Honeymooner

Greetings! I haven't posted here in ages. I have listened to "Lust for Life" and I like most of the songs. I wondered if anyone else caught some of the references to other songs in hers. For example: "Love" -- she says "Don't Worry Baby" several times, perhaps a reference to the Beach Boys song of that name? "Cherry" -- several occurrences of "Rosemary and Thyme," possibly a nod to Simon and Garfunkel "Scarborough Fair" (the words "Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme") "Coachella" -- the words "Stairway to Heaven" come up during the chorus; possibly an homage to Led Zeppelin? "Tomorrow Never Comes" -- this one has a couple. I heard "Tiny Dancer" a few times (Elton John song), as well as what sounded like "Lay Lady Lay" (Bob Dylan) Any others?

Don't forget, most people, celebrities included, don't usually just plunk down the entire cash value for a house. They generally do what the rest of us do: Go to a bank, get a loan, and finance the house. Banks will happily loan money to people with lots of money, because they know they'll get it back. And she'll probably get a ridiculously low interest rate. And since mortgage interest is tax-deductible, that's another reason not to pay cash for a house. So, if she's worth $15M before buying those houses, she's still worth $15M after, plus more, because now she has the value of those houses in her portfolio. The reason I even know this is that many years ago, I worked for an IT consulting firm, and one of our clients was a mortgage broker. One of the broker's clients was former San Diego Padres baseball hall-of-famer Tony Gwynn. He bought a nice house in Poway (suburb of San Diego), and he could have easily paid cash for it, but he financed it to get the tax break.

I haven't been on the forum in a while, but I just popped in and saw this post, so I thought I'd contribute my opinion. Hope y'all don't mind. I personally like BTD/Paradise the best. I love Chamber Pop... that's why I like those albums so much. It's also why I like songs like Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain" and Coldplay's "Viva la Vida." My second favorite LDR album is Honeymoon, followed by UV. (I'm not including any pre-LDR albums.) She is definitely exploring different things. UV was a HUGE departure from BTD/P, and HM is, at least in my opinion, not the return to the BTD/P style that people were touting it to be. I see it as somewhere in between BTD/P and UV stylistically. That said... see next comment. I think a lot of people will agree with this, especially in terms of her vocal quality. Her voice has come a LONG way since BTD/P... she's more solid, more confident, sings more strongly, better vibrato, etc. As far as the "quality" of her music goes, that's subject to everyone's interpretation (including mine). It seems like with each new album, she's trying something a little different. Hopefully, that will continue with the next one. I'd love to see another BTD/P-style album myself, but I'd also be happy with whatever she puts out (as long as it's not rap, LOL). I'm with you on that one. One thing I've noticed over the years is that, other than concerts, she has pretty much stopped making public appearances (in person, or on TV). Whether that's her own doing or that of her record label, I couldn't say... just something I've observed.

Where can I buy the 8-track?

Is there a date yet? I'd love to go if I can. I'm only 2+ hours away in San Diego.

Thanks, you saved me from having to fast-listen to all the songs again

Anyone catch the references? In "Terrence Loves You," there are several occurrences of "Ground control to Major Tom," an obvious nod to David Bowie's "Space Oddity." And in another song, I forget which one now (was listening to Honeymoon on the way to work today), there's a reference to "Hotel California." Lana has good taste.

I'll agree with most people here. To me it's a little like BTD and a little like UV, but really has its own unique sound.

They're spamming, not stanning. LOL

Wow, you mean I'm not the only one here who likes "Lucky Ones"? I would love to hear that live. And "Flipside," although it would just be her and Blake; the other guys would just be sitting around watching, LOL.

I'm always right!! Except, of course, when I'm wrong... It's just a guess. She may have just forgotten about having sung it in the past, too... though you would think one of her band members would have reminded her... LOL

I saw a video from last year of her singing "Old Money" a capella, although she only sang a small part of it. However, she and the band DID perform it in Mexico City last October (that was the live debut of the full song), and she performed it again at her very next concert at Hollywood Forever (I was there!). It's such a beautiful song, especially hearing it live... that's why I was disappointed that she didn't perform it in San Diego. But she apparently did perform it later in the tour.

Maybe she forgot that she had sung it last year? LOL... Or perhaps she meant she had never done it on the Endless Summer tour... who knows. This IS Lana we're talking about, after all.

Oh I understand, just didn't want you to get your hopes up and then be disappointed. FK is a bonus track anyway, and I've never heard her perform any bonus tracks at a concert.

Soundchecking a song doesn't necessarily mean she'll be performing it, though. I heard a sound check at my show that wasn't performed during the concert.