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

[barttttender 3,057]

Just now, Rust Dress said:

 

ivoryalmond thinks that hollywood bowl is better than half of the songs on OB, they said in the other thread

 

 I mean, facts.

 

I love how Lana manages one great song at least on every record (even her dad's). Except BB, all songs are flops there (sorry, Lanita).

[Traveler 665]

12 minutes ago, barttttender said:

 

 I mean, facts.

 

I love how Lana manages one great song at least on every record (even her dad's). Except BB, all songs are flops there (sorry, Lanita).

Flops?!? Text Book, Black Bathing Suit, Cherry Blossoms, Arcadia, ect... C'mon  I don't get the hate for BB album, it's F*****G GREAT! Now you can Blacklist me, LOL

[barttttender 3,057]

14 minutes ago, TexasTraveler said:

Flops?!? Text Book, Black Bathing Suit, Cherry Blossoms, Arcadia, ect... C'mon  I don't get the hate for BB album, it's F*****G GREAT! Now you can Blacklist me, LOL

 

None of those songs are even in my top 100 Lana songs. Maybe Black Bathing Suit. But the chorus is so basic, stupid and disjointed to the rest of the song ("He said I was bad, let me show you how bad girls do"). I guess if I had to name three off that album it'd be Black Bathing Suit, If You Lie Down Next to Me and Arcadia)..

[Americen Whore 7,767]

5 minutes ago, barttttender said:

 

None of those songs are even in my top 100 Lana songs. Maybe Black Bathing Suit. But the chorus is so basic, stupid and disjointed to the rest of the song ("He said I was bad, let me show you how bad girls do"). I guess if I had to name three off that album it'd be Black Bathing Suit, If You Lie Down Next to Me and Arcadia)..

Black bathing suit is lana’s best song 

[barttttender 3,057]

Just now, Americen Whore said:

Black bathing suit is lana’s best song 

 

It's a fine song. Does it come anywhere near Venice Bitch, West Coast, Ocean Boulevard, Video Games, etc? Not even close.

[Traveler 665]

1 minute ago, barttttender said:

 

It's a fine song. Does it come anywhere near Venice Bitch, West Coast, Ocean Boulevard, Video Games, etc? Not even close.

Ok we are making progress. We went from flops to a fine song, I can live with that. LOL

[honeymo0n 8,590]

it's so silly that almost every day we're arguing about Blue Banisters on this forum

[barttttender 3,057]

3 minutes ago, TexasTraveler said:

Ok we are making progress. We went from flops to a fine song, I can live with that. LOL

lmao

 

Well, I'm not gonna lie and say everything is terrible. The album has a few bright spots, mainly Black Bathing, Arcadia, If You Lie Down Next to Me, Wildfire, and Thunder. I can live with the title track as well. (Though none of the songs has entered my top 50, even prefer Hollywood Bowl to any of them, for examples).

 

If the whole album had that quality, it woulda been fine. But instead, we got Interlude (the Trio), a bunch of recycled unreleased songs that no one wanted, and utter shite like Beautiful, Sweet Carolina, Violet for Roses, and Text Book (her worst opening tack ever)

[Embach 21,136]

No fighting here, please 

 

Just some thoughts:

 

Let The Light In is one of her best songs and collabs of her career. It has a quirky warm cozy domestic vibe with also the Beatles and hippie and nature and 60s, it's like Tomorrow Never Came 2.0 but not too much alike. 

 

Candy Necklace is perhaps top 10 worthy ballads of her career, also song. It's like a 'murder ballad' but it's also like a lullaby. It deserves to be a soundtrack in a movie too.

 

A&W easily one of her gloomiest songs ever lyrically. It's like folk-grunge-piano-rock-acoustic-trap-trance. One of her best songs of her career.

 

Ocean Blvd is amazing but the live version of the song is even better. Brilliant track tho.

 

Paris Texas is has such a cute instrumental, it's like such a raindrop-esque ballad, I can't describe it's kinda a song melodically I would hear in British or in other Western European soap series. 

 

Fingertips, hate it or not, has her best lyrics. She spilled everything she wanted to talk about. Same with Kintsugi, although Fingertips is more doomed thematically.

[ivory almond 10,487]

10 minutes ago, barttttender said:

lmao

 

Well, I'm not gonna lie and say everything is terrible. The album has a few bright spots, mainly Black Bathing, Arcadia, If You Lie Down Next to Me, Wildfire, and Thunder. I can live with the title track as well. (Though none of the songs has entered my top 50, even prefer Hollywood Bowl to any of them, for examples).

 

If the whole album had that quality, it woulda been fine. But instead, we got Interlude (the Trio), a bunch of recycled unreleased songs that no one wanted, and utter shite like Beautiful, Sweet Carolina, Violet for Roses, and Text Book (her worst opening tack ever)

 

i just threw up a lil in my mouth

dont talk bad abt sweet carolina and violets for roses

VIOLETS FOR ROSES IS MY 3RD FAVORITE LANA SONG EVER

[barttttender 3,057]

21 minutes ago, ivory almond said:

 

i just threw up a lil in my mouth

dont talk bad abt sweet carolina and violets for roses

VIOLETS FOR ROSES IS MY 3RD FAVORITE LANA SONG EVER

 

I just wrote that you have exquisite taste in another thread. I take that back 

[Make me your Dream Life 83,166]

On 8/15/2023 at 2:13 PM, honeymo0n said:

it's so iconic that almost every day we're arguing about Blue Banisters on this forum

agreed, a beautiful album.

also, I've been seeing lots of butterflies around me lately and I'm taking it as a positive sign lemme listen to Grandfather 

[WildMustang 14,725]

Thinking I wish I could extrapolate some small intention or maybe just get your attention for a minute…or two 

[ShadesOfFool 18,814]

peppers, a dick sucking anthem

 

a & w, a side chick anthem

 

candy necklace, a toxic relationship anthem

[sweet cereal killer 228]

On 8/15/2023 at 11:19 PM, barttttender said:

lmao

 

Well, I'm not gonna lie and say everything is terrible. The album has a few bright spots, mainly Black Bathing, Arcadia, If You Lie Down Next to Me, Wildfire, and Thunder. I can live with the title track as well. (Though none of the songs has entered my top 50, even prefer Hollywood Bowl to any of them, for examples).

 

If the whole album had that quality, it woulda been fine. But instead, we got Interlude (the Trio), a bunch of recycled unreleased songs that no one wanted, and utter shite like Beautiful, Sweet Carolina, Violet for Roses, and Text Book (her worst opening tack ever)

If Arcadia wasn't followed by The Trio... it just wouldn't be the same. Agree about Beautiful and Sweet Carolina tho.

[sjatib 5,042]

On 8/15/2023 at 10:19 PM, barttttender said:

lmao

 

Well, I'm not gonna lie and say everything is terrible. The album has a few bright spots, mainly Black Bathing, Arcadia, If You Lie Down Next to Me, Wildfire, and Thunder. I can live with the title track as well. (Though none of the songs has entered my top 50, even prefer Hollywood Bowl to any of them, for examples).

 

If the whole album had that quality, it woulda been fine. But instead, we got Interlude (the Trio), a bunch of recycled unreleased songs that no one wanted, and utter shite like Beautiful, Sweet Carolina, Violet for Roses, and Text Book (her worst opening tack ever)

 We'll really pray for you, Kathy.

[DCooper 34,626]

It's wild that there are people who don't like Jon Batiste Interlude, I could take a whole hour of that song 

[jamesss 3,779]

i wish the instrumentals for judah smith interlude was an actual song... its heavenly. 

[Rico25 7,164]

The title track really is that vulnerable, honest incredibly gorgeous gem 

[ShadesOfFool 18,814]

i am choosing to believe that lana purposely was referencing 50 cent’s song P.I.M.P. on A&W. it’s simply perfect