Blue Banisters - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll

[lanascarlitos 828]

2 hours ago, Skuj said:

 

Long time lurker, first time poster:

 

WTF ARE YOU THINKING?

 

Anyway, this forum/thread is extremely hard to follow. It updates every 26sec, and most of y'all post waaaaaay too many visuals.

 

I think BB is the greatest LDR release. There, I said it. It's magnificent. It flows beautifully. I cannot find a skip-able song on it. It is my AOTY, hands-down.

 

It took me a while to "get" Chemtrails, but now I appreciate it's brilliant understatedness. 

 

Anyway, carry on.....

Thanks.

And you're right. BB is a masterpiece.

[Dark Angel 203,807]

2 hours ago, Skuj said:

 

Long time lurker, first time poster:

 

WTF ARE YOU THINKING?

 

Anyway, this forum/thread is extremely hard to follow. It updates every 26sec, and most of y'all post waaaaaay too many visuals.

 

I think BB is the greatest LDR release. There, I said it. It's magnificent. It flows beautifully. I cannot find a skip-able song on it. It is my AOTY, hands-down.

 

It took me a while to "get" Chemtrails, but now I appreciate it's brilliant understatedness. 

 

Anyway, carry on.....

 

it just isn't my favorite lana album... lol...  

[Liz Taylor Blues 18,887]

Now that its lost its novelty HM has reclaimed Magnus Opus

[Super Movie 51,883]

6 minutes ago, Surf Noir said:

 

it just isn't my favorite lana album... lol...  

You provoked the lurkers 

 

But anyways, for me, I'm finding a lot of these songs getting better with age. I've grown more accustomed to the only piano version of Beautiful, although I definitely prefer the string version. I think my favorite part of that song is actually the intro with that trickling piano. Right now my most streamed songs are IYLDWM (I'm a sucker for those horns), Black Bathing Suit and Dealer. I think that might be my top three right now, not in order. 

[drugmunny 8,881]

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12 minutes ago, Surf Noir said:

it just isn't my favorite lana album... lol...  

it's not my fave either but in my opinion it's literally miles above chemtrails. i've acc been streaming it like crazy. 

what songs are u listening to from it? 

[Make me your Dream Life 89,232]

The alt cover is perfect for fall w all the leaves goin whoosh whoosh in the cold n colorful n the standard covers perfect for late/ summer and lemonade’ll be had 

 

[Dark Angel 203,807]

1 minute ago, drugmunny said:

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it's not my fave either but in my opinion it's literally miles above chemtrails. i've acc been streaming it like crazy. 

what songs are u listening to from it? 

 

i really like text book & black bathing suit!

[drugmunny 8,881]

1 minute ago, Surf Noir said:

i really like text book & black bathing suit!

based. 

[necessary sacrifice 8,866]

i just realized since only one of the alt covers has an alt back cover, lana's cat appears on more albums than her dogs do 

[FallingCherry 7,731]

If we’re being objective, production wise, COTCC is a better album, and it’s extremely cohesive, on the other hand BB is the strongest lyrically and the storytelling is brilliant. The production on some tracks is like whatever, mostly the unreleased ones excluding Thunder. And again, I’m not talking about personal preferences, because I personally prefer BB as a whole, but objectively the production on BB isn’t as rich or lively as on Chemtrails. Overall, I’d still say BB is the superior album because the production is still amazing, simply quite not on Chemtrails’ level

[sjatib 5,175]

13 hours ago, drugmunny said:

i think sweet carolina is a good song it's just a little samey. too specific to relate unless u have a pregnant sister named caroline w a shithead ex named kevin. still love it tho

I find it beautiful as well, but maybe a bit generic sound-wise. The lyrics are beautiful, and it works beautifully as a closer to the album, but yeah, not her most brilliant song either.

[bluechemtrails 27,429]

1 hour ago, FallingCherry said:

If we’re being objective, production wise, COTCC is a better album, and it’s extremely cohesive, on the other hand BB is the strongest lyrically and the storytelling is brilliant. The production on some tracks is like whatever, mostly the unreleased ones excluding Thunder. And again, I’m not talking about personal preferences, because I personally prefer BB as a whole, but objectively the production on BB isn’t as rich or lively as on Chemtrails. Overall, I’d still say BB is the superior album because the production is still amazing, simply quite not on Chemtrails’ level

I listened to the whole COTCC album some days ago to make a direct comparison and I find it kind of boring by now. I had somehow remembered it better. Almost every song on BB sounds better than almost every song on COTCC. And not just because BB is more recent or less heard. I've probably even listened to the latter album more often.

[renaissance 8,365]

Violets for Roses remains a career highlight idc

[Three White Butterflies 27,492]

8 minutes ago, ultralife said:

Violets for Roses remains a career highlight idc

 

gentle, orchestral, euphoric, serene.

 

violets for roses is a lana del rey classic. 

[Vertimus 9,702]

16 hours ago, White Hot said:

It's just so good I can't believe she's been holding onto it for all these years

The playful horns at the end...perfection. And the horns get more playful towards the end. 

 

In whatever form it previously existed, I'm glad it never leaked. 

[necessary sacrifice 8,866]

1 hour ago, FallingCherry said:

If we’re being objective, production wise, COTCC is a better album, and it’s extremely cohesive, on the other hand BB is the strongest lyrically and the storytelling is brilliant. The production on some tracks is like whatever, mostly the unreleased ones excluding Thunder. And again, I’m not talking about personal preferences, because I personally prefer BB as a whole, but objectively the production on BB isn’t as rich or lively as on Chemtrails. Overall, I’d still say BB is the superior album because the production is still amazing, simply quite not on Chemtrails’ level

nothing to add, just boosting this post 

[lustforlife 19,008]

The music industry made some of u guys so dumb that u look for cohesive polished even in works that don't have that intention.  Lana did a job to catalyze all the chaos we're going through.  all arts can be problematic and messy but when you think about music you all the time charge for cohesion and works that make sense

 

expand your mind

[Rust Dress 40,346]

5 minutes ago, lustforlife said:

The music industry made some of u guys so dumb that u look for cohesive polished even in works that don't have that intention.  Lana did a job to catalyze all the chaos we're going through.  all arts can be problematic and messy but when you think about music you all the time charge for cohesion and works that make sense

 

expand your mind

says the person who pretends to be an insider for attention

[Make me your Dream Life 89,232]

for me its cus she sings a lot more assuredly on this one. chemtrails is great for meandering and in a way is kinda like a more local lust for life when u think about it, but bb's like a calmer, more mature, even kinder uv. sweet spot 

[Honeyyoung 17,100]

chemtrails had WAY more instrumental diversity than blue banisters but they were details and not an actual part of the song, ykwim? if blue banisters had the instrumental diversity cocc had but more present in the songs, it would be over.