Blue Banisters - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll

[sparklrtrailrheaven 9,119]

14 minutes ago, yourolllikethunder said:

Looks like the playlists are set as private, can’t see them, just an FYI! But it sounds like such a cool concept  

just fixed them, thanks for the heads-up! Should both be visible now 

[Doll Harlow 12,369]

1 minute ago, turquoisejewel said:

Idk if anyone said this but I just saw Jon Denton already posted his reaction! A supportive king I see 

 

He seemed a bit stumped by certain parts of the album. I can't wait until he posts his Final Thoughts video. I'm curious to see how he feels about the album after more listens.

[Lentilus 25,720]

38 minutes ago, Dealer Boulevard said:

I finally finished my "track by track review"(idk if it's even a review lol ) Blue Banisters truly made me write a whole bible so I put it in spoilersThanks to anyone who will read it remember it's just my personal thoughts 

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1. Text Book:
This song is the perfect opener to the album. The cricket noises & the rumbling noises at the beginning are such a mood & I love that they open the album in such a interesting & kinda strange way. When I first heard TB I was shook , it almost made me cry & still it gives me goosebumps. The production & atmosphere is phenomal  & absolutely stunning. The kinda jazzy vibe dark verses are so stunning, there is  a sth like synth in the background which makes me so emotional & I love the " random noises" in the verses. The tempo change into a Get Free like chorus makes the song really interesting. The I screamed for them part - wow it makes me emotional, the outro is absolutely stunning & I love the river noises in the outro a lot, it truly makes me transcend. I love everything about this song,  even it's kinda a lot to take ( Don't mind the BLM lyric). Definetly a 10/10 song. Definetly one of my favourites even though it might be more an unpopular opinion.

2. Blue Banisters
Don't come for me but this one was my least favorite out of the three singles & is kinda my least favorite song on the album if I have to choose one. I still like this song a lot & it is not a bad song  at all.The music video made me appreciate it more. Also I like this song more within the context of the album,  it never sounded so good to me then it did on my first album listen. Also I really like the topic of healing & family + friends supporting her. I really like the second half of the song more than the first half & I have to admit that I love the "Summer comes, Winter goes,  Spring I skip " part & the outro. The instrumental is so haunting & puts me kinda in a trance. To me, the instrumental is somehow different from her other ones  even though it’s simple & has piano in it , but it has this ?synth/atmospheric noise? & it feels very cold & kinda stoic, which gives this song a major nighttime feel . For that reason I can't wait to experience the song on an icy winter night while watching the stars, I think it would suit the mood of the song a lot.

3. Arcadia
I don't know where to start but when she posted the snippet I knew it's going to be good & it was torture to wait for the full song to get released but when she did wow I was so surprised the hear the lush & soft orchestral moments, never thought we going to get an orchestral moment ever again from her. Her vocals on the chorus are so beautiful, the lyrics are beautiful & poetic kinda. Lemme say it again but those soft orchestral moments are beautiful,  kinda dreamy & sound straight out of a Disney movie. The Horns & TRUMPETS , I LIVE FOR THEM. Also the outro , I don't know what to say but it's such a subtle "revenge" in a very beautiful way.

4. Interlude- The Trio
It flows so well after Arcadia somehow. Actually it's kinda hilarious that it's on the album bc it's so out of place but that's why I love it. Such a momentum & a nice break from the stunning ballads. Also I love trap Lana & it was nice to get her back for a second  haha

5. Black Bathing Suit
The INTRO. So so beautiful,  the crows,  the birds chirping,  the piano in the back & those whistling sounds before the verse starts. Makes me feel I'm  alone at  an empty train station in an old ghost town,on a foggy,cold autumn morning with crows flying around. It captures kinda the mood of the whole pandemic somehow with the crows being kinda an apocalyptic sign. But the intro is kinda magical sounding too , like I'm in a wizard movie. Totally living for those sound effects & details , I can't appreciate them enough. Then the verse starts & wooow it's beautiful & relatable too. So interesting & surprising that this song is Grenadine Quarantine & If this is the end I want a boyfriend & so happy we know what happened with them voice notes & that we  finally got them!! Piano & instrumentation is so beautiful. And then the pre chorus starts. Immediately got goosebumps on my first listen during this part. The drums , the lyrics,  her voice , so beautiful & it sounds so Lana in the best way possible. I'm in love with the way she sings Black Bathing Suit & the "looking at me, looking over at you  real cute "part is EVERYTHING!! And then a tempo change again into the chorus,  I was so confused on my first listen haha. But the lyrics are everything. And then back to the verse which is so beautiful  sonically &  the mother line on the second verse!! And when she sings the Angel part in the pre chorus, her voice sounds like velvet. Love the " I wish you could see through my soul" line a lot & kinda  relate to it. Then the chorus comes again , her screaming/ intense vocals are an absolute highlight,  the chaotic  instrumental in the background,  the MEHEL ME WHEN YOU GET THE BLUUHUEES  part pls  so sarcastic & she is done with that shit. This whole chaotic & messy  vibe, it's one of my favourites things  Lana ever did. She channels the feelings of the pandemic & what 2020 was for her so well in this song , the way it slowly looses it's sanity & turns into sth messy & the screaming parts where she let's everything  out ( e.g "  OOOOOH LET EMM TALK ABOUT ME " ), the instrumentals I can't imagine how they came up with this idea but so glad they did. The drums on this song !! The outro , I still don't know the lyrics haha but it's everything & I want it to go on forever. Then just  the instrumental keeps going & it kinda sounds like they throwing stuff around before it ends with the very beautiful piano/keyboards only. It was a lot to take for me at my first listen & it left me confused but it clicked with me really fast.This song is my favourite song  on this album for so many aspects & one my favourite songs ever. I can't stop talking about & still I feel like I haven't appreciated it enough. My chaotic mind & soul really feel at home in this song haha. Still I'm shook after every listen. Lemme tell you again the messy/ chaotic vibe is everything.  It's so weird but in the best way possible. Truly NO ONE CAN DOES IT BETTER than her!!!

6. If You Lie Down With Me
Her & Barrie only create magic. This one of my faves of  the album too & the second it starts I get goosebumps. Her vocals on this song are so beautiful!!
I kinda get Honeymoon vibes , like it's somehow romantic & kinda dreamy
The "dance me all around the room / moon lines " make me want to have a lover / partner to cuddle & dance with during this song so bad. If I ever should marry someone I want this one as our wedding song
The last chorus is amazing, the way she sings you lie you lie!!
I love the instrumentation ( those guitar riffs in the second verse)
The Outro was such a HUGE surprise & it's absolutely stunning. Those f*cking horns & ?jazzy? instrumentals!!!  The Outro is one of my fave things she has done on this amazing album!!

7.Beautiful
This song is indeed very very beautiful. The piano  sounds like raindrops , especially in the intro. Ngl this song made me love piano a lot ,it's so interesting. Her vocals are so beautiful too. They lyrics are  one of the best on this album, I love them so much & they make me tear up a bit.  Just the thought that I will be able to turn sadness into happiness  one day is what I needed to hear in my life. I love the message a lot.
The Picasso line is so good & genius. This might be one of my piano ballads of her.

8. Violets For Roses
One of my favourites too!! This songs makes me cry. The melody is phenomal,  her harmonies in this song are so beautiful,  the production & instrumentation is gorgeous. It's such an amazing song!!
Violet reminds me a little bit of Old Money & French Restaurant
Love the lyrics a lot & can relate to them..
I was in a very toxic friendship which put me to one of my lowest points in my life,   that person tried to change me (and did) & I was not my true self anymore. I won't go more into details though bc that would be a very long post. Now I'm healing from it & being more in love with my life & myself again.  Also VfR reminds  me that you can heal & learn from bad / toxic relationships or tragic life events & that you can be in love with life again,  happier again & can be your true self. This song has a special place in my heart & arrived at a perfect time in my life.

9. Dealer
We waited more than a year for this one & finally she released it!!!  I absolutely love this song. Definetly one of my favourite songs too. Always wanted to hear sth like a screamer from her . I love her vocals on the chorus so much it's everything I ever wanted. Also I really love Miles Kane on this song. His voice is so good too. This might be one of her best collabs. The instrumental has kinda a lounge vibe to it & even though it's simple I love it alot. The outro is fucking amazing,  my curcuits are busy goodbye , my curcuits are busy you're high ..ICONIC if you ask me!!!
Her speaking voice is so good too & kinda sexy. This song is a collapse. I could listen to her screaming vocals all day long. My new smoking anthem for sure!!!
I check it , I wreck it , I turn it around  - A mood

10. Thunder
Thunder was always such a good song but the new version is even better &  phenomal.  Thunder is one of my favourites too. The build up is amazing & those added horror movie strings!!!This song is a masterpiece. I love the piano & the strings in the beginning, then the acoustic guitar comes in wow so beautiful. The strings make the song more emotional for me & sometimes I tear up  listening to Thunder. Also let me appreciate the horror movie strings again!! Love it so so much & love everything about this song!! The new version fits so well on this album,  this song is STUNNING!!

11. Wildflower Wildfire
This is lyrically one of her best ones. The stardust line  sometimes brings tears to my eyes.The lyrics & her vocal performance are what I love the most about this song.  The hot fire hot weather hot coffee part = eargasmn.  I always loved WFWF & it's an amazing song. The piano makes me feel numb but it fits the song very well & then the outro comes in & kinda feels like an explosion!!
A very important song on the album and I like it a lot!!!

12. Nectar Of The Gods
It always was one of my fave Lana unreleased  songs & it's a fave of mine on this album. It's so simple but so beautiful, raw,  haunting & special.  I always play this song while smoking a cigarette & watching the stars.  I love to lie down & watch the stars & dedicate the stars the peopIe I lost in my life...

13. Living Legend
This is another of my faves from the album & it was always one of my favourite unreleased songs too. This song is stellar but still so raw & special.  The piano in it, combined with the acoustic guitar,  her vocals & the lyrics make me super emotional & leave me crying.  A highlight is the wah wah wah part , that part is a career highlight.  It's everything,  it makes me feel so many things and then the piano in the outro after the wah wah wah part is absolute killer. If I not cried earlier to this song, this part will make me. It wrecks me emotionally every time!!
I love everything about Living Legend!!!

14. Cherry Blossom
It's such a cute lullaby & I appreciate it more within the context of the album. The melody is so beautiful . There is something special about this song too &  towards the end sometimes it makes me tear up a little bit. ( which was not the case before it was on the album ). I always imagine Lana singing this song to her younger self & wow I actually love Cherry Blossom a lot, just realized this while typing this 

15. Sweet Carolina
This song is the sweetest thing ever. Imagine someone dedicating a song like this to you. So sweet!!  The piano is hypnotic, Rob did an amazing job!!  I love Lana vocals especially when she sings baby blues. It's such a sweet & beautiful closer. 

So don't write me a letter , I'll always be right here,  closer than your next breath my dear 

Such a beautiful closing line 

 

THE SPILLAGE!!

[SalvaWHORE 34,173]

Anyone joining the BLUE BANISTERS streaming party??? 

[Glitter Boy 16,618]

4 minutes ago, Ultra Violet said:

For me, the album tracklist is

1. Text Book

2. Black Bathing Suit

3. If You Lie Down With Me

4. Violets for Roses (and I want to have a go at adding some orchestral drums and cymbals to it)

5. Dealer

6. Thunder

7. WFWF

8. NoTG (Moonchild version)

9. Living Legend (Moonchild version, tysm @Glitter Boy)

10. Cherry Blossom (which I might try adding strings and slight orchestral to)

 

 

And that's a damn good album 

 

Thank you bestie! I'm so glad you liked my versions  

I actually keep basically the whole album:

1. Text Book
2. Blue Banisters
3. Arcadia
4. Black Bathing Suit
5. If You Lie Down with Me
6. Beautiful
7. Violets for Roses
8. Dealer (feat. Miles Kane)
9. Thunder
10. Wildflower Wildfire
11. Nectar of the Gods (Moonchild Version)
12. Living Legend (Moonchild Version)
13. Cherry Blossom (real lossless)
14. Sweet Carolina
15. Beautiful (Strings Version) [Bonus Track]

I truly can't get over it guys, she really keep doing THAT  

[Poor Stacy 12,095]

2 minutes ago, IanadeIrey said:

I feel like Honeymoon and Blue Banisters speak to each other in some respect. There is the more visible synergy between Ultraviolence and Blue Banisters, but Honeymoon and Blue Banisters are both – in my opinion – Lana's most deliberate self-examinations.

 

Honeymoon is more abstract and sensory in its reflection, whereas Blue Banisters is more lyrically dense and empirical. These are shaping up to be my top two favourites 

 

I get this, too! It's mysterious and expansive like Honeymoon, but also quietly soul-bearing at the same time. I think @Thunder made a post about BB being a mix of Ultraviolence, Honeymoon, and Chemtrails, so this all makes sense to me in my head. 

[turquoisejewel 2,014]

1 minute ago, Doll Harlow said:

 

He seemed a bit stumped by certain parts of the album. I can't wait until he posts his Final Thoughts video. I'm curious to see how he feels about the album after more listens.

 haven't seen it yet, I wonder how ajay will react too. Not really a typical Lana album so I get it!

[SalvaWHORE 34,173]

OMG BLUE BANISTERS HAS HIT NO.1 ON US ITUNES!!!!
WE FUCKING WON!!!

[EndlessSummer 3,539]

got this cute popup on spotify!

[COCC 29,554]

80 on Metacritic 

[alexspears 512]

so a couple days ago i said the track list was janky and needed to be rearranged but.......... im a gemini with cancer placements like lana and i changed my fucking mind 

 

and now that i have streamed the official album from apple music at least 8 times today i can confidently report that i was dead wrong. its perfect. bold of me to question lana's choices......... its her story and no one can tell it but her

[SalvaWHORE 34,173]

LET'S GO GUYS GIRLS & GAYS. We gotta stream the fuck out of this album!!! It's no.1 on iTunes US!!!

[turquoisejewel 2,014]

I'm forcing my coworkers to listen to Lana and they're all slowly falling in love with her voice, on this lovely rainy Friday afternoon 

[brandon 13,342]

Just now, turquoisejewel said:

I'm forcing my coworkers to listen to Lana and they're all slowly falling in love with her voice, on this lovely rainy Friday afternoon 

exactly. as you should 

[Lightning Moonbeam 879]

4 minutes ago, turquoisejewel said:

I'm forcing my coworkers to listen to Lana and they're all slowly falling in love with her voice, on this lovely rainy Friday afternoon 

my brother who falls in the lacking-all-tastebuds “all her songs sound the same” camp asked me to turn up the volume when thunder came on 

just know he’s adding it to all his playlists as we speak

 

[Honeyyoung 17,096]

sweet carolina is literally one of her best ballads and show some of her best vocals. is like NFR! title track high notes but crystal clear and smooth

[turquoisejewel 2,014]

1 minute ago, Lightning Moonbeam said:

my brother who falls in the “all her songs sound the same” camp asked me to turn up the volume when thunder came on 

just know he’s adding it to all his playlists as we speak

 

Lana's revenge is working 

Also one of my coworkers asked me to turn up the volume during Thunder too 

[Venice Jesus Whore 4,471]

Beautiful has to be the worst track. That chorus is annoying and cringe. Definitely not beautiful. 

[SalvaWHORE 34,173]

Did anyone talk about how her youtube channel has 5 billion views already?

[Honeyyoung 17,096]

dealer has hit potential on tiktok
like a trend where like people are accumulating more and more things until they explode like

"don't do my homework" (i gave you all my money)
"don't see online classes" (gave you all my money)
"have to go to school again" (gave you all my money)
"i'm having tests presencially" (gave you all my moneyy)

I DON'T WANNA LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE