longtimeman

A rumour based on nothing, unfortunately. Those databases have nothing to do with recordings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzDFWVIyUdw

I'm speechless watching these videos. So often when an artist will do obscure or 'fan favourite' songs, they will do a half assed version, as though just remembering them is enough. But Lana looks to be genuinely enjoying singing songs most of us had resigned ourselves to only ever hearing on demos and leaks. I don't even care what this means for the future - this is Lana reclaiming her own past.

We expect full, college paper length reports on your experiences

I think the setlist that's going around is from people listening to the band run through the songs yesterday. ETA: https://twitter.com/c__beard

She was on an Australian TV quiz show (Million Dollar Minute) with the question "The pop singer born as Elizabeth Grant is better known as ..."

When she played small venues, she was criticised for excluding so many of her fans, and the only winners were ticket scalpers. So to paraphrase the great philosopher Bart Simpson, she's damned if she does, and she's damned if she doesn't.

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This is so funny and so true. Following Lana reminds me of being a fan of music before the internet, when nobody knew anything until a record arrived in the racks.

I agree totally with this. With all due respect to Rob, anyone who follows his twitter feed can tell he's 100% dorky, proud father, 0% industry insider.

Thanks to @whitman posting about it yesterday, Never Let me Go

Business as usual.

That is a lot, but it's about standard these days for an international artist. Paloma Faith is about $90, and I'm guessing AB will be a better show.

Thank you! The Prince is a great venue, too - she's going to kill there

Thanks for the info! I hope she does some side shows closer to here.

The picture isn't showing for some reason :/

I have a feeling Coachella will be looked back on as 'her moment' - where she jumped right into the mainstream. She might not want it, but she's about to have a tonne of hipster fans.

More enlightenment, or mud for the water if you prefer Source: http://radio.com/2015/04/07/brian-wilson-interview-no-pier-pressure-lana-del-rey-frank-ocean-don-was/

It's unfortunately iTunes only. And it's definitely an important song in her oeuvre.

Sure. It occurred to me that Lana, as a woman, is also taking quite an interesting approach to creating a kind of iconic (and iconoclastic) image in her performances. Her instagram photo: She's absorbed in her music, but she's also standing in that no man's land between artists and audience, and has given her hand to the people in the front row. The perspective of the photo also gives the feeling that she's 'lowered herself' to meet her minions, but her gesture of offering her hand without reservation is also an act of placing her fans on her level. Compare with two other semi-religious rock images, both showing men whose idea of 'godlike' is in their aloofness. Nick Cave crouches above the audience, while they reach out their hands unable to touch him, and his hand is also outstretched but is making no effort to actually make contact. http://collections.theartscentre.com.au/paminter/imu.php?request=multimedia&irn=35446&width=524&format=jpeg Iggy Pop walks across the crowd, referencing Jesus walking on water While Iggy is in physical danger, and he's making direct contact with the audience, he's still mostly using them as a prop, and foot-to-hand contact has very different connotations to hand-to-hand. Anyway, thanks for making me think about this stuff

This was an interesting read - thanks for sharing it. Your tutor had to put that note about using theorists to back it up, despite the fact that most of the interesting discussions about sociology and pop culture are happening outside academia and on the internet. I've never seen it put quite like this, but watching Lana kiss her fans is such a break from what is expected in this relationship or transaction that it's more transgressive than Sid Vicious writing 'Gimme A Fix' across his chest. It's a breaking of the fourth wall, or a destruction of boundaries that is startling. I think people can question its 'authenticity' because it's so startling, but all the evidence appears to show that it's not affectation or gimmick.

At least they can honestly say that they're buying it for the articles

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This is like looking at that damn dress.