Album: Lana Del Rey - 'Tropico' - Page 5

SUNSET BLVD

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Originally posted by cloudinthesky

I somewhat agree. It's a beautiful film to watch visually, but it's basically a glorified music video project. That's completely fine, but I guess I was expecting something with more of a narrative.

I still enjoyed watching though.

But I definitely agree she should have replaced gods and monsters with either the flawless American or cola.

Or at least do a Tropico 2 with the other half of Paradise. It was cool seeing BE, G&M and Belair in another light.

ding ding ding. i love her videos (for their visuals] but they always lack a narrative.

Whore of Babylon

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Originally posted by SUNSET BLVD

honestly, i'm a lana stan, but this is sooooo overrated. I saw some people call certain segments of it "innovative"....where? how? The first 7 or so minutes was an awesome concept, everything after that was entirely unnecessary. Plus the fact that the "G&M" segment was appropriating L.A. latino culture. Also, lets not even get into the fact that "Body electric" and especially "Gods and Monsters" are the two worst songs on the album....really? these songs over "American?"

It IS innovative though. No pop star has ever did something like this. From a sheer storytelling standpoint this is about as good as it gets. It has a clear message, it's filmed beautifully, the narration is flawless and the song choices are perfect.

When this was first announced I was taken back a bit by Cola not being included (given the buzz surrounding it when Paradise was released) but it's all good now that I've seen the film. BE, G&M & BA work fantastic together.

Pop pop123

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Originally posted by SUNSET BLVD

ding ding ding. i love her videos (for their visuals] but they always lack a narrative.

Lack narrative tho?

The speeches and poems are a way of telling the story. It doesn't have to be right in your face obvious.

Pop pop123

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Originally posted by cloudinthesky

I somewhat agree. It's a beautiful film to watch visually, but it's basically a glorified music video project. That's completely fine, but I guess I was expecting something with more of a narrative.

I still enjoyed watching though.

But I definitely agree she should have replaced gods and monsters with either the flawless American or cola.

Or at least do a Tropico 2 with the other half of Paradise. It was cool seeing BE, G&M and Belair in another light.

Cola and American would not make sense in the story.

Tropico is way more story driven then say "Ride" which had no clear story.

cloudinthesky

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Originally posted by Pop pop123

Lack narrative tho?

The speeches and poems are a way of telling the story. It doesn't have to be right in your face obvious.

It has a narrative, yes. It's more that I expected a more traditional style narrative, as opposed to this more experimental style of storytelling. I always love Lana's monologues, but overall it just seemed a little messy.

And there have been other artists who've done shirt films for their music videos. Kanye West and JT's What Goes Around come to mind.

It's a beautiful film, I liked it as a Lana fan. Just a little hyped tbh. And ima still need a Tropico 2 or some more music videos cuz I can't @ her paying dust to 2 of the best songs on the album.

babyboy44

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Originally posted by Pop pop123

Lack narrative tho?

The speeches and poems are a way of telling the story. It doesn't have to be right in your face obvious.

MTE!
it not supposed to be told in an obvious way, whats good about that!
and the 3 songs she chose made sense from the beginning and with the reease of Tropico the 3 songs made EVEN more sense!!

and lack of narrative? no I disagree with that!

babyboy44

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Originally posted by cloudinthesky

It has a narrative, yes. It's more that I expected a more traditional style narrative, as opposed to this more experimental style of storytelling. I always love Lana's monologues, but overall it just seemed a little messy.

And there have been other artists who've done shirt films for their music videos. Kanye West and JT's What Goes Around come to mind.

It's a beautiful film, I liked it as a Lana fan. Just a little hyped tbh. And ima still need a Tropico 2 or some more music videos cuz I can't @ her paying dust to 2 of the best songs on the album.

I don't know of we can really compare Lana's work to Kanye's or JT's, I mean they both had amazing videos with WCAGA and Kanye's Short film but JT's was more like a little love story?
and Kanye's was more like a preview to the album? like previewing all the songs from the album!

whilst Lana kind of told a story of life, the beginning of time, the loss of innocence and then getting back to heaven, there were no monologues this time, she just spoke/told the poems which kind of were inspiration to her songs
Body Electric/I Sing The Body Electric etc.

and as for the 2 songs I totally agree, American and Cola

should have gotten videos and I think both can fit into 1 music video they can fit!