Random Lana Discussion Thread

[Elle 121,280]

14 minutes ago, Laurendelaware said:

OMG yes thank you so much!! 

Of course, glad I could help! x

[Venice Peach 54,293]

I wonder if a Get Free version where she says Amy and Whitney still exists cause on the released one you can hear "for A- and for W-" but I don't know if the decision to silence those parts was made while recording (so a full version may not exist anymore) or after she had the song done (so a demo might exist).

Maybe those lines were from Malibu 

[13beachess 7,614]

so I listened to Violets For Roses and Beautiful (which are the two songs I've ranked lowest on BB) for the first time in forever and...... I felt... maybe they are not THAT bad? Not really the biggest fan of the lyrics but like... damn? Did I do these songs wrong in the past?

 

edit: I thought I posted this in the Blue Banisters thread... sorry 

[shady 3,752]

I'm literally wheezing at what my mom said about Lana. I'm trying to convince her to give her a listen because all of her friends love her and she was like:

Mom: Yeah I hear her when you play her records

Me: But you completely ignore whatever I'm playing 

Mom: No I'm not, she's the one that sings like aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh😫

That's such an accurate description of Ultraviolence and Honeymoon 

[niandra lades 2,454]

39 minutes ago, shady said:

I'm literally wheezing at what my mom said about Lana. I'm trying to convince her to give her a listen because all of her friends love her and she was like:

Mom: Yeah I hear her when you play her records

Me: But you completely ignore whatever I'm playing 

Mom: No I'm not, she's the one that sings like aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh😫

That's such an accurate description of Ultraviolence and Honeymoon 

LOL! One time my mom said "she sounds like a funeral march" 

[prettywhenimhigh 49,329]

56 minutes ago, shady said:

I'm literally wheezing at what my mom said about Lana. I'm trying to convince her to give her a listen because all of her friends love her and she was like:

Mom: Yeah I hear her when you play her records

Me: But you completely ignore whatever I'm playing 

Mom: No I'm not, she's the one that sings like aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh😫

That's such an accurate description of Ultraviolence and Honeymoon 

 

lmaaao I converted my mom during quarantine and now she asks alexa to play my lana playlist by herself even when I'm not at home

[shady 3,752]

2 hours ago, prettywhenimhigh said:

 

lmaaao I converted my mom during quarantine and now she asks alexa to play my lana playlist by herself even when I'm not at home

 

I convinced her to love Arctic Monkeys AM but she can't remember their name because she doesn't speak English so they're called "The ones who sound like Pink Floyd".

[prettywhenimhigh 49,329]

3 minutes ago, shady said:

 

I convinced her to love Arctic Monkeys AM but she can't remember their name because she doesn't speak English so they're called "The ones who sound like Pink Floyd".

 

omg lol she's cute

[lili 3,177]

On 8/2/2022 at 1:12 PM, Venice Peach said:

I wonder if a Get Free version where she says Amy and Whitney still exists cause on the released one you can hear "for A- and for W-" but I don't know if the decision to silence those parts was made while recording (so a full version may not exist anymore) or after she had the song done (so a demo might exist).

Maybe those lines were from Malibu 

I’d like to imagine the reason for the silenced parts were purely out of respect for those artists who have been heavily targeted by media and general public which contributed to their early demise. So as not to open up another discussion like “LDR name-dropping Amy Winehouse and Whitney Houston on her new album” or whatever. It’s like she’s saying they’ve had enough, they’re “free” now and must be beyond scrutiny. On top of that, you can put in those gaps any artist that you like who’s not with us anymore or even people dear to you who passed away and meditate upon what the song is trying to say as such.

 

Edit: Sorry that this is not really answering your question or in response to you, I just wanted to express my opinion on the silenced part when you happened to mention it. ♥️

[baddisease 17,927]

On 8/2/2022 at 6:12 AM, Venice Peach said:

I wonder if a Get Free version where she says Amy and Whitney still exists cause on the released one you can hear "for A- and for W-" but I don't know if the decision to silence those parts was made while recording (so a full version may not exist anymore) or after she had the song done (so a demo might exist).

Maybe those lines were from Malibu 

 

IIRC Get Free's censored names are Lana's personal friends. I hope Malibu leaks one day but I doubt it will, since she said she deleted it.

[Wait For Life 16,787]

40 minutes ago, baddisease said:

 

IIRC Get Free's censored names are Lana's personal friends. I hope Malibu leaks one day but I doubt it will, since she said she deleted it.

Lana was friends with Amy winehouse and Whitney Houston lol?

[baddisease 17,927]

14 minutes ago, Wait For Life said:

Lana was friends with Amy winehouse and Whitney Houston lol?

 

No. Their names were not the ones censored in Get Free.

[Wait For Life 16,787]

Says who 

[baddisease 17,927]

5 minutes ago, Wait For Life said:

Says who 

 

it doesn't make sense for them to be the censored words, at least not to me. Amy and Whitney were superstars, so I don't understand why she would censor their names. She also said that the censored lyrics were too personal for her. how would two artists whose deaths were mainstream and well-known be personal?

[Chemtrail 3,101]

7 minutes ago, baddisease said:

 

it doesn't make sense for them to be the censored words, at least not to me. Amy and Whitney were superstars, so I don't understand why she would censor their names. She also said that the censored lyrics were too personal for her. how would two artists whose deaths were mainstream and well-known be personal?

She sang for Amy and for Whitney multiple times, that is the lyric

[baddisease 17,927]

Just now, Chemtrail said:

She sang for Amy and for Whitney multiple times in live performances, that is the lyric

 

just because she inserted their names during performances doesn't mean that that's the lyric in the album version of the song.

[lili 3,177]

19 minutes ago, baddisease said:

 

it doesn't make sense for them to be the censored words, at least not to me. Amy and Whitney were superstars, so I don't understand why she would censor their names. She also said that the censored lyrics were too personal for her. how would two artists whose deaths were mainstream and well-known be personal?

It could be personal in the sense that she is also afflicted with media scrutiny. Fame is only truly understood by those who have it, so she can feel super close to them. She also once said she believed she had a special, personal connection with people long gone before her through their art. I'll update this post if I find the interview.

 

Found it: “I knew then, really, that my closest friends would be people I have never really met before,” she said. “I was different and I didn’t know many people who felt about mortality how I did. As a result, I do feel a personal connection with the icons: John Wayne, Elvis. I loved how nice Marilyn was, I related to her. Finding girls who were as loving and warm as her is hard.” https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/elvis-presley-lana-del-rey-feels-friends-dead-celebrities.html/

[Dark Angel 202,191]

23 hours ago, baddisease said:

 

just because she inserted their names during performances doesn't mean that that's the lyric in the album version of the song.

 

i mean, technically there is no lyrics for the album version because it was cut out, but it seems like she’s supposed to be saying “for amy & for whitney” because that’s what she sings live, there’s nothing that would suggest otherwise

[baddisease 17,927]

2 hours ago, Surf Noir said:

 

i mean, technically there is no lyrics for the album version because it was cut out, but it seems like she’s supposed to be saying “for amy & for whitney” because that’s what she sings live, there’s nothing that would suggest otherwise

 

why blank out their names, though?

[hotshot2am 18,781]

19 minutes ago, baddisease said:

why blank out their names, though?

Out of respect, she didn't want to make headlines by namedropping dead artists.