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  1. Hundred Dollar Bill liked a post in a topic by Pluto in Björk   
    Yesterday I got bored and dug out my Bjork USB and now I have 315 songs.   @@National Anthem This might help if you need a few things, you'll need adblock and you have to go through about 20 ad things but you get it in the end.   http://www.iplusfree.com/bjork-20-albums-39-ep-20-singles-itunes-plus-aac-m4a-m4v/
  2. Pluto liked a post in a topic by National Anthem in Björk   
    Okay cool, thanks
  3. National Anthem liked a post in a topic by Pluto in Björk   
    Yesterday I got bored and dug out my Bjork USB and now I have 315 songs.   @@National Anthem This might help if you need a few things, you'll need adblock and you have to go through about 20 ad things but you get it in the end.   http://www.iplusfree.com/bjork-20-albums-39-ep-20-singles-itunes-plus-aac-m4a-m4v/
  4. Pluto liked a post in a topic by Deleted User in Björk   
    Flirt is a promise mix of you've been flirting again gets me every time. Also I love the Army of Me remix included in there.
     
    DR9 is kind of futile listening to if you haven't watched the movie. Storm is good but I think I prefer listening to the early version which was an interlude to the greatest hits tour.
  5. Pluto liked a post in a topic by Hundred Dollar Bill in Björk   
    WITH OUR HEARTS WE CHISEL QUARTZ TO REACH LOVE
     
    CRYSTALLINE
  6. Pluto liked a post in a topic by EXODUS in Björk   
    Storm is amazing
    The rest of the tracks are okay-ish.

    Telegram is a good remix album.
  7. Pluto liked a post in a topic by comeintomybedroom in Lorde   
    No. We just have what she's officially released and some live covers of songs.
  8. Pluto liked a post in a topic by Honeymooner in Lana to perform at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles Oct 17 and 18   
    Hey everyone,

    We just got back from Lana's concert at Hollywood Forever on Friday, October 17. So, for whoever may be interested, here's my report on the concert.
     
    Before I go farther, here's the set list:
     
    Cruel World (the entire song, not just the intro)
    Cola
    Body Electric
    Blue Jeans
    West Coast
    Born To Die
    Ultraviolence
    Old Money (my favorite of the set.. it was just gorgeous!)
    Summertime Sadness
    Million Dollar Man
    Video Games
    Ride
    National Anthem
     
    13 songs, and the concert lasted about 70 minutes.

    First, let me say that I came away with mixed emotions. The music was great, Lana sang beautifully, and was gorgeous as always. We managed to get a spot at the front, but it was way off to the stage left side, so when Lana came down to greet people during "National Anthem," she didn't get down to where we were. That left me bummed, and I was also hoping we'd see her after the show, but that didn't happen, either. So, while I thoroughly enjoyed the show overall, I was disappointed about those two things. Perhaps I had set my expectations too high and set myself up for disappointment. But I'm not sorry we went.

    Second, it has hit home that the Paradise Tour days are definitely over. As many of you may already know, I've only been an LDR fan for less than 5 months. I've been watching all of these old Paradise tour videos on YouTube from last year, and was half-expecting a repeat of those performances, including the live string quartet. Well, no live strings tonight, of course, and I've finally had to accept the fact that Lana has moved on from that era of music. While she still performs a lot of Born To Die/Paradise songs, they're performed differently now than they were back then. Makes me wish I'd been a fan 3 years ago.

    Anyway, here's the rest of the report.

    First off, I got a reminder e-mail this morning from TicketFly, which alerted me to something that had not been made apparent before: The gates opened at 6, but Lana wasn't scheduled to come on stage until about 8. With that in mind, and since the venue *seemed* to be adamant about the "no lining up before 5 PM" rule, we left home in San Diego around noon, stopped in Huntington Beach to have lunch with a long-time friend, then continued up to LA. We arrived in the vicinity at about 4:30. Even though we had bought the on-site parking, we didn't use it because of something else in the TicketFly e-mail: They said the on-site parking wouldn't be opening until 6, and that off-site parking in another garage would be opening at 5:30. I wanted to be in line by 5:00, so we parked several blocks away and just walked to the venue. It took about 20 minutes.

    As we walked up Gower St., the street that intersects Santa Monica Blvd., we saw what appeared to be the end of the line. This was at 4:50 PM. So much for no lining up before 5!  This is what it looked like at 5 PM:
     

     
    Shortly after 5 PM, though, the line started moving.  I didn't know why, but it was moving and kept moving!  Finally, as we approached the cemetery's front lawn, I saw why:  Apparently, they had set up some wooden stakes with yellow "caution" tape to act as one of those switchback-like things that they use in amusement park lines (the name escapes me at the moment, as it's after 1 AM as I'm writing this), and were having people line up inside that.  We were about halfway back.  We stood there and waited until 6 PM, and then the gates opened.
     
    Mayhem.
     
    As soon as the gates opened, there were screams, and suddenly the entire crowd just surged towards the gate, paying no need whatsoever to the wooden stakes with their "caution" tape, simply trampling them down.  We were pretty much sucked in.  It didn't surge very far, though, as we were funneled into a single entry line, which eventually became 2.  That took about half an hour or so.  Once we were through the gates, we walked (the security guards kept yelling "DO NOT RUN!!!") down toward the lawn by the stage.  We had ended up pretty far back in the entry crowd, yet it seemed that not everyone wanted to be at the front of the stage.  A lot of people brought blankets and picnic stuff and were sitting pretty far back.  So, we actually got a spot in the front row!!  But, we were way off to the stage left side.  The viewing angle wasn't too good, as there was a column right where our view of Lana was half of the time as she moved back and forth across the stage.
     
    So, we stood there from 6:45 on, and Lana came out on stage at about 8:05.  She was wearing a red, long-sleeved dress with a short skirt, showing off those beautiful legs. She came down the stairs briefly to greet the front row during "Cruel World," but only stayed down long enough to greet a few people before going back up.
     
    During "West Coast," my wife said she couldn't take the noise anymore (we were very close to the speakers) and wanted to move farther back.  We moved back, but I went back and forth a couple of times between where she was, and where we had been at the front.  I stayed with her during "Ultraviolence," and then went back up for a bit.  Just in time, since the next song was "Old Money," so I could get the whole thing recorded from close up.  I stayed up there for "Summertime Sadness," then went back to where my wife was for the rest of the show until Lana announced that her next song would be "National Anthem," and that she would be coming down to greet her fans.  At that point, we both went back up to the front, though this time, we were even farther stage left than before, since someone else had taken the spots we had vacated.  Lana had earlier requested that the "house front" speakers be turned down, so it was more bearable when we went back up for "National Anthem."  Lana did come down off the stage to greet fans and take selfies, but she didn't get all the way over to where we were -- not by a longshot.  That was somewhat disappointing, since I've seen videos of previous shows where she would go from end to end.  Oh well, win some, lose some.
     
    After the show was over, we hung around for a while to see if perhaps she would come out to greet the fans or sign autographs or something.  No such luck, I'm afraid; she was gone.    So, we made our way back out of the cemetery, walked 20 minutes back to our car, and made the 2.5-hour drive home in about 2.25 hours.
     
    And there you have it, folks!
     
    My suggestion to anyone going on Saturday:  If you want to be in front, get there at 4 PM!
  9. Pluto liked a post in a topic by Honeymooner in Lana to perform at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles Oct 17 and 18   
    Here's my recording of her singing "Old Money."  Sorry it's kinda shaky; I was on maximum zoom.  Also, she kept disappearing behind that stupid column and the barrier at the left of the stage, but at least you can hear her the whole time.  Interesting how she changed one of the lyrics from "those summer nights" to "those Jersey nights..."
     

  10. Pluto liked a post in a topic by longtimeman in Lana to perform at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles Oct 17 and 18   
    Jesus. Old Money (incomplete but amazing)
     

  11. Pluto liked a post in a topic by National Anthem in Björk   
    Lol really? people talk really highly of "Storm" so I'm excited to get into that one. I have "My Spine" already, aren't the rest just remixes? Or are they like out of this world good remixes?
  12. Hundred Dollar Bill liked a post in a topic by Pluto in Björk   
    Official Biophilia Live cover

    Available:
    2CD, DVD
    2CD,Blu Ray
    3LP, DVD
    3LP, Blu Ray
    http://shop.bjork.com/pre-order.html
  13. National Anthem liked a post in a topic by Pluto in Björk   
    Official Biophilia Live cover

    Available:
    2CD, DVD
    2CD,Blu Ray
    3LP, DVD
    3LP, Blu Ray
    http://shop.bjork.com/pre-order.html
  14. Hundred Dollar Bill liked a post in a topic by Pluto in Björk   
    There was 4 demos posted on Bjork's old website to download, the three in my iTunes and Verandi, which later appeared on the Hidden Place single. They're demos of existing songs, Hidden Place, An Echo, a Stain and Undo if I remember correctly. You can download them here, click on the links and "save link as".  https://web.archive.org/web/20050603031736/http://unit.bjork.com/specials/albums/vespertine/
  15. Pluto liked a post in a topic by National Anthem in Björk   
    @ thank you so much, you're the best
     
    Also, can we talk about "Ancestors" :toofloppy:
  16. Pluto liked a post in a topic by Sitar in Lana Del Rey to be covered in American Horror Story   
    She sounded like a crow last night
     
    Why would they sing a popular David Bowie song but then decide to go into Lana's album tracks?
  17. Pluto liked a post in a topic by National Anthem in Björk   
    @ omg THANK YOU SO MUCH for going to all that trouble. I literally have everything you have (minus alternate versions and remixes which I'm not collecting for now) EXCEPT the Vespertine Demos Are they 3 completely different songs or???
  18. National Anthem liked a post in a topic by Pluto in Björk   
    Sorry this is kind of confusing haha. I hope I didn't miss anything. 






  19. Pluto liked a post in a topic by National Anthem in Björk   
    Thanks and yeah if you don't care a songs list would be great becuase I'm not positive from that exactly what I'm missing
  20. Pluto liked a post in a topic by Hundred Dollar Bill in Björk   
    I can't take up your offer right now but some help later on would be nice!
  21. DeadAgainst liked a post in a topic by Pluto in David Bowie   
    I agree. The 1999 remasters are terrible. Some of the Ryko ones are good (the gold Rykos sound pretty good to me), and there's a couple good EMI Japan SHM remasters released in 2009, but they could just be the ones from '99.. In my iTunes I have a mix of the Rykos and Japanese, I couldn't find any of the original RCA CD rips anywhere.
  22. Pluto liked a post in a topic by comeintomybedroom in Sky Ferreira   
    Didn't Devonte say something like it would've been successful without her? no, sir.

    a youtube rip.
  23. Pluto liked a post in a topic by Sitar in Member of the Month (September): ULTRAVIOLENCE   
    First of all, LanaBoards, stop voting in people who are gonna skip out on their interviews smh. But we've returned from an off month with the ever enchanting caps-locked ULTRAVIOLENCE! Rivaling even @@Jack in causing a stir and bickering with members, he certainly keeps us active. Currently taking bets on how many times "Cola," "West Coast," and the Ultraviolence cover will come up in this interview. Love him or hate him, SitarHero has the DEFINITIVE scoop!
     
    Also know that wherever there's a full paragraph in this interview there was originally a block of emoticons. God love you @@Ultraviolence
     
    Member of the Month (September): ULTRAVIOLENCE
     

     
  24. omgitsnathan liked a post in a topic by Pluto in Lady Gaga   
    C2C is beautiful but it sounds like she's trying too hard to be a jazz singer in some of the tracks imo.
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