Lana Del Rey

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?

also she says "daddy" a lot #talkingpoints

― Psyduck is My Spirit Animal (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, September 2, 2011 1:29 PM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark

Yeah, I wasn't sure if she was earnestly trying to be arousing or if she was trying to provoke an utterly squicked-out reaction. See also:

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

― jon/via/chia/pet 2.0 (kkvgz), Wednesday, August 10, 2011 7:08 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

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

― jon/via/chia/pet 2.0 (kkvgz), Wednesday, August 10, 2011 7:20 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark

daddy not always bad thing cf. Christine McVie

See, in the 1970s, daddy had a weird, slangy, hippie biker vibe. It didn't age well.

Joni too --"oh you're a mean old Daddy but I like you / I like you / I like you"

papi

bigpoppa.mp3

A little surprised nobody's posted this yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-XgX_KZJTs

<iframe width="560" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8t-I-Lqy06g"; frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

She kinda slacked on video creativity this time (probably afraid of some ass claiming "copyright violation" again) but love her look and love the song, after a couple listens. The shtick hasn't started annoying me yet.

Hollaa!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t-I-Lqy06g

She needs to learn a new trick and fast. I could go either way on the song, but my first impression is that it's quite lovely.

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

― om nom nom nnamdi asomugha (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, August 10, 2011 12:16 PM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I have a bias towards women who are tragic and glamorous at the same time, so maybe that explains my obsession...but I will say that all of her new songs sound pretty distinct from each other (even vocally), so I'm not worried about her music itself getting old yet.

Just to clarify, I was talking about her videos getting old - not her songs.

Blue Jeans is great

reminds me of Shivaree in a way

reminds me of Wicked Game

Yeah, I can hear a little of that in there. This is good. This bodes well for whenever the hell the album is going to drop.

I miss the old "Video Games" video

(of course, I would)

oh yeah and that max tundra cover is wonderful

I was blown away the first time I saw and heard "Video Games." Still listen to the song at least once a day. She just nailed that experience of being ignored no matter what you are willing to offer while your boyfriend is consumed with his friends and their trivial activities. Oh, high school.

I miss the old "Video Games" video

Someone added a genius comment to it, now also sadly lost to posterity: "She could have joined in and played video games with her boyfriend as a bonding experience, but instead she writes this dispiriting song."

I think it's more arch than dispiriting.

shivaree comparison otm! i always thought this song could have been huge in a parallel universe

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

her wooden performance in that awkward video, which i've only just seen for the first time, can't have helped matters though