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Lana has done something I can't recall any female singer has ever done, and I have been listening to music since the early 1960s. What female artist in history has written so much and sung so much? Aretha has songs written for her. Petula Clark sang other peoples songs. Mama Cass-sang others Janis Joplin- sang others (Me and Bobby McGee was written by Kris Kristofferson). others have burnt out or died or have one or two albums, but then go years of nothing. Anyone who knew of her older songs then and now, it is clear they are her words, her ideas, her thoughts and while others may change a word, tidy up a lyric, I would say 90% is hers. Much like Leonard Cohen, Lana is a poet first, a writer, a visual artist. Much like Brian Wilson, the recording studio is more important than putting on a show. Old school. Singing direct to audience. One doesn't need bells and whistles. The legendary artists of all time didn't do anything but stand at the microphone and sing. Edith Piaf, Sinatra, Orbison, the Beatles(who also didn't do very many shows), Brian Wilson, Elton basically at the piano. Speaking of Elton, Elton only does the music, Bernie the words. Lana does words and music. I think like Elton, like Brian Wilson, if Lana wants to, she can be around for 60 years and her music will live on. I don't think it is an exaggeration to think that when the time comes, Lana will be in the Hall of Fame. (If only she could get to induct Lou Reed). And Lana is doing it her own way. She is not playing the normal game. What are there about 300 different songs already, most unreleased, something a Bruce Springsteen or the Grateful Dead did, all these rarieties. (We are lucky to have them on youtube). And not a bad one in the bunch. She already has 3 Top 10 albums. (check the chart records, one can count the relatively few female singers on the US album charts that have had 3 Top 10 albums, and Honeymoon will be the 4th. And without a real hit single either nor looking for any radio airplay (and not needing it).. I am looking forward to Honeymoon, and anything else released. Do wish the Brian Wilson duet had happened, that would have been a good grammy entry next year, but others will come. If this was 1967-8-9, Lana would have had 10 number one songs on stations like WABC, New York and KHJ California. As said above, the Hall of Fame in a couple of decades, the Songwriting Hall of fame, etc. And it wouldn't surprise me if there will be an Oscar for producing a short film. (An Oscar is an Oscar, no matter what category).

Going to Virginia and the Governor's ball in NYC. Presale for Virginia was odd, and it took 2 hours, but got pit area up front. Almost gave up, but kept retrying and it worked.

The lawyers / editors seemingly must have in their better judgement, made Kim remove the "off" comment and it is not in the book. It was an amazing naïve statement for Kim to make. But you know what, it shows how popular Lana is- Kim created this whole controversy so she hoped Lana's fans would buy the book and even if Lana's fans don't, Kim had hoped the controversy would get others to hear about the book and they would buy it. That is why all these older artists from decades ago are gravitating to Lana, and also why brand new artists namecheck Lana (though in cases like Sam Smith and Lorde, after they hit fame themselves, they seem to forget how much they got from Lana). Without Lana, neither of the two would even have made a record. But when one is unique like Lana is, everyone wants to be in her world. Lana is so magnanimous, watch her offer Kim an opening slot on her tour at some point.