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  1. Beautifully said. I agree. I find it hilarious that it's thought her worst album by some, though I accept it and it's a fair enough opinion. For me, it's leagues better than Ocean Boulevard, which I find redundant (Sweet, Fishtail, and The Grants especially), maudlin (the title track), badly produced and vocally shrill in parts (Grandfather), and self-sabotaging (Margaret would have been much better without the spoken outro). Taco Truck, to me the most interesting song on the album, seems like a wasted opportunity by merging into VB. BB has to be looked at objectively as an album, not as a record that was released too soon after COCC. I don't care for the BB title track, wish the unreleased tracks had been cleaned up or remastered, prefer the earlier version of Thunder, and the Ennio Morricone track doesn't serve a purpose, but Arcadia, BBS, IFLDWM, WFWF, Textbook, and VFR are fantastic, and certainly more invigorating than Let Me Love You Like A Woman or TJF, for example. Beautiful, to me, is not offensive and something like the milder tracks on NFR! Sweet Carolina is perhaps too personal a song to be wildly appreciated, but I think we can all understand if not directly relate to its lyrics. I realize some find the BLM lyric in TB exploitive, superficial, or in bad taste, but I don't personally. She's writing of her time, just as she refers to the pandemic in BBS and VFR. I'm glad Lana shared what she did on WFWF—it's pretty scathing to me, and, as a piece of songwriting, one of her best. Like Hope, it elevates her as a songwriter, even if, again, not everyone can see themselves in its words (I can). As a revenge album, she certainly does get some revenge on Arcadia, BBS, and WFWF. I expected more revenge too, but I like what I've found. I predominantly look for beauty and melody, and the subtle but pure melodies of IYLDWM and VFR are among her best for me. I'm glad BBS is on the pop side, just as WAH was on COCC. A little levity is a good thing. There's always a lot of sociology going on on Lanaboards, and it's true that members often express love for unreleased tracks until they're officially released and then the knives come out for them. I think BB has a bad rep on Lanaboards because of sociology and mass influence. As I've said before, I would love to learn what members would think about a particular song or album over time if they were unable to access the internet and Lanaboard and had, over a period of weeks or months, to come to their own conclusions about a record. I think we'd see a different outcome, maybe a very different outcome, than "NFR! is hands-down Lana's best!" and a lot of the other opinions we typically see expressed over and over and over. My apologies for accidentally posting it before I had finished.
  2. She looks terrific. As mentioned, she looks like the Lana of a much earlier era.
  3. What is this "jazz Y&B" of which you all speak? The orchestrated version at 3:52? Or the Bryan Ferry Orchestra version sans Lana?
  4. I see, thanks. That's a shame because I think Blue Skies is 100% better than Country Roads, which to my ear sounds like a first-run demo.
  5. At least iTunes has it, which is where I bought a copy. I feel artifice is one of Lana's fortes, so I hope she responded well to the results and might want to move in that direction after Lasso. It's time for a proper LDR jazz or jazz-like record; the genre is vast. An album of uptempo standards in this witty Blue Skies style would be welcomed.
  6. The more I listen to it, the more I love it. It’s very creative. I’d like to see her do a lot more in this vein.
  7. It’s nice she was included and tried to do something different with it. It sounds to me as if the Munchkins are singing the background vocals, and the whole track has a strange sort-of Broadway/Oz vibe. I would much rather she try to do something creative with a classic than the dull read-through she did with CRTMH.
  8. If Lana is thinking about a return to any of her pre-NFR! sound after Lasso, I'm for it. I did appreciate the more uptempo songs on OB--I still feel Taco Truck was a missed opportunity--and BBS from BB. Rick Nowels did some amazing work with her. I prefer his work with her to JA's overall. And if she's feeling up to some pure pop, terrific. There's nothing wrong with lightening up a bit. I was just listening to Making Out yesterday and it's still powerful, fun, and amazing. I love the Hollywood sound too.
  9. Thank you. I love American, so that's a plus for me. I hope we all hear it before too long.
  10. What do we know about Paradise 2015? Does it have any relation at all to the earlier song Paradise, the one that goes "take you down to paradise..."? Thanks. NEVER MIND: Got It.
  11. That's exactly how I feel and why it's my most-played and favorite of Lana's albums. There's a pure serenity to a lot of the newer tracks. And unlike on OB, where several of the tracks seem half-baked, repetitive (TJF and Fishtail, for example), or fractured, on BB the songs seem whole and fleshed out. To me. I haven't tired of listening to it yet, not since its release.
  12. It's one of her most beautiful, peaceful, serene songs and also shows strength.
  13. I agree, and I like her for the same reason, among other reasons. If she were going to play the industry game, she would have been churning out copies of BTD ever since, or using that template repeatedly. UV was obviously a big break with BTS/P, and I don't think she's ever looked back. She said her mother called her a chameleon soul. And we know Lana Del Rey is a stage name and persona, like Nico, Melanie, or Madonna. Who knows if we've ever heard the true, authentic voice of Elizabeth Grant, or if Elizabeth Grant wants to share that voice with the public. She's a Cancer, she's super-guarded and self-protecting. As I see it, all of that frees her to do whatever she wants musically, whenever she wants. I can't think of any other musical artist who has jumped genres or given a middle finger to the idea of consistency the way Lana has. Maybe only Linda Ronstadt that I can think of, but Linda was/is largely an interpreter of other people's songs.
  14. I think she just does whatever she feels like and it's not more complicated than that. She probably doesn't need the money--depending on how she's spent or saved her millions--and she's not interested in chart-topping or competing with Taylor. She's already an artist's artist and on her way to becoming a music industry legend based on the effectiveness of her songwriting and the number of great songs she's composed. I find it funny that anyone would find her post-NFR! career boring, as, for me, it's NFR! that's boring, except for a few tracks, though I do think OB is a complete mixed bag, a real smorgasbord, and definitely not her best.
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