Lana Del Rey

At least I don't have to read "think" pieces about Zooey Deschanel suckiness anymore - the bloggerati have moved on to hating Lana!

In all seriousness, I saw her sing "Video Games" at a concert on YouTube and she sounded great - much better than her Jools Holland performance. Not getting all the hate this woman's receiving (and don't try to explain to me - believe me, I've read the blog posts, blog comments, think pieces and all the other BS surrounding her. And I still. Don't. Get. It.).

I've not read any hate. Show me the hate. It is a great pop song.

i hate the song "video games"

No. You don't.

Hate is only a word used for Robbie Williams songs.

Should clarify: hate is probably a strong word. I'd say an irrational dislike and an all-too-eager willingness to deconstruct/theorize on her persona and use it as a symbol for a bunch of random concepts that I don't know have too much to do with Lana.

A friend and I were discussing this, and we think she pisses people off because she gained prominence on the web through "indie" (God, I hate that word as a descriptor) blogs and when people found out she had help from a prominent PR company and toys with her image/sex appeal they felt they had been duped to believe she was some "authentic" (hate that word too) indie musician and really they all fell for the same marketing ploys that non-indie music consumers do.

grrrr read the damn thread we went over all this shit

until she puts out an album and pitchfork reviews it, and/or her song suddenly rockets up the charts into 'ubiquitous pop hit' status, who cares

""authentic" (hate that word too) indie musician"

is bullshit pretty much most of the time anyway. Don't see the problem.

That stuff doesn't bother me as much as the fact that I feel she is getting massive undeserved coverage because music journos need something to write about. She's very lucky, very much in the right place at the right time. The post-buzzocalypse.

Song is pretty, but mediocre. I could hear it in a car commercial. Her mythos is a goldmine though, but for reasons I care little about.

Music writers writing about music writers writing about music.

it's self-regarding nonsense of course but our Video Games remix is the most popular on the old
Hype Machine. take that Woon, Blake et al..

http://hypem.com/search/lana%20rey/1/?sortby=fav

Deservedly so! Are you remixing any more of her stuff?

1. Lana Del Rey - Video Games (Joy Orbison Remix) (4:59)
2. Kimbra - Cameo Lover (GLOVES Remix) (4:38)
3. Cleo Sol - High (Artful Dub) (5:39)
4. Yasmin - Finish Line (Mike Delinquent Project Remix) (4:28)
5. Artful Feat. Kal Lavelle - Could Just Be The Bassline (Dreem teem remix) (5:43)
6. Natalie May - Clothes Off (3:25)
7. Major Lazer - Baby (Figure Remix) (4:07)
8. RD - Got Me Burnin' (MK Remix) (5:33)
9. Yasmin Ft. Ms. Dynamite - Light Up The World (3:32)
10. Katy B - Witches Brew (5:10)
11. Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans (Penguin Prison Remix) (5:37)
12. Guido - Beautiful Complication (feat Aarya) (3:56)
13. Jess Mills - Live For What I d Die For (Distance Remix) (5:12)
14. Pandr Eyez - Eyes On You (3:56)
15. Jessie Ware - Strangest Feeling (3:41)
16. Goapele - Play (3:45)
17. Delilah - Go (3:46)
18. Gotye feat. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know (Bibio remix) (4:55)

works for me...

i checked what this was assuming i'd heard it already, and i had.

it is crap.

xxp yeah we've done Blue Jeans too, should be available soonish.

cracking tonight on the first date of her tour. opening track was a barnstormer.
oh and here's the latest from us

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6CnIUYjpqw

Was disappointed that the picture disc single I pre-ordered did not arrive signed, as the first thousand or something were supposed to be. I ordered that shit within minutes of the announcement. Oh well. I still love this song unreasonably, and I guess if it DID come signed, I'd be less "cool, let's jam it again" and more "hmmmm future eBay fodder."

guy at the gig last night selling pic discs for a tenner outside, saying that ebay has em going for upwards of 20 quid already.

yeah incredible gig by her the other night. proud that she started the whole thing off in manchester. you can downloaded our blue jeans remix here and if you like it then you could put a heart on it here

she's playing at the troubadour in december! and it's sold out! and scalpers have tickets for $300!

best of the new songs imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-X87wQ_AT8

Image:

http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/delete-music-iphone.jpg

The accompanying story.

LOL

haha

^_^

http://vimeo.com/31464706

cover^4

Hate is only a word used for Robbie Williams songs.

― kraudive, 29. oktober 2011 00:55 (1 week ago)

hehe no way, name a bad rw songlol :)

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

hehe

I abdolutely love the song. Really fun

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She%27s_the_One_%28World_Party_song%29

Williams featured in a campy and tongue-in-cheek music video where he was a figure skater. In the video he performs a backflip, which is actually illegal in competitive figure skating.

though I liked it on initial exposure, every subsequent thing I encountered just made it seem weaker and less inspired and just overall terrible

is this for real?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MYKESdOCTqU#!

sorry:

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

gone mental innit? a Q cover after 1 single is certainly a first.
slow month mind.

she has an album coming out this month.

and like 100 songs on the internet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve_3yuNPRNc

the opening to this thread is hilarious

i feel bad about being the person to note this, given that generally i wish ilm could use more enthusiasm, but come on

perpetua was tweeting today about how a co-worker heard him listening to the forthcoming album and asked him if it was Britney Spears and how ppl's heads would be exploding if this actually was the new britney album

but those tweets are deleted now which is kind of weird

Ace

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7XLHFiGauDY

Lana better watch out she doesn't get run over by This Train: http://chrystabell.com/

she has an album coming out this month.

― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 5 January 2012 22:15 (Yesterday)

and like 100 songs on the internet.

― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 5 January 2012 22:16 (Yesterday)

Dude this is Q we're talking about, they don't put you on the cover unless you're on at least yr second album and have sold millions of records and are about as safe a prospect as you can get.

They've not even given her a something-for-the-dads type cover as is occasionally their wont.

the opening to this thread is hilarious

― thomp, Thursday, 5 January 2012 23:39 (Yesterday) Bookmark

Ha! Better to have loved and lost than etc ;)

Loved 'Video Games' and 'Blue Jeans' but then didn't pay attention to anything about her for 5 months. Just clicked the link to 'Off To The Races' that picesx posted and am now v excited for the album!

it's a p weird song

Entirely unmoved and underwhelmed by 'Off To The Races'.

then of course there's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bag1gUxuU0g