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

[Marius 12,333]

Oh, I just had my cry session to Fingertips. This song…wow. 

[lanasozempicpen 3,443]

Margaret one of her best songs in her whole discography 

[PaintTheSkyBlack 678]

13 minutes ago, Morningcrow said:

 

 

I thought i'd be alone with this, but yes!! i hear lowkey Alanis Morissette on the Ah-ha-ah-yeah, Ah-ha-ah-yeah, Ah-ha-ah-yeahs!

 

Yesss the first time I heard that part I exclaimed "Alanis!!" 

[Actor 1,555]

So, after listening to the album in "HQ" i can tell that i still don't like it at all. Production on this album is awful. Tracks, lyrics, master and instrumentals are so messy. Anyway, i made a small ep of the songs that i like (with one of alt covers) 

 😁

 

And its listenable for me in this way. 😌

[Venice Jesus Whore 4,456]

I’m all about an ass shaking song but Peppers feels out of place on the album sonically and lyrically and might be my least favorite. 

[shadesofloveduthenandnow 20,588]

2 minutes ago, lanitataco said:

Margaret one of her best songs in her whole discography 

Me on Opposite Day  

[lanasozempicpen 3,443]

1 minute ago, shadesofearthquakes said:

Me on Opposite Day  

[love deluxe 8,494]

every song on this album is so perfect to me

[PaintTheSkyBlack 678]

Sorry, I had to select literally every track in the favorites poll. Everything serves a purpose and hits me in its own way. Absolutely living for this entire body of work.

 

Also, I rarely find the title track to be among my favorite tracks on the record, maybe because i tend to overplay them out of context before the album is out, but Ocean Boulevard is probably top 5 for me. It's so special~ 

[love divine 3,941]

idk if it's cuz the pre-release thread overhyped them for me but peppers and taco truck havent clicked  kintsugi made me cry tho

[sempervirens 15,169]

idk what that sound is at the beginning of peppers (broken cuckoo clock is how i can best describe it) however i absolutely loathe it and therefor i loathe the song

[Ultraviolencez 2,581]

i love peppers sm

[Rust Dress 37,543]

1 minute ago, Maltese Falcon said:

idk what that sound is at the beginning of peppers (broken cuckoo clock is how i can best describe it) however i absolutely loathe it and therefor i loathe the song

it’s a bass 

[bluechemtrails 22,758]

1 hour ago, blackestday89 said:

this review from germany is horrible. here is the translation

 

News from Lana Del Rey: Botox for the ears

The American musician will release her new album Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd on Friday

 

There's this song by Roy Orbison. It's one of his cheerful ones, he could do that too, although he was at his best when his heart was bleeding. In Lana, the same song, he is still in the preliminary stages. He is happy, but suspects that this could soon change: "Oh, beautiful Lana / I told my mama and my dad / What I had was the sweetest / And the neatest little girl in the world / (...) Whoa oh, Lana / Don't make me blue / Oh, oh Lana..."

 

 

"Don't make me blue" - in Roy Orbison's world that remained a pious wish, the tragedy inevitable. Orbison matches Lana Del Rey. Not musically, but the American nurtures her image from a world made up of ingredients from old Hollywood – like Lana Turner or Orbison's melancholy that's ready for the cinema. At the same time, the stage name of the musician, born Elizabeth Grant, refers to a car from the 1980s that couldn't be more average, the Ford Del Rey. A bowl for families with a Walmart loyalty card.

Placed in this way as an artificial figure, the 37-year-old tries to appear mysterious. However, their album Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, which will be released on Friday , shows that once again this is not possible. It could theoretically work. Dragging oneself dejectedly into the album, with a heavy heart – for whatever reason –, tearful, afraid to suffer. She could build on such a zero point, vary subjects and the music, grow in the attempt or at least fail dramatically. Not Del Rey.

Scraping mosquito legs

Her songs are and remain silent like her physiognomy, have the paralyzing effect of a botox injection, but have been trending for years - which is the only really mysterious thing about her. This also applies to the success of Taylor Swift, with whom Del Rey shares producer Jack Antonoff.

 

Meanwhile, the first quarter of the album is over: Meandering ballads dominate, weakly whispering vocals that scrape the surface like mosquito legs - in the last third of A&W she suddenly lets herself be carried away to a few beats that some pass for hip-hop would. Surprised by herself, she mumbles and sings, raps as much as she can. It seems to be about getting high.

 

 

After so much debauchery under Resting Pulse follows an audio document called Judah Smith Interlude - the recording of a preacher from Seattle, whose speech is accompanied by piano music. The audience's laughter on the sampled recording provides something of the album's serene climax.

An anesthesiologist at the piano

The middle section of the 16-piece work turns out to be a deep valley. Lana Del Rey whistles to comatose piano melodies, the seconds pass like hours.

Even with a strong will, a piece like Kintsugi cannot be glossed over as a pretty gem. And so it continues. Even a song with the weighty title of the Wim Wenders classic Paris, Texas dies in assertive mode, once again failing to care for the surface and prove any deeper meaning. The anesthetist at the piano can follow the template as well as he can.

 

Guests like Father John Misty, who also tends to be naturally weak, do not change the overall impression. In the jointly sung Let the Light In, the tempo increases a bit, but you already suspect that this will lead to the next exhaustion - and that's how it happens: Margaret, the following song, is again standing knockout

 

At this point you not only feel sorry for yourself, but also for Lana Del Rey. Almost stop. Her striving for depth, followed by failure like a shadow, almost affects you, it is difficult to bear in this dose and at this length. Her uneventful studies last up to seven minutes.

 

Roy Orbison, to get back to the beginning, wrote three mini-epics between heaven and hell, roller-coaster rides through broken hearts, during this period. Lana Del Rey remains the market for mobile phone sleep aids – nobody can outperform her there. Although, there is still the new U2 ... (Karl Fluch, March 24th, 2023)

not much to say about, the author Karl Fluch is known for gender hostility

https://k.at/entertainment/standard-interview-kerosin-95-shitstorm/401213709

https://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=38802

[love deluxe 8,494]

who let all the negative nancies out 

[honeymo0n 8,588]

kintsugi was one the first songs on the record that made me cry..

daddy i miss them

[Brooklynbaby 2,716]

I WILL PROTECT MARGRET TILL THE DAY I DROP DEAD 

[sempervirens 15,169]

2 minutes ago, cinnamongirI said:

it’s a bass 

is it? its awful LOL

[love deluxe 8,494]

Just now, Maltese Falcon said:

is it? its awful LOL

https://youtu.be/mAcYdtQUoD8

[paradisetropico 7,379]

on my first listen last night, i only loved the first half of the album & didn’t vibe with the last 3 tracks but now the sun is shining and i’m dropping my rear to peppers and taco truck. every song is so haunting and spooky love it