Jump to content

Alison by Slowdive

Members
  • Content Count

    4,489
  • Joined

  • Last visited


Reputation Activity

  1. Alison by Slowdive liked a post in a topic by Platinum Greenwich in Does anybody like every Lana song that she has released???   
    my thing with COCC is that it feels so preoccupied, if that makes sense, with the phase lana was going through in her life, at the time?
     
    it kinda gets in the way of the music - like, sure, i enjoy Wild At Heart, Dark But Just a Game, and Dance Till We Die, but like, it's an extremely topical album
     
    she really could've scrapped the whole thing and put White Dress, and the title track, on BB instead
     
    (and we could've gotten Yosemite as an unreleased single in the vein of SYTH, right about now lol)
  2. KingsMotelPart2 liked a post in a topic by Alison by Slowdive in The Horror Movie Thread   
    Just watched Mandy w my bf - so good 😭😮‍💨 I hadn’t even heard of it before. Highly recommend it to anyone who likes lsd, Tulsa Jesus freaks, and smoky neon lighting 
  3. syrup amour liked a post in a topic by Alison by Slowdive in LDRX - Thoughts & Speculations Thread   
    blade runner's score has some of my favourite pieces of music ever and i used to daydream abt them working together like esp on the original lust for life  🕊
  4. Alison by Slowdive liked a post in a topic by blackenedrussianpoetry in LDRX - Thoughts & Speculations Thread   
    Absolutely my thoughts. Lust for Life darker songs (honorable mention Lust for Life demo 1) would probably be the closest we heard that Vangelis type of sound. But I wasn’t thinking of Blade Runner when I made that statement:) more like Vangelis’s early 70s records. 
  5. Deadly Nightshade liked a post in a topic by Alison by Slowdive in LDRX - Thoughts & Speculations Thread   
    blade runner's score has some of my favourite pieces of music ever and i used to daydream abt them working together like esp on the original lust for life  🕊
  6. blackenedrussianpoetry liked a post in a topic by Alison by Slowdive in LDRX - Thoughts & Speculations Thread   
    blade runner's score has some of my favourite pieces of music ever and i used to daydream abt them working together like esp on the original lust for life  🕊
  7. Alison by Slowdive liked a post in a topic by Super Movie in Unpopular Lana Opinions   
    Wait I wanna do one for every album now because I'm very unoriginal
     
    Sirens: This album is proof to me that the way that Lana writes and creates music now is nothing new and, if anything, has been more of a return to form than a BTD or UV 2.0 would be. It also just generally has some of my favorite Lana writing ever. 
     
    AKA: I don't want an AKA re-release. I won't complain or anything if we get one, however, I don't think it's something Lana really needs to do. I also will die on the hill that For K Pt. 2 is top three on the album (I'm not sure how unpopular that is though). 
     
    Born To Die: This album is one where I don't like when people say it's her best or say it's her worst because it's her most objectively popular. And I do think that the album itself is kind of dated, but not in a bad way. It feels more like a time capsule. That's also why I don't see the point in wanting "BTD Lana" back. My favorite will always be Video Games. I've also definitely mentioned this before as well, but I will never understand why Dark Paradise was a fan favorite for so long. 
     
    Paradise: Part of me thinks the Paradise EP never needed to exist, but another part of me is so grateful that it does. It's funny because I love so many of the tracks individually (Ride, American, Cola, Body Electric, Gods & Monsters, Bel Air), yet I've never felt like this project was super strong in her discography. I think it would've been a lot more satisfying in terms of Lana's discography to get whatever the original Paradise album was supposed to be just based on the alleged outtakes from that project. 
     
    Ultraviolence: Ultraviolence is not Lana's best album. It's not her strongest album. It's not this magical holy grail in her discography that she needs to be striving to recreate forever. I'm also a Guns and Roses truther for life. It's always been kind of funny to me that that song is the one people don't like because it is so essentially Ultraviolence and pre-Honeymoon Lana. 
     
    Honeymoon: 24 is the reason why I want Lana to lean more into jazz at some point in the future. I also would argue that it's one of her most cinematic songs and I don't get why it's become the unanimous Honeymoon least favorite when Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood is right there. Swan Song is the most closing track to ever closing track and it should've wrapped up the album. 
     
    Lust for Life: I won't argue that this album has its flaws. However, it doesn't deserve a lot of the hate that it's gotten over the years and I consider it to be very important to Lana's discography. I actually don't find any song on this album to be objectively bad. Also this album gave us my favorite Lana song of all time so what am I gonna do? Not love it? Adding onto that, the Heroin, Change, Get Free closing of the album is the best last-three tracks out of any Lana album. 
     
    NFR: I know that it's become super popular within Lana's fanbase to hate this album, but it's become such a staple in music for a reason. It's a fantastic fucking album. It's that simple. 
     
    Chemtrails: Chemtrails is such a special album to me and I quite literally don't care that everyone hates it because they think it's "boring". The title track is my favorite Lana title track ever. Honestly, the only songs on it that I really don't care for are LMLYLAW and For Free, and I still really like them. This album may be an acquired taste, but I have it and I love it. 
     
    Blue Banisters: This album isn't the pile of hot garbage people treat it as, but it's not her strongest by any means. I get why it was released though. It feels very personal, almost like an album released just to get these songs out there and feel a sense of relief, which I can respect and enjoy. That being said, Black Bathing Suit and IYLDWM are two of my favorite Lana songs ever. Also, I very much enjoy the piano in Beautiful I don't care. 
     
    Ocean Boulevard: This is another album that I feel like really needs to exist in her discography. It feels like every "version" and piece of Lana combined into one super album. I definitely have a bias towards this album since it's become my favorite of Lana's. I honestly don't even know why it's my favorite. I just know that from my first listen, I felt so attached to it. The only thing I would change is the Judah Smith interlude because, at the very least, it needs to be shorter. I do love the instrumental though. 
  8. Alison by Slowdive liked a post in a topic by Surf Noir in Unpopular Lana Opinions   
    here's some opinions for each album, like @That Venice Bitch did!
     
    sirens: sirens is genuinely one of her best albums, her songwriting during the may jailer era was on another level, it deserves more appreciation
    AKA: i don't know what i could really say about AKA because i love everything about it, every track serves a purpose, it is perfectly crafted, i don't think AKA has a single flaw, IT IS HER BEST ALBUM, there, i said it!
    born to die: born to die doesn't deserve hate just simply for being her most popular album or her most pop-oriented album, i still think born to die is a great album and it has record-breaking longevity and success a decade after it was released, born to die is timeless, it hasn't age and it won't age because nothing else sounds like it, and, for the most part, i don't think it's over-produced, although i do think lolita and million dollar man would've been a lot better if they resembled their demos more
    paradise: paradise has a lot of discography highlights, ride, cola, body electric, and gods and monsters... but some of the tracks fall a little flat, blue velvet is cute, but it isn't her most exciting song and i don't think a random cover of a 60s song really suits the rest of the album, especially the religious themes, but i still like it, burning desire is a bonus track so i know it doesn't really count, but i personally never thought that song was anything special, and the paradise version of yayo should never have happened
    ultraviolence: i think shades of cool is an amazing song but i hardly ever listen to it  also i can't get into the other woman, guns and roses is still my favorite song from ultraviolence and i just know one day people will learn to appreciate it
    honeymoon: similar to how i feel about shades of cool, i can appreciate the blackest day and recognize that it is a fan-favorite and objectively one of her best songs, but i really don't listen to it that much  also swan song should've been the closer
    lust for life: coachella - woodstock on my mood is not that bad... lust for life is not that bad either but it does pale in comparison to the first two demos, i feel like it isn't as bad of an album as we thought it was, but it still has flaws and weak-points, it probably would've been one of her best albums if it was atmospheric and witchy, more of a natural continuation of honeymoon, instead of a mix of folk, trap, pop, and alternative that it ended up being, certainly not her worst, but certainly not her best either
    norman fucking rockwell: norman is NOT her best album, love song is incredibly boring, and bartender is one of the best songs on the album
    chemtrails over the country club: i have a soft-spot for chemtrails, i definitely don't think it's her best or her most strongest, but i can appreciate it for what it is, also, yosemite deserves so much better, it went from being one of the most coveted songs in the fandom to being pretty much forgotten about once it was actually released, it is such a gorgeous, haunting song and i just know if it was a leaked track it would be regarded as one of her best
    blue banisters: in my personal opinion, her worst album, because of some of the artistic choices made, old outtakes from 2013 had no business being on an album with 2021 songs, and i find it honestly ridiculous that she didn't even re-work/re-record them, text book is a discography highlight, and there's nothing wrong with the production with wildflower wildfire
    ocean boulevard: it has some really amazing songs, but some of them just didn't interest me on the first listen and i haven't revisited them since my first listen of the album, such as kintsugi and margaret...  but i may just have to re-visit them, i did not like the last three tracks at all, and candy necklace is one of her best songs
  9. Alison by Slowdive liked a post in a topic by Sportscruiser in Unpopular Lana Opinions   
    I would say the same but all the NFR hate comments mesh together for me. The redundancy of it all.
  10. Alison by Slowdive liked a post in a topic by PARADIXO in Unpopular Lana Opinions   
    Again, why are NFR haters so aggressive  Go catch a wave and take in the sweetness...
  11. Alison by Slowdive liked a post in a topic by Sportscruiser in Unpopular Lana Opinions   
    People really like to throw the word objectively around like it’s nothing.
  12. Alison by Slowdive liked a post in a topic by blackenedrussianpoetry in LDRX - Thoughts & Speculations Thread   
    For the love of The Moon, an album produced with Vangelis!
  13. how the light shines in liked a post in a topic by Alison by Slowdive in Pink Champagne   
    the bridge  i need nnnnnneed you, don't don't fucking leave yet  
  14. Alison by Slowdive liked a post in a topic by ivory almond in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    give her a CHANCE  
    to get to u, save u, if i take my life, find ur astral body, put it into my eyes, give u two seconds to cry, take you home, i, i'll give u a blanket, ur spirit can sit and watch tv by my sideeeeeeeeee
  15. Alison by Slowdive liked a post in a topic by strange weather in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    Kintsugi finally grew on me. I love the roadrunner cafe part so much.
  16. Alison by Slowdive liked a post in a topic by Make me your Dream Life in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    The title, aside from the literal lyrics, sounds so well supported in providing the beauty, and cathedralic kind of imagery that the entire song's drenched and is caught up in. Like rainclouds crying upwards altogether against a softly pasteled yellow, iridescent curtain of a rivered midmorning sky. 
  17. Alison by Slowdive liked a post in a topic by Make me your Dream Life in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    u know what I'm high, listening to Fingertips and what I really, additionally, love about it past it's first frontier of a beautiful warp of space of sound, is how the parallels of neurons in the brain can similarly be found in form to hands, and how they reach out to other neurons/ synapses and neuro-plasticity , in a way that Lana also parallels reaching for her family. It's the perfect hammock of themes. It flows and swims well with the broader theme of the importance and respecting and the carrying of memories (past the easy fore-fronted material, but what really matters in toward a more purposeful, post-just existing mindset and life). It's like the song's a beautiful thread swimming and extracted freshly from your subconscious space, to also, almost expanding into external galaxies. Like a perfect, resounding modicum of origin to then the swooping promises of limitless possibilities, real similar to the Hero's Journey. It has it's own, very much deserved, universe in and of itself. It's so clear; kinda how water can be so refreshing and purifying. 
  18. Alison by Slowdive liked a post in a topic by revadece in Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    pleaseeee when are you going to realise she doesn’t give a fuck about charts  she literally released an entire album that she “didn’t want anyone to listen to” 
  19. hongkongdisco mysterygirl15 liked a post in a topic by Alison by Slowdive in Ben   
    getting desperate for david kahne's version, i wonder if it sounds like oh say can you see/put me in a movie/yayo but whatever it is, i KNOW it's sparkly and shimmery
  20. Veinsineon liked a post in a topic by Alison by Slowdive in Ben   
    getting desperate for david kahne's version, i wonder if it sounds like oh say can you see/put me in a movie/yayo but whatever it is, i KNOW it's sparkly and shimmery
  21. fishtails liked a post in a topic by Alison by Slowdive in Rob Grant - “Lost at Sea” - OUT NOW   
    The birds of a feather outro LOVEEEE 
  22. jaesana liked a post in a topic by Alison by Slowdive in Rob Grant - “Lost at Sea” - OUT NOW   
    The birds of a feather outro LOVEEEE 
  23. past the bushes liked a post in a topic by Alison by Slowdive in Rob Grant - “Lost at Sea” - OUT NOW   
    The birds of a feather outro LOVEEEE 
×
×
  • Create New...