Lana Del Rey

overall she seems to be an artist that's more fun to read about than listen to

Also all songs seem to discreetly recycle hooks from other people's songs.

based on one listen, this works much, much better as a mood piece than the first album did. obviously she's still ridiculous but the uptick in production and stronger unifying aesthetic make it possible for me to see how someone could like this.

The only thing I'm reading about her in local press is how she wishes the was dead: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/12/lana-del-rey-ultraviolence-album

that's....nice

I have to admit that I am shocked and surprised that there are five songs on the album that I actually like

I'm kind of furious that one of them is titled "Fucked My Way To The Top", though

Boom! .5 Stars from DeRo!

so are you guys marks or smarks??

http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2014/06/lana_del_rey_fandom_is_exactly_the_same_as_pro_wrestling_fandom.php

Much of the WWE roster seem like they could be cast as love interests in Del Rey music videos

uh

love seeing that luke winkie aka hottest women in tech slideshow bro is somehow allowed to write about women

man it's been a while since i hovered over the next page button of a voice media article, forgot what a dark moment it can be

Xp You've never liked an artist who was limited but enjoyable? You call it settling. I call it getting pleasure out of a record while acknowledging its flaws. I like lots of artists who could benefit from better lyrics.

Generally speaking, if I enjoy an artist, I don't think they are limited. For example, everything I've heard from John Lydon would point to him having a vocal range that spans a major fifth but the songs he is singing during the heyday of PiL would not work if sung another way. Limitations are, by definition, bad things; the trick is turning them into assets, and this is a trick that I think Lana Del Rey is particularly terrible at especially considering that there is a gigantic amount of potential in that voice.

i'm a little lukewarm on the album, but "guns and roses" is really fantastic.

she should do some shag carpet faux twin peaks soundtrack version of "careering"

"Most of the world has given up on Lana Del Rey"

except the aforementioned Top 20 hits but okay

Forgot about reading so many reviews like that on my lunch hours in the years before there were good things to read on my phone.

she should do some shag carpet faux twin peaks soundtrack version of "careering"

otm

with a video starring Laura Dern

even P!tchfork's changed its tune

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19449-lana-del-rey-ultraviolence/

xp That's interesting DJP. I'm often aware of limitations in artists I enjoy, even ones, like New Order, that I love deeply. Admittedly LDR's are more glaring which is why I like rather than love her. There are so many gradations of enjoyment that I feel there's a lot of room for imperfections if the good outweighs the bad.

Limitations are, by definition, bad things

no they aren't.

(this is not a comment about lana del ray, about whom zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz)

(one thing i will say: she and/or her "team" are geniuses to get people talking about her for so long considering her utterly soporific music)

Good write-up, 誤訳侮辱

Liked Luke's write-up too. "We can appreciate her storytelling, her guile, her false ego, we can appreciate her gloppy, Technicolor atmosphere while knowing that she, like us, doesn't take all this too seriously." Yay for today.

i feel as though i've weathered a lana storm over the past couple years, going from "yeah this is pretty good" to "yeah this kind of okay" while the rest of the world completely lost its marbles. thing is, she is sometimes pretty good, and other times just okay.

"marbles in a storm" is her next single IIRC

Well, given what I've just read on FB, Ms Del Rey can be her own worst enemy.

what where?

she covered Lit

Mistakes one journalist for another, accuses first journalist of asking "calculated leading" questions, sics fans on first journalist (again, wrong person), fans then dump on other journalist who objects, even though said third journalist has just reviewed the album incredibly positively, etc.

And she covered Lit, so.

Re: her deathwish: this is still the fictional character speaking, right? Who could simply be killed off by not being used as a personage anymore?

That's the question, isn't it? If she's doing interviews in character, like Laibach or Oderus Urungus?

when's her damn bond theme already

i mean all this bullshit is just building up to that, let's get to it before we're buried in thinkpieces

She'll only get a Bond theme if Bela Tarr is picked to direct the next one.

dude she ain't diamanda galas she's had a dance remix in the top 10 and makes nancy sinatra homages with the guy from the black keys. If Jack White & Alicia Keys can collaborate on one, Lana will get hers, fascinating character work or no

It was a "slow boring music for a slow boring movie" joke. (N.B.: I like the new album a lot.)

gotcha though let's not forget chris cornell wasn't too slow boring to get to do one

to be fair to everybody trying to figure out where the artist ends and her photo tumblr begins, i'll admit i don't personally know what contemporary act people should be scratching their chins over instead.

i feel like "Skyfall" was the first Bond theme in forever that feels like it might actually stand the test of time

i like the madonna one (although that was ages ago)

i like lana and ultraviolence is growing on me, but i don't really have the energy to defend her, because i don't care that much and anyway her fans are seriously scary so i don't want to align myself with that.

rob delaney @robdelaney · Jun 17
Game: Is it a Lana Del Rey song or a hot 22 year old yawning & farting at the same time?

http://www.idolator.com/7523506/lana-del-rey-dead-quote-response

Reminds me a little of the Warpaint/Beyonce/Q magazine defense.

good on that post for not fact-checking her claim about who interviewed her.

Fucking Idolator

Tim Jonze has responded.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/jun/20/lana-del-rey-problem-interview-but-why

has vox explained this yet bc i'm lost here