Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll

[Cherry Blossom]

Every relisten of Ocean Blvd makes me realise how much I hate Blue Banisters and how I hate that it exists

[RIP ivory almond]

  On 4/22/2023 at 10:05 AM, riina said:

I've been trying to convert my boyfriend to being a Lana fan for years, and I think this is the album he's been enjoying the most so far, even spins the record on his own sometimes now . So I thought it would be fun to let him sort the album... His ranking on the album:

 

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1	Sweet
2	Let the Light In
3	Grandfather Please Stand on the Shoulders of My Father While He's Deep-Sea Fishing
4	The Grants
5	A&W
6	Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
7	Candy Necklace
8	Margaret
9	Kintsugi
10	Paris, Texas
11	Peppers
12	Taco Truck x VB
13	Fingertips
14	Jon Batiste Interlude
15	Fishtail
16	Judah Smith Interlude

 

 

Lmao I can't get over the Fishtail placement 

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sweet, let the light in, and grandfather top 3?
oh bb, he has TASTE

WE LOVE A SWEET STAN HERE

[Lanaparadiserey]

  On 4/22/2023 at 3:35 PM, Cherry Blossom said:

Every relisten of Ocean Blvd makes me realise how much I hate Blue Banisters and how I hate that it exists

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Blue Banisters rn

 

[ultrablvd]

  On 4/22/2023 at 11:28 AM, Terrence Loves Me said:

stars in my eyes

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to queue the song 6 more times to last the length of the shower yup!!

[SoftwareUpgrade]

  On 4/22/2023 at 3:35 PM, Cherry Blossom said:

Every relisten of Ocean Blvd makes me realise how much I hate Blue Banisters and how I hate that it exists

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At least BBs impact....is that it gets brought up against every other record of hers

[ultrablvd]

  On 4/22/2023 at 3:35 PM, Cherry Blossom said:

Every relisten of Ocean Blvd makes me realise how much I hate Norman Fucking Rockwell and how I hate that it exists

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so tru x

[Rico25]

  On 4/22/2023 at 3:57 PM, ultrabanisters said:

so tru x

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[SoftwareUpgrade]

"This is a case for the FBI" - Kris Jenner 

Why have I witnessed NFR slander in front of my own eyes- @ultrabanisters, if you were to pick, what song WOULD you consider salvageable from the album?

[ultrablvd]

  On 4/22/2023 at 4:01 PM, SoftwareUpgrade said:

"This is a case for the FBI" - Kris Jenner 

Why have I witnessed NFR slander in front of my own eyes- @ultrabanisters, if you were to pick, what song WOULD you consider salvageable from the album?

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only songs i visit now are title track, how to disappear, hope and the greatest 

 

ocean blvd is miles better 

[RIP ivory almond]

  On 4/22/2023 at 4:04 PM, ultrabanisters said:

only songs i visit now are title track, how to disappear, hope and the greatest 

 

ocean blvd is miles better 

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me when mac, venice bitch, cinnamon girl, and california clear almost all of ocean blvd

imo, ocean blvd lacks a warmth that i get from her other albums, most notably uv, hm, nfr, and bb, which are why i love those albums so much
the songs on ocean blvd are great, but just because a song is objectively good doesn't make it my favorite

with more listens, it's harder for me to rank the album because all the songs are really good, but it also moves down in my album ranking
as of now, it is tied with NFR for 4th place with uv, hm, and bb above them

 

edit: the only songs on ocean blvd i get that "warmth" or "comfort" from are sweet, title track, grandfather, paris texas, and let the light in

[Crimson and Clover]

there’s such a warm and inviting feeling I get from this album that I haven’t felt since NFR 

[RIP ivory almond]

  On 4/22/2023 at 4:22 PM, Crimson and Clover said:

there’s such a warm and inviting feeling I get from this album that I haven’t felt since NFR 

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BYE NOT MY POST ABOVE URS BEING THE EXACT OPPOSITE

[blackestday x tough]

Ob is better than nfr???

 

I am not the right to defend nfr, but this is the self-hypnosis i see here everyday.

 

Soon i read comments like "it is better than uv and honeymoon"

[SalvaWHORE]

dont u dare say that u'll braid my hair babe... 

[blackestday x tough]

  On 4/22/2023 at 4:20 PM, ivory almond said:

me when mac, venice bitch, cinnamon girl, and california clear almost all of ocean blvd

imo, ocean blvd lacks a warmth that i get from her other albums, most notably uv, hm, nfr, and bb, which are why i love those albums so much
the songs on ocean blvd are great, but just because a song is objectively good doesn't make it my favorite

with more listens, it's harder for me to rank the album because all the songs are really good, but it also moves down in my album ranking
as of now, it is tied with NFR for 4th place with uv, hm, and bb above them

 

edit: the only songs on ocean blvd i get that "warmth" or "comfort" from are sweet, title track, grandfather, paris texas, and let the light in

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People hating bb forget Milestones like thunder, wfwf, arcadia, iyldwm, dealer

[Paris Hilton]

  On 4/22/2023 at 4:38 PM, SalvaWHORE said:

dont u dare say that u'll braid my hair babe... 

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[Cherry Blossom]

  On 4/22/2023 at 4:42 PM, Blackestday x CN said:

 

People hating bb forget Milestones like thunder, wfwf, arcadia, iyldwm, dealer

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My hatred of Blue Banisters isn’t for the actual songs themselves, but the album and its concept / creation.

 

Individually, the songs are great. The 3 2013 songs, IYLDWM, BBS, Arcadia, Dealer, Thunder and Sweet Carolina are some of my favourite Lana songs. However the creation of Blue Banisters (in my opinion) is so incredibly lazy and random. 

Not to mention, the things she attempted with Text Book, Blue Banisters, WFWF, Beautiful and Violets For Roses are done miles better on Ocean Blvd.

 

Personally, I think Blue Banisters is a stain on her discography simply because she rushed to release it (and the initial concept was changed so many times) and it feels unfocused. The songs I mentioned above were necessary for her to get to the stage she is at with her poetic personal writing, but that doesn’t mean she should have released this. It feels like she had those 4 singles, realised she found where she wanted to go artistically on future records, and tried to quickly shape an album around it by pulling songs from anywhere and everywhere (including YouTube). 

 

TL;DR: Sometimes songs have to be written for an artist to move forward artistically but that doesn’t mean they have to be released. 

 

Anyways yeah that’s my personal opinion on BB, I don’t hate it like it’s not Ava Max level bad but still it sits at the bottom of my ranking and will probably stay there. For newer fans, or people who don’t care for albums as a collective body, I understand why they would like it but for me I just cant see this compilation of tracks as an acclaimed body of work on par with her others.

[ultrablvd]

  On 4/22/2023 at 4:20 PM, ivory almond said:

ocean blvd lacks a warmth that i get from her other albums

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  On 4/22/2023 at 4:22 PM, Crimson and Clover said:

there’s such a warm and inviting feeling I get from this album that I haven’t felt since NFR

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[littleredpartydress]

Tbh the only song that has grown off of me in a month is candy necklace 
 

i haven’t really tried to say where this fits in my rankings yet just due to seeing how the initial hype wore off, but it’s definitely close to the top. 
 

also I am ready to declare the grants as my favorite song 

[RIP ivory almond]

  On 4/22/2023 at 5:05 PM, Cherry Blossom said:

Individually, the songs are great. The 3 2013 songs, IYLDWM, BBS, Arcadia, Dealer, Thunder and Sweet Carolina are some of my favourite Lana songs. However the creation of Blue Banisters (in my opinion) is so incredibly lazy and random. 

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ok wait, you did eat this opinion im not even gonna lie

 

  On 4/22/2023 at 5:17 PM, ultrabanisters said:

  On 4/22/2023 at 4:20 PM, ivory almond said:

ocean blvd lacks a warmth that i get from her other albums

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  On 4/22/2023 at 4:22 PM, Crimson and Clover said:

there’s such a warm and inviting feeling I get from this album that I haven’t felt since NFR

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