Agnese13

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Idk if she's changed me as a person, but honestly she's kind of helped me through my struggle in recovery from alcohol abuse. I know she can be shady and put-on af in interviews but I really liked some of the things she said about how alcohol negatively affected her life. I'm four months sober and songs like "God Knows I Tried" help give me strength right now.

I'm going to this as well. Yas yas yaaaaaas  

I'm going to this as well. Yas yas yaaaaaas  

So I'm gonna go to my first concert EVER and it's gonna be Lana performing in Moscow. Just wanted to know if you guys have any tips and what to look out for (aka crowds, timing or anything else fun)
 
Thank you!!

Lana Del Rey will be performing at Russian music festival Park Live on July 10th
 
Tickets: http://www.concert.ru/Details.aspx?ActionID=59471
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyVwljw2gV4
 

looks as if she's getting tired of having to leave the house so often 
 
 
 

I met her a few years ago outside of one of her shows. I was wearing my Buttweiser shirt and a Ferrari jacket (lol), and when she came out through the doors she came out and saw my outfit and came straight to me first and she was like "I LOVE your jacket", and then she saw my shirt and started laughing and was like "Where the fuck did you get that?!", and then we spoke for like 5 minutes. Then at the end SHE asked ME to take a selfie lol. The whole exchange was so cute :') When it was all over my friend and I went to go get food and when we passed the venue like 45 minutes later she was still outside taking to people.
 
I know this is nothing new to you all but it was honestly so cute, she was so much more genuine than I ever expected her to be!
 
tl;dr my favourite "cute" moment is basically her entire existence lol

She's headlining a music festival in Russia:

Yasss I'm going

I love reading these stories about how Lana has given people courage to be themselves. <3
 
Her music has helped me do the same. Watching how she shocks, provokes, and enrages people without ever meaning to ...it reminds me of my own life on a much smaller scale. I think a lot of people live this way. The world thinks it doesn't need us because we don't "fit," and I used to be convinced it was true. But now I believe the world needs us to not fit. It needs us to question the status quo. In small life-changing ways, or huge world-altering ones.

As probably one of the older people here (horrible thought, I used to be all of your ages),
I was aware and into Lana as Lizzy early on. (and this is going to have a few separate parts to it)
 
However, in 2011-2012 had a major health problem ended up in hospital for 5 days (though no procedure was done).
Doctor called it almost like a parent does- he gave me a time-out to reevaluate my daily intake of food and real soda. (In essence a cheese and coke addict (coke=cola)
Not to mention it had been more than a decade of not going to the doc to begin with.
While there with my computer completely listening to Lana/lizzy wall to wall and from major fan it turned to major inspiration.
 
In reality, Lana saved my life. Sounds corny, family members think it is bull, however, it is true.
She brought me through and afterwards as I continued to rehab my lifestyle, and for the first time in years began an exercise program where I swim (now at least an hour a day).
And I swam to her in perfect timing (Lana's beats per minute coincide with my hands slapping down into the water (Salvatore is the latest, but I do a perfect sync to Video Games
and Pawn shop blues for instance.
 
Lana is for those in some ways bullied, flawed, injured, in a way that is not describable and that I never felt before.
 
A little background for the other thing-
I am someone who was around throughout the 60s and music and politics was my life's fun. (WABC top 40 radio, Cousin Brucie and Dan Ingram DJs) where in the summers in NYC at the beach
just about every one of what seemed like millions of beach goers in Coney Island and Riis Park had their transistor radios all tuned together, so if one walked from the beach to the shack to buy a coke in a green bottle on a day when the sand burned the feet and it was feeling like 100degrees (f).  (WABC continued into the early 1980s before become a shitty conservative talk radio I wouldn't be caught dead listening to).
From actually being there when the English invasion began, Roy Orbison in real time, Sinatra with his 60s hits (That's life, Something Stupid, My Way, NY NY)
and seeing Elvis Presley live in concert (and to this day his later 60s/70s songs are my favorite as I heard them live time real time as they were happening)
Seeing Duke Ellington live in concert, Simon & Garfunkel live in Forest Hills stadium in their prime. Saw Nina Simone and Aretha and Ray Charles
then going to the earliest days of Elton John and Bernie Taupin (1969 onward)
From the mid70s discovered country music and went backward to the 1940s,1950s,1960s legendary artists saw Johnny Cash many times.
(Went to see the Highwaymen and the first time I wondered, why is Johnny there. The second time I saw them, I already realized Johnny is the important part of the group, without him, there wouldn't have been the others)
and first discovering Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich and Aznavour and Brel and bing Crosby (saw him live in NYC and saw him light the City Hall Christmas Tree and singing White Christmas)
Then punk and new wave (Saw many acts at CBGBs and Max's Kansas City, saw Lou Reed many times
Then continuing to Kate Bush and the Pet Shop Boys. (while continuing with Elton)
and then, music started to suck big time. Sure there was a single or two that was great, but nothing that made me want to discover everything and anything about an artist
 
and I was sure there never would be.
 
My favorite songs of all time are and have been consistent over the years
from the first time I heard them (and both were #1 and #2 the same week)
1968's MacArthur Park by Richard Harris & This Guy in Love by Herb Albert
#3 The Boxer- Simon and Garfunkel 1969
#4 Whiter Shade of Pale- Gary Brooker's vocal as Procol Harum 1968
#5 Elton John's Someone saved my life 1975
 
Until I heard Elizabeth Grant sing and her songs, and it made me think-
If I myself would put together the perfect musical act, with a spoonful of all the artists in the past, Lana would be the one.
It is uncanny.
 
Now, if I made up my all time Top 100, at least 40 songs would be Lana's. After decades of the list never changing.
 
anyhow...again, Elizabeth Grant saved my life. And I thank her for doing just that.
What an inspiration and what a perfect person for the age when bullying and abuse is heard in the news almost daily.
 
and as I keep saying, Lana has transcended above every single female artist, writing lyrics as poetry and the music too, and producing, and the sounds and music are akin to Brian Wilson "Smile"
or the Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's". (and the Beatles were 4 people, 2 main songwriters (John and Paul) and George Martin producing.
or Elton's Goodbye Yellowbrick Road or Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (and Elton only does the music and doesn't produce, and Bernie writes the lyrics)
And how important it is- she PRODUCED every song on the Honeymoon album. She is one of the boys in the highest parts of music.
And I don't give a shit if nobody else here agrees with me. A complete artiste in a world filled with cookie cutter copies. One Lana/Elizabeth.
Others attempt to copy, attempt her style, but one hears a Lana song and it's a Lana song.
 
Like eating a slice of pizza or a bagel outside of New York City and they call it NY Style. But it ain't New York Original.
 
note- I might edit this, but for now
graham4anything.

I've started writing lyrics at school since in 8th grade.
I felt daunted and frustrated cause I was never part of the cool kids.
They mocked me and nobody really cared for me.
Writing lyrics was my only way out.
However I never dared to present my work to anybody.
 
Only Lana Del Rey could break the vicious circle!
First off all I fell in love with her music,
yet, I avoided reading facts about her.
She was rather like a higher spirit to me.
 
When I met Lana 3 years ago on september, 15
I told her that she is just LARGER THAN LIFE!
 
And that she is a great inspiriration to me!
She said I am special!
Moreover she insisted that I should get going
my creativity!
 
So Lana really kicked my ass!

She's influenced me a lot actually. She was the start of my departure from pop stars to start exploring other genres of music. She helped me a lot through my depression and helped me feel less alone. She inspired me to explore more art, writing, songwriting, music, etc. She really showed me how much more thought, creativity, personality, personal control, etc. could go into music in general compared to the average pop star just singing whatever song someone gave them. I feel like I'm missing a lot more but the point is, she's changed me significantly.

Super stupid and creepy but I actually started drinking A LOT more coffee. I hate coffee. Always had. With a passion. But drinking coffee makes me feel for some reasons that I'm a) closer to be around a place where she *could* be aka around coffee b) more susceptible to please her since we have in common that we drink coffee and c) that I may be trying to get her powers by absorbing her magic potion that is coffee. Also, this is even more stupid but I switched drinking Coca Cola to Pepsi purely and simply because of the song. I haven't slept for a day and a half 

Ride is the best music video of all time.

honestly the last 6 minutes are so unnecessary also i felt awkward watching chuck "acting" poor sis didn't know what to do down there 
 
then there's that girl that looks like she's about to drown 

it's not the first time nor the second time in this short period of time. I'm really shocked at how crazy these fans are.
 
i mean if you're really obsessed with her. BUY HER ALBUMS! Support her in a healthy way!
 
Stalking her or harassing her in any way is NOT acceptable.
 
and don't you dare to sabotage our Parklife Fest. 

OK after a few more days and some new bad talk from Kim, I am now convinced-
Kim herself is the protagonist in the song "Old Money" but in her case, Kim is looking back at a time she remembers when she had it all, she thought, but it all went bad. Kim had success on a cult level, her band one of the most critically acclaimed in history.
And she had a happy family life.
Now, she is moaning that she would run run run if it came calling again, and in Lana, Kim sees herself and is jealous that Lana now has it all, and Kim lost it by becoming bitter and not moving forward.
 
If Kim were AUTHENTIC in her thoughts, she would mentor Lana to be what ever it is she claims is "inauthentic". And show her the ropes...could it be that Kim and kim's humor meant Kim and Sonic Youth were just pulling one over on everybody?
 
Ask yourself-
why is she bullying Lana, yet never mentions any of the 30 other talented female out there that are all the same in the last 30 years- from Mariah to Celine to Whitney to all of those that sound the same and one can't recall who sings what.
Yes all of those singers are talented, but none are unique. They are each other, all pining to be the next the last was, up to and including today's Miley, today's Rihanna, Beyoncé, etc.
Why do people never question the "authenticity" of any other female singer, NOR at any time any male singer or band? Sheesh, it seems the term was invented specifically by the haters of Lana and just a bullying word.
Lana is unique. Kim was unique.  The thing too is, Lana though not trying for hits, has had more hits than Sonic Youth did. 
It seems Kim though feels no one loves her now that she is not "young and beautiful".
I guarantee people will love Lana when Lana is 61. And Lana won't need a book to get publicity off of, as Lana will still be producing movies, music, tv,  and whatever is in 30-35 years the current media like a Paul McCartney or Brian Wilson or Aretha Franklin
who don't look back, but keep moving forward.
 
Invite Kim to a concert and do a duet.

Another photo 
 

Unnecessary fact: this is so funny to me because this is honest to God how my grandmother used to dress to go hunting like jeans same coat same colour same kind of boots and same kind of checked shirts but with the cap it looks like a white trash version of it and now I can't help picturing my grandmother dressed like this

Lana was there nice and early with everyone else, spent a lot of time signing autographs and posing for pictures with fans outside (only her and Tony Bennett spent time both before and after the show
with the fans, everyone else was too snobbish and above their fans I guess to even bother) and she was on the red carpet.
And it was a wonderful warm day, hot weather for NY in December, so the others had no excuse not to give fans some time.
Just another reason Lana is special. (If one watches award shows btw, not everyone after accepting the award goes backstage. Many times you see winners go back down to their table instead of backstage).
The object after all is not to get publicity, but to humbly accept an award.
(Reminds me that after they died, one heard how much charity work both Elvis and Sinatra had done (two other trailblazers in the past, though there weren't trailblazer awards, and two others that had mega problems with the press/media themselves, both being unique male artists), neither of whom did it in the media, they just did it from the heart in private because the object is not
doing it to make the world think you are something special, but to do it because you want to do it.)

lana looks radiant.
 
gaga well....shes always a bit hit and miss, one day she looks good on the red carpet next day she looks like she just finished rolling out the red carpet herself x

gods dead I said baby that's alright with me