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

[HighbytheSea 4,790]

Quiet Waiter Blue Forever sneaking in the back door as one of the absolute bests sonically. Im gonna need a whole album of that, thankyouverymuch

[lamms 11,605]

This audiobook made me check out other audiobooks. Lmao the impact

[necessary sacrifice 8,865]

This audiobook made me check out other audiobooks. Lmao the impact

Have you found anything relatively similar? No audiobooks I’ve listened to have been anything like it and I wanna find something similar to listen to.

[lamms 11,605]

Have you found anything relatively similar? No audiobooks I’ve listened to have been anything like it and I wanna find something similar to listen to.

Ah sorry no. I’ve started listening to fictional books, no more poetry. Those don’t have an accompanying score. Sometimes in reviews they mention other artists, but the ones I checked out were without background music as well.

Just found this playlist, not sure if this is what you’re looking for

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX9E5OapyoHNL?si=Eg8Onh51T-ekmBoY1bnCiA

:toofunny:

[VeniceBambi 1,304]

My Bedroom is a Sacred Place Now - There are Children at the Foot of My Bed

 

My favorite so far. Cant stop listening to it. Already craving more spoken poetry of hers. I remember replaying her dialogue in ride over and over when I was younger... something about her voice speaking about her emotions and experiences is very comforting for me. I get so lost in it. I think it makes me feel less alone.

 

I hope to see more in the future

[PARADIXO 32,940]

Does anyone else listen to this every night before bed

 

I try but the words are so strong I pay too much attention to them

[ChaoticLipster 24,618]

‘I was horrified

Feeling as though I’d somehow been found out

Like he knew me,

How weak I was’

[PARADIXO 32,940]

‘I was horrified

Feeling as though I’d somehow been found out

Like he knew me,

How weak I was’

 

The way she says "How weak I was" omg... You can literally hear how she looks downwards in that part.

 

Also, I wanted to say that my least favorite from the audiobook is Happy. I've always loved the poem, but the music doesn't reflect the feeling of it? Of course, that's how Lana wanted it, but it doesn't sound right to me. Also, The Land of 1000 Fires. Love the poem, like the music, but the LQ of the recording is jarring

 

No skips at all though. I'm loving this project with my whole heart.

[ChaoticLipster 24,618]

The way she says "How weak I was" omg... You can literally hear how she looks downwards in that part.

 

Also, I wanted to say that my least favorite from the audiobook is Happy. I've always loved the poem, but the music doesn't reflect the feeling of it? Of course, that's how Lana wanted it, but it doesn't sound right to me. Also, The Land of 1000 Fires. Love the poem, like the music, but the LQ of the recording is jarring

 

No skips at all though. I'm loving this project with my whole heart.

Yes! I can really feel it, the way she conveys everything in her spoken voice is a amazing. I did think Happy was disjointed so I agree with you. As for the quality, the LQ poems sounds worse then an Iphone recording...more like a phonograph lol It’s a bit much.

[Slumdog 817]

When she says salamander is she talking about elemental beings?

[rightofjupiter 16,592]

obsessed w land of 1000 fires rn, esp this part:

 

"There are seven worlds in my eyes

 

I'm accessing of all them once

 

One to draw my words from and my muses

Another one i try and harness late at night that lies somewhere

Off of the right of Jupiter

And then of course there's this one i live in

The land of 1000 fires"

 

and then 

 

"That's my why no matter what world i'm in

I'm accessible by only one satellite"

 

i love this poem so much but can't help of thinking of zoolander re: "blue steel eyes"

[Make me your Dream Life 87,789]

I haven't read anything yet except the insta posts she made back then and just listened to a fraction of Salamander. saving it for a mood I guess but. appreciation post I love how dreamy her work is w/o it having to be pretentious. so so good /


what's everyone's experience w the audio though? no context spoilers tho pls 

[Venice Jesus Whore 4,471]

I bought the audiobook, but only have listened to the first poem before I bought the audiobook to figure out if I'd buy it or not. I keep waiting for the right moment to listen to the book (when I'm feeling emotional and am ready to sit down for 40 min and focus solely on the book), but I haven't found the right time yet.

 

I can't believe her next album is going to be released in a month already. That's such a quick turnaround from an audiobook that I haven't listened to yet. We haven't got this much Lana content in one year since BTD/Paradise. Even then, we will have gotten 2 albums and an audiobook all within a span of about a year. Wild.

[theviolence 5,837]

The reviewer from The Guardian is a self-identifies socialist. She calls herself a socialist on her Twitter page.

 

(I’m a liberal democrat but I do not agree with socialism)

 

But I have to ask, why is The Guardian employing someone with a clear political bias and letting them review art? Her politics is anti-creativity as creativity is censured under socialism.

 

See I can’t take that review seriously as there is a clear bias. It’s not the media’s job to infuse their politics into reporting. That’s up to the viewer to decide. Granted bias is all over. FOX News is very bias and repeats whatever Trump says! lol

 

Having said this, most people are not so good at understanding poetry.

Worms for brains

[Doin Time 1,454]

This hits extra hard right before bed 

[Venice Jesus Whore 4,471]

Hate to say it, but I think this may be the first project by Lana I don’t like. I liked parts of it, but overall, I kinda regret buying it except for supporting Lana and the Native American charity.

[Ultradealerence 5,312]

Having heard violet, I caught myself thinking. These poems are written some time either one year or two or I don’t know when. We’re left waiting the next project, that is behind iron gates. And now, I’m thinking, does really this enlightenment or spiritual path she’s following, really affected who she really is? Or she just wants to evolve this persona she’s following in her career goal? I’m waiting - impatiently, tbh- for COCC so I can understand more about what’s going on her mind right now.

 

 

Edit: left waiting the physical hard copy that has more poems and then the behind iron gates

[Glitter Boy 16,557]

I really enjoyed this audiobook! Her voice is beautiful can't wait to purchase a physical hardcover.

[Thunder Revenant 20,943]

i don't think the poems would impress me when reading them, but her reciting them over the instrumentals is really exciting.

 

"Never To Heaven" and "Past The Bushes Cypress Thriving" are a bit lame but the rest is charming.

 

"Sportcruiser" is a really nice story, "LA who am I to Love You" is EXTREMELY powerful and I hope we will get a song with a production like "My Bedroom Is A Sacred Place Now".

 

"The Land of 1,000 Fires", "Quiet Waiter - Blue Forever", "What Happened Whrn I Left You" and "Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass" are extremely on point - mainly sonically.

 

"Salamander", "Happy" and "Tessa DiPietro" appear bland at first but then turn out pretty meaningful and smart.

 

"Bare Feet On Linolium" is really leaving you devastated. The production, the way she reads it ... It's super expressive. I hope COCC will have some of that impact. I'm not too happy about the way she left out words tho

[Log Lana 911]

It's already dark here. Lights off, a silent room, broken heart. And then Violet plays, starting from Salamander till the madness of Bare Feet on Linoleum. Tears in my eyes, heavy thoughts all over, she has done it.

I know I am feeling quite emotional lately, but once again Lana is perfectly fitting in the timeline of my life. Now that I need her, she is here, helping me carry the weight of my grief.

 

People love my stories.

People love visions.

 

And now, Alexa, play The Greatest ‘cause I f*cking need wine and bitter tears tonight