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not sure if this has been posted before, but Flipside is also available on Spotify on one of the deluxe version of UV (there's two - one has 14 tracks plus flipside, one has only 14 tracks). idk if it's restricted to Spotify UK or it's global

@ everyone talking about the twitter thing: shut the fuck up do you really fucking want this thread to be closed again, take it to a PM or shut up, nobody wants to see it in public

 

ANYWAY

 

I don't think so

that sucks so much! that reviewer really 'got' UV and actually reviewed it as an album, not Lana herself!

What about Fearne Cotton? I thought Lana would be there tomorrow morning.

I think she might still be on Fearne's show, considering we've only heard about Lana not being on Zane Lowe's show.

I don't understand why Pretty When You Cry is explicit? Is it because she mentions drugs once? There are other songs that mention drugs and aren't explicit, like Florida Kilos (the whole song is basically about partying while doing cocaine?)

Seems strange to me :s

I think it's cause of the 'they don't mean shit' line.

I would love for a live version of Flipside, but it'll probably never happen

I know it says one, but Heavy Hitter, Every Man Gets His Wish and Trash Magic (Miss America) SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE OFFICIAL LIGHT OF DAY. It KILLS me that Trash Magic was never officially released. Is there no justice in the world?!

nvm double post

Boarding School would have been fantastic if it was redone for UV.

Taylor's and Lana's musical styles are way too different from each other for Lana to be singing about her. Didn't Lana say in the interview that she was pissed that the other artist claimed Lana's style was trash, but then copied it herself? Each of their music is on the opposite side of the spectrum. Just because Taylor had a monologue at the start of a video doesn't justify her as copying Lana; plenty of singers before Lana have done it and plenty after Lana do it also. It wouldn't make any sense for Lana to single out this one copy-but-not-really-copy for scrutiny.

 

I am so happy for you but also so freakin' jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe she called you back to her dressing room!!!!! You're so lucky, I'm so amazed that she let you sing AND took photos on your phone!! aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

and good job asking about part 2 lol

this song is filled with such raw emotion, it's almost ~unlistenable~. the bridge, especially the 'one gun on the table/head shot if you're able' makes me feel so sad. this is the fantastic lyricism of lana that i fell in love with when i first became a fan. i just wish flipside and ith were available on a cd somewhere together.

As much as I hope that she doesn't do any old songs at all, it's most likely that she'll do a few tracks from BtD. I'm expecting Summertime Sadness and Video Games/Born to Die to be performed, but I'd prefer Young and Beautiful.

 

From UV, I think it'll be West Coast, Ultraviolence and a stripped version of Money Power Glory. Maybe Old Money too, if we're lucky.

Is This Happiness and Flipside killed me through their sadness.

Is it officially confirmed that the Japanese edition of ULTRAVIOLENCE will have Flipside?

The Japanese iTunes version had ITH and Flipside, but I'm not too sure about the CD/Vinyl version.

I don't think it will go higher (Pitchfork, RS, and TMT could be pretty low) but it gives UV a greater chance of remaining in the 70s.

Well I hope it stays around 80/81! If not, 75 would still be pretty good.

Lana's current score on Metacritic is 81 which, according to here, signifies Universal Acclaim!

 

Let's hope it stays at this level or goes higher!

I wanna see people's interpretations!

 

The verses are about te death of a relationshi, how giving her 100% was a waste because it ended. She's long gone and she's left alone to put herself back together.

 

The chorus is about her putting on a strong face and partying like it doesn't matter, but even though she claims she's "te best", everyone knows she's "a mess" and she's crazy--she's not filling anyone.

I kinda agree with you! However, I think the verses are Lana lamenting the loss of their relationship, but the chorus is Lana just saying 'honestly, I'm fucking better without you'; she isn't putting up a façade. Despite this, the way she sings in that drugged up, wasted voice kinda suggests that she's turned to substance abuse to help herself out. The music supports this view, imo, as it gradually gets heavier and heavier as Lana gets high, but when the drugs wear off, the music becomes less extreme and Lana's sadness about the relationship's end is exposed.

Well on UK Amazon Standard is 9, and Deluxe is 12. I can't imagine it being drastically different to that. I hope.

WOWHD is currently selling the deluxe edition for £7.49, but it might have gone back to £8.99.

just listened to the album straight through again, this time including flipside and ITH.

 

it made me break down in tears. this album is so beautiful and personal. i can hardly relate to any of the lyrics, but the way that lana sings about her own life is so tragic, especially on ITH and flipside. oh my.

I haven't heard her covers of Wonderwall, Heartbreak Hotel, Knockin' on Heaven's Door, or Dance Me To the End of Love. So now I will search the outer spaces of the internet for these covers lol. Do any audio clips exist? Even live ones?

Wonderwell and Knockin' on Heaven's Door are only live ones. Heartbreak Hotel is also a live cover, but nobody has it. I haven't hears about Dance Me to the End of Love before, though...

After Paradise but prior to tropico. I hated Lana, couldn't stand Born to Die (song) or Video Games. I thought she was annoying, boring and far too melancholy. Then I saw the Paradise edition on Spotify and thought I should perhaps listen to some other tracks before writing her off completely. I liked her music, but it's only from February 2014 onwards that I REALLY started to feel passionate about Lana and her music.

Chelsea Hotel No. 2 has always amazed me, along with Blue Velvet. I used to love Goodbye Kiss, but I listened to it so much that I car stand it anymore lol.

And to finish... it's tune less. It's amateur. What on earth was she thinking. It's like she pressed a career self destruct button.

Drivel like Florida Kilos, Fucked My Way. Dear god alive. To think she abandoned a completed album along the lines of black beauty...

Am I on my own?

I don't think you are. I personally adore that album, but there's quite a few fans who feel let down and dislike UV.

 

Personally, I believe your statements about UV are more applicable to BtD than UV. Lana is such a talented lyricist, yet I feel she abandoned this wonderful ability when writing for BtD. Don't get me wrong, there are some pretty good tracks on there (National Anthem, OTTR, Lolita, Blue Jeans), but I feel the album as a whole is a bit amateurish. I think she really stepped up here game for UV and I believe her fantastic lyricism shine through on the album, especially on tracks like Brooklyn Baby, Is This Happiness, Flipside and Old Money. :flutters:

16*

*17 (Radio Mix of West Coast )

Flipside is a beautiful end to UV. It puts a nice bow on the album's 17 tracks of bliss.