What a strange song. I read that she only wrote and recorded it a few weeks ago.
Is the album still supposed to be coming on May 26th? Seems weird that she hasn't officially announced it yet.
― kitchen person, Monday, 15 May 2017 13:04 (six years ago) link
Her tone is appropriate to the material. I laughed a couple times.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 May 2017 13:14 (six years ago) link
I'm hoping it's just a tossed-off thing and isn't actually on the record tbh
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 15 May 2017 13:26 (six years ago) link
That is the dumbest song title of all time. I don't understand the appeal of this singer at all.
― yesca, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 05:11 (six years ago) link
she rhymes coachella with hella. i love her.
poptimism lives!
― sexualing healing (crüt), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 05:15 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBwoRviPvVw
― Paisley Window Pane (Ross), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 21:25 (six years ago) link
the full album tracklist does not fill me with hope
1. "Love"2. "Lust for Life" (featuring The Weeknd)3. "13 Beaches" 4. "Cherry" 5. "White Mustang" 6. "Summer Bummer" (featuring ASAP Rocky and Playboi Carti) 7. "Groupie Love" (featuring ASAP Rocky) 8. "In My Feelings" 9. "Coachella – Woodstock in My Mind" 10. "God Bless America – And All the Beautiful Women in It" 11. "When the World Was at War We Kept Dancing" 12. "Beautiful People Beautiful Problems" (featuring Stevie Nicks) 13. "Tomorrow Never Came" (featuring Sean Ono Lennon) 14. "Heroin" 15. "Change" 16. "Get Free"
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 13 July 2017 04:28 (six years ago) link
#'s 10 & 11 are great "I've Got My Own Album To Do"-style song titles.
And is #14 a cover of you-know-what?
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 13 July 2017 05:19 (six years ago) link
was wondering that.
still no sign of Driving In Cars With Boys i see.
or any of the other classic unreleased tracks
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7655020/lana-del-rey-best-non-album-songs-lizzy-grant-listen
― piscesx, Thursday, 13 July 2017 10:34 (six years ago) link
queen of disaster of those unreleased is nice, never heard that 1
summer bummer is also out there, don't love it
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 13 July 2017 11:34 (six years ago) link
tho now already i have 'high-tops in the summer babe..' stuck in my head so hm
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 13 July 2017 12:00 (six years ago) link
re: "Heroin", no, acc to the credits it's a Grant/Nowels original
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 13 July 2017 12:01 (six years ago) link
13. "Tomorrow Never Came" (featuring Sean Ono Lennon)hard pass
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 13 July 2017 12:19 (six years ago) link
also like many of you I was worried that the new LDR would have a song with ASAP Rocky, which clearly isn't enough. I'm happy to report there are two.
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 13 July 2017 12:21 (six years ago) link
back to back, no less. that and the fact that all the long songs are stacked together at the end of the record already tells me this is going to beg for an edit and resequence
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 13 July 2017 12:39 (six years ago) link
maybe they're all doom metal jams
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 July 2017 12:55 (six years ago) link
Stevie Nicks collab inevitable imo
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 July 2017 13:00 (six years ago) link
damn it now I need an LDR/doom band collab album
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 13 July 2017 13:01 (six years ago) link
("The Blackest Day" is pretty close to that, actually)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 13 July 2017 13:02 (six years ago) link
In That Warm California SunnO)))
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 13 July 2017 13:19 (six years ago) link
yeah definitely not stoked about the sound of these two new collaborations, seems like she's broadening the net for more cross over appeal
― Paisley Window Pane (Ross), Thursday, 13 July 2017 20:55 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I'm not digging either of these new songs. It seems like she's overthought the album at this point. It was supposed to come out in May but then she's added new songs and gotten rid of some others because they were "too happy". I never heard Best American Record but people on Popjustice have been going crazy about it since it appeared online in March. Now it's not on the final track list (along with Yosmite which is another demo Lana was mentioning a lot). Seems like she was expecting Love and Lust For Life to be hits and when they weren't she changed the direction of the album. Adding Coachella wasn't a good move either. Most of her stuff ends up growing on me so I hope I'm wrong about this. I've ended loving almost everything she's put out.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 13 July 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
I have a feeling this is going to sound especially flabby coming after Melodrama
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 13 July 2017 21:26 (six years ago) link
I think adding collaborators like this to her sound doesn't really sell her sound to a new audience because it's still inherently Lana. She's pretty consistent aesthetic wise, now there's just some rapping on there. Anyways, agree with xposts, also find her stuff grows on me and still look forward to this album.
― Paisley Window Pane (Ross), Thursday, 13 July 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
"Groupie Love" w/ASAP Rocky is on Spotify
I dunno, Ross you are right, it's not like she's really changed anything (though I don't think this is a very distinctive or good LDR song), but yeah it's just a Lana Del Ray with some lower-energy ASAP (who I am a fan of) on it...
but I dunno, it's like...why? It almost feels like those "easter eggs" they lard down every comic book or Star Wars movie with now like "Oh gee whiz did you see Boba Fett in the background of that shot tee hee hee Boba Fett is a Star Wars character and I'm watching a Star Wars movie!!!"
It sort of breaks the spell for me, the best thing about LDR for me is this sort of modern, yet out of time California world she inhibits, a simulacrum of imaginary L.A., bringing in guest stars like this sort of takes me out of the movie, so to speak
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 14 July 2017 16:12 (six years ago) link
more more to the point ASAP Rocky is the Boba Fett of Lana Del Ray, I can't imagine I'll be the last to say it
It sort of breaks the spell for me, the best thing about LDR for me is this sort of modern, yet out of time California world she inhabits, a simulacrum of imaginary L.A., bringing in guest stars like this sort of takes me out of the movie, so to speak
Agree with this 10,000%. Really not happy about all the guests on this record.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 14 July 2017 16:16 (six years ago) link
yeah, I agree too. would be happy to be proven wrong.
― akm, Friday, 14 July 2017 17:19 (six years ago) link
shakedown OTM
― Paisley Window Pane (Ross), Sunday, 16 July 2017 18:50 (six years ago) link
So, the album is great. The second half in particular is very strong. Get Free is one hell of a closer.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 20 July 2017 20:08 (six years ago) link
ooooh
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 20 July 2017 20:15 (six years ago) link
Can't wait to hear it
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Thursday, 20 July 2017 20:40 (six years ago) link
on youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8tIaO48lXc
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Friday, 21 July 2017 06:29 (six years ago) link
yeah, really into this album. The trap influence is so understated, it almost feels like trap collided with trip-hop - which is great. The ASAP/Carti collabs do absolutely nothing for me, least favourite things she's been attached to. Not opposed to artists evolving, but shakedown articulated the spell breaking perfectly above.
"I'm smokin' while I'm runnin'" is a lyric I feel like I've been waiting to hear forever
Feels like the perfect midway point between Born to Die and her later era material. Think I'm just a stan at this point
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Friday, 21 July 2017 06:59 (six years ago) link
the Nicks and Lennon collabs are definitely standouts. This is on track to being ridiculously back-loaded.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 21 July 2017 12:44 (six years ago) link
Nicks and del Rey sound terrific together.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 July 2017 13:30 (six years ago) link
This is definitely a Honeymoon situation again where I'll make a shorter edit and only ever listen to that
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 21 July 2017 13:39 (six years ago) link
As I expected, the tracks with guests are the weakest (except for the two with A$AP Rocky). The Lennon song in particular is one of the worst things she's ever done. But holy shit, "Get Free."
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 21 July 2017 13:47 (six years ago) link
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.)
Coachella to Get Free is a brilliant run of songs.
― kitchen person, Friday, 21 July 2017 14:09 (six years ago) link
I still don't like "Coachella" and I'm not that wild about "God Bless America" just yet either
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 21 July 2017 14:24 (six years ago) link
I don't like Coachella or God Bless America either!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 July 2017 14:25 (six years ago) link
God Bless America was an instant highlight for me. I didn't really like Coachella when she put it out last month as it seemed a bit clumsy, but I'm really enjoying it on the album.
― kitchen person, Friday, 21 July 2017 17:38 (six years ago) link
love to listen to trip trap in my flip flops
― mh, Friday, 21 July 2017 17:40 (six years ago) link
"Get Free" is a reminding me a lot of Radiohead's Creep
― silverfish, Friday, 21 July 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
i thought the same
― just another (diamonddave85), Friday, 21 July 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
The track with Sean Lennon is my favorite one in here on first listen.
I would've preferred Get Free to be a major lazer cover instead of a creep ripoff.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Friday, 21 July 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link
I would be interested to see the results of a poll for best Lana album
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Friday, 21 July 2017 21:59 (six years ago) link
this is really good
― just another (diamonddave85), Friday, 21 July 2017 23:12 (six years ago) link
part of LDR's thing has always been a love letter to the history of rock n' roll, this album especially so. i've noticed nods to iggy (obv), radiohead, motley crue, neil young, simon & garfunkel, and more that i've probably forgotten
― just another (diamonddave85), Friday, 21 July 2017 23:24 (six years ago) link
call me naive but I honestly don't think the Radiohead thing is intentional. they didn't invent that chord progression.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 21 July 2017 23:42 (six years ago) link