Random Lana Discussion Thread

[DeluluKing 7,273]

Kinda flat? We haven’t heard the same album, luv. Lana is brillant at songwriting, but you can’t compare Sirens to folklore

Maybe I need to listen to this more. Yea. This is stupid to compare.

[love deluxe 8,863]

? Ok . I love ALL too well and like I said. Taylor's lyrics are easier to understand..

 

It doesnt come anywhere close to Hope or MAC. Ride. Old Money. Young and Beautiful. nfr etc.

 

I'm not saying Taylor is bad. Her lyrics are overall on the surface and easier to understand..

except what you're forgetting is that something being on the surface / easy to understand ≠ bad or simple songwriting. taylor has shown time and time again that she has the ability to write with nuance and make personal experiences feel universal by writing about them from an analytical perspective. i love ldr as a songwriter, but to pretend that her writing isn't also full of cliches would be lying.

[CinnamonGay 10,527]

Omg.

I just said both of them are amazing songwriters.

When did I say taylor was bad...

[Chestnut Fox Sexy Jesus 3,026]

Nope. Lana is 2x better songwriter than Taylor... Sirens > Folklore. Songs in Folklore are kinda flat...

I agree. Taylor’s lyrics come from a place of recycling and overall superficial musing, it’s teeny and kinda fake profound. She’s in her 30s but her lyrics are basic. Lana has had a lot more life experiences which come through when she writes. And yes I do agree Lana too has cringe lyrics but you can tell that happens when she “does Lana” and I believe it’s intentional.

When Taylor does Taylor is still the same basic stuff, and when Taylor wants to do Deep Taylor it’s basically the same basic stuff but with words like Pennsylvania. Like, that ain’t it.

[Lustformoney 41,577]

Jesus who cares. Everyone has their opinion. Stop spamming this thread with Taylor

[house of balloons 12,798]

not some of y'all calling taylor an average songwriter...i know quarantine made some people loony and bored but this is just pathetic. 

[CinnamonGay 10,527]

"Changing like the weather

Oh that's so like you"

"I heard the war is over if you really choose.. the one in and around you."

"If you hold me without hurting me you'd be the first who ever did".

"THE RAIN WAS FIRE BUT WE WERE WOODEN."

"U HAD NO ROOM FOR LIGHT. LOVE WAS LOST ON YOU"

 

Pls dont argue for the sake of arguing.

 

These lyrics? Who else writes such amazing stuff ?

And MAC.

RIDE.

OLD MONEY.

Brooklyn Baby.

[house of balloons 12,798]

and music isn’t always about the range

Exactly! Ariana has an impressive range and we all know what her music's like..

anyways the vinyl is white you heard it here first 

[Yosemite 23,794]

everyone has cringe lyrics but does miss lanz have a "you can plan for a change in weather and time but I never planned on you changing your mind"  ​ 

Dude, she has better. Even miss Sssnake has better lyrics than that.

Gosh, even when I goof around on that "Bette-google voice" project have better play on words than that 

[Lemonade Tears 1,574]

Exactly! Ariana has an impressive range and we all know what her music's like..

anyways the vinyl is white you heard it here first 

I doubt we'll get a white/cream colour for Violet and then another white one right after

[xxmissdaytonaxx 30,131]

i’m all for discussions but idk how comparing taylor to lana really relates to this thread. i’m no means a taylor fan. i used to be during her RED/1984 era and then her music turned meh. ok now y’all got me adding my opinion. lmao. this ain’t the right thread. bye.

[American Whore 52,058]

sing it for my babies on the tour life...you're so ghetto...makes me wanna party...piiiink flamingoOOoooOs always fascinated me...it hurts to love you but i still love you...i just wanna dance with you (this is in every song basically)...it all seems stranger than a stranger...

 

we all love and appreciate lana's art but let's not be delulu

 

The thing is Lana uses better wordplay and has a better way of writing generally

 

“The night keeper carelessly dropping the keys on my nights off”

“life rocked me, ultra softly, like the heavy medal that you wear”

“hello heaven, you are a tunnel lined with yellow lights on a dark night”

“I’m your national anthem, boy put your hands up, give me a standing ovation”

“Boy you’re so dope, your love is deadly”

 

Also, one of my favorite lines from BTD “Let’s go get high, the road is long” so she’s talking heights and lengths, which in the literal sense, let’s go smoke and get stoned or whatever, and the destination seems far, but shes metaphorically talking about heights and lengths theyll go which gives that song even more meaning when you listen to it again.

 

those are such iconic lyrics

[house of balloons 12,798]

The thing is Lana uses better wordplay and has a better way of writing generally

 

“The night keep carelessly dropping the keys on my nights off”

“life rocked me, ultra softly, like the heavy medal that you wear”

“hello heaven, you are a tunnel lined with yellow lights on a dark night”

“I’m your national anthem, boy put your hands up, give me a standing ovation”

“Boy you’re so dope, your love is deadly”

 

Also, one of my favorite lines from BTW “Let’s go get high, the road is long” so she’s talking heights and lengths, which in the literal sense, let’s go smoke and get stoned or whatever, and the destination seems far, but shes metaphorically talking about heights and lengths theyll go which gives that song even more meaning when you listen to it again.

 

those are such iconic lyrics

i agree that both have generally different writing styles, taylor relies heavily on details (thanks to her country roots) and lana is more conceptual..but some people here make it seem like taylor's some incompetent rookie copying lana's biblical verses..and that's the issue 

[CinnamonGay 10,527]

No one ever said that.

I did agree that both are amazing songwriters where Taylor has a more direct simpler approach with catchier lyrics.

And Lana is more about you have to sit down and understand.

[CinnamonGay 10,527]

?

2021 grammy for spoken word will go to Violet for sure.

James Taylor is eligible only for 2022.

I assume Behind the Iron Gates will win that year too

[Flowerbomb 65,597]

sing it for my babies on the tour life...you're so ghetto...makes me wanna party...piiiink flamingoOOoooOs always fascinated me...it hurts to love you but i still love you...i just wanna dance with you (this is in every song basically)...it all seems stranger than a stranger...

 

we all love and appreciate lana's art but let's not be delulu 

 

You're cherry picking the simple lyrics but go awf

[CinnamonGay 10,527]

Each track was a gem...

There was no big production blasting off into your ears.

That's why I love Folklore.

Reputation,Lover were too big and overproduced and killed my ears..such a headache to listen to.

 

cocc better be like sufjan

[Lustformoney 41,577]

Why is everyone excited for it to be folk or country.. Hey blue baby, that second song and TNC are literally her worst songs. Wish she would some day go back to psychedelic rock or jazz

[Fingertips 72,053]

Why is everyone excited for it to be folk or country.. Hey blue baby, that second song and TNC are literally her worst songs. Wish she would some day go back to psychedelic rock or jazz

TNC and worst don't belong in the same sentence when Guns and Roses and Lolita exist

[Lustformoney 41,577]

TNC and worst don't belong in the same sentence when Guns and Roses and Lolita exist

Um.. Lolita outsold whole nfr