PrettyBaby

Help, please... Bookbinder?

I'm having trouble opening up several of the spoilers in the OP. (But I sometimes have trouble elsewhere on the forum, so I'm not sure whether it's a glitch in the coding, or something on my end.) I like the theory floating around that Lana and Barrie are secretly married. (What can I say, I'm a sucker for romance.) That would make the most sense, assuming Cola is about one guy (unless he's secretly married to someone else?) Of course, she's said before that she references different relationships in the same song at times, so who knows.

You Can Be the Boss - LDR (on my playlist "The Bestest")

Until that day arrives, at least we have "Smarty"

That's true, the magic is really in the studio recordings. I still wonder if Lana would sound better live today if she dropped the "Lana" affectations, if that makes any sense.

More like a mindfuck, actually I find Adele's voice pleasant, but tiresome. I appreciate her on an intellectual level, like Barbara or Celine, but nothing really draws me in like the magic of Lana/Lizzy's voice.

#feelinglikeaflopfan

It looks from her yearbook like she was at Kent boarding school for three years or so. Then she studied metaphysics at Fordham University. Anyone know if she graduated?

The Bella Howard "polka-dot"/American flag photoshoot is still my favorite Lana look. http://lanadelreyonline.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=119

In order of preference, with new ratings (having spent time with the songs for a week)... 1. Bel Air 5/5 2. American 3.5/5 (it's growing on me) 3. Ride 3/5 4. Body Electric 3/5 5. Burning Desire 3/5 6. Cola 3/5 7. Yayo 2.5/5 8. Blue Velvet 2/5 9. Gods & Monsters 2/5 (I wanted to like it, but the melody doesn't do anything for me) Bel Air is the only song from TPE that's really special to me. As I said in the song meanings thread, I think this song is a love letter to her idols and her fans. On the surface, "Bel Air" seems to be about a stalker, waiting outside the gates of a celebrity home. So it's a lovely creepfest like "Every Breath You Take" by The Police, right? But wait! We know how Lana feels about her inspirations. The lyrics sound like she's almost trying to re-inspire an artist whose star has fallen. So it's more from the point of view of a fan... but I sort of think she must have in mind, too, the special relationship she has with her fans. I think the cycle of inspiration is another form of paradise for Lana. And to recap what I've said about Cola, I no longer think its subtext is drug use, but rather, she's using some drug language as a metaphor for the paradise of sex.

I'm salivating over you guys' Marina and Sky stuff. But I think I'll hold off downloading their unreleased until I'm prepared to pay for their released stuff (or at least obtain it legitly) I have Charli XCX stuff (mostly what Madrigal has shared elsewhere ), including both mixtapes.

If this is still in doubt, I agree with Well, you lied and “I wanna buy you up, plus a white milkshake.”

It's two things she loves... furry and Native Americany... but yeah. (She rocks it though. )

That's not the one I was thinking of, but it would definitely work! (If anyone digs up the other one, it could be :slowbop: or :slowjam: or something) ?

Plain alternative. All of it.

Changing my vote from Cola to Gods and Monsters. At least we might get a "clean" version of Cola less likely to make me break out in a fit of adolescent giggles. That G&M melody won't get any better, though.

Yes please!!!

It's a question. You disagree with my QUESTION? We busted on each other! I think the title was more like "Get things off your chest" but it devolved into what-if-we-were-complete-douches I think I may have actually pissed somebody off, but I can't remember who, why or how

This is my major beef with TPD! Every song sounds like some other song! But this is a Kill Kill appreciation thread, so... long live Kill Kill. (Which doesn't sound a thing like Spandau Ballet's "True." Nope.)

Yeah, I remember... in the trash-talk-for-the-fun-of-it thread or whatever it was called! Of course! Because not only do I enjoy satirizing grammar naziism (it's always amused me when science/math-oriented types show themselves more interested in "correcting" grammatical "errors" than people who have studied language), but also I get a kick out of co-opting useful bastardizations of terminology and usage. (But what's REALLY sweet-like-cinnamon effing NICES is when I see the chance to coin my own twist on an existing word, that shouldn't make sense, but totally does, and everybody knows it! :love:) Hello, I'm PrettyBaby, I like to free-associate. All y'all are on notice. dude RU drunk

I love this story too. I've wondered if this incident may have inspired a few songs too. (Kinda Outta Luck, Raise Me Up) ...Lana Del Smartass

It really is. Organic, huh?

TBH, I was a lot more judgey of other artists I didn't care for, before I came to this forum. Now, when I see/hear an artist I would have dismissed in the past, I'm like, "Oh, such-and-such likes them. Yeah, it does take some hard work and talent to get where they are. Good for them." But some people live their whole lives without finding a group of supportive people like this forum is. Some subcultures/families/whatever force its members to depend on putting down others to get any respect themselves. I mostly feel sorry for those YouTube commenters who sound like they must be surrounded by that sort of one-upmanship all the time. So you have a good point, CC. There's a big difference between thoughtful and thoughtless criticism.

Kill Kill is deliSSScious... Mmmmm.....

Probably considered for BTD and scrapped, I'm guessing. I put it at the beginning of my Paradise playlist. Helps immensely. More tweaking on the way.