Lana Del Rey

my real name is luna btw

luna del rey

just rewatched that snl youtube and wow her arms really were awkward, but it reminded me that the foster the people guy arguably had even worse stage presence than her on snl last year

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just wanted to say I really loved maura's LDR piece in the Village Voice

I've only heard the first two singles. I've heard way, way worse. I mean, people are on LDR like she's Casey Anthony or something. really? Not worth the exertion.

I'm a woman but I re-joined ILX after my account was mysteriously deleted. (Also 'superpussy' is an Albini reference--not rly sure why my username merited repetition/did I do something wrong/n00b anxiety :C )

just wanted to say I really loved maura's LDR piece in the Village Voice

― Dan S, Tuesday, January 31, 2012 9:19 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

o hell yeah. best LDR piece i've yet read. smart, incisive, and packed with great lines. sharp as hell tho:

chronicled by every website worth its Google PageRank

self-consciously hip restaurant-lounges that opened in 2000 and remain in business because of the insane markup on bottle-service liquor

what makes Del Rey and her pals "girls" are the men (man boys, really) who act as a mirror for their collective femininity

a withering look that's either an invitation to a staring contest or an air of utter boredom at being watched again

maybe shining a harsh light on the ridiculousness of seduction — and its often-frustrating payoff when it does work — is part of the point

an album with the timeless pop question "Is that all there is?" lurking, obviously and ominously, behind its every moan and underneath each reheated Sneaker Pimps beat

i mean damn...

superpussy

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― superpussy

hi

i posted that as a general rorscach test but oh my god now that i look at it it's like a horrible depiction of rape sorry.

when blots go wrong

hmmm i dont see it, must just be you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEN6vsEzw5g&feature=player_embedded

i finally understand

um, er, no relationship between my response to MJ's excellent VV piece and the post that follows. yikes.

:)

When I read the Maura Johnston review and she writes the line "Is That All There Is?" suddenly Cristina from Ze Records popped in my mind. Could it be said that Cristina and Lana Del Rey have some musical attributes in common: The ambivalence; the affected voice; the I come from a rich background but there is more to me than this pretty face. Also the inability to perform. There is virtually no live performances of Cristina and she later on has a medical problem preventing her to go out to the real world. But Lana obv doesn't have an excuse.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1lqi29BVXE

And yes I'm up late because I can't sleep due to starting a new job this morning.

Short, depressed-sounding Rolling Stone interview:

"People don't have anything nice to say about this project. I'm sure that's why you're writing about it."

Well, she's otm there. It is why so many media are writing about it tbh

"I thought I looked beautiful and sang fine."

that's a weird way to put it.

just rewatched that snl youtube and wow her arms really were awkward, but it reminded me that the foster the people guy arguably had even worse stage presence than her on snl last year

― lana del rey: everythang's workin' (some dude), Tuesday, January 31, 2012 11:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha yes both of these performances made me feel so embarrassed for them, hard to watch

this has been fun and all but it's time to fight the real enemy

wtf is this glarfhhhvsz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CYbqDykTu8

pamplemoose thread graduates

they make me hate the internet so much

if this is our new standard of pop performer then yes LDR=lenny cohen

hah

that is bad music but it isn't truly terrible until the scat singing/air guitar. then it goes back to bad.

the idea that they have "hip hop" tunes on youtube is a little disconcerting.

tell me Howe this ends cuz I pulled out my eyes and ears 20 seconds In

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

FP

the foster the people guy arguably had even worse stage presence than her on snl last year

I am so happy that I missed this

foster the people performance on snl was hilarious too, but more because singer had seriously bloodshot eyes and the back-up tamborine man was VERY animated. they didn't fail to get the song over, though.

i know the defense is that everyone looks nervous on SNL but not everyone's trying to push over a bond-theme ballad when they can't sing

my fave bad performance from last year was that brit band who played on letterman and letterman couldn't stop laughing and he made fun of their drummer and they all kinda slunk off the stage. hahaha! that was great. the band was like bad coldplay or something and the drummer thought he was in lightning bolt. oh god that was truly awful.

well that's what i said way up top there. video games is like singing a capella. you are really alone singing that song! they should have had the music drown her out.

ello were bad coldplay from the united kingdom!

re-watching the foster the people performance, singer really does look like he's been pulled over by a cop and nervously submitting to a dance test to prove he's not totally wasted.

hey karmin is playing snl soon, I think lorne michaels is trying to troll the internet all at once, maybe the entire free world

"is that your regular drummer?" hahaha!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvsHJjldYW8

hey nice job way to go buddy! lol

thank you gentlemen, thanks for being-- ok, what, ok you don't... ok, see ya! goodbye! goodnight everybody!

ugh. kinda reminds me of an entirely uninteresting future islands? [via vocal mannerisms]

... and OF COURSE their other song titles would include: "we bros", "brooklyn girls", "videogame sandwich diamonds"

Been steering clear of this thread but greatly enjoyed Maura's article that was linked.

Listened to the album again on headphones this morning and I like it all the less for that. I keep thinking how amazing some of these songs would sound had it been a year ago and, say, Amy Winehouse was on them. LDR doesn't have enough personality in her voice to make these songs work. Doesn't help that the production is really thin throughout - the whole record seems to strain for a grandeur that it can't reach.

a strain for things she cant reach is at the core of the ldr h8 in my pro opinion

i think the production is too much, actually - very little is as sparse as "video games", too often the songs are sort of slathered in unnecessary strings and get corny vaguely hip-hop beats and samples tacked on to them.

ok i am officially listening to this for the next hour or however long it takes

spotify -> "enable private session"