A mattress on a bottle of WHINE.
By Paul J Cella Posted in Bob Dylan | Liberals | the Left — Comments (2) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
Here’s the story, in brief:
Bob Dylan appears in an ad campaign for Cadillac. A “multiplatform” campaign, they call this — TV, print, Internet, etc. In the first, he utters a couple of terse, jocular remarks. The ads end.
Naturally this appears as a topic for discussion on Dylan fansites and message boards. On one, The Never Ending Pool, not ten messages had been posted before two posters declared their wish that Dylan’s house burn down, the second one even after being admonished that such talk is most unfortunate considering that in southern California many houses are, even as we type, burning down.
The reason for this perfectly unembarrassed malice*: apparently any association with Cadillac means that Dylan is indifferent to climate change. His “contribution” is to the side of gas-guzzlers; that is to say, to the side of the enemy. Treason! is the charge against Bob Dylan. May his house burn down!
To all this comical stupidity — its ugliness made amusing by absurdity, and by the fact that Dylan has done this to the Lefties many a time — one can only add:
Well, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat
Yes, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat
Well, you must tell me, baby
How your head feels under somethin’ like that
Under your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat
Well, you look so pretty in it
Honey, can I jump on it sometime?
Yes, I just wanna see
If it’s really that expensive kind
You know it balances on your head
Just like a mattress balances
On a bottle of wine
Your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat.
“Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat,” by Bob Dylan
(Copyright © 1966; renewed 1994 Dwarf Music.)
* I should add, in fairness, that some commenters did explain, more thoughtfully and respectfully, and without malice, their alarm at the ad series.
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These liberals who tried to own Bob should get lives of their own.
Try a new side of Dylan here: http://www.rightwingbob.com/
They only get upset when an artist does a commercial for a gas guzzling car, but never when an artist guzzles more gas when on tour than any 10,000 of us will in a lifetime.
By the way, what are these people doing owning and watching a TV anyway? Doesn't that contribute to greenhouse emissions?