Is this better than the original? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhGNiUxfSdE

I love it and enjoy listening to it more than the original.

That's really nice. To be fair it's such an amazing song it's hard to cock it up if you have talent but Kasabian and Bombay Bicycle Club managed to do just that effortlessly, lol. The only cover I've heard by anyone famous who does it justice is Jamie Cullum.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13e4-...eature=related

That was great konebyvax, thanks for posting the link.

I miss Jamie's show on radio 2, that was fun to listen to and the music was top notch.

Way better and she's much better looking too (only mention that as it's a major promotional tool of Lana Del Rey)
Why I get so pissed off - the big machine is not behind her and the masses only buy what they're told.
She probably has loads of better songs too written by herself (not co-written which means no input whatsoever) but we'll never hear them.
It isn't all over until the fat lady sings - who knew how prophetic that would be in terms of the Music Industry. (Lana Del Rey has the same PR mob as Adele)

yay. I like it, it's not really my type of music usually but it's a good song and she has a nice voice.

Lana is singing this amazing song on Jonathan Ross tomorrow, apparently (she sang 2 songs but only one will be broadcast on the show, the other will be on the website). Album currently #15 in the Amazon Best sellers in music chart even though still 3 weeks until release. Watch this go Top 3 on there after her appearance.

I like it, it's very unique however, I admit I'm not really a fan of Born to Die

I will however, be sure to check out her album when it's released

Thanks! I like Jamie and didn't know he'd covered this. He did a great job.

To answer the OP's question: yay, yay and yay again.

Can't wait for her album, everything I've heard so far has been superb.

With this much push and this much cash - inevitable. Is it any good? doesn't matter. It's how it works now.

By the way - does this not bother you having to promote this on multiple sites under multiple aliases? Sad old world nowadays.

I've listened to Blue Jeans and I really like it!

Video Games named Best Contemporary Song at The Ivor Novello Awards! Richly deserved imo.

http://www.nme.com/news/adele/63846

That's fantastic to hear, very well deserved

Winning an Ivor Novella-Great Stuff and indeed richly deserved! One of the best songs EVER. Indeed one of the best albums EVER.

I'm sick of all the B.S. Lana's had to take. I have never seen somebody so incredibly good take so much utter dribbling nonsense criticism ever. Looking at some of the stupid posts by some people earlier on this thread is evidence of that.

How she looks, how she sings, whether she writes her own songs or not, how she's "depressing." There are crap pop stars with a fraction of her talent who don't get a shred of the abuse she gets.

SHOCK HORROR! She's actually quite a nice person by all accounts. Sure she's got dark little edges- that comes out in her songs, she's not a total saint, but she's always got time for her fans and comes across as a decent person in interviews.

Oh and just for the record, I personally don't consider Video Games, Born to Die and the rest to be depressing. Dark yes, but if you actually listen to them properly they are actually in a dark way uplifting. All tales of doomed romance and tender hope. S'not like she's the frickin' female solo artist version of Radiohead at all. Hell is that even a bad thing if she was? No male would get slagged off of that, so why does a female?

Oh and don't say it too loud but she actually does UPBEAT and HAPPY songs from time to time too. Like National Anthem. Like Diet Mountain Dew. Like Lucky ones. Like Million Dollar man, which incidentally is the best James Bond movie tune never recorded for a Bond film.

Oh and like You can be the Boss and Kinda Outta Luck-cause she did do songs before the Born to Die record you know. Particularly love the last one. Wonderfully Tarantino movie soundtrack bonkers style stuff with Lana wearing the greatest wickedest smile ever as she sings it in the video!

The only criticism I could lay on Del Rey is that she has occasionally wobbled when live. And I ENTIRELY blame that on the legions of idiots who have slated her on the web. They've shot her confidence to pieces. Its telling when she's on radio or infront of small groups of fans she's flawless.

But, and I love her for it, I think she's turning the page there as well. Since she did a great performance on the David Letterman's show in the US she's been turning that one around. She's actually done some really good live performances recently. Think she's just got to get used to it, conquer those nerves and she's sorted. Simple fact is she's got an incredible voice. Amazing amounts of vocal range. That's what always blows me away about her, she can sing so deeply and all the way up to so soprano high and I love how she plays around with that in her songs. I've never seen anyone who can sing like her, she's something truly special, not just one in a million, one in a billion. Hell one in a trillion.

I really hope winning the likes of the Ivor Nevello gives her some confidence back and she can kick on and rule the charts like she deserves to. Adele took a lot of stick when she 1st came along and look where she is now.

Go on Lana, you have the last laugh on the haters, you deserve it! You’re the greatest! No really, you are the greatest!

It was a Nay from me for so long, then i actually listened to it all rather than the odd bit when i was flicking channels and now i love it!

I avoided her for so long but adore practically the whole album. She's a one off.

Kylie from Corrie loves Video Games...it was mentioned in last night's episode

just seen that (Sky+'d it!) so came into to say just that but you beat me to it! She has fans in the most unlikeliest of places (in this case the Corrie scriptwriters ). And I can't wait until she's singing live like this consistently on TV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyv6R...feature=relmfu

How talented is she? Put it this way, this song didn't even get on the album!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Rd69u2wZs

PS DRAGON LANCE, another amazing Lana post!