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Off of just the initial listen in store and replaying some snippets I had put on my story (so not listening to the full song more than once) -
 
The Blackest Day
God Knows I Tried
Honeymoon
Religion
24
High by the Beach
Salvatore
Music to Watch Boys to
Terrence Loves You
Freak
Swan Song
Art Deco
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
 
This will most definitely change after I listen to the HQ audio when it's released.

Out of the four singles we had from the album before we heard audio from UO, Honeymoon was my favourite. Now having heard MQ in-store, Honeymoon is still in my top 5. I don't understand the constant hate for it at all. Her vocals, her harmonies are beautiful. The simple production amplifies it. It's very jazzy and classic, and brings me back to a different time. Especially the last half of the song I think is exceptional.. "dreaming away your life.." It's one of my favourites off the record and I wished more people recognized its beauty.
 
Also - I don't want to set this in stone since I've only heard MQ, but I'm not too fond of Art Deco and I am extremely underwhelmed with Freak compared to the snippet.

For me personally, I agree with this. I was extremely underwhelmed with Freak compared to the snippet we had in the trailer. Now hearing the whole thing, I'm really disappointed and kind of let down because I expected a lot from it. I don't really like the production and the whole song is just kind of messy in my opinion. I love Guns and Roses, though. As repetitive as it may be, I think it's absolutely striking. The verses are beautifully written and her vocals in the bridge are indescribable.. It's easy to listen to and it's just so beautiful. It takes me somewhere else. I don't understand the hate for it, except I do know a lot of members here are bothered by choruses that are too repetitive.
 
please don't hate me for my opinion, fellow Lana friends

I've officially taken my Lana obsession to the next level lol.
I've tracked down some pretty memorable outfits Lana has worn - the dress worn in the Ride video (as well as a few other appearances) and the shirt and skirt worn in the Born to Die cover shoot thanks to some posts in this thread.
The Ride dress and the shirt worn in the BTD shoot were relatively easy to find. I only found one of the BTD skirt, but I was lucky that it fit even though I was worried it might be too big. They were all for a great price too - I paid a little over $10 for the skirt & about same for the dress, but they were both out of the country, so shipping ended up costing more than the items themselves. I found the shirt for $20.
My photographer friend is going to do a shoot with me in a few days dressed in my BTD outfit, but I had a friend take some quick photos of me in the Ride dress with a flag so I can channel my inner Lana lol.           

Some of these are just too hard to choose one. The ones I'm counting in my final total I'm putting in bold, if something's underlined that means it's also a top favourite. Italicized means I could barely make the decision lol.
 
Kill Kill ---- Born to Die ---- Ride ---- Cruel World ---- Honeymoon 
Queen of the Gas Station ---- Off to the Races ---- American ---- Ultraviolence ---- Music to Watch Boys To
Oh Say Can You See ---- Blue Jeans ---- Cola ---- Shades of Cool ---- Terrence Loves You
Gramma (Blue Ribbon Sparkler Trailer Heaven) ---- Video Games ---- Body Electric ---- Brooklyn Baby ---- God Knows I Tried
For K Part 2 ---- Diet Mountain Dew ---- Blue Velvet ---- West Coast ---- High By The Beach 
Jump ---- National Anthem ---- Gods & Monsters ---- Sad Girl ---- Freak
Mermaid Motel ---- Dark Paradise ---- Yayo (Paradise edition) ---- Pretty When You Cry ---- Art Deco
Raise Me Up (Mississippi South) ---- Radio ---- Bel Air ---- Money Power Glory ---- Religion
Pawn Shop Blues ---- Carmen ---- Burning Desire ---- Fucked My Way Up to the Top ----- Salvatore
Brite Lites - Million Dollar Man ---- Ride ---- Old Money ---- The Blackest Day
Put Me in a Movie ---- Summertime Sadness ---- American ---- The Other Woman ---- 24
Smarty ---- This Is What Makes Us Girls ---- Cola ---- Black Beauty ---- Swan Song
Yayo (AKA version) ---- Without You ---- Body Electric ---- Guns and Roses ---- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
 
AKA - 4
BTD - 1
P - 1
UV - 4
HM - 3
 
Some of these decisions were really hard to make, but I'd say this is accurate. When I'm generally ranking these albums, UV & AKA are my favourite albums, P & BTD end up being my least favourites compared to the others, and Honeymoon sits kind of in the middle.
 
rip to Lolita, Florida Kilos, Flipside, and Is This Happiness who were snubbed

Awh thank you! So are you! I'm always crying at how gorgeous you are in the Pictures of You thread.I found the dress by searching around on eBay. I just searched different variations of essentially "Topshop white lace dress" and would find some in the mix. I'm sure the dress is on other resale sites as well because there were definitely a few listed on eBay. Good luck!!

The cover is beautiful. If someone could be so kind as to ship me one I would very much appreciate it! Of course, I'll pay for shipping (duh)
 
(pretty pretty please?)

It may not be fashionable to love you, but those who know you well shouldn't be scared. There's nothing to lose. You make your own rules and your eye for aesthetics is incredible. Stay elusive, and stay unique.   I agree with this.
 
 
~stays elusive~

It's nice to know she still uses "lyrically and melodically."

She performed Lolita for her 3 dates at the El Rey theatre in 2012 & Irving Plaza. She covered Do Right & Chelsea Hotel No. 2 during endless summer. She also sang Old Money at her Hollywood Forever Cemetery show along with a couple of other shows & sang a snippet of it during Endless Summer in Atlanta. You Can Be the Boss was a common song on her set list on her really early 2011 shows, and I'm pretty sure she only performed it on the first date of Endless Summer, but I'm not positive x
 
Also, these youtubers have good recordings for the following album sections:
 
2127Jojo1 - Endless Summer
Lucile Fradin - Ultraviolence tracks
Madmanlanadelrey - Paradise Tour

More notes - she has performed For K Pt. 2 live and there is footage of it, we just don't have access to it. She also sang a few words of Kinda Outta Luck if you want to note that for an ~interlude~ lol. For covers, she also has sung I Want to Sing by Regina Spektor during on stage soundchecks quite a few times & sang Happy Birthday Mr. President live to fans a couple of times.

Yes, it was once on YouTube and has since been taken down. There's a screenshot of the thumbnail somewhere on the boards of what the video looked like. From my memory she was sitting with another person and had a guitar (?) & had her long, wavy blonde hair.
Edit: This is from the 2007.01.22 @ The Bitter End thread: 
 
Also, "Don't Be So Blue" is from I Want to Sing
 
I'm glad to have contributed!

I believe only the first half of her show was professionally recorded and posted on soundcloud by a radio station. I wish the whole show was, it was her best performance of FMWUTTT.

The video is extremely beautiful, definitely my favourite from this era so far. Although, I can't help but imagine what these clips would have looked like in what they were originally intended for. You can tell the clips are really old based by her hair as well as her pale blue nails, which match the July 2014 Rolling Stone cover. I guess Lana really wanted these clips to see the light of day, so she chose to match them with Freak.

Late 2010/Early 2011 Lana teas 
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Just kidding don't scalp me please

I only give my awards to the best

Even though this isn't a "~official~" song, I'm pretty sure this is my favourite unreleased song by her too (if we aren't counting AKA songs). Backfire is in my top 3 unreleased as well, I guess we have similar taste. I love your thought of this song being the prelude to Body Electric, which is one of my favourite released songs if not my favourite (alternates with Sad Girl). Maybe that's why I like them both so much. They're both pretty similar in the format of the song being blatant and somewhat melancholic, which I never really noticed until now. 
 
(Note - there is already a thread for this song though : http://lanaboards.com/index.php?/topic/117-trash-magic-the-man-i-love-demo/ )

If you're going to be in the pit, bring LOTS of water bottles (I usually bring 2-5 depending on how many people I have with me) and dress light or in layers that are easy to remove & that you wouldn't mind risking to not see ever again. It gets reeaally hot in the pit, so you're not going to want any heavy clothing and it's important to stay hydrated. If it's cold while waiting out, I usually bring a light sweater to wear until it's too hot, and then I'll take it off and tie it around me. Sometimes it'll fall off and get lost in the crowd, so don't bring anything you love. I really can't stress the water thing enough though - I've known so many people to faint because of heat exhaustion or dehydration, including myself at my second Lana show. I'll bring a drawstring bag and throw some bottles in there as well as some snacks (you don't want to lose your spot in the pit between waiting for acts if you're hungry since this is a festival) & having a portable phone charger can be a real life saver. Also, make sure to wear close-toed shoes, because people will stomp you to hell in there.
I hope you have a good time and update us on how it goes! xx

Wow. All three are super beautiful, but this one in particular is so striking. So stunning. I'm speechless! I would definitely love to see more of your retouches from this shoot (and in general). This shoot had a lot of potential, and you definitely brought that out and let these photographs shine in the way that they were meant to.

All she wanted to do was get high by the beach

Wow wow wow the EP is incredible. I already knew when I heard it live inches away from my face that Chimera was going to be my favourite. The track is so striking. If anyone hasn't heard a HANA track yet, definitely give Chimera a listen. You'll fall in love.

I'm a big fan of live performances and have soooooo many downloaded it's insane. I finally made a playlist of my favourite live performance of each song stylized so the tracks would match the tracklist of the album they're from with additional songs or covers added to the end of each "era" I thought they belonged with. This was actually a lot harder than I thought it would be with some songs. I just have so many favourites!
 
 

Yikes there's another one of these hosted by tumblr user "lanadelreybook" 

I've been wanting to share this for awhile, but I just now finally got around to photographing everything. So, I present to you all...
The Lana Collection

The Shrine, where 70% of it lives
Inside and outside of the shrine are a lot of different components which I've divided into Clothing, Magazines, Music, and Miscellaneous, and then those will have subcategories. In the spoilers will be details of what everything is. Enjoy!
 
Music

 
 
 
Magazines



 
 
Magazine Clippings:
 
 
 
Merch & Miscellaneous

 
 
Photos of large/forgotten items not pictured in main photo:
 
 
 
Clothing Lana's Worn