Lana Del Rey

And now that I think about it, it's that chorus that made me think of Mary Margaret O'Hara the first time I heard it.

I now feel slightly less nuts for having made that comparison on another board, thanks.

strings on 'national anthem' sound just like 'bittersweet symphony'; is jagger going to get a check again?

yeah I have to admit I'm kind of feeling timellison's posts xp

Keith Allen got the cheque i think.

jesus i'm not even pissed; Alan Klein rather.

miss u markers

bit.ly/AtVigP

http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

http://soundcloud.com/the-stereo-bomb/adams-song-the-stereo-bomb

it scans as conventional and boring to me.

Seven lines in a row that all rhyme at the end and it's in a 3+3+1 configuration where the third line is extended in each part and then an extra line is tacked on at the end.

― timellison, Wednesday, January 25, 2012 8:36 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ok that is definitely unusual but what it seems to translate to before it reaches my ears is just endless repetition of the same melody without interesting variation. so unusual = unusually lazy. in this case. to me.

(i guess the clincher for me is just that i can't even bear the thought of listening to it again to judge it against that description.)

it just doesn't seem to go anywhere, melodically. and before i am accused of being geir i realize there are many other things that a good song can do. but this one just doesn't seem to do anything else for me--the only compensations, and they are hardly enough, are her vaguely smoky voice and the minimally effective simulation of a david lynch soundtrack.

also i'm about to get all asshole-y but i kind of feel like few of the folks repping for this lady on here are gong to care about her or even think fondly of her big song in a few years. i'd bet money on it.

now with full chorus: http://t.co/A6SuCYMn

bought a few record albums this afternoon (sparks, copernicus, oman souleyman) and noticed a freebie LDR 7" behind the counter as i was paying. asked if i had to buy something specific to get a copy. counter girl said yeah, but gave me one anyway. she asked if i'd seen the SNL performance and was it as bad as everyone says. i told her yeah, it was, and we commiserated vicariously. celebrity is probably tough.

turns out it's a joy orbison remix of "video games" with an odd future (syd the kid) remix of "blue jeans" on the flip. both pretty dull. but free!

driving in cars with boys (not on the album I know): sounds exactly like something else, can't remember what. (maybe this is why it isn't on the album, because the tune is a complete plagarism). anyone know what it is? some middling 80's pop song.

― akm, jueves 26 de enero de 2012 01:57 (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

texas maybe? the atmospheric twangy guitar, big drum sound and the overall vibe from this particular tune reminds me strongly of them

video games = this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZK23sxkpk0

More importantly than any of this... we're currently arguing in my record shop as to whether she should be filed under 'R' (Ray, Lana Del) or 'D' (Del Ray, Lana).

The most popular comedy answer is definitely 'I'd file her in the bin!'.

'L' for Land Del Rey.

Lana, fucking hell fingers.

Landfill Del Rey

We always file under surname, so that part isn't going to change; it is either D or R. I initially used R but I'm coming round to D.

It's obv. D, R is madness

Supposedly there used to be a record shop where I come from where the T section was almost as big as all the other sections put together, because they put every band whose name began with 'The' in there. Not sure if I believe that tho.

um her surname begins with D, obviously

Supposedly there used to be a record shop where I come from where the T section was almost as big as all the other sections put together, because they put every band whose name began with 'The' in there. Not sure if I believe that tho.

― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, January 26, 2012 9:52 AM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i've seen stores like this.

I think in English, it's standard to include the particule when alphabetizing. In Romance languages, it's not since there are a zillion names that begin with de and del and della, etc..., and cause it's not really part of the surname but simply implies that the family is from somewhere or belongs to someone. It's often associated with aristocracy which is why many dropped the use thereof during the Revolution.

file her under T, the lana del rey

That Lana del Rey

File her under D
or file her under V for Video Games...

i file Wings records under M. hope that isn't a problem for anyone...

paul wccarthy and mings

Real question here is where you put McCartney, i.e. do you treat Mc as Mac or not?

In comments published in German, McCartney, who has two albums due out this year, said many youngsters would probably hear his music for the first time through playing the ... video game.

let's get back to talking about whether or not video games is a good song or not

I am officially convinced on the 'D' issue now, after a most instructive & entertaining discussion via the shop's facebook page.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsFjlLXP9GU

so anyway video games isn't really about video games, it's about a boyfriend who forced her to make sex vids. it all makes sense now, she's like a 21st century joyce carol oates.

swinging in the backyard
pull up in your fast car
whistling my name

open up a beer
and you say get over here
and play a video game

I'm in his favorite sun dress
watching me get undressed
take that body downtown

I say you the bestest
lean in for a big kiss
put his favorite perfume on
go play a video game

it's you, it's you, it's all for you
everything I do
I tell you all the time
heaven is a place on earth with you
tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
honey, is that true?

P!tchf0rk prediction?

8.1

I thought it was "whispering"...

How do you whistle someone's name?

5.9

why the fuck does the non-youtube version clip and distort? is that an aesthetic decision these days?

Whistling as a language

In the Spanish canary island of La Gomera, a traditional whistled language named silbo gomero is still taught in school. Six separate whistling sounds are used to produce two vowels and four consonants, allowing this language to convey more than 4000 words. This language allowed people (e.g. shepherds) to communicate over long distances in the island, when other communication means were not available.

A wolf-whistle is a two-toned sound (like 'whip-woo') commonly made using the above technique to show approval of something or someone (originally a person thought to be sexually attractive).

'21C Joyce Carol Oates' is the funniest variation on 'gangsta Nancy Sinatra' yet

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(well maybe not funnier than 'white Morrisey')

you'll be laughing out the other side of your mouth when your grandkids are deconstructing "video games" in their first year intro to pop music course

LOL: http://somecamerunning.typepad.com/some_came_running/2012/01/pop-quiz.html

Michelangelo Antonioni's Zabriskie Point, or grievously overworked quasi-meta record album promo art?

A. http://somecamerunning.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5523026f588340168e61f4b7f970c-800wi

B. http://somecamerunning.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5523026f588340168e61f4c12970c-800wi

C. http://somecamerunning.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5523026f588340168e61f4c99970c-800wi

dissertation on lesser works of early 21st century youtube divas

Middle Age: A Romance (2001)
I'll Take You There (2002)
The Tattooed Girl (2003)
The Falls (2004)
Missing Mom (2005)
Black Girl / White Girl (2006)
The Gravedigger's Daughter (2007)
My Sister, My Love (2008)
Little Bird of Heaven (2009)
A Fair Maiden (2010)
The Crosswicks Horror (Forthcoming)

you kidding me? I'd better be teaching that class! xp

Born to Die (2012)

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liked it more when it was about loser boyfriend ignoring her in favor of call of duty 4