longtimeman

Paloma Faith - Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful.

I wish I didn't have to know that such a tragic story had been made into some fucking camp meme.

Happy birthday AKA aka LDR! I'd be happy with a straight reissue with the original cover, maybe some nice liner notes written by one of our resident Lizzy experts, and some vintage photos.

It will have its day ... Can anyone let me know which parts of the Let The Light In have gone viral? It feels like more of a story song, and less of a 'three seconds taken out of context for fun' type of song.

I have the Target edition, but not the Japanese pressing.

Can you please upload it somewhere? Realising this might be against the rules, so don't do that, but I'd be interested to hear even a 30 second clip with the part you think sounds different, to know whether it's worth getting my fifth copy of the album.

I was genuinely expecting to see you on the 'best username' category. It's one of the names here that cracks me up every time I see it. (And I normally hate SNs with 'Pussy' or a variation of that in them.)

I always find this so hard, because there are at least 3 great members who I want to sweep the whole thing, but obviously they all can't. And when it comes to the unlikable people, I hate giving them any recognition, so don't want to vote for them either. In any case, this is a fun one!

Not everyone needs to measure sobriety in the same way. It's possible it means 20 years sober, with occasional 'breaks'/relapses not being counted. She says 11 years in Melancholia, which was recorded I guess 11 years ago, but as I always say, she's terrible with specifics and dates, even important ones. Also, sobriety doesn't have to mean complete abstinence. I know people who are lucky enough to be able to move from problem drinkers to occasional drinkers without problems, but the important thing is they're not drinking in a self destructive way anymore.

This is a great explanation. I also think there's a double meaning - the 'songs that she sings' also refer to her own songs, and she's thinking of the end of her own life ("... your days flash in front of you"), and she sees herself forgotten (see 'DYKTTATUOB'), and her own songs as obscure as the folk songs. (The 'just another folk song' also shows this double meaning - both the old songs her families are standing together singing, and also 'Kintsugi' itself).

It makes me wistful to think that if he really was the svengali behind the scenes of making Lana into a big star, like all the haters imagined, her image would have been based around lobsters and Hawaiian shirts instead of old starlets and red dresses.

Does anyone remember the fan made record 'Young and Beautiful' on Youtube? I feel like that was my first real exposure to unreleased (even though it mixed in a few released, non album songs), and I'd love to see a tracklist again. Anyway, I think the first unreleased song I came across was Driving in Cars With Boys, which I remain obsessed with, and, if it counts, Kinda Out of Luck.

This is one of the lines that people online seemed to argue over (what exactly the line said), and that she took the time to VERY clearly enunciate when singing it live, so I think she really wanted it to be understood.

100% not a Lana show. Maybe they're spinning her record between sets?

It's always great when a fella tells a woman how she should be a better feminist. (I haven't watched it, and probably won't, but seeing as he clearly didn't listen to the album the first time around, then fuck him).

Every line of this song is God-level poetry, and is both hilarious and terrifying. The greatest diss track of all time, and it's entirely self-directed! I've had lines from this very song come to mind a thousand times.

What is the source for this? (Also, everyone needs to look her up, so I'm noting the correct spelling of Simone Weil's name)

Good to see this thread is popping. I strongly recommend the album 'Songs of Love and Hate' for fans of Ocean Blvd - it uses similar song structures and themes, and is simply a masterpiece.

Exactly the same as The Guardian with NFR.

This is one of the most poetically dense and multifaceted lyrics I've ever come across. I'm still trying to come to grips with it.

I'm seeing Honeymoon is back?!

Her singing Dolly's version of 'I Will Always Love You' would be a dream come true.

Looking forward to Lana recreating this scene on her next tour

Visuals and sound were absolutely stunning. I managed to have to miss it live due to work, but thank you to NBC and Elle for posting them so quickly. I'm also really glad that Byron got to star, by Lana's side, where he's been ride-or-die for over a decade.