Platinum Greenwich

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.

^ 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.

Titles are probably my favorite aspect of Lana's work.
Westbound
Aviation
Kill Kill
Mermaid Motel
Blue Ribbon
Come When You Call Me A.M.E.R.I.C.A.
Daytona Meth
Bollywood Hawaii
Stoplight De-Lite

It has 2 plays in my iTunes Library

here bby 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEYO039zaAM
 
its not annoying at all tbh i have like 10 videos i need to modify / re-upload but my lazy ass won't ever get around to it unless someone actually asks me to lmao 

@@Skid Row Cherry Pie, @, @ and @, I'll update the results with your lists soon.
 
Btw, I removed White Pontiac Heaven from the list, don't know how it got there

lmao i think thats been the general consensus so far, but i appreciate that sense of unease 
 
i've been rly lazy but i'm working on getting them all back up on youtube, or if not, then vimeo at least. although if theres one you want to see in particular i can send it to you in the mean time
 
  

^ wtf i loved that

have u ever thought of compiling all of your videos and putting them up for download, pray tell? <3 there's a fuckload i've missed because of yt's blockage

IKR. Shit taste.

WHAT'S WITH ALL THE AARON LAHATE

Never posted these cause they were boring
 

 

Maybe Carmen too? It's got similarities to Humbert's Wanted poem and that sort of explains the french part

^ 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.

North Wests cousin.

I must've had this in my subconscious or something, because this just happened:
 

 
THE REVENGE OF LANA DEL REY
 
1. Hundred Dollar Bill
2. You Can Be The Boss
3. Live Or Die
4. Marilyn Monroe
5. Never Let Me Go
6. Take Me To Paris
7. Children Of The Bad Revolution
8. Kinda Outta Luck
9. She's Not Me
10. American Dream
11. Velvet Crowbar
12. Dum Dum
13. Driving In Cars With Boys
14. On Our Way
15. Hollywood's Dead
16. Last Girl On Earth
 
Went and sniffed out all of the BTD outtakes and put them together to form some kinda narrative.

Video Games
Can't wait for it to leak

https://myspace.com/emilyrawlings/video/lizzy-grant/10811270

I thought this was rather telling, as far as interviews go. It's like she's rolling with the image that the GP has attributed to her, but renouncing it all the same... in a calculated sort of sense, that does nothing but reinforce the idea that she's a fake through and through. I don't doubt a word that comes out of her mouth though, honestly -- but I don't doubt how deliberate she seems to be, either. Lana can say what she wants, but she's a character -- if to a point where her character is so intrinsic that it has taken over what used to be plain old Elizabeth. She's aware of it at least, and using it to her advantage best she can. Gotta love her ass for that!
 
Am I even making sense?

fake

They're disgusting, I'm delicious
They disgust me, I'm delicious
Let's discuss this, I'm delicious
 
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They're disgusting, I'm delicious
They disgust me, I'm delicious
Let's discuss this, I'm delicious
 
Fffffffff~

They're disgusting, I'm delicious
They disgust me, I'm delicious
Let's discuss this, I'm delicious
 
Fffffffff~

They're disgusting, I'm delicious
They disgust me, I'm delicious
Let's discuss this, I'm delicious
 
Fffffffff~

They're disgusting, I'm delicious
They disgust me, I'm delicious
Let's discuss this, I'm delicious
 
Fffffffff~