lazybooklet 575 Posted August 31, 2015 Good lyric has to go with good melody as well and Honeymoon the song achieved this. Daaaaaaaaaaaark blue 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xAlex 56 Posted August 31, 2015 I think For K Part 2 is beautiful brilliant poetry! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crimson and Clover 22,485 Posted August 31, 2015 I don't think American is that bad, at least compared to Honeymoon. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slang 1,532 Posted August 31, 2015 Go Go Dancer has really excellent lyrics. I mean it has imagery, eroticism, character, and multiple character perspectives. The "My Daddy is Rich" line and the Larcombe production have always suggested to me that it was written in the BTD era, as LDR is inclined to use criticism creatively in her songs (FMWUTTT, MPG). In another post (somewhere) I compared GGD to Nabokov. In yet another post I compared TIWMUG and NA to Bob Dylan. It's something about the wordiness and wry humor of the songs, maybe also in the execution. "Drinking on the job.... with the boss" gets me every time. Last Girl on Earth has some excellent name dropping and hyperbole. How that one was never released is probably the biggest enigma for me. 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
May 13,310 Posted August 31, 2015 Why Crooked Cop and Hurricane aren´t in Amazing lyrics? sis that's a Halsey song... 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
plush 656 Posted August 31, 2015 at first glance I was a bit offended, but then I realized that every song in her "best" category is actually true, I see a lot of my faves 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leenb 35 Posted August 31, 2015 OTTR is a masterpiece. I love Gods & Monsters, Is This Happiness and Old Money. Although I think Diet Mountain Dew is okay, I love the line 'Let's take Jesus off the dashboard, got enough on his mind' 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creyk 11,677 Posted August 31, 2015 Why would you put Burning Desire to bad lyrics like what even.... 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueJeans 2,606 Posted August 31, 2015 Okay, let's talk about "Diet Mtn Dew" "Diet mountain dew, baby, New York City Never was there ever a girl so prettyDo you think we’ll be in love forever?Do you think we’ll be in love" I just love the way that she starts with the simple (most random) things in life, as a trampoline to deeper questions. And the melody is just beautiful. The verses are all one thing : cute and dreamy and hopeful and melancholic. All in one. And what about this : Baby stoppin’ at seven eleven There in his white Pontiac heavenDo you think we’ll be in love forever?Do you think we’ll be in love? I mean, the flow on the first two lines is so good, and right after that moment where the song just floats in mid air for a couple of seconds... If you prefer the demo versions, that's perfectly fine, they're great ! I fell in love with the one she posted on her YT account, with that picture of her, with the rose crown on her blond hair ... Such a throwback. (As a bonus : ) Hit me and tell me you're mine I don't know why but I like it Scary, my god, you're divine Gimme them, gimme them dope and diamonds Members of the jury, I'm done. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
delreyfreak 5,340 Posted August 31, 2015 Mess @ y'all forgetting JFK and Bel Air, two of Lana's best lyrical masterpieces 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MahaMaha 1,111 Posted August 31, 2015 Elvis is the peak of her lyrical work 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hollywoodsdead 277 Posted August 31, 2015 Unfortunately English is not my first language, so I can't easily understand at first listen the lyrics and sometimes neither the sense of some of them. Anyway, I think that American shouldn't be on the bad lyrics. I love the references of the American singers like Springsteen and elvis 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
demiannn 83 Posted August 31, 2015 sis that's a Halsey song... #TheImpact 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
technicolor 243 Posted August 31, 2015 I think Waimea hasn't been mentioned yet, I love this bit: I remember we came in MayAnd we changed our names to Lana and RayWe'd be up 'til the sun rosé,I'm in gold lamé, your pink floral haze I think her lyrics were somewhat stronger in her unreleased songs. Waimea, The man I love, 1949, Pin up galore etc, that's my favourite style of Lana's songs. They are ofter very simple, but they still conjure these eerie atmospheres. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZeroZero 2,225 Posted August 31, 2015 DISCO I AM MY ONLY GOD 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chiunzhan 1,475 Posted September 1, 2015 Subjective….. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites