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Don't know if this clip of Salvatore is already posted but here the recorded quality of her singing voice is perfect (on most YT-videos from this show the sound is unbearable crappy):

 
EDIT. This one's even better:
 

So after travelling 2200 km to see Lana live in Montreux I'm finally back home. I'm still processing what I saw/ heard - because all in all this was the best concert I've ever been to (and I attended A LOT of gigs over the past 20 years). I Ioved every minute of it - the sound was amazing; it's so cool to hear some of the older songs with this psychedelic rock vibe. The overall atmosphere was really magic, I felt like in a dream. And Lanas voice was incredible, especially with the more quiet songs and especially especially at Salvatore and Yayo! The Honeymoon songs were stunning too, I loved "Honeymoon" (even better than the already awesome BBC live version - almost shoegaze-like guitars), and "Freak" sounded like a real drug trip (even without the drugs ). And as some of you noticed already Lana seemed really happy and to enjoy the show too.
 
Some random thoughts:
- Her short acapella rendition of Salvatore was cute as hell. Lana is the only artist I can think of where I'd love to hear an entire concert just her singing, without any band playing in the backgound.
- Please bring on a live album/DVD Lana!
- Some of the BTD songs sounded so heavy/guitardriven, I dug that a lot! "Off to the races" was a killer.
- The gig would've been even better if she had included a few more HM or UV-songs instead of the old BTD stuff imho. And it would be fantastic if some day she would play those two albums completely.
- It's a shame "Serial killer" never got a proper release - it's such an amazing song, especially live.
- The Auditorium Stravinski is a cool venue - you can see the lake and the mountains from the foyer.
- Lana is the best(est).

This is probably the best the band have ever looked and sounded - arrangement and performance wise. I really hope we get a properly filmed show from this tour.

So after travelling 2200 km to see Lana live in Montreux I'm finally back home. I'm still processing what I saw/ heard - because all in all this was the best concert I've ever been to (and I attended A LOT of gigs over the past 20 years). I Ioved every minute of it - the sound was amazing; it's so cool to hear some of the older songs with this psychedelic rock vibe. The overall atmosphere was really magic, I felt like in a dream. And Lanas voice was incredible, especially with the more quiet songs and especially especially at Salvatore and Yayo! The Honeymoon songs were stunning too, I loved "Honeymoon" (even better than the already awesome BBC live version - almost shoegaze-like guitars), and "Freak" sounded like a real drug trip (even without the drugs ). And as some of you noticed already Lana seemed really happy and to enjoy the show too.
 
Some random thoughts:
- Her short acapella rendition of Salvatore was cute as hell. Lana is the only artist I can think of where I'd love to hear an entire concert just her singing, without any band playing in the backgound.
- Please bring on a live album/DVD Lana!
- Some of the BTD songs sounded so heavy/guitardriven, I dug that a lot! "Off to the races" was a killer.
- The gig would've been even better if she had included a few more HM or UV-songs instead of the old BTD stuff imho. And it would be fantastic if some day she would play those two albums completely.
- It's a shame "Serial killer" never got a proper release - it's such an amazing song, especially live.
- The Auditorium Stravinski is a cool venue - you can see the lake and the mountains from the foyer.
- Lana is the best(est).

Here's another HD clip from Montreux, this time the closing song "Off to the races". The guitar is really superb. And Lana's voice too.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGoxtbfrIMs

So after travelling 2200 km to see Lana live in Montreux I'm finally back home. I'm still processing what I saw/ heard - because all in all this was the best concert I've ever been to (and I attended A LOT of gigs over the past 20 years). I Ioved every minute of it - the sound was amazing; it's so cool to hear some of the older songs with this psychedelic rock vibe. The overall atmosphere was really magic, I felt like in a dream. And Lanas voice was incredible, especially with the more quiet songs and especially especially at Salvatore and Yayo! The Honeymoon songs were stunning too, I loved "Honeymoon" (even better than the already awesome BBC live version - almost shoegaze-like guitars), and "Freak" sounded like a real drug trip (even without the drugs ). And as some of you noticed already Lana seemed really happy and to enjoy the show too.
 
Some random thoughts:
- Her short acapella rendition of Salvatore was cute as hell. Lana is the only artist I can think of where I'd love to hear an entire concert just her singing, without any band playing in the backgound.
- Please bring on a live album/DVD Lana!
- Some of the BTD songs sounded so heavy/guitardriven, I dug that a lot! "Off to the races" was a killer.
- The gig would've been even better if she had included a few more HM or UV-songs instead of the old BTD stuff imho. And it would be fantastic if some day she would play those two albums completely.
- It's a shame "Serial killer" never got a proper release - it's such an amazing song, especially live.
- The Auditorium Stravinski is a cool venue - you can see the lake and the mountains from the foyer.
- Lana is the best(est).

Don't know if this clip of Salvatore is already posted but here the recorded quality of her singing voice is perfect (on most YT-videos from this show the sound is unbearable crappy):

 
EDIT. This one's even better:
 

Don't know if this clip of Salvatore is already posted but here the recorded quality of her singing voice is perfect (on most YT-videos from this show the sound is unbearable crappy):

 
EDIT. This one's even better:
 

So after travelling 2200 km to see Lana live in Montreux I'm finally back home. I'm still processing what I saw/ heard - because all in all this was the best concert I've ever been to (and I attended A LOT of gigs over the past 20 years). I Ioved every minute of it - the sound was amazing; it's so cool to hear some of the older songs with this psychedelic rock vibe. The overall atmosphere was really magic, I felt like in a dream. And Lanas voice was incredible, especially with the more quiet songs and especially especially at Salvatore and Yayo! The Honeymoon songs were stunning too, I loved "Honeymoon" (even better than the already awesome BBC live version - almost shoegaze-like guitars), and "Freak" sounded like a real drug trip (even without the drugs ). And as some of you noticed already Lana seemed really happy and to enjoy the show too.
 
Some random thoughts:
- Her short acapella rendition of Salvatore was cute as hell. Lana is the only artist I can think of where I'd love to hear an entire concert just her singing, without any band playing in the backgound.
- Please bring on a live album/DVD Lana!
- Some of the BTD songs sounded so heavy/guitardriven, I dug that a lot! "Off to the races" was a killer.
- The gig would've been even better if she had included a few more HM or UV-songs instead of the old BTD stuff imho. And it would be fantastic if some day she would play those two albums completely.
- It's a shame "Serial killer" never got a proper release - it's such an amazing song, especially live.
- The Auditorium Stravinski is a cool venue - you can see the lake and the mountains from the foyer.
- Lana is the best(est).

So after travelling 2200 km to see Lana live in Montreux I'm finally back home. I'm still processing what I saw/ heard - because all in all this was the best concert I've ever been to (and I attended A LOT of gigs over the past 20 years). I Ioved every minute of it - the sound was amazing; it's so cool to hear some of the older songs with this psychedelic rock vibe. The overall atmosphere was really magic, I felt like in a dream. And Lanas voice was incredible, especially with the more quiet songs and especially especially at Salvatore and Yayo! The Honeymoon songs were stunning too, I loved "Honeymoon" (even better than the already awesome BBC live version - almost shoegaze-like guitars), and "Freak" sounded like a real drug trip (even without the drugs ). And as some of you noticed already Lana seemed really happy and to enjoy the show too.
 
Some random thoughts:
- Her short acapella rendition of Salvatore was cute as hell. Lana is the only artist I can think of where I'd love to hear an entire concert just her singing, without any band playing in the backgound.
- Please bring on a live album/DVD Lana!
- Some of the BTD songs sounded so heavy/guitardriven, I dug that a lot! "Off to the races" was a killer.
- The gig would've been even better if she had included a few more HM or UV-songs instead of the old BTD stuff imho. And it would be fantastic if some day she would play those two albums completely.
- It's a shame "Serial killer" never got a proper release - it's such an amazing song, especially live.
- The Auditorium Stravinski is a cool venue - you can see the lake and the mountains from the foyer.
- Lana is the best(est).

So after travelling 2200 km to see Lana live in Montreux I'm finally back home. I'm still processing what I saw/ heard - because all in all this was the best concert I've ever been to (and I attended A LOT of gigs over the past 20 years). I Ioved every minute of it - the sound was amazing; it's so cool to hear some of the older songs with this psychedelic rock vibe. The overall atmosphere was really magic, I felt like in a dream. And Lanas voice was incredible, especially with the more quiet songs and especially especially at Salvatore and Yayo! The Honeymoon songs were stunning too, I loved "Honeymoon" (even better than the already awesome BBC live version - almost shoegaze-like guitars), and "Freak" sounded like a real drug trip (even without the drugs ). And as some of you noticed already Lana seemed really happy and to enjoy the show too.
 
Some random thoughts:
- Her short acapella rendition of Salvatore was cute as hell. Lana is the only artist I can think of where I'd love to hear an entire concert just her singing, without any band playing in the backgound.
- Please bring on a live album/DVD Lana!
- Some of the BTD songs sounded so heavy/guitardriven, I dug that a lot! "Off to the races" was a killer.
- The gig would've been even better if she had included a few more HM or UV-songs instead of the old BTD stuff imho. And it would be fantastic if some day she would play those two albums completely.
- It's a shame "Serial killer" never got a proper release - it's such an amazing song, especially live.
- The Auditorium Stravinski is a cool venue - you can see the lake and the mountains from the foyer.
- Lana is the best(est).

So after travelling 2200 km to see Lana live in Montreux I'm finally back home. I'm still processing what I saw/ heard - because all in all this was the best concert I've ever been to (and I attended A LOT of gigs over the past 20 years). I Ioved every minute of it - the sound was amazing; it's so cool to hear some of the older songs with this psychedelic rock vibe. The overall atmosphere was really magic, I felt like in a dream. And Lanas voice was incredible, especially with the more quiet songs and especially especially at Salvatore and Yayo! The Honeymoon songs were stunning too, I loved "Honeymoon" (even better than the already awesome BBC live version - almost shoegaze-like guitars), and "Freak" sounded like a real drug trip (even without the drugs ). And as some of you noticed already Lana seemed really happy and to enjoy the show too.
 
Some random thoughts:
- Her short acapella rendition of Salvatore was cute as hell. Lana is the only artist I can think of where I'd love to hear an entire concert just her singing, without any band playing in the backgound.
- Please bring on a live album/DVD Lana!
- Some of the BTD songs sounded so heavy/guitardriven, I dug that a lot! "Off to the races" was a killer.
- The gig would've been even better if she had included a few more HM or UV-songs instead of the old BTD stuff imho. And it would be fantastic if some day she would play those two albums completely.
- It's a shame "Serial killer" never got a proper release - it's such an amazing song, especially live.
- The Auditorium Stravinski is a cool venue - you can see the lake and the mountains from the foyer.
- Lana is the best(est).

So after travelling 2200 km to see Lana live in Montreux I'm finally back home. I'm still processing what I saw/ heard - because all in all this was the best concert I've ever been to (and I attended A LOT of gigs over the past 20 years). I Ioved every minute of it - the sound was amazing; it's so cool to hear some of the older songs with this psychedelic rock vibe. The overall atmosphere was really magic, I felt like in a dream. And Lanas voice was incredible, especially with the more quiet songs and especially especially at Salvatore and Yayo! The Honeymoon songs were stunning too, I loved "Honeymoon" (even better than the already awesome BBC live version - almost shoegaze-like guitars), and "Freak" sounded like a real drug trip (even without the drugs ). And as some of you noticed already Lana seemed really happy and to enjoy the show too.
 
Some random thoughts:
- Her short acapella rendition of Salvatore was cute as hell. Lana is the only artist I can think of where I'd love to hear an entire concert just her singing, without any band playing in the backgound.
- Please bring on a live album/DVD Lana!
- Some of the BTD songs sounded so heavy/guitardriven, I dug that a lot! "Off to the races" was a killer.
- The gig would've been even better if she had included a few more HM or UV-songs instead of the old BTD stuff imho. And it would be fantastic if some day she would play those two albums completely.
- It's a shame "Serial killer" never got a proper release - it's such an amazing song, especially live.
- The Auditorium Stravinski is a cool venue - you can see the lake and the mountains from the foyer.
- Lana is the best(est).

So after travelling 2200 km to see Lana live in Montreux I'm finally back home. I'm still processing what I saw/ heard - because all in all this was the best concert I've ever been to (and I attended A LOT of gigs over the past 20 years). I Ioved every minute of it - the sound was amazing; it's so cool to hear some of the older songs with this psychedelic rock vibe. The overall atmosphere was really magic, I felt like in a dream. And Lanas voice was incredible, especially with the more quiet songs and especially especially at Salvatore and Yayo! The Honeymoon songs were stunning too, I loved "Honeymoon" (even better than the already awesome BBC live version - almost shoegaze-like guitars), and "Freak" sounded like a real drug trip (even without the drugs ). And as some of you noticed already Lana seemed really happy and to enjoy the show too.
 
Some random thoughts:
- Her short acapella rendition of Salvatore was cute as hell. Lana is the only artist I can think of where I'd love to hear an entire concert just her singing, without any band playing in the backgound.
- Please bring on a live album/DVD Lana!
- Some of the BTD songs sounded so heavy/guitardriven, I dug that a lot! "Off to the races" was a killer.
- The gig would've been even better if she had included a few more HM or UV-songs instead of the old BTD stuff imho. And it would be fantastic if some day she would play those two albums completely.
- It's a shame "Serial killer" never got a proper release - it's such an amazing song, especially live.
- The Auditorium Stravinski is a cool venue - you can see the lake and the mountains from the foyer.
- Lana is the best(est).

what I have also noticed is that the fake nails are gone for months now

Great speech of Marina at the Oxford Union - very insightful:

Here's an intersting article on Hello Giggles - "My life according to Lana Del Rey"
http://hellogiggles.com/formative-jukebox-lana-del-rey/
 
"I didn’t realize it until later, but I kind of thrive on heartbreak just as much as I do on love itself. Love and the pain of loving have always been at my core, and that’s exactly why Lana Del Rey’s music provides the perfect soundtrack to my life."

Great speech of Marina at the Oxford Union - very insightful:

I really enjoy Honeymoon now. I didn't like it at first but I've come to appreciate it's overall solemn mood. It's nice that it's not so in-your-face, as many of us would have expected, but more subtle and relaxed. That is what Lana seems like, too.

Here's an intersting article on Hello Giggles - "My life according to Lana Del Rey"
http://hellogiggles.com/formative-jukebox-lana-del-rey/
 
"I didn’t realize it until later, but I kind of thrive on heartbreak just as much as I do on love itself. Love and the pain of loving have always been at my core, and that’s exactly why Lana Del Rey’s music provides the perfect soundtrack to my life."

I pretty much listen to a lot of the album everyday. I'm surprised by the reception it gets here, I mean I know its a slow burner, but its a great album once it finally clicks with you. I would enjoy it if she went back to adding hip hop beats to her songs like on BTD and made some more upbeat songs like OTTR but Honeymoon is very consistent and has some great moments.

i CANNOT with any ride hate.
 
that video is glorious.

Fast Forward a year from now
Lana released a new lp in the meantime
 
all the ones hating on Honeymoon itself and saying how great Ultraviolence was
now say why can't the new album (Re-Birth?) have been as great as Honeymoon
 
and they will say the new album is boring, lana is lazy she is finished blah blah blah
 
Just like one flips back on the board, and reads old threads, and realizes so many of the ones now saying they loved Ultraviolence put Ultraviolence down and hated on it 18 months ago
 
So I guess fast forward 18 months, and Honeymoon will be called the greatest ever.
 
and the new album at the time will be called shit.
 
lol
 
I'll meet you on the flipside. I love Honeymoon and everything about it.

Inb4 ya'll hype up her next music video with unrealistic expectations and BTD visuals and end up disappointed.
 
I think it's safe to say that she's not going to release anything as close to what she did early in her career, so some you just need to accept that and move on.
 
We don't know her exact mind frame of anything, only based on what she releases. For all we know, her creative process has always been the same. I know that she says that she writes the treatments for her videos, but it's the directors that ultimately craft the overall execution of it. In my opinion, both Yoann Lemoine and Anthony Mandler were her best collaborators, in large part because they are very strong visual directors.
 
Regarding her treatments, Anthony once said something along the lines of some being well-thought out and some being kind of stream-of-conscious. I think that's a nice way of saying that most lack depth or any coherency. She did start off with copy-and-pasting images from other sources in her homemade videos after all. But I think both Lemoine and Mandler were able to take these concepts/ideas and mold them into something do-able. Also, having a bigger budget certainly helped. But I believe that they understood her as an artist. Most of the directors she's been working with lately have been lacking in that area, in my opinion. She's probably giving them these checklists of what she wants and they're doing everything for the most part, but aren't giving them that unique touch or refining them like they should be.
 
Plus, it's not like EVERY video in the past has been on caliber of Born to Die and Ride. Blue Jeans is literally her in a pool with a guy and some crocodiles. Any other director would have done a sub-par job with it, esp. considering there's not much to do with that concept, but Lemoine was able to bring a distinct style to it. For the most part, she has interesting ideas both for her songs and videos, but she really needs someone there to bring them to life.

I actually like this video. It's really beautiful and has a great 60's aesthetic to it. And Lana looks stunning of course. :-) The entire clip is a bit of a LSD trip so it's somewhat understandable that there's no straight forward, linear story to it.