longtimeman

Number one at JB-Hi Fi, Melbourne (apologies for the terrible photo)

One of Australia's biggest newspapers gave L4L a four star review ETA: This is literally the first thing I've seen about the album in the Australian media.

It's depressing when friends of mine who love Lana, but don't know about the fact that she never tours, keep asking me when she's coming back to Australia, and suggesting that we go

Am I missing something? Apparently I'm deaf

I'm sure it's purely a coincidence but most of the 0's seem to be coming from people who either only have one review, or have only reviewed this album and given 10s to Lorde [or Gaga or Katy Perry]

Opinions aside, this guy is a terrible writer. The review reads like it was Google translated from English to Chinese and back again sample quote: To paraphrase the old Jewish joke, "for this, he makes a living?!"

She also sings 'You take the whale' in HBTB, so you can't always trust what comes out of her mouth Anyway, I definitely hear "gunnin'" but 'crying while I'm cumming' is a better line.

This was a really interesting read Does anyone know when Rick stopped being just another producer, and essentially became her main collaborator? He was already working a lot with her for the first Ultraviolence sessions, so it was either then or before then.

I'm guessing that quote's from Breitbart? (I won't visit that website for the same reason I won't sit on public toilet seats that are covered in waste). Their entire business model is making up news, and people who use words like 'liberal' as a slur deserve their lives.

Hearing Stevie come in during Beautiful People, Beautiful Problems is like waking up just in time to watch a perfect sunrise

I though it would be useful to include the lyrics to the Lou Reed song 'Heroin' here, as it doesn't only share a title/subject matter with Lana's song, there might also be some interesting parallels people might want to explore. Calm down, mate. You're making me anxious about having the same opinions as you.

I agree that's a good chance. I have another theory that the 'fuck' was an actual bit of swearing Lana did when she messed up something in the studio, and it sounded good so they added it in.

You can relive all the excitement here: http://lanaboards.com/index.php?/topic/6849-honeymoon-reviews-and-metascore/ And the Ultraviolence thread is here: http://lanaboards.com/index.php?/topic/4871-ultraviolence-reviews-74-metascore-discuss-reviews-only

I honestly don't know, but I tend to favour more surface level interpretations of her songs than esoteric ones, even when she's referencing the occult.

Well, I was too slow to post before you deleted it, but the Crowley reference is pretty clearly putting him alongside the other 'false prophets' that people follow without thinking for themselves.

Why would you want to remove the sticker? It's a part of the release, and in the future won't be considered complete if it's missing.

Just like nobody made a big deal about the link on Honeymoon between consecutive songs 'The Blackest Day' and '24 (Hours)', I wonder whether people are going to pick up on following the Beatles referencing 'Tomorrow Never Came' with 'Heroin', which references the Velvet Underground [The dark side Beatles], refers to Manson, and Motley Crue, who covered the Beatles' 'Helter Skelter', which (among other songs) 'inspired' Manson. I mean, I can't even write it out without producing the worst run on sentence ever posted here This record's going to take a while to decipher fully ...

I've listened about 4 times this afternoon, and the record is phenomenal. Favourites so far: 13 Beaches Cherry When the World Was At War Beautiful People Heroin Get Free

My impression is that it's about a feeling of darkness that the narrator has from the place that she's in, while the people around her are getting off on the fact that they're in a place associated with Manson. Warning: disgusting imagery in spoiler. The song seems to be about some people escaping into heroin, and some escaping from it. "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't sick of it" is also about the need for escape (similar to the scene in 'Afraid'), and the sickness that surrounds heroin use - the sickness of addiction; the sickness of withdrawal; the existential sickness of being in that physical place. I've only just heard the song in the past couple of hours so it's still sinking in, but it's one of her best works.

Chord progressions can't be copyrighted, because if they were, Bo Diddley would be the richest person in the universe. https://ask.audio/articles/5-common-beliefs-about-song-copyrights-some-true-some-false

Random thoughts from someone who has only heard the singles, and can't wait to buy a physical CD in about 15 hours.

I haven't either.

This is really interesting. I had heard live versions, but hadn't seen video, and the way she physically and demonstratively stops herself from singing that line really shows where her emotions are at. The most compelling thing about her lyrics is that there's no sense of hindsight in them - she sings through the events as though she's experiencing them right that moment for the first time - and one of the risks of that is dealing with something that she hasn't fully worked through yet. I think in a few years, she might be able to sing that line again, from a different perspective.

https://www.reddit.com/r/lanadelrey/comments/6o49ss/local_record_shop_selling_it_early/dkers3s/ Never forget the first rule of lana club.

Has anyone seen any store displays for the album? I've been to a few CD shops, and there wasn't even a card above the LDR section