Lana Del Rey - Born to Die + Paradise (sync tonight 9pm)

'Blue Velvet'​

 

"Body Electric" is the weakest moment on the album for me (but I still really like it!)

 

10 Ride
09 American
10 Cola
08 Body Electric

 

17 Ride
10 American
09 Cola
08 Body Electric

 

Truly the best H&M advert soundtrack of all time.

 

I've never cared for Blue Velvet either, except for the Penguin Prison remix.

 

I love her cover of "Blue Velvet", kind of random they released it as a single though (it had remixes, a video, and everything).

 

10 Born To Die
10 Off To The Races
10 Blue Jeans
10 Video Games
08 Diet Mountain Dew
10 National Anthem
10 Dark Paradise
07 Radio
06 Carmen
11 Summertime Sadness
09 This Is What Makes Us Girls
08 Without You
06 Lolita
09 Lucky Ones

11 Ride
10 American
10 Cola
09 Body Electric
06 Blue Velvet

 

Of COURSE I missed this. Fuck. Anyways. A stunning collection of songs. Ride remains the video/song of the past decade and I basically only listen to the full 10-minute version of it these days.

09 Born To Die
09 Off To the Races
10 Blue Jeans
08 Video Games
09 Diet Mountain Dew
10 National Anthem
08 Dark Paradise
04 Radio
08 Million Dollar Man
10 Summertime Sadness
08 This Is What Makes Us Girls

07 Without You
08 Lolita
10 Lucky Ones

74 Ride
10 American
10 Cola
09 Body Electric
07 Blue Velvet

 

'Gods & Monsters'
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17 Ride
10 American
09 Cola
08 Body Electric
08 Blue Velvet

 

"Gods and Monsters" was really begging to be in American Horror Story or something (WAS it?)

 

In the land of Gods and Monsters
I was an angel
Looking to get fucked hard

I can relate Lana

 

No one's gonna take my soul away
I'm living like Jim Morrison
Headed towards a fucked up holiday
Motel sprees, and I'm singing
"Fuck yeah, give it to me
This is Heaven, what I truly want"
It's innocence lost
Innocence lost

Wig.

 

Gods and Monsters is such a trip.

You. Got. The. Medicine. I. Need.

FAME LIQUOR LOVE. Give it to me slowly.

 

10 Born To Die
10 Off To The Races
10 Blue Jeans
10 Video Games
08 Diet Mountain Dew
10 National Anthem
10 Dark Paradise
07 Radio
06 Carmen
11 Summertime Sadness
09 This Is What Makes Us Girls
08 Without You
06 Lolita
09 Lucky Ones

11 Ride
10 American
10 Cola
09 Body Electric
06 Blue Velvet
10 Gods & Monsters

 

Did Jessica Lange SING IT at some point? I feel like that happened.

 

'Yayo'
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Honestly it transcends song. UGH.

 

I'll never understand why she had such a HARD ON for Yayo, she released it under three different aliases before this one.

such a nothingy song for me.

 

17 Ride
10 American
09 Cola
08 Body Electric
08 Blue Velvet
10 Gods & Monsters

 

Yeah I was tempted to repeat G&M!

 

I do like Yayo, its quite lovely and hypnotic, but it feels underbaked on this record.

 

I don't hate Yayo but Paradise has so many standouts that it feels like a much bigger blip than it actually is. In isolation, it's fine, between Gods and Monsters and Bel Air it drags.

09 Born To Die
09 Off To the Races
10 Blue Jeans
08 Video Games
09 Diet Mountain Dew
10 National Anthem
08 Dark Paradise
04 Radio
08 Million Dollar Man
10 Summertime Sadness
08 This Is What Makes Us Girls

07 Without You
08 Lolita
10 Lucky Ones

74 Ride
10 American
10 Cola
09 Body Electric
07 Blue Velvet
10 Gods and Monsters
07 Yayo

 

Let me put on a show for you DADDYYYYY

 

Let me put on a shoooow for you, PIPO. YAYO.

 

10 Born To Die
10 Off To The Races
10 Blue Jeans
10 Video Games
08 Diet Mountain Dew
10 National Anthem
10 Dark Paradise
07 Radio
06 Carmen
11 Summertime Sadness
09 This Is What Makes Us Girls
08 Without You
06 Lolita
09 Lucky Ones

11 Ride
10 American
10 Cola
09 Body Electric
06 Blue Velvet
10 Gods & Monsters
05 Yayo

 

I think it would have flowed better if they swapped "Blue Velvet" and "Gods and Monsters" in sequence

 

Yayo is one of my least favourite LDR songs. And by God does it go on

 

17 Ride
10 American
09 Cola
08 Body Electric
08 Blue Velvet
10 Gods & Monsters
08 Yayo