Cherry Blossom

we'll never have another artist like her... it's basically a poem, and it mentions methamphetamines, flamingos, coney island, jersey shore, and a lot of mentions of "blue" that undeniably add to the song's beautifully melancholic feel, blue fifty's queen, blue oyster cove, blue fifty's song  it's so lizzy grant, not to mention it's lo-fi quality, and the random soundbytes of elvis  i will cherish her for all eternity... and the fact it morphed into old money.... imagine a laptop demo of old money similar to sweetheart and connection, it would be such a monumental moment

I see this interpretation a lot and I don’t think it’s right - obviously I’m not Lana but how I think it was meant to come across was this:
 
Lana is clearly digging at Sean making her a side piece in their relationship. Hence the commentary on lust. I believe Lana agrees with the sermon - or, agrees with what her interpretation of the sermon is - but finds the execution funny. Such as ‘Rhino designer’, Judah’s delivery is intentionally comical to strengthen his point. I don’t think she is laughing at Judah, I think she is laughing with him because his speech is clearly satire and comedic at parts. 

definitely songs of leonard cohen <3

Leonard's music is definitely perfect for winter! I might start with Songs of Leonard Cohen (probably the most accessible and famous), then Songs of Love and Hate, then I'm Your Man, but it's so hard to pick. 

Where to start with his music? Feel like his music is perfect for winter but don't know what to start with

Genuinely one of her greatest songs. I know Lana's lyrics are an amazing luxury in her discography, but with songs like Flipside she proves she doesn't need to have intense, intricate lyrics to build a striking and emotional world

Genuinely one of her greatest songs. I know Lana's lyrics are an amazing luxury in her discography, but with songs like Flipside she proves she doesn't need to have intense, intricate lyrics to build a striking and emotional world

Where to start with his music? Feel like his music is perfect for winter but don't know what to start with

Where to start with his music? Feel like his music is perfect for winter but don't know what to start with

Where to start with his music? Feel like his music is perfect for winter but don't know what to start with

I can't believe one of the most eminent poets and lyricists of our age, Leonard Cohen, doesn't have a thread on LanaBoards! 
 

 
Leonard Cohen (1934 - 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout his work include faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption, social and political conflict, and sexual and romantic love, desire, regret, and loss.
 
Known as a poet before he was a songwriter, Leonard Cohen touched the hearts of many people with his poetry and songs, including Lana, who wrote on an Instagram caption after his passing, 
“I’d be lying if I said it didn’t kind of break my heart that I never got to tell you how much you changed me,” she wrote underneath. “Not that it would’ve mattered to ya, it’s just that other than Bob and Joan you were the only person I ever really felt spoke my language. I love you as a real fan and I always looked for a little bit of you in all of my future friends. God bless.”
 
She has referenced Leonard Cohen many times throughout her body of work. Also, she has sung a Leonard Cohen cover, "Chelsea Hotel #2," with Leonard's son, Adam Cohen. Iconic! 
 
Please post below about how Leonard Cohen's work has impacted your life, Leonard's inspiration that can be found in Lana's songs, and of course, your favourite songs, albums. etc. 

As for Lana referencing Leonard Cohen, here's a few I can think of: 
 
Most recently, in Kintsugi, the beautiful repeated lyric

“That’s how the light shines in
That’s how the light shines in
That’s how the light gets in." 

Is a reference to one of Leonard's most famous songs, Anthem, in which the lyrics go: 

"Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in"

Anthem is a stunning song that I recommend you all check out. It's one of the most beautiful sentiments I've ever heard of in my life and truly comforting. Many people have used the song to help cope with grief, which is what I suspect Lana was doing (as a Leonard fan) around the time the events in Kintsugi took place. Then, in her beautiful mind, she managed to turn the sentiment into her own metaphor and make it her own. 
  In Mariners Apartment complex: 

"You lose your way, just take my hand
You're lost at sea, then I'll command your boat to me again
Don't look too far, right where you are, that's where I am
I'm your man"

Is a reference to Leonard's song "I'm Your Man," which Lana subverts. Here's Leonards; 

"If you want a partner, take my hand, or If you want to strike me down in anger
Here I stand
I'm your man."

It's actually a fairly tragic song about love, telling how he will do anything his lover wants, even becoming a completely different person to suit her needs. Particularly notable of course is the common sentiment of "take my hand" as well as the phrase "I'm your man." Mariners Apartment Complex also reminds me a bit of the Leonard song "Suzanne," I can't quite put my finger on why though. 
  Finally, on "Venice Bitch," Lana makes a subtle reference that I almost missed in the bridge; 

"La-la-la-la-la-la, losers, beautiful losers" 

Which references Leonard's book of the same name. It was his last book he published before he became a singer/songwriter. You can read more about Beautiful Losers here, it's interesting thinking about how it fits into the "feel" of Venice Bitch!  Please let me know if I missed any and please contribute to this thread, Leonard really deserves it. 

I GOT TICKETS FOR ROUNDHOUSE IN JUNE 

It's undeniable that her impact has been colossal this year. But it makes it all the more bittersweet when you realise how much she could advocate for but refuses to speak out. Between her silence on Palestine, her association with people like Matty Healy and  Brittany Mahomes, carbon emissions, the 'ethical' billionaire stuff and more, it kinda sucks. Not saying she doesn't deserve Person of the Year or that it should have gone to someone else, but she wields a massive amount of influence, and all she can talk about is drama from 7 years ago?
 
Don't get me wrong, I think Taylor has also done a lot of good in the world, and I've enjoyed getting into some of her music this year. And I don't think it's. necessarily right to hold her up on some kind of moral pedestal, she's a pop singer at the end of the day. And obviously in an ideal world, we'd turn away from celebrities being the mouthpieces on sociopolitical topics.

my reputation's never been worse so...
    
 
    

Putin had that title like million times already, out of those finalists, she deserved it the most

She's Time's Person of the Year!!!! Honestly, deserved, she had an amazing year, and I can't see the title going to anyone else. The article was mildly interesting, she spoke a bit less filtered than usual.

I’m sorry but this is her biggest serve 

gonna revive this bc how wholesome & why not <3  this is the first song I have any memory of, my dad basically taught it to me- we sang it together all the time when I was a lil girl & because of that it'll always be very special to me 
 
 
besides that.... def Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire.. I'd always ask my granddad to spin it when I visited LOL, I thought it was so fun n loved dancing to it 

Javelin, Sufjan Stevens
Did You Know…, Lana
The Loveliest Time, Carly Rae Jepsen
The Land is Inhospitable, Mitski
Something To Give Each Other, Troye Sivan
everything is alive, slowdive

wait bc i fully thought this was a release of the elvis cover and was so confused why we had a west virginian running rampage over Unchained Melody

wait bc i fully thought this was a release of the elvis cover and was so confused why we had a west virginian running rampage over Unchained Melody

wait bc i fully thought this was a release of the elvis cover and was so confused why we had a west virginian running rampage over Unchained Melody

thank you (from all of us collectively) to whoever was manifesting the covers album

Lana Del Rey will be releasing a single for her cover of John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" tonight at midnight local time.