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  1. lilyapolonis liked a post in a topic by Unidentified Major Tom in Lana Del Rey/Lizzy Grant Myspace Screenshots (New/Updated Thread)   
    I had already seen most of these screenshots, one by one, but seeing them all in this thread, I was very far from thinking that she had created so many myspace pages.
    Amazing.
  2. Unidentified Major Tom liked a post in a topic by Let the Light In in Bluebird   
    “Little bird, blue bird, fly away for both of us”

  3. Unidentified Major Tom liked a post in a topic by The Missing Shade of Blue in Indio, CA @ Stagecoach - April 25th, 2025   
    Don't know if anyone's posted this yet but here's the movie scene where the interlude comes from. Vertigo (1958).
     
     
  4. Unidentified Major Tom liked a post in a topic by Elle in Indio, CA @ Stagecoach - April 25th, 2025   
    On April 25th, 2025, Lana Del Rey will be performing at Stagecoach in Indio, California.
     
     
     
     
    PRE-SHOW UPDATES:
    Attendees: @fl0r1dakil0s @JuneSixthTwentyFourteen
    Comment below if you plan on attending to be added!
    Livestream links:
    https://music.amazon.com/live/events/L2W2C4W2SM 
    https://www.primevideo.com/dp/amzn1.dv.gti.3c3ed9a0-5931-4205-bf88-6fbbb591123f 
     
     
    POST SHOW UPDATES:
    Setlist: 
    Stars Fell on Alabama (new song) Henry, come on Stand By Your Man (Tammy Wynette cover) Cowboy Songs (with George Birge) Ride (shortened) Video Games (shortened) Norman fucking Rockwell (shortened) Arcadia (shortened) Let The Light In (with The Secret Sisters) Quiet in The South (new song) Bluebird (hologram interlude) Summertime Sadness (shortened, acoustic) 57.5 (new song) Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver cover)
  5. Unidentified Major Tom liked a post in a topic by Elle in 57.5   
    I go ATVing
    I can turn a party out of every night
    I still talk to Jesus, yes
    But I still call up psychics when I need advice
    I still fly commercial
    You need an autograph? Shit, I don't mind
    If you want the secret to success
    I suggest showing up in a Ross dress
     
    I've got 57.5 million listeners on Spotify
    Roger Miller made 'em laugh
    I guess some folks still like to cry
    I ain't got a man, but maybe one of them's a fan of mine
    In that 57.5 million listeners on Spotify

    I hate everybody
    Lately, feels like everybody's loving me
    Kinda feels like sugar
    Sprinkled on the same wound they cut too deep
    Doesn't really matter
    They mind their own business, and I'll mind mine
    If you want the secret to success
    I suggest stop tryna get it big time

    I've got 57.5 million listeners on Spotify
    Roger Miller made 'em laugh
    I guess some folks still like to cry
    I ain't got a man, but maybe one of them's a fan of mine
    In that 57.5 million listeners on Spotify

    Ooh
    Round 'em up, round 'em up, they want the spotlight
    Like ooh
    Round 'em up, round 'em up, they want the spotlight
    Lasso
    Lasso

    I kissed Morgan Wallen
    I guess kissing me kind of went to his head
    If you want my secret to success
    I suggest don't go ATVing with him when you're out west (Tennessee)
    Look at me

    I've got 57.5 million listeners on Spotify
    Roger Miller made 'em him laugh
    I guess some folks still like to cry
    Now I got a man, he really wasn't a fan of mine
     In those 57.5 million listeners on Spotify

    Ooh
    Round 'em up, round 'em up, they want the spotlight
    Like ooh
    Round 'em up, round 'em up, they want the spotlight
    Lasso
    Lasso
  6. Hunny liked a post in a topic by Unidentified Major Tom in Born to Die - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    Happy birthday to you BTD !
    12 years and a few months ago I was impatiently waiting for you. Finally when you came out, I was so happy to find in the first 6 tracks all the songs that I already knew, and to discover others.
    You introduced Lana to the world for the best, even if the welcome was not so warm. All your critics of the time are looking awfully foolish by now.
    Fantastic album !
  7. Unidentified Major Tom liked a post in a topic by The Missing Shade of Blue in Henry, Come On   
    I wrote this a couple of pages back:
     
     
    Might write a bit more later on the song as whole 
  8. Pico Ocean Boulevard liked a post in a topic by Unidentified Major Tom in LANALYSIS: Relating Songs To Known/Assumed Relationships   
    I don't really know and I have no concrete evidence, but I still think the song NFR is about Jonathan Wilson, and maybe other songs of the album, and also some poems of Violet.
     
    It is a long post, sorry about that.
     
    From L.A. mag :
    https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/how-jonathan-wilson-accidentally-rebooted-the-laurel-canyon-music-scene/
    "he is first and foremost known for revitalizing the Laurel Canyon music scene, the neighborhood that was home to Joni Mitchell"
     
    I think he is the resident Laurel Canyon who she is talking about, he has a lot of influence there where he lived and set up a studio where he collaborated with many artists as a producer. I could see him throwing parties and organize some jam sessions with friends often.
    Maybe Lana felt a little bit forsaken.
     
    In NFR :
    "You talk to the walls when the party gets bored of you"
     
    In the Bird World demo version of NFR :
    "Heard you're back in the bar again
    Hangin' out with your stupid friends
    Playing with your guitar again
    But I don't fucking care"
     
    It reminds me of the white mustang music video where the guy, wearing long hair, was producing music or in a party instead of taking care of her, so she left. 
     
    About that, it was said that the video were supposed to be made in first intention for Best American Record. He could be the musician she was talking about, writing his own record with her (she collaborated in his album Rare Birds) :
    "He was seventies in spirit, nineties in his frame of mind"
    The Laurel Canyon scene was at its peak in the 70s, with CSNY for example, who he collaborated with. 
    And suddenly in NFR, Lana namedrops the Eagles, CSNY and Joni Mitchell.
     
    "But you were so obsessed with writing
    The next best American record
    That there was nothing left by the time we got to bed
    Baby, that's a shame
    You were so obsessed with writing
    The next best American record
    You did it all for fame"
    I know this could stand for Barrie, but I never saw him seeking fame.
     
    I think their albums "Rare Birds" and NFR (what about Bird World ?) talk about each other. About the name "Rare Birds", Jonathan said that it stands for two lovers like two unique individuals who met and fell in love.
    There are several songs in Rare Brids that make me feel are about Lana. 
     
    Mulholland queen :
    "You are perched up on the ridge of town"
    "Oh baby, you're so blue and wise"
    "With the babies breath in a crown-like shape"
    "Through your laugh, I can breathe in a childlike air
    With you dear, I'm in awe of a creature rare
    With your tender smile and your pretty little dress
    With your jazz in your heart, you don't need all the rest"
    "From the curves of Bel Air to Topanga Creek
    As we hear what the masters have sang us before
    All the Billie and the Chet and the Pharaoh of yore"
    "Under those big eucalyptus'
    Where your grasses are green
    Where you sway under the heavens
    And your dominion is every...
    Star"
    This last sentence is almost repeated in the poem "La who I am to love you" :
    "With towering eucalyptus trees that sway in my dominion"
    Furthermore, for those who don't know, Lana loves Billie Holiday and Chet Baker.
     
    Loving you :
    "To wake up with you
    Thats all I wanna do
    Billie she was skipping all night
    We didn’t even notice her"
    "A match thats made beyond
    The barricades of space and of time"
    "Oh complex you
    I know just what i will do
    I’ll simply write another verse of you
    A melody to keep you inside"
    "Mostly talent
    Most mystic
    The rest it is magic"
    Nota Bene : Lana is credited on this song (although we don't hear her).
    Also, this song has a "summertime madness" edit version :
     
    There's a Light :
    "There is a garden
    In the expanse of your mind
    The harvest will speak volumes in due time"
    "You are America and you are everyone
    You are the miracle of love
    With all your children at your feet
    You are the ocean from above
    So dear so deep"
     
    Sunset Blvd :
    "There's a cherry on top tonight
    For men who look like jesus tonight
    If you play your cards right
    You can be the the son of god tonight
    You were thin you were undersized for the spring
    You entered your name just as "tight blue jeans"
    In my phone I guess you do this kind of thing"
    I def see her doing this
     
    Living with myself (ft. Lana) :
    "The lies, I start to believe them"
    Lana in Bare feet on linoleum :
    "and the lies, they
    started to believe them"
     
    Hard to get over :
    "The way you make love
    Makes me see my funeral
    On my wedding day
    The way you’re daddy’s girl
    I’ve watched the reel
    I still don’t believe it"
     
    Otherwise, I think he is the John in How to disappear :
    "John met me down on the boulevard
    Cried on his shoulder 'cause life is hard"
     
    For the timeline we know they dated in 2016, and maybe in 2017 (we have pics of Lana attending a Pink Floyd show on june 2017 in which Jonathan Wilson toured as a guitarist). 
     
    Maybe all this is too far fetched, but I really thinks he had a big impact on her, and on her art.
    This is my interpretation that I had in mind since a long time, and of course I could be totally wrong.
  9. Unidentified Major Tom liked a post in a topic by Elle in Lana at Tin Nails Spa in Metairie, LA - February 22nd, 2025   
    Yesterday, Lana Del Rey had her nails done at Tin Nails Spa in Metairie, Louisiana.
  10. Unidentified Major Tom liked a post in a topic by Gabo in LDR10 - Pre-Pre-Release Thread   
    Angel Olsen is a clear example that you can make really beautiful acoustic music.
     
     
     
  11. Unidentified Major Tom liked a post in a topic by Embach in The Weeknd and Lana Del Rey - "THE ABYSS" - OUT NOW!   
    The song is really beautiful, I loved the layers of this production. It's this dreamy dark electrowave sound which I really love and I'm so glad that we got to finally hear Lana in one those productions. 
     
    We can definitely expect amazing vocals from her collaborations with The Weeknd, in the end it literally felt like a space alien sang when she was belting in the outro which was also the same reaction I had when I listened to Stargirl for the first time. 
     
    While I'm very grateful that we got the collaboration with Abel, I am bit sad that she was only in the outro like in Party Monster because not gonna lie I expected a full verse like in Stargirl or Prisoner. But I guess it was Lana's choice, like it was with Snow On The Beach. Maybe we'll get The Abyss feat. More Lana Del Rey but a delulu can dream.
     
    I loved the Azealia Banks Twitter beef reference with the "threat not a promise" line.
     
    My favorite collaboration of theirs still is Stargirl, I'll never forget the euphoric feeling of it while listening for the first time. But I did like the new song more than Party Monster or the Money Power Glory remix.
     
    But I also think that the song is one of the best ones from his new album, the whole track felt like a song installed from the future because damn, I loved the dreamy synthwave layers, it was so crystal clear and immaculate. Both of their vocals were stunning as well, I loved that so much, sometimes it felt like the vocals melted into each other which reminded me of Lust For Life. I really need a dark wave electronica album from Lana. She would kill it one hundred percent.
  12. Unidentified Major Tom liked a post in a topic by Crys10 in The Weeknd and Lana Del Rey - "THE ABYSS" - OUT NOW!   
    Sorry I tried, not sure if it works

  13. Unidentified Major Tom liked a post in a topic by DontMakeMeSayItAgain in The Weeknd and Lana Del Rey - "THE ABYSS" - OUT NOW!   
    It’s a threat not a promise title of LDR10
     

  14. Unidentified Major Tom liked a post in a topic by Elle in The Weeknd and Lana Del Rey - "THE ABYSS" - OUT NOW!   
    Her vocals are STUNNING!!  Just like in Stargirl, Lana didn't hold back in reaching those hypnotic, super high notes that she executes so well. I loveeee this sound from her, and he seems to bring it out in her on his projects. Would luvvv more of this sound on her own projects, but this is a tasty lil treat for now x
     
     
     
    I also made a lyric thread for the song if anyone would like to read, do an analysis, or make correction suggestions:
     
  15. honeymoon is alive liked a post in a topic by Unidentified Major Tom in LANALYSIS: Relating Songs To Known/Assumed Relationships   
    I don't really know and I have no concrete evidence, but I still think the song NFR is about Jonathan Wilson, and maybe other songs of the album, and also some poems of Violet.
     
    It is a long post, sorry about that.
     
    From L.A. mag :
    https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/how-jonathan-wilson-accidentally-rebooted-the-laurel-canyon-music-scene/
    "he is first and foremost known for revitalizing the Laurel Canyon music scene, the neighborhood that was home to Joni Mitchell"
     
    I think he is the resident Laurel Canyon who she is talking about, he has a lot of influence there where he lived and set up a studio where he collaborated with many artists as a producer. I could see him throwing parties and organize some jam sessions with friends often.
    Maybe Lana felt a little bit forsaken.
     
    In NFR :
    "You talk to the walls when the party gets bored of you"
     
    In the Bird World demo version of NFR :
    "Heard you're back in the bar again
    Hangin' out with your stupid friends
    Playing with your guitar again
    But I don't fucking care"
     
    It reminds me of the white mustang music video where the guy, wearing long hair, was producing music or in a party instead of taking care of her, so she left. 
     
    About that, it was said that the video were supposed to be made in first intention for Best American Record. He could be the musician she was talking about, writing his own record with her (she collaborated in his album Rare Birds) :
    "He was seventies in spirit, nineties in his frame of mind"
    The Laurel Canyon scene was at its peak in the 70s, with CSNY for example, who he collaborated with. 
    And suddenly in NFR, Lana namedrops the Eagles, CSNY and Joni Mitchell.
     
    "But you were so obsessed with writing
    The next best American record
    That there was nothing left by the time we got to bed
    Baby, that's a shame
    You were so obsessed with writing
    The next best American record
    You did it all for fame"
    I know this could stand for Barrie, but I never saw him seeking fame.
     
    I think their albums "Rare Birds" and NFR (what about Bird World ?) talk about each other. About the name "Rare Birds", Jonathan said that it stands for two lovers like two unique individuals who met and fell in love.
    There are several songs in Rare Brids that make me feel are about Lana. 
     
    Mulholland queen :
    "You are perched up on the ridge of town"
    "Oh baby, you're so blue and wise"
    "With the babies breath in a crown-like shape"
    "Through your laugh, I can breathe in a childlike air
    With you dear, I'm in awe of a creature rare
    With your tender smile and your pretty little dress
    With your jazz in your heart, you don't need all the rest"
    "From the curves of Bel Air to Topanga Creek
    As we hear what the masters have sang us before
    All the Billie and the Chet and the Pharaoh of yore"
    "Under those big eucalyptus'
    Where your grasses are green
    Where you sway under the heavens
    And your dominion is every...
    Star"
    This last sentence is almost repeated in the poem "La who I am to love you" :
    "With towering eucalyptus trees that sway in my dominion"
    Furthermore, for those who don't know, Lana loves Billie Holiday and Chet Baker.
     
    Loving you :
    "To wake up with you
    Thats all I wanna do
    Billie she was skipping all night
    We didn’t even notice her"
    "A match thats made beyond
    The barricades of space and of time"
    "Oh complex you
    I know just what i will do
    I’ll simply write another verse of you
    A melody to keep you inside"
    "Mostly talent
    Most mystic
    The rest it is magic"
    Nota Bene : Lana is credited on this song (although we don't hear her).
    Also, this song has a "summertime madness" edit version :
     
    There's a Light :
    "There is a garden
    In the expanse of your mind
    The harvest will speak volumes in due time"
    "You are America and you are everyone
    You are the miracle of love
    With all your children at your feet
    You are the ocean from above
    So dear so deep"
     
    Sunset Blvd :
    "There's a cherry on top tonight
    For men who look like jesus tonight
    If you play your cards right
    You can be the the son of god tonight
    You were thin you were undersized for the spring
    You entered your name just as "tight blue jeans"
    In my phone I guess you do this kind of thing"
    I def see her doing this
     
    Living with myself (ft. Lana) :
    "The lies, I start to believe them"
    Lana in Bare feet on linoleum :
    "and the lies, they
    started to believe them"
     
    Hard to get over :
    "The way you make love
    Makes me see my funeral
    On my wedding day
    The way you’re daddy’s girl
    I’ve watched the reel
    I still don’t believe it"
     
    Otherwise, I think he is the John in How to disappear :
    "John met me down on the boulevard
    Cried on his shoulder 'cause life is hard"
     
    For the timeline we know they dated in 2016, and maybe in 2017 (we have pics of Lana attending a Pink Floyd show on june 2017 in which Jonathan Wilson toured as a guitarist). 
     
    Maybe all this is too far fetched, but I really thinks he had a big impact on her, and on her art.
    This is my interpretation that I had in mind since a long time, and of course I could be totally wrong.
  16. Embach liked a post in a topic by Unidentified Major Tom in Favourite Lana Songs   
    Blue Jeans
    Off to the races
    Brooklyn Baby
    West Coast
    Salvatore
    Venice Bitch
    Yosemite
    A&W
    Fingertips
  17. Embach liked a post in a topic by Unidentified Major Tom in Album Artwork Mostly Lana.   
    It looks like a vintage 45 rpm vinyl cover. Love this effect
  18. Unidentified Major Tom liked a post in a topic by Pantene123 in LDR10 - Pre-Pre-Release Thread   
    But I might be wrong and she have something completely new planned.
    I hope…
  19. Unidentified Major Tom liked a post in a topic by Pantene123 in LDR10 - Pre-Pre-Release Thread   
    I’m still going with “sirens álbum with high budget”
  20. Unidentified Major Tom liked a post in a topic by Pantene123 in LDR10 - Pre-Pre-Release Thread   
    Secret project is just music related.
    haven’t heard anything upbeat for the album 
  21. Unidentified Major Tom liked a post in a topic by Nobody in LDR10 - Pre-Pre-Release Thread   
    bird world 
  22. Unidentified Major Tom liked a post in a topic by Pantene123 in LDR10 - Pre-Pre-Release Thread   
    There’s nothing to reveal rn… Henry as a single doesn’t even make sense.
    it’s like choosing change as LFL lead
  23. Unidentified Major Tom liked a post in a topic by Jeanne Dielman in LDR10 - Pre-Pre-Release Thread   
    Drew also worked with Angel Olsen and Mitski on their latest albums, which have strong country and folk elements. And, yes, his work with Father John Misty on his latest album is extremely impressive, and I'm a big fan of his arrangements and production on the Ocean Blvd tracks. 
     
    Let The Light In is the type of laid-back lyrically straight-forward/simple and melodically rich track that might be an indication of Drew's work on The right person will stay, given that we aren't getting super wordy songs like Fingertips (or even Arcadia, a poem that turned into a song) this time around. 
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