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Mon amour, je sais que tu m'aimes aussi
Tu as besoin de moi, tu as besoin de moi dans ta vie
Tu ne peux vivre sans moi, et je mourrais sans toi, je tuerais pour toi
 
The rest is your personal opinion so, whatever, but how exactly is the French embarrassing?

If you don't smoke, you're much less likely to get lung cancer.
If you don't drink, you're much less likely to get liver cancer and/or failure.
If you don't have unprotected sex or use old needles, you won't get AIDS.
...
 
Do all who have those diseases deserve to die simply because they made wrong choices in their lives?
 
Frankly, more than ignorant and insensitive you come off as incredibly childish and immature with your judgemental, 'edgy', strictly b&w opinions. Oh well, life will teach you.

Flop categories, tbh.
 
America not valuing her enough once again?

If you don't smoke, you're much less likely to get lung cancer.
If you don't drink, you're much less likely to get liver cancer and/or failure.
If you don't have unprotected sex or use old needles, you won't get AIDS.
...
 
Do all who have those diseases deserve to die simply because they made wrong choices in their lives?
 
Frankly, more than ignorant and insensitive you come off as incredibly childish and immature with your judgemental, 'edgy', strictly b&w opinions. Oh well, life will teach you.

"American poet" is also what Jim Morrison used to call himself, and judging from G&M he's also one of her inspirations and/or someone she relates to.

If you don't smoke, you're much less likely to get lung cancer.
If you don't drink, you're much less likely to get liver cancer and/or failure.
If you don't have unprotected sex or use old needles, you won't get AIDS.
...
 
Do all who have those diseases deserve to die simply because they made wrong choices in their lives?
 
Frankly, more than ignorant and insensitive you come off as incredibly childish and immature with your judgemental, 'edgy', strictly b&w opinions. Oh well, life will teach you.

THANK YOU!

Reading through the thread and I don't get why people always make vocal ability the deciding factor on whether one artist is better than another. Because honestly, other than that & record sales, IMO Lana is a far superior artist. I mean, she's just so much more interesting. Through all of her hits, you can see strong personality and just a stand-out kind of style. But with Adele, all her hits are just "boo hoo sad breakup song" or something. I'm not saying she isn't a good songwriter, but I feel like the subject matter is so bland when it comes to her lyrics.

This should definitely be an emoticon (preferably in colour) -
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie8XQv8cdS0 :creepna:

Flop categories, tbh.
 
America not valuing her enough once again?

Flop categories, tbh.
 
America not valuing her enough once again?

just finished watching "elvira, mistress of the dark" (1988)
 
elvira is my crack mmmhhhhhhh

I feel like it depends a little on your gender. If you're a guy i don't think it really matters. To look good on a racing jacket if you're female and don't wanna look like some druggie, the rest of you definitely has to look presentable.

Flop categories, tbh.
 
America not valuing her enough once again?

I completely agree with this.
 
I simply assumed that was her - inadequate, that's for sure - way of dodging the question, since so many celebrities (Lana included) have recently been targeted for "saying the wrong thing" (either out of ignorance, carelessness or misinterpretation) re: feminism, as well as other social and political issues. I can understand not wanting to be at the centre of yet another controversy.
 
OR she could just be rather ignorant about the subject and not want to delve into something she doesn't know all that much about; OR she could just not be interested in it at all (which would be quite ironic in an autonomous, self-sufficient woman - but still entirely possible); OR she could have no interest in the role of feminist / social icon; OR an infinity of other reasons.
 
My point being: it's impossible to know for sure what she meant or which are her real views on feminism (if she has any) based on this.

What do you guys mean with "not very polished" and "messy"? It's been a year since I saw her live and I thought it looked fine then; no idea about how it looks now in live shows...

I think that's the bottom line, really. No matter how many different viewpoints are expressed in this thread, there is no correct interpretation, only different opinions based on different personalities and experiences. If it's already difficult to be absolutely certain of what someone means when they say something to us directly, that becomes practically impossible when all we have is a written interview (no body language, intonation, etc.) already dependent on a third party's interpretation and way of phrasing / conveying what was said.
 
It did make for a very interesting discussion, though.

Simply loving music and appreciating someone's "carefully crafted full albums" are different things. I was merely referring to intensely loving what(ever) you're listening to, regardless of the choice process or how much you know about it. What she said about "never having met bla bla bla" is misguided and frankly a bit dumb, but I don't find it any more pretentious than measuring one's love for music in terms of number of full albums they've listened to or the obscurity of the artists they like. For instance, I love wine; do I love it any less than a wine taster, even if I know much less about it?

Sarcasm aside, I actually don't think the two things are mutually exclusive. I think we're confusing musical elitism with actual passion for music, to be honest. Sure, I'm a full album type of person who thinks that listening to The Dark Side Of The Moon in any way other than in its entirety and in the right order should be punishable by imprisonment, but who am I to say that my passion and appreciation for music is bigger than that of someone who only listens to singles, or deletes the tracks they don't like, or listens to Pink Floyd albums on shuffle?
 
She's been making music for a living for years now; I think it's safe to assume she loves and appreciates it, even if it is in her own particular and unorthodox way.

Different people, different concepts of intimacy, I guess, but I'd much sooner answer the brand of tampon question or some other equally silly and ultimately harmless "invasive" question than talk about my political affiliation or any other type of ideology with some journo - especially considering our increasingly PC-obsessed / easily offended society. Even more so if I were famous; my motto would definitely be "not here for the drama".

I actually liked this interview.
 
I think people are seriously overreacting when it comes to the feminism quote. She's basically saying it's not her goal to provide social commentary or promote this or that female role via her songs - and quite rightly so. Nowadays, people seem to want to turn everything into a deliberate message or "guide to live your life by"; in my opinion, that's idiotic and not necessarily an artist's intention. She says she sings about her experience - real or imagined, that's irrelevant - and what appeals to her. If people want to interpret that and turn it into a generalizing think piece, that's their problem. People seem eager to turn her into a role model when she clearly has no interest in doing so - she refuses to discuss all the "hot topics" at length and shows prudence and restraint in her responses, yet people are still getting mad at her for what she didn't say and overanalyzing the little she did say.
 
Re: America. Well, I'm European, so my views on America and Obama are a bit different from those of most Americans, I'd imagine. I won't get into that since talking politics in discussion boards = fucking disaster. Suffice it to say that I'm actually quite happy she's not one of those "fuck yeah USA!!!" types. I love many things about America and I dislike others (which I think is pretty normal - the same thing applies to my own country!), but one thing that does not go over well with me is extreme patriotism / nationalism; I find it disturbing and dangerous. She actually seems quite moderate in her views and opinions, which is something I can respect.
 
Other than that, she plays her usual game and says whatever fits her current persona / mood the best. Sometimes she's more Lana Del Rey, sometimes she's more Elizabeth Grant. I kinda like that.

She specifically mentions "butterfly doors" in the song (and here I'm assuming she actually means "scissor doors", since both names are often used interchangeably) so that would probably limit it to these 6 models. I know that the Gallardo and the Miura, for instance, have standard door design (of course then there's always the car customization aficionados...).

No because she's a contrast to Hannah. Hannah is overtly unhappy with her body but is comfortable enough with who she is as a person to accept the physical flaws she sees in her self and get naked. Marnie puts on a facade of confidence but is clearly troubled by the fact her youth is escaping her ("you look 30") and she doesn't have the personality of Hannah to compensate for it (remember how she talked about being sick of being the not what fun one or whatever to Jessa?). In my opinion, Marnie has a greater internal discomfort about how she looks which is why she wouldn't get naked in front of Hannah in the pilot and probably won't till later a lot later in the show when she grows as a person.

Ok, let's see...
 
 
Future Trends (synthpop, electronic)
 
 
 
 
Matthew E. White (rock, folk, jazz)
 
 
 
 
Milo (hip-hop, rap, glitch, spoken word)
 
 
 
 
Night Beats (garage rock, psychedelic rock, surf rock)
 
 
 
 
That Ghost (alt. rock, lo-fi, shoegaze)
 
 
 
 
Topaz Rags (psychedelic, experimental, new weird america - but nevermind the labels, this is the perfect description of their music)