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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: RustyOrgan on January 16, 2012, 01:43:13 am
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Should keep her botox-lipped mouth closed and her legs spread. My two cents.
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Tried to watch this online, but the video is crashing on me. I heard it was pretty bad.
So do I have to like her like I have to like Frank Ocean? Because I don't think I want to :(
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Terrible.
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"VIDEO GAMES.......Dr. MARIO.......maybe some ZELDA.....or DONKEY KONG COUNTRY!...."
At first I thought it was a digital short. If so, it would have been the first funny one.
Brian
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That's not really the lyrics, right?
"VIDEO GAMES.......Dr. MARIO.......maybe some ZELDA.....or DONKEY KONG COUNTRY!...."
At first I thought it was a digital short. If so, it would have been the first funny one.
Brian
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she is a woman. you are a man. you just want to fuck her. she just wants to be independent. the end.
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Has the botox been confirmed? I just presumed there had been work done but I'm not interested enough to actually look it up.
Do want to see the SNL appearance because it is allegedly horrible. The, ahem, "live" cut they play on sirius sounds ok but I do wonder how "live" it actually is.
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http://gawker.com/5876450/
I've always liked Brian Williams.
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Not Ready for Prime Time, indeed.
Didn't see both performances - apparently Blue Jeans is worse than the one I sat thru - but I do think nerves had as much to do with it as anything else. Shame they rushed her into this but it's not like she was an unwilling partner.
Next.......
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It was like she was another character in the "You Can Do Anything!" sketch . . .
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I just watched the videos from SNL, he doesn't sound that great ;D
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It was uncomfortable to watch. Really, really bad.
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I still would.
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Pop quiz. Which one is Lana Del Rey?
(http://cdn.idolator.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Lana-Del-Rey-Adele-Florence-Welch-500x324.jpg)
Brian
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Man, I am a hipster. I actually only knew Lana Del Ray on that without looking at the image name.
Pop quiz. Which one is Lana Del Rey?
(http://cdn.idolator.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Lana-Del-Rey-Adele-Florence-Welch-500x324.jpg)
Brian
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Pop quiz. Which one is Lana Del Rey?[/img]
#1.
#2 is Adele (though a rather flattering photo as the camera is supposed to put on 10 pounds, not take off 25)
#3. Stevie Nicks. I kid, though I can't watch her without thinking that I've seen this act before after Stevie left Fleetwood Mac.
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I know, right?
#2 is Adele (though a rather flattering photo as the camera is supposed to put on 10 pounds, not take off 25)
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Whoa, the comments on BV are a little brutal and uncalled for. But that is par for the course on BV.
I wondered how much of this she woilingly agreed to and how much she was contractually obligated to go through. Signing your life away kinda sucks.
I do feel a little bad for the girl behind the manufactured persona if she was forced into anything she had reservations about.
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I like her songs. She sounded much better on XMU sessions. I feel badly for her.
I also don't get why people are so pissed off she's "manufactured". Who cares? 1/2 of the artists around today are, and people don't complain about them.
I think it's just because it's the first time an "indie" person came on the scene and was a rich girl. Like vampire weekend weren't a bunch of prep school richies...
But, the SNL performance was really bad.
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most peoples opinion of ldr being manufactured is a manufactured opinion by the music outlets and blogs.
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She's from Lake Placid. How "rich" could she possibly be?
Something tells me a disproportionate amount of musicians, particularly of the indie flavor, probably come from privileged backgrounds.
I like her songs. She sounded much better on XMU sessions. I feel badly for her.
I also don't get why people are so pissed off she's "manufactured". Who cares? 1/2 of the artists around today are, and people don't complain about them.
I think it's just because it's the first time an "indie" person came on the scene and was a rich girl. Like vampire weekend weren't a bunch of prep school richies...
But, the SNL performance was really bad.
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I think this is the fundamental problem here. There's nothing "indie" about LDR...and that's not a good OR a bad thing. She's a (potential) pop star...there's nothing that separates her from Katy Perry or any other pop female vocalist. And I'm not being too cool for school here in saying that...personally, I"d rather listen to Katy Perry than Arcade Fire. And that's a fact.
But for some reason, this clamoring to find the next big thing that blogs do translates into some endearment to music fans that want to be ahead of the curve. So a poor girl like LDR first gets built up in our little indie world with some feverish devotion (BEFORE she even has a goddamn album out), and that segues into high spotlight for someone that hasn't even had to cut their teeth doing this stuff yet.
I'm with K8teebug...I feel badly for her above anything else. I mean, who among us, after being told they're going to be huge, a star, rich, powerful, etc., WOULDN'T jump at the chance at the ripe old age of 20.
I think it's just because it's the first time an "indie" person came on the scene and was a rich girl.
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At the risk of being seen as a loser, I've never had any of those things as a personal goal. ;)
I mean, who among us, after being told they're going to be huge, a star, rich, powerful, etc., WOULDN'T jump at the chance at the ripe old age of 20.
I think it's just because it's the first time an "indie" person came on the scene and was a rich girl.
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Ok, let's say someone told you could be a reeeeaaaaalllly powerful and influential statistician. Would that make a difference ;)
At the risk of being seen as a loser, I've never had any of those things as a personal goal. ;)
I mean, who among us, after being told they're going to be huge, a star, rich, powerful, etc., WOULDN'T jump at the chance at the ripe old age of 20.
I think it's just because it's the first time an "indie" person came on the scene and was a rich girl.
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Ok, let's say someone told you could be a reeeeaaaaalllly powerful and influential statistician.
or, you know, santa claus.
equally likely.
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Actually, just ask my daughter. She'll tell you Daddy is Santa Claus.
If I had aspirations to be a powerful or influential anything, would I be spending work time on an internet message board?
I rest my case.
Ok, let's say someone told you could be a reeeeaaaaalllly powerful and influential statistician.
or, you know, santa claus.
equally likely.
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What NKOTB said.
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I saw the 'video games' performance on SNL and while I didn't think it was great, I didn't think it was terrible either (not a fan of her music) I mean some people are calling it the worst performance on SNL ever......obviously they haven't watched a lot of SNL
I mean....worse than ashlee simpson??? really??
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I have absolutely no idea who this person is but after reading this thread, I have absolutely no desire to ever know.
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Quick summary of story.
Early 20-something/late somethingteen with rich parents wants to be a pop star.
Gets record deal and is marketted as another Britney clone, market does not bite.
Lays low for a few years.
Gets made over and videos of her posing as some bedroom indie pop artist pop up on Youtube and spread like wildfire via supposed indie blogs.
As with all these internet celebrities, someone does a little digging and posts all about her failed pop princess attempt.
Shortly thereafter, news of her upcoming album's major label release surfaces.
Shortly thereafter, news of her performing on SNL surfaces.
SNL performance happens after a few live gigs that got negative to lukewarm reviews.
SNL performance is brutal.
Blogs go crazy bashing her.
This thread is started.
The end.
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While she did appear to get an image do-over, I didn't get the impression she came from money - the video here seems to confirm that:
http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/the-new-now/the-controversial-second-life-of-lana-del-rey.html
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(http://cdn.idolator.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Lana-Del-Rey-Interview-magazine-Russia.jpg)
i think she is awesome!
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Quick summary of story.
Early 20-something/late somethingteen with rich parents wants to be a pop star.
Gets record deal and is marketted as another Britney clone, market does not bite.
Lays low for a few years.
Gets made over and videos of her posing as some bedroom indie pop artist pop up on Youtube and spread like wildfire via supposed indie blogs.
As with all these internet celebrities, someone does a little digging and posts all about her failed pop princess attempt.
Shortly thereafter, news of her upcoming album's major label release surfaces.
Shortly thereafter, news of her performing on SNL surfaces.
SNL performance happens after a few live gigs that got negative to lukewarm reviews.
SNL performance is brutal.
Blogs go crazy bashing her.
This thread is started.
The end.
Thanks for the cliffsnotes as I had no clue who this chica was/is.
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Quick summary of story.
Early 20-something/late somethingteen with rich parents wants to be a pop star.
Gets record deal and is marketted as another Britney clone, market does not bite.
Lays low for a few years.
Gets made over and videos of her posing as some bedroom indie pop artist pop up on Youtube and spread like wildfire via supposed indie blogs.
As with all these internet celebrities, someone does a little digging and posts all about her failed pop princess attempt.
Shortly thereafter, news of her upcoming album's major label release surfaces.
Shortly thereafter, news of her performing on SNL surfaces.
SNL performance happens after a few live gigs that got negative to lukewarm reviews.
SNL performance is brutal.
Blogs go crazy bashing her.
This thread is started.
The end.
Thanks for the cliffsnotes as I had no clue who this chica was/is.
i'll say it again . . . she is awesome.
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Walkie, that was my attempt at a Walkie-esque post. How did I do?
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you capitalized . . . bad boy.
and hutch hasn't attacked you yet. what are you thinking?
but you used, "the end."
it always works.
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If she had had a mediocre performance on SNL would we be talking about her this week?
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Good point. Bad performances may result in chatter but don't sell records, though. Her 15 minutes might be up before her album drops at this rate.
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http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-01-18/music/lana-del-rey-lights-up-the-internet/
Always a good read but fails to mention that the reinvented persona which has people up in arms was not of her making but instead, was the brainchild of some suit at Interscope. Bowie analogy is weak because as far as I know, all his characters were his own. With LDR, there appears to be someone/some people in the background pulling each string.
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That article is all fine and good, but I think we're missing the bigger, more important story here:
I still would.
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That article is all fine and good, but I think we're missing the bigger, more important story here:
I still would.
can something that predictable really be called "important"?
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I think what NKOTB was alluding to is the more her star falls, the better my chances to make her feel better about herself.
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@Smackie - Catch a falling star.
(http://rlv.zcache.com/catch_a_falling_star_sticker-p217637843181069333z85xz_400.jpg)
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She'll try again next Thursday on Letterman. Does she ever perform outside of NYC?
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is she awesome yet?
i haven't heard anything about her since that performance. but i haven't really looked either. i think her voice is the key, and the song . . . unique dumb songs with a catchiness is what makes good music. well, to me.