Lana Del Rey — How to Disappear
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John met me down on the boulevard
I cry on his shoulder 'cause life is hard
The waves came in over my head
What you been up to my baby?
Haven't seen you 'round here lately
All of the guys tell me lies but you don't
You just crack another beer
And pretend that you're still here
This is how to disappear
This is how to disappear
Joe met me down at the training yard
The cuts on his face 'cause he fought too hard
I know he's in over his head
But I love that man like nobody can
He moves mountains and pounds them to ground again
I watch the guys getting high as they fight
For the things that they hold dear
To forget the things they fear
This is how to disappear
This is how to disappear
Now it's been years since I left New York
I got a key and two cats in the yard
A California sun and the movie stars
I watch the skies getting light as I write
As I think about those years
As I whisper in your ear
I'm always gon' to be right here
No one's going anywhere
I cry on his shoulder 'cause life is hard
The waves came in over my head
What you been up to my baby?
Haven't seen you 'round here lately
All of the guys tell me lies but you don't
You just crack another beer
And pretend that you're still here
This is how to disappear
This is how to disappear
Joe met me down at the training yard
The cuts on his face 'cause he fought too hard
I know he's in over his head
But I love that man like nobody can
He moves mountains and pounds them to ground again
I watch the guys getting high as they fight
For the things that they hold dear
To forget the things they fear
This is how to disappear
This is how to disappear
Now it's been years since I left New York
I got a key and two cats in the yard
A California sun and the movie stars
I watch the skies getting light as I write
As I think about those years
As I whisper in your ear
I'm always gon' to be right here
No one's going anywhere
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one part of a beautiful album - that’s a joy to listen to….
For me, Lana Del Ray and this song are a sensual experience through music, My wife has no problem with that.
Is it just my phone or is RP stuck in a loop? This is the 3rd time in the last hour I have heard this song. And this is not the first time I have heard repeats on RP recently.
overrated and underrated at once. great lyrics, pace and melody to this one, she's an observant morning person with oodles of nostalgia and a voice that drapes over time like velvet curtains.
flyboy wrote:
Oh poor boy... A mask. 3 years. The horror.
A dad in my neighborhood was convinced Covid was a hoax and that vaccination was a plot for something. His children have to life without him now.
An elderly couple in my street celebrated their birthday with their children despite the advice not to do so. No masks because that would be stupid. Both died within a week.
Freedom is worth fighting for but dead people are not free at all so choose wisely.
Do you think the people screaming at me to put a mask on three years ago have realized their mistake and would like to apologize yet?
Oh poor boy... A mask. 3 years. The horror.
A dad in my neighborhood was convinced Covid was a hoax and that vaccination was a plot for something. His children have to life without him now.
An elderly couple in my street celebrated their birthday with their children despite the advice not to do so. No masks because that would be stupid. Both died within a week.
Freedom is worth fighting for but dead people are not free at all so choose wisely.
pyrateparadox988 wrote:
But what? She was making an artists statement, and hopefully by now you realise her point was valid. Lace, pearls, mesh, chainmail... all about as useful as the blue plastic things now floating in the oceans, drifting in ditches and caught on branches of bushes. Choking wildlife in every element.
Useless waste, only useful in one place (surgery.)
Sigh.
Do you think the people screaming at me to put a mask on three years ago have realized their mistake and would like to apologize yet?
But what? She was making an artists statement, and hopefully by now you realise her point was valid. Lace, pearls, mesh, chainmail... all about as useful as the blue plastic things now floating in the oceans, drifting in ditches and caught on branches of bushes. Choking wildlife in every element.
Useless waste, only useful in one place (surgery.)
Sigh.
Do you think the people screaming at me to put a mask on three years ago have realized their mistake and would like to apologize yet?
Lana is a peach.
The_Enemy wrote:
I saw a woman in a store wear a "mask" that was an decorative thread going horizontal across her face that had strings of fake pearls dangling from it. Very chic but....
But what? She was making an artists statement, and hopefully by now you realise her point was valid. Lace, pearls, mesh, chainmail... all about as useful as the blue plastic things now floating in the oceans, drifting in ditches and caught on branches of bushes. Choking wildlife in every element.
Useless waste, only useful in one place (surgery.)
Sigh.
I saw a woman in a store wear a "mask" that was an decorative thread going horizontal across her face that had strings of fake pearls dangling from it. Very chic but....
But what? She was making an artists statement, and hopefully by now you realise her point was valid. Lace, pearls, mesh, chainmail... all about as useful as the blue plastic things now floating in the oceans, drifting in ditches and caught on branches of bushes. Choking wildlife in every element.
Useless waste, only useful in one place (surgery.)
Sigh.
I'd love to fall asleep with my head on Lana's lap while she sings this.
1wolfy wrote:
i don't know what it is
she's got a way about her
i don't know what it is
she's got a way about her
Did people dig on this before they knew how fuckin bitchen Lana is?! Gorgeous Pop Candy
Ok_Sobriquet wrote:
John Mayer.
The guy on the album cover reminds me of Donny Osmond
John Mayer.
The tragic, the beauty and an indefinable strangeness, it's Lana singing and it's a masterpiece.
jacopo777 wrote:
Hey, where's the photo of Bill and Hillery?
Extraordinary talent.
It's a shame Lana Del Rey never got more fame. :/
RabbitEars wrote:
Hey, where's the photo of Bill and Hillery?
the album cover reminds me of these...
Hey, where's the photo of Bill and Hillery?
The guy on the album cover reminds me of Donny Osmond
Proclivities wrote:
Every album cover photo is retouched to some extent - they always have been. Anyhow, there are slight details in the man's shirt and the upper sky is also altered to look like an oil painting. You must know that photo retouching has existed long before computers have.
Used to be called airbrushing.
Every album cover photo is retouched to some extent - they always have been. Anyhow, there are slight details in the man's shirt and the upper sky is also altered to look like an oil painting. You must know that photo retouching has existed long before computers have.
Used to be called airbrushing.
glassman wrote:
Why should it?
This song should Disappear.
Why should it?
...like an opiate-infused Connie Francis. And I DIG it!
Hmm 🤔 Lana goes from LA hipster, to Ralph Lauren cover model…?!
I love the fact that she has found a unique voice that has garnered some commercial success. I love artists that do their own thing and make a career of it. We can all likely agree that this track is better than anything you'll hear on a New Country station or any of that autotuned pop crap on the Top 40.
That there
That's not me
I go
Where I please
no wait....
I found a book on how to be invisible
Take a pinch of keyhole
And fold yourself up
no...
That's not me
I go
Where I please
no wait....
I found a book on how to be invisible
Take a pinch of keyhole
And fold yourself up
no...
This song should Disappear.
Edweirdo wrote:
Oh, nice! Egg on my face for assuming it was done in the darkroom!
Oh, nice! Egg on my face for assuming it was done in the darkroom!
RabbitEars wrote:
Every couple looks like that on a boat.
the album cover reminds me of these...
Every couple looks like that on a boat.
ziggytrix wrote:
Wait, you mean they didn't actually set a guy on fire for Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here cover? I feel betrayed! :P
They actually did set a guy on fire.
Wait, you mean they didn't actually set a guy on fire for Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here cover? I feel betrayed! :P
They actually did set a guy on fire.
Laptopdog wrote:
I like how Bill comments at the end of this song that the title of the album is Norman...something...Rockwell. I'm no prude, but the DJs on SiriusXM always make it a point to say Norman "Fu#k!ng" Rockwell, which can be offensive to my Uber passengers. At least it makes me cringe a little. It would just be as easy to say the album is NFR like it actually states on the album cover.
Proclivities wrote:
Every album cover photo is retouched to some extent - they always have been. Anyhow, there are slight details in the man's shirt and the upper sky is also altered to look like an oil painting. You must know that photo retouching has existed long before computers have.
Wait, you mean they didn't actually set a guy on fire for Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here cover? I feel betrayed! :P
Every album cover photo is retouched to some extent - they always have been. Anyhow, there are slight details in the man's shirt and the upper sky is also altered to look like an oil painting. You must know that photo retouching has existed long before computers have.
Wait, you mean they didn't actually set a guy on fire for Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here cover? I feel betrayed! :P
Made it disappear!
The Norman Rockwell museum seems … pretty OK with the album title per the Boston Globe Here's what the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge thinks of Lana Del Rey’s new album title
jp33442 wrote:
For people like you to ask dumb questions
Oh, so you don't know either?
For people like you to ask dumb questions
RabbitEars wrote:
the album cover reminds me of these...
albert11 wrote:
(and all of the other cities you don't know)
I love the line about leaving New York years ago. I did, too. That also carries the melancholy of that move and the love I still feel for the greatest city on Earth. Well, except for Portland, Oregon, of course :)
(and all of the other cities you don't know)
I love the line about leaving New York years ago. I did, too. That also carries the melancholy of that move and the love I still feel for the greatest city on Earth. Well, except for Portland, Oregon, of course :)
Last year I rode a Harley Davidson across the deep south of America from San Diago to Orland and this album was my soundtrack. Almost every track takes me back to a place or a person.
In my opinion, the best song on a truly exceptional album. A solid 10.
Jelani wrote:
For people like you to ask dumb questions
Can someone tell me what this album has to do with Norman Rockwell?
For people like you to ask dumb questions
Can someone tell me what this album has to do with Norman Rockwell?
lizardking wrote:
I did a +1, 6 to 7, based on the album title alone! Maybe an 8 one day....it be too slow for me this morning though...Long Live RP!!
+1 to 8 today.
LLRP!!
I did a +1, 6 to 7, based on the album title alone! Maybe an 8 one day....it be too slow for me this morning though...Long Live RP!!
+1 to 8 today.
LLRP!!
Sofa_King wrote:
I saw a woman in a store wear a "mask" that was an decorative thread going horizontal across her face that had strings of fake pearls dangling from it. Very chic but....
Such a nice song, talented singer, great voice...
And then she does something stupid like wearing this mask with holes in it during a global pandemic.
I know we should separate the art from the artist but I lost a lot of respect for her after this.
And then she does something stupid like wearing this mask with holes in it during a global pandemic.
I know we should separate the art from the artist but I lost a lot of respect for her after this.
I saw a woman in a store wear a "mask" that was an decorative thread going horizontal across her face that had strings of fake pearls dangling from it. Very chic but....
It's beautiful.
Such a nice song, talented singer, great voice...
And then she does something stupid like wearing this mask with holes in it during a global pandemic.
I know we should separate the art from the artist but I lost a lot of respect for her after this.
And then she does something stupid like wearing this mask with holes in it during a global pandemic.
I know we should separate the art from the artist but I lost a lot of respect for her after this.
Heart rendin. people DO leave, and we Are left alone, ultimately.
Is the "John" she met down on the boulevard, John Mayer as per the photo on the cover?
5crewjiver wrote:
Years ago om TV in the UK, the estimable critic Barry Norman presented a film programme... and reported on a howling misprint in one of that week's publicity listings, advertising a new cinema release titled "Balltestar Galactica"
yikes ouch
yikes ouch
The mind boggles....
dtl wrote:
Love the Battlestar reference!
Love the Battlestar reference!
Some very classy production work !! Well done my friends. Long time no see??
For me, Lana Del Rey and her music are entrancing .... a type of music/presentation that transports me to some other place and time ...
Why is "F***ing" censored here? Fuquing 'ell!
What a voice! I'm jealous; my range isn't enough to sing Johnny One Note
gmichaelt wrote:
Perhaps the shirt is coated with Vanta Black (as opposed to Vanna White...?-)
Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
Album cover is 'shopped. A textureless-black shirt next to the day-glo thing she's wearing, and there's detail in it all the way to her left side? Please!
Perhaps the shirt is coated with Vanta Black (as opposed to Vanna White...?-)
Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
Proclivities wrote:
Every album cover photo is retouched to some extent - they always have been. Anyhow, there are slight details in the man's shirt and the upper sky is also altered to look like an oil painting. You must know that photo retouching has existed long before computers have.
Thank you. People are losing sleep over this cover? Given the title of the album, this image fits. Though as a designer, I wouldn't call it a great or even good design.
Every album cover photo is retouched to some extent - they always have been. Anyhow, there are slight details in the man's shirt and the upper sky is also altered to look like an oil painting. You must know that photo retouching has existed long before computers have.
Thank you. People are losing sleep over this cover? Given the title of the album, this image fits. Though as a designer, I wouldn't call it a great or even good design.
gmichaelt wrote:
Aaaah! Can't believe anything anymore!! Next thing we know, someone will complain about Fake News!!!
Album cover is 'shopped. A textureless-black shirt next to the day-glo thing she's wearing, and there's detail in it all the way to her left side? Please!
Aaaah! Can't believe anything anymore!! Next thing we know, someone will complain about Fake News!!!
I really don't know how she stole these lyrics from me!
Sbed wrote:
Can't think of a better one
Best album of 2019 for me, tremendous album ! ;)
Can't think of a better one
drewd wrote:
Today he said that "in the Battlestar Glactica world it would be Norman Fracking Rockwell."
Love the Battlestar reference!
Today he said that "in the Battlestar Glactica world it would be Norman Fracking Rockwell."
Love the Battlestar reference!
Laptopdog wrote:
Today he said that "in the Battlestar Galactica world it would be Norman Fracking Rockwell."
I like how Bill comments at the end of this song that the title of the album is Norman...something...Rockwell. I'm no prude, but the DJs on SiriusXM always make it a point to say Norman "Fu#k!ng" Rockwell, which can be offensive to my Uber passengers. At least it makes me cringe a little. It would just be as easy to say the album is NFR like it actually states on the album cover.
Today he said that "in the Battlestar Galactica world it would be Norman Fracking Rockwell."
gmichaelt wrote:
Every album cover photo is retouched to some extent - they always have been. Anyhow, there are slight details in the man's shirt and the upper sky is also altered to look like an oil painting. You must know that photo retouching has existed long before computers have.
Album cover is 'shopped. A textureless-black shirt next to the day-glo thing she's wearing, and there's detail in it all the way to her left side? Please!
Every album cover photo is retouched to some extent - they always have been. Anyhow, there are slight details in the man's shirt and the upper sky is also altered to look like an oil painting. You must know that photo retouching has existed long before computers have.
I'm in a New York state of mind ?
gmichaelt wrote:
Noticed the exact same thing. The stark lighting illuminating their faces would surely add some varying shades of shape in the black shirt.
Album cover is 'shopped. A textureless-black shirt next to the day-glo thing she's wearing, and there's detail in it all the way to her left side? Please!
Noticed the exact same thing. The stark lighting illuminating their faces would surely add some varying shades of shape in the black shirt.
Album cover is 'shopped. A textureless-black shirt next to the day-glo thing she's wearing, and there's detail in it all the way to her left side? Please!
Best album of 2019 for me, tremendous album ! ;)
I hear little bits and pieces of Paul McCartney...
Let me roll it
Let me roll it to you
Let me roll it
Let me roll it to you
Laptopdog wrote:
'Effing' works for me!
I like how Bill comments at the end of this song that the title of the album is Norman...something...Rockwell. I'm no prude, but the DJs on SiriusXM always make it a point to say Norman "Fu#k!ng" Rockwell, which can be offensive to my Uber passengers. At least it makes me cringe a little. It would just be as easy to say the album is NFR like it actually states on the album cover.
'Effing' works for me!
I like how Bill comments at the end of this song that the title of the album is Norman...something...Rockwell. I'm no prude, but the DJs on SiriusXM always make it a point to say Norman "Fu#k!ng" Rockwell, which can be offensive to my Uber passengers. At least it makes me cringe a little. It would just be as easy to say the album is NFR like it actually states on the album cover.
kazoo wrote:
That's not Bill Hader. It's Norman F***ing Rockwell, III!
I did a +1, 6 to 7, based on the album title alone! Maybe an 8 one day....it be too slow for me this morning though...Long Live RP!!
That's not Bill Hader. It's Norman F***ing Rockwell, III!
I did a +1, 6 to 7, based on the album title alone! Maybe an 8 one day....it be too slow for me this morning though...Long Live RP!!
the album cover reminds me of these...
kazoo wrote:
That's not Bill Hader. It's Norman F***ing Rockwell, III!
That's actually Duke Nicholson, Jack's grandson. There is some resemblance there, too, I think.
That's not Bill Hader. It's Norman F***ing Rockwell, III!
That's actually Duke Nicholson, Jack's grandson. There is some resemblance there, too, I think.
LauweLoempia wrote:
It's a pretty traditional chord progression, which may be why it sounds familiar.
Nice new song! Sounds extremely familiar, but I can't put my finger on it.....
It's a pretty traditional chord progression, which may be why it sounds familiar.
cayennetea wrote:
... and?
This is not the best song on the album.
... and?
This is not the best song on the album.
Nice new song! Sounds extremely familiar, but I can't put my finger on it.....
me for one ain't hatin' on her, I kinda dig her.. 
Grayson wrote:
That's not Bill Hader. It's Norman F***ing Rockwell, III!
Sure, who wouldn't want to hate on Lana Del Rey, but what a lovely smallish gem of a depressing song. But depressing in the good way, right? But why is she gripping Bill Hader? I'd be envious, but I'm more a Fred Armisen kinda gal.
That's not Bill Hader. It's Norman F***ing Rockwell, III!
Sure, who wouldn't want to hate on Lana Del Rey, but what a lovely smallish gem of a depressing song. But depressing in the good way, right? But why is she gripping Bill Hader? I'd be envious, but I'm more a Fred Armisen kinda gal.
For me, Lana Del Ray and this song are a sensual experience through music, My wife has no problem with that.
Thanks for sharing? Good to know your wife approves.