one time beauty queen

it's a beautiful life remember that too for me

logging on for the night & entering the thread like then reading the last few pages

the back to back Rocky Mountain High John Denver & Don't Forget Me Harry Nilsson interpolations are so brilliant, the synergy of it all there is the overarching/general theme of memory which ties it all together but then she tackles two separate thoughts on it in each track: remembering vs forgetting, specifically: wanting n choosing to keep the memories of her loved ones VS. fearing they won't (want to) keep theirs of her & sonically, it's also beautifully paralleled in the way "like Rocky Mountain high, the way John Denver sings" & "Don't forget me" both get echoed throughout the entire songs in their choruses but build bigger & turn into something grand towards/by the end, of course with the help of her talented background vocalists. there's something very symbolic in that too i think, like these are such important things to her (remembering her loved ones/being remembered by them) that she can't help but get louder & almost "shout" it out to make her point undoubtedly clear. it's very passionate actually. tldr: The Grants & Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd are just such perfect sister tracks & the way by using those two 70s songs to help convey her own feelings on the matters, in turn she also made us remember/take note of them 50 years later is this sweet little bonus. i wonder if she knows that 50 years from now the world will also still be listening to hersorry for the articulation skills on level -5000

thinking of candy necklace

do you think about Heaven? ahh-ahh do you think about me?

when i played The Grants for my boyfriend he said "I think of heaven & of you but to me they're the same thing"

(in spoiler just cause i dont wanna trigger anyone)

every song has a question so far, most recently obviously "do you think about heaven/do you think about me?", imo it causes introspection naturally & forces you to answer the question in your mind & i love this aspect of the album so much- i feel like there's a lot one can actually learn about their own mental/emotional processes through listens. n this is also why i think "did you know that there's a tunnel under ocean blvd?" was no doubt the perfect choice as the album's title

i just know they'd love the LDR pill case

maybe getting the pill holder just so i can keep tylenols in my purse for when i get headaches

i already posted this in The Grants lyrics thread but i love how these John Denver ‘Rocky Mountain High’ lyrics: "He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below He saw everything as far as you can see And they say that he got crazy once and he tried to touch the sun And he lost a friend but kept the memory" go so beautifully w The Grants it's like what Harry Nilsson's 'Don't Forget Me' was to the title track one thing about Lana is she is gonna pay homage to her inspirations in a beautiful & thoughtful way

"I liked the part where my background singers fucked up the intro and i am gonna be at Glass-ton-berry." End of interview kind of iconic if you ask me

soo, what about the way the album opens with her promising to remember her loved ones when she's in heaven & then the next song is literally her begging them not to forget her

The Grants debut was so holy it caused Lanaboards Armageddon/rapture I knew she was taking us to church but i had no idea how real the experience would be

These John Denver ‘Rocky Mountain High’ lyrics "He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below He saw everything as far as you can see And they say that he got crazy once and he tried to touch the sun And he lost a friend but kept the memory" going so beautifully w The Grants lyrics/theme, no wonder she name dropped, I love that it's what Harry Nilsson's 'Don't Forget Me' was to the title track

officially under an hour to go... time to take a shower, put on my rose-sorbet face mask, pour some prosecco & get seated (lay in bed in my bathrobe) for this single/interview

PSA

streaming the grants leak to get ready for the grants official release

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vielen Dank!!!

hopping on the translation trend so here's the Germanification of LDR9

586 scrobbles later the title track still sounds amazing to me

𝒯𝒾𝓉𝓁𝑒 (not necessarily your fave 10 but 10 songs that resonate most with you/your life) ♡ in no particular order: Old Money - Wildflower Wildfire - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - White Dress - God Knows I Tried - Wild At Heart - Video Games - Sweet - Violets for Roses - Text Book

i def don't listen to her/know her work as much as i should but this is one of my fav tracks ever <33 Sweet n fun.