little flower told me about Lana Del Rey earlier today and I must say I am quite taken with her voice and artistry.
Embedding is disabled for this video but it is well worth the time to click the link and give it a listen.
As she recites at the beginning and end her voice is soulful, once she begins singing her voice is haunting yet smooth like the feel of silk in the night, sensual in every way.
Her lyrics are dark yet they draw you in with no effort, you want to sink down into them lose yourself.
“are you in touch with your darkest fantasies”
I love her. Summertime sadness (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVjsGKrE6E8) is one of my favorites of hers, I was going to post it today actually…hehe. Despite what “Hollywood” has to say about her, I’m a big fan. I like to think my voice is like hers.
I’ve been running down her song list this one is next. If your voice is like hers then it must be nice.
To me it is like a mix of Stevie Nicks, Amy Winehouse, and a touch of Janis Joplin.
I completely agree, she is really similar to Janis. Stevie Nicks was my first favorite singer, I tried to emulate her since I was a kiddo. Hope you liked the song!
I did, so far I have liked everything I have heard by her.
Her raspy voice totally does it for me. Adore her sound
Note to self…have Lana playing when Marian comes to visit 🙂
Love, love, love Lana. little flower has great taste. Also, it may be me reading too much into her lyrics, but they have some bdsm undertones, some specifically that go a little DD/lg–just so you know. :]
xoxo
Yes, she does have good taste, I do agree with you it does seem that her music has some DD/lg feel to it. Especially this particular video and the fact that she wrote not just the music but I believe she had a big part in the concept of the video as well.