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I never knew what I wanted until I found out I wanted a LDR Christmas album.

I've been a big Floyd fan on and off for a long time, but think that the best PF performance I've ever seen isn't even exactly Pink Floyd - it's from David Gilmour's Live at Gdansk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkaq0_qOx0E Hell, not just one of Floyd's/Gilmour's best moments, but one of music's best 25 minutes.

Does anyone have a reasonable sized version of the 'God Bless America' cover?

The whole AKA/Lizzy Grant issue couldn't have been handled worse by Lana's 'team' (whoever that might have included), but what's most interesting about AKA (and even Sirens) is how much of what we think of as the Lana Del Rey image and persona was being developed back then. The only thing wrong with AKA is that it sounds like a (very good) demo, but there are deep, awful reasons why there is considered to be something wrong with the name 'Lizzy Grant'.

Most bands throughout history have added about five songs from each new album to their repertoire, which is what Lana's done on this tour. The internet seems to encourage a culture of constant novelty, where everything has to be continually new and fresh, and you get idiotic comments like 'welcome to two months ago' if you're not right at the bleeding edge of culture. I don't know if I'll get to see Lana live, but I'd be disappointed if she didn't play Video Games and National Anthem, at least (and I say that as someone who considers Ultraviolence my album of the year).

That was ... confusing. MØ is by far the best thing about the track [Edit: in the studio, of course], but that was a strange performance.

Huh?

Listening to it again, I think she definitely based some of her phrasing on Nico - most of it is generic 'German accent', but some lines have that over-exaggerated Nico 'Laaaaaaaawst'.

I think it's a good cover, but I don't know whether I'll ever listen to it again. That said, the 'looking to get fucked hard' line is not a throwaway line for shock value - it actually holds a lot of the meaning of the song. Changing it to 'hit' actually makes it shocking for shock's sake, and doesn't fit. Otherwise, it will be good for Lana and might revive Paradise.

I agree with this so much. I feel like that if I've been having a generally shitty day at work, but somebody I like comes up and asks how I'm going. The truth is, I'm not going great, but the fact that I'm talking with someone cool has brightened me up, so I'm not lying when I say 'good'. That's how she feels to me in some of the live videos - where she's feeling a bunch of different emotions at once. You're not expected to do that, though, as a celebrity - you're meant to be either party girl, or sassy, or downbeat, or thoughtful, but not more than one of those at once. There are lots of artists in the past who have had major success, and then pulled back completely from fame and made the transition. I think that's what Lana wants to do, and that's her strategy with UV sounding how it does and being presented as it is. There's also an element of 'will you love me if I do this? How about this?' She wants to push the public as far as she can to see how much control she can have over her own creative world, so we might be in for a bumpy ride, but in ten years, I think she'll be doing what she wants to do, at her own pace, and for people who care about her.

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According to this review the setlist was: Cruel World Cola Body Electric Blue Jeans West Coast Born to Die Ultraviolence Old Money Carmen (Friday) / Shades of Cool (Saturday) Summertime Sadness Million Dollar Man Ride Video Games National Anthem But is that right?

Or to put it another way, if you get a lot of heat for a post, it means you're doing the thread right.

Mad version. And the BRIDGE!

Flop fan question. I know Blake, Byron and Tom, but what is the name of Lana's bassist/keyboardist?

Thanks a lot for the report, @ !

The more I look at these photos, the more I want to look at these photos That's not a wig she's wearing is it? It looks more like extensions.

Jesus. Old Money (incomplete but amazing)

I was pretty much joking about the 'movie' idea, but it looks like it might not be a fever dream: http://instagram.com/filmmakerfitz Edit: it's clearer on his tumblr: http://filmmakerfitz.tumblr.com/post/100301191417/kevin-kerslake-is-directing-a-movie-of-lana-del Text: Kevin Kerslake is directing a movie of Lana Del Rey live in concert at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. I found myself on stage a few times with a camera in hand. There are worse ways to pay the bills. #LDR #lanadelrey #kevinkerslake #hollywoodforever @kevinkerslake

Does anyone know if this is being filmed? It would seem an obvious filler TV program for Halloween.

The wig is back!!!

It's rough, because UV has nothing to do with modern pop, but most hipster rock nerds don't consider Lana to be rock, so she doesn't really fit anywhere. I'd love it if Tropico won an award, though.

I don't care who K is, or even if he ever existed, or is a composite, or was actually a high school friend who got busted cheating on tests and had to leave school. It won't change what I feel about any of the songs that we consider about him. With ONE exception. If it turns out he's a real person, I want to see a photo of him, so I can mentally replace BS with him in my mind when thinking about Blue Jeans and BTD.

Very cool - I've heard this before, but the audio is not anywhere near as good as seeing the video as well. This is one of a few videos that show what she might have been like as a straight out rock singer.