Hundred Dollar Bill

My brother, sister, and I were obsessed. A family friend knows 'Lemony Snicket' so got us a signed book. He signed it, 'To the ____Triplets~ Three Future Orphans.' Aged 7 we were scarred for life.

YOU CANNOT DENY QUEEN MERYL STREEP!

DID YOU GUYS REALLY STEAL POINTS FROM "MERMAID MOTEL" AND "SMARTY"? wth
 
However
 
Kill Kill 15
Queen Of The Gas Station 15
Oh Say Can You See 15
Gramma (Blue Ribbon Sparkler Trailer Heaven) 16
For K Part 2 15
Jump 15
Mermaid Motel 15
Raise Me Up (Mississippi South) 15
Pawn Shop Blues 15
Brite Lites 14
Put Me In A Movie 16
Smarty 14
Yayo 15
 
:imbeingsarcasticbitch2: I had to add "Brite Lites" myself btw, flop fans. :imbeingsarcasticbitch2:
 

Hundred Dollar Bill... I AGREE. LUCKY ONES IS THE FUCKING BEST OH MY GOD.
Lana hasn't sung it live because it's too delicate to touch x x X
LETS GET OUT OF THIS TOWN, BABY WE ON FIYAAH

Well first, you see, you have to start playing Lucky Ones on repeat and on full volume. As that plays, you then burn your copy of AKA, whilst chanting "BTD is the best Lizzy album, BTD is the best Lizzy album" and doing the Electric Slide backwards. At this point, you put on a Native American headdress and do what Lana did during the bridge of the Ride music video. Then you hire a black man to portray one of the most famous presidents there ever was, sparking little to no controversy, of course, to chant with you. Once you've done all these things, the Teletubbies will arrive and start eating your copies of Sirens while you're still chanting "BTD is the best Lizzy album." After doing this for 37 minutes and 14 seconds, a can of Generic Horse Shit should appear on your doorstep. You can't actually buy one because they're very rare and Sitar just had to tease us all by insinuating that he has one. I hope OperationGaga doesn't hear about this, and I hope Sitar doesn't start giving us a review of what his can of Generic Horse Shit smells like. We'll have some pretty big forum problems then. Maybe it's best if we just threaten to kill each other instead.

Keep this up and you'll be touching your own dick in the dark by yourself while Monicker, Hellion and I touch each other's while listening to Lucky Ones.
 

They're all studio versions.

Hai guyz, this petty but playful but petty but playful but petty but playful but petty mock-bickering about what Lana Del Rey's best song is and how your favorite song “””””slays””””” some other person’s favorite song is getting a little tiresome and fucking silly, no? Blaugoaughreowoffffttttt
 
 
 
You know, for all the shit you give Lana for uttering SONICALLY as much as she does, you certainly do use CINEMATIC a lot to describe pop songs, eh?
 
 
I can do this in about four seconds. But i will probably procrastinate until the end of time, so i'll never actually end up doing it. But bug me about it sometime and i’ll probably cave (that is, if the frankenmix hasn't materialized from thin air by that point).
 
 
Pardon? Lolita? '60s psychedelic pop? Weren't you just agreeing in another thread about people mindlessly throwing around empty descriptors like these?
 
 
You really think these songs sound Americana? SONICALLY, that is What, is it the strong, dancey electronic beats? The quasi-rapping? The spoken section that is recited with a totally contemporary, urban enunciation and style? The modern, edgy samples and soundscapes? The multitude of synths? The use of modern audio filters? The contemporary style of arranging and production techniques?

Moni coming through with a proper reading.
 



 
But still, Lucky Ones though >

HOLY FUCK. LMFAO. LITERALLY THE BEST POST ON THIS FORUM, EVER.
 
:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
 
I could not agree more, oh god. Let me love you.

Yes.
 
i <3 8============D

48. Life imitates art.
 

They're all studio versions.

New game:
Take a shot every time she says sonically, visually or thematically.

Q: Lana, will you marry me?

That's what I like to hear
 
 

Well first, you see, you have to start playing Lucky Ones on repeat and on full volume. As that plays, you then burn your copy of AKA, whilst chanting "BTD is the best Lizzy album, BTD is the best Lizzy album" and doing the Electric Slide backwards. At this point, you put on a Native American headdress and do what Lana did during the bridge of the Ride music video. Then you hire a black man to portray one of the most famous presidents there ever was, sparking little to no controversy, of course, to chant with you. Once you've done all these things, the Teletubbies will arrive and start eating your copies of Sirens while you're still chanting "BTD is the best Lizzy album." After doing this for 37 minutes and 14 seconds, a can of Generic Horse Shit should appear on your doorstep. You can't actually buy one because they're very rare and Sitar just had to tease us all by insinuating that he has one. I hope OperationGaga doesn't hear about this, and I hope Sitar doesn't start giving us a review of what his can of Generic Horse Shit smells like. We'll have some pretty big forum problems then. Maybe it's best if we just threaten to kill each other instead.

Wow. Million Dollar Man is obviously the best song
 
and I pity anyone who thinks Dark Paradise is a good song

Overall, I love the album production of Carmen, except that now I Can't. Stop. Hearing. Those. DAMN. CATS!!!!!!
No offense to cats. It just sounds like there's one caught under a rocking chair or something. MOVE, KITTY!
 
I think I'm going to try to make a fan "mix"/splice/Frankenstein thingie using the verses from the demo and everything else from the album version.
 
Concept =
Probable execution =
Likelihood of procrastination =
Anyone wanna help/do it instead? =
 
(Well shit at least I tried. I need the practice anyway = :imbeingsarcasticbitch2: )

Well first, you see, you have to start playing Lucky Ones on repeat and on full volume. As that plays, you then burn your copy of AKA, whilst chanting "BTD is the best Lizzy album, BTD is the best Lizzy album" and doing the Electric Slide backwards. At this point, you put on a Native American headdress and do what Lana did during the bridge of the Ride music video. Then you hire a black man to portray one of the most famous presidents there ever was, sparking little to no controversy, of course, to chant with you. Once you've done all these things, the Teletubbies will arrive and start eating your copies of Sirens while you're still chanting "BTD is the best Lizzy album." After doing this for 37 minutes and 14 seconds, a can of Generic Horse Shit should appear on your doorstep. You can't actually buy one because they're very rare and Sitar just had to tease us all by insinuating that he has one. I hope OperationGaga doesn't hear about this, and I hope Sitar doesn't start giving us a review of what his can of Generic Horse Shit smells like. We'll have some pretty big forum problems then. Maybe it's best if we just threaten to kill each other instead.

Is there a HATE button i can click on for this wretched song (which i’ve still never been able to listen to all the way through). I love it when great things inspire the most horrid mediocrity. Erm, no offense to anyone who calls themselves a fan of Barenaked Ladiezzz.
 
 
But ‘twas a mere joke. They’ve got some similarities, though, let me tell you.
 
 
I love Radio! The live performances from November of 2011 or thereabouts and the demo (which is what those early live performances were based on) are great. I enjoy the demo more than the album version, i love the slight little country twang in the guitar of the chorus. The end build up is so nice, happy, and uplifting. It’s just a simple little catchy song.
 
 
That is such a great image. I want to film that.
 
 
Where can i buy a can of generic horse shit?
 
 
With kind regards, you are insane.
 
 
I believe it is an unpopular opinion around here, but i, too, like it in its entirety. It took me a little time for that to happen though. And although i like the whole of BTD, i think AKA blows it away.

Aw, i’ve returned to this thread only to see that the feminism discussion has ended . Anyway, as always, i am so glad to see this being discussed, and i loved reading everyone’s thoughts. It’s these sort of turns in the conversation that make me really like coming here. Time to add my rambling to the now past discussion and i warn you: i feel very scatterbrained right now and unable to organize my thoughts well. Anyway...
 
 
The thing about feminism and feminist discourse--something that i think too often gets overlooked or forgotten--is that, more than just looking at women--what they do and say, what they stand for, whether or not they’re "feminist" or "anti-feminist"--we need to hold the magnifying glass up to men, the male perspective, and even attitudes toward men and male roles, as they’ve existed socially and historically. The coin cannot exist without both sides. The battle against feminism is not only represented by those ideas, thoughts, practices, customs, etc. that are in opposition to the movement's tenets, but also the negative attitudes toward the existence of the movement itself--the threat to change things. There are so many powerful, insidious things that work toward reinforcing patriarchy--it’s a weird self-preserving system--and the bad rap that feminism gets on a broad scale is a perfect example (feminism is “annoying” or “extreme” or “crazy” etc.) The status quo always has many things that are fighting for and helping it to be preserved. I think sexism is the first column that needs to be smashed in order for the whole multi-faceted, complex power structure that globally governs and oppresses to come crumbling down.
 
Anyway, that's all just a preface to what i really wanted to say...
 
Regardless of one’s views on Lana’s lyrics from a feminist perspective, i think it would be hard to deny how unsafe her lyrics and ethos are, and that, in a sense, is very subversive when you consider the sort of things that women (and men!) are “supposed to” sing about/represent, and how a female artist is expected to carry herself. Lana Del Rey’s lyrics give a voice to a complex perspective that is often belittled, shunned, and shamed. Here we have the seizing of a platform for a marginalized view (people tend to hate when things don’t fall neatly into binaries), and, sadly, as is to be expected, there are attempts to silence it. Patriarchy and sexism rear its ugly head again.
 
I love the “looking to get fucked hard” line in G&M. That’s anti-feminist? Why? How? What strikes me as anti-feminist is thinking that that line is anti-feminist. This line of thinking is doing nothing but defining sexual views for women and how they should express thoughts on sex. Mother/Whore oppressive dichotomy 2 the max. It’s bullshit. And by the way, "Femme Fatale" is just a problematic trope that does no favors to feminism. More binaries.
 
The prevailing cultural perspective on sex is SO weird--how sex is ubiquitous, oversaturating almost every aspect of society, yet it’s often met with such resistance if it doesn’t neatly fit into our accepted, monogamous, normative framework. I don’t get all the knee-jerk reactions to the cursing/sexuality on Paradise, and the suspicion that it is intended to shock. What is shocking about cursing or talking about sex in pop music in the year 2012? We’re talking about someone who already has a substantial back catalogue of songs that touch upon plenty of “controversial” topics, from drugs to pedophilia. Homegurl could’ve busted out plenty of more “shocking” stuff than what we’ve heard so far of this new release. My pussy tastes like Pepsi Cola is so playful. Cum on guis, didn't u all want playful Lizzy back in the fold? Yes, obnoxiously and predictably, that line is the one thing that outsiders have really latched on to more than anything else about this release (who didn’t see that coming?) but that doesn’t qualify it as shock value in its intent.
 
 
ANYWAY, regarding the snippets...i heard them only once, so i can't really give much of an opinion. I’m not going to get hung up on 1:30 low quality samples. I will say this though: i hear many production decisions that blow BTD’s production away. Maybe the songwriting is a notch or two below what she produced for BTD, but a lot of the arranging and production, i feel, really "corrected" a lot of BTD's flaws. This is just a preliminary assessment though, so i need to sit with the EP for some time before really deciding anything. Burning Desire, though...oy, that is one bad song.
 
I have to say, i am surprised that the consensus is unfavorable so far, i really didn’t see that coming. I don't see how this is that much of a departure. I’m also surprised by the reaction to the new Yayo vocals. So many times in the past people have lamented about the restrained vocals on BTD while praising her live vocals, yet when we get pretty much what so many of you have wanted out of a studio vocal from Lana, there is all this talk about how shitty the vocals are! I also don’t understand this one-definitive-version-of-a-song mentality. I suspect that anything that could have been done to Yayo, no mater what, would be viewed as an abomination simply because it’s not the AKA version. Why do we have to look at it as a better/worse situation though? It’s a different tone and mood that is captured in the new recording. Do you find it worse because of reasons having to do with the arrangement, production, and performance, or is worse simply because it’s not the version you have always loved? I don’t know, i guess this is an uncommon view, but there is little more that i love in music than having variations of a piece. That's something i adore about Lana's catalogue.
 
 
So wait, have we determined what this emoticon is expressing? ----->

Laugh all you want, I know it's very disliked in this community, which proves my point that people simply can't handle perfection.
 
Whatever. :imbeingsarcasticbitch2:

Lucky Ones is the best, obviously. You're all too delusional to understand. Simplistic yet visual and beautiful lyrics, gorgeous strings and instruments, and magnificent vocals; the best vocals on the album. Plus, THE FUCKING LOON IS IN THE SONG. THE AMAZING AUTO-TUNED LOON. The Loon itself is enough to slay basically any song on BTD. Combine the Loon with all the other wonderful aspects of the song, it's obviously the best.

I love Everybody, but that stupid fucking "J-J-J-J.R." bit at the very beginning pisses me off to no end and makes me change the song right away. I hate it when producers shit all over a song with their stupid trademark sounds or whatever. Like, no one wants to fucking hear that, it disrupts the song. I've yet to find an equally HQ version of Everybody without that stupid producer trademark noise, and until I do, Get Back remains above Everybody. They're close equals without that problem though, although I'm still more toward Get Back.
 
THE ONE AND ONLY.... BRITNEY.
*cue amazing weird video game ghost noises*
IF YA CAN'T TAKE IT THEN GET BACK.
 
Sex.