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If we could discover the name of the place with the long trees (Summertime Sadness music video/FMWUTTT booklet picture/Some The Source Family pictures)... It would help a little bit, I think. We all know Lana is obsessed with places (Chateau Marmont, Coney Island, New York, LA...). Idk

So happy to read it! These theories are awesome and I will try to do some researching about it. The FMWUTTT picture in the booklet it's from the same place of many scenes of the Summertime Sadness music video. That made me curious. That place mean something to Lana...

HALLELUJAH! I was waiting for this :')

From IMDB: The Source Family was a radical experiment in '70s utopian living. Their outlandish style, popular health food restaurant, rock band, and beautiful women made them the darlings of Hollywood’s Sunset Strip; but their outsider ideals and the unconventional behavior of their spiritual leader, Father Yod, caused controversy with local authorities.

Before we journey down the rabbit hole that is the Source Family, their leader Father Yod and the influence all of this may have had on Lana Del Rey and her album Ultraviolence, here is some background information of who they were and what they did:
 





There are also many excellent articles on Jim Baker, Father Yod and the Family available online. While I will be linking some of them here as references, I will mostly be focusing on the Family and their own personal interpretations of what was going on during the time they were active as I believe this is where Lana gathered most of her inspiration from. There are a lot of negative articles written about what actually was going on behind closed doors at the Family homes and while I'm sure some may be accurate, and will lend support to some theories, the writers of the articles were not a part of the Family and did not experience first hand what went on. While most former Family members do have criticism toward Jim Baker, the man, they speak very highly of Father Yod as their Earthly Spiritual Father, enough so that I don't doubt they would embellish. I recommend reading all evidence and articles with a grain of salt as all of it is personal anecdotes and there is no solid facts to back up any claims made.
I encourage every member of Lana Boards to dig in and discover any other pieces of evidence you may find regarding this topic. I will add to this post as new evidence is found with credit to the finder!

Here is the original post that I made in the Ultraviolence lyrics thread so please have a look at that for an idea of what started all of this:

http://lanaboards.com/index.php?/topic/4684-ultraviolence/?p=198053

So hopefully now you have an idea of the Family, we'll jump into the evidence we have. Some of it will be stuff that I and other users have already posted on the UV thread, some will be new. Please note, this section will be updated as more info is discovered.

The Source Family and their Influence on Ultraviolence

General Evidence



Lyrical Evidence
While I believe some songs on UV are inspired by the Source Family, I don't think that all songs were inspired by them. So you won't see Old Money on this list for example, as it is clearly written for the Great Gatsby, inspired by the character of Daisy and written as an epilogue to Lana's Young and Beautiful.

I also believe Lana is inspired from many different things and she weaves them into her own story, either by becoming who she is writing about or imagining herself in a similar situation. She has said before that is in the habit of writing about several things in a song and tying them all together. For example, Video Games being about two different men, etc. So while some lyrics fit the Source theory, others will not as they are probably influenced either by her life or something else.

Cruel World



Ultraviolence



Shades of Cool




Brooklyn Baby



Aesthetic Evidence
This section is about the pictures used for Ultraviolence vs pictures from The Source Family Archives as well as the soundscape Dan Auerbach and Lana came up with. Lana had stated that her new take on the UV album was "Unlistenable" with many different sounds, tempo changes, etc. Some of the Ya Ho Wha recordings sound very similar to how Lana re-did UV with the layered sounds, experimental vocals and tempo changes.

Sound



Visuals



As I stated above I will continue updating this post with more evidence as I find it. Please feel free to post any similarities you might find and I will happily add it with credit to you!

About Belinda's 'Heaven Is a Place on Earth', Rick Nowels is one of its writers

Please DO it!

Please DO it!

Two pictures of The Source Family on those links you sent reminds the 'Fucked My Way Up To The Top' picture background on the booklet

I thought this, too! In TP, the "fire" represents death. Makes sense... About K, maybe?

Everytime! Glad I'm not the only one.

C U L8r alligator, roses & party girl probably, although I don't have the same level of unleaked knowledge as many of you do  

This song sounds so heavenly. I think it's a much better 'spiritual piece' than Bel Air anyway. The lyrics remind me of clouds and floating in the sky and being free. Ah.
 

Literally? What did they say about it, if you don't mind me asking?

how do we know she used MsSaintTropez though? It doesn't work on wayback machine