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PARADISE VINYL !!!! <3
 

Shit. I was hoping we'd be able to see the DOB.

Some of you need to lighten up a bit.

I, too, have a war in my mind. I don’t know how i feel about the video. I feel a little numb, but these feelings, or lack thereof, have little to do with the actual video and Lana as an artist and what she’s created, and more to do with how i feel about life in general lately (i think watching Samsara last night really fucked me up even more than i have already been feeling). I think i like the Ride video? But i should watch it more at a later time when i'm not feeling this way.
 
What i do have concrete thoughts on: Watching this, i realize how American i am and how inescapable it is. I really love things that are truly American. All of the imagery throughout the video is great--so classic, so iconic, so familiar but so vibrant and fresh. You know, if there was ever going to be something that hipsters latched onto and made them finally come around to Lana, it’s this video, as repugnant as that thought may be. I love the actors that were chosen and the authenticity they bring to the video. News flash for some of you: those guys are probably a lot more desirable to some women than you care to think. Man, i would KILL to be unit photographer on this set! The cinematography is great (though, in my opinion, still doesn’t top the BJ cinematography). The whole thing could have been a little rawer, but, still, this feels like real, early ’70s first wave of American independent cinema. My only problem in this regard is how fast the editing is--i HATE what has become the standard pacing of editing.
 
Re: the headdress: I cringed very hard during those shots. Not sure what she’s aiming for there. Why is that there? However, she wouldn’t be Lana Del Rey if there wasn’t something problematic about her, and i like that about her. It's interesting to see the image of a gun being held up to a Native headdress, that's for sure. What’s funny is that for some people (those who just don’t “get it”), it takes blatant mocking of a culture or explicitly stated disdain to consider something offensive/insensitive/careless toward a culture, and these scenes, it seems, would actually fit their narrow view of insensitivity, because they actually do seem to be mocking of Native cultures (acting “crazy” in the desert with alcohol and guns!) However, on the other hand, from my subjective standpoint, i myself as the viewer am also able to take away a completely different interpretation of whatever Native metaphor may be embedded in there, and that is freedom. Which is what the whole video is about, right? Now, that’s obviously not a very common association to draw from Native Americans, but think about pre-Colonial America--is that not absolutely representative of freedom if there ever was such a thing? (i.e. a more fundamental freedom rather than a bogus, empty concept of freedom, i.e. McFreedom). Still, though, this feels fucking uncomfortable. Surprise, surprise, it's Lana Del Rey.
 
Oh, one last thing: i don’t understand why the audio quality in all her videos is so poor. This seriously sounds like it’s 240p. I really hate the internet, it is the great destroyer of everything. Can you imagine after all the time, effort, energy, money, talent, and skill that went into the engineering and production of the song, and the production of the video, that this compressed-to-death video on youtube is what comes out? Oy. Hopeless times for art.

I don't care that Lana smokes. But smoking at a gas station? That's just fucking irresponsible. :imbeingsarcasticbitch2:

I can't wait until Pussy leaks in full. ha ha ha That image on Tumblr is hilarious.

 
Can Lana's next album be called "Songs to kill yourself to." Everything is just too gorgeous.. and depressing. Just this morning I was driving to work with Blue Velvet blasting and I honestly thought, "oh this is so beautiful.. I could crash right now and not even care. Heaven!"

I can't wait until Pussy leaks in full. ha ha ha That image on Tumblr is hilarious.

 
Can Lana's next album be called "Songs to kill yourself to." Everything is just too gorgeous.. and depressing. Just this morning I was driving to work with Blue Velvet blasting and I honestly thought, "oh this is so beautiful.. I could crash right now and not even care. Heaven!"

Ride is like a fully realized On Our Way

Don’t know what to say other than i think it sounds great. I love the piano, everything about it--compositionally, the chord changes, the way it's voiced, how it's arpeggiated and the upper range it's played in, and it's recorded perfectly. It's really, really beautiful. The whole tone of this section of music is really hitting on something magical. This is very LA sounding and i would have thought that without knowing the title. It seems to be channeling her love for more contemporary film scores, too.
 
Re: Body Electric: I’m happily surprised by how close this sticks to the performances we’ve been hearing since June. I was hoping that it would be mostly like the live performances with just a few subtle overdubs (and my dream harpsichord, dammit!) and this sounds like it's going to be just that. So relieved that it's not overproduced or given an "edgy" arrangement. My only gripe is her vocal performance, but it's not that big of a gripe. She just kind of sounds like she's phoning it in, going through the motions, until the "we get down" part, which is great and unrestrained. She's rushing it a little too. I think she should have sung it slightly behind the beat, but it's not that huge of a deal. No effects that i can hear on her voice, other than reverb, which is much better than what they used on Yayo.
 
She’s going to get so much more critical acclaim for this than BTD. Mark my words. Some camps are going to start looking at her differently.

I'm loving Monicker's stan-mode right now, I really am.

I can't wait until Pussy leaks in full. ha ha ha That image on Tumblr is hilarious.

 
Can Lana's next album be called "Songs to kill yourself to." Everything is just too gorgeous.. and depressing. Just this morning I was driving to work with Blue Velvet blasting and I honestly thought, "oh this is so beautiful.. I could crash right now and not even care. Heaven!"