Is Shades Of Cool the saddest Lana Del Rey Song?
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ItsLukeyBitch — 9 years ago(October 10, 2016 06:45 AM)
It's a tie IMO, Dark Paradise is just as sad too and the lyrics are even more moving, the thing is Shades of Cool has strikingly sad vocals, you can hear the pain on her voice when you hear the song, it's an striking emotion on her voice.
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jcbcote — 9 years ago(October 10, 2016 07:29 AM)
She has so manyShades of Cool is so very good though. She was certainly in a very dark place for Ultraviolence, her material is significantly darker than Born To Die or Honeymoon.
Her saddest songs, for me include
Is This Happiness
Terrence Loves You (THAT one you can hear heartbreak in)
The Blackest Day
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KennBoy — 9 years ago(October 10, 2016 09:25 AM)
That's why I love Ultraviolence. You can truly tell she was in a dark headspace, and it is fascinating to listen to it. Cruel World is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard
Sad Girl, God Knows I Tried, Carmen, Million Dollar Man, and Terrence Loves You are all pretty sad too
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ItsLukeyBitch — 9 years ago(October 12, 2016 06:27 AM)
She was certainly in a very dark place for Ultraviolence
This is why i love Ultraviolence, it's not commercial, it's a dark album, quite melancholic, i think she was pressured by her label in Born To Die, they wanted her to put more pop radio friendly songs, after that she went less radio friendly.
Is This Happiness
Terrence Loves You (THAT one you can hear heartbreak in)
The Blackest Day
Black Beauty
These are all sad, but neither is as sad as Dark Paradise and Shades of Cool IMO, DP is a very personal song for her and she even cried once when she was performing it, i can hear her pain in Shades of Cool, it strikes me every time i listen, i love The Blackest Day,5b4 it's my fave Honeymoon track, it's incredibly melancholic.
"I feel you, pretty baby, feel me
Turn it up hot, lovin' you is free" -
RisingStar12 — 9 years ago(October 12, 2016 02:18 PM)
Shades of Cool is so beautifully melancholic. Old Money also always gets me, especially the lines "Those summer nights seem long ago/and so is the girl you used to call/the Queen of New York City." There's such a world weariness to it, like someone old in age looking back on their youth and times that are never coming back. I know there's always been a question about how much of a character/extension Lana is to Lizzy, but OM in particular just feels directly autobiographical. Though I suppose you could say that about pretty much the entire UV album.
I plan to write an epic poem about this gorgeous pie!
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ItsLukeyBitch — 9 years ago(October 12, 2016 10:20 PM)
I know there's always been a question about how much of a character/extension Lana is to Lizzy, but OM in particular just feels directly autobiographical. Though I suppose you could say that about pretty much the entire UV album.
Many songs seems autobiographical, people always discuss if Lana is just a persona, it's a persona, but that doesn't mean it's not authentic enough, she has many personal songs even in her first project Sirens.
"I feel you, pretty baby, feel me
Turn it up hot, lovin' you is free"