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  1. Wtauf liked a post in a topic by Vertimus in Lasso - Pre-Release Thread: OUT September 2024   
    She performed with Paul Cauthen, who I love--and he's performed with Orville Peck. Imagine a LDR-Peck duet, something like Peck's Roses Are Falling. 
  2. NikoGo liked a post in a topic by Vertimus in Lasso - Pre-Release Thread: OUT September 2024   
    She performed with Paul Cauthen, who I love--and he's performed with Orville Peck. Imagine a LDR-Peck duet, something like Peck's Roses Are Falling. 
  3. barttttender liked a post in a topic by Vertimus in Lasso - Pre-Release Thread: OUT September 2024   
    She performed with Paul Cauthen, who I love--and he's performed with Orville Peck. Imagine a LDR-Peck duet, something like Peck's Roses Are Falling. 
  4. DemonMic2003 liked a post in a topic by Vertimus in Lasso - Pre-Release Thread: OUT September 2024   
    She performed with Paul Cauthen, who I love--and he's performed with Orville Peck. Imagine a LDR-Peck duet, something like Peck's Roses Are Falling. 
  5. Ocean Boulevard liked a post in a topic by Vertimus in Chemtrails Over the Country Club - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    I love COCC too (though BB remains my favorite---and BB also does not get the love it deserves). The stark Yosemite is a career high point for me. Wild at Heart is pure fun. 
  6. DemonMic2003 liked a post in a topic by Vertimus in Blue Banisters - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    What a great album, I am still not tired of it. 
  7. Vertimus liked a post in a topic by Rock Candy in Rank Lana's Albums   
    God forgive anyone who underestimates the Honeymoon!
     
    "24" and "DLMBM" seems to be a highlight against the background of some new popular releases
     
     
  8. Vertimus liked a post in a topic by DemonMic2003 in Rank Lana's Albums   
    If blue banisters utilized its wasted potential (and added Fine China) it would probably be number 6 in my ranking. 
  9. Vertimus liked a post in a topic by DemonMic2003 in Rank Lana's Albums   
    Oooo yes, it always bugged me that Nectar, Legend, & Blossom were YouTube rips… they should’ve been remastered (and maybe add strings to Nectar Of The Gods, drums and some minimal electric guitar to Living Legend, and strings to Cherry Blossom).
     
  10. Rock Candy liked a post in a topic by Vertimus in Rank Lana's Albums   
    Agreed. And the leaked tracks should have been remastered, or sterling copies from the vault should have been used. I would also have liked I Talk to Jesus on it, not for religious reasons, but because it's beautifully produced.  
  11. DemonMic2003 liked a post in a topic by Vertimus in Rank Lana's Albums   
    Agreed. And the leaked tracks should have been remastered, or sterling copies from the vault should have been used. I would also have liked I Talk to Jesus on it, not for religious reasons, but because it's beautifully produced.  
  12. DemonMic2003 liked a post in a topic by Vertimus in Rank Lana's Albums   
    It sure is, not in the objective sense, but as my favorite. Ocean Blvd is at the bottom. 
  13. DemonMic2003 liked a post in a topic by Vertimus in Rank Lana's Albums   
    I wouldn't dare post my list. 
  14. Unidentified Major Tom liked a post in a topic by Vertimus in Indio, CA @ Coachella: Weekend 1 - April 12th, 2024   
    I agree, and it's about time. It's not as if men don't experience sadness, loneliness, disappointment, rage, etc. They certainly do and getting in touch with those very common feelings rather than attempting to suppress them will do them a world of good. And men can do that with biologically male artists like Jeff Buckley, Anderson East, or Lord Huron too. 

    I'm old enough to remember when men as well as women listened to Carly Simon, Fleetwood Mac, Linda Ronstadt, or Heart and bought their records routinely without thinking of it as women's music. And then for Pat Benatar, Madonna, Sheila E., Sade, Joan Jett, etc.  
     
    It was towards the end of the 80s and into the early 90s, in the midst of Grunge, that I started hearing rumblings about women's music, which some female artists actually promoted, thus there was Lilith Fair, composed of only female artists. Tori Amos refused to be a part of it on the grounds that she didn't create music for a specific audience or gender. 
     
    My advice is just open your ears and spirit and listen, without preconceived notions of what you like or don't like. 
  15. Unidentified Major Tom liked a post in a topic by Vertimus in Indio, CA @ Coachella: Weekend 1 - April 12th, 2024   
    I don't think Lana's fanbase is any more depressed than others today.
     
    Lana does not make us depressed with songs like Hope, Yosemite, 13 Beaches, Wildfire Wildflower, or Old Money; these songs free our depression and sadness, frustration,  anger, and occasional hopelessness. 
     
    It's a long tradition going back to the birth of rock n' roll, and, before rock n' roll, blues and folk music.
     
    Very few artists from Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Velvet Underground, Marianne Faithfull in her 60s era, Bob Dylan, the Supremes, Smokey Robinson, Tim Buckley, Joaz Baez, Al Green, and Nico to James Taylor, Carole King,  Joni Mitchell, classic Elton John, David Bowie, Queen, the Patti Smith Group, Bruce Springsteen, the Dead Boys, Fleetwood Mac, Kate Bush, the Pretenders, the Clash, Elvis Costello, Lene Lovich, Blondie, early Ultravox, the Police, Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M., Sade, Tina Turner, Tori Amos, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Jeff Buckley, Fiona Apple, Natalie Merchant, Lloyd Cole, Amy Winehouse, Kassidy, Anderson East, 21 Pilots, Lord Huron, Rayland Baxter, Father John Misty, Paul Cauthen, the Ruen Brothers, Billie Eilish, etc. have not sang sad songs. 
     
    Sadness and all that comes with it--alienation, frustration, loneliness, anger, jealousy, envy, etc.--is a big part of life. Thousands of people take their lives because of it every year.
     
    Lana's sad songs are meditations on a theme and cathartic and freeing, not the opposite. I don't buy the "Sad Girl Shit" argument, or the "Women's Music" label, which I find incredibly stupid. 
     
     
  16. shadesofblue liked a post in a topic by Vertimus in Indio, CA @ Coachella: Weekend 1 - April 12th, 2024   
    I find that people's expectations of live shows are usually too high. It's the experience that counts, not the vocal and instrumental perfection that makes the event. 
     
    Being from another generation than most of you, some acts I've seen live, like Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen, the Rolling Stones, Yma Sumac, and Midnight Oil, and, in days of yore, The Clash, the Sex Pistols, the Pretenders, the Cars, and Linda Ronstadt were spot-on and perfect without sacrificing energy or originality, while others, like Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, and Marianne Faithfull--whom I've seen more times than any other artist--sounded less than letter-perfect, to put it mildly (though Faithfull's performances varied wildly from excellent to poor). In the cases of Blondie and Fleetwood Mac, sometimes it was almost impossible to identify which song they were playing, so disorganized were the arrangements and weak the vocals. 
     
    I think we all know by this time that, in terms of sound and vocals, Lana's songs are not going to sound exactly like the studio versions for several reasons, like those stated here, cutting the bridges, skipping verses, or an audio set-up that doesn't quite do her vocals justice. 
     
    As I've said here before, Lana doesn't have the powerhouse voice of a Whitney Houston, an Anne Wilson,  a Mariah Carey, or a Linda Ronstadt, vocalists who could almost break a crystal glass with their voices. So I wouldn't expect that. 
     
    Just seeing Lana enter on the back of that motorcycle was enough for me. 
  17. 13beachess liked a post in a topic by Vertimus in Indio, CA @ Coachella: Weekend 1 - April 12th, 2024   
    I don't think Lana's fanbase is any more depressed than others today.
     
    Lana does not make us depressed with songs like Hope, Yosemite, 13 Beaches, Wildfire Wildflower, or Old Money; these songs free our depression and sadness, frustration,  anger, and occasional hopelessness. 
     
    It's a long tradition going back to the birth of rock n' roll, and, before rock n' roll, blues and folk music.
     
    Very few artists from Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Velvet Underground, Marianne Faithfull in her 60s era, Bob Dylan, the Supremes, Smokey Robinson, Tim Buckley, Joaz Baez, Al Green, and Nico to James Taylor, Carole King,  Joni Mitchell, classic Elton John, David Bowie, Queen, the Patti Smith Group, Bruce Springsteen, the Dead Boys, Fleetwood Mac, Kate Bush, the Pretenders, the Clash, Elvis Costello, Lene Lovich, Blondie, early Ultravox, the Police, Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M., Sade, Tina Turner, Tori Amos, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Jeff Buckley, Fiona Apple, Natalie Merchant, Lloyd Cole, Amy Winehouse, Kassidy, Anderson East, 21 Pilots, Lord Huron, Rayland Baxter, Father John Misty, Paul Cauthen, the Ruen Brothers, Billie Eilish, etc. have not sang sad songs. 
     
    Sadness and all that comes with it--alienation, frustration, loneliness, anger, jealousy, envy, etc.--is a big part of life. Thousands of people take their lives because of it every year.
     
    Lana's sad songs are meditations on a theme and cathartic and freeing, not the opposite. I don't buy the "Sad Girl Shit" argument, or the "Women's Music" label, which I find incredibly stupid. 
     
     
  18. rabbit liked a post in a topic by Vertimus in Indio, CA @ Coachella: Weekend 1 - April 12th, 2024   
    Lana, not Billie, is the voice of "our generation." So many people, late to the party, are just waking up to that fact, and even to her existence. Despite all the hardships, obstacles, and press attacks, Lana has persevered and had a truly admirable career. 
  19. 13beachess liked a post in a topic by Vertimus in Indio, CA @ Coachella: Weekend 1 - April 12th, 2024   
    I find that people's expectations of live shows are usually too high. It's the experience that counts, not the vocal and instrumental perfection that makes the event. 
     
    Being from another generation than most of you, some acts I've seen live, like Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen, the Rolling Stones, Yma Sumac, and Midnight Oil, and, in days of yore, The Clash, the Sex Pistols, the Pretenders, the Cars, and Linda Ronstadt were spot-on and perfect without sacrificing energy or originality, while others, like Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, and Marianne Faithfull--whom I've seen more times than any other artist--sounded less than letter-perfect, to put it mildly (though Faithfull's performances varied wildly from excellent to poor). In the cases of Blondie and Fleetwood Mac, sometimes it was almost impossible to identify which song they were playing, so disorganized were the arrangements and weak the vocals. 
     
    I think we all know by this time that, in terms of sound and vocals, Lana's songs are not going to sound exactly like the studio versions for several reasons, like those stated here, cutting the bridges, skipping verses, or an audio set-up that doesn't quite do her vocals justice. 
     
    As I've said here before, Lana doesn't have the powerhouse voice of a Whitney Houston, an Anne Wilson,  a Mariah Carey, or a Linda Ronstadt, vocalists who could almost break a crystal glass with their voices. So I wouldn't expect that. 
     
    Just seeing Lana enter on the back of that motorcycle was enough for me. 
  20. MamaDelGhey liked a post in a topic by Vertimus in Indio, CA @ Coachella: Weekend 1 - April 12th, 2024   
    I find that people's expectations of live shows are usually too high. It's the experience that counts, not the vocal and instrumental perfection that makes the event. 
     
    Being from another generation than most of you, some acts I've seen live, like Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen, the Rolling Stones, Yma Sumac, and Midnight Oil, and, in days of yore, The Clash, the Sex Pistols, the Pretenders, the Cars, and Linda Ronstadt were spot-on and perfect without sacrificing energy or originality, while others, like Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, and Marianne Faithfull--whom I've seen more times than any other artist--sounded less than letter-perfect, to put it mildly (though Faithfull's performances varied wildly from excellent to poor). In the cases of Blondie and Fleetwood Mac, sometimes it was almost impossible to identify which song they were playing, so disorganized were the arrangements and weak the vocals. 
     
    I think we all know by this time that, in terms of sound and vocals, Lana's songs are not going to sound exactly like the studio versions for several reasons, like those stated here, cutting the bridges, skipping verses, or an audio set-up that doesn't quite do her vocals justice. 
     
    As I've said here before, Lana doesn't have the powerhouse voice of a Whitney Houston, an Anne Wilson,  a Mariah Carey, or a Linda Ronstadt, vocalists who could almost break a crystal glass with their voices. So I wouldn't expect that. 
     
    Just seeing Lana enter on the back of that motorcycle was enough for me. 
  21. 13beachess liked a post in a topic by Vertimus in Blue Banisters - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    What a great album, I am still not tired of it. 
  22. Vertimus liked a post in a topic by rightofjupiter in Blue Banisters - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    one of my all time fav lana songs tbh, the longing is so palpable
  23. Vertimus liked a post in a topic by ever in Blue Banisters - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    i've been so obsessed with nectar of the gods recentely, i hope there's somenthig that sounds like it on lasso
  24. Thats why they call me Dita liked a post in a topic by Vertimus in Indio, CA @ Coachella: Weekend 1 - April 12th, 2024   
    I find that people's expectations of live shows are usually too high. It's the experience that counts, not the vocal and instrumental perfection that makes the event. 
     
    Being from another generation than most of you, some acts I've seen live, like Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen, the Rolling Stones, Yma Sumac, and Midnight Oil, and, in days of yore, The Clash, the Sex Pistols, the Pretenders, the Cars, and Linda Ronstadt were spot-on and perfect without sacrificing energy or originality, while others, like Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, and Marianne Faithfull--whom I've seen more times than any other artist--sounded less than letter-perfect, to put it mildly (though Faithfull's performances varied wildly from excellent to poor). In the cases of Blondie and Fleetwood Mac, sometimes it was almost impossible to identify which song they were playing, so disorganized were the arrangements and weak the vocals. 
     
    I think we all know by this time that, in terms of sound and vocals, Lana's songs are not going to sound exactly like the studio versions for several reasons, like those stated here, cutting the bridges, skipping verses, or an audio set-up that doesn't quite do her vocals justice. 
     
    As I've said here before, Lana doesn't have the powerhouse voice of a Whitney Houston, an Anne Wilson,  a Mariah Carey, or a Linda Ronstadt, vocalists who could almost break a crystal glass with their voices. So I wouldn't expect that. 
     
    Just seeing Lana enter on the back of that motorcycle was enough for me. 
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