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Everything about this year's tour has been amazing so far, except for a few unnecessary songs like Carmen. The last show in California and the one in Greece were mind-blowing (especially the latter). If only the setlist had more UV (West Coast!!!) and HM (The Blackest Day, Music to Watch Boys To), that would be my "perfect" Lana show. She's singing amazingly, she looks much more confident and ~energetic~ now and the band is incredible. Her light show is always on point too.

Her cover of Nirvana's "Heart shaped box" at her Paradise tour 2013 was awesome too - I like it when she's sounding more rock:
 

the setlist of Montreux is close to perfect. I'd add some mroe Honeymoon songs and Salvatore in full, thats it.

No more Cruel World, Cola, Blue Jeans and Born to Die. Sad Girl should be added PLEEEEASE and I would love to hear Black Beauty and Guns and Roses live,ugh. From Honeymoon, definitely Art Deco, Religion and Salvatore.

Heart-Shaped Box would be amazing and no more  irrelevant BTD songs. maybe Radio...I GOT IT
 
1- Bel Air/ Carmen
 
2- The Blackest Day
 
3- Honeymoon
 
4- Cola
 
5- Yes To Heaven (Yes I know it hasn't even leaked but it would sound good live in this spot)
 
6- Ultraviolence
 
7- Heart-Shaped Box
 
8- Off To The Races
 
9- Sad Girl
 
10- Freak
 
11- Lolita
 
12- Black Beauty
 
13- Video Games
 
14- Terrence Loves You
 
    dear. god.

https://soundcloud.com/kaliuchisdaily/kali-uchis-my-funny-valentine-cover Here's a cover of My Funny Valentine!

I wish all of these were in one show...I'd be so happy
 
 
 

In my cringe tumblr emo gay years around Paradise, I used to relate to her as a goal that I wanted to achieve, like I've done with many artists that I loved through the years : being sucessful in what you love doing the most, and just finding yourself, knowing yourself, finding out what's good for you, keeping a vision, a joy for life, a will. But now I actually relate to Lizzy a lot more, maybe because I'm getting around her age and I'm in college, so I kind of share her more pseudo connoiseur and intelectual views on music, art... I have that growing interest in existential problematics, science and physics, I'm learning guitar & trumpet, trying to get healthy from substances, to make the most of everyday etc. Also being honestly in love with kitsch aesthetic and 50s movie unlike me trying to pretend I was so into it when I was 15 ; having your own aesthetical world.
 
I think her life has such a dramatic narrative (or at least she's always been very smart in the way she presented it), it's easy for anyone to identify with at least a passage of her past, which is maybe why she's got such a varied range of fans who love different moments of her career.
 
But most important to me, she expresses in her music, her interviews, idk, this feeling that I've rarely felt in music, wether it is pop or obscure art rock acts or anything : this feeling of trying everything, being everywhere, having this great vision for yourself, succeeding, failing, etc... And always colapsing, relapsing into a miserable state. She's stated multiple times how she changed her mind so many times, done a lot of different things (local indie singer, college student, alcoholism, living in London, trying pop sounds, just living life with no ambition, being famous...) and how at the end of the day she just can't sustain anything, any feeling of stability, of achievement in a way. She always ends up depressed or lonely or bored or moody. And how she still tries to make something out of herself, to find happiness even if her drive is lost. I think this part of why, in a more unconscious way, she's been so succesful and she still has people buying her records and coming to her shows ; this feeling is so honest in her songs, in her records' structures... Nobody does that, even less in pop, it's absolutely terrifying and grand at the same time.

I relate to Lana on a much simpler level than a lot of you, but I think I'll still post it here-- also, kudos to everyone who shared on this thread (especially those who were so brutally honest about themselves! That's not easy  )
 
The aesthetics of Lana's music and visuals are what initially drew me into her music, and are likely what have held me the most fascinated-- like Lana (and especially Lizzy!) I've always been fascinated (read: obsessed) with kitsch, Americana, and white-trash living-- probably why songs like Trash Magic and Pin-Up Galore rank among my favorites. Maybe it was growing up in a mobile home (in the American South, no less) that gave me this fixation, and so I connect very deeply with the images that run through her early work. I don't think it's any coincidence that trailer-trash Lizzy is my favorite era of Lana's work, and that the happiest time in my life was when I lived in a trailer that we decorated up with Christmas lights year-round. (No kidding-- looking back, we also had a hallway we called the "Florida hall" because it was so beach-kitsch-- and it looked straight out of a Lizzy vid-- teal walls, curtains with palm trees and flamingos all over it-- the works.) 
 
So, videos like the ones for 'Gramma' give me an almost painful sense of nostalgia, not only for the times when I lived like she did, but also for a time I'll never get to live in-- the same idealised, past world that Lana has written about-- one where JFK is still king, the open road is still alive, and motels still have their own seedy glamour, among other things. Maybe it all sounds pretentious, but I am so genuinely happy that Lana has recorded and created such a wealth of material that speaks to me on such a personal level. Do any of you connect to these aesthetics and visuals the same way? (If so, hit me up, because we're moving into the nearest trailer park ASAP )
 
Now, y'all better start leaking some more 2007/8 Lizzy for me after this heartfelt piece of work-- I need white-trash Lana in my life 

So, I got Photoshop like yesterday and I've been trying to learn how to use it effectively and all that fun stuff, so I figured I could practice by making silly things like these!
 
I just made this one and I'll probably keep updating the thread because I had fun making them! I hope you guys like them! (and I'll probably make some for covers we can actually use )
 
Fine China(this one's rather basic):

I like them over 50
 
 
 

made this today

hey @@Trash Magic, 
 
have you done any other vhs-ish covers with the similar aesthetics to this one?: 
 

 
i love it so much and am using it for my unreleased album, and really want covers with a similar vibe for my instrumentals and demos albums. 
 
thanks in advance

Got interested and read this thread today, along with the 'Lana Sleuthing' one-- there's a a few things I noticed/plus some questions I still have. Some of these probably (most likely) can't be answered, but I'd like to raise them anyway, as I haven't seen them yet:
 
 
 
 
I hope most of this isn't redundant! I know there's only so much that can be gleaned from these screenshots, so most of my questions can't be definitively answered, but I'd love to hear any ideas.

Got interested and read this thread today, along with the 'Lana Sleuthing' one-- there's a a few things I noticed/plus some questions I still have. Some of these probably (most likely) can't be answered, but I'd like to raise them anyway, as I haven't seen them yet:
 
 
 
 
I hope most of this isn't redundant! I know there's only so much that can be gleaned from these screenshots, so most of my questions can't be definitively answered, but I'd love to hear any ideas.

Got interested and read this thread today, along with the 'Lana Sleuthing' one-- there's a a few things I noticed/plus some questions I still have. Some of these probably (most likely) can't be answered, but I'd like to raise them anyway, as I haven't seen them yet:
 
 
 
 
I hope most of this isn't redundant! I know there's only so much that can be gleaned from these screenshots, so most of my questions can't be definitively answered, but I'd love to hear any ideas.

Got interested and read this thread today, along with the 'Lana Sleuthing' one-- there's a a few things I noticed/plus some questions I still have. Some of these probably (most likely) can't be answered, but I'd like to raise them anyway, as I haven't seen them yet:
 
 
 
 
I hope most of this isn't redundant! I know there's only so much that can be gleaned from these screenshots, so most of my questions can't be definitively answered, but I'd love to hear any ideas.

Got interested and read this thread today, along with the 'Lana Sleuthing' one-- there's a a few things I noticed/plus some questions I still have. Some of these probably (most likely) can't be answered, but I'd like to raise them anyway, as I haven't seen them yet:
 
 
 
 
I hope most of this isn't redundant! I know there's only so much that can be gleaned from these screenshots, so most of my questions can't be definitively answered, but I'd love to hear any ideas.

Got interested and read this thread today, along with the 'Lana Sleuthing' one-- there's a a few things I noticed/plus some questions I still have. Some of these probably (most likely) can't be answered, but I'd like to raise them anyway, as I haven't seen them yet:
 
 
 
 
I hope most of this isn't redundant! I know there's only so much that can be gleaned from these screenshots, so most of my questions can't be definitively answered, but I'd love to hear any ideas.

how i wish this thread was active again

I'm only about 3 years ahead of you on that. He wouldn't tell me anything.

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