Blue Banisters - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll

[Fingertips 72,034]

Just now, littleseashell said:

This album was released at the perfect time. The delay was meant to be 

This would not have resonated with me as much as it does now, if it was released in June/July. I associate Lana albums with seasons, and so far, every single record has been released in the perfect season I associate it with. Honeymoon could have also worked in the Spring, and Chemtrails in the Fall as well

[alittleparty 2,282]

16 minutes ago, littleseashell said:

This album was released at the perfect time. The delay was meant to be 

100 million percent. It's like it took the full year of twists and turns to fully mature and then enter the world at the precise correct moment.

 

If it had come out alongside car selfie and summer heat waves... no that would've felt COMPLETELY different.

 

I feel the social media deletion is playing a role as well in how emotional this album feels. That feeling when Arcadia arrived and it all suddenly had the air of a goodbye.

The album is dripping with raw emotion, reflection, vulnerability, tenderness. This is the right time of year, and the right time in lana's story for this.

[YourGirl666 13,250]

7 minutes ago, CmonDownToFL said:

wait wtf is under your skin?? I didn’t even know that existed 

That was a joke. Under Your Skin is a fake title that was only proven fake a few months ago

[details 17,163]

this album is so good i can't get enough of it, been on replay since midnight 

[Fingertips 72,034]

You roll like thunder when you come crashin' in
Town ain't been the same since you left with all your friends
You roll like thunder when you come crashing in
Regattas in the wind, that's why you're visiting

 

I loved these lyrics in the demo, but these lines in the final are even more beautiful 

[Sportscruiser 11,894]

The wailing "lie, lie" adlibs in the second chorus of You Lie Down Next To Me are NASTY 

 

I needed a repeat of that chorus so badly! @plastiscguy make it happen!

[vipanonymous 617]

Is she talking about someone who pretends to be happy to everybody but is instead depressed as f*** in Thunder?

[CmonDownToFL 6,680]

I just know Lana, Rob & chuck were sobbing while recording sweet Carolina 

[Sportscruiser 11,894]

The way Violets For Roses made me tear up as the sun was rising today and IYLDNM made me tear up as the sun set.

 

[Sportscruiser 11,894]

12 minutes ago, vipanonymous said:

Is she talking about someone who pretends to be happy to everybody but is instead depressed as f*** in Thunder?

 

I take it as her talking about someone with a strong social presence but one that is simultaneously an illusion since she got to know the person in an intimate way only to discover this "persona" the other person exudes in front of others (friends, acquaintances, maybe even lovers) is just a facade - only she knows who he's like when the party ends and all he has left is what exists besides the superficiality. That's why she knows he'll eventually leave: he can't commit to emotional intimacy because he'll always depend on veering in between party scenes and vapid interactions. At this point there's resignation from her because she's tired of this and also used to the feeling of seeing a loved one leave her for something she could (and probably did) give even though he's not willing to receive or reciprocate.

 

It's a simple song lyrically and very economic but every word packs so much meaning and feeling behind it that you can't help but picture a broader, bigger picture of what's behind their story. It's truly one of her best songs ever.

[past the bushes 30,936]

hi  my soft resurrection

I'm too tired to write an essay  just wanted to say I LOVE THIS ALBUM SO MUCHHHH  

 

cried to it (half of the album), danced to it (iyldwm outro come throughhh ) and everything in between 

 

Spoiler

i voted for all the songs in the poll cuz they're all perfect and they all deserved to be in the tracklist 

 

[clementines 9,890]

1. Arcadia

2. Sweet Carolina

3. Living Legend

4. Violets for Roses

5. Dealer

6. Blue Banisters

7. Wildflower Wildfire

8. Nectar of the Gods

9. Thunder

10. Beautiful

11. If You Lie Down With Me

12. Text Book

13. Black Bathing Suit

14. Cherry Blossom (I love the song just wish it was finished)

[American Whore 51,313]

Okay so the Target Blue Banisters vinyls aren't out yet- I got the CD but the vinyls are coming in November for anyone wanting one of those. Just wait it out a couple weeks

[clementines 9,890]

Spoiler

Alternate artwork I made rq

[CALIFORNIA DRIVE 265]

Beautiful is not that ugly as some think it is . . .

[nosorangegrape 335]

Beautiful is good. The "problem" is that it's very generic and could be done by any other artist. Even Lana's usage of "blue" in the song is the mainstream conventional idea - sadness/unhappiness.

[wildheart 904]

1 hour ago, 1212 said:

How is BB in everyone's top 3 already?

I wanna see what happens to those lists over the next month 

it’s the wild on you baby put your red boots on giddy up my father would never step in when his wife would rage at me the only thing that fits me is this black bathing suit you roll like thunder i don’t wanna live for me

[Poor Stacy 11,996]

Just thinking of @graham4anything today. I miss our king. Another release day without him and his beautiful, passionate writing. We miss you, Graham... xo

[ByDayAnother 1,906]

2 minutes ago, Poor Stacy said:

Just thinking of @graham4anything today. I miss our king. Another release day without him and his beautiful, passionate writing. We miss you, Graham... xo

I remember him more than any other account back years from being a lurker!

[Lemonade Tea 322]

You tried to take all the pink off my toeses...