Stormriver

She did, after Stand By Your Man she said something along the lines of "I feel like I'm playing all of my next album, let's do some old songs" and then Chemtrails was next. So I guess that's an indication that a cover on SBYM in on the album? Not sure if that's confirmed already or not.

It's an unimpeachable return to form. It's in my top 3 albums by her (I will not elaborate I do not want to be murdered). Metallic Stallion is a career highlight. I was a Hello Kitty truther from the start and frankly it's one of her most gorgeous, delicate songs, with lyrics that are so sincere and sweet that only Marina could write and perform earnestly. My personal favourite without a doubt. Then title track, Cuntissimo, Je Ne Se Quoi, I <3 You are all hits, Rollercoaster and Everybody Knows I'm Sad are peak Marina in different ways, Final Boss is an incredible closer, Digital Fantasy is a left-of-field bop, Adult Girl is the song where she shows everyone doubting her writing ability that they needn't worry. She's back with a vengeance on this one. Not one skip for me.

Girls I've got a few lyrics that idk about so i'd appreciate some corrections!! (I've put the parts i'm particularly unclear on in bold) OWHT John and Jonathan: Saddest Smile Staying Power Hardware Software GWNF Truly Dreams (I've been mulling over this post for 2 days because I know there could be a lot of mishearings above so please forgive any mistakes!!) It really is an excellent project and I feel for her it coming out unofficially so early. She'll certainly be getting my coins w the physical tho and they'll be richly deserved. Currently easily tying with Cape God as my personal fave but then to me she's never missed. She has an unimpeachable discography and this record doesn't let her down to say the very least. It's funny too because I wasn't too taken with Black Eye - I liked it but didn't think it was particularly strong, but with the context of this album around it I'm appreciating it a hell of a lot more. I felt similarly about Focus too though. Allie X forever!

Fair point and interesting to think about, thanks for your help.

Thank you for the points you've made here. I think just to counter your point vis a vis your hypothetical of me DMing a random producer with a demo, I do personally see there being a distinction between that situation and the one surrounding PW's SYTH edit. The edit was done by a notable producer who has worked with Lana in the past, and in my mind that does affect whether or not it's seen as a real demo. In the mind of PW, from what I understand, he genuinely produced it under the impression that it would be under LDR's (or her team's) consideration as a legitimate demo. The inclusion of elements of Rick's original production I think also bolster it's status as official as you say. All that being said, if the LDR fandom decide the inclusion of PW's edit as an official version is not correct, it'll be removed. A difficult grey area and (hopefully) one we won't have to traverse again!

Just to clarify on the inclusion of the two Warren versions - my understanding is that they were legitimately created by one of the musicians working on the track. While they were created under false pretences, they are genuine (in the sense of "not fanmade") versions of the track. Please correct me if I'm wrong! That being said, where fanmade creations are particularly notable, for example where they precede the official version and are rightly or wrongly treated as official by the fandom, they will usually get at least a cursory mention for clarity for people who may have those versions in their collection.

I'm that third admin, I may not look like I do too much editing these days but I follow nearly every page on the site so every time there's an edit I get an email about it and I check, especially when it's a new or anonymous user. I've been consistently active on the site since Jan 2013 (9 years!) so pls don't think I'm not invested! I'm also the one who's been doing all the themes for every era, and the biggest project I did recently was converting all the infoboxes to the new Fandom standard which was a huge headache 'cause despite everything I'm still not actually that good at the technical side of editing lol. I think it's a great resource and over the years we've had some really excellent contributors come and go to make the site what it is today. Also thank u for making this thread, I love Lanapedia and it's great to see that other fans like it and use it.

Idk if anyone is interested but years and years ago when I made this edit and people were getting confused I posted a thing on how and why I made it here: https://stormriver.tumblr.com/post/29584321912. Seven years ago. My God.

Just a little change but i'm pretty sure in the chorus it's: The truth is I never bought into your bullshit When you would pay tribute to me 'cause I knew that All I wanted to do was get high by the beach Then the outro I think is: Everyone can start again, Not through love but through revenge, Through the fire we're born again, Peace by vengeance brings the end. I kinda love these lyrics lol

The Black Beauty demo was mastered by Blaise Thomas as per the original file. I don't know how you know he did the others tho lol bcuz the file names/meta data never mentioned him from my recollection but w/e.

This is like... so embarrassing to read.

https://instagram.com/p/2aB5blIIGI/?taken-by=lanadelvideos What's this? I don't recognise it but maybe I'm being dumb. I was being dumb it's Video Games lmaoo

Yeah, that "is it me was I wrong" bit is melodically like "hollywood and new york" (and the rest of the starts of each H&R verses). I thought I could hear a faint throwback in there but tbh I doubt it was intentional, I mean the melody of both isn't really a complex one that would be hard to accidentally repeat.

From this point i transcribed up to when the start playing Brooklyn Baby which is about 9 minutes in.

Finally figured out the bridge: I can feel it coming in the air tonight, See you workin' on that blue Pacific. I can see you bathing in the summer light, Turnin' tan and you look terrific. You got game, boy (etc)