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Blue Banisters - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll

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  1. 1. What are your favourite tracks from Blue Banisters?

    • Text Book
      232
    • Blue Banisters
      269
    • Arcadia
      252
    • Interlude - The Trio
      134
    • Black Bathing Suit
      478
    • If You Lie Down With Me
      414
    • Beautiful
      175
    • Violets for Roses
      271
    • Dealer
      455
    • Thunder
      465
    • Wildflower Wildfire
      316
    • Nectar of the Gods
      268
    • Living Legend
      308
    • Cherry Blossom
      221
    • Sweet Carolina
      253


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21 minutes ago, IanadeIrey said:

As I continue to listen to the record, I'm really seeing all the pieces of her story fit together perfectly.

 

While some songs are older (the historical significance of which simulate a more 'anthological' feeling), I actually think the story she tells on this record begins in 2020 and ends in 2021, even though she digs into the roots of her existence a bit. The universality of the older songs she chose actually applies to her current life (what we are privy to, at least) perfectly.

 

I'm thinking of writing a longer post that dissects this a bit further – I think I'll post it here, and hopefully everyone sees the narrative a bit more clearly too! I had an inkling about this, as I'm sure many of us already did, but the things she said about her personal life in the livestream yesterday somewhat confirmed it. I'm really excited thinking about the record now and this makes me love it even more (as if that was possible!) :party:

 
I agree with you!!

My interpretation of the album is that it starts with her breakup with Sean (TB, BB) which leads her to do a deep introspection. She starts with an introspection on her image, how others see her (Arcadia, BBS, Beautiful). On IYLDWM, she’s not over the breakup yet, but then the introspection continues as she realises that Sean wanted to change her for someone she is not (Beautiful, VFR). That leads her to the angry stage of her breakup on Dealer. She then regains her calm but still holds a grudge against Sean for not being a good enough man for her, for not caring as much as she wanted him to. She’d rather cut him off (Thunder). On WFWF, she meets a new man and warns him of her past, and the issues she’s had. The introspection continues as she tells her new man (possibly Clayton at the time?) that she’ll do her best to not turn into a wildfire despite her past. She then goes deeper into her past by remembering an old lover on NOTG and realises how hard life still is for her, but she starts thinking about an old friend of hers on LL and how life could be with a kid on CB, and realises that no matter how hard things are, she’ll always be full of love for the people she holds very close to her heart. She knows she’s not alone and has so much love to give. She’s now over the breakup, and makes an attempt at leaving behind the pain of her past to focus on the present. Her sister is having a baby, and Lana knows that that’s what matters the most. The album closes with SC, a love letter for Chuck to remind her she’s always here for her.


I'll do it for the right reasons

Withstanding all the time, changes and seasons

~?~

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The way AJayII loved Text Book, BBS and Dealer :eartha: and y'all were worried 

 

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Kinda disappointed she didn't love Thunder right away tho :pout:

 


My rose garden dreams set on fire by fiends... :illumilana2: 

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Ajay is getting her life listening to this.

4 minutes ago, WildMustang said:

This album is totally a grower tho, I wasn't into most of the songs at first listen and I'm obsessed now 

I’ve had 2 friends message me saying “i don’t know if i like this album it’s boring” and then 3 days later say “i love it”.

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5 minutes ago, nosorangegrape said:

notg, cb, sc have unsatisfying endings. they needed 30s to 1 min more.

NOTG has the perfect ending

'once I found my way but now I am lost'

It's meant to end abruptly because it conveys the message of the last line and the song as a whole, it's not supposed to give closure.

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