Crimson and Clover

Im so out of touch with pop culture who is this I thought it was poppy

LUSH has edible packaging peanuts

I’m sorry but I just can’t take Fishtail seriously still..I’ve warmed up to its sound a bit but like..the lyrics are so random in the context of the album! Peppers and TT might be a bit unserious but Peppers at least is able to fit itself in with current topics like COVID with surfy California vibes and TT connects itself with Paris, Texas in a way. I see Peppers and TT as comic relief songs too in an otherwise heavy album while Fishtail just sounds awkward..For the most part I consider DYK a SoCal album (and at least Peppers and TT retain that sound), and her singing about ‘skipping rope in the Bayou’ is so random..like why randomly bring the Deep South in and never mention it again it’s perplexing

you’re in the yard I light the fire and as the summer fades away..

NFR and its era is just so warm and inviting for me it’s riddled with SO much nostalgia..I remember it came out when I was in college and spent late nights studying and listening to it It was a comfort album, especially it if I got too high…Venice Bitch and Love song would held me in their arms like a loving mother holds a child I appreciate this album so much I think the fact that it’s the last Lana album we got before COVID makes it really sentimental for me as well

there’s such a warm and inviting feeling I get from this album that I haven’t felt since NFR

yeah yeah..desires for what you HAVE

As her festival dates get closer, I’m still curious how she’ll approach VB and Taco Truck on tour (hopefully she’ll include it still). Also, did I read somewhere that she plans on The Grants being the closer for her concerts or did I just make that up?? I can see a few options. Maybe beginning as Taco Truck and then transitioning to the regular VB. She might just completely ditch the trap version too. I’d be open for a mashup between the two though, I can see that being amazing live. It would also be a great pre-closer. Having it in the middle of her setlist would be pretty cool too, maybe to transition the concert to one atmosphere to another.

This what A&w would be if it was produced by a different producer

I really thought she’d sing a True Romance song she better go on an anniversary tour because..

I have a feeling we’re at least gonna get that at Outside Lands this year they’re both set to perform

so iconic could’ve been on Lust for Life lbr

I’m screaming I’m at Mel’s right now and instead of her greatest hits they have the whole Tunnel album on their jukebox do I play Judah Smith interlude?

it’s like an epic that tells the story of her discography..if there was ever a “this is the story of Lana Del Rey” song, this would be it this is her Odyssey

They removed Judah Smith interlude from titty vinyl??? Was about to buy but..it’s honestly integral to the album for me

I think the song highlights her fear of losing people in her family and her deep ancestral bonds she has with them. It shows how her family shaped her more and not the industry plan accusations

LOL pls don’t get me wrong it’s obviously a baroque pop song but there are at least some post rock influences just listen to any GYBE and Sigur Ros song…they’re definitely there. The swelling guitars, the layered rock instruments leaning towards an electronica sound, the build up and mini-crescendo - its not a post rock song by itself (it still follows conventional verse chorus structure, is vocal dominated, it’s extremely short, etc) but the sounds and textures are there at least as influences, especially in that gorgeous last chorus..either way lana always has at least one or two songs per album exploring a new genre fir her and isn’t really a stretch to say she explored this

the post rock-ish atmosphere of Grandfather… the girls who get it get it

this reads like a message from my manager understood

The lukewarm reception that the Grants has received confuses me so much like the moment I heard the lines do you think about heaven I KNEW this was going to be one of her best songs, and it is for me I just can’t imagine not crying while hearing this live, my eyes literally well up with tears every time I listen to it..seeing people call it her worst single???

Lana eating at the Woodland Hills Maggiano is sending me the most random place I can think of especially since she’s always at like Studio City. It’s really cute of her tbh

Pretty When You Cry was the first song I ever learned on guitar. I found Flipside easy also

I think people are mainly saying this because the amount of work she seemed to put into TUOB and how ‘major’ the album seems (not uncommon to hear people say during the pre-release “I haven’t been this excited for an album from her since NFR”) . I see it a bit as closure for all of her newer’ albums and to say it’s more similar to NFR vs. COCC vs BB is a bit pointless because it draws from all of them (for example, saying that the singer-songwriter songs are more similar to BB when LFL/NFR introduced them to her discography in the first place). This album’s an amalgamation of all of the sounds and themes of these albums (even some parts of LFL). I will point out though that it does literally end with an NFR song and samples NFR more than any of her other albums, i don’t blame people for some of their opinions on their similarities

I just can’t get over the NFR sample in A&W..it’s so glorious and the song wouldn’t be the same without it

I heavily agree with your last paragraph since I experienced it myself. I love all her music, especially Ultraviolence and NFR since they really got me into discovering new music. Ultraviolence got me really into music as a teenager and NFR a young adult, and they both taught me about music genres I would’ve otherwise not bothered with (e.g. dream pop, trip hop, etc). At the time they were new sounds and textures to me, while for example my older sister or parents would say stuff like “this sounds like the Beatles/Dido/Goldfrapp etc”. Looking back, most of her music isn’t groundbreaking - you can find similar alt rock/downtempo/pop/whatever genre songs that were bigger in the 90s that sound a lot like UV/NFR and her other works. But Lana’s works bring something really nice to the current pop landscape that young people who haven’t experimented much with their music taste can enjoy. It’s like how a lot of people heavily praise Ptolemea by Ethel Cain (a song I enjoy, don’t get me wrong) as something revolutionary but it’s essentially a post-metal ethereal wave song, which is nothing new.