Any takers
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 18:50 (two years ago) link
I'm not anybody's mom or anything, but one generic LDR thread seemed to be handling the discussion of this not yet released album just fine, and will do fine after it comes out as well.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 18:55 (two years ago) link
Don't people find those mega-threads unwieldy? The "pitchfork is dumb" thread crashes my browser if I try to expand it. Granted, LDR only has 3000 posts or so, but still, I'm not sure I totally get the anti-proliferation mentality.
― enochroot, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:05 (two years ago) link
I was so bowled over by "Venice Bitch" I didn't properly appreciate the new, down-to-earth Lana on "Mariners Apartment Complex"
They mistook my kindness for weaknessI fucked up, I know that, but JesusCan't a girl just do the best she can?
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:09 (two years ago) link
i also like threads for new albums because it alerts me to something new from an artist i don't care enough about to check their one thread whenever it's updated.
― macropuente (map), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:13 (two years ago) link
The other thread had a lot of hate tbh
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:40 (two years ago) link
this album is terrible
― Mighty Seething Bat (sic), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:53 (two years ago) link
Who hurt u
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:56 (two years ago) link
If the consensus is to shut it down, Ok
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:59 (two years ago) link
i like the deluxe version with all the tracks in reverse order that costs twice as much and came out a year later
― akm, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:59 (two years ago) link
i also like the deluxe version of this thread that has all the posts in reverse order and came out in 2025
― akm, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:00 (two years ago) link
album of the year
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, September 19, 2018 8:55 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yes. I don't see why we need a new thread suddenly just because she has a new album. The beauty of the Lana thread was that it occurred and flowed just like her career, following her twists and turns. I don't get the need for a new thread at all.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:02 (two years ago) link
it's a bit nice that the other thread had all the hate, most of which has dwindled because why the fuck would anyone hate lana
― akm, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:03 (two years ago) link
― enochroot, Wednesday, September 19, 2018 9:05 PM (fifty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Either use bookmarks or get a better browser. It's not complicated. If ilx-threads (of all things online) crash your browser, it's you, not ilx.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:03 (two years ago) link
― Ross, Wednesday, September 19, 2018 9:40 PM (twenty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This is such a lame take.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:04 (two years ago) link
Alright, keep it to the other thread. I’m just a nerd
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:04 (two years ago) link
Dude lbi you now.....
Lock thread mod please
et tu, Bateau?
― imago, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:05 (two years ago) link
There was love, there was hate, and now there was love again. a) who cares and reads back to the hate, when b) there is love now?
idgi
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:05 (two years ago) link
Lbi being harsh itt for real
Assuming we all have the same internet plan.
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:05 (two years ago) link
Lbi I don’t even have the internet
Chill on assumptions. I’m out of this thread
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:06 (two years ago) link
No need to talk to Enochroot like that
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:08 (two years ago) link
Ross, <3 u man but this doesn't seem worthy to brawl about. Use a bookmark and the thread won't load all 1000s of messages.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:11 (two years ago) link
Okay cool no sweat
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:12 (two years ago) link
In my defence I created a thread for the new Florence album after ceremonials thread seemed irrelevant. Didn’t know that there are some Ilx rules I didn’t understand about general threads for artists.
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:17 (two years ago) link
― imago, Wednesday, September 19, 2018 10:05 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
https://i.giphy.com/media/9RNapaMXnaZhK/200.gif
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:20 (two years ago) link
Imagine there's only one Radiohead threadI wonder if you cann
― Mark G, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:21 (two years ago) link
If there was only Radiohead thread, then I assume it would be this one:Radiohead LP9 Anticipation, Fangirling and random Cheesecake Thread (Do not read if you hate Radiohead or us)
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:32 (two years ago) link
well, i actually didn't know about bookmarks until just now, so i guess thanks bateau for being a jerk?
(but seriously, expand all the posts on the "pitchfork is dumb" thread, scroll to the bottom, and tell me your browser doesn't crash)
― enochroot, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:37 (two years ago) link
It's a good idea for the album to have a thread after it's been released or there are more tracks to discuss, this thread launch is maybe a bit premature, that's all.
― Zach Same (Tom D.), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:37 (two years ago) link
I'm p sure I wasn't a jerk, Enochroot. It was just a tip. Beyond that, I feel the original Lana thread served all our Lana purposes, and I didn't and don't see the need for anew thread. Also because the original Lana thread tracks her evolution - and ours, reaction to it - so succinctly.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:41 (two years ago) link
album title alone deserves its own thread
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 21:03 (two years ago) link
gay album title imo
― rip van wanko, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 21:08 (two years ago) link
picturing mr roper bangin the dude who sang somebody's watching me
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 21:14 (two years ago) link
Dammit. I was just about to make that same joke.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 21:16 (two years ago) link
― rip van wanko, Wednesday, September 19, 2018
It's not called Get Thee Behind Me, Sailor
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 21:16 (two years ago) link
Except with the guy from Psycho instead of Three's Company.
lmao that she has another (very nice) new one called "How to Disappear" -- she really wants to keep baiting Radiohead huh
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 18:31 (two years ago) link
where'd that slip out to? youtube?
― akm, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 22:11 (two years ago) link
played live at some apple thing
https://youtu.be/m3tkGiOx85k
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 22:21 (two years ago) link
it's a tiresome and rockist observation, but still! seeing artists you like performing and corporate events is just depressing. it being apple she probably got $150k for an afternoon's work and I don't begrudge here
― rip van wanko, Friday, 2 November 2018 18:38 (two years ago) link
oops sorry, "at"/"her"
― rip van wanko, Friday, 2 November 2018 18:39 (two years ago) link
why? take the money and run
― flappy bird, Friday, 2 November 2018 18:43 (two years ago) link
the majority of venues she performs at are owned by corporations, what is the difference?
― flappy bird, Friday, 2 November 2018 18:44 (two years ago) link
audience
― rip van wanko, Friday, 2 November 2018 19:35 (two years ago) link
i feel like this and the 1975 record are never coming out
― Greta Van Fleek (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 November 2018 19:37 (two years ago) link
take the money and run
^^Her next slowcore cover.
― The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 2 November 2018 19:41 (two years ago) link
this has been happening for ages, no? just more commonly recorded/broadcast online now
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Friday, 2 November 2018 20:01 (two years ago) link
No it’s fine. I’m just confused about what kind of art pop this is.
― treeship., Thursday, 17 October 2019 22:44 (one year ago) link
giving this threadbump 5 bags of popcorn and a web browser full of lana del rey interviews
― imago, Thursday, 17 October 2019 22:45 (one year ago) link
It’s just funny watching you go through diving into the record and then getting to the interview and backlash in real time itt
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 17 October 2019 22:47 (one year ago) link
Isn't this what Facebook and Twitter are for?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 October 2019 22:51 (one year ago) link
i mean maybe i'm the only one but i find her statement about persona both objectively falsifiable and completely truthful.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 17 October 2019 22:54 (one year ago) link
Maybe Father John Misty can clear this up!
“There’s something innately false about performance. I wanted to be authentically bogus rather than bogusly authentic.”
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 17 October 2019 22:55 (one year ago) link
Thats good. And yeah, i dont think there is authwnticity on the one hand and “persona” on the other
― treeship., Thursday, 17 October 2019 22:56 (one year ago) link
I'm not going to open up this huge thread to find the answer (because I no longer care what people's opinions are on this album, no disrespect) but I do want to be reminded what Simon H's preferred track order was so that I can try it.
Simon?
― Good taste, bit Victorian but who isn't? (jed_), Friday, 6 December 2019 01:01 (one year ago) link
Off the top of my head it's something like:NFR / Cinnamon Girl / Doin' Time / How to Disappear / Love Song / Fuck it I Love You /Happiness is a Butterfly / Mariners Apartment Complex /Bartender / Venice Bitch / Looking for America / The Greatest / Hope is a dangerous thing...
― Simon H., Friday, 6 December 2019 02:07 (one year ago) link
thanks.
such a badly sequenced record!
― Good taste, bit Victorian but who isn't? (jed_), Friday, 6 December 2019 02:09 (one year ago) link
father john misty was authentically boring as shit when I saw him live
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 6 December 2019 02:16 (one year ago) link
well yeah. he’s got some tunes but they’re all pretty samey
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 6 December 2019 05:46 (one year ago) link
Just unbearable, swanning around onstage like oh this is so post modern ok dude you're wearing sunglasses inside congrats on the half loaf soggy nilsson
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 7 December 2019 15:28 (one year ago) link
the more i listen to this, the better it gets
― treeship., Tuesday, 31 December 2019 14:06 (one year ago) link
her season of the witch cover verges into self parody
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 31 December 2019 15:41 (one year ago) link
her what now
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Tuesday, 31 December 2019 16:20 (one year ago) link
These days whenever I listen to LDR I keep hoping she'll do a Wonder Woman spin and transform into:
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/SomberShockingArkshell-size_restricted.gif
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 31 December 2019 16:25 (one year ago) link
nah, that cover is good
― treeship., Tuesday, 31 December 2019 16:26 (one year ago) link
By "good" do you mean "bad and boring"?
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Tuesday, 31 December 2019 16:27 (one year ago) link
if you don't like Her General Thing, I can't imagine soundtrack loosies are gonna change one's mind
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Tuesday, 31 December 2019 16:40 (one year ago) link
Obligatory: 'but isn't self-parody her whole shtick?'
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 31 December 2019 16:42 (one year ago) link
original is pretty crap too tbrr
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 31 December 2019 20:48 (one year ago) link
did I ever mention I saw her on tour recently? me and my friend, both of us 40ish years old
it was pretty ok? the stage dressing and framing was so-so
― babu frik fan account (mh), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 08:56 (one year ago) link
kinda burnt myself out on this album so I took a long break and it's still great and not in some corny "predicted the 2020 vibe" sorta way. I confess however that I slightly preferred the gonzo "cuts on his face 'cause he fucked too hard" to what I only just realized is the actual lyric, "fought"
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Sunday, 26 July 2020 23:13 (seven months ago) link
Yeah I still love this album. and that song !
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 27 July 2020 04:53 (seven months ago) link
also I thought she was releasing a "spoken word album" but it turns out to be the audiobook version of a poetry collection? for some reason though the concepts are sonically identical, this configuration irks me less
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 05:03 (six months ago) link
wait, sorry, also does this mean pitchfork is going to review an audiobook
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 05:18 (six months ago) link
yo this album is fucking beautiful
― treeship., Monday, 28 September 2020 20:07 (four months ago) link
i spent a long time today looking at the sleeve before playing it on my crosley suitcase player. (need to fix my better turntable). it's a really interesting image--the sky looks painted, with thick brushstrokes, while the rest is a photograph. LA is burning in the background.
― treeship., Monday, 28 September 2020 20:09 (four months ago) link
I'm ashamed to admit that I never looked at it closely enough to see that it was fire and smoke in the background. In my mind I just imagined it to be the orange of a sunset in the background.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 28 September 2020 20:16 (four months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK1YiArMDfg
this might be my favorite track
― treeship., Monday, 28 September 2020 21:41 (four months ago) link
Last year at this time, I took a long drive listening to this for about the dozenth time, and got a strong prophetic feeling about this record being the last glimpse of a crumbling society before a worldwide disaster. Fortunately 2020 has been completely eventless.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 00:05 (four months ago) link
this album manages to take on the idea of america as not just a declining empire, but one that is already over, we're like living in its corpse. somehow the album sustains this big idea. it doesn't collapse under it.
― treeship., Tuesday, 29 September 2020 00:10 (four months ago) link
The culture is lit and if this is it, I had a ballI guess that I'm burned out after allI'm wastedDon't leave, I just need a wake up callI'm facin' the greatestThe greatest loss of them allThe culture is lit and I had a ballI guess that I'm burned out after all
― treeship., Tuesday, 29 September 2020 00:11 (four months ago) link
Bought this a couple of months ago, played it in the car two or three times through. The thing that most struck me was how front-loaded it was--the first three songs were easily the best, I thought.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 03:22 (four months ago) link
last is a doozy tho
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 30 September 2020 13:48 (four months ago) link
new single not so hot :(
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Friday, 16 October 2020 09:04 (four months ago) link
she's kinda descended into self-parody on it :/
― ufo, Friday, 16 October 2020 09:28 (four months ago) link
Yeah, pretty bland.
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 16 October 2020 09:51 (four months ago) link
like the melody is extremely ldr by numbers and there's not really anything else going on
― ufo, Friday, 16 October 2020 09:58 (four months ago) link
Usually she's very good at melodic hooks but... not this time.IT's a weird choice for a single.
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 16 October 2020 10:30 (four months ago) link
it's ok. not really single material.
― akm, Friday, 16 October 2020 23:36 (four months ago) link
MOJO
― piscesx, Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:09 (one week ago) link
.. oops
MOJO piece is really good.
I'll pick up a copy to look at next time I'm passing a newsstand or idling in a bookshop
― stilt in the wings (sic), Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:31 (one week ago) link
oh wait
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:43 (one week ago) link
MOJO NIXON collab is really good.
She's the washboard player he needed ever since Skid Roper left.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:49 (one week ago) link
acc to their review, Weyes Blood sings on the Joni cover.
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:49 (one week ago) link