Ok, so I realized that many of the AKA songs started with the ending of the previous songs and it was really bugging me. So, with the resources I had, I edited all the songs so you don't hear the previous song. I also made the songs the same length as the original iTunes version and added "℗ 2009 5 Points Records".
You can download it here: http://lana-aka-lizzy-grant.tumblr.com/post/92822875256/lana-del-rey-a-k-a-lizzy-grant-album-edit
Thank me later
I have the 192 version, and it's hard to use tracks 05 (FKP2), 06 (Jump), and 07 (Mermaid Motel) as standalone tracks. I was getting ready to do a fadeout edit for FKP2 (i.e. taking forever to get around to it), but you've saved me the trouble, @@lanadelrey, so thanks!
Ok, so I realized that many of the AKA songs started with the ending of the previous songs and it was really bugging me. So, with the resources I had, I edited all the songs so you don't hear the previous song. I also made the songs the same length as the original iTunes version and added "℗ 2009 5 Points Records".
You can download it here: http://lana-aka-lizzy-grant.tumblr.com/post/92822875256/lana-del-rey-a-k-a-lizzy-grant-album-edit
Thank me later
I was talking about the album! Not your edit I don't know what's the source for AKA, at least the one I have it's not from iTunes. I think it came from 5 Points Records website, but I didn't download it directly from there so I'm not really sure. @@evilentity may can explain how we got it.
And yeah I noticed that instrumentals and early mixes are not like that so my guess is that it's something they did on the final mastering. But I don't really know.
I saw from the comments that many of you liked this interview. For me this overall boring interview is changing something important regarding my perception of her. I’m not sure about anything regarding Lana but I have certain inclinations regarding what I believe about her.
After this interview I’m definitely inclined to believe that she has some real psychological issues and she has no understanding of the consequences of her public persona on her private live and her psychological well-being.
I reacted in the past rather forcefully to opinions that she is a pathological liar because I believed that she’s a dreamer exaggerating things a little bit and she just don’t remember certain things accurately from her past especially regarding the time frames.
Now I believe that she is making up a lot of things because of her psychological problems.
She has some behavior that suggests towards psychological problems. I think that she suffers from low self-esteem in general but it is very interesting to analyze this regarding to two main aspects: her profession (her singing abilities especially) and her sexuality.
1. Her stage presence was always something that baffled me. I’m not fond of Gaga or Beyonce type of stage theatrics but Lana behavior on stage was (and it is) simply strange. She’s obviously shy, she creeps on stage, she is incredible nervous, holding desperately the mic, adjusting the position of the mic-cord, she turns her back to the audience to often to talk with her band, she made a habit out of that smoking shtick, she’s taking selfies for 10 min. with the front row, she never does encores etc. Everything is suggesting that she’s uncomfortable on stage. Her mental state it’s so obvious that when I see one of her live videos I always have an uneasy feeling like something not so good will happen. I observed that her live singing it’s uneven: there is some moments when her voice is pure and pitch perfect and some when she’s clearly messing the things up. I think that as soon as she’s on the stage she has to distinct threads running in her head simultaneously: one that is concentrating on her delivery and one that makes her exaggeratedly self-aware for a performer that is making her to feel that something bad will happen. When this latter thread takes over her voice starts to tremble, she looks miserable and she starts to improvise in a defiant and exaggerated manner which is more often bad than good.
I think that, because she started to sing so late and without proper training, she doubts her own singing abilities. He stated often that she wanted to be mainly a studio singer and she’s uncomfortable on stage.
2. She exaggerates her sexuality mainly through awkward statements in interviews that are contradicted by some of her observed behaviors: the promiscuous girl fantasy. She had a 3 year long relationship with Barrie and I never heard something serious regarding that she cheated on him. She created me the image of a good girl that fantasizes about being bad. Driving at night on the metro and writing, going to the beach, roller-coasters, and the pictures with her sister and her father hanging out: for a bad baby she’s too much involved with her family, she hangs out too much with her sister which is a very benign being btw. She was involved with WoW players, I know some things about WoW players and they are “bad” online and generally pretty regular people offline.
“I had a long-term relationship for seven years with someone who was the head of a label”. From what I know she had two labels in her life “5 Point Records” and “Interscope-Polydor”. She was signed in 2007 to 5 Point Records. David Nichtern was the head of the label and David Kahne was the producer and I’m pretty certain that she didn't fucked with these guys and certainly she didn't have a 7 year long relationship with any of them. Maybe she was involved with guys from another label or with lesser guys from 5 Point? Not likely, because we would found something about that online. She fucked around random guys on the open mic circuit for record deals? No. It’s more likely that she invented this “adventures” to match the inner expectations towards the character Lana Del Rey that she fantasized about.
“I have slept with a lot of guys in the industry”. There are two things that are suggesting that she’s not a in full control of her behaviour: first, is the obvious exaggerated-overtness of the statement which is about admitting publicly to promiscuous behavior. Sexuality it’s a private thing and people in the GP reacts strongly towards these type of statements. And of course the “annoyed that the whoring didn't resulted in record deals” will not be perceived as sarcasm by a large proportion of the GP. Second, is her problem understanding the consequence of this statement on her future inner wellbeing. I remember the student from Duke University who wanted to pay for her tuition with porn money which is a reminder that there is no fresh start after you do or say certain things in public.
Her alleged promiscuity is just contradicting with her statements about being a good person, helping the community and being with her family.
I don't know if any of you observed her stiffness when she dances. I don't want to read to much in to it, but this can be a small suggestion that she is not so easy going. Watch her dancing with Mahoney in the SOC video it's totally awkward. Her physicality is more posturing to me than something that would suggest nymphomaniac tendencies.
I think that Lizzy Grant is in the midst of the psychological chaos created by the adoption of the Lana Del Rey character when she took the decision that Lizzy and Lana are the same person. Lana is a fantasy and Lizzy is just morphing strangely under this façade. There are two outcomes possible: She will become Lana Del Rey or she will melt psychologically at some point and we'll all know it.
Summertime Sadness - There’s something exotic about you that makes people want to get to know you. You’re sensitive yet self-aware, a quality that makes you both intelligent and (sometimes) lonely. You live in the moment and appreciate the little things. Sometimes your emotional side draws you into a sad, desperate mood and makes you think about the past a lot, luckily you always find the strength to get over it. You feel the need to be adventurous and find strength in facing your fears. You’re on fire!