Sitar

Anyone else notice the melody (not to mention lyrical content) for the lines "You are by far the brightest star" sounds similar to the melody in the lines "Under the stars we are, we are" in "Paris"?

Good catch, I thought it sounded familiar!

*listens to this so much more than Paris*

Coney Island King because whenever he posts I crack up.

Growing out my facial hair for this tbh. :shy:

Got my vote

4. Cola (I really want to love this one but the chorus is so boring... I feel like the full version will have me though. The pre-chorus is amazing and I love the use of the strings there. )

I can't wait for you to see the light Personally the chorus is my favorite part. It's such a fucked-up sing-along. I wish she'd actually put words in the "woah-oh" parts because anything could have fit, I would have even forgiven a standard pretty word pairing that makes no sense like Body Electric.

My opinion changed, too, because American used to be my least favorite, but the buildup of each chorus as the song goes on sounds amazing.

I know it's "fucked hard" in Gods & Monsters, but did anyone else hear "looking to get fucktard" the first time? Maybe this song isn't about sex, but it's about Lana being strung out on dope, in a magical land of Gods & Monsters..

:toofloppy:

Does anyone remember when she first talked about "Gods & Monsters" months ago, and the quote was "In the land of gods and angels, I was a monster"? Wonder if she'll say that later in the song, I think it would be a nice--if bleak--twist.

Also, she supposedly changed the end of "Yayo", which has me really nervous for the flawless "hello heaven" bridge.

Her abusive mentioning of Diet Coke/Cola/Cherry Cola/Pepsi has to go in here! Pepsi and Cola should both compete in giving her free drinks or something to pay her back for all the marketing :badbitch:

I bought Pepsi the other day just to feel like I was eating her out one with her, so yeah. That marketing genius.

Well I would have agreed to it earlier had anyone asked :imbeingsarcasticbitch2:

I did

Sort of

A Lolita is a 9-14 year old girl that's in a relationship with an older man. She was already at least 20 when she got into relationships with Gnecco and Mizrahi. She may like older guys but that's nothing too weird now. It would've been different if she was a child (or early teenager) sleeping with a 35 year old man.

 

Yes, she likes older men, but I don't think she was in a relationship with an older man as a child, that just seems to be a fantasy of hers.

Not everything has to be one-hundred percent literal. And who knows, maybe a man was another factor in her getting sent away to boarding school so young.

1 is a lie because i want to believe that you are a badass

 

1- i have a pet giraffe

2- i am a british alien and also a goat

3- i inhale about 10 pounds of cocaine a day

2 is the lie, you're neither of those, you're a slice of pie

My Momma edition:

1. My mom has a credit in a lesbo biker movie.

2. My mom does voodoo.

3. My mom toured with Dolly Parton.

I'd rather be a legend tbqh

Would you rather have a glass eye or fake hand?

Exactly.

 

 

 

You're right, but it really, really irks me. I just don't think like that. If it hurts me, it hurts me as a person, not as a woman. I am more than my looks, and I don't owe it to anyone to be attractive.

 

Still, continuing the cycle of this thinking is not doing women any favours. She's not setting back the progression of feminist thinking because it already seems to have stagnated here (public thought), nor is she helping by contributing to this oppressive thinking. I just don't like when people keep perpetuating these "ideals", especially those in public eye. Speak for yourself Lana, because you sure as hell are not representing me as a woman. (Notice how I use the word woman and not girl?)

 

EDIT: I'm trying this new thing where I'm not an asshole on the forum and I calm down before I make a post. So I don't know if this is worded too harshly or anything; but bear with me, I'm trying! :3

 

Anyway, it bothers me to see women fall in line with this horrible way of thinking, and it bothers me to women themselves perpetuating this bullshit. It bothers me when I see myself thinking this way and I have to stop and correct myself. As Sitar mentioned, society is much harsher on women and these ideas are deeply ingrained in us from an incredibly young age. Even the most headstrong, independent, intelligent women might grapple with these issues. Yes, society, the media, family conditions us to think this way. Yes, there are a multitude of layers and years of this incredibly complex issue: the sociological context, historical context, even evolutionary context -- but I am a firm believer in the individual. And call me naive or too optimistic, but I think real social change can be made. To me, it's never just "Oh, just one person said that; everyone thinks it anyway" -- it starts with the individual. We make up society.

 

I'm not going to give Lana a free pass on this one. :imbeingsarcasticbitch2: Maybe she's changed, I don't know. I know I have, and I know it's possible. I'm still learning, and I'm still changing. And I also know that my daughters and my sons (if I even have children) will be taught not to perpetuate this bullshit and will not be cast into gender roles and taught to have "gender-appropriate" qualities.

 

....and I went a little overboard. Again.

 

Ooops. (._. )

But you can admit it's possibly not something she's learned, perhaps even something she said instinctively. It's a terrible way of thinking, but in my opinion she shouldn't be held accountable for it. Then you could argue that she has the option to educate herself, but what do you do if you yourself don't see any flaws in your own thinking and aren't faced that often with any social revolution on the matter? View all sides of every argument anyway? Nice in theory, but none of us do that. It's nice that you can recognize these thoughts and what problems they present in yourself, I mean it's really forward and powerful, but I don't think everyone can.

Summary: Anti-feminism is bad, and Lana is a victim at most and not an intentional perpetuator.

It's the one you guys have heard already! hahaha. sorry for my terribly flawed list. all edits are being made.

Eek, not meaning to be cunty! I'm excited.

10 DAYS.

Will she ever outdo "Blinding"?

Is this version of Bambino different from the other two? No "Blue Jeans"?

Ride - 15

American - 15

Cola - 15

Body Electric - 18

Blue Velvet - 13

Gods & Monsters - 15

Yayo - 15

Bel Air - 16

Burning Desire - 13

That's so many songs, my mind is reeling. I'm so excited. Is it all hip-hop?

12. Boy Your So Dope

Are you doing something with Without You?! Say it's so, Hunter, say it's so!

As for those tentative changes, I wouldn't usually point this out but for an official, professional list I insist you put "you're"

Revising my inverted cross:

:crying:

Loving your guys' lists, and I have another (other than EMHHW bridge and last MM chorus). Maybe I'm less enthusiastic or I have a weird line between loving a part and anticipating it:

Okay, in "Disco", at 2:24, when after "I am my only god" she just sort of mmms. It's great. I guess you could say most of my "moments" are real musical decisions, but that simple little moan is so perfect.

I really like it ...

It's my favorite snippet, don't worry

I thought I had a face like Smarty did.

NOBODY DOES!

I will most likely post a TENTATIVE track listing that is subject to change at any moment this weekend. hahahahhaa.

:uh:

I fucked your wife, she didn't mind

(Sounds like something that would actually be in "Cola"...)

So I'm not a real film connoisseur and I'm just loving that it's Halloween and all my favorites are playing. Hocus Pocus >>> everything else.

I don't understand why I'm the only one calling her out on this. :imbeingsarcasticbitch2:

I think anyone would be hurt if their looks were publicly scrutinized like hers are, so it's not entirely a female issue and maybe she was wrong in that. But do I think the addition of those three words really sets back any progression or feminist thinking? No.

But is it not safe to say that girls' looks are bigger factors career-wise than boys' looks? Their looks are viewed more harshly, and beauty is more valued when it comes to women. So that's not uncommon ideals. Is she a progressive, individualistic thinker in that area? Obviously not. But again, I just don't see it as anti-feminist.

Come on over, upper-middle-class baby.

I've been re-reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky for like a month to get ready for the movie, but then the movie isn't coming to my podunk movie theater and I've had lots of school demands, so...

Yeah. Short book, one month. I rock.

Also Cola, the chorus sounds fun, but i'm not sure about the rest of the song. But I don't think this will be remotely as good as BTD. After all, it's the "afterthought" so I don't really predict it to live up to BTD.

But she told me and a room of hundreds of other people that she considered it better than BTD

I don't like this "afterthought" classification because I think she did put some work into it, and as a musician she's always writing songs, it just so happens these were written in the nine months since her previous album, rather than over a period of three years like both AKA and BTD.