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Mansions - The Mamas and the Papas

I Don't Care Anymore - Doris Duke

I was listening to the fabulous Rich Whores recording of Yayo today, and it set me thinking about this song -- I think this is THE definitive Lana song. It ought to speak to its incredible significance that it's been the ONLY consistent returner throughout nearly the entirety of Lana's career -- it was still new and shaky at the Union Pool show in June '07, and it's since reappeared time and time again, in demos, two studio albums, and live performances ranging from the Lizzy Grant club shows to the stadiums of LA to the Moon. It's got all the signature Lana lyrical hallmarks: the color blue, bad boys, dependence, trailer parks, escape, hope, drugs, daddies, and a scoop of retro Americana. And, all along, it has changed shape to reflect Lana's current obsessions and styles: it's been an acoustic folk ballad, a heavy metal head-banger, a jazzy torch song, and a spooky, otherworldly laptop demo. It could fit on the kaleidoscopic debut album and the doomy pomp of Paradise just as well as it could slide into the confessional-surf sound of NFR!. In short, it's everything Lana, with none of the era-specific quirks that restrict or date her other songs -- an absolutely gorgeous anomaly in her catalogue. It's sexy, it's sad, it's wild, it's cinematic, it's timeless. I'm in awe of Yayo.

I have a lot of trouble listening to LFL as an album, so I split it into two, shorter EPs, based partially on the Recording Chronology thread. It's not a radical idea, and the tracks are still in their running order from the album, but it has improved the album so much for me -- everything feels in-context: LOST FOR LIFE 1. Love 2. 13 Beaches 3. God Bless America 4. When the World Was at War 5. Beautiful People Beautiful Problems 6. Tomorrow Never Came 7. Heroin 8. Get Free LUST FOR LIFE 1. Lust for Life 2. Cherry 3. White Mustang 4. Summer Bummer 5. Groupie Love 6. In My Feelings 7. Coachella 8. Change

The Dealer - Stevie Nicks

What do we know about Lana's activities between 2003 and 2005 -- anything significant, especially if there's a concrete date attached? Ever since LMDR shared that the "Lizzie Grant model test" was conducted on 13 November 2003, I've been curious -- the next concrete date I know of is the registration of Young Like Me on 25 April 2005. Since that seems to be when she began recording, I doubt there's much that went down in that year-and-a-half, but it's still fascinating!

brb totally losing my shit at this

James and the Cold Gun - Kate Bush

Color Blue, but Cruel World is RIGHT behind her

That kind of info is ridiculously interesting to me — I hope you do finish it up and share it!

I think the general consensus is that 'K' was based on her ex, Josh -- although there's a whooooole lot of fictionalization that went into the K character from the songs.

Violet Stars Happy Hunting! - Janelle Monae (feat. The Skunks)

Sweet Jane - The Velvet Underground

No Plan - David Bowie

Hazey Jane II - Nick Drake

Zarah - Nina Hagen

i just edited it on the instagram story thing if u have it!! also i'm guessing bingo is getting 5 in a row

no bingo, but almost guess i need to buy a flower crown/box set/or heart-shaped sunglasses

Underwear - Pulp

The Pill - Loretta Lynn

thanks so much!! i don't think i have the money or dedication to collect LDR stuff ~in general~ but the magazines seem like a cool place to focus, that should make collecting a *little* more manageable lmaooooo

If anyone's ever up for selling ANY of Lana's magazine covers/features, let me know! I'm so eager to start collecting them, and all I have right now is the 2015 NME cover. (I hope this is the right thread to ask in )

sure! where would be best to upload it? thanks y'all!! also I think All or Nothing was definitely on her channel at one time (and Por Que Te Vas I think??), but since it's gone now, I'm putting it in unreleased

do y'all see anything I'm missing (and does anyone need anything I have ) ^ the whole collection -- Multi + Real + Sabor a Mi didn't get lumped into Unreleased bc at least at the time I organized this, they were still up on her Youtube or Soundcloud ^ just compiling significant live stuff here -- covers or unreleased ^ this is in a rough chronological order, if anyone spots anything that should be switched, lmk! also if she still has any of this stuff posted on her channels lmk bc I wanna keep that separate

so gorgeous!!