Make me your Dream Life

Hahahahahahahaha ok cool I didn't wanna keep skirting lmaooo, but sometimes generic pop's good for some lighthearted moment so ok ok. Noted, I'm listening rn. I'll probably edit this in a bit, thanks! 

edit: alrite alrite I liked her intonation and nasality in Belladona, personal pref, it reminds me a bit of Gaga and how "gay"/drag queen it can sound like. 
Call Me Tonight's alrite. ooooooh
Born to the Night's greaaaat. it reminds me a little bit of ABBA idk why atm, might be the chords in the background, but it's upbeat and it's great, it's solid. 
Torn's a bit in the middle for me, bc it feels like so many songs I've heard before already, but the Torn line brings it back down, and then yeah that little bit of ABBA in the background. it's nice to dance to 

So. Torn, Born to the Night, and Naked. solid pop! 

I'm actually a bit reluctant on listening to more of her stuff.. not to b pop snobby, bc I did give some a listen, but it just seemed a bit hmm generic to me. but what would u recommend imo? I'll give her another try

and I think it's the hooks, and the note spacing of the chorus and that contrast.

but wow what a moment

I haven't gotten to listening to the rarities but. for some strange reason, I've just been listening to Caution and warm days cold nights late October ~ gets me all excited for the colder seasons ahhhhh 

this thread being so active usually doesn't bode well these days for the forum sometimes and ugh... the flashbacks, the flashbacks.. 

Even though I originally deemed this as one of my least favourites in the album (I however like it a lot), it has something to it that I just can't get over. It's brilliant.

I'm back. she definitely did something here 
 
 

no I get ya hahahahahahaha. there are some of those moments but yeah the audio helps a lot. alrite cool good luck good luck 

have u finished it yet? i'll admit I got my copy the day after bc I pre-ordered it but tried pacing myself bc of the album. I totally get what you mean by that, there's this strangeness that it brings when ur reading, and the imagery sorta just paints that for you imo. it feels like she describes it as an out of body experience w how she repeats the time. I feel like when I read her poetry there's always a sense of like HM album-ness to it. I didn't really appreciate ringtone as much, and even if Sugarfish was kinda a vibe, it wasn't the strongest I have to agree w some of those moments. 

I haven't heard the audio book as much, only went thru it once, and it sorta deflated 1000 Fires a bit for me so I'm just taking it easy with that, bc surprisingly enough I kinda just like reading it w my own inner voice interpretation. it might be a bit harder to hear, but I think her reciting one of the poems came a bit stiff, even if the music tried making up for it.. I forget which one atm.. 

I personally liked 2,4, and 5. 
2 with the highway image, and imagery, and just how personally I love driving out to places, and how the different parts of day just brings out a new experience. 
4 because of how renewing it is, even if it sounds a bit tinged w despair. 
5 is a very sad truth, I think w comedians is that they're just a lot more jovial w their observations. there's always that tie yeah.. 

maybe not at much, it's growing on me, but I loved the grapefruit poem. it's simple enough, but I just love the fruit imagery, and how sugar can mean something else too. 

the last haiku, I can understand how you'd say that. especially w her relationship to fame, it's very much a cold one, and I think how that loneliness can just feel so long lasting, just makes it even sadder. it's abrupt too, w how it's short. 

I'm gonna have to get back to ya on the little cringe parts, bc as much as I genuinely enjoyed most of the poems, there were just some questionable parts, and yeah the watermelon too, agree definitely hahahahahahahaha. 

I just finished the book. and. I wish there was more? I wish there was more.. does anyone wanna discuss it further? 

Yes I have finished it. But I haven't read the poems from the audio book on their own, without the background music. I'll do that and see if they read/feel different.
I did listen to the audio book a lot. For me it just helps with the overall mood and  it makes some cringeworthy moments more bearable ("you don't understand me - I'm a real poem" type of shit brrr) 

Pro-tip for those already wealthy enough to invest in vinyl records, purchasing 2 copies of records you really enjoy allows you to display a copy and play one for your own enjoyment. And in most cases vinyl records increase in value as the market is increasing again, making them a good investment in an artist as opposed to buying stock in a company. Haha that’s my view at least 
 
‘EDIT: I mainly use this mindset for new releases that will most likely sell out, so please bear that in mind  

I haven't gotten to listening to the rarities but. for some strange reason, I've just been listening to Caution and warm days cold nights late October ~ gets me all excited for the colder seasons ahhhhh 

have u finished it yet? i'll admit I got my copy the day after bc I pre-ordered it but tried pacing myself bc of the album. I totally get what you mean by that, there's this strangeness that it brings when ur reading, and the imagery sorta just paints that for you imo. it feels like she describes it as an out of body experience w how she repeats the time. I feel like when I read her poetry there's always a sense of like HM album-ness to it. I didn't really appreciate ringtone as much, and even if Sugarfish was kinda a vibe, it wasn't the strongest I have to agree w some of those moments. 

I haven't heard the audio book as much, only went thru it once, and it sorta deflated 1000 Fires a bit for me so I'm just taking it easy with that, bc surprisingly enough I kinda just like reading it w my own inner voice interpretation. it might be a bit harder to hear, but I think her reciting one of the poems came a bit stiff, even if the music tried making up for it.. I forget which one atm.. 

I personally liked 2,4, and 5. 
2 with the highway image, and imagery, and just how personally I love driving out to places, and how the different parts of day just brings out a new experience. 
4 because of how renewing it is, even if it sounds a bit tinged w despair. 
5 is a very sad truth, I think w comedians is that they're just a lot more jovial w their observations. there's always that tie yeah.. 

maybe not at much, it's growing on me, but I loved the grapefruit poem. it's simple enough, but I just love the fruit imagery, and how sugar can mean something else too. 

the last haiku, I can understand how you'd say that. especially w her relationship to fame, it's very much a cold one, and I think how that loneliness can just feel so long lasting, just makes it even sadder. it's abrupt too, w how it's short. 

I'm gonna have to get back to ya on the little cringe parts, bc as much as I genuinely enjoyed most of the poems, there were just some questionable parts, and yeah the watermelon too, agree definitely hahahahahahahaha. 

Butts

Yep I'd like to discuss the poems. I have actually just received the book.
Among the poems that are not on the audio version, I really enjoyed 'In the hills of Benedict Canyon'. For some reason it's given me big Lynch vibes in the way that it all feels like everything is stuck at 7:27 and she's in some sort of limbo where she's thinking about things and there's this guy talking nonsense and the night time is approaching and the Starline bus is still going around like things are happening around her but it all feels like a dream? - I don't know if that was intentional or she was just trying to kinda take a snapshot of the moment and it ended up being this eerie depiction in a way - I don't know , that was my impression anyway and I really love it. 
I also liked Haiku n.2 , which combined with the picture on the next page again gave me this feeling of stillness but also impending doom (she was probably just sitting in her car with her bf and stuck in traffic *the river of red being the tail lights of the other cars* but the shortness of the poem and the deserted road in the picture makes it kinda uncomfortable)
Haiku n.5 (it's a beautiful and sad thought)
Haiku n.10 , which - if you read it without looking at the picture on the next page - makes for quite a grim and lonely thought. But the picture makes it a little less dark and maybe just quiet and lonely. 
 
Starfish is also very cute but the texting and emoji parts are a little cringy.

Religion's such a badass song especially when u think about it from a sarcastic perspective. like whoever she's singing it to- wow. 

I haven't gotten to listening to the rarities but. for some strange reason, I've just been listening to Caution and warm days cold nights late October ~ gets me all excited for the colder seasons ahhhhh 

I would love to discuss! This book was amazing in every aspect. The photos, the writing, the placement of poems, the space at the end to write our own poetry... she really outdid herself. My favorite was Thanks to the Locals, it really got me emotionally and her vulnerability was captivating. This book is very special. I also like to add that she said my name in the poem In the Flats of Melrose!

I just finished the book. and. I wish there was more? I wish there was more.. does anyone wanna discuss it further? 

kiss it better - rihanna

Waterloo - Abba

I just finished the book. and. I wish there was more? I wish there was more.. does anyone wanna discuss it further?