If you were in charge of LDR Essentials on iTunes?

[barttttender 4,850]

Hey guys. So, I'm pretty annoyed by the laziness of Lana's (or Itunes') team when it comes to updating her Essentials playlist. So, I was wondering what y'all would do with it if you were managing it? 

 

Here's my LDR playlist to kick things off. Note: there are 29 spots, and these are in no particular order. Also, I didn't include some of my favorite songs like Gods & Monsters or Taco Truck because this is more about Lana's hits/essential tracks, and not what me or you think are her best songs. Feel free to comment/edit or tear it apart

 

1. Summertime Sadness

2. Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais remix, I know you lot hate it but it's the biggest hit of her career)

2. Ride

3. Cola

3. Video Games

4. Summer Bummer feat. ASAP Rocky

5. Norman Fucking Rockwell

6. Radio

7. Did you know that there's a tunnel... 

8. Love

9. Snow on the Beach feat. Taylor 

10. Born to Die

11 Fuck it, I love you

12. Say Yes to Heaven

13. Young & Beautiful

14. Lust for Life Feat. The Weeknd

15. High by the Beach

16. Shades of Cool

17. Mariner's Apartment Complex

18. Doin' Time

19.  Chemtrails Over the Country Club

20. The greatest

21. Ultraviolence

22. Don't Call Me Angel (yes, I know, you hate it, but this was a moderate hit, far more than 13 Beaches that's been sitting on that list for some stupid reason for a year now)

23.A&W

24. Blue Jeans 

25.White Dress

26. Tough feat. Quavo

27. West Coast

28. National Anthem

29. Venice Bitch 

 

HM: Music to Watch Boys to, Cherry, Brooklyn Baby, Prisoner, etc. But these are just not as "essential" imo, more like fan favorites. Also, I despise Blue Banisters so didn't add any tracks from that album. But it was kinda of a flop anyway, and iTunes only has Blue Banisters as a single for the sake of having one.

 

Thoughts? Your playlist?

 

[Embach 41,076]

Since it's made for the general public, I would add all the singles (& promotional singles like Black Beauty) from all of her albums + singles that were soundtracks, collaborations and covers, I would also additionally add these songs that went viral like The Other Woman, Margaret, Let The Light In, Art Deco, ect.

[palemoonbaby 15,006]

1.Video Games

2.Radio

3.Summertime Sadness

4.Blue Jeans

5.Diet Mountain Dew

6.National Anthem

7.Ride

8.Cola

9.Brooklyn Baby

10.Ultraviolence

11.Florida Kilos

12.West Coast

13.Pretty When You Cry

14.Art Deco

15.Music To Watch Boys To

16.Salvatore

17.Cherry

18.Lust For Life

19.Heroin

20.Cinnamon Girl

21.MAC

22.Venice Bitch

23.Doin Time

24.COCC

25.Tulsa

26.Dealer

27.A&W

28.Paris Texas

29.Let The Light In

[Candy Necklace 7,352]

Bartender x 29 

[Lana Del Dufrene 10,130]

4 hours ago, barttttender said:

Hey guys. So, I'm pretty annoyed by the laziness of Lana's (or Itunes') team when it comes to updating her Essentials playlist. So, I was wondering what y'all would do with it if you were managing it? 

 

Here's my LDR playlist to kick things off. Note: there are 29 spots, and these are in no particular order. Also, I didn't include some of my favorite songs like Gods & Monsters or Taco Truck because this is more about Lana's hits/essential tracks, and not what me or you think are her best songs. Feel free to comment/edit or tear it apart

 

1. Summertime Sadness

2. Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais remix, I know you lot hate it but it's the biggest hit of her career)

2. Ride

3. Cola

3. Video Games

4. Summer Bummer feat. ASAP Rocky

5. Norman Fucking Rockwell

6. Radio

7. Did you know that there's a tunnel... 

8. Love

9. Snow on the Beach feat. Taylor 

10. Born to Die

11 Fuck it, I love you

12. Say Yes to Heaven

13. Off to the Races

14. Lust for Life Feat. The Weeknd

15. High by the Beach

16. Shades of Cool

17. Mariner's Apartment Complex

18. Doin' Time

19.  Chemtrails Over the Country Club

20. The greatest

21. Ultraviolence

22. Don't Call Me Angel (yes, I know, you hate it, but this was a moderate hit, far more than 13 Beaches that's been sitting on that list for some stupid reason for a year now)

23.A&W

24. Blue Jeans 

25.White Dress

26. Tough feat. Quavo

27. West Coast

28. National Anthem

29. Venice Bitch 

 

HM: Music to Watch Boys to, Cherry, Brooklyn Baby, Prisoner, etc. But these are just not as "essential" imo, more like fan favorites. Also, I despise Blue Banisters so didn't add any tracks from that album. But it was kinda of a flop anyway, and iTunes only has Blue Banisters as a single for the sake of having one.

 

Thoughts? Your playlist?

 

I Love it, expect for having Summertime Sadness twice, but I just don't like having different versions of the same song in one playlist. Also would add Arcadia. But nonetheless 10/10

Edit: or add Thunder which would lead into having 2-4 popular fan favs

[Lana Del Dufrene 10,130]

Using @barttttender 's as a base this is what I came up with

1. Summertime Sadness
2. Ride
3. Cherry
4. Video Games
5. Brooklyn Baby
6. Norman fucking Rockwell
7. Radio
8. Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
9. Love
10. Snow On The Beach (feat. More Lana Del Rey)
11. Born To Die
12. Say Yes To Heaven
13. Fuck it I love you
14. Without You
15. Lust For Life (feat. The Weeknd)
16. High By The Beach
17. Shades Of Cool
18. Mariners Apartment Complex
19. Doin' Time
20. Arcadia
21. Ultraviolence
22. Don't Call Me Angel (with Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Rey)
23. A&W
24. Blue Jeans
25. Chemtrails Over The Country Club
26. Tough (with Lana Del Rey)
27. West Coast
28. National Anthem
29. Venice Bitch
30. Let The Light In (feat. Father John Misty)

[The Sun Also Rises 5,514]

1. Video Games

2. Summertime Sadness 

3. Blue Jeans

4. Radio 

5. Diet Mountain Dew

6. Born to Die

7. Ultraviolence

8. West Coast 

9. Shades of Cool

10. Brooklyn Baby

11. High by the Beach

12. Salvatore 

13. Art Deco

14. Lust for Life ft. The Weeknd

15. Love

16. Cherry

17. Cinnamon Girl 

18. Doin' Time

19. Venice Bitch 

20. Norman fucking Rockwell

21. Chemtrails Over The Country Club

22. White Dress

23. Arcadia 

24. Paris, Texas ft. SYML

25. A&W 

26. Margaret

27. Let the Light In ft. Father John Misty

28. Young and Beautiful 

29. Say Yes to Heaven 

 

This is what I came up with. Not in order and not my favourite songs but assuming its for the public, I think this is a good mix of her most popular songs. I personally didn't include DCMA and SOTB because for an "essential Lana" I think it should be her songs (that's she's written and has at least 90% main roll in), which is also why I didn't include Once Upon a Dream (since its a cover) — but I did make an exception for Doin' Time since it's soooo popular

[daphnedinkley 13,383]

based on the idea that it's purely lana's essential tracks, i based my list off of obvious classics (Summertime Sadness, Video Games, etc), songs with virality / popularity that has lasted for quite some time (Radio, Let The Light In), songs that you're likely to hear at a Lana show (Arcadia, PWYC) and at least one song from each album (hence the inclusion of High By The Beach, since that was a pretty big single from HM even tho it seems to be largely forgotten now!) - then i tried to order the list to flow nicely 

1. Born To Die
2. Cherry
3. Blue Jeans
4. Ultraviolence
5. Arcadia
6. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
7. Chemtrails Over The Country Club
8. West Coast
9. Tough
10. Brooklyn Baby
11. Say Yes To Heaven
12. Summertime Sadness
13. Radio
14. Lust For Life (ft. The Weeknd)
15. Doin' Time
16. High By The Beach
17. A&W
18. Diet Mountain Dew
19. Cola
20. National Anthem
21. Pretty When You Cry
22. Shades of Cool
23. Let The Light In
24. Video Games
25. Hope Is A Dangerous Thing For A Woman Like Me To Have - But I Have It
26. Mariner's Apartment Complex
27. Ride
28. Venice Bitch
29. Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard

[The Missing Shade of Blue 2,360]

1. I Talk to Jesus (Version 2)
2. I Talk to Jesus (Version 2)
3. Oh Say Can You See
4. I Talk to Jesus (Version 2)
5. Last Girl on Earth
6. Living Legend (Piano Mix)
7. Terrence Loves You
8. Terrence Loves You
9. The Greatest
10. I Talk to Jesus (Version 2)
11. I Talk to Jesus (Version 2)
12. California
13. California
14. White Dress
15. California
16. I Talk to Jesus (Version 2)
17. Get Free
18. I Talk to Jesus (Version 2)
19. I Talk to Jesus (Version 2)
20. Heroin
21. I Talk to Jesus (Version 2)
22. Heroin
23. Last Girl on Earth
24. I Talk to Jesus (Version 2)
25. Living Legend (Piano Mix)
26. Tulsa Jesus Freak
27. I Talk to Jesus (Version 2)
28. I Talk to Jesus (Version 2)
29. I Talk to Jesus (Version 2)

 

[Genesee 6,274]

10 hours ago, barttttender said:

(Cedric Gervais remix, I know you lot hate it but it's the biggest hit of her career)

shouldn't the point of essentials be to help someone interested in listening delve deeper into one's artistry, not to play the base hits everyone already knows? it would be a disgrace to attach that monstrosity to her name for newer generations to find (ik that's not usually what music services mean when they make these playlists but it's my take on what they should be, to help better understand the artist)

[thiskidstorm 93]

I have an Apple Music playlist that imo really captures the essence of Lana. And no don’t call me angel is not on the fuckin playlist (even tho Lana’s bridge is so fire). 💋

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/lana-del-fucking-rey/pl.u-55D6vJls8Y8mZWG

[barttttender 4,850]

6 hours ago, Genesee said:

shouldn't the point of essentials be to help someone interested in listening delve deeper into one's artistry, not to play the base hits everyone already knows? it would be a disgrace to attach that monstrosity to her name for newer generations to find (ik that's not usually what music services mean when they make these playlists but it's my take on what they should be, to help better understand the artist)

 

No, that's called "Deep Cuts," babe. At least on iTunes. "Essentials" is the equivalent of an artist's Biggest Hits playlist.

[barttttender 4,850]

5 hours ago, thiskidstorm said:

I have an Apple Music playlist that imo really captures the essence of Lana. And no don’t call me angel is not on the fuckin playlist (even tho Lana’s bridge is so fire). 💋

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/lana-del-fucking-rey/pl.u-55D6vJls8Y8mZWG

 

Nice playlist, thanks for sharing.

 

As for Don't Call Me Angel, the bridge is fire, and I just like to feature bops to offset the countless ballads. Without songs like Doin' Time, Off to the Races, Blue Jeans, Don't Call Me Angel and Tough, people might misconstrue her for another Adele, and I don't like that.

 

For me, Lana's bops are the rarest form of her music (there's like 10 of them in 12 years), which is what makes them so special. Also, using her voice for ballads is kind of.... obvious. A bop just flips that on its head, capturing a unique, sexy, sardonic, low, modern vibe that no other pop stars have going on for them. So, I'll never give up the bops in her playlists. Even Don't Call Me Angel.

[barttttender 4,850]

14 hours ago, daphnedinkley said:

based on the idea that it's purely lana's essential tracks, i based my list off of obvious classics (Summertime Sadness, Video Games, etc), songs with virality / popularity that has lasted for quite some time (Radio, Let The Light In), songs that you're likely to hear at a Lana show (Arcadia, PWYC) and at least one song from each album (hence the inclusion of High By The Beach, since that was a pretty big single from HM even tho it seems to be largely forgotten now!) - then i tried to order the list to flow nicely 

1. Born To Die
2. Cherry
3. Blue Jeans
4. Ultraviolence
5. Arcadia
6. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
7. Chemtrails Over The Country Club
8. West Coast
9. Tough
10. Brooklyn Baby
11. Say Yes To Heaven
12. Summertime Sadness
13. Radio
14. Lust For Life (ft. The Weeknd)
15. Doin' Time
16. High By The Beach
17. A&W
18. Diet Mountain Dew
19. Cola
20. National Anthem
21. Pretty When You Cry
22. Shades of Cool
23. Let The Light In
24. Video Games
25. Hope Is A Dangerous Thing For A Woman Like Me To Have - But I Have It
26. Mariner's Apartment Complex
27. Ride
28. Venice Bitch
29. Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard

 

 

I have to say this is a pretty fucking perfect Essentials playlist - well done!

I would just replace Arcadia with White Dress since the latter is a 10x better song. But I can understand why you would want to have that in instead.

 

I would still add Snow on the Beach, and Angel - perhaps instead of Let the Light in and Hope? But I'll do that in my version:) Thank you!

[barttttender 4,850]

16 hours ago, DemonMic2003 said:

Using @barttttender 's as a base this is what I came up with

1. Summertime Sadness
2. Ride
3. Cherry
4. Video Games
5. Brooklyn Baby
6. Norman fucking Rockwell
7. Radio
8. Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
9. Love
10. Snow On The Beach (feat. More Lana Del Rey)
11. Born To Die
12. Say Yes To Heaven
13. Fuck it I love you
14. Without You
15. Lust For Life (feat. The Weeknd)
16. High By The Beach
17. Shades Of Cool
18. Mariners Apartment Complex
19. Doin' Time
20. Arcadia
21. Ultraviolence
22. Don't Call Me Angel (with Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Rey)
23. A&W
24. Blue Jeans
25. Chemtrails Over The Country Club
26. Tough (with Lana Del Rey)
27. West Coast
28. National Anthem
29. Venice Bitch
30. Let The Light In (feat. Father John Misty)

 

 

Also perfect! Just replace Without You with White Dress:) And Arcadia with Young and Beautiful! That song has got to be on there.

[daphnedinkley 13,383]

53 minutes ago, barttttender said:

 

 

I have to say this is a pretty fucking perfect Essentials playlist - well done!

I would just replace Arcadia with White Dress since the latter is a 10x better song. But I can understand why you would want to have that in instead.

 

I would still add Snow on the Beach, and Angel - perhaps instead of Let the Light in and Hope? But I'll do that in my version:) Thank you!

hehe thank you! <3 yeah, i was a bit wary of adding collabs but tbh i think you're right, they would be quite fitting given their success and their representation of lana having a main pop girl moment! Stargirl Interlude was major too, i thought about adding that one in! i can't believe it's her third most streamed song on spotify (tho i guess it's not really her song!)

[heroindealer 10,946]

idc what anyone says, flop on the beach is NOT a LDR essential 

[barttttender 4,850]

2 hours ago, daphnedinkley said:

hehe thank you! <3 yeah, i was a bit wary of adding collabs but tbh i think you're right, they would be quite fitting given their success and their representation of lana having a main pop girl moment! Stargirl Interlude was major too, i thought about adding that one in! i can't believe it's her third most streamed song on spotify (tho i guess it's not really her song!)

 

Yass, we want Lana to be a pop girly. So, these collabs with Ariana, Weeknd, Taylor, and Quavo. help. It's only like 5 songs out of 29.

[barttttender 4,850]

2 hours ago, heroindealer said:

idc what anyone says, flop on the beach is NOT a LDR essential 

 

It's the 16th most streamed song of her entire discography.

 

It's the highest chart entry for Lana ever on Billboard, at number 4.

 

It's a collab with The Beatles of today's pop music.

 

So many of you come out for this collab with knives, but get a grip. I don't care for Taylor as much as you, but to call this song a flop makes zero sense.

 

[Lana Del Dufrene 10,130]

5 hours ago, barttttender said:

 

 

Also perfect! Just replace Without You with White Dress:) And Arcadia with Young and Beautiful! That song has got to be on there.

Thanks. I decided to do Without you because she was performing it as the opener on her most recent tour, and Arcadia because it's the only song from Blue Banisters that to me is an essential. I do want to add young and beautiful tho.

3 hours ago, heroindealer said:

idc what anyone says, flop on the beach is NOT a LDR essential 

Edit: Oh I thought you meant high by the beach