LDR Music Periods

[PARADIXO 32,925]

This thread is obviously just for fun.

 

 

1. PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD, MMV—MMX

Early experiments and drafts. Some ideas were taken and/or perfected afterwards. Themes of love, innocence and loneliness.

Notable works: "Yayo", "Pawn Shop Blues", "Kill Kill", among others.

 

1. Lana Del Ray a.k.a. Lizzy Grant

 

Simple, bright compositions, focused on mood and melody rather than words.

Recurrent colors: yellow, orange, white and black.

 

 

2. CLASSICAL PERIOD, MMXI—MMXV

The original Lana Del Rey sound. Known for its emphasis on visuals, aesthetics and vocals. Image often more important than meaning. Themes of doomed love, drugs, mystery, desire, status, sadness and death.

Notable works: "Video Games", "Born to Die", "Summertime Sadness", "Blue Jeans", "Young and Beautiful", "Ride", "West Coast", among others.

 

a. Baroque Era

 

1. Born to Die

2. Paradise

 

"The Baroque style is characterized by exaggerated motion and clear detail used to produce drama, exuberance, and grandeur. Baroque iconography was direct, obvious, and dramatic, intending to appeal above all to the senses and the emotions."

Recurrent colors: blue, red, white and gold.

 

b. Romantic Era

 

1. Ultraviolence

 

"Individualistic, emotional and dramatic; A turn towards the mystic; a focus on the nocturnal, ghostly and terrifying; discontent with formulas and conventions; the use of new or previously not so common structures; a greater tonal range."

Recurrent colors: black, grey, white and red.

 

 

3. MODERN PERIOD, MMXV—MMXVII

Also known as the Retrofuturism era.

A shift towards the latest sounds and visuals. Known for mixing the old and new, inclusion of different collaborators, abstract concepts and synthetic production. Themes of self-discovery, escapism, the future and the world.

Notable works: "Love", "Cherry", "High By The Beach", "Get Free", among others.

 

"Diverse reactions in challenging and reinterpreting older categories of music, innovations that led to new ways of organizing and approaching harmonic, melodic, sonic, and rhythmic aspects of music, and changes in aesthetic worldviews [...] Its leading feature is a 'linguistic plurality', which is to say that no one music genre ever assumed a dominant position."

 

a. Early Retrofuturism / Minimalism

 

1. Honeymoon

 

Total emphasis on voice. Abstract ideas. Older sounds from the Baroque Era subtly mixed with newer trends.

Recurrent colors: light blue, red, lilac and green.

 

b. Retrofuturism

 

1. Lust for Life

 

"Retrofuturism may be summarized as the future as seen from the past and the past as seen from the future." Continuation of the previous sound but more emphasis on new-fashioned production. Subtle political discourse.

Recurrent colors: red, white, blue and green.

 

 

4. CONTEMPORARY PERIOD,  MMVXIII—present

Also known as the Singer-Songwriter Era.

The new Lana Del Rey sound. Known for its humorous, poetic lyricism and stripped-back production. Elimination of older ideas, images and sentiments in turn of newer, more personal interests. Emphasis on words and musicality. Themes of everyday life, adulthood, trauma, sociocultural issues, friendship and family.

Notable works: "The greatest", "Venice Bitch", "Hope Is A Dangerous Thing", "Mariners Apartment Complex", "White Dress", "Dealer", "LA Who Am I to Love You", among others.

 

a. Postmodernism

 

1. Norman Fucking Rockwell!

 

"Is, on some level, ironic; challenges barries between high and low; shows disdain of the often unquestioned value of structural unity; considers music as relevant to cultural, social and political contexts; includes references to music of many traditions and cultures; considers technology as a way to preserve and transmit music; embraces contradictions; presents multiple meanings." Known as "The album of the end of the world" due to its apocalyptic nature.

Recurrent colors: blue, red, white, neon green and brown.

 

b. Postminimalism

 

1. Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass

2. Chemtrails Over the Country Club

 

"Postminimalist works are usually everyday objects, use simple materials, and sometimes take on a pure, formalist aesthetic. Steady pulse, general evenness of dynamics, without strong climaxes or nuanced emotionalism." Vastly interested in escapism and existentialism.

Recurrent colors: white, black, grey, green and orange.

 

c. Casualism

 

1. Blue Banisters

2. Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd

 

"A new type of postminimalism that features a self-amused, anti-heroic style. Interested in a studied, passive-aggressive irresoluteness that reflect wider insights about culture and society. Works might appear unfinished or incomplete, intentionally awkward, physically fragile and unstable, rejecting the display of conventional skills." Notable for the random, unpolished nature of its lyricism, composition and vocal styles.

Recurrent colors: blue, brown, beige and yellow.

[the ocean 67,597]

this is really neat! love how you used the art comparison too!

[PARADIXO 32,925]

1 hour ago, the ocean said:

this is really neat! love how you used the art comparison too!

 

thanks 

[Fingertips 72,034]

Wait, I LOVE this 

[Beautiful Loser 48,620]

This is so fun, I love it 

[palemoonbaby 14,997]

This is so great, love it

[Cherry Blossom 21,472]

Wait can you make this a book pleek 

[details 17,045]

i'm really digging this born to die painting! where did it come from? great writing, btw

[PARADIXO 32,925]

Thanks guys <3

 

@Motorcycle Love Divine I made them with an online photo-to-painting generator! I'ts Al Gahaku, look it up!

[sparklrtrailrheaven 9,036]

Love this so much!!!

 

With all this in mind, where do you think she’s headed next artistically, @PARADIXO 

[PARADIXO 32,925]

11 hours ago, sparklrtrailrheaven said:

Love this so much!!!

 

With all this in mind, where do you think she’s headed next artistically, @PARADIXO 

 

Well, I think we're still in the Contemporary Period but Blue Banisters will be the only in the Casualism Era. Next is Iron Gates (I think?) so there's that.

[Doll Harlow 12,366]

I adore this. I hope that you continue updating it as she releases new albums. Such a fun idea. 

[bff 2,461]

This is so awesome!! I love this so much

[PARADIXO 32,925]

Bump

 

Added Ocean Blvd