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| The official Lana Del Rey thread; New album "Lust for Life" | |
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| Topic Started: Sep 27 2011, 12:15 PM (11,975 Views) | |
| Riverwide | Jan 19 2012, 02:12 PM Post #81 |
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![]() I completely agree with everything else too. It wasn't an amazing performance, but it was so very, very far from a disaster. As you say, some other acts will deliver horrific vocals and nobody bats an eyelid. Poor Lana delivers an ok performance and gets slaughtered. The venom being directed her way is genuinely unsettling. |
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| bulgar | Jan 19 2012, 03:46 PM Post #82 |
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the SNL performance was simply CRINGEWORTHY on every single level imaginable. |
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| Riverwide | Jan 19 2012, 05:02 PM Post #83 |
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Don't be so ridiculous.
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| bulgar | Jan 19 2012, 06:04 PM Post #84 |
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what's ridiculous about what I said? vocals were piss poor, no stage presence whatsoever, I could barely recognize the song. if this was a performance by any other artist, you'd rip it to shreds.
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| engin | Jan 19 2012, 07:35 PM Post #85 |
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It was pretty bad yes, like Bulgar said: cringeworthy. I could not bare and watch it without feeling ashamed for her. |
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| Riverwide | Jan 20 2012, 01:03 AM Post #86 |
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New clips from the album. "National Anthem" sounds fantastic. Even better than the demo. |
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| Riverwide | Jan 20 2012, 01:06 AM Post #87 |
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What's ridiculous about your comment? A)Her vocals were far from "piss poor". They weren't great, but they weren't awful either. B)Stage presence? I can't take my eyes off her actually. You do realise it's not all about getting onstage and lipsynching while wrapping your leg around your head don't you? C)You could barely recognise the song? That's entirely your problem. The arrangement was only very slightly different. A few notes changed here and there. And you could barely recognise it? Wow. You're completely overstating everything, like the dramatic bitches who've had it in for her since day one. |
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| bulgar | Jan 20 2012, 10:39 PM Post #88 |
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why do you always have to compare me to anyone? i am a BIG fan of hers, love her music, hated the performance. get it? |
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| Riverwide | Jan 21 2012, 11:49 PM Post #89 |
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The album is released in Europe on the 27th, so it could leak any day now. Probably on tuesday or wednesday at the latest.
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| Riverwide | Jan 23 2012, 06:33 PM Post #90 |
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This just might be one of the greatest articles written in the history of music press. ![]() From Popjustice: Hi! We are aware that you have been having trouble with Lana Del Rey for some time now. When you know that a relationship isn't working it is somtimes hard to move forward but we just want to let you know that it is alright to make a clean break. And maybe the right time is now. Maybe now it is time to let go of Lana Del Rey. And that is fine. Do not feel guilt. She is safe in the arms of pop. Why now? Well, she's got a proper single out this week. This is the one that's supposed to be 'the big one'. And yes we know the accidental Top 10 hit last year confused you a bit, because you weren't sure whether you were already supposed to have bailed on her by that point, so your end-of-2011 year in review articles were a bit muddled. You didn't know what you were supposed to think any more, but that does not matter any more because, like we say, you can walk away right now with your dignity. And there's no need to feel bad that it hasn't worked out. You've given it a good go. You've had your chance to impose your boring ideas of authenticity onto a pop creation, to express your disgust that she might be better in the studio than on the stage. That's the way you like to judge things and that's fine, it's just that this isn't how pop works, and Lana Del Rey is a pop thing. A hot, melodic, major label-signed pop thing. You were probably starting to realise about ten weeks ago that the whole Lana Del Rey 'proposition' was a bit less complex than you'd made it out to be. You realised that her music didn't really sound like anything else you wrote about, but you still wanted her to be 'your' pop princess. The Britney of alt! Maybe the David Sneddon co-writes were the last straw, maybe it was the cover of Q Magazine. But isn't that still interesting in a looking-at-it-from-the-outside sort of way? Not really, but we admire you for trying to keep that going. The point is, you've had your opportunities to big her up and knock her down and do this and do that. You've had the leaks and the 'leaks' and the streams and the mixes. Oh, those mixes! The mixes were made just for you! We know that made you feel special. And now you feel betrayed because she was just like all the other girls, with their blog-friendly positioning and their secret fantasies of a Top 10 hit. We know you're upset and we know you're angry but please don't talk about being used. You want to be used. You want to be a tastemaker. You want to be the one PRs and pluggers and labels come to when they want to launch a new artist. You want to decide when things are good or bad and you want the comments on your blog articles from the people who disagree. Well you've had all that. You've done all you can. You've done your thinkpieces and your polls and your faceoffs. You've had your traffic. There is nothing more you can say or print or publish or broadcast to change things now. So let her succeed or fail on her own terms. These are the terms of the popstar, for that is what she is. If she succeeds she succeeds as a popstar; if she fails, she fails as one too. Leave her to the mainstream chat shows. Leave her to the daytime radio playlists. Leave her to the Top 10, or the Top 40, or the Top Wherever-She-Ends-Up. Because that is what this was all leading up to. Don't act all surprised. It is not our fault you do not understand this popstar. We know you are embarrassed that you got it wrong, and we know you're not sure how to handle the situation now. Do you continue the support? Do you lash out? Do you try to do both at the same time because you're not sure how many records she's going to sell and you want to maybe keep your readers on side? The answer is easy. If you don't feel that she's part of your world, let her drift away while you go back to plotting that definitive Bon Iver thinkpiece. Yes we know you'll be writing articles about how right you were if she succeeds or how wrong your peers were if she fails by the time the end of 2012 reviews roll around. We know she'll either be the multi-platinum pop creation you created or the faker who deserved everything she got. So why not write those thinkpieces now? Why not write them now, print them out onto some nice paper then take them into a field and set fire to them, because we don't want or need to read them. If a kid picked and poked and pushed and pulled a rabbit you'd take the rabbit away from them. You cannot be trusted with a popstar. You've had your chance. Hand her over. Love, Popjustice. PS: You can have Santigold back if you want. Read more: http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5983&Itemid=206#ixzz1kJ8uRDA9 Read more: http://www.popjustice.com/#ixzz1kJ8K98V0 |
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| Riverwide | Jan 24 2012, 12:11 AM Post #91 |
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Lovely interview and performances today on BBC Radio. She's clearly so much comfortable singing when it's not on TV. http://soundcloud.com/salander1/lana-del-rey-bbc-live-session/s-TjQNa And 'Blue Jeans' from the same session: Dreamy. |
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| bulgar | Jan 24 2012, 01:54 AM Post #92 |
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very reassuring. good for her! |
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| TheBitterEnd | Jan 24 2012, 10:56 AM Post #93 |
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Sounds great! Very pleased to finally hear a very good live performance. |
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| Riverwide | Jan 24 2012, 12:51 PM Post #94 |
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The album has leaked!
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| TheBitterEnd | Jan 24 2012, 02:45 PM Post #95 |
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I'm up to Summertime Sadness.... really like this track A couple prior kinda blended into one another to be honest. Generally though, thumbs up Edit: Without You - LOVE Edited by TheBitterEnd, Jan 24 2012, 02:53 PM.
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| Riverwide | Jan 24 2012, 09:09 PM Post #96 |
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I'm already addicted to the album. I really think it's gorgeous. The quality remains exceptionally high throughout(for me). Gorgeous melodies, lush production, clever lyrics and beautiful vocals.
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| Riverwide | Jan 24 2012, 09:10 PM Post #97 |
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Stunning new magazine cover! ![]() ![]() The article is here: http://www.complex.com/music/2012/01/lana-del-rey-2012-cover-story |
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| bulgar | Jan 25 2012, 12:51 AM Post #98 |
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the album is pretty much incredible. |
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| Riverwide | Jan 25 2012, 05:22 PM Post #99 |
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And as expected, hipster music site Stereogum SLATES it. ![]() http://stereogum.com/932182/premature-evaluation-lana-del-rey-born-to-die/franchises/premature-evaluation/ |
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| Riverwide | Jan 25 2012, 05:26 PM Post #100 |
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The "Born To Die" single is in the midweeks Top 10 in the UK!
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