Unpopular Lana Opinions

[mkultraviolence 5,832]

6 minutes ago, Ultra Violet said:

I agree with all this except lmlylaw. Would you explain that to me? I'm genuinely curious 

 

mostly a joke but it's just such a snooze fest. so boring. i hate jack's piano and his work is rated low on my lists so i felt a jack produced song should be on there

[Ultra Violet 18,991]

20 minutes ago, daisy fresh bitch said:

 

mostly a joke but it's just such a snooze fest. so boring. i hate jack's piano and his work is rated low on my lists so i felt a jack produced song should be on there

Definitely agree with you there ahaha

Imo it's only the return of Lana's smooth vocals that make it a good song. But I am totally sick of his piano ballads. I would appreciate 1 per album and that's it lol.

[Veinsineon 76,897]

The Greatest is the best song on Norman by miles. 

[Sitar 22,213]

3 minutes ago, CHIPCHROME said:

The Greatest is the best song on Norman by miles. 

 

Meanwhile How to Disappear, California, and NFR are the best songs on Norman by Lana

[Veinsineon 76,897]

1 minute ago, Sitar said:

 

Meanwhile How to Disappear, California, and NFR are the best songs on Norman by Lana

Witty but alas, still wrong 

[Crimson and Clover 22,505]

16 minutes ago, CHIPCHROME said:

The Greatest is the best song on Norman by miles. 

 

11 minutes ago, Sitar said:

 

Meanwhile How to Disappear, California, and NFR are the best songs on Norman by Lana

Meanwhile Venice Bitch remains unbothered 

 

[hongkongdisco mysterygirl15 781]

Betty Boop Boop, Moi Je Joue, Neon Palmmm and Birds of a Feather are top tier tracks in my eyes but I realize that that's deeply disturbed.

 

My least fav Lana songs are maybe:

Break My Fall
Velvet Crowbar
Butterflies
Roses
Damn You
JFK
Starry Eyed
Lucky Ones
American
Love

But I can pick out at least something I like about all of them and going thru these made me realize that honestly none of her songs are completely unlistenable to me which is... a madness that both dazzles and dizzies me 

[Crimson and Clover 22,505]

also I completely respect people's opinions on the VB music video and even I disliked it at first because it basically is lazy lol. after watching it while tripping though, i really understood the emotion and nostalgia that both the song and MV convey. it reminds me when the 'West Coast Official Audio' video was released on Youtube for the first time that just shows a loop of Lana spinning in a circle - I always thought it really matched with the audio! both videos feel like a thought loop that's actually comforting. as you can see from my sig i do really love the (few) visuals she provides, especially the seeing the black and white sunlight from under the trees. i might be a bit biased because the video does show vintage san francisco footage and i'm from there - it gave me a new appreciation of that part of the city that i never really had before. 

[baddisease 17,941]

I hate that Chemtrails Over The Country Club is only 11 tracks long. It's too short. I definitely would pay for a deluxe with more songs on it.

[genghis khan 5,107]

Most of her unreleased songs are dog shit awful but i still enjoy listening them cause it gives me the comforting feeling that theres a process to becoming an artist

[baddisease 17,941]

9 minutes ago, sexyslutboy said:

Most of her unreleased songs are dog shit awful but i still enjoy listening them cause it gives me the comforting feeling that theres a process to becoming an artist

 

Not to disrespect you or your opinion, how do you figure they're awful? She has such great unreleased songs: She's Not Me, Serial Killer, Us Against The World, Velvet Crowbar, I Talk to Jesus, etc.

[Flowerbomb 65,594]

Super Movie deserves to be remastered and put onto a future album

[genghis khan 5,107]

1 minute ago, baddisease said:

 

Not to disrespect you or your opinion, how do you figure they're awful? She has such great unreleased songs: She's Not Me, Serial Killer, Us Against The World, Velvet Crowbar, I Talk to Jesus, etc.

She definetely has some really good ones and some of my favourite songs are unreleased.  but i'm talking about the bulk of them that are  like betty boop boop, moi je jou, etc. And even the ones that aren't completely un-listenable, like making out,  still aren't really good songs. But it all shows growth and persistence in her artistry 

[rightofjupiter 16,622]

4 minutes ago, baddisease said:

 

Not to disrespect you or your opinion, how do you figure they're awful? She has such great unreleased songs: She's Not Me, Serial Killer, Us Against The World, Velvet Crowbar, I Talk to Jesus, etc.

 

i used to feel the same way bc i only knew of the unreleased from my least favorite era/vocal style of lana's (2009-2011ish)– but now i know better and am pretty obsessed with the unreleased stuff from 2006-2008 and 2013 onwards.

[mkultraviolence 5,832]

making out is one of her best unreleased songs and moi je joue is amazing too. both better than Jack's work

[genghis khan 5,107]

i also just feel sort of bad listening to her bad songs cause i write and if someone went through my shit without my permission and spread the works i wasn't proud of i think i'd go crazy

[idoru 55]

how to disappear, tnbar and bartender are the best songs on nfr, love song, california, the greatest and hiab are the worst! i said what i said

[baddisease 17,941]

16 minutes ago, sexyslutboy said:

She definetely has some really good ones and some of my favourite songs are unreleased.  but i'm talking about the bulk of them that are  like betty boop boop, moi je jou, etc. And even the ones that aren't completely un-listenable, like making out,  still aren't really good songs. But it all shows growth and persistence in her artistry 

 

that makes sense.

 

my favorite thing is to listen to her Born To Die demos and it's fascinating to see how that album took its shape (though there are some demos that were better than the album version tbh)

[boom like that 11,907]

18 hours ago, orpheline said:

Betty Boop Boop, Moi Je Joue, Neon Palmmm and Birds of a Feather are top tier tracks in my eyes but I realize that that's deeply disturbed.

 

My least fav Lana songs are maybe:

Break My Fall
Velvet Crowbar
Butterflies
Roses
Damn You
JFK
Starry Eyed
Lucky Ones
American
Love

But I can pick out at least something I like about all of them and going thru these made me realize that honestly none of her songs are completely unlistenable to me which is... a madness that both dazzles and dizzies me 

[IanadeIrey 62,021]

I love all of Lana’s records so much and there is not a single song in her discography that I dislike but I have to say - the vulnerability and intimacy of her entire artistic output as of late is totally enchanted by her vocals sitting atop a piano-driven instrumental. 
 

Songs like Let Me Love You Like a Woman and Chemtrails Over the Country Club have this quality to them that is subdued and defiant in a quiet way. Maybe my sensibility is just more rooted in something folkier and stripped down, but I love the richness of her voice with Jack’s production and the clarity of the piano. 
 

 

That being said, I also do love Rick Nowels’s, Dan Auerbach’s, Emile Haynie’s, and whoever else’s production - so so much. Again, I love everything. But I think at this particular stage in Lana’s life and career, Jack Antonoff really does an amazing job of conveying this stripped-down musical landscape that harkens back to Lana’s roots and showcases how she doesn’t need to hide behind any extravagant production (not that she EVER did, because everything she’s done, in my opinion, is amazing - and it’s been because of her, not solely because of any production ) - but it just goes to show that a song like Let Me Love You Like a Woman has a staying power and timelessness that is the result of Lana’s pure vocals, earnest lyricism, and a simple piano.
 

She doesn’t need a lot to shine - but when she does go bigger, she still shines just as much.