hasn't made a bad track yet bless her
Hmm, this opinion of her recorded material to date perplexes me. Outside of 'Video Games,' every track seems like a half-baked idea or formless demo to me.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
we were drunk the other night, and we listened to a few besides "video games" and i was like, this is good.
thought it might not be the case, but it was, at least at the time.
― surm, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
JF otm
― iatee, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
Dunno, it all seems so empty. I like the first minute of Video Games ok but it keeps going on and I don't know why.
― questino (seandalai), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
What scares me is I liked VG and Blue Jeans but if she's going to continue solely in this vein of breathless young sexy siren pining away/smitten, the ridiculousness will overwhelm any other merit and I'll get bored.
― Do you know what the secret of comity is? (Michael White), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
i don't find it ridiculous, i find it pays homage to something, and i find any emptiness directed at the point of her sound
― surm, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
not that it matters what i think, but i find her v boring because breathless young sexy siren pining away/smitten doesn't really speak to me or my interests as a music listener. she's like fake naughty zooey deschanel.
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
it totes matters!
― surm, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
She was shite on Jonathan Ross.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
case closed
― questino (seandalai), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
i feel like any kind of consistent aesthetic is going to have difficulties when it runs up against jonathan ross tbh
― thomp, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
i like video games & born to die & will check out the lp
― markers, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
i'm a sucker for her betty-boop squeals in "off to the races"
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
I'm assuming that "National Anthem" isn't a Radiohead cover or else the internet would've already imploded.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i thought it might be at first but i don't think it is
― markers, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
jinx!
― surm, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
I'd never heard (of) "Video Games" until I saw Tim F's list last week---I only kinda graze ILX & don't really read anything else online about music---& have been listening to it p obsessively since then, over & over again. I don't know what that "means" but it's a beguiling song. I don't feel much pull to dig any deeper into her work at this point, though---life's busy, & one terrific song is enough.
― Euler, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
It's all been downhill from Video Games tbh
― I certainly wouldn't have, but hey. (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
i can't listen to it that much bc it makes me cry
― surm, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
@ Euler, that obsessive listening to Video Games is something most people seem to experience. The songs after that though, eh, not so much.
what would happen if jared leto and lana del rey were in a room togetherthink about all of the sexy dullness that would fill that room
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
this is kind of over-thought and obvious at the same time but i enjoyed reading it:
http://pitchfork.com/features/resonant-frequency/8713-this-is-me-music-making-as-re-blog/
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
i heard video games on the radio the other day for the first time and it kind of floored me enough to stick on the station and find out who it was; that never happens anymore.
that born to die video is great. even though she kind of has evan rachel wood crazy eyes.
― akm, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 06:17 (twelve years ago) link
born to die video is p cool except for tattoo guy making me want to barf
― ⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 06:28 (twelve years ago) link
Saw a photo of her yesterday and her lips often really freak me out. Every time I see her doing a shakey version of VG it seems like she's trying her best not to open her mouth too much because she's just got an injection or something.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.buzzfeed.com/causticcamp/20-pictures-of-lana-del-reys-lips-pjy
― ⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/xxzMm.png
― ⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
national anthem co-written by david sneddon!
― glumdalclitch, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/checkthis.com/asset/4eef74c2fc52b2000100010d/4eef74c2fc52b2000100010d-medium.jpg?1324315841
― flopson, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
sneddon's music production team is called "the nexus"? wonder what *that's* ripping off.
― my copy has boobs (get bent), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
She seems like a nice lady:
http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/?p=200822
― polyphonic, Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
She comes across as far more endearing in the videos than vampy. Interesting.
― Do you know what the secret of comity is? (Michael White), Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
Her face is disturbing.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
Agree that she "seems nice" though. I like her more now that I've heard her accent.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
i heard video games on the radio the other day for the first time
What kind of station was it? i.e., is she actually getting commercial airplay?
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
it's apparently on the pop charts in a whole bunch of countries, although in America it's only been on a singles sales chart so far.
finally heard this stupid song when MTV2 started playing the video -- lol @ gr8080's fav facial reconstruction surgery casualty having a cameo
― some dude, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
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― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
What kind of station was it? i.e., is she actually getting commercial airplay?― Bon Ivoj (jaymc),
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc),
radio 2. the uk's most listened to radio station + the prime minister is a fan
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
MTV-U plays this thing constantly... I fall asleep to that channel sometimes, and my cable box "times out" after 6-7 hours or so and freezes on an image (I'm guessing that happens often with channels that aren't viewed as often within a given node)...
So the moral of the story is, a few weeks ago I woke up to a frozen image of this chick on my TV and it weirded me out
― billstevejim, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
you kids and your terms for boners
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
she's like fake naughty zooey deschanel.
see, I am interested in this because I wish zooey's public persona was all an elaborate act and would find her more intriguing if I felt that was the case
like she goes home and just orders pizza from dominos and listens to old Tool albums or something when she's out of the public eye
I'm putty emphasis on:fake "naughty zooey deschanel"
If you meant it as "fake naughty" zooey deschanelthen I am not with you
― mh, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
fake, naughty, zooey, deschanel, music
― goole, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
it was KFOG in the bay area, which is 'classic rock', oddly enough.
― akm, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
kcrw (l.a.'s npr station; pretty influential in yuppie circles) has been playing "video games." not constantly, but it is getting airplay.
― my copy has boobs (get bent), Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
"classic rock" isn't a good descriptor for KFOG. They do "adult album alternative, an eclectic variety of blues, reggae, folk, pop, and rock music from the mid-1960s to the present" ... meaning that it an easy listening station imo
― polyphonic, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
If you meant it as"fake naughty" zooey deschanelthen I am not with you
i'm not really sure how i meant it, but your analysis is interestingthey both have "endearing" qualities and have been described as such (and reviled for it, too), and honestly i don't even really know what that means when people say it
― La Lechera, Thursday, 12 January 2012 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
I kind of like the couple Lana Del Rey songs I've heard in a way
I will openly admit to have never heard a full Zooey song, or if I have heard one, I have not realized it was her.
― mh, Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
blue jeans is good too. very kate bush in delivery if not content. my wife predictably hates all of these songs.
― akm, Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
those vh1 clips are very endearing
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:25 (twelve years ago) link