Blue Banisters - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll

[plastiscguy]

14 minutes ago, issgouding said:

you all what is that word she said she never mention it before and it's kinda her story on this album ? i bet it's bansiters 

I thought it was about her mother? Cause she said it explained a lot about her, and the lyrics on WFWF kinda matches that???

[issgouding]

Just now, plastiscguy said:

I thought it was about her mother? Cause she said it explained a lot about her, and the lyrics on WFWF kinda matches that???

but she said it's a word

[Super Movie]

I assumed that "mother" was the word Lana was talking about never using before too (although technically she said it in Old Money so I think she meant more that she'd never used it in the way she did on this album), which makes the songs where she says it almost more heartbreaking. This album is purely Lana's story and that's something that is present in every single song. The insight we did get on the album in general in the livestream, although it wasn't a lot, was really interesting to me. 

[renaissance]

Did we ever find out where Beautiful strings version came from?

[CmonDownToFL]

Good morning to BB welcome to your second day of being one of the greatest  

[alexandro]

3 hours ago, sunchase said:

Guys please tell me who Kevin is in Sweet Carolina  losing my shit

This please ??

[x VB]

Violets for Roses supremacy 

[ByDayAnother]

3 minutes ago, alexandro said:

This please ??

Kevin is Chuck’s stupid boyfriend, the “fuck you Kevin” is a playful joke upon making fun of his unironic bro-like obsession with crypto, not an actual attack!

[YourGirl666]

14 minutes ago, ultralife said:

Did we ever find out where Beautiful strings version came from?

The same folder as UFB and Honeymoon (Drum Mix)

[alexandro]

2 minutes ago, ByDayAnother said:

Kevin is Chuck’s stupid boyfriend, the “fuck you Kevin” is a playful joke upon making fun of his unironic bro-like obsession with crypto, not an actual attack!

Thanks! I do get the playful part but it didn’t make sense to me because I thought Chuck was still with Keegan Allen ?

[brandon]

30 minutes ago, issgouding said:

but she said it's a word

yeah… mother is a word  and she sung it on the album 

[x VB]

my ranking

 

I love them all 

Spoiler

1. Violets for Roses

2. Black Bathing Suit

3. If You Lie Down with Me

4. Text Book

5. Arcadia

6. Dealer

7. Living Legend

8. Wildflower Wildfire

9. Thunder

10. Blue Banisters

11. Nectar of the Gods

12. Sweet Carolina

13. Cherry Blossom

14. Beautuful

 

[brandon]

4 minutes ago, ByDayAnother said:

Kevin is Chuck’s stupid boyfriend, the “fuck you Kevin” is a playful joke upon making fun of his unironic bro-like obsession with crypto, not an actual attack!

chucks boyfriends name is jason tho 

[ByDayAnother]

Just now, brandon said:

chucks boyfriends name is jason tho 

Oh shit! My mistake. Maybe he’s an ex of Chuck’s then?

[renaissance]

I'm pretty sure Kevin is Lana's friend Jessica's ex boyfriend

[Alison by Slowdive]

2 hours ago, YourGirl666 said:

She used legacy in Swan Song

[Vertimus]

3 hours ago, COCC said:

The fact that there is not a single line about not being a candle in the wind

Not only no line about being "a candle in the wind,' but no other classic rock references whatsoever, as far as I can tell. I have no problem with such references if they're genuinely clever, or especially meaningful, but on the last couple of albums they've become way too obvious, and it cheapens the whole concept. 

[YourGirl666]

9 minutes ago, Vertimus said:

rock references whatsoever, as far as I can tell. 

Mr. Brightside kinda

[Brooklynbaby]

Honestly I keep going back the beautiful over and over i love how she’s gone from “out of the black into the blue” and now she’s “turning the blue into something beautiful” 

[alittleparty]

13 minutes ago, Vertimus said:

Not only no line about being "a candle in the wind,' but no other classic rock references whatsoever, as far as I can tell. I have no problem with such references if they're genuinely clever, or especially meaningful, but on the last couple of albums they've become way too obvious, and it cheapens the whole concept. 

 

I've gone back and forth on if the "lie la lie"s in IYLDWM are a reference to Simon & Garfunkel "The Boxer." I always think of it. I can't see a thematic connection between the songs, but it's such a well-known chorus, I'm sure she would've had it in mind.