Platinum Greenwich

^ Carmen in general counts, I should think. Considering this scene from the 1997 movie, which is in the book as well.
 
I mean, the title of that song is "Little Carmen," as in Lana's acapella demo. Go figure.

^ So I just did this:
 
Songs w/ palpable Lolita references:
 
Lolita (duh)
Off To The Races ("light of my life, fire of my loins")
Put Me In A Movie // Little Girls (mirroring Dolores' relationship with Quilty)
1949 (more roadtrip imagery than in all of Lana's songs combined; Humbert's roadtrip after he abducts Dolores definitely comes to mind)
Carmen (Dolores' favorite record, "LIttle Carmen," shares its name with Lana's acapella demo for this song)
Velvet Crowbar ("flame-colored paradise for you, darling" vs "i still dwelled deep in my elected paradise - a paradise whose skies were the color of hell-flames - but still a paradise")
Angels Forever, Forever Angels (more references to flame-colored skies in paradise, as with the above example)
Heartshaped Chevrolet ("love my lips and my golden tan; you love my heartshaped sunglasses" -- Humbert likes to go on about Dolores' looks in similar turns of phrase, and the heartshaped sunnies are an iconic Lolita thing)
Every Man Gets His Wish ("he loves my heartshaped sunglasses," again)
 
I'd add more, but a lot of the time -- even with 1949, I'd argue -- the lines are sorta blurred.
On Our Way certainly counts for roadtrip imagery, and Motel 6 (as well as Queen Of The Gas Station, though to a lesser extent) but it's much less prominent to me.
 
Lolita has a lot of Americana going for it, and so does like 90% of Lana's material, so it's difficult to say what's intended and what's not.
 
Help me out if you'd like.

Anyone else feel like it would be a good idea to compile all of her references to Nabokov's Lolita somewhere?
I seem to find more than just the obvious -- like Put Me In A Movie has that whole Quilty thing going on...
 
This might be reaching (because a lot of it is thematic, after all) but I still think it'd be a cute project.

#BurntNorton
 
 
It's not Fight Club, I'm a rare snowflake

Lana is the Allusive Chanteuse actually

My biggest hope is that the "real" conversations are honest and clear up confusion. Yet I have a feeling this book will plunge us into further turmoil regarding the enigma that is Lana and her life can't wait though

This is every bandwagoner's chance to say that they've listened to every Lana Del Rey song.

Fellini baby is coming

There was another picture where you could see her phone and the screen was so cracked. It explains why she hasn't been on in a few days

Will the song Fine China be a duet with Chris Brown?

I can't WAIT for "Pineapple Swan (Quahog Whore)"

yes i got exclusive info from honeymoonleak before he/she/it was banned and i am pleased to tell you all that the next single is the updated version of cola in which francesco has described her pussy as tasting like pineapple fanta
 
i mean, what kind of tropical, artistic integrity

So, can we say this is from the Honeymoon shoot BTS?
 

Well, I wanted to share all the covers that I made from Lana albums, EPs, songs or fan mixtapes.
 
Black Beauty: I've made two versions for a fan mixtape with those 2012-2013 unreleased songs.
 

 

 
Lana Del Ray A.K.A. Lizzy Grant: I love this one, I'm so proud of these one it's just so beautiful and yeah I made it with the E.
 

 
Honeymoon: I've made again two versions because the photos are just beautiful.
 

 

 
Dark Tropics: It's just a remake of the original fan mixtape cover.



This Is What Makes Us Girls: I was obsessed with the song and the demos, this was for a EP I made with the 3 demos, the final version and the ALTO remix (really cool remix tho). I also have made an orange and pink color version, but I've lost them   



I hope you like them, I'll be doing more  Also feel free to use any of these covers if you want
 

Why does everyone associate repetitive choruses with laziness? The way I see it, she has moved away from simply telling stories to capturing a specific moment/idea/atmosphere. It doesn't have to be a bad thing.

Girl this is a Lana Del Rey forum of course we'd want a song featuring Lana Del Rey instead of another "fucking great girl"... get used to it.

THe song didn't seem too interesting, even though I'd love to hear it.
 
But I'm not suprised Barrie won't release it, it's the only option to keep the Lana fans interested in his stuff.

DARK BLUE
 
not to be vulgar but my bussy is TWITCHING

ok so first things first
 
1. the instrumental is ??? true hollywood glitz
 
2. "dark blue"
 
3. i don't know what to say i need several moments

I'M GAGGING I CAN'T LISTEN I DARE NOT

DARK BLUE
 
not to be vulgar but my bussy is TWITCHING

Can someone (I'm on mobile) direct all these people with the default Tropico icon to that thread with info on how to solve it / change it because they all look like the same person / bots and it's kinda terrifying

me today
 

DARK BLUE
 
not to be vulgar but my bussy is TWITCHING

DARK BLUE
 
not to be vulgar but my bussy is TWITCHING