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  6. Posted

    Am I the only one who sees a connection between Get Drunk and Cola? :crying: Other than them being the number one and two best songs she's ever written? :crying:

     

    So having listened to "Cola," I'm now fairly confident that the infidelities referenced in that song and "Get Drunk" refer to using one substance to get off of another.

     

    But that was when I thought Cola was about drugs.

     

    Hey, maybe she's talking about helping a guy get over an ex-wife? (I'm rambling now.)

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  7. Posted

     

    ------SIDENOTE----------

    In my version of Born to Die Paradise Edition, the track listing is as follows:

     

    1. Body Electric

    2. Born to Die

    3. Lolita (Version 1)

    4. Driving In Cars with Boys

    5. Lucky Ones

    6. American

    7. Radio

    8. You Can Be the Boss

    9. Gods and Monsters

    10. Off to the Races

    11. Cola

    12. Summertime Sadness (Extended Radio Edit)

    13. Ride

    14. I Don't Want to Go

    15. Yayo

    16. You & Me

    17. Million Dollar Man

    18. Hollywood's Dead

    19. Blue Velvet

    20. Happy Birthday

    21. National Anthem

    22. Dayglo Reflection

    23. Diet Mountain Dew

    24. My Bitch

    25. My Best Days

    26. Hundred Dollar Bill (Version 2)

    27. Blue Jeans

    28. Burning Desire

    29. Dark Paradise

    30. This is What Makes Us Girls

    31. Bel Air

    32. Video Games

    33. Oh Say Can You See

    34. Carmen

     

    I don't know how you do it, Hunter, but this playlist has convinced me of the beauty of every last one of the new "Paradise" songs. :thankyou:

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  9. Posted

    Maybe it's just her way of saying that she wants to die young at heart? But idk, maybe she wanted to join the 27 club at some point in her career.

    There was an interview where she said something about wanting to remind herself to stay young in her mind even as she ages.

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  13. Posted

    I've been trying too hard

    with one pretty song

     

    I know that everyone says she means Video Games with one pretty song but I've always thought she meant Yayo because of the been trying too hard bit. She's been singing Yayo for at least six years now. Video Games immediately became successful. I don't know...maybe she means that she's been trying so hard with Yayo but she never became successful...just a theory of mine.

    I've been assuming she meant Yayo as well.

     

    Ah, I prefer the demo.

    I think you prefer the first version, but not the demo?

     

    HDB first version = more upbeat = video version

    HDB "demo" = second version = more relaxed (revamped for the BTD sessions?)

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  14. Posted

    Cher? 3rd? O_o

    Yeah, huh?

     

    I bet a big chunk of these results are akin to people slowing down as they drive by an accident.

    It all counts!!! :woot:

     

    if you love her you google her, if you hate her you google her

     

    she's #1 because no one is indifferent when it comes to her

    Exactly :)

     

    I don't know... Grammys give more professional bragging rights, maybe, but I think this is still meaningful in its own way.

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  15. Posted

    I agree with James 19709 that "sister songs" is too strong a term. But I love the way you're exploring the connections. So excited to try out the new playlist!

     

    Cola - Diet Mtn Dew

    I always thought this was really obvious because they're both named after sodas? I think she's comparing Barry to her ex. In a demo version of Diet Mtn Dew she sings "beat me and tell me you're mine..." and in Cola she sings "Don't treat me rough...". Again she talks about taking a ride.

    Wow... YEAH...

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  16. Posted

    This has actually kind of been bothering me. I hope Lana's relationship was fucked up on its own merits and not the fact that he hit her. That any of them hit her.

    Me too.

     

     

    I have a Cola theory, if you will indulge me (you oughta, after all this time):

     

    Lana has said that her two "identities" aren't different people in her mind, and that she'd like an escape ever now and then to Lana Del Rey, badass confident performer. What if Cola is her identifying with another persona? Demure Lizzy versus slutty Lana? Lizzy being the wife in this equation, and Lana being the mistress. I don't know. I just don't know. This song is so confusing.

    I really like this theory.

     

    Do we think that Jimmy Gnecco sold cocaine? The tattoo lyrics in "You & Me" seem to indicate him, but then there's the selling yay line--we've pretty well established that we think K was a drug-dealer.

    She combines different relationships in the same song so often, I don't think we need to attribute that line to Gnecco.

     

    I'm aware of all the lyrics talking about abuse (hit me, my darling, tonight / I don't know why, but I like it), but I just hope she was being somewhat...figurative.

    Yeah. I was watching her old videos yesterday, and it almost seemed to me that she used to be more prone to social commentary. Pawn Shop Blues is the most obvious example of that, like almost hitting you over the head with it (the plight of small-time farmers and their families). But the ones like Diet Mtn Dew, Hey Lolita Hey, and Put Me in a Movie... I don't know, maybe she's just being really really naughty. But I'm definitely getting the vibe that she's still using the opportunity for social commentary... just not as obviously. Like she's learned to approach topics (domestic violence, sexual exploitation) obliquely, rather than head-on. (I could be reading into it. But I'm finding it very thought-provoking.)

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  17. Posted

    Favorites:

     

    (1) Bella Howard (polka dots/flag)

    http://lanadelreyonline.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=119

     

    (2) Nicole Nodland (flowers/black lace)

    http://lanadelreyonline.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=3

    http://lanadelreyonline.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=186

     

    (3) Glynis Selena Arban (Complex Magazine)

    http://lanaboards.com/index.php?/topic/989-glynis-selena-arban/

     

    Least favorite:

     

    (some of) Edward Smith (when her hair is overly teased)

    http://lanadelreyonline.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=11&pid=41#top_display_media

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  19. Posted

    I think "Last fight" is right. And "Last words before you went under again."

     

    I've been assuming it's "fuck them." But watching the video, I think it may be "for them." Which would make sense in context (and make them more ironic last words I think).

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  23. Posted

    I thought it was "hit and run away" at first too, when I listened casually in my car. But when I listened at home with my headphones, it was definitely "hit and run the world." Which does make more sense.

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