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Ok, I've Written A Song For LANA DEL REY to Record...
... do you think she'd like it and accept to record it? Here are the lyrics:
"Oh, baby, baby, when he walked into the room I was on fire, His eyes shining bright as he called me a liar (and put a gun to my head! He likes violence, yeaah!) I have my party dress on, red of course, and dance for him, ooh yeah dance, baby baby, I dance and dance. He's wild, he's freeee, he's young, and he also loves this in meee. He drives me down Sunset, Lambourghini cruising, he looks so cool and how can I lose him? Oh baby, what you do to me, what you do to me, how you make me feel, I wanna get high with you, wanna do drugs with you - all night - and sing Ella Fitzgerald songs too! All night, yeah, allllll niiiiiightt. Because we are cooooool, baby, coool honey! Yeah we're free, baby, freeeeeee! I'm on fire, baby, yeah baby baby, I'm so high baby, you make me high baby (well so does this joint I'm smoking). You excite me, baby,. You're 50 years older (and filthy rich!) but I'm much bolder, my darling little Sugar Daddy, yeahhhhhh ooooh yeaaah, honey! I love the Hollywood lifestyyyyyle, I love to dance willllld and free - in a while, yeeeah, just riiiiiiiding downtown, racing downtown, honey. Yeah baby drive faster and faster, I want to die in your arms. I feel the dangerous calm. I will love you till the end of time baby, baby, baby. Let's die together, darling. I still have that little red party dress on too! But no, no, no, no. Why? It's not right! Why? We still have more parties to go to, that's why! But why? Don't ask why, just drive!! You look so pretty, all the party girls love you, yeah, but I'm the one you want, I'm the one you need - we'll get high on acid and weed, maaaan, cos you are for me and I am for you and together we will party and get on down, we'll have fun and fool around. Lots of fun, lots of fun, lots and lots of fun. I'm still wearing my little red party dress, remember? Prada, Gucci, Fendi, Pucci, I really can't remember, I bought it last September. You looooove me even though I'm crazy and a freak. You want me, even though our future looks bleak. But we can riiiiiiiiiiide, just riiiiiiiiiiide, until the next party comes along. You know I party a lot, don't you, darling? Yeah! Look I got all dressed up for you tonight, don't you go leaving me now tonight. You got me all freaked out, do something about it. Take me for another ride, honey you're the best. Let's cruise down Rodeo Drive, cos I need a new dress." So, what do you think? Lol, btw, I am a big Lana fan, this is just me having a bit of fun.
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Btw, I'm not being serious about sending her the lyrics. I was just doing a bit of a spoof based on her ever recurring themes and subject matter. It wouldn't mean much to anyone who doesn't really know Lana's songs well though. Oh well, I had a laugh writing it anyway, if nothing else. Like I said I love Lana and have all her albums but I'm the first to admit her lyrics and themes can be a bit samey!
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OK you made me laugh Spaceygal. Weeeell I would say nice try but:
1) No literary quotes: Two obvious examples; From Off to the Races: "Light of my life, fire of my loins, Be a good baby, do what I want" -a line from the novel Lolita. Body Electric - the whole song is of course a tribute to Walt Whitman’s poem of the same name. 2) You didn't put any "Americana" references in: Where’s a bit of Coney Island or on The West Coast they got a sayin'? I'll use Body Electric again, it has a lyric that baffles people: "Gran ole opry"- its America's longest running country radio broadcast. Lana luuuurves dropping in fun little references like these. 3) Not enough full on poetic drama and death and destruction in this song? I caught an episode of the BBC quiz Eggheads the other day. The question: "Who's breakthrough hit was the song Video Games." In a truly d'oh moment The Egghead answered "Nicole Scherzinger" (???) and was quite surprised to hear it was Lana. "Aren't all her songs about death and destruction?" The host replied "Exactly that'll be why she wrote a song called Video Games-they're about death and destruction." "Oh yeah!" exclaimed the Egghead. 4) I don't think you need to be a genius to see Lana turns her real life boyfriends into these dark shady men she sings about in the songs. All the lyrics in the songs seem to be metaphors for what is happening in her real life relationships. Two tracks from her latest album as examples: Salvatore -clearly inspired by her now ex-Italian boyfriend Francesco, and The Blackest Day-many think its about her regret for splitting with Barrie James O'Neill. Powerful stuff. Oh and don't get started on the amount of songs she's written about Guns and Roses frontman Axl Rose. Did she/didn't she have a fling with him-she's very wisely just hinting and letting people talk! But if she wrote these relationships literally they wouldn't be half as fun would it? Something I adore about Lana is the mystery. You are never sure where reality begins and a dark fantasy ends in her songs. Anything could be possible given the life she has had. And I don't want anyone to spoil that mystery, its just fun trying to figure out what her songs might really mean. Journalists always seem to want to pick this apart. The NME did a really good interview with her recently but the preface to the article was the same usual dribble the music press have pushed for years. Pointless pondering about how frustrating it was they couldn't tell whether she was a singer or as they put it "a character from a Raymond Chandler novel." Oh well at least they seem to genuinely like the Honeymoon album. But who cares? I don't know why they can't just sit back, enjoy the technicolour glory of what she does and most of all: Just Ride. Right I'll stop there you've set me off waffling about Lana again Spaceybadgirl .
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I caught an episode of the BBC quiz Eggheads the other day. The question: "Who's breakthrough hit was the song Video Games." In a truly d'oh moment The Egghead answered "Nicole Scherzinger" (???) and was quite surprised to hear it was Lana. "Aren't all her songs about death and destruction?" The host replied "Exactly that'll be why she wrote a song called Video Games-they're about death and destruction." "Oh yeah!" exclaimed the Egghead.
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OK you made me laugh Spaceygal. Weeeell I would say nice try but:
1) No literary quotes: Two obvious examples; From Off to the Races: "Light of my life, fire of my loins, Be a good baby, do what I want" -a line from the novel Lolita. Body Electric - the whole song is of course a tribute to Walt Whitman’s poem of the same name. 2) You didn't put any "Americana" references in: Where’s a bit of Coney Island or on The West Coast they got a sayin'? I'll use Body Electric again, it has a lyric that baffles people: "Gran ole opry"- its America's longest running country radio broadcast. Lana luuuurves dropping in fun little references like these. 3) Not enough full on poetic drama and death and destruction in this song? I caught an episode of the BBC quiz Eggheads the other day. The question: "Who's breakthrough hit was the song Video Games." In a truly d'oh moment The Egghead answered "Nicole Scherzinger" (???) and was quite surprised to hear it was Lana. "Aren't all her songs about death and destruction?" The host replied "Exactly that'll be why she wrote a song called Video Games-they're about death and destruction." "Oh yeah!" exclaimed the Egghead. 4) I don't think you need to be a genius to see Lana turns her real life boyfriends into these dark shady men she sings about in the songs. All the lyrics in the songs seem to be metaphors for what is happening in her real life relationships. Two tracks from her latest album as examples: Salvatore -clearly inspired by her now ex-Italian boyfriend Francesco, and The Blackest Day-many think its about her regret for splitting with Barrie James O'Neill. Powerful stuff. Oh and don't get started on the amount of songs she's written about Guns and Roses frontman Axl Rose. Did she/didn't she have a fling with him-she's very wisely just hinting and letting people talk! But if she wrote these relationships literally they wouldn't be half as fun would it? Something I adore about Lana is the mystery. You are never sure where reality begins and a dark fantasy ends in her songs. Anything could be possible given the life she has had. And I don't want anyone to spoil that mystery, its just fun trying to figure out what her songs might really mean. Journalists always seem to want to pick this apart. The NME did a really good interview with her recently but the preface to the article was the same usual dribble the music press have pushed for years. Pointless pondering about how frustrating it was they couldn't tell whether she was a singer or as they put it "a character from a Raymond Chandler novel." Oh well at least they seem to genuinely like the Honeymoon album. But who cares? I don't know why they can't just sit back, enjoy the technicolour glory of what she does and most of all: Just Ride. Right I'll stop there you've set me off waffling about Lana again Spaceybadgirl .I too love the mystery of Lana. I'm never sure what to believe with her, when it comes to her lyrics. All I know is that her songs are very poetic, very dreamlike and haunting, very beautiful! I know I'm just having a laugh with my attempted spoof song but I don't think I could ever tire of listening to Lana, even if she is singing about Axl bloody Rose for the 50th time and her gun toting boyfriends - not forgetting that little party dress, lol!
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Maybe Lana should cover the Hall and Oates song "Rich Girl" ?
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As for the Rich Girl jibe, Lana getting singled out for this for this still? I think we all know she is lucky enough to come from a rich background but what always makes her so endearing is it hasn’t made some stuck up rich bitch. She loves her fans, seems relatively humble and grounded about her success. Her ferocious work rate of an album practically every year shows she’s in it for the art more than anything else.
In contrast, practically all of the current stars of British music scene come from affluent backgrounds and never get criticised or insulted for it. Charile XCX for instance not only had her parents pay for her to go to boarding school + pay for her higher education but by all accounts paid for her to get started in the music biz too. Not saying this means Miss XCX is a bad person, I like her. Most of what gets played on Radio now -all posh kids that had the money to "network" in London and get noticed by the right people. Flip over to Indie land and listen to interviews with the current crop of indie bands- all posh kids. Its strange how there's one rule for Lana and another for the rest though isn't it? |
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As for the Rich Girl jibe, Lana getting singled out for this for this still? I think we all know she is lucky enough to come from a rich background but what always makes her so endearing is it hasn’t made some stuck up rich bitch. She loves her fans, seems relatively humble and grounded about her success. Her ferocious work rate of an album practically every year shows she’s in it for the art more than anything else.
In contrast, practically all of the current stars of British music scene come from affluent backgrounds and never get criticised or insulted for it. Charile XCX for instance not only had her parents pay for her to go to boarding school + pay for her higher education but by all accounts paid for her to get started in the music biz too. Not saying this means Miss XCX is a bad person, I like her. Most of what gets played on Radio now -all posh kids that had the money to "network" in London and get noticed by the right people. Flip over to Indie land and listen to interviews with the current crop of indie bands- all posh kids. Its strange how there's one rule for Lana and another for the rest though isn't it? I was trying hard to think of a current indie band of more working class origins and really struggling hard. One still hasn't come to mind. The only working class people that come to mind are those on things like X Factor - that's depressing. I would like to be corrected on this though - I'm sure I can't be right! |
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As for the Rich Girl jibe, Lana getting singled out for this for this still? I think we all know she is lucky enough to come from a rich background but what always makes her so endearing is it hasn’t made some stuck up rich bitch. She loves her fans, seems relatively humble and grounded about her success. Her ferocious work rate of an album practically every year shows she’s in it for the art more than anything else.
In contrast, practically all of the current stars of British music scene come from affluent backgrounds and never get criticised or insulted for it. Charile XCX for instance not only had her parents pay for her to go to boarding school + pay for her higher education but by all accounts paid for her to get started in the music biz too. Not saying this means Miss XCX is a bad person, I like her. Most of what gets played on Radio now -all posh kids that had the money to "network" in London and get noticed by the right people. Flip over to Indie land and listen to interviews with the current crop of indie bands- all posh kids. Its strange how there's one rule for Lana and another for the rest though isn't it? |
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Excellent article by Stuart Maconie here in response To Blunty's imo rather silly attack a while ago on Labour MP Chris Bryant's assertion that the arts were increasingly being dominated by posh kids.
https://newrepublic.com/article/1209...king-over-arts PS Maconie has it wrong about Kaiser Chiefs (or at least their frontman Wilson, who I believe is the son of a BBC Producer, the one who produced the infamous It's A Royal Knockout!). And Laura Marling is the daughter of a recording studio-owning Baronet, no less!
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That is a superb article. I do sometimes fear we are going back to the Victorian era with a huge divide between rich and poor and the entertainment industry sadly reflects this.
It goes beyond class, it’s almost like all the hate in the world is for people who got where they did by grafting at it whether they be working/middle or upper class. Even worse if they show any philanthropy or willingness to empower others that are disadvantaged. We now applaud people that kissed backside/ knew the right people/ went on the right talent/reality show. Kendall Jenner characters rule the world. Right better stop there getting all political and stuff-don't get me started on the budget! |
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Excellent article by Stuart Maconie here in response To Blunty's imo rather silly attack a while ago on Labour MP Chris Bryant's assertion that the arts were increasingly being dominated by posh kids.
https://newrepublic.com/article/1209...king-over-arts PS Maconie has it wrong about Kaiser Chiefs (or at least their frontman Wilson, who I believe is the son of a BBC Producer, the one who produced the infamous It's A Royal Knockout!). And Laura Marling is the daughter of a recording studio-owning Baronet, no less! ![]() Interesting fact- the 80s band Yello consisted of Dieter Meier (who was a millionaire businessman prior to joining the band) and Boris Blank (a former truck driver). Didn't stop them recording together for twenty-ish years... |
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Maybe 2012 Lana would have accepted such s song but she's long moved on from the "red party dress" and going "downtown" so no sorry I think you are a few years behind with the lyrics.
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Its OK Makson Lana would have never accepted anyone elses song lyrics-she writes her own destiny! Have you seen that she's playing the music festivals again? Not many dates so far but she's playing in Ireland at the Electric Picnic:
http:http://www.electricpicnic.ie/line-up// I believe Festival performance dates in Belgium, France, Switzerland, Poland +Russia have also been announced. British dates soon? |
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And just tag onto that, that's interesting about Yello but if you think about it, it was quite common in the past for people of different backgrounds to team up. Genesis spring to mind, all public school boys bar a certain Phil Collins.
I think that's one of the great things about music, its transcends class. Funnily enough I remember seeing Ricky Wilson of the Kaiser Chiefs giving a good interview quote on why its harder for working class bands and musicians now. He said his generation of bands where the last ones where record labels were prepared to pay advances to fledgling bands so you could give up work and just concentrate on making a hit record. It doesn't happen now as there isn't the money in the business. |
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