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None of the other comments for the song matter I'll just leave these essays here:
B-luke said: "West Coast" was an instant favorite and I'll never forget the first time listening to it and how much I was blown away by such an outstanding and overwhelming portion of melodic and rythmic finesse. Not only does her beguiling voice enrich an already mellow, guitar-driven instrumental but also does the tempo change between a moaning and virtually longingly-whining Lana tremendously enhance the trippy and cinematic nature of this almost stereotypically-sounding Lana track. Cherry on top, of course, the glimmering synth during the last chorus. A strong contender for song of the decade, and basically impossible to top by two specific groups of people — Lana and artists that are not Lana." That was beautiful.
Truth Teller said: "West Coast is, in my opinion, the best song of any genre of 2014 and one of my all time favorite songs. It's 4 minutes and 16 seconds of absolute perfection!
It's so perfect that I can ignore that attrocious "he's crazy y Cubano" line.
It's so perfect that it makes up for how uneventful the UV era was and how few highlights the UV album provided.
It's so perfect that everytime I listen to it, I forget about stress, problems, social issues, my doubtful professional future and my fave's lack of solo hit singles during the digital era.
That transition from the sensual, nonchalant verse to the smooth, harmonized chorus is heaven on earth. I LIVE
Now, I hope my 11 will help this masterpiece win or at least be in the top 3"
Well, it's top 3. You wanna know why it's not #1?
conatus said: "Here goes. My problem with Trash Coast, its album version is as follows: It feels really sloppily stitched-together from, like, three different songs. The transitions from verse to pre-chorus to pre-chorus are not cohesive and seamless, in my opinion. And the change in tempo makes the chorus really anticlimactic in comparison, because the verses are more uptempo and more dynamic, and then the chorus kind of negates that by sounding like a completely different song. That random wailing synth (?) towards the end of the song is really grating. The outro isn't seamless, either, and the song just comes to this uncomfortable stop without any redemption or reason, really."
Cool.
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I knew it.
