West Coast

[320kbps 3,633]

Probably not exact lyrics but here, I cropped the part.

 I know for sure it's Lana since you can hear the unpitched vocals in the reverb behind those pitched vocals.

http://picosong.com/w9TWW

 

oh maybe i need to use headphones cuz i can't hear it. great find though!

[TheBoss 13,507]

Probably not exact lyrics but here, I cropped the part.

 I know for sure it's Lana since you can hear the unpitched vocals in the reverb behind those pitched vocals.

http://picosong.com/w9TWW

This is so cool

[Masochism 15,400]

Major thanks to Honeymouns for the acapella, but was able to filter the background vocals at the end of the song perfectly and found out Lana actually says "and your rock and roll". It's pitched way down at the beginning alongside "mic check (something "rock and roll")"

 

 

http://picosong.com/w9TM9

 

0:02 First pitched down "and your rock and roll"

0:19 "Mic check, rock and roll"

0:24 (?) Unsure. "And all the queens and rock and roll?"

0:26 Normal pitch "And your rock and roll"

 

this is haunting af! it's sooo cool. sounds like a totally different song!

[MrFameKills 11,093]

Probably not exact lyrics but here, I cropped the part.

 I know for sure it's Lana since you can hear the unpitched vocals in the reverb behind those pitched vocals.

http://picosong.com/w9TWW

I'll be hearing this in my dreams tonight, ty

[Say Yes to Heaven 27,514]

im pretty sure "lay me down tonight" is sampled from FMWUTTT

He doesnt mean it's from HBTB, he was talking about a HBTB sample in 13B

[clementines 9,890]

i filtered it a little, it doesnt sound to different but it does make her actual voice clearer when she says you are in love http://picosong.com/w9dqv/

[PARADIXO 32,940]

oh wow

[TheBoss 13,507]

5 years since she dropped this masterpiece, still her best song, what a legend

[Beautiful Loser 48,808]

5 years since she dropped this masterpiece, still her best song, what a legend

Sounds like my tweet from two days ago.   ♥ "Five years later and West Coast is still THAT song!"

[TheBoss 13,507]

Sounds like my tweet from two days ago.   ♥ "Five years later and West Coast is still THAT song!"

It really is THAT song, isn't it? In any variation really, Dan Auerbach's, Rob Orton's, Dan Heath's, Rick Nowels's, every version SLAPS, what a song

[Beautiful Loser 48,808]

It really is THAT song, isn't it? In any variation really, Dan Auerbach's, Rob Orton's, Dan Heath's, Rick Nowels's, every version SLAPS, what a song

Wait, what, I can only remember two versions of it?? The album version and the acoustic one. And that Stint remix on Youtube...

 

Edit: Omg Heath's remix is so DIFFERENT!

[TheBoss 13,507]

Wait, what, I can only remember two versions of it?? And that Stint remix on Youtube...

 

Dan Auerbach's

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKxuiw3iMBE

 

Rob Orton's

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3SqUUoJjW8

 

Rick Nowel's

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqg73BLoyFU

 

Dan Heath's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2tUram1qY4

[Beautiful Loser 48,808]

Dan Auerbach's

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKxuiw3iMBE

 

Rob Orton's

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3SqUUoJjW8

 

Rick Nowel's

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqg73BLoyFU

 

Dan Heath's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2tUram1qY4

Thanks, I'm currently checking Heath's out - wow!

[ivy 1,693]

I've been extremely obsessed with this song lately. It's so exceptionally well written if you think about it; it's full of verbs of motion (pushing, pulling, swinging, swaying) and sensory words which makes the song very vivid: you can easily picture what's going on.

 

To me, this song seems to be about the struggle of alcohol abuse and abandoning the alcohol for something else. 

 

 

Down on the West Coast they got a sayin'

"If you're not drinkin' then you're not playin'"

But you've got the music, you've got the music in you

Don't you?

 

She doesn't have to drink, because she's got the music.

 

 

Down on the West Coast I get this feeling like

It all could happen that's why I'm leaving

You for the music, you for the music, it's true

It's true

 

She's leaving the alcohol for the music. 

 

 

I push it hard, you pull away, I'm feeling hot and on fire

I'm feelin' like there's no one else

Who makes me higher than higher

Te deseo, cariño, boy, it's you I desire

Your love, your love, your love

 

Vivid storytelling with the verbs of motion and description of her senses. There's a struggle going on. I think this is where she is literally pushing away the urge to drink and she's having withdrawal symptoms ("feeling hot to the touch"). 

 

Personifying the alcohol: "You say you'll miss me and I wanna say I miss you so much". (personification of alcohol is also present in Ultraviolence (song) --> "Jim (Beam) brought me back"). 

 

 

You pull me close, I push away

I'm feelin' hot to the touch

You say you miss me and I wanna say

"I miss you so much"

But something keeps me really quiet

I'm alive, I'm a lush

Pull me close and you say

"Hush, baby, hush"

 

Again, verbs of motion (pull, push) which indicate some sort of struggle and a description of how she's feeling "hot to the touch".

 

These lyrics "Pull me close and you say 'hush, baby, hush'" give me goosebumps, honestly. I'm picturing someone who is trying to get her to do something (drink alcohol) and wants her to be surreptitious about it. As if that person is holding his index finger on his lips, saying "shh". I don't know how else to describe it, lol. 

[13beachess 7,614]

I'm really starting to appreciate this song again. Haven't listened to West Coast this much as I have done the last three days since its release tbh.

[Pico Ocean Boulevard 41,091]

She did that!!!! That is what she did!!

 

Happy Birthday, West Coast!! You are a fucking masterpiece! Can't believe that this bop is turning 6 years old... and this song is still not topped!! The tempo change....still iconic..she really did that!!

 

[American Whore 51,314]

This is still one of the many peaks of her career. I hope we get a return to this sound on the next album

[BoardingSchool 2,918]

Major thanks to Honeymouns for the acapella, but was able to filter the background vocals at the end of the song perfectly and found out Lana actually says "and your rock and roll". It's pitched way down at the beginning alongside "mic check (something "rock and roll")"

 

 

http://picosong.com/w9TM9

 

 

Since Pico is dead, does anyone have a new link with this part filtered so it's easier to hear? Honeymouns posted on IG that the "hidden" lyrics are:

 

“And your rock and roll

And your rock and roll

Pop song of the summer boy

(And your rock and roll)

All the ways I want your loving boy

(And your rock and roll)

And your rock and roll”

 

...but I don't hear it.     

[Rorman Nockwell 56,702]

I don't think this has been discussed before, but @recklessdaughter and I were chatting ages ago and discussing how there are some similarities between Stevie Nicks' Edge of Seventeen and West Coast.

One of the more obvious examples is that the "ooh, ooh, ooh" and "ooh baby ooh" parts (she starts singing @ approx 30 seconds) sounds very much like "move baby, move baby" in my extremely expert opinion. A possible nod to goddess Stevie?

Anyway, when Reckless has time, she might be along with her insights because she pointed out lots of other interesting stuff.

[Hallo Heaven 1,119]

6 hours ago, RormanNockwell said:

I don't think this has been discussed before, but @recklessdaughter and I were chatting ages ago and discussing how there are some similarities between Stevie Nicks' Edge of Seventeen and West Coast.

One of the more obvious examples is that the "ooh, ooh, ooh" and "ooh baby ooh" parts (she starts singing @ approx 30 seconds) sounds very much like "move baby, move baby" in my extremely expert opinion. A possible nod to goddess Stevie?

Anyway, when Reckless has time, she might be along with her insights because she pointed out lots of other interesting stuff.

Yeah, now do you've mentioned it I do spot some resemblances.

Anyway, I'd totally kill for Lana to cover Landslide and maybe to throw some shapes a la Stevie too