies’ hat in the United States in the early-to-mid 1960s, and was most famously worn by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Dylan satirically crosses this accessory’s high-fashion image with leopard-skin material, perceived as considerably more downmarket and vulgar. (Of course, genuine leopard skin was very upmarket, since it came from an endangered species. It was not yet illegal to trade in leopard-skin, but it was rare and valuable.) The song was also written and released long after pillbox hats had been at the height of fashion, something that was very apparent to listeners at the time.
The song has been widely speculated to be inspired by Edie Sedgwick, an actress/model known for her association with Andy Warhol. Sedgwick is also often suspected as being an inspiration for other Dylan songs of the time, particularly some from Blonde on Blonde.
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Shouts
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spiritbouleau wrote:
ah edie ♥
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ge_mig_arsenik wrote:
I know what he really loves you for
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AK_LaMPaRD wrote:
"if you wanna see the sun rise, honey i know where" lol'd.
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tvzfam wrote:
Cracks me up everytime!
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ralfsu wrote:
The Vol.4 live version blows the socks off my fucking feet! :)
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AceOfSpades24 wrote:
It balances on your head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine
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mellow_becktabs wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAGx0Lkq8tM
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crazedbard wrote:
No indeed, it's not just a hat, IT'S YOUR BRAND NEW LEOPARD SKIN PILL BOX HAT. Was that too obvious? Excuse me.
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RACHELSANDWICH wrote:
amazing, definitely not just about a hat, if you know what i mean
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AK_LaMPaRD wrote:
what does he say at the end of this song in royal albert hall version?
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MrLynk wrote:
"It's just about a hat, man." - Bob Dylan.
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Jayryn wrote:
sweet tune
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godonnygo wrote:
Live 66 version is definitive. Rocks a bit harder than BoB and has the hilarious mumbling at the end "....if only you wouldn't clap so hard".
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stereosymmetry wrote:
Why does it say this song is on Blonde on Blonde (Disc 1)? I own Blonde on Blonde, it's only one disc...
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dalmascan wrote:
heeeee-larious. "it balances on your head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine" i could not stop laughing the first time i heard this!
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jamierobertward wrote:
I love the RAH live version. How it's played in between some severe heckling just gives it that extra rock n roll edge.
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Aleatoriedad wrote:
I love this song. [2]
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Paddig wrote:
I love this song.
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spacefaceinfurs wrote:
great!
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johntardsbaby66 wrote:
Favourite line:"You may think he loves you for your money, but I know what he loves you for - ITS YOUR BRAND NEW LEOPARD SKIN PILL BOX HAT!"
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