Blue Banisters - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll

[Honeyyoung 17,096]

CEDRIC GERVAIS WHERE ARE YOU

[Solar Fields 4,163]

Hate for Dealer doesn’t even make sense to my brain, I simply cannot comprehend 

[WildMustang 14,759]

I always wanted Lana to do something more upbeat but in this album the ballads are my favorite songs

[TrashMagiq 58,573]

Violets for Roses has my least favorite chorus in the album tbh. the pre-choruses are So beautiful especially the "just for me" parts like Wow, but then the chorus kicks in and it's like oh ok 

[Three White Butterflies 27,477]

manifesting a tiny desk performance with songs from blue banisters and chemtrails 

[SweetHenny 14,579]

The thing which I will never understand is why in the actual fuck people underrate Text Book so much? This is literally an incredible song and one of the best from the record 

[ShadesOfViolence 6,662]

12 minutes ago, SweetHenny said:

The thing which I will never understand is why in the actual fuck people underrate Text Book so much? This is literally an incredible song and one of the best from the record 

the chorus isn't good sonically

[Frangipani 11,612]

1 hour ago, CmonDownToFL said:

the Lana body shamer who said if we like BB we aren't real fans. The jokes are writing themselves 

How did I miss that

Who's the user?

[lustforlife 19,008]

I hope dealer sucess make lana leave ballads behind..  i mean i love it but 3 albums in a row its too much 

[5Rick 2,925]

Have you all seen the email of her French store yet? They’re organizing a “listening party” tonight! 
 

https://www.listening-event.com/lana-del-rey#/pre

[The Stargirl Pinky 71,658]

15 minutes ago, SweetHenny said:

The thing which I will never understand is why in the actual fuck people underrate Text Book so much? This is literally an incredible song and one of the best from the record 

I love how Ajayll’s comment to the tempo changes was “this is the 3rd song in this song” 

 

SO TRUE BESTIE, TRIPLE THE SONGS TRIPLE THE PLEASURE TRIPLE THE FUN   

[Jeanne Dielman 5,982]

Text Book might be the best song on the album and one of Lana's greatest actually. 

 

 

[alexandro 489]

32 minutes ago, your dealer said:

manifesting a tiny desk performance with songs from blue banisters and chemtrails 

She would nail this format, I need this to happen 

[plastiscguy 63,437]

He said I was bad

Let me show you what bad girls do

CAUSE NO ONE DOES IT BETTER!

[DCooper 36,916]

 

7 hours ago, longtimeman said:

This is such an astute comment. I get some critics being overwhelmed by the number of places/people/names referenced, but none of them that I've seen have even bothered to look into the surface level of a lot of the songs - they've just picked out some phrases and dealt with those. Have you even seen anybody pick up what Cherry Blossom is talking about, even aside from the deeper context of Lana's life? Or thought about what it means to say that only one item of clothing fits her, beyond joking about how they also put on weight over the pandemic? I don't expect them to care about what she's trying to say, but it would be nice if they at least tried to figure out the basic meanings of the songs.

 

Omg the amount of reviews I've seen mention pandemic weight gain in Black Bathing Suit and then move on to a different track blows my mind. This is like the track that they should be analyzing deeply considering it's a full drag of them, but instead they're just like wow Lana is so relatable singing about clothing sizes. 

 

4 hours ago, Urbanney said:

I would never think to call the color blue “wild and fucking crazy,” so that line will always intrigue me 

 

In Lana's world I would say the colour blue is pretty wild and fucking crazy LOL she has used it throughout her whole discography to describe so many different emotions, some positive, some negative, so I love this acknowledgement in the song that the colour blue is all over the place in her world.

 

[CmonDownToFL 6,680]

Lana when someone asks her to trade her violets for roses 

[plastiscguy 63,437]

6 minutes ago, DCooper said:

In Lana's world I would say the colour blue is pretty wild and fucking crazy LOL 

What if Lana is colorblind and all this time she's been seeing blue as some other random ass color, like Yellow or something?

[DCooper 36,916]

1 minute ago, plastiscguy said:

What if Lana is colorblind and all this time she's been seeing blue as some other random ass color, like Yellow or something?

 

LOL

 

I get wild on you, baby
I get wild and fucking crazy like the color yellow, ooh-ooh

[Jeanne Dielman 5,982]

After several listens, I think that my top 5 definitely includes Text Book, Blue Banisters, Black Bathing Suit and Sweet Carolina but the fifth spot is up for grabs at the moment. This is a significantly stronger album that COCC. It's less accessible and "likable" at first but ends up being a richer and deeply moving experience. I am surprised by how well the UV outtakes fit here. I wonder if Wildflower Wildfire's distorted drums were intentionally used as they transition to the rougher rawer demo-esque feel of the last quarter of the album. Anyway, Black Bathing Suit is one of the most important songs Lana has ever written, and may be the key song to unlocking and understanding the entire album. It's such an emotional, lyrical and sonic journey. 

[CmonDownToFL 6,680]

Has Lanadelreyscloset on IG confirmed where Lana got her sycamore tree, the one she was talking about in Cherry Blossom?? Need to buy the same exact one thanks