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It could be better sure, but I got to see the whole show (sort of), so I can't complain too much. 
 
Below might be best in terms of sound recording, although the recording process apparently is bad at synching auditory with visual (so it looks like she lip synchs sometimes). Very definite Plato "shadows on the cave wall" vibe, which I think she appreciates as a compromise towards disclosure to all her fans, while giving her paying customers some exclusivity in terms of the quality of the experience.  Hope this stays up (as evidence to what I just said). 
 


The Love performance was somewhat mutilated in this recording, but as many have noted it's not her best live song anyway. In terms of general music criticism, I'd like it more if she went full-blown acoustic (as in MTV unplugged) and just lose all the stems or pre-recorded effects. My favorite performance was SOC (and Cruel World) for that reason. The guitar bridge was so soft I actually heard the lyrics there! Anyway, not going to criticize her too much:
 
This is what makes us stans
We all look for perfection and we put our love first
Won't find anything to criticize, it's our curse
Don't cry about it, don't cry about it.

Show this to the twinks on here who demand for her to do over the top promo. I said it before, I'll say it again: She doesn't want that kinda life anymore. Just accept that. I support Lana and how she wants to handle her career.

I compiled some comments Lana has made about her career in interviews from all stages, so that when people start whining about what they want out of her career they can remind themselves about what she wants   
 
 
 

The people who are supposed to be her fans are receiving her performance last night way more negatively than reviewers (this one was literally all positive http://www.stereogum.com/1930449/lana-del-rey-performs-love-for-the-first-time-at-intimate-sxsw-show/video/).And basically it's because they have a problem with the sameness of her setlist (it was what 10 songs? what would you have liked?) and how she looked. I'm tired of people constantly trying to bring her down because of how she looks. She's beautiful and honestly if she wasn't it shouldn't matter there's more to her than her looks and men aren't questioned about what they wear. She's not here to look good for you. This wasn't even for you this was for industry people who obviously get it more than you all do. So whine that it wasn't energetic enough but she didn't announce it 6 months before and she didn't allow recording for a reason-- this wasn't meant for you all to pick apart but obviously you'll do it anyways because everyone on here feels so fucking entitled. 

Its really weird how people are camping in this thread just to express their constant dissatisfaction w everything Lana does. Like move the fuck on if you're so let down or whatever. Are you a masochist or something

the Complain About Everything Lana Does thread

I hope the album is HM level of slowness, just for those 3 annoying BTD stans in the back.

She played the guitar for "Video games" at her live show last year in Montreux (Jazz Festival), but she didn't play it solo, just a few chords here and there while the band did the rest.

Bye!

But Ultraviolence tho.. it gave us Black Beauty, Florida Kilos, Flipside.. (I personally love G&R and Is This Happiness too)     
 
Bonus tracks tend to be some of the best! I'll never understand why people are against them in an age where anything is available for free online. 
Tbh I bet some bonus tracks would've spiced up Honeymoon & we'd have a bop or two; people wouldn't complain about all the monotony. 

Why are you guys so critical of her? I don't get why many of you are even here if you don't like the direction she's going or her approach in the industry. I don't know if you've realized, but she does what she wants, and that what makes her great. She's not trying to be mainstream. You guys are way more concerned about her sales than she is. 
 
This.

first of all, all what Lana wants is being herself
lana isn't a fu*king fashion icon, she's the one who wants to wear any piece of sh*t from her closet and she'd be totally fine and she already knows that her taste in fashion is not that good and she said that before 
we all want her to do what she actually wants, because if she wanted to be a fashion icon she can tell Johnny Blueeyes please darling let me be a fucking fashion icon
when she started the UV era with the Next liberation magazine photoshoot she asked them that she wants to wear from her own closet whatever she wants and i guess that was a good and CLEAR introduction 
she doesn't need to follow up some rules to be successful by the others standers 
there's gaga there's katy there's the thirsty Halsey, anyone who wants to stan someone who's thirsty for the spotlights can stan one of these
so let her do whatever she wants bc if she wants to get back to her glory days as what most of you said she CAN but she does NOT want to.

why do so many people feel the need to come on here to bash Lana? I understand the frustration with the lack of promo because that's part of the era that we end up missing out on, but you will always be able to find someone more successful than she is, no matter what she does. She is not the person you stan to get really elaborate promotion, you stan her for beautiful music. That's what she cares about, and just because not everyone understands or enjoys it that does not take away from what it is. There is true garbage out there that ends up chart topping. I will take the good music and everything she gives us because she has such a unique vision. And if you don't like what she's doing you don't have to be on here and you don't have to listen to it. 

Lol who?
 
I'm sorry but I just cannot understand why you're even on here, you talk down about Lana more times than you've said anything good about her. Doesn't makes sense to me.

I just hope she does an actual tour

Seriously why do you even bother posting on here? I don't think I've ever read a positive comment about Lana from you - ever. You're fixated on charts/sales/promo, just put it to rest. Lana ISNT going to promo as much as she used to, so just accept that.
 
Stick to Meghan Trainer if Lana doesn't do it for you no more.

What has been going on in here lately?
 
All those Adele gifs?? I mean come on I love Adele as much as the next person but spamming her all over a LANA DEL REY forum about a LANA DEL REY album?? Really??
 
And then arguing whether the song is really called BAR or Architecture??   Have some patience and wait till we get told by the queen herself.
 
... Then y'all are saying that Lana's music is bad if it doesn't chart?? Um goodbye Lana's music is miles ahead of half the garbage that "charts" nowadays...    I stan talent, not generic recycled shitty mainstream pop trash that everyone else is making. If you can't appreciate Lana's brilliance then get out, honestly.
 
And the worst sin of them all... comparing a queen like LDR to trash like Meghan Trainor and Halsey???       
 
Y'all are a messssss   

Big mood.

You don't even deserve to be on a Lana fanpage putting meghan trashnor and lana in the same sentence and even making her out to be better than lana when shes not in any way.

I stan quality and range in an artist.
 
On the issue of songs flopping:
 
Tbh, I don't understand chart fixation for singles. If you look at spotify rankings for various artists now (which change frequently, I would guess on the basis of release activity), LDR is 83, Lorde is 70, Lady Gaga is 76 (and the monthly listener counts, which I'm taking to be the basis of the ranking, range from 12.2 meg - 13.4 meg).  Katy Perry is 12 and Ed Sheeran is 1st in the world. LDR is substantially better ranked than Grimes and Marina (who aren't even ranked), but also ranked better than Florence and the Machine, Melanie Martinez, and Halsey (who are ranked). And while it's true Lorde is doing better than LDR, she's also working harder to do so. My point is that while a single song's charting performance may be "flopping" relative to some existence on a chart, they still cause charting in public consciousness in a very important sense (i.e., streams = money, and not necessarily from the newest single). 
 
What would LDR's ranking would be if her leaks/unreleased were out there (in well-produced form) as well as her suppressed AKA album, along with all released albums (i.e., the leaks out there with "all other things equal")? I don't know, but I bemoan the fact that she has great songs that are unreleased, which are not redundant with her released work. It's as if the full range of the artist is submerged or invisible to the GP, and that's depressing to me. That is also why I'm very much hoping BAR/Architecture (which I've been avoiding) won't be consigned to limbo and is the next formal release.

Best American Record would be my favorite LDR album title.

Im so sick of your inability to accept other people's different tastes. 
you act as if your opinion is the fucking bible, its like u cant even respect the artist which this site is all about... get over yourself

Agreed! thats why i really appreciated Honeymoon, as a lot of the sound was crisp and 'fresh'

will y'all give it a fucking rest

I don't know you at all, so nothing against you personally or your contributions to the forum, but Lanaboards has thousands of members. That's a lot to think of yourself. Lana is what makes this forum great

Guys, you're still crying about charts??
 
Charts were Lana's thing when BtD era was a thing.. After that, she stopped caring about charts.. And here you are, after all these years, complaining about her flopping.. WHY??
 
I get it, you're her fans, but so am I!! If she doesn't care about charts (she has a lot of money, can buy us all together), why would you cry?? I want her to do more promo, yes, but you gotta understand that she's not gonna do it.. I'm like 'whatever, if she's okay with that, so am I, meh"..
 
Dunno, but load of in this post, I'll stop and remove myself from the face of the Earth.