"Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll

[DCooper 36,916]

11 minutes ago, recklessdaughter said:

This album sonically gives me such strong Twin Peaks vibes, like moreso than any of her other albums. I can’t wait for the instrumentals to leak someday. 

 

I really hope they leak, they're sooo good! It should've been a double LP release, one with the instrumentals 

[WaitForLife 5,238]

Will she ever drop this on Spotify?

[Glitter Boy 16,558]

I'm so happy! My CD just arrived and it's so beautiful  

[Mer 61,759]

Is there anywhere I can physically buy this? I'm so annoyed bc the copy I bought on Apple Books can't be added to my Music library, where I would want this. Do they sell CDs that I can import to my music library? I hate the UI of Apple Books, espc. since Lana's team didn't take the time to label the chapters with the poem names so it just says "track 1, track 2, track 3..."

 

Dumb. 

[IanadeIrey 62,021]

12 minutes ago, Mer said:

Is there anywhere I can physically buy this? I'm so annoyed bc the copy I bought on Apple Books can't be added to my Music library, where I would want this. Do they sell CDs that I can import to my music library? I hate the UI of Apple Books, espc. since Lana's team didn't take the time to label the chapters with the poem names so it just says "track 1, track 2, track 3..."

 

Dumb. 

There’s a way to import it from Apple Books to your Music Library on Mac! 
 

What I did was copy Violet from Apple Books to my Mac’s desktop, and then I changed the file’s extension from m4b to m4a. Because it is protected, you can’t change it internally, but the name of the file will be “Track 1.m4b” — and I just changed the name to “Track 1.m4a”.

 

Then, I could easily import it into my Music Library since it was an m4a file, and could simply adjust the starting and stopping timestamps to sync with each poem’s length. However, because it imports as one long 40 min track and not by each poem individually, I had to adjust the track to LA Who Am I to Love You’s length and starting and stopping timestamps and then go back and add the 40 min track again but this time adjust it to The Land of 1,000 Fires’s length and starting and stopping timestamps, and so on with the other poems. Just remember that each timestamp is relative to the poem that came before it!
 

Hope it works out!  

[Mer 61,759]

Just now, IanadeIrey said:

There’s a way to import it from Apple Books to your Music Library on Mac! 
 

What I did was copy Violet from Apple Books to my Mac’s desktop, and then I changed the file’s extension from m4b to m4a. Because it is protected, you can’t change it internally, but the name of the file will be “Track 1.m4b” and I just changed the name to “Track 1.m4a”.

 

Then, I could easily import it into my Music Library since it was an m4a file, and simply adjust the starting and stopping timestamps to sync with each poem’s length. However, because it imports as one long 40 min track and not by each poem individually, I had to adjust the track to LA Who Am I to Love You’s length and starting and stopping timestamps and then go back and add the 40 min track again but this time adjust it to The Land of 1,000 Fires’s length and starting and stopping timestamps, and so on with the other poems. Just remember that each timestamp is relative to the poem that came before it!
 

Hope it works out!  

 

Trying it now, thank you!

[Elle 121,283]

31 minutes ago, Mer said:

Is there anywhere I can physically buy this? I'm so annoyed bc the copy I bought on Apple Books can't be added to my Music library, where I would want this. Do they sell CDs that I can import to my music library? I hate the UI of Apple Books, espc. since Lana's team didn't take the time to label the chapters with the poem names so it just says "track 1, track 2, track 3..."

 

Dumb. 

There is a CD on her store, it’s what I used to import it to my music library - https://store.universalmusic.com/lanadelrey/*/*/Violet-Bent-Backwards-Over-The-Grass-CD/6L460000000

[Mer 61,759]

30 minutes ago, IanadeIrey said:

There’s a way to import it from Apple Books to your Music Library on Mac! 
 

What I did was copy Violet from Apple Books to my Mac’s desktop, and then I changed the file’s extension from m4b to m4a. Because it is protected, you can’t change it internally, but the name of the file will be “Track 1.m4b” — and I just changed the name to “Track 1.m4a”.

 

Then, I could easily import it into my Music Library since it was an m4a file, and could simply adjust the starting and stopping timestamps to sync with each poem’s length. However, because it imports as one long 40 min track and not by each poem individually, I had to adjust the track to LA Who Am I to Love You’s length and starting and stopping timestamps and then go back and add the 40 min track again but this time adjust it to The Land of 1,000 Fires’s length and starting and stopping timestamps, and so on with the other poems. Just remember that each timestamp is relative to the poem that came before it!
 

Hope it works out!  

 

It worked...mostly. Stop times are ignored...so each track starts when it's supposed to, but continues to play through the whole 39 mins after the start time was set. Not sure if it's a bug or a sync thing that ignores the stop times I set...

 

And thank you @Elle will see if they ship to my region!

[IanadeIrey 62,021]

2 minutes ago, Mer said:

 

It worked...mostly. Stop times are ignored...so each track starts when it's supposed to, but continues to play through the whole 39 mins after the start time was set. Not sure if it's a bug or a sync thing that ignores the stop times I set...

 

And thank you @Elle will see if they ship to my region!

Oh that’s too bad! Mine stops and flows right into the next track so hopefully it’s a bug that resolves itself. Maybe a CD will be your best bet after all lol 

[SalvaWHORE 34,006]

ummm....WHERE IS THE INTRUMENTALS OF THIS MASTERPIECE? Lana? 

Like she can release something like "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass (Ambient Edition)"  on spotify tho.

 

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[nectarofthegodss 1,534]

What's your favourite track from Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass?

[Fingertips 72,035]

1 minute ago, nectarofthegodss said:

What's your favourite track from Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass?

Paradise is Very Fragile and Quiet Waiter - Blue Forever

[nectarofthegodss 1,534]

Just now, Fingertips said:

Paradise is Very Fragile

Tastee

[Eugene 26,669]

2 minutes ago, nectarofthegodss said:

What's your favourite track from Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass?

The Land of 1000 Fires

[Get Drunk 17,971]

7 minutes ago, nectarofthegodss said:

What's your favourite track from Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass?

Bare feet on linoleum, the instrumental is eerie and insane

[fierybkn 1,159]

5 minutes ago, nectarofthegodss said:

What's your favourite track from Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass?

it's been Past the bushes cypress thriving for some months 

[Deleted Member 23,728]

someone needs to leak the Violet instrumentals expeditiously

[wheresthatboyfromdreams 225]

18 minutes ago, lilac heaven said:

someone needs to leak the Violet instrumentals expeditiously

SOMEONE NEEDS TO LEAK THE BB's INSTRUMENTALS

sorry 

[cranekiss 9,728]

1 minute ago, wheresthatboyfromdreams said:

SOMEONE NEEDS TO LEAK THE BB's INSTRUMENTALS

sorry