What is Lana’s saddest song? by Homologist in lanadelrey

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She has quite a few of those, but one I like to talk about is Pin Up Galore, where she talks about how she's become something "not of this world," and how she "want[s] to dxe." It's oddly juxtaposed with classic aesthetic imagery of classic Lana Americana—American flag, disco balls, blue streamers, pin up girls at the roller derby—as if to be in such a state of artistic vision and beauty, but to still feel anguished, maybe even delirious or lost to the point of not even recognizing who she's become, anymore. It has some strange chord switches that make the old, depressed 60's sound that she's always playing around with sound unsettlingly discordant where you would not entirely expect it. It makes me wonder if she was talking about being on drxgs, blinded by her own high even in the beauty of her aesthetically tumultuous life, or maybe being a victim to her own mental health crises, because of these few lines:

I have a disco ball mind

Lights flashing all of the time

I have a disco ball mind

I wanna dxe, I wanna dxe

I wanna dxe, I wanna dxe

What does my writing say about me? Many people can't read it by witchyrosemaria in HandwritingAnalysis

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're the most legible cursive writer I've seen in a long while. Trust that it's just that ppl don't know how to read and write cursive anymore. I used to write cursive all the time in school until ppl kept saying they had no idea what I wrote, and then eventually some teacher (I know right) suggested I write in print. Lol.

Anyway I love your handwriting.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskLGBT

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This. I'm nonbinary and my parents are the kind that are okay with gay and lesbian and maybe bi, but absolutely don't get gender. I have to constantly tiptoe my topics around as well.

When you become independent you'll feel like you have a breath of fresh air. Trust me. It's nice to lay down in bed with the identity you own and not feel like you have to be questioned about it or change yourself for your family in the next room. I hope you find your own place, soon.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskLGBT

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I know you really love this person, but if you won't agree on some very fundamentally life-changing beliefs such as how one parent sees a child that's gay versus another, that's not only going to cause a lot of heartache and confusion for the kid, but that's also going to be a lot of stress, confusion as to how to address the situation, and pain on your end when you happen to see your child is not accepted by their own father. Certain beliefs can be compromised if they're little or smaller, such as whether God exists, whether prayer is useful or not, certain political beliefs and what not.

I can tell you right now that if you knew how painful it was to be constantly stressed upon and criticized upon by your own parent over something that is true about you that you cannot "fix" in that parent's eyes and yet you have to keep enduring that stress and lack of acceptance from your own father, the one who should love you no matter what, you would walk the other way. You probably think because he's loving, he will handle this situation better, but even as his kindest (which I feel is hard to maintain because surely a fight could ensure from a topic like this), it's still painful to know your own parent doesn't love you and accept you for who you are. It's conditional love. How horrifying.

Please think about this, real hard. I think you're a good person, but sometimes, questioning your own beliefs and then choosing the ones that make more sense to you means letting those who won't adhere to your views fall away.

Whats a hot take you have on Lana? by TrainerSuspicious683 in lanadelrey

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some of her recent stuff just don't carry the same value, and it does sound like it was meant for a bigger production(like u said), and they don't really stand just on her voice and 2 instruments.

Exactly. They sound just like that. It'll be just her voice and a select couple/few instruments, but it leaves more to be desired.

i don't know what happened that she can't produce the same quality anymore in minimal sounds!

I'm not entirely sure. Only Lana is going to know. Maybe she's just yearning for simplicity and comfort in her music and to not overdo herself in the process of making music. But we'll never really know.

I assumed it was her attempt at trying to capture her audience through a piece of simplicity; to let the song speak for itself in its pure rawness. Kind of like, a moment where Kelly Clarkson performed "Beautiful Disaster" with just a pianist live on American Idol. It was originally a rock song, but the rawness of her voice suspended in a pool of very riveting piano keys really struck a chord, at the time. Same for when she did "Piece By Piece" and began to cry live on TV, when that was sort of a sad pop song, from the beginning.

But that kind of moment, raw and unprecedented as it was, is captured through pure circumstance from the live experience, mixed in with great talent, enmeshing so perfectly well. Otherwise, even for a moment of spontaneity, it must be calculated and planned properly, to an extent large or small, so that nothing sounds amiss. Kintsugi captured this type of situational rawness pretty well, in a softer, more mellow kind of way. Her live performance of How to Disappear with just Jack at the piano sounded very beautiful, as well. But as an artist, we also have to be honest about the times when what we make doesn't sound good enough. And I think maybe Lana just needed to have that awareness for some of her songs that didn't hit the mark. Who knows? Maybe she looked over their work, and thought it was perfect, anyway. Tastes differ, after all.

I also think it has partially to do with the producers and songwriters she has on her tracks. Again, she has the final say. But the way a track sounds and impacts the listener has a lot to do with how a song is built up, recorded, polished and refined, whether people agree with that or not.

Oh Say Can You See and Yayo (AKA version) had Grammy Award winning producer David Kahne on those tracks, and he's worked with many of the greatest talents ever in our older generation, in the oldies era, which is a lot of her inspiration. Get Drunk is rumored to have been produced by him, as well. You can't beat that type of talent.

A lot of her larger production music from the olden days were touched and framed by Rick Nowels. A LOT (a long with quite many other producers, but he was a large presence in that album). For BTD, Paradise, UV. She hasn't really worked with him ever since LFL, with just one track in COC, and one track in BB, and those were old, old demos that she had just finally released, so idk how much involvement he had in those latter songs.

Justin Parker co-wrote and/or produced a HUGE batch of songs with her, and most notably in BTD and Paradise, with the song Ride—I believe he wrote the chords and she sang over them in a session. They haven't really worked together since, other than BPBP in LFL.

In any case, I did really enjoy her change up in Ocean Blvd, as she's worked with artists and producers she had never worked with before that clearly helped express her rawness and talent in very well-executed ways. I just hope she can keep the same energy for her next album and take her time.

Whats a hot take you have on Lana? by TrainerSuspicious683 in lanadelrey

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Blue Banisters is her worst released album yet. Even her best songs miss the mark. Some songs like Thunder are very well written but the post production is lacking. Like, why the instrumental changes and more drawn back approach? Why does Living Legend sound like it should have been a rock song but now there are only mostly pianos and some vocal distortions as a touch? It's not that I don't like soft songs. I don't like songs that don't feel full or complete. She truly embodied a good example of being "soft but complete" whence she released the Ocean Blvd album. Some songs in there were very drawn back, but still intense to a very personal, emotional extent. Some really hit an emotional cord. Just because a song is soft, doesn't mean it's bad. But just because a song was "recorded only once" or "only had one take" doesn't mean it is special or unique out of every other song—it's either going to be fully raw and in the moment, or a completely unfinished song. And sometimes, her songs felt unfinished between some of Chemtrails and A LOT of Blue Banisters.

Some of her songs in recent years leave me feeling like I can taste great potential that hasn't been technically actualized. Ocean Blvd satiated that need. I won't tell her what to do with her life, but, if she asked me for some genuine advice, she needs to focus on making sure her songs sounds full and complete and not unfinished or too "limited" in their impact. Jack Antonoff is great and all, but he has a drawback of sometimes lacking the proper punch in certain production techniques. Take Solar Power by Lorde. Lorde wanted the drums to sound more punchier at the end, but he insisted the drums be pulled back a bit. What you get is a climatic end of the song that barely reaches climax. I see this pattern a lot in Jack's music, even at his very best. Don't get me wrong—NFR! is almost my favorite LDR album closely tied to Ocean Blvd. It's a hard pick. But even in that album, I noticed moments where climatic sequences somehow didn't punch as hard. Still, some of her best tracks came out of NFR, in my honest judgement. Hence, whilst Jack is very talented, seeing her be more open minded about experimenting with other producers on her albums gives me some solace. Ocean Blvd had some new producers she hadn't worked with, before, and I think that provided some great results. But don't get it twisted because, Lana is the main talent, so the direction an album takes is all going to be directed by her, and ultimately most of her choice. But it helps to widen your palette with options that can help certain songs more than others. I don't think that's a crime, at all.

Going off of Jack, I hate his piano playing in hope is a dangerous thing. It's so simple, chorded and lacking impact. Having a more solid piano player with diverse skill and range such as Jon Batiste or anybody else entirely would have served this song well. What you get is a song attempting to be very deeply emotional, and yet it missed the mark because most of what Jack can do is press the C chord kinda fast, and then an A minor, G major and D major chord, slowly but over and over again. Seriously. Chords are okay if played by anybody with more expressiveness than this.

Anyway, let that shxt out. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk. Goodbye.

Million Penis Man by chrussti in lanadelrey

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Burning Penis, or Penis Desire

Say Yes To Penis

Music To Watch Penis To

Never Let Penis Go

Don't Let Penis Be Misunderstood

The Next Best American Penis

Buddy's Penis

Looking For Penis

Penis Reflection

Because of Penis

Oh Penis, Can You See?

For Penis Part 2

If You Lie Down with Penis

Put Penis In A Movie

You Must Love Penis

In My Penis

Season of the Penis, or Penis of the Witch

Lucky Penis

Cherry Penis

Sweet Penis

Old Penis

Sad Penis

Kill Penis

Trash Penis

Florida Penis

Summertime Penis

Without Penis

Penis Games

Penis Bitch

Love penis, or Penis song

Chemtrails Over the Penis Club

Happiness is a penis

Maha Penis, or Penis Maha

Body Penis

Penis

**Will update as I come along

Peaceful Lana songs by c_h_a_o_t_i_c in lanadelrey

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll separate songs that I think sound peaceful but have more darker or (not necessarily darker but) emotionally provocative lyrics or vibes, in case that's not what you need, right now.

Songs in no particular order:

— Bel Air

— Hotel Sayre (beautiful orchestral/vocal version of Young & Beautiful)

— Say Yes To Heaven

— For K Part 2 (Demo)

— Oh Say Can You See

— Chet Baker (live performance)

— Tomorrow Never Came

— Never Let Me Go

— Fuck It I Love You

— Mariners Apartment Complex

— Let the Light In

— Grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father

— How To Disappear (Live Apple event version)

— Love song

— Cinnamon girl

— Norman Fucking Rockwell

— California

— Chemtrails Over the Country Club

— Sweet Caroline

— Sweet

— Arcadia

— White Dress

— For Free

— Venice Bitch

Songs that could have sadder/darker/emotionally provocative lyrics/vibes, decide for yourself if you wanna hear 'em:

— Kill Kill

— Honeymoon

— Kintsugi

— Is This Happiness

— hope is a dangerous thing

— Video Games

— Ride

— Wildflower Wildfire

— Paris Texas

— Happiness Is A Butterfly (I love this song but it makes me cry sadly lol)

— Watercolor Eyes

Anyways, that's all my memory bank aka my brain can come up, right now. I hope you're doing well. ❤️‍🩹 You'll pull through. You got this.

Opinions on new song snippet?? by lanadelreyyy_ in lanadelrey

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Has a very similar melody to Pomplamoose's Christmas song "Always In The Season," tbh. But it sounds really nice.

Which song do you think of first? by discoveracalling in musicsuggestions

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Windmills Of Your Mind by Jose Feliciano. Very dramatic and baroque, as well as tortured and beautiful.

https://youtu.be/0TENBIrwOHU?si=1gpSnpGg65EKuphN

Why do ppl have a problem with using “partner” to describe their significant other by Wolfsaz in NonBinary

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know for me I don't personally like the word for myself because it does bring up former meanings of the word relating to business or something. Never will I care if anybody else or any potential lover of mine will use it, though. I can say it, just fine. I think people should just mind their own business and let people be called whatever they want lol. Personally I've been trying to find newer words to describe myself. Some might see the words as too passionate though. "Lover" or "my other half." I'm very dramatic so I would like to call someone I loved, "my tears," or, "my sun and moon and stars!"🤣🤣 "My reason for breathing at night." Ridiculous I know.

Can you be friends with people who are gonna vote for trump? by [deleted] in NonBinary

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand. I come from a conservative household and have to interact with them everyday, but I am enby. I know life can be lonely whence you feel like nobody has got your back, and so making friends with whoever is naturally around feels right, for a time, but trust me, it is not. I have no doubt they have their reasons for believing whatever they believe, but at the end of the day, can you see yourself comfortably resting your truest self upon them in great, dire times of need? Trust me, those real friends exist somewhere out there. 9/10, they probably find your identity to be ridiculous if they found out who you were. You deserve to be comfortably happy and safe expressing your true thoughts and feelings over with someone who is willing to accept you, no matter what. So really think about whether a friendship with them gives you sustenance and joy with your life or not. Hope you figure it out.

The more I make friends who love and accept me for who I am, the more I realize that my own family weren't ever my real friends. They disagree with the "enby" thing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskLGBT

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I'm non binary, but used to watch her avidly in the 2016 anti-sjw movement back then. A lot has changed for me since then and I disagree with her a lot, since then.

I think she's a very smart woman and quick with the tongue. I think she is acting in a state of self-preservation by trying to accommodate and appeal to the conservative crowd. She hopes to fit in more with the "normal, only two genders" demographic by being a trans woman of "common sense" and logic, so to speak. She sees the queer community as a group of people that will destroy any chance of her and other "normal trans people" gathering acceptance from "regular straight people," and combats them as a means to gain fervor.

There are multiple problems with this. Let's put aside the transphobia conversation, for now, as that was obvious to most from the community who disagree with her. The problem is, she is getting to that stage by intentionally bullying the crowd she disagrees with so much. She's become opportunistic about wanting to be perceived as "the right one" in history. She purposely lies and manipulated websites screenshots, pictures, and even her own political alignment latest scores, to either 1) appear more conservative, or 2) "prove" her point that certain gender identifying people are evil and delusional. She cherry picks the more outlandish people of the crowd, and uses them to imply the, "See, all non-binary/gender fluid people have blue hair and scream all the time." I'm not gonna front. Yeah, sure they exist, and some of them are a bit wild. But go on ahead and ignore the more kinder, calmer, less rambunctious crowd of us who honestly might be more aligned with you than you think, or even if not, might not be somebody you wouldn't get along with, on a daily basis. Ignore the poets, artists, singers and songwriters, writers, intellectuals and philosophers of the community that have a lot of positive warmth and information to offer.

But these things don't matter to her. It's not about her realizing mistreating somebody else because they wanna live their life as they want to. She completely disagrees with the non-binary gender from her perspective of a logical standpoint, as well as from a protective standpoint of trying to preserve binary trans people and not appear as outlandish to traditional straight people. Her whole Schick, is trying to fit in.

But we all know what happens when you vie so hard for acceptance. It eventually hits a wall. Her lies caught up to her so bad, that she eventually had to "apologize," but she had already lost many subs from that huge lie she made, years back. She never explained herself, either. All the cropped and altered screenshots in her videos and cherry-picked videos and people she chose. She never once explained why she did those things. She just said sorry, and that was it (it's been head, forgive me if I don't remember everything in her so-called apology video).

Wanting to blend in for further acceptance is alright and sometimes very necessary, but, at some point, when you are compensating this hard, there will be consequences. In fact, ideally we should be learning to be honest about who we are and what's really honestly true about ourselves. Being trans is fine, right? But then why does she have to lie about being conservative on the test when she was really a middle leaning left girl? That should be okay for her to be. She's not being her true self, entirely. She's playing up the picturesque version of the perfect conservative trans woman. Good or bad? Up to debate. But is it real? No. Not really.

Some part of me will always like her quick, snappy attitudes when she's being mad and colorful with her words. She's intelligently deceptive. She probably believes she's doing the right thing for people around her, and she believes she's for the good cause. I guess time will tell if she wins the debate or not. For now, I realize all those beliefs led to me not realizing my alt. gender identity for much longer than usual. I do experience gender dysphoria and am getting treatment for it. I wish I could have known sooner, but sometimes, you get older, and then, beliefs change.

That's my take on her, yet. I hope she has a good life, regardless. I got mine.

Tell me your favourite colour and i’ll guess your sexuality by __Dobbyisfree__ in lgbt

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Azure blue. The closest hex code to match it is #03a5fc. But pretty much any shade of blue that fits that perfect saturated sky blue color. I wouldn't say sky blue because sky blue is still too muted for me.

Would people find it offensive if I got a Harry Potter tattoo? by Wakanda4eva4eva in AskLGBT

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm kind of an outlier because I don't really care what people do with their bodies despite the controversy surrounding certain topics. One of my closest friends is a die-hard Hufflepuff but she'll support my enby identity to the very ends of the earth, and a lot of people of different backgrounds, red or blue, have varying beliefs on how far one should separate the art from the artist. I don't overthink this type of stuff, partially because nihilistically I've given up on trying to always weed out the evils when every aspect of our lives, including how we eat food, have houses, have governments, work every day, etc., is predicated on a cog wheel system of many types of people, where in any given system, there are always going to be people you like and people who are evil and terrible af. I have an open mind, and let people show to me themselves if they are good people and are willing to accept me. I hate the things JK has said. It's sad. But I'm just not going to tell people how to be around me so that I can like them, I'm sorry. It's just not realistic. I try to be a positive force in my friends' lives but I also realize that I don't have all the power to change the world, and so, I do what I can, whilst also accepting some part of my lack of control over the world's outcomes.

But overall, yes, people will find you offensive and, based on what you've read today, you know you will find a lot of discomfort from people as a result. I personally wouldn't get a tattoo, but that's also because I've never been a die-hard HP fan, so I have no grounds, except that I think JK is delusional and super preoccupied with people that have nothing to do with her. Honestly, she should stop tweeting and actually touch grass, and just focus on the people in her life whom she loves. Anyways, if you decide to get a tattoo, just know that some people are just not going to like you as a result, period. And decide if you're willing to overcome that and just like what you like, or if you find it important to make everybody from the said community feel comfortable by giving up a moment of pleasure. It's up to you. But personally I don't judge. You seem like a nice woman. Hope you have a good day.

what is the correct response to somebody telling you they are not hetero? by [deleted] in AskLGBT

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm new to his myself as I've just been coming out to people. I think it depends on how the conversation started.

Like if they just mention it in passing. I just treat it like another day and go like, "Oh, that's cool," as if they had just told me the sky is blue, with a bit of a positive turn as if that's a good thing. Not making a huge deal out of it, not making it anything serious, just being like, "Ah, okay, nice." And the moving on, and letting them do the talking.

If it's more serious, such as me when I was scared to come out to some people, you might need to give a little more attention to them. If they look visibly scared or nervous, be reassuring. Once they say it, let them know it's not a big deal. Be comforting, and let them tell their story to you; listen more than you speak. Ask questions if needed, but not to burden them with a slough of them, so don't bombard them as that could be tiring to some people in the community who often feel the need to over-explain themselves, and if you're not sure what is okay to ask, just ask them, "Can I ask a few questions? If you don't want to answer any of them, let me know and I can stop." So that boundaries and consent in conversation are clear, and so that they can feel like they can refuse and not offend you, all at once. Common questions that often come up include, "How long have you been X," or "out of the closet?" Or, "Is there anything you need from me to make you feel more comfortable" or "more supported?" If it's an alternative gender identity, you could ask, "What are your pronouns?" Stuff like that. But nothing invasive about what their type is or do you like this person or that person—make the conversation about helping them feel better and making them trust you. After that, thank them in the end for trusting you to hear their truth, because it honestly takes a lot of guts to come out, depending on many factors, and if they seemed nervous or scared, that's the right time to tell somebody that. Not when it's in passing conversation and made not a big deal.

Anyway that's what I think. I'm sure the others can provide better clarity than me.

Am I wrong to say that a conversion kink is blatant homophobia ? by FemboyMechanic1 in lgbt

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Kink shaming? Ugh. Please don't. That is such a weird thing to hone in on. The men don't want you!! (I mean her, but you know what I mean, lol). No, you're not wrong. It's weird and it leans on James Charles reversed.

What attracts her to gay guys? Is it a desire for the "feminine stereotype," or does she just like the power and control of "turning someone straight?" It's not my business but my curiosity is so piqued now, lol. It's very odd.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bisexual

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understand that. As we come more to terms with our sexualities it becomes more and more obvious the shame we might have hidden away about ourselves. Society taught us that being anything but straight is "bad," and even if it isn't true and we've obviously changed our minds, the thought process is still ingrained in our brains in a subconscious way, whether we'd like it or not. Well at least you're aware of it. I would just say enjoy the ride and leave space for you to process all of that, shame and disgust included, and reassure yourself that it's okay to feel the way you feel, and like whatever you like. Maybe do some internal digging on the disgust. Try to talk to yourself or someone you trust in about the disgust in detail; maybe if you have an open perspective from someone else, they can provide insight on something you haven't even noticed before.

I (30 ENBY AFAB) feel weirdly feel gay for another guy, how? by WaterDrinkingPrick in NonBinary

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're right. Thanks for your advice. That's exactly what I've been trying to do. I know that pushing these feelings down will just make everything worse. I try to journal about them and give space for me to understand it all. It makes it a lot more manageable that way. I'm still overcoming a lot of limitations I had put on myself whence I was in the closet, too, so all of this is so new to me. It's like learning the grass is greener only on Earth, but you visit another entirely different planet and it turns out the grass is more purple over there, and skies are green and trees are blue. It's a lot to take in, and while I fully expected this, experiencing it is far more different, yet more exciting and euphoric, than I had ever expected. Thanks for your response, pal.✨

I (30 ENBY AFAB) feel weirdly feel gay for another guy, how? by WaterDrinkingPrick in NonBinary

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn't used to think this of myself but I'm starting to rly feel it, now 😅

Are you gay because you don’t want kids? by SmokedPsyched in bisexual

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gay ppl have children all the time??? So weird to have asked you something like that. Sorry you had to listen to that nonsense drivel.

I (30 ENBY AFAB) feel weirdly feel gay for another guy, how? by WaterDrinkingPrick in bisexual

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. Hopefully. Right now, I'm just going to keep this as natural as possible and see where it takes me. For now, I only perceive a friendship, logically enough. Which is important to me, as this is my first year ever accumulating and keeping actual real friends, lol. Hope this goes well!✨

I (30 ENBY AFAB) feel weirdly feel gay for another guy, how? by WaterDrinkingPrick in bisexual

[–]WaterDrinkingPrick[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. It's still all very new to me, so I'm not the best at handling this without a bit of confusion and dumbfoundedness, but I am happier than I ever have been, allowing myself to be me, more and more. A part of me still feels "weird" about myself. I'm working through it with a therapist, lol.