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The difference is-
The record people now say, Get me or find me a Lana Del Rey type but make her commercial (or in the Sam Smith case make him more commercial)
Then make sure the new people or the remolded older people namecheck Lana until it hits, then ignore her afterward
So Lana Del Rey became the new prototype
 
Just like Madonna was after Madonna, get me a new younger Madonna soundalike dress alike without Madonna baggage so to say
 
and having worked country music in the 80s/90s it happened there when the "New country" came in.
It wasn't that the sounds of the prior to 1989 superstars were no longer wanted (except for a little musical background updating)
They wanted a young new Waylon Jennings and George Jones and Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette
who then namedropped George Jones and Johnny Cash
 
and then George Strait and Garth Brooks came in
and the record people said Get me a new Strait and a new Brooks and drop check their names and 100 hat acts came along saying they grew up on Waylon and George Strait
Or get me 100 more Shania Twain after she came out
 
So now you have many more commercial Lana's out there, all get more radio airplay, and all are faceless and will disappear soon as the radio people want something else
 
Which leaves Lana being Lana.
As someone asked before NO I don't want nor need a stage show where it is obviously like Britney or the others lipsynched because no one can do acrobatics and sing that way.
 
I just want the singer to sit or stand and sing the songs that drove me to go out of my way, spend money to buy the cds and vinyl and download and concert tickets at full price
as often as possible and don't need a million costume changes. I didn't come for the clothes anymore then anyone on stage came to look at me.
 
Yes, I will still be there if she was no longer young and beautiful . And yes I will run run run to the appropriate places to download and purchase the vinyl/cd
and come come come to the concerts and listen or sing along even if it means driving 6 hours to Virginia or 4 hours to Boston or spending an entire day on Randall's Island in NY
to see a 915 performance. I would not be going there if she were not performing. Note to Florence or Marina fans, I am not going Friday or Saturday with them performing.
Kudos to their fans for doing such.
 
Kudos to every artist who is singing. But in music history there are only a handful of unique people and in the 2000-2020 days two of those are Lana and Gaga.
With a few more.
 
Hope she sings a new Honeymoon song at Governor's ball, but I won't be disappointed if she doesn't. Would want a full band performance of it and not a snippet without the band.
But I understand there are logistics and rights and all that.
And I look forward for each chapter of the long running book that is Lana.  (and if there are those that don't like what I said, there is the ignore button)

Ultraviolence is one of the best albums of all time.

re:Florence's new one- I read Taylor Swift heavily influenced Florence on this, speaking to her. Which is ironic because
 
Lana directly influenced Taylor's pop album, and it is evident Taylor studied Lana and her music and style in doing her own album, but of course, Taylor lost all sense of who Taylor is on this album, just to sell her soul and be number one one one one one 24/7/365.  In fact, one of her videos was made to coincide directly over Lana's Summertime sadness, and one of her new songs is a direct copy of everything Lana.
Shame Florence thought she needed to change.
 
Whyin the world would Lana want to be Florence?
 
I think Lana forecasted who she is and what HM will be in the last video she released for UV, and in the 3 songs directly on UV that were basically responses to the press and the other artists who are copying her.
("Mimicing me's a fucking bore...to me" from IFMWUTTT) and with the fact that Lana released the pictures recently showing wrinkles (nothing is done without a reason) and the selfie where she crinkles her chin
clearly showing some wrinkles-
 
Focus on Old Money and Lana looking out surveying the land from her window-
Lana is clearly saying she is not looking to be the teeny bopper bubblegum singer that gets airplay 24/7/365 and attempting to compete with Iggy or Meghan Trainor (in 3 years both of whom will be Who???)
but in fact is something past that phase.
 
We shall see, but I expect Honeymoon to be darker than UV.
(And are some people forgetting here- Summertime sadness was a song directly about the suicide of a friend. Maybe some only know the unauthorized by Lana Cedric remix which changed the focus of the song???
I don't get it. There is some disconnect here.

re:Florence's new one- I read Taylor Swift heavily influenced Florence on this, speaking to her. Which is ironic because
 
Lana directly influenced Taylor's pop album, and it is evident Taylor studied Lana and her music and style in doing her own album, but of course, Taylor lost all sense of who Taylor is on this album, just to sell her soul and be number one one one one one 24/7/365.  In fact, one of her videos was made to coincide directly over Lana's Summertime sadness, and one of her new songs is a direct copy of everything Lana.
Shame Florence thought she needed to change.
 
Whyin the world would Lana want to be Florence?
 
I think Lana forecasted who she is and what HM will be in the last video she released for UV, and in the 3 songs directly on UV that were basically responses to the press and the other artists who are copying her.
("Mimicing me's a fucking bore...to me" from IFMWUTTT) and with the fact that Lana released the pictures recently showing wrinkles (nothing is done without a reason) and the selfie where she crinkles her chin
clearly showing some wrinkles-
 
Focus on Old Money and Lana looking out surveying the land from her window-
Lana is clearly saying she is not looking to be the teeny bopper bubblegum singer that gets airplay 24/7/365 and attempting to compete with Iggy or Meghan Trainor (in 3 years both of whom will be Who???)
but in fact is something past that phase.
 
We shall see, but I expect Honeymoon to be darker than UV.
(And are some people forgetting here- Summertime sadness was a song directly about the suicide of a friend. Maybe some only know the unauthorized by Lana Cedric remix which changed the focus of the song???
I don't get it. There is some disconnect here.

re:Florence's new one- I read Taylor Swift heavily influenced Florence on this, speaking to her. Which is ironic because
 
Lana directly influenced Taylor's pop album, and it is evident Taylor studied Lana and her music and style in doing her own album, but of course, Taylor lost all sense of who Taylor is on this album, just to sell her soul and be number one one one one one 24/7/365.  In fact, one of her videos was made to coincide directly over Lana's Summertime sadness, and one of her new songs is a direct copy of everything Lana.
Shame Florence thought she needed to change.
 
Whyin the world would Lana want to be Florence?
 
I think Lana forecasted who she is and what HM will be in the last video she released for UV, and in the 3 songs directly on UV that were basically responses to the press and the other artists who are copying her.
("Mimicing me's a fucking bore...to me" from IFMWUTTT) and with the fact that Lana released the pictures recently showing wrinkles (nothing is done without a reason) and the selfie where she crinkles her chin
clearly showing some wrinkles-
 
Focus on Old Money and Lana looking out surveying the land from her window-
Lana is clearly saying she is not looking to be the teeny bopper bubblegum singer that gets airplay 24/7/365 and attempting to compete with Iggy or Meghan Trainor (in 3 years both of whom will be Who???)
but in fact is something past that phase.
 
We shall see, but I expect Honeymoon to be darker than UV.
(And are some people forgetting here- Summertime sadness was a song directly about the suicide of a friend. Maybe some only know the unauthorized by Lana Cedric remix which changed the focus of the song???
I don't get it. There is some disconnect here.

re:Florence's new one- I read Taylor Swift heavily influenced Florence on this, speaking to her. Which is ironic because
 
Lana directly influenced Taylor's pop album, and it is evident Taylor studied Lana and her music and style in doing her own album, but of course, Taylor lost all sense of who Taylor is on this album, just to sell her soul and be number one one one one one 24/7/365.  In fact, one of her videos was made to coincide directly over Lana's Summertime sadness, and one of her new songs is a direct copy of everything Lana.
Shame Florence thought she needed to change.
 
Whyin the world would Lana want to be Florence?
 
I think Lana forecasted who she is and what HM will be in the last video she released for UV, and in the 3 songs directly on UV that were basically responses to the press and the other artists who are copying her.
("Mimicing me's a fucking bore...to me" from IFMWUTTT) and with the fact that Lana released the pictures recently showing wrinkles (nothing is done without a reason) and the selfie where she crinkles her chin
clearly showing some wrinkles-
 
Focus on Old Money and Lana looking out surveying the land from her window-
Lana is clearly saying she is not looking to be the teeny bopper bubblegum singer that gets airplay 24/7/365 and attempting to compete with Iggy or Meghan Trainor (in 3 years both of whom will be Who???)
but in fact is something past that phase.
 
We shall see, but I expect Honeymoon to be darker than UV.
(And are some people forgetting here- Summertime sadness was a song directly about the suicide of a friend. Maybe some only know the unauthorized by Lana Cedric remix which changed the focus of the song???
I don't get it. There is some disconnect here.

The Keys always thought highly of themselves prior and very vocally had put Lana down
 
Until sheepishly they were outwitted by Lana who let her talent prove she was not what they were putting down, and won them over
 
Of course, they are male, so the Rolling Stone/ Rock critic mentality immediately took to them as alt-rock heroes, sexist as they (and the Keys) were/are
 
Their latest album could have been done by Lana, as it is quite different in many ways from their earlier albums.
 
 
I know whom I will be seeing. 
theoretically if they play a longer set and both actual start at the same time, one could maybe see the very end of the other, but it is one helleva long walk especially if one is upfront at Lana's show.
(Not sure of the layout, but I got VIP ticket only going Sunday, a smiliar thing is on a different day with Florence in conflict with someone else).

After the video she last made, why would anyone think Honeymoon is going to be happy?
 
It is a continuous saga. And the last video was anything but.
 
BTW- I think alt-indie is the wrong terminology anyhow
 
I think what Lana really is is Progressive. Prog-Rock in the broad sense of the term as it was in the late 1960s early 1970s.
From Eno (who was in the Lou Reed pairing) to ELP to Elton and Genesis (before Genesis became Phil Collins AC)
 
alt is really a hybrid term anyhow.
 
Alt really means anyone who doesn't sell a huge amount, but the same person once they do, is sort of shunned from being alt so its a catch-22.
.
What it all really is is Hip. Not Hip hop, Just Hip.
 
Or in other words, Lana is in 1969 terms groovy as we used to say
 
What it really is is that Lana is doing what only guys did back then, so there is no comparison with others. She literally is the ultimate feminist in that she breaks all the barriers and is a true equal to all males
that came before in music, not a follower. A trail blazer.
 
and I am saying that without hyperbole.
 
And I expect Honeymoon to dive deeper into the film noir world where no good ever comes even if redemption does.
 
The top 40 people some want her to be (ewwwww) would have been bubblegum in the early 1970s.
 
Does anyone here really want Lana to be bubblegum throwaway?

After the video she last made, why would anyone think Honeymoon is going to be happy?
 
It is a continuous saga. And the last video was anything but.
 
BTW- I think alt-indie is the wrong terminology anyhow
 
I think what Lana really is is Progressive. Prog-Rock in the broad sense of the term as it was in the late 1960s early 1970s.
From Eno (who was in the Lou Reed pairing) to ELP to Elton and Genesis (before Genesis became Phil Collins AC)
 
alt is really a hybrid term anyhow.
 
Alt really means anyone who doesn't sell a huge amount, but the same person once they do, is sort of shunned from being alt so its a catch-22.
.
What it all really is is Hip. Not Hip hop, Just Hip.
 
Or in other words, Lana is in 1969 terms groovy as we used to say
 
What it really is is that Lana is doing what only guys did back then, so there is no comparison with others. She literally is the ultimate feminist in that she breaks all the barriers and is a true equal to all males
that came before in music, not a follower. A trail blazer.
 
and I am saying that without hyperbole.
 
And I expect Honeymoon to dive deeper into the film noir world where no good ever comes even if redemption does.
 
The top 40 people some want her to be (ewwwww) would have been bubblegum in the early 1970s.
 
Does anyone here really want Lana to be bubblegum throwaway?

After the video she last made, why would anyone think Honeymoon is going to be happy?
 
It is a continuous saga. And the last video was anything but.
 
BTW- I think alt-indie is the wrong terminology anyhow
 
I think what Lana really is is Progressive. Prog-Rock in the broad sense of the term as it was in the late 1960s early 1970s.
From Eno (who was in the Lou Reed pairing) to ELP to Elton and Genesis (before Genesis became Phil Collins AC)
 
alt is really a hybrid term anyhow.
 
Alt really means anyone who doesn't sell a huge amount, but the same person once they do, is sort of shunned from being alt so its a catch-22.
.
What it all really is is Hip. Not Hip hop, Just Hip.
 
Or in other words, Lana is in 1969 terms groovy as we used to say
 
What it really is is that Lana is doing what only guys did back then, so there is no comparison with others. She literally is the ultimate feminist in that she breaks all the barriers and is a true equal to all males
that came before in music, not a follower. A trail blazer.
 
and I am saying that without hyperbole.
 
And I expect Honeymoon to dive deeper into the film noir world where no good ever comes even if redemption does.
 
The top 40 people some want her to be (ewwwww) would have been bubblegum in the early 1970s.
 
Does anyone here really want Lana to be bubblegum throwaway?

After the video she last made, why would anyone think Honeymoon is going to be happy?
 
It is a continuous saga. And the last video was anything but.
 
BTW- I think alt-indie is the wrong terminology anyhow
 
I think what Lana really is is Progressive. Prog-Rock in the broad sense of the term as it was in the late 1960s early 1970s.
From Eno (who was in the Lou Reed pairing) to ELP to Elton and Genesis (before Genesis became Phil Collins AC)
 
alt is really a hybrid term anyhow.
 
Alt really means anyone who doesn't sell a huge amount, but the same person once they do, is sort of shunned from being alt so its a catch-22.
.
What it all really is is Hip. Not Hip hop, Just Hip.
 
Or in other words, Lana is in 1969 terms groovy as we used to say
 
What it really is is that Lana is doing what only guys did back then, so there is no comparison with others. She literally is the ultimate feminist in that she breaks all the barriers and is a true equal to all males
that came before in music, not a follower. A trail blazer.
 
and I am saying that without hyperbole.
 
And I expect Honeymoon to dive deeper into the film noir world where no good ever comes even if redemption does.
 
The top 40 people some want her to be (ewwwww) would have been bubblegum in the early 1970s.
 
Does anyone here really want Lana to be bubblegum throwaway?

Ultraviolence is going to be remembered as one of the ten greatest albums of the 10's.
And it was #1, went Gold and she didn't sell her soul to do it.
And without promo, she was on just about every critics Top 10 of the year list. She won over Dan who really put her down. She won over most of the people who bad mouthed her.
 
And like Sinatra sang  She did it HER way.
 
The entire music industry knows her and is intrigued by her, and eventually people are going to get #1s singing her songs, even if she doesn't get the airplay herself (and is it even needed?

For what???
 
The awards will come, possibly as songwriter first, possible in a small movie short or possibly even in spoken word album. Possibly on soundtracks.
 
Ultraviolence should have won Album of the year and Record of the year. But who really cares about awards anyhow? Most don't remember 10 minutes later who won an award last year.
(Quick-who won best supporting actress or best record at the AMA's?
 
One thing I would love to see her do is sing a one-off with a full orchestra, perhaps film it for a Fathom event, or just to release a live DVD of it (and then it could go to PBS type stations.
 
Like I said in a different thread, if Lana did what others wanted her to do, but not what she wanted to do, she would not be Lana. She would be everyone else.
 
Wonder though if perhaps she will be an opening week guest of Steve Colbert. I doubt she will ever do anything with NBC again morning or night, but Colbert is on CBS starting in September.
 
But do you really see Lana putting up with the crap of appearing on Kelly and Michael's show? Or getting asked demeaning questions of the same old same old? I wouldn't want to
have to respond to that crap.
 
The music speaks for itself. All those that are copying her prove it (including Taylor Swift and Lorde and Sam Smith and how Miley seems to be in awe of her too.) Everyone wants a piece of her,
and she stands alone in not doing what others insist, but in what she wants (like the biggest music stars ever always did- like Dylan, like the Dead, like Leonard Cohen.
 
Now if one really wants radio play, a Christmas duet with Leonard Cohen and every year from Halloween to  New Years, Lana would be heard with that Christmas song coast to coast on American radio (as so many stations now go 24/7 Christmas for all of December, and part of November (and some start right after Halloween, where they could start off with Once upon a dream.
 
btw- Dylan was on Letterman second to last night as a favor to Dave,but, it was his first late night appearance in what ,20 years.

The one thing I would love to see is a full orchestra and strings.
Half the songs she has has strings, but it takes a really big stage to make it sound right. (Perhaps a one off at the Metropolitan Opera House or Radio City Music Hall.)
 
In the overseas tour, she had strings on some early dates.
 
The problem is, on record, Lana overdubs her own vocals, and then the haters say why can't she do that onstage.
 
Brian Wilson and John Lennon quit concerts and part of the reason was they could not recreate it on stage (in the Beatles case, the audience, much like Lana's) was so loud singing along and screaming that they couldn't even hear themselves sing. And John Lennon famously threw up every time he had to go onstage. (Carly Simon too)
 
Best concert I ever saw in my life was Elvis Costello's first show at the Bottom Line club in NYC...he played for an hour and it was one song after another, all short songs.
Saw him many times after, including a 4 hour show...that show, I couldn't wait to get out of there. My ass hurt and my legs hurt from standing and sitting.
 
Harry Chapin gave long concerts. Some went 3 hours. And after the first 90 minutes, Harry was hoarse. I think Harry taught Bruce about long shows.
 
I think if Lana did 4 hour shows, some here would complain that it wasn't 6 hours or 8 hours.
 
It's not the length, it's what you do with it when you do it. Always leave them wanting more is the old Hollywood cliche'. Never have them want to leave before you are done.
 
BTW- if she played twice the length, what would happen is there would be 15 minute guitar solos in every other song. You wouldn't be getting more vocals.
 
But a full classical orchestra, a choir, strings and Lana.
Elton John did that on a few tours. I was lucky enough to see two shows in a few weeks- one in Wembley England, one at Radio City with full orchestra and choir.
The one in England had a white choir. The one in NYC had a black choir. Two best show of his I ever saw (and I have seen him about 40 times since 1973.)
He was able to recreate his first 3 albums that in the past he never could do it right.
 
That is what it would take. But paying for about 100 extra people on stage, and the logistics, make it hard to do a full tour like that, even if they use a local orchestra and choirs.
And that would take a really large stage. And that would probably mean the tickets would start at $250 a piece and go up from there (before scalpers).

Truth hurts? You are wrong. And negative.
 
Stop comparing her to people who are just today's versions of someone else.
Today's whoever, yesterday's Miley who was yesterdays Britney who was yesterday's Celine who was yesterdays Mariah who was yesterday's Whitney who was yesterday's 100 others none of
whom are Madonna who is still standing strong.
 
Aretha was and is better than all those names and is, as long as she remains healthy and alive, still with us still sounding almost as great as she used to.
 
Best example is Edith Piaf. Been what, nearly 100 years and her name lives on.
 
Sorry, but I don't want Lana to be Meghan Trainor or Katy Perry.
 
And Lana has an ace in the hole Katy or Beyone or Rihanna don't have-
if Lana wanted to do the most commercial radio friendly album out there, she could  put it out as by Elizabeth Grant, songwriter. And have a whole new career.
 
Or do something people (but not the haters) probably wish had happened already, 2 old friends Duet album together- Lana and Gaga. (though I may be the only one who doesn't hate one or the other).
 
Something like Paul McCartney did with Michael Jackson.
 
Lana is albums not commercial singles.
But if she wanted to do an album of "Queen of Disaster" "Pale Moonlight" and 20 other highly commercial songs, I would be first in line for that too.
 
Satisfaction should be knowing that her style is hers, and she can do any style.
 
Others need autotune and someone controlling their every move.
(While it's a great catchy anthem song, Rachel Platten's Fight song sounds like 250 other people and the high notes are embarrassing. As she has been around a decade, more power to her now,
but it is 100% generic, even if it gets to #1.
 
This is my opinion, feel free to disagree, I am not looking to change anyones mind.

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No, I disagree
We have 100s of records done prior to when Video Games and Born to Die became big hits
So the talent came before
 
What is it you are looking for?
 
Take Elton John. The biggest star of 1970-1976
People wrote him off after 1977 at their mistake
 
Continues to sell out show after show every single year, and his 80s song "I'm still standing"
It's now been 47 years since his first recordings (2 or 3 years prior to his first hit)
 
Better to have a long long career then being the flame of the day that burns out. Look what happened to Elvis, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Kurt Cobain
 
Would rather have say Lana like Leonard Cohen, still going strong in his 80s, Lou Reed who continued til his lifestyle caught up with him
 
Meanwhile, Lana has had 4 movie songs recently, is on a tour where anyone in the USA could see as many dates as they could afford to get to, videos coming out, a new album coming out,
maybe some print interviews, more critical reviews of said album
Seemingly she has a new news item every day one when searches
 
and the best of all for her, she has a private life on any day she chooses to avoid the cameras.
 
And can in an instance, should she choose, choose to sing with anyone in the musical world worldwide, at which point a duet could be released
at which point, that artist could keep her in the news (much like the name dropping Brian Wilson did for months)
Though the song wasn't on his lp, the name dropping means if one does a search for Lana/Brian countless entries show up
(Why do you think Marilyn Manson kept name dropping her? At just the time he wanted publicity).
 
If one really wanted Lana to win an Oscar, hopefully she will do something where she creates something writes something, produces something that like
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, forever get to call themselves Oscar winners (for screenwriting credits). Matters little what Oscar people win. An Oscar Winner=An Oscar winner
 
Same with forever she can say she is a Grammy nominee.
 
Same as forever she is one of just a limited amount of people to have a #1 CD and a #2 CD and Paradise was Top 10. and counts same as a full lp in the official chart records.(with a 4th one
coming shortly) and the Lana Del Ray EP actually was Top 20 on the Top 200 Album charts and charted for 3 weeks.
So Honeymoon officially will be the 5th.
 
And at some point a greatest hits and live albums and unreleased tracks and Chrismas and so on and so forth
 
And one knows, were she to go on a SNL again or something like it, one can guarantee the press would start up again and again
And just for fun- Lana has outlasted Brian the Liar and the one that obnoxiously sent that nasty tweet on her Williams.
How cool is that! Couldn't happen to a bigger asshole than Brian Williams of NBC news is.

Ultraviolence is going to be remembered as one of the ten greatest albums of the 10's.
And it was #1, went Gold and she didn't sell her soul to do it.
And without promo, she was on just about every critics Top 10 of the year list. She won over Dan who really put her down. She won over most of the people who bad mouthed her.
 
And like Sinatra sang  She did it HER way.
 
The entire music industry knows her and is intrigued by her, and eventually people are going to get #1s singing her songs, even if she doesn't get the airplay herself (and is it even needed?

For what???
 
The awards will come, possibly as songwriter first, possible in a small movie short or possibly even in spoken word album. Possibly on soundtracks.
 
Ultraviolence should have won Album of the year and Record of the year. But who really cares about awards anyhow? Most don't remember 10 minutes later who won an award last year.
(Quick-who won best supporting actress or best record at the AMA's?
 
One thing I would love to see her do is sing a one-off with a full orchestra, perhaps film it for a Fathom event, or just to release a live DVD of it (and then it could go to PBS type stations.
 
Like I said in a different thread, if Lana did what others wanted her to do, but not what she wanted to do, she would not be Lana. She would be everyone else.
 
Wonder though if perhaps she will be an opening week guest of Steve Colbert. I doubt she will ever do anything with NBC again morning or night, but Colbert is on CBS starting in September.
 
But do you really see Lana putting up with the crap of appearing on Kelly and Michael's show? Or getting asked demeaning questions of the same old same old? I wouldn't want to
have to respond to that crap.
 
The music speaks for itself. All those that are copying her prove it (including Taylor Swift and Lorde and Sam Smith and how Miley seems to be in awe of her too.) Everyone wants a piece of her,
and she stands alone in not doing what others insist, but in what she wants (like the biggest music stars ever always did- like Dylan, like the Dead, like Leonard Cohen.
 
Now if one really wants radio play, a Christmas duet with Leonard Cohen and every year from Halloween to  New Years, Lana would be heard with that Christmas song coast to coast on American radio (as so many stations now go 24/7 Christmas for all of December, and part of November (and some start right after Halloween, where they could start off with Once upon a dream.
 
btw- Dylan was on Letterman second to last night as a favor to Dave,but, it was his first late night appearance in what ,20 years.

Ultraviolence is going to be remembered as one of the ten greatest albums of the 10's.
And it was #1, went Gold and she didn't sell her soul to do it.
And without promo, she was on just about every critics Top 10 of the year list. She won over Dan who really put her down. She won over most of the people who bad mouthed her.
 
And like Sinatra sang  She did it HER way.
 
The entire music industry knows her and is intrigued by her, and eventually people are going to get #1s singing her songs, even if she doesn't get the airplay herself (and is it even needed?

For what???
 
The awards will come, possibly as songwriter first, possible in a small movie short or possibly even in spoken word album. Possibly on soundtracks.
 
Ultraviolence should have won Album of the year and Record of the year. But who really cares about awards anyhow? Most don't remember 10 minutes later who won an award last year.
(Quick-who won best supporting actress or best record at the AMA's?
 
One thing I would love to see her do is sing a one-off with a full orchestra, perhaps film it for a Fathom event, or just to release a live DVD of it (and then it could go to PBS type stations.
 
Like I said in a different thread, if Lana did what others wanted her to do, but not what she wanted to do, she would not be Lana. She would be everyone else.
 
Wonder though if perhaps she will be an opening week guest of Steve Colbert. I doubt she will ever do anything with NBC again morning or night, but Colbert is on CBS starting in September.
 
But do you really see Lana putting up with the crap of appearing on Kelly and Michael's show? Or getting asked demeaning questions of the same old same old? I wouldn't want to
have to respond to that crap.
 
The music speaks for itself. All those that are copying her prove it (including Taylor Swift and Lorde and Sam Smith and how Miley seems to be in awe of her too.) Everyone wants a piece of her,
and she stands alone in not doing what others insist, but in what she wants (like the biggest music stars ever always did- like Dylan, like the Dead, like Leonard Cohen.
 
Now if one really wants radio play, a Christmas duet with Leonard Cohen and every year from Halloween to  New Years, Lana would be heard with that Christmas song coast to coast on American radio (as so many stations now go 24/7 Christmas for all of December, and part of November (and some start right after Halloween, where they could start off with Once upon a dream.
 
btw- Dylan was on Letterman second to last night as a favor to Dave,but, it was his first late night appearance in what ,20 years.

Ultraviolence is going to be remembered as one of the ten greatest albums of the 10's.
And it was #1, went Gold and she didn't sell her soul to do it.
And without promo, she was on just about every critics Top 10 of the year list. She won over Dan who really put her down. She won over most of the people who bad mouthed her.
 
And like Sinatra sang  She did it HER way.
 
The entire music industry knows her and is intrigued by her, and eventually people are going to get #1s singing her songs, even if she doesn't get the airplay herself (and is it even needed?

For what???
 
The awards will come, possibly as songwriter first, possible in a small movie short or possibly even in spoken word album. Possibly on soundtracks.
 
Ultraviolence should have won Album of the year and Record of the year. But who really cares about awards anyhow? Most don't remember 10 minutes later who won an award last year.
(Quick-who won best supporting actress or best record at the AMA's?
 
One thing I would love to see her do is sing a one-off with a full orchestra, perhaps film it for a Fathom event, or just to release a live DVD of it (and then it could go to PBS type stations.
 
Like I said in a different thread, if Lana did what others wanted her to do, but not what she wanted to do, she would not be Lana. She would be everyone else.
 
Wonder though if perhaps she will be an opening week guest of Steve Colbert. I doubt she will ever do anything with NBC again morning or night, but Colbert is on CBS starting in September.
 
But do you really see Lana putting up with the crap of appearing on Kelly and Michael's show? Or getting asked demeaning questions of the same old same old? I wouldn't want to
have to respond to that crap.
 
The music speaks for itself. All those that are copying her prove it (including Taylor Swift and Lorde and Sam Smith and how Miley seems to be in awe of her too.) Everyone wants a piece of her,
and she stands alone in not doing what others insist, but in what she wants (like the biggest music stars ever always did- like Dylan, like the Dead, like Leonard Cohen.
 
Now if one really wants radio play, a Christmas duet with Leonard Cohen and every year from Halloween to  New Years, Lana would be heard with that Christmas song coast to coast on American radio (as so many stations now go 24/7 Christmas for all of December, and part of November (and some start right after Halloween, where they could start off with Once upon a dream.
 
btw- Dylan was on Letterman second to last night as a favor to Dave,but, it was his first late night appearance in what ,20 years.

Ultraviolence is going to be remembered as one of the ten greatest albums of the 10's.
And it was #1, went Gold and she didn't sell her soul to do it.
And without promo, she was on just about every critics Top 10 of the year list. She won over Dan who really put her down. She won over most of the people who bad mouthed her.
 
And like Sinatra sang  She did it HER way.
 
The entire music industry knows her and is intrigued by her, and eventually people are going to get #1s singing her songs, even if she doesn't get the airplay herself (and is it even needed?

For what???
 
The awards will come, possibly as songwriter first, possible in a small movie short or possibly even in spoken word album. Possibly on soundtracks.
 
Ultraviolence should have won Album of the year and Record of the year. But who really cares about awards anyhow? Most don't remember 10 minutes later who won an award last year.
(Quick-who won best supporting actress or best record at the AMA's?
 
One thing I would love to see her do is sing a one-off with a full orchestra, perhaps film it for a Fathom event, or just to release a live DVD of it (and then it could go to PBS type stations.
 
Like I said in a different thread, if Lana did what others wanted her to do, but not what she wanted to do, she would not be Lana. She would be everyone else.
 
Wonder though if perhaps she will be an opening week guest of Steve Colbert. I doubt she will ever do anything with NBC again morning or night, but Colbert is on CBS starting in September.
 
But do you really see Lana putting up with the crap of appearing on Kelly and Michael's show? Or getting asked demeaning questions of the same old same old? I wouldn't want to
have to respond to that crap.
 
The music speaks for itself. All those that are copying her prove it (including Taylor Swift and Lorde and Sam Smith and how Miley seems to be in awe of her too.) Everyone wants a piece of her,
and she stands alone in not doing what others insist, but in what she wants (like the biggest music stars ever always did- like Dylan, like the Dead, like Leonard Cohen.
 
Now if one really wants radio play, a Christmas duet with Leonard Cohen and every year from Halloween to  New Years, Lana would be heard with that Christmas song coast to coast on American radio (as so many stations now go 24/7 Christmas for all of December, and part of November (and some start right after Halloween, where they could start off with Once upon a dream.
 
btw- Dylan was on Letterman second to last night as a favor to Dave,but, it was his first late night appearance in what ,20 years.

Ultraviolence is going to be remembered as one of the ten greatest albums of the 10's.
And it was #1, went Gold and she didn't sell her soul to do it.
And without promo, she was on just about every critics Top 10 of the year list. She won over Dan who really put her down. She won over most of the people who bad mouthed her.
 
And like Sinatra sang  She did it HER way.
 
The entire music industry knows her and is intrigued by her, and eventually people are going to get #1s singing her songs, even if she doesn't get the airplay herself (and is it even needed?

For what???
 
The awards will come, possibly as songwriter first, possible in a small movie short or possibly even in spoken word album. Possibly on soundtracks.
 
Ultraviolence should have won Album of the year and Record of the year. But who really cares about awards anyhow? Most don't remember 10 minutes later who won an award last year.
(Quick-who won best supporting actress or best record at the AMA's?
 
One thing I would love to see her do is sing a one-off with a full orchestra, perhaps film it for a Fathom event, or just to release a live DVD of it (and then it could go to PBS type stations.
 
Like I said in a different thread, if Lana did what others wanted her to do, but not what she wanted to do, she would not be Lana. She would be everyone else.
 
Wonder though if perhaps she will be an opening week guest of Steve Colbert. I doubt she will ever do anything with NBC again morning or night, but Colbert is on CBS starting in September.
 
But do you really see Lana putting up with the crap of appearing on Kelly and Michael's show? Or getting asked demeaning questions of the same old same old? I wouldn't want to
have to respond to that crap.
 
The music speaks for itself. All those that are copying her prove it (including Taylor Swift and Lorde and Sam Smith and how Miley seems to be in awe of her too.) Everyone wants a piece of her,
and she stands alone in not doing what others insist, but in what she wants (like the biggest music stars ever always did- like Dylan, like the Dead, like Leonard Cohen.
 
Now if one really wants radio play, a Christmas duet with Leonard Cohen and every year from Halloween to  New Years, Lana would be heard with that Christmas song coast to coast on American radio (as so many stations now go 24/7 Christmas for all of December, and part of November (and some start right after Halloween, where they could start off with Once upon a dream.
 
btw- Dylan was on Letterman second to last night as a favor to Dave,but, it was his first late night appearance in what ,20 years.

Ultraviolence is going to be remembered as one of the ten greatest albums of the 10's.
And it was #1, went Gold and she didn't sell her soul to do it.
And without promo, she was on just about every critics Top 10 of the year list. She won over Dan who really put her down. She won over most of the people who bad mouthed her.
 
And like Sinatra sang  She did it HER way.
 
The entire music industry knows her and is intrigued by her, and eventually people are going to get #1s singing her songs, even if she doesn't get the airplay herself (and is it even needed?

For what???
 
The awards will come, possibly as songwriter first, possible in a small movie short or possibly even in spoken word album. Possibly on soundtracks.
 
Ultraviolence should have won Album of the year and Record of the year. But who really cares about awards anyhow? Most don't remember 10 minutes later who won an award last year.
(Quick-who won best supporting actress or best record at the AMA's?
 
One thing I would love to see her do is sing a one-off with a full orchestra, perhaps film it for a Fathom event, or just to release a live DVD of it (and then it could go to PBS type stations.
 
Like I said in a different thread, if Lana did what others wanted her to do, but not what she wanted to do, she would not be Lana. She would be everyone else.
 
Wonder though if perhaps she will be an opening week guest of Steve Colbert. I doubt she will ever do anything with NBC again morning or night, but Colbert is on CBS starting in September.
 
But do you really see Lana putting up with the crap of appearing on Kelly and Michael's show? Or getting asked demeaning questions of the same old same old? I wouldn't want to
have to respond to that crap.
 
The music speaks for itself. All those that are copying her prove it (including Taylor Swift and Lorde and Sam Smith and how Miley seems to be in awe of her too.) Everyone wants a piece of her,
and she stands alone in not doing what others insist, but in what she wants (like the biggest music stars ever always did- like Dylan, like the Dead, like Leonard Cohen.
 
Now if one really wants radio play, a Christmas duet with Leonard Cohen and every year from Halloween to  New Years, Lana would be heard with that Christmas song coast to coast on American radio (as so many stations now go 24/7 Christmas for all of December, and part of November (and some start right after Halloween, where they could start off with Once upon a dream.
 
btw- Dylan was on Letterman second to last night as a favor to Dave,but, it was his first late night appearance in what ,20 years.

Ultraviolence is going to be remembered as one of the ten greatest albums of the 10's.
And it was #1, went Gold and she didn't sell her soul to do it.
And without promo, she was on just about every critics Top 10 of the year list. She won over Dan who really put her down. She won over most of the people who bad mouthed her.
 
And like Sinatra sang  She did it HER way.
 
The entire music industry knows her and is intrigued by her, and eventually people are going to get #1s singing her songs, even if she doesn't get the airplay herself (and is it even needed?

For what???
 
The awards will come, possibly as songwriter first, possible in a small movie short or possibly even in spoken word album. Possibly on soundtracks.
 
Ultraviolence should have won Album of the year and Record of the year. But who really cares about awards anyhow? Most don't remember 10 minutes later who won an award last year.
(Quick-who won best supporting actress or best record at the AMA's?
 
One thing I would love to see her do is sing a one-off with a full orchestra, perhaps film it for a Fathom event, or just to release a live DVD of it (and then it could go to PBS type stations.
 
Like I said in a different thread, if Lana did what others wanted her to do, but not what she wanted to do, she would not be Lana. She would be everyone else.
 
Wonder though if perhaps she will be an opening week guest of Steve Colbert. I doubt she will ever do anything with NBC again morning or night, but Colbert is on CBS starting in September.
 
But do you really see Lana putting up with the crap of appearing on Kelly and Michael's show? Or getting asked demeaning questions of the same old same old? I wouldn't want to
have to respond to that crap.
 
The music speaks for itself. All those that are copying her prove it (including Taylor Swift and Lorde and Sam Smith and how Miley seems to be in awe of her too.) Everyone wants a piece of her,
and she stands alone in not doing what others insist, but in what she wants (like the biggest music stars ever always did- like Dylan, like the Dead, like Leonard Cohen.
 
Now if one really wants radio play, a Christmas duet with Leonard Cohen and every year from Halloween to  New Years, Lana would be heard with that Christmas song coast to coast on American radio (as so many stations now go 24/7 Christmas for all of December, and part of November (and some start right after Halloween, where they could start off with Once upon a dream.
 
btw- Dylan was on Letterman second to last night as a favor to Dave,but, it was his first late night appearance in what ,20 years.

Ultraviolence is going to be remembered as one of the ten greatest albums of the 10's.
And it was #1, went Gold and she didn't sell her soul to do it.
And without promo, she was on just about every critics Top 10 of the year list. She won over Dan who really put her down. She won over most of the people who bad mouthed her.
 
And like Sinatra sang  She did it HER way.
 
The entire music industry knows her and is intrigued by her, and eventually people are going to get #1s singing her songs, even if she doesn't get the airplay herself (and is it even needed?

For what???
 
The awards will come, possibly as songwriter first, possible in a small movie short or possibly even in spoken word album. Possibly on soundtracks.
 
Ultraviolence should have won Album of the year and Record of the year. But who really cares about awards anyhow? Most don't remember 10 minutes later who won an award last year.
(Quick-who won best supporting actress or best record at the AMA's?
 
One thing I would love to see her do is sing a one-off with a full orchestra, perhaps film it for a Fathom event, or just to release a live DVD of it (and then it could go to PBS type stations.
 
Like I said in a different thread, if Lana did what others wanted her to do, but not what she wanted to do, she would not be Lana. She would be everyone else.
 
Wonder though if perhaps she will be an opening week guest of Steve Colbert. I doubt she will ever do anything with NBC again morning or night, but Colbert is on CBS starting in September.
 
But do you really see Lana putting up with the crap of appearing on Kelly and Michael's show? Or getting asked demeaning questions of the same old same old? I wouldn't want to
have to respond to that crap.
 
The music speaks for itself. All those that are copying her prove it (including Taylor Swift and Lorde and Sam Smith and how Miley seems to be in awe of her too.) Everyone wants a piece of her,
and she stands alone in not doing what others insist, but in what she wants (like the biggest music stars ever always did- like Dylan, like the Dead, like Leonard Cohen.
 
Now if one really wants radio play, a Christmas duet with Leonard Cohen and every year from Halloween to  New Years, Lana would be heard with that Christmas song coast to coast on American radio (as so many stations now go 24/7 Christmas for all of December, and part of November (and some start right after Halloween, where they could start off with Once upon a dream.
 
btw- Dylan was on Letterman second to last night as a favor to Dave,but, it was his first late night appearance in what ,20 years.

Ah, you're so lovely! Roy is my #1. But hey, there's still Chris Isaak who almost sounds like Roy...

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Lana does 5 songs from Ultraviolence including what I think is her best vocal on record and live, "Shades of Cool". It is Roy Orbison operatic in my opinion as the song goes on.
(oh if only we could have heard her and Roy have done something together)