Blue Banisters - Pre-Release Thread: OUT October 22nd, 2021

[DCooper 36,896]

@Shades omg that was so well put, exactly how I feel about the album 

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 Let me run with the wolves

Let me do what I do
Let me show you how sadness can turn into happiness
I can turn blue into something

Beautiful

 

One of my favorite lines on the album. It's so simple, but it is so evocative of Lana's essence 

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1 minute ago, Thunder said:

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 Let me run with the wolves

Let me do what I do
Let me show you how sadness can turn into happiness
I can turn blue into something

Beautiful

 

One of my favorite lines on the album. It's so simple, but it is so evocative of Lana's essence 

My favorite from this song is

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Let's keep it simple, babe
We can't afford to change it
Don't turn me into something I'm not
There's no way to sustain it

 

[Rorman Nockwell 56,654]

4 minutes ago, DCooper said:

 

I could be wrong but I remember her saying something like "it's just cool so what's not to like" which does not mean that it's safe. It is cool but it's also very complex, and Lana definitely seemed very proud of it. I don't get mainstream pop from NFR. 

 

But anyways this is the wrong thread for this topic. Blue Banisters is upon us 

No the interviewer asked her why she thought it got a nomination and she said something about how it was interesting that it got a nomination because it was safer than her past albums. 

On the topic of BB, it would not be eligible for 2022 because it's too late, right? Only COCC

[yourolllikethunder 4,886]

4 minutes ago, Rorman Nockwell said:

No the interviewer asked her why she thought it got a nomination and she said something about how it was interesting that it got a nomination because it was safer than her past albums. 

On the topic of BB, it would not be eligible for 2022 because it's too late, right? Only COCC

Correct! Consideration closes August 31st annually, I believe 

[littleseashell 2,499]

24 minutes ago, yourolllikethunder said:

are you in the US? if you want to, dm me & I will call your record store tomorrow for you and message you back  anxiety blows. I had major phone anxiety and got over it a few years ago! 

Omg this is the nicest thing I've ever read on here  So kind of you to do that for a fellow lipster! 

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had the album on shuffle by mistake. going from "Dealer" to "Cherry Blossom" was a trip. 

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5 minutes ago, Thunder said:

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had the album on shuffle by mistake. going from "Dealer" to "Cherry Blossom" was a trip. 

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Not like going from VfR to Dealer is different 

 

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3 minutes ago, 5adboy said:

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Not like going from VfR to Dealer is different 

 

Ok, fair, but it's different in my mind going from a ballad to a screamer than a screamer to a maternal lullaby 

 

[yourolllikethunder 4,886]

10 minutes ago, littleseashell said:

Omg this is the nicest thing I've ever read on here  So kind of you to do that for a fellow lipster! 

Aw thanks!! I have dreaded many a phone call & I love my fellow lipsters 

[Poor Stacy 11,996]

Beautiful is such an interesting song to me. It feels like the mission statement of the album, or Lana herself in general right now. It even has some of my favorite lyrics on the entire album, but it's also pretty simple, so I also feel like it's going to be dragged? 

 I guess it's one of those songs, where it's 110% Lana, but definitely not for everyone. I don't know how to articulate what I mean... 

[living legend 3,171]

y’all i am so fucking excited to watch Ajayll react to this album. i hope she cries and freaks tf out as per usual 

[littleseashell 2,499]

1 hour ago, xxmissdaytonaxx said:

what're everyone's plans for release day? i'm curious. 

Ideally: Go to Target first thing in the morning and buy multiple CD copies. Order an iced matcha latte from Starbucks and sit in my car for a bit while admiring the booklet. Get a room at the Hilton hotel for the night with a balcony. Spend some time sitting there listening to the album while glazing at the views, sipping coffee, and listening to each lyric carefully as I try to put together the puzzle pieces of Lana's story and how far she has come. Fall in love with her music all over again . Take a hike in the mountains nearby as I reminisce on how amazing the album was and take some time to gather my thoughts on it. Later that night order room service while watching her performance on TV.  Afterwards listen to the album all over again but this time in the hot tub under the pale moonlight with the stars glistening in the reflection of the water 

 

Reality: Listen to the album on Spotify at midnight, post on Lanaboards until 3 AM, wake up at 8 AM, snooze my alarm until 9 AM, rush to work and think about going to Target all day as I sit through boring meetings. Finally get my hands on a copy at like 8 PM because traffic is awful in my town and I have to work overtime that day 

[lanabanana11 3,854]

for those who have heard the leak, where does this album rank in terms of which lana album is best to go poop to?

[Dark Angel 201,772]

Just now, lanabanana11 said:

for those who have heard the leak, where does this album rank in terms of which lana album is best to go poop to?

 

well i wasn't expecting this 

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1 hour ago, Shades said:

I don't know- it just feels like her truest work (other than Violets), her first truly autobiographical piece of art from start to finish. I love Born to Die so much, but I think any longtime fan can agree it was mostly a dreamed up world as most of Lana's massive unreleased catalogue is, and every album after that started to shed more and more of the fantasy and instead reflect the intricacies of her true world, and BB is the pinnacle of that.

YOUR POST

 

but specifically this!! I’m prepping for the album tomorrow by re-listening to all of her work in chronological order and it makes me feel a certain way when I get to Paradise and “Yayo” saying “let me put on a show for you daddy” versus how BB opens????

 

”I guess you can call it text book

I was searching for the father I wanted back”

 

ITS REFLECTIVE AND EVOCATIVE OF HER PREVIOUS BODY OF WORK. I keep finding parallels between the released songs of BB and her previous albums and it’s just so much

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1 hour ago, xxmissdaytonaxx said:

this flopped 

 

Listen as soon as its up on streaming. Maybe another go for some of the new ones that I really love. Probably write a defensive review and plaster it everywhere because people don't understand how to read her prose. Then a Lord of the Rings themed Halloween party where I'm really going to be thinking about the lyrics and production choices over and over and over. If I have too much to drink, I'll probably blast a track over top Gandalf falling into the pit. The usual. 

 

I don't wanna liiiiiiiiiive

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[prettywhenimhigh 49,312]

I should be sleeping but I'm too excited aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

goodnight less than a day left 

[lanabanana11 3,854]

11 minutes ago, Surf Noir said:

 

well i wasn't expecting this 

well? dont be shy, rank it!

[IanadeIrey 61,986]

22 hours and 39 minutes! 

(for North Americans, at least. Probably sooner for some of our other friends all over the world! 🌍⚡️)