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[Embach 45,092]

Is there a possibility that Lana was called Lizzy already in 2000?

 

I'm digging in newspaper archives and I found some Lizzy stuff, idk if it's real Lizzy

[Dark Angel 203,533]

3 hours ago, Embach said:

Is there a possibility that Lana was called Lizzy already in 2000?

 

I'm digging in newspaper archives and I found some Lizzy stuff, idk if it's real Lizzy

 

well, lizzy/liz is a common nickname for somebody named elizabeth, it could be her

[cherryblossoms 10,432]

@evilentity taught me everything I know with that developer options trick on Chrome 

it’s come in handy so many times for stuff unrelated to Lana

[Rust Dress 40,286]

4 minutes ago, cherryblossoms said:

developer options trick on Chrome 

it’s come in handy so many times for stuff unrelated to Lana

 

what developer options trick?

[cherryblossoms 10,432]

1 minute ago, cinnamongirI said:

 

what developer options trick?

oh shoot wrong thread. I thought this was this thread, my bad.

You can read it about it there!

[Embach 45,092]

Okay, so if i remember it right, i found an article from 2005 mentioning May Jailer (the name was written literally like this) but I couldn't get access to the article because I don't have the subscription. But as much as I saw, there were only jails mentioned.

 

I found a Lizzy article too from Sept 19 2008 which was before one of her shows or?

[Dark Angel 203,533]

1 minute ago, Embach said:

Okay, so if i remember it right, i found an article from 2005 mentioning May Jailer (the name was written literally like this) but I couldn't get access to the article because I don't have the subscription. But as much as I saw, there were only jails mentioned.

 

I found a Lizzy article too from Sept 19 2008 which was before one of her shows or?

 

are you able to view any of these articles? what do they say? she performed at the mercury lounge on september 20, 2008 which is very close  

[ImenaOphelia 9,663]

3 hours ago, Embach said:

Is there a possibility that Lana was called Lizzy already in 2000?

 

I'm digging in newspaper archives and I found some Lizzy stuff, idk if it's real Lizzy

she's been called Lizzy since she was born

[111 36,946]

On 12/29/2022 at 6:57 AM, Surf Noir said:

some interesting/obscure information i found in the minor general questions thread

 

- the alt. title "trash sugar magic" came about because somebody during the ldr.fm era referred to the trash magic demo which is sometimes known as "the man i love" as "trash sugar magic"

 

- somebody claimed to have seen the "rehab" title on her myspace, but take that with a grain of salt

 

- "god bless america" was considered to be the title of lana del ray a.k.a lizzy grant, alongside born to die

 

- her father helped with the marketing of ldrakalg and said he enjoyed living vicariously through her

 

- she planned on re-released/re-recording kill kill and mermaid motel, obviously this never happened

 

- there's a mention of a rumored "oh say can you see" video, alongside queen of the gas station and smarty, we know that there's a qotgs video, but the other two are still not 100% confirmed, so take that with a grain of salt, just thought it was interesting that it was specifically mentioned alongside the other two which were rumored for years (now we know for sure one of those do exist)

 

- this seems to be another early version of the born to die tracklist which was posted by ldr.fm mods, without you, dark paradise, and hundred dollar bill seem to be the bonus tracks

 

 

resistance was included on an album titled "slam-complete studs collection", oddly enough, it seems like this album is from 1993? according to the post it was titled as "resistor" on the album (there was an amazon link to it, but unfortunately it no longer works)

 

 

- somebody from reeve carney's band mentioned lizzy grant, at the time, her myspace was called "therichwhores" so this was probably during 2007, he called her "terrific" and "really talented"

 

- "bollywood hawaii" which is the laptop demo of "maha maha" is titled that because that's the title that princess superstar gave the instrumental ("bollywood hawaii in space")

 

- the "final" or "alternate" version of st. tropez may just be a rumor, a rumored "better" version of betty boop boop was also mentioned but that could very likely be false

 

- allegedly a fan become friends with lana and she sent him songs, "future jazz" and "endless summer" which later become freak... very likely fake but still interesting  

 

- lana was planning to scrap west coast, but after dan auerbach reworked it, she liked it and decided to keep it for the album

 

i didn't go through the entire thread but i found some interesting things!

 

afaik god bless america was only an alt title for born to die, the self titled album only had one alt title Nevada which came from 5 points record website if i remember correct, i'm assuming that's what she wanted to call it before 5 points was like it should be self titled! 

 

 

[ImenaOphelia 9,663]

16 minutes ago, cherryblossoms said:

@evilentity taught me everything I know with that developer options trick on Chrome 

it’s come in handy so many times for stuff unrelated to Lana

when it comes to developer options Firefox is much better! idk what you are exactly taking about but as a amateur web dev I can say Firefox has many more useful features

[sparklrtrailrheaven 9,115]

11 minutes ago, 111 said:

 

afaik god bless america was only an alt title for born to die, the self titled album only had one alt title Nevada which came from 5 points record website if i remember correct, i'm assuming that's what she wanted to call it before 5 points was like it should be self titled! 

 

 

I feel like there’s a NY newspaper article from 08’-09’ that mentions God Bless America as the album’s prospective title! Bit vague on what the actual source is, but it’s definitely been posted somewhere around

[Embach 45,092]

36 minutes ago, Surf Noir said:

 

are you able to view any of these articles? what do they say? she performed at the mercury lounge on september 20, 2008 which is very close  

I'll maybe try sending links (if I'm allowed, it's an article from an archive) or screenshots, but I'll do it tomorrow because it's kinda too late now (it's night where i'm living)

[Coloringbooks 14,115]

32 minutes ago, sparklrtrailrheaven said:

I feel like there’s a NY newspaper article from 08’-09’ that mentions God Bless America as the album’s prospective title! Bit vague on what the actual source is, but it’s definitely been posted somewhere around

I can only remember this tweet [if there was something else, let me know!!]

As we know, the final masters of Lana Del Ray/Nevada were completed in February of 2008, with the album being set for a release in February of the following year— but later scrapped/delayed, and ultimately seeing a release in January 2010. 

 

Just a theory, but I think the tweet may have actually been in reference to an (early) version of Born to Die, when she was working on a new "first record". From a 2011 article, when asked about considered titles for her then-upcoming album, Lana stated:

 

I have four titles that are always in rotation in my mind
1. G.B.A (God Bless America)
2. Do U Luv Me Yet?
3. The Best of Lana Del Rey
4. The World Is Ours

[sparklrtrailrheaven 9,115]

5 hours ago, Coloringbooks said:

I can only remember this tweet [if there was something else, let me know!!]

As we know, the final masters of Lana Del Ray/Nevada were completed in February of 2008, with the album being set for a release in February of the following year— but later scrapped/delayed, and ultimately seeing a release in January 2010. 

 

Found it! It seems like this could be the article the tweet was referencing:

 

On 11/4/2012 at 1:23 PM, TIARNZUS said:

Press-Republican

 

March 25, 2009

Local girl cuts first album

By JON HOCHSCHARTNER

LAKE PLACID — Lizzy Grant, a musician who grew up in Lake Placid, is hard at work on her first full-length album, "God Bless America," scheduled for release this summer.

 

The title was partly inspired by the late Kate Smith, an internationally famous area resident best known for her performance of the song of the same name.

 

 

Interesting that it lists a potential release for AKA in summer 2009, which could suggest that there was a plan B when the February release didn't take place... and yet it still didn't drop until the next year 

[Embach 45,092]

14 hours ago, Surf Noir said:

 

are you able to view any of these articles? what do they say? she performed at the mercury lounge on september 20, 2008 which is very close  

 

I can't access the article though

[Embach 45,092]

On 7/5/2023 at 11:43 AM, Embach said:

I remembered when Moby claimed in an interview few years ago that he dated Lana when she was Lizzy Grant and Lizzy used to sing background vocals or something in his shows. Was it true though? Because he said something like that about Natalie Portman too and Natalie said he was lying.

I hate to bring this up again, but I found some proof that he wasn't lying.

 

From the early show topic September 20 2008 show thread, there was info about that show in op and one of the specified information was:

• Calendar on Lizzy Grant's Sonicbids profile listing September 20, 2008 show at Mercury Lounge under "Past Dates" with comment "opening for Moby's band The Little Death"

[Dark Angel 203,533]

1 minute ago, Embach said:

I hate to bring this up again, but I found some proof that he wasn't lying.

 

From the early show topic September 20 2008 show thread, there was info about that show in op and one of the specified information was:

• Calendar on Lizzy Grant's Sonicbids profile listing September 20, 2008 show at Mercury Lounge under "Past Dates" with comment "opening for Moby's band The Little Death"

 

opening for somebody isn't the same as singing background vocals, but it does seem like they were involved musically to some capacity  who knows, maybe they recorded songs together  i don't believe she was dating mike mizrahi until late 2008 (november, december)/early 2009 so she could've been dating moby during 2008

[Embach 45,092]

2 minutes ago, Surf Noir said:

 

opening for somebody isn't the same as singing background vocals, but it does seem like they were involved musically to some capacity  who knows, maybe they recorded songs together  i don't believe she was dating mike mizrahi until late 2008 (november, december)/early 2009 so she could've been dating moby during 2008

Yeah, I mean singing back vox and opening an show isn't the same but it's still some kind of an indicator that they were somehow collaborating. Still the story is quite complicated...

[ImenaOphelia 9,663]

On 3/17/2022 at 5:47 AM, lizzyology said:

An update, I am 100% sure she has my DM in her primary messages. Just asked again after 5 months and am scared to death. Let’s see if I get torn apart 😭. 

any update on this?

[lizzyology 7,090]

6 hours ago, ImenaOphelia said:

any update on this?

No update; Chuck sees when I tag her in posts - but she never responds. 
 

There isn’t any hope with that pic unfortunately, besides for Jerry (idk their username) possibly, who used to be romantically involved with Eclipse/111 on here & leaked a few things - he used a blurred version of that image in an edit