Monicker

Does the administrator, the reigning moderator, the head honcho himself of the sole Lana Del Rey forum need a lil groundhog? I sense a coup comin' on. I think Lana's primary musical influences are Slayer and the Mexican death metal band Brujeria.

Whatever, i'm going to sue evil for every penny the old man's got. Although, before that, i'd like to see his dog cat dancing around to my music.

Isn't this what PrettyBaby studied? Paging PB, please report to the Thread for General Questions. Don't take my word for this because i'm not sure, but i think, assuming the songs are registered, the copyright holder holds the rights in the case you've described. Or if the song is on a release, the label does. I mean, any video of this nature on youtube is essentially a bootleg recording, the person who shot the video is distributing it without permission. Unless the song in question is not registered, say it's an amateur singer/songwriter or something who is performing one of their songs that has never been copyrighted. There's also a distinction between performance rights/royalties and recording rights/royalties. You know that if you go to a bar or performance space right now and cover someone's song, the establishment is supposed to legally have some sort of license to allow for this? You're using Ben ( ) symbolically, right? I've notice there's an assumption around here that Ben is solely behind anything having to do with LDR songs and copyright violations. I would imagine there's a bigger legal team though. He is, after all, just her manager, no? Also, why does he look exactly like Ben Affleck in that picture?!

Am i alive?

MASTER CARD Don't forget it. From a popularity and sales standpoint that's actually pretty impressive competition that she beat.

Yep. I was actually just reading an article about this yesterday. It wasn't very well written but the points were good. The whole power structure is, in a lot of ways, destructive for everyone. Gender is not solely a women's issue, it doesn't only oppress women. It's a two-sided coin, it confines both sexes. Similarly, sexism is not exclusively a male thing. The whole system needs to crumble.

The issue (at least in what i was getting at) is not whether or not one finds Amy Winehouse attractive. Whatever one may think of her looks, that’s their opinion and that’s fine--i don’t think anyone needs to explain/defend their position or convince those who disagree. I just think the comment itself and the basis for making it is dismissive and insulting--to suggest that she can’t be attractive, that it’s merely her female fans calling her attractive because they like her music and they’re into her hair? That’s not only presumptuous, narrow-minded, and ridiculous, it’s also sexist. It just strikes me as a blatant refusal to consider anything but your own view--I think she’s ugly so if anyone thinks otherwise it’s probably for bogus reasons...or, you know, they’re just a chick liking another chick’s hair because that’s what chicks do.

Alternately, Bill, you could just write that you're fucking crying.

I think you missed my point. But i'm still gonna bite my tongue, so whoever wants to go next...

I am wondering a) when someone is going to touch the Amy-Winehouse-is-only-attractive-to-chicks-who-dig-her-hair comment, and b) how long i could possibly bite my tongue for.

So i just came across an amusing quote. It comes from, get this...criticism of a book on music criticism Apparently the sole issue that the critic critiquing this 1946 book on music criticism has is that the author is too polite. And the quote: "No subject in the world deserves more rudeness than music criticism."

LOL, good one.

Well, according to that 'Hollywood Sadcore' interview that was just linked above, she was considering it for BTD as well, no?

deeth just stole lola's job. This thread is going to unravel now into madness.

...or, rather, shopped at trendy clothing sites that sell a manufactured version of that very look you just described Me too. I think she's the only one who can pull off that shit.

Now we're talking.

This is so weird, it was this video that someone showed me which lead to watching the Snoop commercial! And the person who showed me loves Hot Pockets, but even more so loves...LEAN POCKETS???

You have amazing hair. Very Anna Karina and also a particular '60s girl group member that i can't place and it's driving me crazy.

Oh my god. My mind is melting, i have no idea what i just watched/heard. Can you imagine how surreal it must feel for Lana to see this? By the way, have you all seen the Snoop Hot Pockets commercial?? Someone showed me the other day and i think i felt a little bit of my brain leaking out of my ears.

Man, why is this forum always talking about sexy things?

evil, you have forgotten your customary old man hashtag in your last two posts. What's going on?

It's funny (read: depressing), if you read through her Lana Del Rey twitter (which is quite a chore) chronologically, you can see just how quickly (almost, literally, over night) her life got so complicated and invaded--stuff leaking, rumors starting, harsh criticism from everywhere, everyone wanting a piece of her, even impostors. I can't seem to ever get over how insane fame is or comprehend how anyone can ever desire it. It seems to be, at least in part, some sort of mental disorder. It's like dying and becoming fodder for vultures to feast on

Naw, i'm the kind of guy who bitches about boring, unimaginative set designers, and the kind of guy who realizes how many hundreds of beautiful, amazing-looking microphones have existed over the last century, and finds it lame that people continue to use that Shure 55S for fucking everything. Do you watch porn with story lines, evil? Because it looks stupid. But i'll answer your question with another question: Why is she even singing into it if she's singing to an empty room? Before y'all jump down my throat and tell me to relax and to stop being so picky about such an insignificant detail--i was just jokingly responding to someone's comment, and now here i am explaining my comment. My opinion of this video is not at all shaped by the microphone in the video. Trust me, that was the nicest thing i could say about this video.

She knows how to work the most overused microphone in modern music videos, television, and film. And it's not even plugged in.

But it certainly is fixated on vocal gymnastics/runs and over-emotive singing But Kate Bush was at her peak when people looked for something different than they do in a singer today. A singer could and did sing more "straight" back then. It was perfectly acceptable and even expected. We are amongst a mindset that equates good singing with diva type shit--overemphasizing technique and the ability to belt at the expense of emotion and nuance. Anyway, i am digressing, this is not the main point at all, but you got me thinking about this now. I totally agree. I want to see this sort of thing happen so badly.