Louise

Me, too. I tweeted an amalgam of fav review snippets which echo your thoughts, above. Here is the tweet:

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I sent it to tips@Billboard.com . . . Not necessarily! It is a new award. Maybe they be scrambling to define it and say why Lana deserves it. Yours was beautifully expressed! Good writing skills . . . Maybe you are looking to pursue that as a career.

The presenter should just read off your quote! That is lovely. Is it okay if I email it to Billboard? I could email BB the link. That is what I will do . . .

I had to split out the video thumbnail . . . very Hollywood glamour! Edited to say: it just occurs to me Lana filmed herself selfie-style! Lana is artistic and skilled to boot!

There's no way! It might lead to the twitter instructions page: https://publish.twitter.com/?query=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fbillboard%2Fstatus%2F1620199371685130240&widget=Tweet Don't click it if you are uncomfortable! It's twitter.

Sorry! Learning how to embed a tweet. It is simpler than I realized! Thanx for your patience. Here it is:

One more time - please be patient! Will this tweet embed? OKay. It looks like it works just posting the url. Thanx!

Tyring to learn how to embed a tweet! https://publish.twitter.com/oembed? url=

https://publish.twitter.com/oembed? url= https://twitter.com/Interior/status/463440424141459456

Blossom, do you think you could apply to be a mod? I thought of you when I saw the notification Lanaboards is looking for a new moderator (or two)! Click here for more info.

I'm here for the debates. It makes me see both sides! I would conclude: Lana doesn't stake her happiness on charting, but she does appreciate doing well in the eyes of the industry and her fans.

Lana invented the vinyl resurgence.

Wow. One of my favs.

Ooh. That's a potent one. I can't listen to it. It is like medicine or a pharmaceutical. Take the prescribed dose. It makes you feel good. More than two listens proved toxic.

BB my fav - I like what you are saying! What is the youtube/LQ rip? Thx.

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After sampling the videos, and noting Lana isn't just a strumming guitar folkie for backyard barbeques, I watched the video for Born to Die, I thought, "I'm done. Nice artist, I listened, I heard, now I'm done with that." That night, Born to Die song came into my dream, esp. the voice calling, "Lana," and the scary thought: You're not done! No. I'm not done with you, so you are NOT done. I realized I was addicted. That trap melody, or whatever you young people call it. It got its hooks in me!

Nice experiences! I checked out Lana in 2011 because I thought she is someone's folk-singing daughter strumming guitar in the back yard . . . and that can be pleasant! Sampling a few songs on youtube including Video Games, it was obvious Lana Del Rey was fully-realized artist even back then! Tho, I couldn't understand the hullaballoo over Video Games when Million Dollar Man and Without You (China Doll) were also out! Not that I do not like Video Games just there is already a great catalog But, no, Video Games isn't my jam . . . So what you said about melodies . . . I agree. Lana is a composer with her voice! Those melodies! As far as aesthetics, I had been knocked out by the fiim, Wanda, written, directed, and starring actress Barbara Loden. Here is her photo I was so impressed with the film and acting. Actually, I didn't know until just now Barbara Loden wrote and directed it. Whether Lana knew about the film or not, Lana carried forward this aesthetic, to me . . . Staggering, the similarities. But Lana says she doesn't have a persona, so it couldn't be based on the character, Wanda. So, melodies, yes. Lana is a composer to me, and has the voice to realize her melodic ideas.

Enjoyed your discussion. I came around to your way of viewing the lyric. It's legit, you read it, "mind," tho others of us hear, "marred," because Lana Del Rey leaves her lyrics open to interpretation. Likely she meant it that way! As an analogy, the lyric from Mariner's I"m the board, the lightening the thunder, I always thought, "bolt" makes sense, because it's talking about lightening and thunder. So, Lana's the "bolt." Then I read, "board," but that makes sense, too, because Lana is "boss" or "chairman of the board" of her own brand, "Lana Del Rey." As an aside, Lanaboards is an escape, and the music. Lana creates an alternate universe! To me, Lana's music is an alternate universe to escape to. Does anyone else play songs in their head? Lana Del Rey's songs play easily in my head, so I can escape, if I am stressed, without physically leaving to play her mp3s on my PC. "Lanaland" I call it to myself. It's like "Dollywood." Lana could capitalize on her brand more - like Dolly Parton - but she doesn't. When I was thinking this, Lana created the village on her website . . . Lana Del Rey seems to leave her lyrics ambiguous, purposefully unspecific. Your hearing "mind" is as legit as "marred!"

Thanx. Wow! Lanaboards fans are a wealth of knowledge!

Somebody's clowning the Lana fans! Or is it a breadcrumb? Check the final image of a series of artwork for the album in a Consequence of Sound article, Everything We Know About Lana Del Rey’s Did You Know There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Album (So Far) :

Delulu here. So disappointed! I thought Lana's comment, "What really will be said !" was meant to build anticipation for the small project she supports, the fledgling magazine. As the talk here points out: Lana doesn't NEED to tour, Lana has all the $$ & success she wants, Lana doesn't NEED to do promo. So I thought Empire of Lounge is a pet project of Lana's! And maybe we would get a live performance. I can hardly believe it! That said, as a thinkpiece the comment about the Question for the Culture post from 2020, over which Lana was unfairly maligned, wasn't offensive. Sorry.

Made it to the end of this thread - yay! Thanx. I appreciate all the info and opinions! I needed a light diversion today, so I went through some 50 pages since the last one I read . . . Mission accomplished. You see I have some deep-seated thoughts on the meanings of the songs. I am excited and feel dialed in to Lana's most recent work, starting with NFR. BB is my fav.

Thanx. I didn't know Lennon produced the Harry album. Another level of meaning to the jewel which is DYK poetry!