DouglasReese

Did anybody else notice that the opening of "24" is the same as the opening strings of "Honeymoon"? 
 
Someone online pointed that out and I'm, like, "how did I not figure that out?"

Did anybody else notice that the opening of "24" is the same as the opening strings of "Honeymoon"? 
 
Someone online pointed that out and I'm, like, "how did I not figure that out?"

Did anybody else notice that the opening of "24" is the same as the opening strings of "Honeymoon"? 
 
Someone online pointed that out and I'm, like, "how did I not figure that out?"

Did anybody else notice that the opening of "24" is the same as the opening strings of "Honeymoon"? 
 
Someone online pointed that out and I'm, like, "how did I not figure that out?"

I have days where I really think "Flipside" may be the best song she's ever done. But then, I kinda snap out of it.
 
But it happens very often.

Also, the only Lana song I've outright hated from her official releases was "Lolita", but since it's a bonus track, it fortunately doesn't devalue that impeccable album. That song is a serious headache - loud and obnoxious without any bop to it. Sounds like an imitation sausage version of "Toxic".

Wait... one of my favorite unreleased songs isn't even legit? What? 

Thanks, love. 

Subjective of course. But this is pretty definite on my favorites. A mixture of my favorite classics, to my favorite contemporaries. 
 
Enjoy!
 

#136. I misspelled her name in the post. 
Oh no, no, no. I coulda gone onto 200 if I was frisky enough. 

Subjective of course. But this is pretty definite on my favorites. A mixture of my favorite classics, to my favorite contemporaries. 
 
Enjoy!
 

https://vimeo.com/151264560
 
Vimeo told me this was embedded here and got about 25 clicks from users here, but I couldn't quite find it on the forum. (Damn, it's huge. And damn, how have I not known of its existence?) If anybody can link me to that spot, that'd be awesome - but I also just wanted to start a thread for it. I've never done a video essay, but I plan on doing more (I'm currently putting some together for the films of Sofia Coppola, John Carpenter, Eric Rohmer, Don Hertzfeldt, and other filmmakers). It says something about my thoughts for Del Rey when I put her up with names such as them. Thought other Lana fans would appreciate what I think about her and such. 
 
Oh, and hi new frequent forum I shall visit! 

I always just assumed she took it from that 1984 Ford Spanish car that she used the logo in with her homemade montage work; considering her recurring theme of cars.

 

I hear this now, but for years I've heard "My man's crazy and his mind is a knife".
 
Am I alone on this? 

I hear this now, but for years I've heard "My man's crazy and his mind is a knife".
 
Am I alone on this? 

I kind of had fun making my own little fake albums. 

I didn't see a post like this anywhere, so if there is, if a mod could just merge it into that one, that'd be pretty slick. But if not, here we go. 
 
Top 5? Top 10? Top 100? Whatever it may be, what are your all-time favorites?
 
I'm going to get a bit excessive and post my 100 favorites. 
 
01. The Velvet Underground and Nico. The Velvet Underground.
02. Ultraviolence. Lana Del Rey. 
03. Animals. Pink Floyd.
04. Revolver. The Beatles.
05. Led Zeppelin IV. Led Zeppelin.
06. Nina Simone Sings the Blues. Nina Simone.
07. Siamese Dream. The Smashing Pumpkins.
08. Hounds of Love. Kate Bush.
09. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. Neutral Milk Hotel.
10. After the Gold Rush. Neil Young.
 
11. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Kanye West.
12. Rain Dogs. Tom Waits.
13. The Cars. The Cars.
14. The Graduate. Simon and Garfunkel.
15. White Album. The Beatles.
16. ​The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan.
17. Either/Or. Elliott Smith.
18. Pet Sounds. The Beach Boys.
19. American IV: The Man Comes Around. Johnny Cash.
20. ​Nevermind. Nirvana.
 
21. Pink Moon. Nick Drake.
22. The Smiths. The Smiths.
23. Kind of Blue. Miles Davis.
24. Born to Die: The Paradise Edition. Lana Del Rey.
25. The Velvet Underground. The Velvet Underground.
26. Straight Outta Compton. N.W.A.
27. Illinois. Sufjan Stevens.
28. Blue. Joni Mitchell.
29. There's a Riot Goin' On. Sly & the Family Stone.
30. Blue Album. Weezer.
 
  31. Love and Rockets. Love and Rockets. 32. Frances the Mute. The Mars Volta.
33. Let It Bleed. ​The Rolling Stones.
34. Demon Days. ​Gorillaz.
35. The Wall. Pink Floyd.
36. Illmatic. Nas.
37. Power, Corruption & Lies. New Order. 
38. ​Starsailor. Tim Buckley.
39. The Dark Side of the Moon. Pink Floyd.
40. Dummy. Portishead.
  41. Days of Future Passed. The Moody Blues. 42. Blood on the Tracks. Bob Dylan.
43. Unknown Pleasures. Joy Division.
44. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. The Flaming Lips.
45. Remain in Light. Talking Heads.
46. OK Computer. Radiohead.
47. Faith. ​George Michael.
48. Transformer. Lou Reed.
49. Queen of Denmark. John Grant.
50. Fragile. Yes.
  51. Americana. The Offspring. 52. Modern Vampires of the City. Vampire Weekend.
53. Boots. Nancy Sinatra. 
54. The Idiot. Iggy Pop.
55. Ocean Rain. Echo & the Bunnymen.
56. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The Beatles.
57. ​A Flock of Seagulls. A Flock of Seagulls.
58. Is This It. The Strokes.
59. The Seer. Swans.
60. What's Going On. Marvin Gaye.
  61. The Downward Spiral. Nine Inch Nails. 62. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Elton John.
63. Funeral. Arcade Fire.
64. The Infamous. ​Mobb Deep.
65. Back to Black. Amy Winehouse.
66. ​Isn't Anything. My Bloody Valentine.
67. Alopecia. Why?.
68. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. The Smashing Pumpkins.
69. Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. blink-182.
70. Tea for the Tillerman. Cat Stevens.
  71. ​Dookie. Green Day. 72. Too Bright. Perfume Genius.
73. Mezermize. System of a Down.
74. Daydream Nation. Sonic Youth.
75. Purple Rain. ​Prince and the Revolution. 
76. Goon. Tobias Jesso Jr.
77. She's So Unusual. Cyndi Lauper.
78. Young Liars. TV on the Radio. 
79. In the Court of the Crimson King. King Crimson.
80. The Blueprint. Jay-Z.
  81. (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. Oasis. 82. Fairytale. Donovan.
83. Sweet Baby James. James Taylor.
84. Black Holes and Revelations. Muse.
85. Strange Days. The Doors.
86. Post. Björk.
87. Disintegration. The Cure.
88. Get Rich or Die Tryin'. 50 Cent.
89. Psychocandy. The Jesus and Mary Chain.
90. Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz. Miley Cyrus.
  91. The Virgin Suicides. Air. 92. Letting Off the Happiness. ​Bright Eyes.
93. Goblin. Tyler, the Creator.
94. Under Construction. Missy Elliott.
95. Metallica. Metallica
96. FutureSex/LoveSounds. Justin Timberlake.
97. Dead Man's Bones. Dead Man's Bones.
98. Buddy Holly. Buddy Holly.
99. Treats. Sleigh Bells.
100. Like a Prayer. Madonna.
 
Whew. 

I highly recommend this to all my fellow popheads. The film is TANKING at the box office, so it probably won't even be in wide release by the time this weekends rolls around - but this film is batshit bonkers, over-the-top, and feels like a catty, campy, feature-length pop video. It's absolutely sublime, and Cliff Martinez's score pulsates over every frame, and the film's end credits is pretty much a Sia music video with her track "Waving Goodbye".
 

 
Check out a bit of the score from the opening credits here:
 

Wait... one of my favorite unreleased songs isn't even legit? What? 

Wait... one of my favorite unreleased songs isn't even legit? What? 

This was so exciting to watch, thank you for taking the time to make it! Though I think you overinterpreted at times (I think Lana is a much more intuitive songwriter, in this regard I think she sometimes gets too much credit) and though I disagree with your use of the term 'objectification', you brought up a very interesting point by saying that Lana's financially well off beginnings were what gave her insight into the emptiness of the American dream (especially since people often use her background to discredit her legitimacy). I think this is also where her fearlessness in creating her own reality/image arose. We live in an age where there is such a high emphasis placed on being 'real/raw' (even in the entertainment industry) and the irony is that this often just ends up producing a bad imitation of reality. In Lana's case it is more like an imitation of artificiality, because like you said, she deliberately references things that are famous for being illusory, and yet she does this so obviously that it ends up feeling genuine.

My weave melted off my head then exploded

https://vimeo.com/162633595
 
Password: Phoenix
 
Only available for a while before I pull it off and focus on finalizing the project for film festival submission.