Lana Del Rey

it's almost like we can't let ppl be one hit wonders anymore. bands used to get savaged by the critics, get no chart placement, then slink off to die peacefully. now there are flash mobs with p1tchf0rks.

original discoverer of del rey speaks

http://read.mtvhive.com/2012/01/30/lana-del-rey-first-album-5-points-records-interview

― lag∞n, Tuesday, January 31, 2012 9:04 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

btw “Here’s somebody with the outer manifestation of Marilyn Monroe with the inner manifestation of Leonard Cohen.”

boner city amirite

~the perfect woman~

BAD

http://www.cup.columbia.edu/media/4527/monroe-blog-2.gif

:)

http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-02-01/music/lana-del-rey-just-wants-to-be-loved/

i'm like a regular LDR clipping service.

Reading that Nichtern interview reminded me that LDR made the same mistake with this debut rollout that Little Boots did. Pop is about illusion, and frankly demystifying the process by talking about your publicists and managers, or allowing them to speak about the mechanics of the rollout, is a huge turn off. It encourages your listeners to think about artifice, when it should be transparent to all but the most curious.

omg that Tamlins version of Baltimore is so fucking awesome

although you posted a terrible quality version, this is better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo4svHZfnG4&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zrvD-o8cII
OH HEY, so she's relevant again with this embarrassing SNL performance.

oh hey

http://www.fredberryjr.com/uploads/Rerun.jpg

serious question but are there any women in this thread (judging by the "it's not so bad" reaction to that vile sexist junod piece -- beyonce and ke$ha and rihanna's moms sure are going to be bummed they gave their daughters "stripper names"! -- i'm going to guess "no")

Reading that Nichtern interview reminded me that LDR made the same mistake with this debut rollout that Little Boots did. Pop is about illusion, and frankly demystifying the process by talking about your publicists and managers, or allowing them to speak about the mechanics of the rollout, is a huge turn off. It encourages your listeners to think about artifice, when it should be transparent to all but the most curious.

― Plato’s The Cave In Claymation (Sanpaku), Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:34 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well, calling attention to the artifice is one of LDR's most interesting moves, so i'm not sure that "mistake" is really the right word. ill-advised maybe?

anyway, i love how well the blank-slate cover shot shorthands the narrative POV. what is it that you would like this image to mean?

superpussy

^^^

serious question but are there any women in this thread

i've posted to this thread a fair bit.

and my stance, especially after hearing the full album, is "not quite a cheerleader, but not virulently anti-lana at all"

okay! (i am so behind on ilx handles, so many apologies. but really that junod piece just stunk. "wives." what the fuck is up with anonymized "wives" being the new straw woman for shitty writers talking about music?)

heard this tonight at Other Music of all places, while I was shopping (beforehand the clerks were arguing about whether it should be put on)

Video Games is still pretty great

Off to the Races ... holy cow, really the worst ... just like, my jaw was dropping

the rest, somewhere in between?

I kinda "get it" overall but any nods at hip-hop in this music are an automatic deal-breaker for me

nicole posted here too, maybe? its a long one. i ain't checking. really not too many women left on ilm at all.

i used to post on ilm a lot more, now i only have a couple of pet threads i check in on. (this is jbr, for maura and other old-schoolers who've lost track of handles)

my real name is luna btw

luna del rey

just rewatched that snl youtube and wow her arms really were awkward, but it reminded me that the foster the people guy arguably had even worse stage presence than her on snl last year

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s320x320/427091_596494313883_43201281_32191501_217756085_n.jpg

just wanted to say I really loved maura's LDR piece in the Village Voice

I've only heard the first two singles. I've heard way, way worse. I mean, people are on LDR like she's Casey Anthony or something. really? Not worth the exertion.

I'm a woman but I re-joined ILX after my account was mysteriously deleted. (Also 'superpussy' is an Albini reference--not rly sure why my username merited repetition/did I do something wrong/n00b anxiety :C )

just wanted to say I really loved maura's LDR piece in the Village Voice

― Dan S, Tuesday, January 31, 2012 9:19 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

o hell yeah. best LDR piece i've yet read. smart, incisive, and packed with great lines. sharp as hell tho:

chronicled by every website worth its Google PageRank

self-consciously hip restaurant-lounges that opened in 2000 and remain in business because of the insane markup on bottle-service liquor

what makes Del Rey and her pals "girls" are the men (man boys, really) who act as a mirror for their collective femininity

a withering look that's either an invitation to a staring contest or an air of utter boredom at being watched again

maybe shining a harsh light on the ridiculousness of seduction — and its often-frustrating payoff when it does work — is part of the point

an album with the timeless pop question "Is that all there is?" lurking, obviously and ominously, behind its every moan and underneath each reheated Sneaker Pimps beat

i mean damn...

superpussy

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b74tWCXZRas/Tf3rJQBOvtI/AAAAAAAAAMU/PW-n8SLCC7M/s1600/rorschach.jpg

I'm a woman but I re-joined ILX after my account was mysteriously deleted. (Also 'superpussy' is an Albini reference--not rly sure why my username merited repetition/did I do something wrong/n00b anxiety :C )

― superpussy

hi

i posted that as a general rorscach test but oh my god now that i look at it it's like a horrible depiction of rape sorry.

when blots go wrong

hmmm i dont see it, must just be you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEN6vsEzw5g&feature=player_embedded

i finally understand

um, er, no relationship between my response to MJ's excellent VV piece and the post that follows. yikes.

:)

When I read the Maura Johnston review and she writes the line "Is That All There Is?" suddenly Cristina from Ze Records popped in my mind. Could it be said that Cristina and Lana Del Rey have some musical attributes in common: The ambivalence; the affected voice; the I come from a rich background but there is more to me than this pretty face. Also the inability to perform. There is virtually no live performances of Cristina and she later on has a medical problem preventing her to go out to the real world. But Lana obv doesn't have an excuse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AybvLztacFM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1lqi29BVXE

And yes I'm up late because I can't sleep due to starting a new job this morning.

Short, depressed-sounding Rolling Stone interview:

"People don't have anything nice to say about this project. I'm sure that's why you're writing about it."

Well, she's otm there. It is why so many media are writing about it tbh

"I thought I looked beautiful and sang fine."

that's a weird way to put it.

just rewatched that snl youtube and wow her arms really were awkward, but it reminded me that the foster the people guy arguably had even worse stage presence than her on snl last year

― lana del rey: everythang's workin' (some dude), Tuesday, January 31, 2012 11:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha yes both of these performances made me feel so embarrassed for them, hard to watch