Gwyneth Paltrow's severed head immortalized in song

August 12, 1996
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Edited by Mary Bruno


So, we're listening to Car Button Cloth, the new Lemonheads album which,
by the way, won't be out until October, but review copies of albums are
just one of the many perks we enjoy here at Mr. Showbiz. Anyway, along
comes this song called "6ix," a typically lively Lemonheads rave-up in
which we catch the following lyric:

"Here comes Gwyneth's head in a box."
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Hmmm, we wondered. Could Lemonheads lead singer Evan Dando, who wrote
"6ix," possibly be referring to Gwyneth Paltrow? Remember, Gwyneth's
character from Seven became the sixth victim of the evil serial killer,
who whacked off her head, boxed it up, and had it delivered to her
detective husband, played by Brad Pitt. Well, sure enough, Dando was
talking about Gwyneth Paltrow. According to a spokesperson for Tag,
the Lemonheads' label, Dando actually met Gywneth once at some social
function or other. This was back before Seven was released, and Dando
had no idea that Gwyneth was even a budding actress, let alone a
superstar-in-waiting. "He then went to see the movie, and was surprised
to see her in it," says the Tag spokesperson. "He thought it was pretty
odd that he would know somebody who ends up with her head in a box in
the movie." And what better way to immortalize such a strange moment
than in song. By the way, Dando himself will be making his big-screen
debut soon, with a small part in the upcoming Liv Tyler film Heavy. He
also contributed two songs to the film's soundtrack. As for the rest of
Car Button Cloth, it's pretty dang catchy. We especially like "Purple
Parallelogram," which Dando co-wrote with Oasis's Noel Gallagher, and
"The Outdoor Type," which contains Dando's humble admission that he's
never spent a night in a tent and couldn't build a fire to save his
life.