BluVelvUnderground

I'm gonna quote my log of Bandersnatch from Letterboxd. I feel the need to preface that I generally like or love most of the Black Mirror episodes, and I particularly find San Junipero one of the best pieces of art of the decade.

The only dream I've ever had of Lana was a replay of my concert attendance during the Endless Summer tour. She was singing Chelsea Hotel No. 2 again, and I walked up to her on stage and told her that I got a tattoo of her and she was like "you fucking didn't" and I was confused because it wasn't like her signature or anything, it was her face. But whatever.

Wayamaya

https://web.archive.org/web/20121012073116/http://mubi.com:80/topics/lana-del-rey-auteur Thanks to the Wayback Machine, I managed to pull up an essay I wrote on Lana back in October of 2012 on the film forum MUBI (now shutdown.) I thought this piece was lost forever, so I'm super glad I stumbled on it, but I have ​absolutely nobody to share it with who would even care about it or want to read it so I'm sharing it with you guys.

1. How did you discover Lana? When and What Era? Stumbled upon "Video Games" "Off to the Races" on YouTube back around 2011-2012ish. I remember it was around the time it only had a couple thousand views, and it was linked to me through a film-related forum at the time via Facebook by a friend. 2. First song(s)? "Video Games", "Blue Jeans", "Yayo", "Off to the Races", "Pawn Shop Blues"... and then Born to Die was released, and I bought the CD on my way to work. 3.what did you think? It was the first time I head an artist starting while I was alive that gave me the same kind of chills the classics did. She made me cry. I got her songs stuck in my head. I couldn't stop thinking about her. 4. Your favourite song(s)? Shit.... "Flipside", "Video Games", "Yayo", "Ride", "Sad Girl", "Carmen", "Cruel World", "Salvatore", "Venice Bitch", "Bel Air", "West Coast", "Money Power Glory", "Old Money", "Big Eyes".... etc etc obvs 5. Least favourite song(s)? "Guns and Roses", "Lolita", "Dark Paradise" 6. What song(s) "grew" on you? Fucking "Diet Mountain Dew", and "Summer Bummer"/"Groupie Love" duo 7. Whats your favourite Lana era as of now? (May jailer, Lizzy Grant, Lana Del Rey) Lana 8. Favourite Album(s)? Ultraviolence, with Honeymoon in a close second. 9. Least favourite(s) ? I guess Lust for Life, but I still love it - warts and all. 10. Favourite song preformed live? "Heart-Shaped Box"; and then this: 11. First song/Album purchased/Downloaded? Born to Die CD from Target with the bonus tracks ("Lucky Ones" included.) 12. Favourite song quote/lyric? "But you can find me, if you ask nicely. Underneath the pines. With the daisies, feeling hazy, in the ballroom of my mind. Across that county line."

Imagine Lana in the lead of that.

Yeah, Rocky Horror is incredible. <3 Don't be hard on yourself, this is a good honest list and that's refreshing. Dancer in the Dark really stands out, though! lol I love Jennifer Tilly in this movie so, so sososososo, soooo much.

Has this thread been done before? I dunno. But I'm trying to break the monotony a little bit, and I'm a movie bitch, so... 01. Eyes Wide Shut 02. City Lights 03. Pinocchio 04. 2001: A Space Odyssey 05. Showgirls 06. Murmur of the Heart 07. Simon of the Desert 08. Mulholland Dr. 09. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 10. Flesh 11. Vivre Sa Vie 12. Floating Weeds 13. Vertigo 14. Don't Look Now 15. ​Midnight Cowboy 16. A Ghost Story 17. ​Toby Dammit 18. The Third Man 19. Gerry 20. Fists in the Pocket

I just want to point out that I'm here for Cinnamon, but I do think Venice Bitch is a top tier work of Lana's and I'm not even bothering a comparison. I'm happy to have 'em both.

Cinnamon would be that bitch to warm up to the season. We should be thankful to get it. Sylvia will make mascara run down my cheeks, and I just don't need that this Christmas, but come through and I'll swallow, Lana baby. Edit: This is when I stop smoking pot at 8:36am. Jesus, wtf is this

What in the world is happening in this thread? I feel like I walked into Gloria Swanson's vagina.

Born to Die 01. You Like Your Girls Insane 02. My Old Man 03. Chasing Paper 04. Everything I Do - It's All for You 05. Dashboard Jesus 06. Page Six 07. Dead Like You 08. Sweet Like Cinnamon 09. Top Shelf Lightning 10. Broke 11. Kiss Me Hard - Before You Go 12. Platform Sadness Paradise 01. Birds on the Summer Breeze 02. You Make Me Crazy and Wild 03. The Other Side 04. Dancing in the Pale Moonlight 06. Groupie Incognito 07. Black Motorcycle 08. Roses - I've Been Waiting Ultraviolence 01. Little Red Party Dress Blues 02. Cult Leader 03. Strange Weather 04. Hydroponic Weed 05. His Parliament's On Fire 06. Fire Walk with Him 07. I'll Wait for You, Babe 08. What This Bitch Wants 09. Linen and Curls 10. Queen of New York City Honeymoon 01. Love, Your Honeydew 02. Pink Flamingos 03. Your Tunes 04. Tequila Sunrise 05. Lights, Camera, Action 06. Come to California 07. Shining Like Gun Metal 09. On My Knees 10. Dying at Your Hand 11. Deeper and Deeper, Darker and Darker 12. Sleeping Dogs 13. White Tennis Shoes Lust for Life 01. Coffeeshop Anthem 02. The World is Ours 03. Dripping Peaches 04. All of My Peaches - Are Ruined 05. Armageddon 06. White Lines and Black Beaches 07. Writing My Lines 08. Cigarettes and Treadmills - I'm Bout to Pop Off 09. I'm Jealous of Father John Misty's Wife 10. Lady Liberty 11. The End of America? 12. Turtledove 13. On the Park Bench 14. Flying to the Moon 15. Honest, Capable, Beautiful, Stable 16. Out of the Black - Into the Blue Norman Fucking Rockwell 01. It's 02. Coming 03. You 04. Little 05. Bitch

To be honest, the Ennio Morricone-esque trumpets of "Big Eyes", how it has those psychedelic synths that swell, and stays subtle and horror-centric in a slow way before it BANGS into that AMAZING THUNDER of percussion. Seriously, this song has aged like wine for me. I may be alone, but it's one of her best songs in terms of aesthetics. Then again, I love everything she does, but it's whatever. Give this song another go peeps - preferably in really damn good damn awesome good damn earphones.

I want to believe. I want to believe. Until it's official, I just can't buy anything anymore. (But please, for the love of fuck, be true.)

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I don't think "Coachella" makes for a good stand-alone, but in context to the album, it's good. Outside of that, I think people are a bit too hard on a few L4L tracks in general (I see a lot of diss toward "Change", but I adore it and find it vulnerable and beautiful.) "When the World..." has one of my favorite Lana pre-choruses. Meanwhile, I think "Carmen", "Sad Girl", "Flipside", and "God Knows I Tried" are among her best songs. (I'm also a fan of "Big Eyes" more than most, I think.) In the obscure world, "Jealous Girl" is a banger, "Summer of Sam" is twisted and catchy af, and "Pawn Shop Blues" is gorgeous and heavenly.

I'ma do by album. Born to Die: Lolita (the PRODUCTION IS LOUD AND GRATING, my LEAST favorite Lana song) Paradise: Cola (it's not bad tho) Ultraviolence: Guns and Roses (otherwise, every track and bonus track is impeccable) Honeymoon: 24 (it's the only song on there I always skip...) Lust for Life: Beautiful People Beautiful Problems (I don't necessarily hate it, but I never, ever, ever listen to it) I guess overall my least favorites are "24", "Guns and Roses", and then "Lolita".

Get Drunk

I think a collaboration with Lizzy Grant would be swell hbu?

Ranking the albums: 01. LFL 02. BTD 03. P 04. HM 05. UV More drama needed.

I've always been fond of it, too, and remember being a bit overwhelmed by how many people ripped into it. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad it's more loved now, but just getting whiplash by the consensus here.

Yeah, UV has always been considered her consensus best around here. HM was kinda meh for the longest time, until it somehow got some kind of re-evaluation. But yeah, musta been bias, because I swear there was nothing but a rain of love for it before. Just surprised it's now considered some kind of "stain" or something.

I swear that just last year, LFL was considered one of her best by most on here. I'm so confused.