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I say I live in Rosemead, really I’m at the Ramada.. it doesn’t really matter, doesn’t really really matter !
 
Look at me now, I have everything
You gave to me and my heart can sing
I was a kid who could only drink
Dance on tables, making deals with devils
Like a drunk beauty queen
Fighting the fantasy, hooked on the scene
And it brought me to my knees
And it's all because of you

Do you wanna come to my hotel honey
Do you wanna hold me down tell me that you love me
Do you know that I could never really love nobody but you

I actually think Blue Banisters is up there.. it’s the epitome of false hope and neglect imo 

Yes 

A&W to Judah to Candy Necklace is some of the most Lynchian work she's ever done. She channeled him so hard with this run. Blue Velvet indeed, the seediness of what's below a pristine surface. A young girl cartwheeling, the preacher preaching, and the Candy man himself. But the girl is in danger, the preacher is shouting, and the the Candy necklaces don't taste right.

How do you not connect with the songs when they have lines like "fuck me till I love myself", "there's a certain point the body can't come back from // that''s how the light gets in", "It's not about havin' someone to love me anymore, this is the experience of bein' an American Whore", or just the sentiment of taking your sister's first born child's memories with you to the afterlife, like these are all extremely evocative. And then fingertips is like a diary.
The only song that is hard to relate to is candy necklace since it is so abstract.
 

“A&W” has now officially surpassed 50 MILLION streams on Spotify.  It's Lana’s fastest solo song to achieve this milestone.

Disclaimer: Following Judah's interlude ending disclaimer, this post will be more about slang than LDR or Ocean Blvd.
 
Took me awhile to formulate opinions (and keep up to date with the post-release thread). I think OB is easily Norman quality and I'd rate it high (although I like BB more than NFR, especially since she's shaded/dissed BB recently). I'd describe OB as an emotional scrapbook or mobile (that decorative thingee), as some songs seem yoked, or balance each other off. You can also think of the overall album structure as symphonic-like, with songs coming in coherent stretches of mood.  So the spacey/trancey, topic-compatible Kintsugi/Fingertips, is stuck in the middle as a kind of slow movement, between more dynamic sections. The opening 3 songs are wholesome/family-oriented and define a retro movement, being gospel and two pre-rock-era torch songs. The stretch from A&W to JBI is an existential-nausea movement (and I like the proggy elements), dealing with not-so-wholesome ideas/activities, with JSI turning up there, as a curious balance to the JBI, the latter something like a drug trip description? Classic LDR wtf stuff. The 4 songs after K/F, Paris through Margaret, are lighter. Paris (Texas) balances Margaret, as both songs are opposite topic-wise. Finally, the last tracks are more rambunctious, as last movements usually are. Fishtails evolves to Peppers, as does Taco Truck to VB. The VB reprise was cool, imo, especially if it means that the stretch of albums from NFR to OB form a complete arc (i.e., VB being used as a "reminiscenza", as with symphonies that end with themes that refer to the first movement). What's good about that interpretation is she's about to start a different album arc. However, the reworking was actually good enough, to have it preserved, as a kind of acid-flashback, which her lyrics somewhat suggest. I really wonder whether this version of the VB outro was earlier than the NFR-version (receipts?).
 
random ravings: 
I get trippy double-image effects throughout, where I'm not sure if she's talking about dead people, boyfriends, dying/getting boyfriends, or all at the same time. So the Grants start off pleading with a guy, but turns out to be more interested in taking family memories when she "goes". Is "when's it gonna be my turn" in OB referring to a stable relationship (as suggested by the word "love"), or the"taking of memories" stuff (suggested by the word "death")? In Kintsugi does "daddy, I miss them" refer to dead people or boyfriends; I'm guessing both here, given she name-checks Donoghue (a first in a released song?).
 
Let the Light In & Fishtails give me Barrie-vibes a bit, not with respect to his music, but more about him. Also I couldn't find Cold Coffee (his first album, which deals with his breakup with her) on Amazon or Itunes, and in Spotify it's greyed out. So I'm wondering why he's AKA'ed that album. Hopefully it's temporary.
 
The idea of LDR writing new song verses on top of older, other-artist songs was unsettling at first; however, the results for the 3 songs here were tremendous. BTW, Playing Dangerous is also a great example of this (Gato Barbieri, who scored Last Tango in Paris (not Texas), plus a catchy sampled drum solo from somewhere, to which she added, impressive original melodies). The not-so-familiar-features strategy (along with familiar ones: FJM, JB, and "Bleachers"), as well as the interesting feature approach, may work in her favor regarding AOTY prospects, if she's nominated. Winning means all participants get a grammy, and an underdog-seeming album, with some obscure-ish -- but substantially used-- features, might be favored in voting populations.

EXACTLY AND I TOLD HER I SAID MA'AM 

I actually think Blue Banisters is up there.. it’s the epitome of false hope and neglect imo 

I for one love the white woman lyric 

lana x kurt cobain get that ouija board out !

Lana Del Rey feat. Tommy Genesis

caroline, what kind of...

... was she to say i'd end up in institutions?

Fishtail dropping in the poll is some absolute lunacy. It's what TJF wanted to be but it's better since instead of being a sensual love song, it's a sensual fuck you and that's the energy and the tea I seek.

But daddy, I miss them... 

Creep - Radiohead ! 

This part of Judah Smith Interlude completely defines the concept of the album. 

A&W should win SOTY at the Grammys, that's the best song released so far by anyone 

Candy Necklace just sounds so expensive and otherworldly. She still got that sauce and mysticism I was afraid she'd lost over the time. 

You know after a few good listens I’ve really come to be impressed with how Lana’s Melodie’s and lyric structure kinda make it difficult to sing along because the songs are more like diary entries.. it’s like these songs were for her on her terms, more than any of her other ones. She is telling her own story in a way where we have no choice but to listen and I think it’s really beautiful.. now with some of these songs, I hear stories of points in her life.. detailed stories.. that Lana holds near and dear to her heart… it’s really cool. For sure no artist is doing it like her.. also really like the new found use of the word ‘daddy’ she went from calling toxic men to actually talking to her father in ‘Kintsugi’ for example. So much growth. I feel like a lot of these confessions/stories bring light to a lot of laptop demos and concepts as well.. when I heard the 15 year old part in ‘Fingertips’ I automatically thought of ‘Bentley’ .. and even ‘Boarding School’ ..not easy stuff to ever talk about or come to terms with so I’m glad she’s at peace enough as an artist and woman to become one with her traumas.. really cool.so proud of her.. also love how Candy Necklace is masking something real dark…

You know after a few good listens I’ve really come to be impressed with how Lana’s Melodie’s and lyric structure kinda make it difficult to sing along because the songs are more like diary entries.. it’s like these songs were for her on her terms, more than any of her other ones. She is telling her own story in a way where we have no choice but to listen and I think it’s really beautiful.. now with some of these songs, I hear stories of points in her life.. detailed stories.. that Lana holds near and dear to her heart… it’s really cool. For sure no artist is doing it like her.. also really like the new found use of the word ‘daddy’ she went from calling toxic men to actually talking to her father in ‘Kintsugi’ for example. So much growth. I feel like a lot of these confessions/stories bring light to a lot of laptop demos and concepts as well.. when I heard the 15 year old part in ‘Fingertips’ I automatically thought of ‘Bentley’ .. and even ‘Boarding School’ ..not easy stuff to ever talk about or come to terms with so I’m glad she’s at peace enough as an artist and woman to become one with her traumas.. really cool.so proud of her.. also love how Candy Necklace is masking something real dark…