Lana Del Rey covers Rolling Stone August 2014

[Wilde_child 490]

LOL gotta love the man!

Trash is very Gainsbourg IMHO. Lana pulled the Bardot look in some of her early homemade videos.

 

 

Replace Whitney with Lana in this interview and imagine the results

 

 

[longtimeman 8,066]

Forget Marilyn Monroe with the soul of Leonard Cohen; she is France Gall with the soul of Serge Gainsbourg

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poup%C3%A9e_de_cire,_poup%C3%A9e_de_son

 

 

 

This song definitely sounds--conceptually, at least--like the inspiration for "Without You" (and a bit of "Lolita") doesn't it? Next thing you know, we'll learn the whole "china doll" accusations were part of her plan to be the prophet and final seal of the Ye-Ye girls (PBUH).

 

As for the "masked as a fan" thing, reading it as "masked as a friend" should make the perspective of the Introvert who only opens up for those few people she feels she can trust more understandable, even if this isn't the proper way to deal with fickle interviewers looking for a story (TRUSTNO1).

Firstly, thank you for posting the song - it's fantastic. I find it so fascinating that Lana was my big break from all of the music that I had spent so long listening to (I'm talking about BTD), and since I've dug deeper, and particularly with UV, she brings me right back to so many of those things I've loved for so long - country/spaghetti western music, Lou Reed, Serge, Leonard Cohen. Serge is also the guy who recorded a duet with his daughter called Lemon Incest - something that even Lana might think is beyond the pale ... or maybe not 

 

(Side note: Charlotte Gainsbourg is now an actor, and recently appeared in the movie ... Melacholia. Circles inside circles ...)

[evilentity 13,303]

I think Lana, right now, is Reptilian.

lIzZi'S oNe Of ThE lIzArD pEoPlE

 

 

I'm a dragon, you're a whore

[Miguel3Zero 202]

Thank you members for posting very insightful comments about LDR being an introvert. I have understood and learned much about myself just by reading some posts. Glad to see I'm not alone and strange for behaving like I do. On another note; Lana is a very cute woman, I understand the difficulty for "some" to stop patting her on her head; "There  pretty little silly thing, be a nice girl and just shutup. Beautiful women provoces that reaction, I can't say that I'm innocent of that myself.

[Creyk 11,495]

This is now the second time that Lanaboards has considerably influenced an interview.

I find that so cool.

What we say here has merit, you guys

[evilentity 13,303]

This is now the second time that Lanaboards has considerably influenced an interview.

I find that so cool.

What we say here has merit, you guys

Which other one are you thinking of?

[sjrq 150]

Here are a few other "inauthentic" singers and musicians who changed their names:

 

 

 

Gene Simmons - Chaim Witz
Katy Perry - Katy Hudson
Shania Twain - Eileen Edwards
Stevie Wonder - Steveland Judkins
Dusty Springfield - Mary Isobel Catherine O'Brian
Lady Gaga - Stefani Germanotta
Dean Martin - Dino Crocetti
Bob Dylan - Robert Zimmerman
Bruno Mars - Peter Hernandez
Dido - Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong
Judy Garland - Frances Gumm
George Michael - Georgios Panayiotou
Flea - Michael Balzary
Slash - Saul Hudson

[GangstaBoy 3,930]

Bruno Mars - Peter Hernandez

 

 

 

I didn't know this

[Sebastian 327]

Someone have HQ scans?

[PrettyBaby 2,213]

Here are a few other "inauthentic" singers and musicians who changed their names:

 

 

 

Gene Simmons - Chaim Witz

Katy Perry - Katy Hudson

Shania Twain - Eileen Edwards

Stevie Wonder - Steveland Judkins

Dusty Springfield - Mary Isobel Catherine O'Brian

Lady Gaga - Stefani Germanotta

Dean Martin - Dino Crocetti

Bob Dylan - Robert Zimmerman

Bruno Mars - Peter Hernandez

Dido - Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong

Judy Garland - Frances Gumm

George Michael - Georgios Panayiotou

Flea - Michael Balzary

Slash - Saul Hudson

You mean no one really named their kid Flea? This calls everything concerning RHCP's authenticity into question from now on.

[LifeisBeautiful 152]

I read this article twice and I found it fascinating, from a psychological standpoint.  It's almost as if Lana keeps trying to get different results from performing the same actions.  Don't people like to say that's what insanity is?  I'm not entirely sure what is going on in Lana's head but I would say she doesn't seem to be stable and is also extremely introverted.  I'd even venture to say she may have some undiagnosed personality disorder.  There's nothing wrong with that, except of course that the world will think you're a nutjob and criticize your every move.

 

I was not offended at all by her bluntness on particular topics (especially the "I don't want them to hear it" line).  I'm confused as to whether Lana actually wanted to become "a star," so to say, or just saw being famous as the means to getting her vision of the world across to others.  I feel like now she despises that this was the way to do that.  I don't know...

 

I say all of this as a fellow introvert who has been closely involved with several "damaged" souls.  I feel for Lana.

[Creyk 11,495]

Which other one are you thinking of?

That radio interview where the interviewer praised Off To The Races, asked about Puppy Love, and talked about hola hooping to OTTR. 

In the thread about the interview we talked about some weird sound the interviewer made, and then she tweeted about it. It was speculated that she found out about the leaked songs mainly from here

[PrettyBaby 2,213]

I read this article twice and I found it fascinating, from a psychological standpoint. It's almost as if Lana keeps trying to get different results from performing the same actions. Don't people like to say that's what insanity is?

Some people do. Often the same ones who enjoy telling everyone how logical they are, more than actually putting it into practice consistently

 

But I get what you're saying. It's too easy to shut down when overwhelmed by one's emotions in social situations. The good news is, some people who have built up numerous connections between the two sides of the brain, ie multitaskers, report that they can learn how to process emotions along with rational thoughts at (more or less) the same time. Apparently it's a skill one can get better at with practice

[LifeisBeautiful 152]

I brought it up because I do it myself.  I wonder about other people who do it.  It's like we have a shocking amount of idealism that overrides logic.

[Sitar 22,172]

 

 

its not that he asked about the song; i'm just curious about his presentation of the question (and his demeanor in doing so) 

 

we'll never know unfortunately; the entire interview has been filtered through his lens (and only his) 

 

 

ezzactly why I felt uncomfortable about this in the first place. Thank you colacunt aka god

[COLACNT 5,170]

ezzactly why I felt uncomfortable about this in the first place. Thank you colacunt aka god

 

stop it you're making my pussy blush 

[timinmass101 100]

I’ve read the Rolling Stone article several times.  I think it was an awesome interview,  well written,  and very illuminating.  More of the puzzle of who Lana Del Rey is gets filled in.  I also think that the article was respectful of Lana.  Brian Hiatt did not cast her in a poor light unlike the Guardian article that sensationalized her “death wish”.   I seriously don’t think there was anything wrong with the behavior of either Lana or the reporter Brian Hiatt.  They were both doing their jobs.  Hers for Interscope doing promotions (which she hates) and his as a reporter trying to sell magazines.

A couple of thoughts come to mind.

First:   Lana is an artist.  She owes us nothing.   Artists make art for themselves.  We get to listen to her music, or not.  She owes us no explanations of song meanings or anything else we wish we knew.  As the listening public, we get to interpret her music as seen through our own internal filters and life experiences.  This has always been the relationship between artist and public.

Second:   it was an incredibly long interview.  A day and a half?  10 hours?  Can we safely assume this was her longest interview to date?  As an introvert, she must have been feeling drained of energy, vulnerable and exposed by the time the interview started to end.   Clearly Hiatt knew he was pushing the envelope with the questions he started asking (he as much says so), and as soon as he went too far, he tried to recover.  But, it was too late.  She’s an introvert.  She is sensitive.  Her feelings get hurt easily.  That’s who she is.
 I don’t see that as a fault of Lana, or Hiatt.  She was done.  Simple.  I don’t see the histrionics, or bad behavior or unprofessionalism.   She politely got up and escorted him out.
And really, think about it.  Would you have wanted to hear another 3 hours of her being in a hurt and defensive mood?

Third:  Where were the questions about the music?  I mean, this is Rolling Stone magazine, and he is interviewing a singer-songwriter.  While I enjoy the deeply personal questions as illuminating knowledge for this intriguing woman, where are the questions about the actual music?   Ok, he asked her about the meaning of  FMWTTT and Ultraviolence, but that were more personal questions than musical questions.

Finally:  I don’t want her to change.  Like it or not, this is who she is.  She is eccentric.  She is sensitive.  She is probably prone to existential depressions, that go as quickly as they come.  She has a deep inner world.   She is clearly intelligent.  And at the end of it all, she makes fucking brilliant music.  That’s all that matters.

[UltraviolentJack 2,415]

Slay a bit.

[ruined peaches 119]

I love this interview until her mood shifts. I don't blame her, though. It can be tiring and annoying to be constantly asked about very personal stuff for almost two days by a complete stranger. But it's quite revealing. Aw, I wish I could be there at the and of the interview and just give her a reassuring hug.

[strange weather 1,950]

is anyone else having trouble finding a physical copy of the issue? either there are no rolling stone magazines or it's the previous issue...i'm going crazy. this is the US version, right?