Blue Banisters - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll

[Make me your Dream Life 87,787]

  NAUGHT TA TURN INTA A WILDFIGHYA TA LITE UP UR NITE . . .  

[Venice 6,933]

Lol this is maybe the most Canadian exp I've ever had but... I never bothered to look up the lyrics for IYLDWM and totally thought she sings, "Get into your truck and pick me up, EH."

 

I even got a bit like "" when that part would come, with the North in me moving.

 

[drugmunny 8,880]

13 minutes ago, Venice said:

Lol this is maybe the most Canadian exp I've ever had but... I never bothered to look up the lyrics for IYLDWM and totally thought she sings, "Get into your truck and pick me up, EH."

 

I even got a bit like "" when that part would come, with the North in me moving.

 

every time i listen to lana say "be a gentlemen...pick me up athEUIGHT" im wondering why she didn't just say "pick me up again" . it. literally. rhymes. 

[WhiteHydrangea 4,216]

41 minutes ago, drugmunny said:

every time i listen to lana say "be a gentlemen...pick me up athEUIGHT" im wondering why she didn't just say "pick me up again" . it. literally. rhymes. 

 

cause it's date night bby  

[lover 2,207]

47 minutes ago, drugmunny said:

every time i listen to lana say "be a gentlemen...pick me up athEUIGHT" im wondering why she didn't just say "pick me up again" . it. literally. rhymes. 

probably because some of her bfs used to pick her up at eight and she wrote that in her diary  or she just improvised that  adding little things like that makes it more authentic  something a real artist would write 

[barttttender 4,951]

3 hours ago, Honeyyoung said:

blue banisters is now 79 on metacritic

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came in at number 8 in sales -  her worst album performance ever. Not surprising with lame singles like Arcadia and zero hits.

[Miss Doing Nothing 1,694]

1 hour ago, lover said:

probably because some of her bfs used to pick her up at eight and she wrote that in her diary  or she just improvised that  adding little things like that makes it more authentic  something a real artist would write 

That and she used an AB, AB rhyming scheme 

[Make me your Dream Life 87,787]

bb wants to dance  bb gets 'er way 

[CinnamonGay 10,527]

1 hour ago, barttttender said:

 

came in at number 8 in sales -  her worst album performance ever. Not surprising with lame singles like Arcadia and zero hits.

Without physicals. 

With physicals sure top 3. Bye

[WaitForLife 5,236]

I can't listen to BB anymore. I got my heart broke and every song is too hurtful.

[arcadialovesong2018 674]

1 minute ago, TerrenceLovesHM said:

I can't listen to BB anymore. I got my heart broke and every song is too hurtful.

The alternate version was happier

 

'on her trampoline....... white little dahlia... Sweet Carolina.... '

[Coney Island King 26,002]

6 hours ago, plastiscguy said:

Hot fire...

 

6 hours ago, pin up galore said:

Hot weather...

 

6 hours ago, Super Movie said:

Hot coffee...

 

6 hours ago, IanadeIrey said:

I’m better...

[FallingCherry 7,731]

3 hours ago, barttttender said:

 

came in at number 8 in sales -  her worst album performance ever. Not surprising with lame singles like Arcadia and zero hits.

With poor streaming numbers and no vinyls. Most of COTCC’ sales came from vinyls, most of Lana’s sales in general come from vinyls. She performed really well without them, 33k is not bad at all considering it’s her second album this year and she did little to no promo for it.
Now if you REALLY care about the charts, you should maybe worry about Elton who wasn’t even able to outchart Lana with a collaborative album that includes Nicki Minaj and Dua Lipa.

[barttttender 4,951]

8 minutes ago, FallingCherry said:

With poor streaming numbers and no vinyls. Most of COTCC’ sales came from vinyls, most of Lana’s sales in general come from vinyls. She performed really well without them, 33k is not bad at all considering it’s her second album this year and she did little to no promo for it.
Now if you REALLY care about the charts, you should maybe worry about Elton who wasn’t even able to outchart Lana with a collaborative album that includes Nicki Minaj and Dua Lipa.

 

I love Lana, and I loved Chemtrails. But I do feel like BB was an unnecessary, quickly put-together release that does nothing to further her career both sonically and especially not as a pop star. The zero-wave traction territory she's in right now is pretty embarrassing when you consider she's the same person who wrote Born to Die. I just think she's lost a certain willpower, a certain spark, which is reflected in a complete lack of big songs, hits, good-quality music videos, promotion, and even the negligent way she dressed up to do Arcadia. It's like she's stopped caring. And it's tough for a die-hard fan to endure this BB era (undoubtedly her worst-ever era, even worse than Chemtrails).

[Alison by Slowdive 26,146]

put ur red boots on, i'm manifesting a music video for 'if you lie down with me' this friday  

[honey dew 11,777]

10 minutes ago, barttttender said:

 

I love Lana, and I loved Chemtrails. But I do feel like BB was an unnecessary, quickly put-together release that does nothing to further her career both sonically and especially not as a pop star. The zero-wave traction territory she's in right now is pretty embarrassing when you consider she's the same person who wrote Born to Die. I just think she's lost a certain willpower, a certain spark, which is reflected in a complete lack of big songs, hits, good-quality music videos, promotion, and even the negligent way she dressed up to do Arcadia. It's like she's stopped caring. And it's tough for a die-hard fan to endure this BB era (undoubtedly her worst-ever era, even worse than Chemtrails).

Mary.. all of those things you list are just smoke and mirrors tactics that people with no real talent depend on to make you believe they're world class musicians. Lana is on another level now. Anyone with enough money behind them can make a chart topping song and wear designer in a high budget music video and people fall for it every time when really theyre just serving Mcdonalds music. Look what happened to Justin Bieber. If i heard Blue banisters playing over Kmart speakers I would k*** ******

[June Gloom 1,787]

Spoiler

i'm obsessed with the idea that blue banisters is somehow not pushing her sound forward (with songs like dealer and BBS, the horns on ILYDWM, mike dean's involvement, less jack) but chemtrails was like- i'm sorry but i HAVE to laugh (love chemtrails as a set of songs but to imply it is somehow new territory for lana is .  bold)

 

honestly the more time i spend with this record the more i feel this is her best, every song i was unsure about at release has grown on me so much, the unreleased songs fit in perfectly, the layers of writing and meta-commentary on including these unreleased songs, the covers ALL being great, this is everything i want from her tbh

[barttttender 4,951]

12 minutes ago, honey dew said:

Mary.. all of those things you list are just smoke and mirrors tactics that people with no real talent depend on to make you believe they're world class musicians. Lana is on another level now. Anyone with enough money behind them can make a chart topping song and wear designer in a high budget music video and people fall for it every time when really theyre just serving Mcdonalds music. Look what happened to Justin Bieber. If i heard Blue banisters playing over Kmart speakers I would k*** ******

 

Well, I'd take the glamour and the melody of Young & Beautiful over the screatching-cat histrionics in a plaid shirt any day. But it's good to see Blue Banisters has this many fans...

[honey dew 11,777]

Having said that i love when Lana goes pop and im still convinced she's gonna do another lust for life which im so here for but im just saying bells and whistles girl. Also calling an outfit negligent is so funny im stealing that

[bluechemtrails 26,726]

57 minutes ago, barttttender said:

 

I love Lana, and I loved Chemtrails. But I do feel like BB was an unnecessary, quickly put-together release that does nothing to further her career both sonically and especially not as a pop star. The zero-wave traction territory she's in right now is pretty embarrassing when you consider she's the same person who wrote Born to Die. I just think she's lost a certain willpower, a certain spark, which is reflected in a complete lack of big songs, hits, good-quality music videos, promotion, and even the negligent way she dressed up to do Arcadia. It's like she's stopped caring. And it's tough for a die-hard fan to endure this BB era (undoubtedly her worst-ever era, even worse than Chemtrails).

She is no longer the pop star of yesteryear, and I don't think she wants to be. Her focus is now on writing poetry, you have to pay more attention to her lyrics and that was already the case with Chemtrails.  BB was not quick, the core songs like Black Bathing Suit go back to early 2020. Like honey dew said she is now on another level.