Lana Del Rey

aye i love disfigurement.

But anyway, we don't have to rehash the youtube comments section here.

The thing that struck me about the three Lizzie Grant songs I heard was how much they sorta harkened back to the early 2000s for me, sonically. I mean, Video Games, the way I'm hearing it now when it's fresh, sort of shimmers out of a timeless ethereal pool. Gramma, Yayo, and Kill Kill just really hit me the way they would have blended in well with what I was listening to back then (a lot of Dan the Automator-type, downtempo/pop shit, basically).

(that opinion being formed from just one listen though - I don't know exactly what I'm getting at with it)

The string arrangement is the secret weapon of Video Games, love it so much.

Does anybody know what the videogame clips in the video are?

Gramma, Yayo, and Kill Kill just really hit me the way they would have blended in well with what I was listening to back then (a lot of Dan the Automator-type, downtempo/pop shit, basically).

― kkvgz, Monday, August 8, 2011 7:54 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark

otm

I'm pretty sure Nancy Sinatra is the gangster Nancy Sinatra.

lol, i thought that when i first read the 'gangster nancy sinatra' thing

I found the album she recorded a couple of years ago under her real name, Lizzy Grant. I'll make it available here tonight when back from work, if people are interested.

Le Bateau Ivre - was this more than just the three songs I mentioned above?

Also want to note that I'm beginning to get a troubling feeling that beyond all the songwriting and vocal tricks and cool collage videos, that I actually like this because I'm some kind of flippin' creepo perv or something.

Yes, nearly 20 songs! No-one responded though and therefore I forgot about... If you're interested I'll hook you up tonight.

far out. I definitely want to hear more of this. thanks!

IDGI. It just sounds like slowed down Mazzy Star with harp samples on it. It's just so... nothingy.

I dunno, maybe I'm not in the right place emotionally to be listening to music like this, but tired, sleep deprived, emotionally completely strung out... no. It's not hitting anything for me right now.

But I don't know that anything could.

kkvgz, and others interested: http://www.mediafire.com/?tx7lgwnd84874z4

thanks lbi! It downloaded fine. I'll have to listen to it tomorrow morning.

grabbed it -- can't wait to listen

no worries, welcome!

I haven't had the chance to listen to all of these, but I think that I can broadly say that I prefer her "Hollywood slowcore"/torch songs to her more upbeat numbers. Those are reminding me at the moment of the Fun Loving Criminals, although I haven't heard that group in 15 years, so...Anyway, every Tarantino soundtrack she has ever listened to shining through. Actually, as I'm writing this, "raise me up" has come on, which seems to temper those influences a little better.

also, feel like the "lolita" song was not a good loook.

see also "little girls". ugh woman, why did you think we needed pedo-rock?

oof this stuff is no good

Perhaps that's why it was pulled? Maybe her material is undergoing a dramatic retooling for modern times.

Yeah it's not good. I too think it's why they pulled it and why she got a different name.

Like, there are a few good songs, but it's mostly a mess. I'll still look forward to whatever comes our way this fall though.

Just how fast is the turnaround time on these things?

http://open.spotify.com/track/6tywoK1qecGu4azvTFMfpz

i'm pretty much okay with her having just one perfect song

but yeah most of the rest of the new tracks are meh - "you can be the boss" put me in mind of ke$ha :/

yeah other than "Video Games" this girl is largely awful

Fun Loving Criminals ref otm

i'm pretty much okay with her having just one perfect song

This, but I'm a little sad because all of the other songs - as bad as most of them are - do have lots of cool little hooks and tricks and melodies buried in them that I would enjoy listening to except for everything else in the song.

"video games" and "diet mtn dew" are great but to me "buffalo wings" and "sportcenter" are the real emotional center of the album

lol

hahahaha

"LANA DEL REY..."
This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Ryland Bouchard.

curious...

o-O

Just found this on Bouchard's facebook:

Ryland Bouchard
I'm sorry to all the fans of Lana Del Rey who are upset that her video was removed from the internet for violating my copyright, but my request to her management was simple...

1) Add an apology to the video description for the unauthorized use 2) A promise that she will try to make a Super 8 video herself in the future with an actual film camera and 3) Credits listed in her youtube video for all the sources in which she violated copyrights (including Disney).

This request was rejected by her manager because it "would draw too much attention" to the fact that the footage was stolen. In any case this issue is resolved and the video has been removed. To watch the original footage from "Good Life #2" released in 2009 feel free to go to the attached YouTube link. I hope everyone is well and enjoying their summer.

All the best,

Ryland Bouchard

I thought those clips were from the Warner Brothers' cartoon Hollywood Steps Out?

't Was a mixed bag, like all her videos. So many fragments of old Hollywood films, Roger Rabbit etc.

Seems silly, she just should have given credit.

i'm pretty much okay with her having just one perfect song

― rameau: first blood (donna rouge), Wednesday, August 10, 2011 11:15 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark

I've been saying the same thing.

Only heard "Videogames" and "Yayo" and tbh it was the latter that gave me a chill (in a good way)

the mazzy star fan in me likes this, but i share everyone's reservations about what's to come.

Luca Montefiori
are there any stems out for a remix of any of your songs, may i humbly ask milady

we recently completed a remix of 'video games'. going through all the separate parts makes it clear what a beautifully-made piece of music it is, not to mention her awesome voice. a real pleasure to work on, and one of the few where we didn't just shiftclick everything except the vocal and hit delete.

not so keen on diet mtn dew but i like the bouncy old soul feel of 'kinda outta luck' - consensus among friends says this will be her BIG hit, in the uk at least. the b-side to VG 'blue jeans' is also awesome, very much looking forward to remixing that.

i think SHE is great too, just those few flickers of her in videos suggests she has the makings of a popstar that people will obsess over.

that ryan bouchard thing is the most hilariously lame shit:

A promise that she will try to make a Super 8 video herself in the future with an actual film camera

haha

She reminds me of April March

I played her in Outloud ILXOR last night. Ppl seemed unmoved.

xp: yes!

(by which I mean, I hadn't thought of that til now, but good insight, Jimmy the Mod.)

also she says "daddy" a lot #talkingpoints

i am not moved by this person's singing, but she has lovely hair
i will say that in addition to "daddy" she seems really focused on "you"
you you you

Idk April March at all -- where do I start w/ her?

she was like 90s ye-ye revival, right?