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  1. Neptune-Avenue liked a post in a topic by lanasgirl in Lana Del Rey gets interviewed by Laura Leishman at Versailles   
    The interviewer only posted the preview yet, you can find it here:




    Description: Lana talks about her upcoming album Ultraviolence and her new tattoo prior to her not-so-secret gig that night. 
    Update: Listen to the whole interview!
  2. HONEYMOON liked a post in a topic by Neptune-Avenue in Lana Del Rey Cancels Performance on David Letterman Show   
    i think she will do better this time. its like her concerts shes spoken about how the larger crowds have helped her over come her stage fright and that she  is a different performer now.
  3. Neptune-Avenue liked a post in a topic by MahaMaha in LANALYSIS: Relating Songs To Known/Assumed Relationships   
    She denied that! source: http://goo.gl/cGbuJH I don't know if you understand German but Imma translate:
     
    "Q: They say you've been inspired by glamorous actress Lana Turner for your first name?
    LDR: No, That's not true. On the internet there's a whole bunch of nonsense about me. I don't even know any movies she's played in. It's also not true that the Ford Del Rey induced my new surname - even though it's a great car. Lana Del Rey, sounds like mysterious a little morbid glamour."
     
    People just assume because she uses the Del Rey logo and Lana Turner's signature in some of her homemade videos.
  4. Neptune-Avenue liked a post in a topic by strange weather in LANALYSIS: Relating Songs To Known/Assumed Relationships   
    exactly my problem. i don't blame lana or any young girl for having an obsessive crush on their teacher, but he obviously stepped over the line. actually the way lana talks about lolita is pretty disgusting. she thinks it's a love story for crying out loud. no doubt because of that teacher.
  5. cheaptrailertrashglm liked a post in a topic by Neptune-Avenue in LANALYSIS: Relating Songs To Known/Assumed Relationships   
    I think were all just hoping so.... The fact that she has him on tour with her , is using his name in Ultraviolence .. and he has written 2 songs (that we know about) for her could indicate one of 2 theories FOR ME.
     
    1 she needs him as a muse and is still holding onto her relationship with him and needs him to keep her good(clean)?....
    OR
    2 she is retelling  the tales of her unreleased songs for us  and jimmy is an important stories she wants to fully tell. and he is just on tour with her to boost his fame.?.
     
    Im pretty much ok with either of these things being true, but the fact that she Premiered  Ultraviolence live  the way she did makes me feel like it was for him like it was unexpected. he could have been  hearing it for the first time just like everyone else, Then when she is speaking the Spanish lines in the song she looks so embarrassed and shy  like school girl Lizzy :3
  6. Neptune-Avenue liked a post in a topic by ligialoveslana in My experience at the Seattle show— just some FYI and warnings   
    @ just said my thoughts exactly! Her shows should be 21+, that would make such a huge difference.
    I've seen this idea becoming more and more popular on the internet with people coming to the same conclusion.
    I would feel bad for mature under-21 persons if they were left out of a LDR concert just because of their age but I honestly think there should be some kind of selection and I'm assuming age would be the most appropriate.
    There should be like a trial of a couple of 21+ shows to see how that goes..
    I guess it isn't for us to decide but I really hope someone from her management team reads this someday. And that I won't get a lot of hate from younger persons 
  7. Neptune-Avenue liked a post in a topic by drownsoda in My experience at the Seattle show— just some FYI and warnings   
    So I was at the Seattle show yesterday on the 27th, and I thought I'd share my experience just to give other people some insight into what they are really getting themselves into at these shows.
     
    We showed up at 6am outside the venue and there were already a few people waiting. By 8am, there was a full line that had formed, and the venue staff gave us raffle tickets for being the early birds that guaranteed us first entry into the show, which was really nice. I was in a group of four— myself, my brother, my friend, and my brother's girlfriend. We hung out all day at the show and would leave in groups of two for food and bathroom breaks. By 10am there was a line around the building, and by noon they had herded the line into winding gates, and later formed more lines on the opposite side of the venue doors. By the afternoon it was a zoo there, and one lady told me about an hour or so before the doors opened that the line on our side had extended into three levels of the parking garage across the street. There were A LOT of people there.
     
    As far as the tickets went, myself, my brother and his girlfriend all had will-call through Adventures in Wonderland, and my friend had gotten hers through the Ticketmaster presale. The staff kept telling everybody it was a paperless event and that you needed your credit card only to get inside, but they failed to acknowledge the fact that a lot of us had the AIW tickets which were made available to us around 2pm at the box office. Anyway, the AIW tickets were totally valid. Our line got first entry as promised when the doors opened at 6:30pm, and everyone of course ran to the stage against the staff's command. My friend had a hurt knee so we walked as fast as we could and were still able to get a spot up against the barricade. About 20 minutes later we were given the okay to stand, and then shit really got insane. My brother and I secured spots at the barricade and had the two girls in front of us with our arms extended around them so that they wouldn't get crushed against the barricade. 
     
    I'm going to be honest here— the majority of the crowd was extremely rude. "Feral teenage girls" is the only way I can describe it. Fortunately my brother and I are both over 6 feet tall and weight 200 pounds each, so we were able to hold our ground, but it was a nonstop struggle from the time we stood until the end of the show. It honestly was the worst during the opening act— SO much pushing and shoving. There was a group of girls behind me who were physically assaulting me the entire show— hitting me, pinching my ribcage, kicking the backs of my knees, scratching me, pulling at my hair— it was ridiculous. One girl who looked like she was sixteen told me she was going to stab me if I didn't move. I of course didn't move, and she of course didn't stab me. One girl poured water on me. My point is, people are INSANE at these shows. My friend in Chicago warned me about it and I took her warning lightly, but now that I experienced the show, I cannot imagine being under 5'5" and lasting long on the floor. There were at least 20 girls who I saw get pulled over the barricade and taken out by security; some of them were stone cold passed out, and at one point during the show, cops came in and were arresting people. 
     
    The large group of girls behind me who were attacking me the whole time did not seem to understand that I was physically pressed against a metal fence with a 5 foot tall person in front of me whom I was trying to protect from getting crushed— they still thought they were entitled and should have been allowed to be where I was standing. Before Lana came on, after the opening act, a security guard told all the guys in the front (myself included) to put our arms out against the bar on the barricade and push our bodies back to keep the girls in front of us safe, which I had to do multiple times throughout the show, and every time I did it all of the girls behind me screamed and acted like I was abusing them. Several of them tried to tell the security to kick us out for pushing back against them, but there was literally no other option— these girls did not seem to understand that our bodies were up against steel and that we were NOT going to move any further. One girl gave me a lot of trouble (the one who was pinching my rib cage) and she kept wedging her arm in-between mine and the guy's next to me on the barricade, and I told her repeatedly to get her arm out because when a pushing wave came she was going to end up with a broken arm, but she refused to listen to me. 
     
    Luckily, I had a really nice Australian guy to my right who was protecting his girlfriend against the barricade, and to the right of us was a French female college student from Paris who was super friendly and had seen Lana before in Paris last year. I felt bad for her because she was against the barricade as well and people were pushing on her the entire time and she was fighting back. 
     
    Honestly though, the crowds— mainly teenage girls in flower crowns— need to CHILL out. I waited in line for 14 hours and we EARNED our spot against that barricade. Honestly I felt like 80% of the crowd were a bunch of spoiled high school girls who had gotten tickets through their parents, and they had absolutely no respect for anybody and were horribly entitled. One girl who was attacking me informed me she "knew more of Lana's songs than I did," and that I shouldn't even have been there— goes to show the maturity level/age group of these girls. I'm glad I was able to give them a wake-up call that they can't always get their way, especially when they are going to try to cheat their way to the front and threaten and hurt people to do so. As I said, I had the benefit of being a big guy who could easily handle their attempts at destabilizing me, but it was disturbing how aggressive and pissed off they were. When the show ended, the security guard near us came up to the barricade and gave me a thumbs up and told me I did the right thing by pushing back and holding my ground to protect my friend in front of me, and all of the girls who had spent three and a half hours mauling me scoffed and were appalled. It was a nice affirmation.
     
    As far as Lana's show goes, it was of course incredible. She came down to the barricade and took pictures with fans midway through the set, but stopped and turned around literally FEET before us unfortunately. I got some great photos though and did my best to enjoy the music. 
     
    But, yeah, the show was as insane as I was warned it would be. Worse than punk shows. I've seen Hole live before and the crowd was tamer than this. What it comes down to is that the majority of the crowd was immature, selfish, and incredibly mean-spirited. Beware of that. Unless of course you ARE one of these people, in which case all I have to say to you is: GROW UP.
     
    Also: make sure you are hydrated and have eaten something, even if it's light. A lot of these girls were passing out as I said and many of them were pulled over the barricade because they couldn't handle it. One of my friends from college was there on the opposite side with three of her friends, and she told me that two of her friends collapsed one had a panic attack and had to be taken out. I guess my point is, yes, these shows ARE as crazy as people are saying they are, and this is coming from a 23 year old male who has gone to multiple punk and rock shows before and been in moshpits. BE PREPARED PLEASE.
  8. Neptune-Avenue liked a post in a topic by MotelHoney in Lana Del Rey gets interviewed by a fan at The Shrine in Los Angeles, May 30   
    Uhh... sorry someone's hardship makes you feel so annoyed?
  9. Neptune-Avenue liked a post in a topic by lanasgirl in Lana Del Rey gets interviewed by a fan at The Shrine in Los Angeles, May 30   
    The boy who interviewed Lana at The Shrine in LA made a Youtube channel and uploaded the interview.
     

  10. Neptune-Avenue liked a post in a topic by ednafrau in Lana Del Rey Interview: XLSemanal   
    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».
  11. Neptune-Avenue liked a post in a topic by Mileena in Unpopular Lana Opinions   
    Well, kids have probably seen it 1000x on the street anyway by complete strangers. It's down to parents to set examples to their kids - not Lana Del Rey (or any other celebrity). If David Bowie can smoke on stage, Lana Del Rey can too.
  12. Neptune-Avenue liked a post in a topic by Lana Del Rey in Unpopular Lana Opinions   
    Video games was good at first but now it's shit because everyone knows about that song
  13. Neptune-Avenue liked a post in a topic by SwayTokyo in LANALYSIS: Relating Songs To Known/Assumed Relationships   
    Are we under the assumption that Jimmy Gnecco and Lana had a relationship again? I thought it was ruled out as "she was an obsessive fan and he was disinterested in her." 
  14. Wilde_child liked a post in a topic by Neptune-Avenue in LANALYSIS: Relating Songs To Known/Assumed Relationships   
    no need to be snappy...  i assume the interview i read had been tampered with... my apologies 
  15. Wilde_child liked a post in a topic by Neptune-Avenue in LANALYSIS: Relating Songs To Known/Assumed Relationships   
    i read in another interview that she got the Del rey part from the ford Del rey  and i forget what she said the Lana part came from somebody she admired.. 
  16. Neptune-Avenue liked a post in a topic by Creyk in Album Trailer Featuring "Shades of Cool," "Ultraviolence," and "Brooklyn Baby" Snippets   
    If she shot that many videos, we would probably know about it
  17. Macintosh Manhattan liked a post in a topic by Neptune-Avenue in Album Trailer Featuring "Shades of Cool," "Ultraviolence," and "Brooklyn Baby" Snippets   
    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 
  18. Neptune-Avenue liked a post in a topic by #glimmeringdarling in Album Trailer Featuring "Shades of Cool," "Ultraviolence," and "Brooklyn Baby" Snippets   
    I don't think they're related to music videos . I think it was just like the preview for paradise edition (without all the songs ) that she recorded while she recorded the video for west coast.. It's just part of the promotion . I feel like Brooklyn baby and UV will get their own music videos (different from the west coast vid) and I can see UV with a monologue and wasn't the paradise edition preview filmed during summer time sadness music video?
  19. Neptune-Avenue liked a post in a topic by DanCastro in Saddest / Most Depressing Lana Song   
    Junkie Pride, Velvet Crowbar, Afraid & Your Band is All The Rage.
  20. Neptune-Avenue liked a post in a topic by CarcrashBandicoot in Saddest / Most Depressing Lana Song   
    Try Tonight is fucking awfully sad. I love it. It actually gives me chills. My Momma is kind of sad, too. Yayo from AKA depresses me, too.
  21. Neptune-Avenue liked a post in a topic by Sitar in Saddest / Most Depressing Lana Song   
    Get Drunk (my obv fave) is sad to me in the way that it's incredibly unsettling. I never listen to it on repeat because more than one dose of it is too much for me
     
    Last Girl on Earth interestingly has this incredibly sad melody, though the lyrics might be a little too fantastical to full on depress me. But sonically, and in her delivery...it always gets under my skin. Kinda the same case with C U L8r Alligator--plus "You're not the first one that I've heard say 'maybe'"
     
    Afraid hits really hard, too.
  22. Neptune-Avenue liked a post in a topic by Coney Island King in Album Trailer Featuring "Shades of Cool," "Ultraviolence," and "Brooklyn Baby" Snippets   
    Brooklyn Baby is screaming for a hip hop beat somewhere.
  23. omgitsnathan liked a post in a topic by Neptune-Avenue in Album Trailer Featuring "Shades of Cool," "Ultraviolence," and "Brooklyn Baby" Snippets   
    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 
  24. Lanakai liked a post in a topic by Neptune-Avenue in Album Trailer Featuring "Shades of Cool," "Ultraviolence," and "Brooklyn Baby" Snippets   
    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 
  25. Amadeus liked a post in a topic by Neptune-Avenue in Album Trailer Featuring "Shades of Cool," "Ultraviolence," and "Brooklyn Baby" Snippets   
    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 
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