A bit less an imposter, but this bit of Brill building pop is definitely hitting some LDR buttons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbwDlzSTotY#!
The band's the google- and ILX-search proof Elephant (#11 of 16 artists with the same name, according to discogs). They last graced us with the EP Assembly in 2011.
― Me So Hormetic (Sanpaku), Thursday, 2 May 2013 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
iirc they sounded nothing like this in 2011, so...can we officially call them bandwagoneers?
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 2 May 2013 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
Not a huge fan of her stuff but I'm enjoying the new track, the one from the Gatsby soundtrack monster.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 10 May 2013 10:22 (ten years ago) link
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lana-del-reys-muse-is-very-fickle-20131022
odd way of saying "I suddenly realized I can't really sing"
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Tuesday, 22 October 2013 21:19 (ten years ago) link
"i'm hoping those songs people wrote for me will get me noticed enough to get involved with hollywood"
― illegalblues, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 22:06 (ten years ago) link
haha
she did basically make a second (third) album, but it got classified as an EP (Paradise) and tacked onto Born to Die in a reissue (had the boring blue velvet cover on it).
― akm, Thursday, 24 October 2013 01:52 (ten years ago) link
pretty funny that this generic-edm-in-every-way remix of "summertime sadness" became a huge hit this year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akhmS1D2Ce4
song's strong enough that it's just funny, really
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 November 2013 12:46 (ten years ago) link
and weirdly "summertime sadness" isn't a bad song to recast as a banger, though the toyboy & robin mix is probably how it should be done
https://soundcloud.com/toyboyrobin/summertime-sadness-toyboy-2
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 November 2013 12:47 (ten years ago) link
have you not heard the mk mixes!
i seem to be looking back more and more fondly on lana as time goes by generally
― r|t|c, Thursday, 28 November 2013 13:46 (ten years ago) link
lil silva did a boss mix of 'born to die' as well at the time iirc
she does small weird things with her voice that lend themselves quite well to disembodiment, plus dolour on the dancefloor is always a goer
― r|t|c, Thursday, 28 November 2013 13:54 (ten years ago) link
Hmm... the Toyboy & Robin mix of Summertime Sadness beats out the MK one imo, but only just.
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 28 November 2013 14:23 (ten years ago) link
tbf it's probably not even top 10 for mk this year so yeah may as well throw the upstarts a bone
― r|t|c, Thursday, 28 November 2013 14:29 (ten years ago) link
#1 is the fcl, right?
i dunno maybe i haven't heard the right ones but a lot of mk's remixes this year i've expected to be mindblowing and they weren't
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 November 2013 15:26 (ten years ago) link
i don't really do #1s, they imprison my astrology
― r|t|c, Thursday, 28 November 2013 16:11 (ten years ago) link
that cedric remix of SS was one of the most bafflingly ugly things to happen to the weird world of LDR, not my bag at all but the mainstream club kids love it. (timely revive for this thread as last month we were been commissioned to do a new remix for her upcoming film, her voice is a dream to work with as a producer)
― NI, Thursday, 28 November 2013 16:36 (ten years ago) link
covering "once upon a dream" for disney:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ44x0GnKh4
trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihgvGPlSkXE
― CANONICAL artists, etc., etc. (contenderizer), Thursday, 13 February 2014 12:39 (ten years ago) link
The you/too/blue/true/flue/moo/grue grates but otherwise it's absolutely gorgeous
― classic albums live! (Ówen P.), Saturday, August 6, 2011 8:20 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Although of course I would've totally fallen for a "You just might be eaten by a grue"
― classic albums live! (Ówen P.), Saturday, August 6, 2011 8:22 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― how's life, Thursday, 13 February 2014 13:21 (ten years ago) link
myself and NI's remix for Gods And Monsters is here if anyone fancies a listen. it's currently in the 'Hype Machine' Top 5 chart of the most liked/blogged remixes in the worldso we're pretty chipper about it.
http://hypem.com/popular/remix
― piscesx, Wednesday, 26 March 2014 02:13 (ten years ago) link
Went platinum this week.
― That's So (Eazy), Sunday, 30 March 2014 20:55 (ten years ago) link
shit. i wouldn't have guessed that honestly.
― markers, Sunday, 30 March 2014 20:57 (ten years ago) link
i like her.
everyone's done hating on her now, right?
I still listen to the album a fair amount. the production is over the top and annoying at times but that's the worst I can say about it. I'm sure she's still a bad performer.
― akm, Sunday, 30 March 2014 22:52 (ten years ago) link
all the current unreleased things are awfully good (black beauty, angels forever)
― akm, Sunday, 30 March 2014 23:02 (ten years ago) link
Haven't really paid attention to any of the leaks but I still enjoy the album a lot. Played it last month and enjoyed it a lot.
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 30 March 2014 23:10 (ten years ago) link
She's one of the most scrobbled artists in lastfm right now.
http://www.last.fm/music
― Moka, Sunday, 30 March 2014 23:14 (ten years ago) link
Like p much everyone she ws amazing on Letterman when I saw her, that ws ages ago tho
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Sunday, 30 March 2014 23:22 (ten years ago) link
I just watched an audience youtube of her doing summertime sadness in germany in december too and she was really good (even if her mic cut out and she made the band stop). but it still seems like all anyone remembers is the SNL appearance
― akm, Sunday, 30 March 2014 23:24 (ten years ago) link
NOPE
― Wahaca Flocka Flame (DJP), Sunday, 30 March 2014 23:31 (ten years ago) link
the letterman performance is perfect, and only came a week or so after the SNL one. one wonders what would have happened if things had been the other way around
I expect a new single should be unveiled in the next few weeks.
― all is fair in love and womp (monotony), Sunday, 30 March 2014 23:56 (ten years ago) link
I really like this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3SqUUoJjW8
― Simon H., Monday, 14 April 2014 18:24 (ten years ago) link
I scoffed and then listened to it 10 times in a row and I'm trying really hard to hate this thing. Which is my general reaction to Lana Del Rey.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 14 April 2014 19:02 (ten years ago) link
Really like that. It reminds me of Pure Shores by All Saints in the chorus.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 14 April 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link
yup. even has william orbit type bubbling synths.
― mark e, Monday, 14 April 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link
weird because so far i'm not into it, and i like her
― markers, Monday, 14 April 2014 19:28 (ten years ago) link
Nothing about her music ever grabs me and this song is no different in that regard. Hit replay 3 times and I couldn't even hum a bit of the melody at you if asked right now.
― Greer, Monday, 14 April 2014 20:27 (ten years ago) link
nice song, boring video.
― mark e, Monday, 14 April 2014 20:29 (ten years ago) link
Sounds like three different songs playing at the same time (one of them being Edge of Seventeen and another some late 90's Tori Amos deep cut)
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 14 April 2014 20:33 (ten years ago) link
I like the verse parts and I like the chorus, but I don't like how they were jammed together.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 April 2014 20:51 (ten years ago) link
"nice song, boring video"
it's not an actual video, it's like 30 seconds looped over and over, or did you not realize?
― akm, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 04:24 (ten years ago) link
lol
nice song, chorus especially
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 09:26 (ten years ago) link
i swear i've heard the chorus before somewhere??
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 09:28 (ten years ago) link
song's not awful but i feel like she's just about the most formulaic, predictable pop star out there right now - this is certainly resting on her laurels a bit
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 09:29 (ten years ago) link
re video : haha. actually i didn't watch it that closely to notice. put the window in the background and kept looking from time to time to see if it had changed.
― mark e, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 10:25 (ten years ago) link
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― piscesx, Thursday, 8 May 2014 17:05 (nine years ago) link
still no sign of a proper release for Driving In Cars With Boys i see.
― piscesx, Thursday, 8 May 2014 17:06 (nine years ago) link
She wrote a song called "Guns and Roses"? Gee, I wonder who that's about.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 8 May 2014 17:06 (nine years ago) link
ilx pre-covers
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 8 May 2014 17:08 (nine years ago) link
SAD GIRL
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 8 May 2014 17:08 (nine years ago) link
pretty amazing how much staying power the remix of "Summertime Sadness" has had. I still hear it a lot.
― skip, Thursday, 8 May 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link
so hyped for this
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 8 May 2014 18:36 (nine years ago) link