Lana Del Rey

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the problem is the way she keeps breathing in the middle of phrases, where she really shouldn't be

unfortunately practically every modern pop/R&B singer, including the "good" ones, does this

think all modern pop and R&B singers should stop breathing

^^^ old-skool ILX post

whiney could help with at least one or two

This entire thread I've been misreading LDR as DLR. When is SNL going to book Van Halen? Have they ever done SNL?

Beside's the Schmitt's Gay ad?

Huh, here's GE Smith w/ EVH on SNL!

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/musical-performance-eddie-van-halen/1354211

(Column on the side has a "people who watched this also watched" list, which lists ... Lana Del Ray!

I really don't understand the hub bub about the SNL performance. To me it seemed like she was failing to convey the "gangsta Nancy Sinatra" image rather than poor singing IMO. I've seen her past performances on Youtube and this is consistent to what she does. I'm not saying it's good, but for people to complain now is kind of silly.

I think she either has to forget about the image per se and improve her performance (which would require her to actually convey showmanship) or find a way to convey to mix both showmanship and the image. If she chooses the latter, it would prove difficult since creating an image for music is seen as "fake" or "inauthentic" nowadays. Also, people are so hung up on her background which really bugs me. Rich people don't bug me unless they are affecting my paycheck. And since her or her father aren't anywhere affecting my (or anyone else's) financial situation on the Internet I just don't see the hang up on that.

I say good luck to her. I'm still going to listen to the album.

If she chooses the latter, it would prove difficult since creating an image for music is seen as "fake" or "inauthentic" nowadays.

this is def not true. lots of artists create images for themselves. they're just competently executed. lady gaga isn't particularly 'authentic.'

Well considering how she was first came attention through the "indie" market and the fact that her record label tried to wipe out any information about her Lizzy Grant cd caused alarm for people to scream "fake." What they should've done was acknowledge her past image and album and be more forward about the image (a la the Ziggy Stardust situation) to create a better marketing campaign. Rather than try to pretend her Lizzy Grant stuff never happened.

And her Lizzy Grant album is exactly the same music she is doing now which puzzles me about this whole LDR thing.

I really don't understand the hub bub about the SNL performance. To me it seemed like she was failing to convey the "gangsta Nancy Sinatra" image rather than poor singing IMO. I've seen her past performances on Youtube and this is consistent to what she does. I'm not saying it's good, but for people to complain now is kind of silly.

This is the first time I'd seen her and the second time I'd ever heard her song.

How's the guitar practice, Dan?

docklands light railway

I'd listened to "Video Games" lots, but this is the first time I'd heard her live. The disconnect was jarring.

someone did post a video where she seemed p good. i feel like its an act that needs an old pro though. the problem w/ buzz cycles is that in this case they're demanding something that is hardly realistic.

Makes sense that she's getting a crazy push now when music programmers are figuring out how to fill the place currently held on radio and at the mall by "Someone Like You."

most interesting thing about being away from ILX is coming back to find out what people have been losing their shit over for the past six months. turns out it's jocelyn wildenstein doing chris isaak covers. cool.

I still haven't heard the studio version--this is all I'd seen/heard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOP2Yd_jpYQ

Is this one of the bad ones?

You can only compare the live versions with the studio version if you actually hear the studio version

That Jools clip considerably less lolzy, just drowsy.

contenderizer killin it

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Ha, I meant otm

ormless

im glad to see contenderizer back

jocelyn wildenstein doing chris isaak covers

A+

This is the first time I'd seen her and the second time I'd ever heard her song.

Emphasis on "people"

turns out it's jocelyn wildenstein doing chris isaak covers.

Love it.

I mean, Marianne Faithfull is no less drowsy.

another strong defense

as long as there are nice people who haven't heard much of Lana Del Rey but have certainly heard worse, there remains hope for her yet

lilsoulbro surely there are more 'people' who saw her perform for the first time on SNL than people who watched every live youtube before the show

Well I think the people who complain are the ones who keep up with music news on the internet and are aware of those NYC performance/European TV performances or seen the videos posted during her Lizzy Grant days. For people who mostly get their exposure from TV and the like of course they wouldn't know.

i wonder, honestly!

xp

i guess that depends on if you're talking about people commenting on the performance itt, or on the web in general. pretty unlikely on the latter front, more likely but still not all that certain on the former.

Well I can't speak for other people, but since I took a day or two to see what LDR is all about I chalked it all up on bad media campaigning on the Lizzy Grant thing and lack of performance training given to her (Do they still do that btw? For god sakes, if you spend all that money on clothes and shit they can throw a few dollars with a singing and/or performance coach).

But since most people think the music industry is a conduit to their fantasy rather a business like everything else where the product (i.e. artist/group) is successful or not of course people think LDR is the worst thing ever and represents all what is wrong with America. Meaning a pretty, rich white girl who has no talent getting media exposure. Though things are not always that clear cut.

I think she has talent but she needs to figure out how to improve

Mrs. Redd just informed me that Brian Williams either blogged or tweeted his negative opinion of the "brooklyn hipster" under discussion in this thread. This thing has gone worldwide!

Supposedly it was in a private e-mail to Nick Denton that Gawker, for some reason, decided to publish.

I read that as "Brian Wilson" for a second and was puzzled.

like i am watching Blue Jeans again and rooting for her all over again because honestly she is just VERY BIZARRE, in a way that she seems not really in control of, as if there are at least three or four separate homunculi inside her attempting to incant the charm that will release them (none of them, as DJP notes, particularly communicating with the others)

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, January 16, 2012 4:32 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark

feel like this post didn't get the love it deserved

Too many posts, didn't otm

Xposts

How's the guitar practice, Dan?

I was just trying some C and E/Emin/Emin7 chords but had to stop because ow fingers

So, back to brushing up my German!

My buddy just told me that LDR is essentially Ginny the drunk bride from Sixteen Candles and I was like YESSSS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clGpZdf3bwY&feature=related

this is almost not recognizable as being the same person who was so terrible on SNL; the "she was terrified" argument seems to be looking better and better

How's the guitar practice, Dan?

I was just trying some C and E/Emin/Emin7 chords but had to stop because ow fingers

So, back to brushing up my German!

― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Monday, January 16, 2012 5:45 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Fmaj can SUCK MY DICK

been practicing lately

haven't picked up the guitar in a while but it's good y'all are

My buddy just told me that LDR is essentially Ginny the drunk bride from Sixteen Candles and I was like YESSSS

Does that make Cat Power Ally Sheedy in Breakfast Club?