omgitsnathan

I love it. You captured Lana very well and the real flowers are a nice touch 
 
 
Shaun reposted it cause you made him look better than he really is LOL

captured shauns gross face v well

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04570p7
 
Nothing on this guys schedule relating to Lana.  you would assume him wanting ratingd he would mention this on his schedule..
 
Here is where you can stream it live. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wkth
 
Also this at 10:00 PST or 07:00  EST  both AM
 
I sure hope its on i will be jamming from work.  you get some free streaming time so take advantage tomorrow..

Okay but lets stop the album sneak peeks there Ms Lana

What were you looking for when you got into this business?
I sought an artistic community like Dylan, Joan Baez or beat generation Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg... In the sixties, where they spent nights writing novels or folk songs. Also respect as a writer within that community. And, really, I did not find any of those things.
 
What was found to change? 
To be honest, nothing. Since becoming visible, nothing is really clear in my life. When the road is cleared, a new obstacle darkens. I have had many ups and downs.

DAMN.

You studied metaphysics at college. Where does this interest come from?
Within 11 years I knew we were all going to die... and that distressed me. The concepts of infinity and eternity also tortured me . At boarding school, I signed up for classes Metaphysics. It was the first subject, in addition to literature that interested me. For the first time I was in good company. While ancient thinkers had disappeared centuries ago.
 
You often speak of a divine plan. What do you mean?
Before traced my way and always ended up frustrated. Stopped trying and accepted that life operates according to its own rules. When I did, everything started falling into place. If, for example , someone recommended me a book, someone in the bus left him forgotten by me. Things like that.
 
I love when she talks about metaphysics.

AT LAST!!! it took me a little longer than I expected .
Here's my translation:
 
XLWeekly. Ultraviolence is your third album. What mood does it reflect?
Lana del Rey. A sexy state of mind, something unusual for me [laughs]. It's also a free record. I recorded it in six weeks. It was really fun. Before that, it was all very difficult.
XL. Do you mean your sudden success?
L.R. Yes. Even though a lot of people bought my previous album, I knew almost nobody liked it. There were those who wrote that it was horrible, even harmful.
XL. Did you feel mistreated by the press?
L.R. I was given a bad reputation [laughs].
XL. And you didn't deserve it?
L.R. Why would I deserve it? I'm a good girl.
XL. You're accused of being a prefabricated star...
L.R. Authenticity is overrated. «She's authentic!». So what? How boring! Plus, I write and produce all my songs!
XL. In that you are right. Dozens of stars don't write what they sing and no one questions their authenticity...
L.R. Exactly. I was invisible for seven years. Not a single label was interested in me. There was no place for an operatic singer during a time in which only rap and pop were selling in the United States. Not even rock was alive.
XL. And, in 2011, Videogames suddenly puts you on the map...
L.R. Three years ago, I became visible and people started to wonder: «Where did she come from?». There were several blank pages in my history and a lot of room to make things up. In the end, the truth is what is written about you, the journalistic word. It's always been that way. Headlines dictate the stars' trajectory.
XL. You are either hated or loved. Why do you think that is?
L.R. Maybe my messages are confusing. I don't make pop, my creative process is more psychological. When people started to listen, I had already been writing for ten years and had a very deep psychological universe.
XL. You've even been called an anti-feminist...
L.R. Yes, there were some who believed I was conveying a harmful messahe to women, but I was talking about my feelings. I have a wonderful relationship with men. Masculine energy is a great inspiration to me.
XL. It appears that without a certain dose of controversy it is hard to succeed...
L.R. I don't know. But there are people that provoke it, that are screaming for it. I didn't seek it out.
XL. It's also been said that you've undergone some aesthetic touch-ups. Does that bother you?
L.R. Of course it bothers me! [laughs]. What I enjoy is seeming chameleon-like, but I can't stand lies.
XL. The impression is that your “retro” style is almost a reaction to the hypersexual look of other stars, such as Miley Cyrus, Rihanna or Lady Gaga. Is that so?
L.R. It's not a declaration of intent towards what other singers represent. It's my natural style. Although, if I'm honest, there have been a few times when I've thought: «I'm gonna button up» [laughs]. It's just a manifestation of my origins. My family is very traditional.
XL. What were you searching for when you got into this business?
L.R. I was looking for an artistic community like Dylan's, Joan Baez's or Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg's beat generation...in the sixties, where they spent their nights writing novels or folk songs. I also sought respect as a writer within that community. And, truthfully, I found neither.
XL. What did you find?
L.R. If I'm honest: nothing. Ever since I've been visible, nothing is really clear in my life. When the road becomes clear, a new obstacle overshadows it. I've had many ups and downs.
XL. As you tell it, it seems like it's been a tough process. Have you ever thought of leaving it all behind?
L.R. All the time. Life is short. Being amongst people that don't get you is not pleasant. .
XL. You admit that you don't really like acting. Why?
L.R. In the studio, with my producer, it's almost like a romantic relationship, we have a natural chemistry. But when you don't know your audience, you can't trust that they'll accept you if you lose your balance and fall or if you're off key. Now I know that that, too, is part of the show and I'm beginning to enjoy it.
XL. What differences are there between Lizzy and Lana?
L.R. None. I changed my name to show others how I was on the inside. Because, when you're born, you're given a name, a geographic location and maybe even dictated what your profession will be. And I don't want to respond to an archetype.
XL. By the way, why such a hispanic artistic name?
L.R. I have a lot of affinity with hispanic culture. I love its exoticism and passion. And I love the name Lana, it seems to roll off the tongue.
XL. When you were little, you wanted to be a poet. What kind of a child were you?
L.R. I was imaginative, I had a strong inner dialogue, I was traditional and too precocious. When I was ten years old, I already thought I was an adult. My friends were my parents' friends, I thought I was one of them. And I loved to write.
XL. At 15, you were sent to boarding school. Did that leave a mark?
L.R. Perhaps...I barely remember those days. For me, life started when I left for New York at 18. What happened before is buried in the mist. I didn't like boarding school, I didn't talk to anyone. I was in the choir, I wanted to sing with all my heart and didn't know how.
XL. What matters more in this industry: talent, marketing or luck?
L.R. For most people it's, above all, a matter of marketing. For me, it was persistence. It was my dream.
XL. And nobody has tried to drag you in the other direction?
L.R. Sometimes. I make the record by myself, I give it to the company and they come back saying: «There aren't any singles!». And I tell them: «I know!» [laughs]. You have to be very strong. But I always end up winning.
XL. Have you always had this much confidence in yourself?
L.R. As a person, yes; musically, no. When I was 20, a famous producer noticed me after no record labels liked what I was doing. I realized I would not be understood as an artist, but also that there were people who would be interested in what I did. That's all I need.
XL. You've worked with marginalized people since you were a teenager. What has that experience taught you?
L.R. Do you know the expression “a tiger can't change its stripes”? Well, people can change their stripes and even become dragons. I've seen how people without hope have managed to transform themselves and serve as an inspiration to others.
XL. You studied Metaphysics in college. Where did that interest come from?
L.R. When I was 11 years old I realized that we were all going to die...and that distressed me deeply. The concepts of infinity and eternity also tortured me. In boarding school, I signed up for Metaphysics classes. It was the first subject, apart from Literature, that I was truly interested in. For the first time I felt in good company. Although the ancient philosophers had been gone for centuries.
XL. You've spoken of a divine plan, what do you mean?
L.R. Before, I used to design my path and always ended up frustrated. I stopped trying and accepted that life works according to its own rules. As soon as I did, everything started to fall into place. If, for example, somebody recommended a book to me, someone on the bus left it, forgotten, on the seat beside me. Things like that.
XL. Signs?
L.R. Synchronicites. It's been said that coincidences are God's way of remaining anonymous. Synchronicities are a sign of divinity. You breathe in deeply and say: «I don't want anything. I'm going to let things happen».
XL. It requires a lot of self-control, doesn't it?
L.R. It's patience. Like letting the lyrics come to me. Sometimes it's painful, but it's the only way. I feel that my path was revealed to me, but I needed to be an empty vessel for it to happen. Like an electrical conduit. Electricity does not go through you if you're blocked.
XL. Your music is very melancholy...are you, too?
L.R. I make an effort to be happy...and I have been. I'm a loner.
XL. And where do you seek tranquility in the midst of the noise that surrounds a star?
L.R. I haven't been calm for quite a while now. My personal life is crazy and my career is full of ups and downs. But it can't be worse than it was [laughs]. It can only get better.
 
Super-private.
1. Born in New York in 1986, she is the daughter of an Internet 'marketing' expert.
2. At 15, her parents sent her to Boarding School to overcome an addiction to alcohol. «A big part of what I wrote about in my Born to Die record talks about those years».
3. In 2010 she released her first album, Lana del Ray a.k.a. Lizzy Grant. Soon after, she requested her label to withdraw it from the market. She wasn't satisfied with the result.
4. Singer Barrie-James O'Neill, with whom she recorded a Nancy Sinatra cover, is her fiancé.
5. On her left hand she has an 'M' tatooed, for her grandmother Madeleine, and the word 'paradise'. On her right, the motto «Trust no one». And on her right ring finger, «Die young».

Wait, Brooklyn Baby is 5:51

i was having the same thought. because it shows the "outtakes" during the other songs and not west coast makes me feel like shes going for a mini tropico or something 

I'm from California and all of the tracks we've gotten so far make me feel extra Californian? idk..
I feel like Lana wasn't lying when she said that UV would have a lot of 'West coast vibes'.
Oh, and Brooklyn baby made the feeling of the wind blowing through my hair feel even better, tbh.
Just thought I'd share this.

I said wannabe social thinkers = an artist that "reflects" on social issues and creates "masterpieces" like Royals to appear somewhat more grounded and deep (i don't have anything against Lorde but Royals lyrics made me cringe). There were some good artists that sang about social issues like J. Cash but he sang in a different era without instant news and endless social and political debates on the internet or TV. I don't wanna be informed by pop artist regarding the shit that happens around me I would rather want them to affect my emotional side like Lana does

My boyfriend's in the band
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
I've got feathers in my hair
I get down to Beat poetry
 
I'm a Brooklyn baby
I'm a Brooklyn baby
 
These are the lyrics that I found from BB. What is wrong with them? If you don't like her themes jump of the Lana train because it can happen that she will never change those themes: desperate love, abusive relationships, death, doomed fate, love for the beat poets etc. I think that these are great themes to sing about, i would rather cringe at some wannabe "social thinkers" in pop/rock music. I don't see Paradise as a lyrical regress from BTD and certainly UV is more of a sonic departure from her previous work than a lyrical one. That said I enjoy the "sonic monster" that UV is gradually revealing and certainly the lyrics helps in creating a mood  and a visual context for the music. If you wanna read some deep shit lyrically you have to do better than pop or rock music. I cringe at people who expect Shakespearean lyrics from a pop act. A Wagner libretto shits on Pink Floyd entire lyrical content, get real, this is pop music and Lana is the ”queen of sadcore”, this is her genre and there are some limitations sonically and lyrically. (btw The Beatles were quite repetitive at the beginning of their career and that didn't stop them to be considered the greatest band in history). Maybe she'll change her perspective for the next albums but UV wasn't the right time for that. The music and the lyrics are just great together (UV will take some shit for the lyrics but I like the mood of the song, it's great live)

Literally how i feel when listening to the snippet

TBH, I like all the tracks we've heard so far.
 

 
I love the production and tempo changes of West Coast and Shades of Cool, and the psychedelic guitar accompanied by her ad-libbing/wailing on the latter is one of my favourite parts of any Lana song, ever. 
 
Ultraviolence (the title track, I mean) strikes me as one of those hypnotic songs and the spoken bridge is sexy, sexy, sexy. And finally, I don't hate Brooklyn Baby... to me, its just unremarkable, but I mean, we've heard like a teeny tiny bit of it so the capacity for it to grow on me is still there. It does have a good vibe/mood to it, I have to say, so I do kinda like it. 
 
I'm very happy with Dan as a producer and I feel like Lana is finally making the music I wanted her to make, that I didn't know I wanted, if that makes any sense? haha :3 
 
I like the aesthetic this era, from the grunge-inspired look to the black and white of promo videos and artwork. I'm hopeful that Lana can get the critics in her favour, because I think it would really increase her confidence and it would mean a lot to her. I'm excited for her and I'm excited for us, as a fanbase!
 

 
*flops*

I like the majority of the posts about LDR's lyrical merit (pro and con) here, so I wouldn't call it slander if somebody doesn't like her lyrical direction. People just have different agendas for what LDR's "success" as an artist should mean. I agree that when BTD came out, there were lots saying her lyrics were really bad. Prior to that point I was lyric-deaf (concentrated on music). When I started comparing her lyrics to others, I couldn't comprehend the criticism.    Brooklyn Baby was written with Barrie? Was that confirmed (I mean I saw it on Lanaboard's twitter)? If so it's the most interesting thing about the song. I like it because she's not repeating herself, so UV is shaping up to be less predictable than BTD. Unless we know the agenda for the song, we can't really evaluate the lyrics. For instance, I'm thinking it might be self-parody (e.g., like Dum Dum) in which case the lyrics could be appropriate. I would also love to see her do a Lou Reed cover (preferably one of those songs he sings where he doesn't really sing, but you have to infer a melody he could be singing; hopefully, she'll provide the melody).   Is LDR exposing her strongest stuff first with the previews, or holding the strongest stuff back for the full release? Again the answer will depend on what my conception of a cool kind of success would be for her as an artist. 

Ok so I haven't really been a member of this site for too long but I think it's fair to say that this is the exact same reaction you had to the paradise snippets, right?
 
"Like an American, oh ooh oh oh oh oh ooh oh oooh, like an American"
 

 
"My pussy tastes like pepsi cola, my eyes are wide like cherry pies"
 

 
" I sing the body electric, I'm on fire sing that body electric"
 

 
"I was an angel, looking to get fucked hard... Fuck yeah, give it to me"
 

 
I don't know... Bel Air and Yayo are pretty flawless lyrically so I'll stop there. My point being the chorus usually sounds pretty dumb and repetitive on it's own, for any respectable singer. Maybe this won't change your mind but if you do hate uv in it's entirety well then, ok, see ya'!
 

 
But please, if you do dislike it, then just don't talk about it here, or at the very least constructive critisism only, I don't want each thread filled with ex-fans saying "ughh I hate Lana now, her lyrics aren't insightful and her production isn't "whimsical" enough"
 
That being said I will agree Lana has definitly made an odd evolution as an artist, most likely because she's listening to much to the critics and trying to impress them rather than her fans. If this era produces music you'd rather not listen to then I'd understand your dissapointment but it just seems selfish to try to bum the rest of us out when we're getting all hyped and trying to diminish our opinions by saying "no your wrong, this is shit"
 
M'kay? ... M'kay then.
 

Honestly... I think you've put WAY more thought into this than Lana ever did.   
 
I think there are a lot of intelligent people on the forum that assign too much meaning to Lana's work and give her too much credit. Liking pretty things and being subversive is basically the whole of her artistry. 

All this hate for Lana's lyrics already and we've barely heard the album. I can't wait for the rants here in a few weeks...

I think she is progressing into an incredible visual artist. Her visual world keeps getting better even if her song writing is a little stuck. Give the woman a break tho we have more than 300 Lana songs. I bet if you had 300 songs from any other artist you would find them repectitive too. Lana has more leaks then the Beatles and Rolling Stones entire discography combined. 

Ok. I really hate being the negative one, but after thinking about it, I doubt this record is going to be a smash with the critics. I just read an article where this "journalist" described the concert in Vancouver. He started talking pretty positively about some of the other acts, then he went on to Lana and started talking about how her name isn't really Lana Del Rey (for those of us who didn't know) Of course, he used the obligatory SNL story to fill up about a third of the article. The whole thing was extremely unprofessional but I mean, do any of us really think it'll get better? If anything it might get worse, people will talk about how she's a bad role model and romanticises domestic violence (even if Eminem, a fucking MAN sings about beating + killing woman, yet critics excuse him because "he's not really being serious, sexist values right there for ya')

Wait, Brooklyn Baby is 5:51

You're probably right because "Beat Poetry" is probably alluding to the Beat Generation of the 1950s. This could also be alluding to Allen Ginsberg, since she reads an excerpt from "Howl" in Tropico.

Wait, Brooklyn Baby is 5:51

Wait, Brooklyn Baby is 5:51

Wait, Brooklyn Baby is 5:51

You're probably right because "Beat Poetry" is probably alluding to the Beat Generation of the 1950s. This could also be alluding to Allen Ginsberg, since she reads an excerpt from "Howl" in Tropico.