PrettyBaby

I don't usually listen to playlists that mix in BTD/TPE songs, but I'm gonna give these a try. Let us know how your gf likes them, too! (You think she wouldn't care for Born to Die or Paradise as is?)

Thank you for your hard work, Sitar! Now I am in emoticon bliss... :bop2:

oops Bel Air vs. Pawn Shop Blues

"Serial Killer" vs. "Radio"

Yeah, there's no way I can top this list. Also, I can't decide if it's Lana's worst nightmare or Taylor's.

1. I call it "Every Man Gets His Wish." At the time it was copyrighted, she used the title "Every Man Has His Wish." By the time she recorded it, she was singing, "Every man gets his wish." I see no compelling reason to retain "Has." 2. I call it "(Take Me to) Paris." 3. I call it "Puppy Love (Marilyn Monroe)." I think the official title is "Marilyn Monroe," but "Puppy Love" is far more descriptive IMO. (She sings about MM all the time.) 4. There are two versions. "Driving in Cars" is 4:16 and has the extended bridge. "Driving in Cars with Boys" is 4:00. 5. I call it "Next to Me (River Road)." "Next to Me" is a fan title. "River Road" is a real title for SOMETHING, possibly what fans are calling "Next to Me." But that's unconfirmed so far. My five cents

Technically incorrect but fits the line better = poetic license, but mainly because when she sings it, it's just magical... sonically.

I completely, absolutely, 100% approve of Lana's decision to pen the lyric "Audiotune lies" for Carmen.

QFT

Could be. Welcome to the forum!

Well, let's see, I've narrowed it down to 29...

Congrats, guys!!!

It's true that judging talent is very subjective. But that doesn't rule out the reality of greater and lesser creativity, skill, fit with one's chosen medium of expression, etc.

MMIH>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I loved this. Thank you for sharing it.

If she re-released it now, she'd be competing with herself (TPE). I'm hoping she re-releases it some year that she's not releasing another project.

Aw, EE, thank you! But no thank you... !

This is a 12-year-old singer?!? As in, Wil Smith's daughter? This is crazy good.

So true, for television too!

1. Off To The Races 2. Radio 3. Blue Jeans 4. Million Dollar Man 5. National Anthem 6. Without You 7. Diet Mountain Dew 8. Lolita 9. This Is What Makes Us Girls 10. Dark Paradise 11. Born To Die 12. Video Games 13. Summertime Sadness 14. Carmen 15. Lucky Ones MDM's a grower (but I usually listen to the demo)

I put Paradise on my "new and improved" playlist for The Paradise Edition for awhile. Just because it made it easier to get into TPE, not because it seemed to belong (but putting it at the beginning camoflagued that fact a little)... but now I've moved it to my Hollywood Playaz playlist... and I don't listen to TPE anymore... I guess I wish she would have included Paradise and sprinkled TPE with a couple others like it. But that wasn't what she was going for artistically. :/

Grimes - Visions

This is so not what I was expecting. I don't know what I was expecting, but... I was such a major Herc&Xena fan, and I was so hugely disappointed by this movie!!! (And I usually love animated movies.) (So the story is good, you think? Okay, guess I need to give it a second look... no wait, I have it on VHS. Probably not gonna happen.)

I'm not privy to all the facts, of course (and I don't necessarily remember all the facts that have been made public), and so most of what I could say is speculation on my part. I do think the media's initial response to Lana in the U.S. was uncalled for. But I don't think it's what inspired her to break identification with America -- more of a straw that broke the camel's back, I suspect. The world can be a tough place for those who are sensitive and/or creative and/or intellectual, and Lana apparently is all three. Add to that an increasingly anti-intellectual bias in American society, and rumors that it is not as bad in Europe and elsewhere... it becomes tempting to some to explore other options. (I have felt that temptation myself.) Particularly if she has spent any time in the southern states... let's just say that females who don't take steps to hide their intelligence can feel like outcasts way before it occurs to them to journey elsewhere. So who is doing the rejecting? Some would say Lana, for criticizing aspects of America. But does criticism equal rejection? (I know many people who would say yes. Actually, I know several people who would say that "critical thinking" is overly negative, that "making an argument" is divisive, and that "problem-naming" as a first step to problem-solving is being a troublemaker. But I digress. Or do I...?) Perhaps Lana sees the situation as HER being the one who has been rejected. But last time I checked, she did have a few dates planned in New York and California, at least. So it's not like she's writing off the U.S. completely. I'm sure she knows she has fans here who love her. But if she's already nervous about performing live, and already feeling misunderstood/slandered/rejected in America, should she necessarily take the step of willingly combining them? Maybe she feels like she's already putting herself through what she's prepared to take on. None of this necessarily adds up to a grudge against the U.S. as a whole, imo. I see her criticisms as valid points, from which Americans could learn something... or not.