Which Lana songs do you prefer the demos/alt versions of?

[ethelcain 8,178]

LOLITA

Lust For Life

Put Me In A Movie

LMLYLAW

SYTH 

 

Thats it

[GeminiLanaFan 45,798]

Pink Champagne and Watercolour Eyes. 
 

the first demo of Lust for Life is also very,  very good and so different from the released version ; it could have been slightly reworked as a reprise on the album, somewhere at the end of it. 

[Bereaved By You 1,119]

• Lolita (Demo 4)

• Summertime sadness (demo) 

• Freak (Demo 1)

• Love (Demo)

• Lust For Life (September 2015 Demo)

• Beatiful people (Demo 1)

• Pink Champagne (LMLYLAW Demo)

 

[bia 891]

Lust for Life, BPBP, Dark Paradise, Diet Mountain Dew, Pink Champagne, Live or Die, The Blackest Day, Freak, Kill Kill (The Ocean), Lolita

[Embach 21,116]

3 hours ago, GaboSpaceCowboy said:

California (NFR!) is one of my favorite songs of all time, but for some reason I feel that the Demo is much better than the final version.

 

I think it's the only demo I'm manifesting a leak. 

I have a same feeling too somehow!

3 hours ago, CHATEAU MARMONT said:

i like the video version of y&b rather than the one in the streamings. it makes me listen listen less to the song 

THIS!!!!!!! The Dan Heath's orchestral version of Young & Beautiful is miles better than the single version!

[NikoGo 52,057]

Diet Mountain Dew 

Freak 

BAR

 

edit: 

 

I forgot the beat one, Pink Champaign/Madly 

[Thunder Revenant 20,686]

Lolita - The orchestral demo with that sampled bassline is FIRE. The album version is just messy and the definition of overproduced

 

Lucky Ones - Generally feel like it's not her strongest song but the demo definitely feels less bleak and I love the drums.

 

Summer Bummer - Not sure whether it qualifies as a demo, but the version with the humming that was uploaded on YT/ is pressed on some of the vinyls is much more fun.

 

Beautiful People, Beautiful Problems - Album version is basically meaningless and the forced Stevie Nicks feature is terrible.

 

Next Best American Record - Lyric change kinda ruined the vibe, especially since the new ones are so terribly cheesy

 

Thunder - The demo had so much more fire. Also, I really hate how poorly mixed the climax part of the album version is.

 

 

There are some other demos - the Diet Mountain Dew demo with the additional pre-chorus, the e-guitar heavy National Anthem demo, the demo versions for Freak - which I love but where I kinda understand why they did not end up that way on the album. So I probably like them just as much as the album versions.

[Platinum Greenwich 13,566]

Lucky Ones, Lust For Life

[Nectar 274]

On 1/6/2024 at 12:10 AM, Surf Noir said:

lust for life demo 1

I cannot express how much I would've liked the whole album to have the same vibe as LFL demo 1.

Also:

• 2nd version of Wayamaya
• Carmen (Demo 1)
• National Anthem demo
• Demo of Beautiful People
• Tomorrow Never Came demo

[Blue Ribbon 3,540]

Trash Magic

[Surf Noir 188,796]

8 minutes ago, Blue Ribbon said:

Trash Magic

 

same! obviously trash magic is such a great song, but i do especially love the two demos more  all that's real to me is marilyn and jesus...

[2022 104]

Freak 

Pink Champagne 

[Honeyyoung 16,973]

freak and thunder definitely

[taco truck 28,708]

I wouldn’t say I prefer the Drive demo to Ride, as Rides production is PERFECT.  But im obsessed with the bridge lyrics on Drive, and wish she would reuse them.

[SarcasticBeauty 1,526]

Live or Die v2

1949 acapella

Diet Mt. Dew Demo

Hit and Run v2

[psycholifegaurd 246]

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