Whats your favourite version of a lana song

[taylorswift03]

im curious we talk alot about the songs themselves but never the versions

[plastiscguy]

Like demos, remixes, covers, live versions...?

[taylorswift03]

Just now, plastiscguy said:

Like demos, remixes, covers, live versions...?

yeah

[The Siren]

a lot of people (me included) like Lolita, demo 2 (3:51) 

otherwise, i prefer these versions

Trash Magic, ver 3

Butterflies, ver 2

Freak Like Me (Freak demo)

Blackest of Days (The Blackest Day demo)

Yes to Heaven, ver 4/demo 4?

Serene Queen (5:07)

Lust for Life, demo 2

Architecture (The Next Best American Record demo)

Thunder, mix 4/demo

Kinda Outta Luck, alt mix (3:13)

Hit it & Run, demo/pop mix (3:06)

Gramma, mix 3 (4:04)

 

edit - at times, i prefer Criminals Run the World to Hit it & Run sometimes. i wish it was finished tho  

[dollanganger]

brite lites steven mertens demo  & idk if this is already a popular opinion but the driving in cars with boys demo will always be superior. also go go dancer version two. it just feels right

[The Siren]

1 minute ago, dollanganger said:

brite lites steven mertens demo  & idk if this is already a popular opinion but the driving in cars with boys demo will always be superior. also go go dancer version two. it just feels right

the 3:46 version? the other one (3:44) is the demo version, no?

[taylorswift03]

Just now, dollanganger said:

brite lites steven mertens demo  & idk if this is already a popular opinion but the driving in cars with boys demo will always be superior. also go go dancer version two. it just feels right

your correct driving in cars with boys demo is superior

 

3 minutes ago, The Siren said:

a lot of people (me included) like Lolita, demo 2 (3:51) 

otherwise, i prefer these versions

Trash Magic, ver 3

Butterflies, ver 2

Freak Like Me (Freak demo)

Blackest of Days (The Blackest Day demo)

Yes to Heaven, ver 4/demo 4?

Serene Queen (5: 07)

Lust for Life, demo 2

Architecture (The Next Best American Record demo)

Thunder, mix 4/demo

Kinda Outta Luck, alt mix (3:13)

Hit it & Run, demo/pop mix (3:06)

Gramma, mix 3 (4:04)

is demo 2 the dan grech demo mix?

[The Siren]

5 minutes ago, ahsokaswift61 said:

your correct driving in cars with boys demo is superior

 

is demo 2 the dan grech demo mix?

for lolita? idk the producer, its not in my metadata

 

edit - the dan grech demo is ver 4 https://lanadelrey.fandom.com/wiki/Lolita_(song)#Official_versions

Edited October 1, 2022 by The Siren

[Ultra Violet]

I've never heard anyone else say they like Yes to Heaven Version 1 the most, but i do. I love how soft it is, and any version without the harpsichord sound just cant be peak YTH imo. 

The others are all still beautiful, 10/10 songs. 

 

Ive tried to pick between all the demos of BTD, Lolita and TIWMUG, but for those i cant. Theyre all so cool.

[taylorswift03]

10 minutes ago, The Siren said:

for lolita? idk the producer, its not in my metadata

oh ok. i personally like the demo that the guitar is kinda off key the best

 

edit- but i made one where i took the dan grech vocals over top of that ones instrumental i flitered

[dollanganger]

17 minutes ago, The Siren said:

the 3:46 version? the other one (3:44) is the demo version, no?

yah the 3:46 one. i dont have either of them labeled as demos its just vers 1 & 2 idk?

[The Siren]

3 minutes ago, dollanganger said:

yah the 3:46 one. i dont have either of them labeled as demos its just vers 1 & 2 idk?

yeah thats how one of the masterposts had them. i keep things as a "demo #" and the final version is just the song title

9 minutes ago, ahsokaswift61 said:

oh ok. i personally like the demo that the guitar is kinda off key the best

 

edit- but i made one where i took the dan grech vocals over top of that ones instrumental i flitered

 

19 minutes ago, The Siren said:

 

edit - the dan grech demo is ver 4 https://lanadelrey.fandom.com/wiki/Lolita_(song)#Official_versions

 

[Blue Ink]

AKA

For K Pt.2 demo

Mermaid Motel demo is equal to album version, love the bridge and ending

 

BTD / P

Diet Mtn Dew demo Lana uploaded to Youtube

Lolita demo 1 

TIWMUG demo 2

Yayo a.k.a version

 

HM

I just wish Freak had its original bridge

 

LFL

Lust for Life demo 1

Not really a "version" but I loved the video Lana uploaded to instagram where she sings Coachella - Woodstock in my mind acapella and that's why I think it'd be better as an acoustic guitar track

Beautiful People demo

 

NFR

Architecture (TNBAR demo)

California demo (probably!)

 

BB

Thunder demo

[lanaismamom]

Unreleased
Hit It & Run (Demo)
Behind Closed Doors (Demo)
I Talk to Jesus (2014 Version)
Angels Forever Forever Angels (Demo)
Driving in Cars with Boys (Demo)

Lana Del Ray A.K.A Lizzy Grant
For K, Pt. 2 (3:35 Demo)

Born to Die
Without You (Demo 1)
Video Games (Unmastered)
This Is What Makes Us Girls (Demo 2)
Summertime Sadness (Alternate Final)

Ultraviolence

Ultraviolence (Demo)

Lust for Life
Lust for Life (Demo 1) (Prefer more over released; even though it seems kinda unfinished, i would have returned to listen to this version much more often than the released one) 

Norman Fucking Rockwell!
The Next Best American Record (2016 Version) (Prefer more over released) 

Blue Banisters
Living Legend (Piano Track Alternate Version)

[lanaismamom]

1 hour ago, BlueINK said:

LFL

Not really a "version" but I loved the video Lana uploaded to instagram where she sings it acapella and that's why I think it'd be better as an acoustic guitar track

what song u was talking about?

 

[Blue Ink]

53 minutes ago, lanaismamom said:

what song u was talking about?

 

Lol omg I'm gonna edit the post. I was talking about Coachella

[bluechemtrails]

National Anthem (demo 1). I like many demos of BTD more than the original songs.

Spoiler

Fun fact: perhaps the only demo version that is also registered

 

[Venice Peach]

I can be here writing all day but off the top of my head:

- Lucky Ones (Demo). The drums really elevate the song and even though I love the album version I prefer the happier vibes the demo gives me.

- Playing Dangeous (The version with the extended outro and extra adlibs)

- LFL (Demo) I almost don't even consider it a version since it's so different from the final one (which is a bop and I love but the demo is more original and Lana-like)

- Yayo (the one with the guitar on the chorus and the high vocals at the end, I think it's an early demo from her pre AKA, EPs era)

- I love both versions of Freak. The bridge on the demo is so good but so is the final one... so I'm conflicted on that one

- The DMD demo with the "hit me my darling tonight" prechorus.

- Mermaid Motel (demo). I like both equally but the demo is so sultry and haunting 

 

[Cherry Blossom]

Mermaid Motel Demo.

[Semafori]

studio versions