Her music is featured in these movies and many more: Gimme Shelter (2013) The Great Gatsby (2013) Maleficent (2014) Big Eyes (2014) Charlie Angles (2019) Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
Lana Del Rey, to me, is one of the last gems in the current music industry. No one treats their music like art anymore. Her lyrics touch your soul. They tap into your deepest and darkest fantasies. I'm probably one of the only men who has a deep passion for her music. It's just so... mesmerizing. Every song- whether it's "Kinda Out of Luck" or "Damn You" or something from Born To Die- is so fucking amazing. She can make murder sound glamorous. She, literally, has changed my view on life. What a sexy, inspirational woman she is. Can not wait 'til "Ultraviolence" ! I know that it'll be another masterpiece.
Just loud words.. What does "changed my view on life" means? You stopped drinking? You became more careful? The only argument I found in your words is - she is sexy, so what can she teach you only with her sexuality?
ThePlectr I found Pretty Little Liars ' opinion well-stated. Firstly, I'd say that you under-estimated the power of the argument ''she is sexy''. Being confident and aware of your body and sexuality (especially in the genuine way that Lana is) is extremely important in living a healthy life and boosts your self-esteem. But other than that, as stated, Lana treats music like art and her lyrics and music are deep. She helps you connect with your fantasies, love yourself and overcome taboos. She changed my view of life as well as many other people's because she inspired me and helped me accept myself and express freely. She is a beautiful and unique person (on the inside and outside) and the message her music transfers about life is profound and philosophical. I believe that it is clear to see, but, of course, my opinion is as objective as any other.
Almost 10 years later and this still gives me goosebumps. Absolutely phenomenal art. Depicting Adam and Eve, eating the forbidden fruit, reincarnating into sinners as a stripper and Adam as a criminal thief, repenting, and their after life in peace. Stunning. Hands down her best work.
YES!! I miss her making visuals like this. In recent years her best visual works were the videos of Chemtrails Over The Country Club and Fuck It, I Love You / The Greatest. But nothing compares to Tropico, Ride, Born To Die, Blue Jeans, National Anthem... the aesthetic and visuals of these works are out of this world.
"10 years later" - so this is circa 2013? There's no doubt she is an auteur in full command of her talents. She has a hot support squad of movie makers here too. I wonder how involved with the editing she is? My guess is very. 💃🚀😍🎇
Plot: Chapter 1 - Body Electric. The movie starts out with the original Adam (portrayed by Shaun Ross) and Eve (portrayed by Lana Del Rey) in the Garden of Eden. God (portrayed by a John Wayne character), Jesus, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley are all present with Adam and Eve- as "Body Electric" begins to play. The whole movie is intercut with scenes of Del Rey playing Jesus' mother Mary. At the end of the song, Eve - tempted by the snake - decides to eat an apple from Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. After she eats it, thunder strikes and she faints. Adam then decides to eat from the apple as well in order to join his lover. As a result of this, they are cast out of their "Paradise", the Garden of Eden. Chapter 2 - Gods & Monsters. Del Rey then starts to recite Walt Whitman's "I Sing the Body Electric" as time flash forwards to a modern-day Adam and Eve living in Los Angeles; Del Rey works as a stripper while Ross is a gang member who also works as a clerk at a convenience store during the day. There is a reference to their "Paradise" in the convenience store, as there is a sign that says "El Paraiso" or "The Paradise". In this segment - "Gods & Monsters" begins to play. After the song ends, Del Rey recites Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" as a group of wealthy middle aged men are seen surprising their friend on his birthday by bringing him strippers. A couple of minutes after the strippers enter the room, Ross and his gang suddenly show up with guns in hand and steal all their money. Chapter 3 - Bel Air. God appears and begins to narrate John Mitchum's poem "Why I Love America" ("You ask me why I love her? Well, give me time. I'll explain. Have you seen a Kansas sunset, or an Arizona rain?"). The Adam and Eve characters then get in their car and end up driving to a country-side wheat field. Clips show the pair being baptised as they begin to undress. "Bel Air" then plays in the sunset. The two characters then ascend back into heaven, having finally redeemed themselves, as flying saucers appear in the sky.
When Lana falls it's not just her fainting, but also touching on that part of the Bible which is known as 'The Fall'. Where God (or in this case John's) trust is broken with humans. This short movie is a masterpiece. I love how it also perfectly shows what lots of people believe the fruit from the tree symbolises which is sex. and how in Gods and Monsters it shows a corrupt world that has been driven on this sinful, unholy temptation. The impulses. The animal instincts. At the end it’s “Bel Air”. They remove their black garments in exchange for white, which symbolises purity, and there are cuts into what is a baptism, cleansing the sin and washing it away to start anew, re-appreciating the beauty of the earth that they took for granted before and then ascending to heaven. - after watching it several times it's actually genius and is totally the classic Lana aesthetic.
I don’t think that’s quite right. The proverbial Adam & Eve were sharing in sex before the Fall. Indeed, Elvis, Marilyn, and John Wayne all seemed to be cheering it on. That sex was pure and beautiful. It was explicitly only after biting the apple (getting “too close” to God, as Lana’s voiceover puts it) that takes them out of the Garden of Eden and into the Garden of Evil. It’s the biting of “knowledge”-knowledge of cynicism, corruption, degradation, greed, cruelty, rapaciousness, etc-that sends this Adam & Eve to bleak human reality. The Apple. Knowledge. Not sex.
I can see 30 years from now when people of the next generations discover her and be jealous of us who were alive when Lana was in her prime and making heavenly music.
Mark Chayer wtf? She is the only reason of my happiness. Her music is the only thing that keeps me going and talks to me like a mother. Her music is called art babe. 😂🤡
When this was first released, I was 12 years old. I remember staying up late on the couch downstairs to watch it. My parents were in the middle of an awful divorce- my mom left us, I used to listen to Lana and looked to her as a sort of mother figure in the absence of my own mother. To this day, when I find myself overwhelmed or upset, I turn to Lana’s music (the music videos especially) to help me feel better. I don’t know why I felt the need to comment this, but here I am.
I was lucky enough to experience Tropico in theater for its one and only limited time release in Hollywood. Lana spoke a few words before the film started. What an amazing experience that was to be a part of. You could hear every person crying at the end full of emotion by its unbelievable beauty and perfection. How special for us all. I still get emotional every time I watch this. It’s just a fucking masterpiece. A true legend of our generation Thank you Lana❤️🌹
I would loose my mind. Like a have full Kim K ugly cry mental meltdown like I almost did in her concerts. Lol so jealous of u. That sounded sooo amazing.
OMG! I was there at the Cineramadome that night as well!!! Waited hours to get free tickets 🎫 but the experience I will NEVER forget seeing this film on that massive silver screen for the first time. And Lana was there as well. 😍
This is a work of art, a masterpiece, whatever you believe or believe in, however you feel, art is supposed to make you uncomfortable make you think....each person who looks at a Painting sees something different, feels different feels, sometimes it makes you angry or cry.....art is interpretive, and that's the beauty of it... There is no right or wrong it's not black and white, and so the magic of a true artist can be timeless like the Mona Lisa. Centuries later people still speculate and wonder, it's an enigma. Lana has so many sides, so many genres, and continues to intrigue and inspire. It's poetry, it's emotional, an artist must create, they don't need to be understood it just is.......Beautiful, terrifying, strange, fantasy, vision dreams, she gives motion to the words, sight to the invisible thoughts that flutter and tear through our minds.... yet rarely pass our lips for fear of being judged. What is normal? Is a dream reality, or our reality merely dreams? Thank you Lana for just letting it out, and not holding back. It doesn't define who we are, it just allows us to flow those energies and feelings through ~We don't have to agree, we don't have to understand, "life imitates art" yet art imitates life.
I have read her book , I ve listened to all her 13 albums , realesed or not , I watched both of her short movies and I can certainly say that this woman is my absolutely everything
@@andrwsee i feel like born to die paradise edition doesn’t rly count and they said they read her book which i’m pretty sure they’re referring to violet, so i feel like that wouldn’t rly count as an album
@@kamakshichaure454 I think it means she wants to go to heaven and for that she wouldhave to k1ll herself like the father produces the baby so with suicide u get heaven or smth like that I’m not sure and opulence idk maybe that why she ends it
Me and my 2 best friends went to the premiere of this. Got there at 1230pm and our tickets (free) were for 9pm. We lived in Orange County so there was no way we were going home and coming back. We sat and waited in line for hours. Lana came around 6pm on a red carpet, I got so close to her I could touch her. My best friend gave her a note and Lana gave her a kiss on the cheek. When we finally got into the theater, Lana came out and made a cute little speech. She did this for every viewing. After the last show, she went outside and signed autographs. She truly is amazing and I love her so much!
this short film is, by far, the most cinematically beautiful thing i have ever seen. worked at a movie theater for four years, watched hours and hours of music videos and film, nothing compares. only lana could present us with such a gorgeous masterpiece.
this is written by Allen Ginsberg...not by Lana. But she has given it a very good interpratation anyway! and i like her songs... but she is not a poet in that sense!!!
Me too. First time I really listened to one of her songs is young and beautiful. My soulmate was sleeping and I popped headphones in and played young and beautiful and I couldn't stop looking at my boyfriend while he slept and with the song playing it just hit my soul in a way I hadn't felt in A very long time. I lost my boyfriend to an unexpected over dose 3 years after that and I haven't been able to listen to that song without getting sick 😭
6:30 I Sing the Body Electric by Walt Whitman 7:05 I Sing the Body Electric (continued) 14:46 Howl by Allen Ginsberg 17:10 Original text by Lana 17:58 Dear John… / America - Why I Love Her by John Mitchum, read by John Wayne
This woman knows every dream and hope I have ever had... She knows my deepest, darkest secrets and we've never even met.... I have never been so captured by a person like I am with Lana Del Rey... Her music isn't just amazing and it goes beyond therapy.... She speaks to something stuck so deep inside of me and I come alive... I feel so connected, wild and free, like I know myself.... every song... The way a human being was meant to feel.... I don't stop listening...
i feel you. i dont even know how to describe what her music, lyrics she herself means to me and you said the words that I've been looking for. that's exactly how i feel.... (i'm high and drunk so take these words seriously)
i think the message of the whole movie is... to find peace within your sins like how Born to Die is about finding peace within your sadness and Ride was about finding true freedom within this 'free-not so free' life...
***** yeah, the way i perceive her stuffs is that she sees the beauty in every ugly things, every negativity, it's like she has come to an acceptance of the ugly truth, so then she appreciates things as they are, she's not trying to fix our ugly bits of the society/world, she accept and live it all instead, and that's probably why she claimed to not have any interest in feminism, but intergalactic stuff and perhaps other things that human do not actually have much knowledge of. she studied metaphysics afteral.
something about Lana gives me chills... she doesnt even have to open her mouth! she has an old hollywood glamour that I find mesmerizing! could watch her for hours! the best thing to happen to the music industry in years!
I was 14 when this came out. People didn't get it like they do now. And I didn't realise at the time that I was witnessing music/art history being made. Her art is like fine wine.
I literally started jumping up and down when she unveiled her new album's title, "Ultra-Violence" before the premiere of Tropico. I don't care how long it takes, I'm just happy that she hasn't given up on the album. It doesn't matter if the whole thing is leaked, I'll still buy it ;-) We love you Lana, and Tropico is so amazing!
This woman's existence alone is work of art. Her songwriting, her voice, her mind, her thoughts- everything is beyond any words. Love you till the end of time
hey, why we gotta compare and say "bla bla is trash, bla bla sucks". All artists are different, and I appreciate them all for their art! You should too!! :-) I doubt Lana would condone that thought :)
Lana, I've watched this short film plenty of times and it still gets me. I wish it is a normal film, even if it would be 3 hours long I would still watch it till the end and atleast 10 times. It is such a great story and film, and I really hope you make another (short) film in the future. Thanks for making such a beauty for us and for being such an inspiring person! Your music touches me, your film hits me and you as a person inspires me. Thank you for that!
This is what Lana was addressing in her IG post. People don't even know about this and are fast to cancel her. Truly sad. One of my favourite piece of art I have ever seen.
@@Therealsuzettebrenna ella en verdad no, primero que nada te estás refiriendo a una pequeña parte de todo el video y segundo entiendo a donde va tu punto pero está equivocado, Lana está interpretando un papel en donde la vida de estas personas se centra en la droga, sexo, robos, etc, podríamos llamarlo “barrio bajos” o el “underground”, donde la vida lamentablemente está rodeada de adicciones, esto y con estas mismas características existe en todas partes del mundo no solo en Latinoamérica, si vas a un barrio bajo de Londres te vas a encontrar con los mimos patrones de comportamiento y por qué no de vestimenta si a eso te referís. Este comentario me parece un poco generalizado ya que por esto te estás refiriendo a que sólo los latinos llevamos este tipo de vida con carencias y violencia cuando en realidad esto existe en todos los rincones del mundo. En cuanto al momento donde están maquillados como calavereas es una alusion a que están muertos en vida por llevar esa vida llena de adicciones y problemas pero que también están disfrutando ya que es lo único que tienen, nadie esta portando ningún traje cultural ni refiriéndose a la cultura latinoamericana. Si bien coincido contigo 100% que la cultura latinoamericana es puro arte como todas las culturas tu punto haciendo referencia a Lana está errado. Espero que hayas entendido y ojalá que tengas un lindo día ❤️
Elvis is my daddy, Marilyn’s my mother, Jesus is my bestest friend. We don’t need nobody 'cause we got each other, Or at least I pretend We get down every Friday night Dancin’ and grindin’ in the pale moonlight Grand Ole Opry, we're feelin’ alright Mary prays the rosary for my broken mind (So don't worry about) I sing the body electric I sing the body electric, baby I sing the body electric I sing the body electric Sing the body electric Sing the body electric I’m on fire, sing that body electric Whitman is my daddy, Monaco’s my mother Diamonds are my bestest friend Heaven is my baby, suicide’s her father Opulence is the end We get down every Friday night Dancin’ and grindin’ in the pale moonlight Grand Ole Opry, we're feelin’ alright Mary prays the rosary for my broken mind (So don't worry about) I sing the body electric I sing the body electric, baby I sing the body electric I sing the body electric Sing the body electric Sing the body electric I’m on fire, sing that body electric My clothes still smell like you, And all the photographs say, that we’re still young. I pretend I’m not hurt, I go about the world like I’m havin’ fun. We get crazy every Friday night, I drop it like it’s hot in the pale moonlight. Grand Ole Opry, feelin' all right Mary's swayin’ softly, to her heart's delight I sing the body electric I sing the body electric, baby I sing the body electric I sing the body electric Sing the body electric Sing the body electric I’m on fire, sing that body electric I sing the body electric, baby I sing the body electric, baby I sing the body electric, baby [Dialogue] In the land of Gods and Monsters I was an Angel Living in the garden of evil Screwed up, scared, doing anything that I needed Shining like a fiery beacon You got that medicine I need Fame, Liquor, Love give it to me slowly Put your hands on my waist, do it softly Me and God, we don't get along so now I sing No one's gonna take my soul away I'm living like Jim Morrison Headed towards a fucked up holiday Motel sprees sprees and I'm singing 'Fuck yeah give it to me this is heaven, what I truly Want' It's innocence lost Innocence lost In the land of Gods and Monsters I was an Angel Looking to get fucked hard Like a groupie incognito posing as a real singer Life imitates art You got that medicine I need Dope, shoot it up, straight to the heart please I don't really wanna know what's good for me God's dead, I said 'baby that's alright with me' No one's gonna take my soul away I'm living like Jim Morrison Headed towards a fucked up holiday Motel sprees sprees and I'm singing 'Fuck yeah give it to me this is heaven, what I truly Want' It's innocence lost Innocence lost When you talk it's like a movie and you're making me Crazy Cause life imitates art If I get a little prettier can I be your baby? You tell me, "life isn't that hard" No one's gonna take my soul away I'm living like Jim Morrison Headed towards a fucked up holiday Motel sprees sprees and I'm singing 'Fuck yeah give it to me this is heaven, what I truly Want' It's innocence lost Innocence lost [Dialogue] Gargoyles standing at the front of your gate. Trying to tell me to wait, But I can’t wait to see you. So I run like I'm mad to heaven's door. I don't wanna be bad, I won't cheat you no more. Roses, Bel Air, take me there, I've been waiting to meet you. Palm trees in the light, I can sleep late at night Darling, I'm waiting to greet you, Come to me, baby. Spotlight, bad baby, you've got a flair For the violentest kind of love anywhere out there Mon amour, sweet child of mine, You're divine. Didn't anyone ever tell you It's OK to shine? Roses, Bel Air, take me there, I've been waiting to meet you. Palm trees in the light, I can sleep late at night. Darling, I'm waiting to greet you, Come to me, baby. Don't be afraid of me, don't be ashamed. Walk in the way of my soft resurrection. Idol of roses, iconic soul. I know your name. Lead me to war with your brilliant direction. Roses, Bel Air, take me there, I've been waiting to meet you. Palm trees in the light, I can sleep late at night. Darling, I'm waiting to greet you, Come to me, baby Roses, Bel Air, take me there I've been waiting to meet you Grenadine sunshine, can you fade inside of mine Darling, I'm waiting to greet you Come to me, baby......
this will played in cinemas all around the world after her death as her tribute...the day when she will become a legend... and from how i've known Lana so far, she would likely prepared an after death record..like "release this record the same day as my funeral..."
[Intro: Storyteller] And the spirit of John moved upon the face of the waters; And John said "Let there be light" and there was light; And John saw that it was good [Interlude 1: Lana Del Rey] Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us our sins Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us our sins Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us our sins Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us for our sins Creator of all forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us our sins Dear John forgive us our sins Thank you God [Interlude 2: John Wayne, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe & Jesus] I wanna tell you where you're at, you lose me in this campsite, and I'm gonna teach you how to be cowboys; Now, if you wanna be tough cowboys I don't wanna hear ya' crying, I don't wanna hear ya' bellyaching, you gotta get on that horse and ride; (And I guess I'll never find you) And don't be afraid, wear your boats up high, your pant low; (Sex is a part of nature, I go along with the nature) with your head in a good way, (You're always on my mind, you're always on my mind) And when you get on there don't be jerkin' on it, just ride nice and soft You can do it; (Earth is missing, distant from us) I believe in ya', ride with the wind, (Oh I must have you, or no one) (Forgive us, distant...) don't complain and never say you're sorry, sorry is a sign of weakness, (Forgive us intense, please forgive those distant...) I don't want you go back to your mama because I'll run you back out (And lead us not into temptation) (I want you to kiss me) (I love you) You're a good kid, all you lil' cowboy will do a good job for me make sure you do it children, 'cause I'll be watching you (Life can change on a dime, sometimes you just have to gain) (Yeah baby, that's what it is, that is what is all about) (Amen) Don't forget, I'll write to your mama (I don't lie) [Body Electric] (Noooo) [Interlude 3: Lana Del Rey & Elvis Presley] I sing the Body electric; The armies of those I love engirt me, and I engirt them; They will not let me off till I go with them, respond to them, (Man you've got to be crazy!) And discorrupt them, and charge them full with the charge of the Soul [Interlude 4: Lana Del Rey] Womanhood, and all that is woman - and the man that comes from woman The womb, the tits, nipples, breast-milk, tears, laughter, weeping, love-looks, love-perturbations and rising The voice, articulation Language Whispering, shouting aloud Food, drink, pulse, digestion, sweat, sleep Walking, swimming, poise on the hips Leaping, reclining, embracing, arm-curving and tightening The continual changes of the flex of the mouth And around the eyes The skin, the sun-burnt shade, freckles, hair The curious sympathy one feels, when feeling with the hand the naked meat of the body The circling rivers, the breath, and breathing it in and out The beauty of the waist, and thence of the hips, and thence downward toward the knees The thin red jellies within you or within me - the bones and the marrow in the bones The exquisite realization of health; Oh I say, these are not the parts and poems of the Body only, but of the Soul Oh I say now, these are the Soul! [Gods and Monsters] (Oh I must have you, or no one) [Spoken 1: Lana Del Rey & Shaun Ross] - "You know it's not always gonna be this way, right?" - "Yeah.." - "So just chill, alright?" - "Mhmm" - "Alright.." - "Yeah." (Just remember, I'm always there for ya') [Dialog: Birthday Party w/ Strippers] In honor of Jack's birthday tonight, I thought bring somebody here tonight that Jack can jack off to. (Laughs) No, with seriousness, are you ready? Ladies... (All the money, feel my temperature rising) [Interlude 5: Lana Del Rey] I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked Dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix Angel-headed hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night Who poverty and tatters and hollow-eyed and high sat up smoking in the supernatural darkness of cold-water flats floating across the tops of cities contemplating jazz Who bared their brains to Heaven under the El and saw Mohammedan angels staggering on tenement roofs illuminated Who passed through universities with radiant cool eyes hallucinating Arkansas and Blake-light tragedy among the scholars of war Who were expelled from the academies for crazy & publishing obscene odes on the windows of the skull Who cowered in unshaven rooms in underwear, burning their money in wastebaskets and listening to the Terror through the wall Who got busted in their pubic beards returning through Laredo with a belt of marijuana for New York Who ate fire in paint hotels or drank turpentine in Paradise Alley, death, or purgatoried their torsos night after night With dreams, with drugs, with waking nightmares [Robbery] And so, from being created in his likeness, to being banished for wanting to be too much like him, we were cast out, and the garden of Eden transformed in to the garden of Evil Los Angeles, The city of Angels, A land of Gods and Monsters, The in-between realm where only the choices made from your free will, will decide your souls final fate Some poets called it the entrance to the Underworld, but on some summer nights, it could feel like Paradise, Paradise Lost [Interlude 1 - Variation: Lana Del Rey] Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us our sins Master of the Universe, creator of all forgive us our sins Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John [Spoken 2: John Wayne] You ask me why I love her? Well give me time, I'll explain Have you ever seen a Kansas sunset or an Arizona rain? Have you ever drifted on a bayou down Louisiana way? Or watched a cold fog come drifting in over San Francisco Bay? Have you heard a bobwhite calling in the Carolina pines Or heard the bellow of a diesel at the Appalachia mines? Does the call of Niagara thrill you when you hear her waters roar? Or do you look with awe and wonder, Massachusetts shore Brave new men who stepped on Plymounth's rock? And do you think of them when you stroll along a New York City dock? Have you seen a snowflake drifting in the Rockies, way up high? Or seen the sun come blazing down from a bright Nevada sky? Do you hail to the Columbia as she rushes to the sea Or bow your head at Gettysburg at our struggle to be free? You ask me why I love her? I've got a million reasons why: It's my beautiful America, beneath God's wide, wide sky [Bel Air] [Instrumental Outro]
Fiona Goode The first are the poems ‘I Sing the Body Electric’ by Walt Whitman and ‘Howl’ by Allen Ginsberg, and then, of course, there’s the John Wayne monologue (co-written by John Mitchum).
How can a masterpiece like this have so few views in comparison to the masses of contrived rubbish that is churned out? This is pure poetry and art, beautiful, eye opening, real, authentic and honest, so I will never stop watching 💜
Side effects may vary. Depression, hallucinations, daddy issues, obsessively watching sunrises, not finishing your homework, dancing in the rain, alcoholism, and melancholia may ensue. If you're easily moved, on medication, or severely depressed, Lana Del Rey may not be the artist for you. Ask your doctor first if Lana Del Rey fits your needs.
This was filled with such grace and beauty it brought me to tears at its finish. Clearly only someone who knows the darkest struggles of the soul could create something that so efficiently and creatively embodies the equally euphoric and yet excruciating moments of true reflection on ones hedonistic rebellion. Such a beautiful work of art to share with the ones who feel its grasp the most. Thank you for this.
1 minute in I’m crying. She’s so good, so ralented, I just love her so so much. I love you Lana. I’m only 15 and she has made the BIGGEST impact on my life that nobody will even know. Like it’s insane.
Bel Air is one of my favourite songs of all time. Sounds like paradise. Does anyone know the specific place they filmed the last part of the film? Like the field?
i love how she is not only the best singer eveeer but also an AMAZING actress who acts with such dedication. she is a huge inspiration for me, i adore her so much
This is so underrated but the ones that understand and appreciate the artistry of Lana know for sure this is a masterpiece. I will never forget this memory of myself waiting for this to be released back in 2013. I was just a teenager... Tropico is iconic. I’m so blessed to be living the same era as Lana Del Rey. I will always support her and her career. She is already a legend.
Lol I remember waiting too and freaking out when it was released. I always wish I could experience the moment of hearing Lana for the first time, again. There’s magic in her sound.
Living in LA at the time of this release and seeing how it took the city by storm was truly magical. Everyone was watching this video and listening to Lana. It was a movement and became a way of life. To this day gives me chills and brings me back to a time in my youth when i was wild and free, gave zero fucks. So grateful for this masterpiece and for this incredible artist that will always have a special place in my heart. A piece of modern day history
"And so, from being created in his likeness, to being banished for wanting to be too much like him, we were cast out, and the Garden of Eden transformed into the Garden of Evil.." Fuck is she under rated.
James '96 she's underrated cuz she didn't write it. She stole it. If it was the real person who wrote it and the real god like goddess lana Del Rey and not some woman who wants to be her, then the real her would b very famous right now. Open ur third eye.
Lanita I love you, your art gives me goosebumps, you process my entire teenage stage, now I'm 18, I met you at 12 in my most depressive stage and your music really arrived, my daily pill to continue.
The way euphoria is a whole ass clone of this film, strobe lights, violet and purple ambience, clubs, guns, gangsters and it js shot on film! Lana is really ahead of her time.
@@2004ale oh I know look at riverdale but my guess is that they want the part of Priscillas life from meeting Elvis to his death and that’s from like 14+ Lana doesn’t suit that age
A friend of mine LOVES Lana. Such a core fan, so I was like LET ME give her a try & see whats so special about her. Went from Summertime sadness to blue jeans to un released music. OMG I'm so hooked on her. She's like a drug, I CAN'T stop obsessing over her. Heard Black beauty before it was announced on Ultraviolence & got hooked on prom song / teenage wasteland/ gone wrong & dark paradise. But everytime I dig deeper to see more of her life story & other music, I LOVE her even more. I'm now a basic fan omg just heard Body Electric & I'm here to stay a Lana fan. Lizzy is pure perfection.
intro: Storyteller] And the spirit of John moved upon the face of the waters; And John said "Let there be light" and there was light; And John saw that it was good [Interlude 1: Lana Del Rey] Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us our sins Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us our sins Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us our sins Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us for our sins Creator of all forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us our sins Dear John forgive us our sins Thank you God [Interlude 2: John Wayne, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe & Jesus] I wanna tell you where you're at, you lose me in this campsite, and I'm gonna teach you how to be cowboys; Now, if you wanna be tough cowboys I don't wanna hear ya' crying, I don't wanna hear ya' bellyaching, you gotta get on that horse and ride; (And I guess I'll never find you) And don't be afraid, wear your boats up high, your pant low; (Sex is a part of nature, I go along with the nature) with your head in a good way, (You're always on my mind, you're always on my mind) And when you get on there don't be jerkin' on it, just ride nice and soft You can do it; (Earth is missing, distant from us) I believe in ya', ride with the wind, (Oh I must have you, or no one) (Forgive us, distant...) don't complain and never say you're sorry, sorry is a sign of weakness, (Forgive us intense, please forgive those distant...) I don't want you go back to your mama because I'll run you back out (And lead us not into temptation) (I want you to kiss me) (I love you) You're a good kid, all you lil' cowboy will do a good job for me make sure you do it children, 'cause I'll be watching you (Life can change on a dime, sometimes you just have to gain) (Yeah baby, that's what it is, that is what is all about) (Amen) Don't forget, I'll write to your mama (I don't lie) [Body Electric] (Noooo) [Interlude 3: Lana Del Rey & Elvis Presley] I sing the Body electric; The armies of those I love engirt me, and I engirt them; They will not let me off till I go with them, respond to them, (Man you've got to be crazy!) And discorrupt them, and charge them full with the charge of the Soul [Interlude 4: Lana Del Rey] Womanhood, and all that is woman - and the man that comes from woman The womb, the tits, nipples, breast-milk, tears, laughter, weeping, love-looks, love-perturbations and rising The voice, articulation Language Whispering, shouting aloud Food, drink, pulse, digestion, sweat, sleep Walking, swimming, poise on the hips Leaping, reclining, embracing, arm-curving and tightening The continual changes of the flex of the mouth And around the eyes The skin, the sun-burnt shade, freckles, hair The curious sympathy one feels, when feeling with the hand the naked meat of the body The circling rivers, the breath, and breathing it in and out The beauty of the waist, and thence of the hips, and thence downward toward the knees The thin red jellies within you or within me - the bones and the marrow in the bones The exquisite realization of health; Oh I say, these are not the parts and poems of the Body only, but of the Soul Oh I say now, these are the Soul! [Gods and Monsters] (Oh I must have you, or no one) [Spoken 1: Lana Del Rey & Shaun Ross] - "You know it's not always gonna be this way, right?" - "Yeah.." - "So just chill, alright?" - "Mhmm" - "Alright.." - "Yeah." (Just remember, I'm always there for ya') [Dialog: Birthday Party w/ Strippers] In honor of Jack's birthday tonight, I thought bring somebody here tonight that Jack can jack off to. (Laughs) No, with seriousness, are you ready? Ladies... (All the money, feel my temperature rising) [Interlude 5: Lana Del Rey] I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked Dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix Angel-headed hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night Who poverty and tatters and hollow-eyed and high sat up smoking in the supernatural darkness of cold-water flats floating across the tops of cities contemplating jazz Who bared their brains to Heaven under the El and saw Mohammedan angels staggering on tenement roofs illuminated Who passed through universities with radiant cool eyes hallucinating Arkansas and Blake-light tragedy among the scholars of war Who were expelled from the academies for crazy & publishing obscene odes on the windows of the skull Who cowered in unshaven rooms in underwear, burning their money in wastebaskets and listening to the Terror through the wall Who got busted in their pubic beards returning through Laredo with a belt of marijuana for New York Who ate fire in paint hotels or drank turpentine in Paradise Alley, death, or purgatoried their torsos night after night With dreams, with drugs, with waking nightmares [Robbery] And so, from being created in his likeness, to being banished for wanting to be too much like him, we were cast out, and the garden of Eden transformed in to the garden of Evil Los Angeles, The city of Angels, A land of Gods and Monsters, The in-between realm where only the choices made from your free will, will decide your souls final fate Some poets called it the entrance to the Underworld, but on some summer nights, it could feel like Paradise, Paradise Lost [Interlude 1 - Variation: Lana Del Rey] Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us our sins Master of the Universe, creator of all forgive us our sins Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John [Spoken 2: John Wayne] You ask me why I love her? Well give me time, I'll explain Have you ever seen a Kansas sunset or an Arizona rain? Have you ever drifted on a bayou down Louisiana way? Or watched a cold fog come drifting in over San Francisco Bay? Have you heard a bobwhite calling in the Carolina pines Or heard the bellow of a diesel at the Appalachia mines? Does the call of Niagara thrill you when you hear her waters roar? Or do you look with awe and wonder, Massachusetts shore Brave new men who stepped on Plymounth's rock? And do you think of them when you stroll along a New York City dock? Have you seen a snowflake drifting in the Rockies, way up high? Or seen the sun come blazing down from a bright Nevada sky? Do you hail to the Columbia as she rushes to the sea Or bow your head at Gettysburg at our struggle to be free? You ask me why I love her? I've got a million reasons why: It's my beautiful America, beneath God's wide, wide sky [Bel Air] [Instrumental Outro]
I'm a movie snob and I swear I would fucking decease if she decided to act! She's just awesome and we all know everything she does is perfection. I can see her being in a indie movie
How is it Lana was the very first one to come up and create a Idea for a short film for her album and now everyone is doing it but no one ever realizes that Lana was the first
Lana is a talented writer. She enjoys film and writing for the love of writing. Poetry. Why do people have to makes some huge debate about satanism or Christianity. Why can't we just say it's lana's poetic words in film. Poetry doesn't always have to mean this huge things sometimes they are just beautiful words and phrases, thoughts strung together. People are sensitive now a days just take it as it is and move on with your life
Ugh so many reason to love Lana, she is so talented and creative I don't care what anyone says this film is beautiful. I personally really enjoy the way Bel air was shot
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Whenever I'm sad, I remember that I was blessed to be born in the same era as Lana Del Rey.
literally same
Did you just cure my depression?
Yes. This. Yes. Me too.
🖇
You are so true, my friend! We are very lucky & blessed! Her voice takes my mind off of everything💜
hollywood needs to get lana in movies, acting, screenwriting, whatever they need, this woman is the pinacle of talent
Her music is featured in these movies and many more:
Gimme Shelter (2013)
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Maleficent (2014)
Big Eyes (2014)
Charlie Angles (2019)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
YESSSSSS
Definitely!
Lana Del Rey, to me, is one of the last gems in the current music industry. No one treats their music like art anymore. Her lyrics touch your soul. They tap into your deepest and darkest fantasies. I'm probably one of the only men who has a deep passion for her music. It's just so... mesmerizing. Every song- whether it's "Kinda Out of Luck" or "Damn You" or something from Born To Die- is so fucking amazing. She can make murder sound glamorous. She, literally, has changed my view on life. What a sexy, inspirational woman she is. Can not wait 'til "Ultraviolence" ! I know that it'll be another masterpiece.
Just loud words.. What does "changed my view on life" means? You stopped drinking? You became more careful? The only argument I found in your words is - she is sexy, so what can she teach you only with her sexuality?
ThePlectr I found Pretty Little Liars ' opinion well-stated. Firstly, I'd say that you under-estimated the power of the argument ''she is sexy''. Being confident and aware of your body and sexuality (especially in the genuine way that Lana is) is extremely important in living a healthy life and boosts your self-esteem. But other than that, as stated, Lana treats music like art and her lyrics and music are deep. She helps you connect with your fantasies, love yourself and overcome taboos. She changed my view of life as well as many other people's because she inspired me and helped me accept myself and express freely. She is a beautiful and unique person (on the inside and outside) and the message her music transfers about life is profound and philosophical. I believe that it is clear to see, but, of course, my opinion is as objective as any other.
You are NOT one of the only men. This girl is fantastic.
No way dude. I freaking love Lana Del Rey. I SING her songs all of the time, let alone listen to them. *sighs* :D
her music isn't art its Satanist even rolling stone said it such confused people
Almost 10 years later and this still gives me goosebumps. Absolutely phenomenal art. Depicting Adam and Eve, eating the forbidden fruit, reincarnating into sinners as a stripper and Adam as a criminal thief, repenting, and their after life in peace. Stunning. Hands down her best work.
YES!! I miss her making visuals like this. In recent years her best visual works were the videos of Chemtrails Over The Country Club and Fuck It, I Love You / The Greatest. But nothing compares to Tropico, Ride, Born To Die, Blue Jeans, National Anthem... the aesthetic and visuals of these works are out of this world.
"10 years later" - so this is circa 2013? There's no doubt she is an auteur in full command of her talents. She has a hot support squad of movie makers here too. I wonder how involved with the editing she is? My guess is very. 💃🚀😍🎇
@@joeratley1062she wrote and directed this. According to Google.
Plot:
Chapter 1 - Body Electric.
The movie starts out with the original Adam (portrayed by Shaun Ross) and Eve (portrayed by Lana Del Rey) in the Garden of Eden. God (portrayed by a John Wayne character), Jesus, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley are all present with Adam and Eve- as "Body Electric" begins to play. The whole movie is intercut with scenes of Del Rey playing Jesus' mother Mary. At the end of the song, Eve - tempted by the snake - decides to eat an apple from Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. After she eats it, thunder strikes and she faints. Adam then decides to eat from the apple as well in order to join his lover. As a result of this, they are cast out of their "Paradise", the Garden of Eden.
Chapter 2 - Gods & Monsters.
Del Rey then starts to recite Walt Whitman's "I Sing the Body Electric" as time flash forwards to a modern-day Adam and Eve living in Los Angeles; Del Rey works as a stripper while Ross is a gang member who also works as a clerk at a convenience store during the day. There is a reference to their "Paradise" in the convenience store, as there is a sign that says "El Paraiso" or "The Paradise". In this segment - "Gods & Monsters" begins to play. After the song ends, Del Rey recites Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" as a group of wealthy middle aged men are seen surprising their friend on his birthday by bringing him strippers. A couple of minutes after the strippers enter the room, Ross and his gang suddenly show up with guns in hand and steal all their money.
Chapter 3 - Bel Air.
God appears and begins to narrate John Mitchum's poem "Why I Love America" ("You ask me why I love her? Well, give me time. I'll explain. Have you seen a Kansas sunset, or an Arizona rain?"). The Adam and Eve characters then get in their car and end up driving to a country-side wheat field. Clips show the pair being baptised as they begin to undress. "Bel Air" then plays in the sunset. The two characters then ascend back into heaven, having finally redeemed themselves, as flying saucers appear in the sky.
Znibro thank you!
It was in Wikipedia
I love flying saucers
Why does she says Elvis is my daddy and Merilyn's my mother ?
you're the best
When Lana falls it's not just her fainting, but also touching on that part of the Bible which is known as 'The Fall'. Where God (or in this case John's) trust is broken with humans. This short movie is a masterpiece. I love how it also perfectly shows what lots of people believe the fruit from the tree symbolises which is sex. and how in Gods and Monsters it shows a corrupt world that has been driven on this sinful, unholy temptation. The impulses. The animal instincts. At the end it’s “Bel Air”. They remove their black garments in exchange for white, which symbolises purity, and there are cuts into what is a baptism, cleansing the sin and washing it away to start anew, re-appreciating the beauty of the earth that they took for granted before and then ascending to heaven.
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after watching it several times it's actually genius and is totally the classic Lana aesthetic.
I agree, her aesthetic is superb of the classics.
I don’t think that’s quite right. The proverbial Adam & Eve were sharing in sex before the Fall. Indeed, Elvis, Marilyn, and John Wayne all seemed to be cheering it on. That sex was pure and beautiful. It was explicitly only after biting the apple (getting “too close” to God, as Lana’s voiceover puts it) that takes them out of the Garden of Eden and into the Garden of Evil. It’s the biting of “knowledge”-knowledge of cynicism, corruption, degradation, greed, cruelty, rapaciousness, etc-that sends this Adam & Eve to bleak human reality. The Apple. Knowledge. Not sex.
I can see 30 years from now when people of the next generations discover her and be jealous of us who were alive when Lana was in her prime and making heavenly music.
Angela Shinner Ik I think this same thing all the time
I think the same as you do😊
Yeah you meant depressing music stop bullshitting us just admit it
yeah
Mark Chayer wtf? She is the only reason of my happiness. Her music is the only thing that keeps me going and talks to me like a mother. Her music is called art babe. 😂🤡
When this was first released, I was 12 years old. I remember staying up late on the couch downstairs to watch it. My parents were in the middle of an awful divorce- my mom left us, I used to listen to Lana and looked to her as a sort of mother figure in the absence of my own mother. To this day, when I find myself overwhelmed or upset, I turn to Lana’s music (the music videos especially) to help me feel better. I don’t know why I felt the need to comment this, but here I am.
❤❤
Here for u always dear
same bb, except i was 16 ❤❤ lana forever
@@brittanysmith4661 ❤️
she literally mothered
I was lucky enough to experience Tropico in theater for its one and only limited time release in Hollywood. Lana spoke a few words before the film started. What an amazing experience that was to be a part of. You could hear every person crying at the end full of emotion by its unbelievable beauty and perfection. How special for us all. I still get emotional every time I watch this. It’s just a fucking masterpiece.
A true legend of our generation
Thank you Lana❤️🌹
I would loose my mind. Like a have full Kim K ugly cry mental meltdown like I almost did in her concerts. Lol so jealous of u. That sounded sooo amazing.
That’s so epic.
What really. You saw this on theatre.. Omg I'm jealous
OMG! I was there at the Cineramadome that night as well!!! Waited hours to get free tickets 🎫 but the experience I will NEVER forget seeing this film on that massive silver screen for the first time. And Lana was there as well. 😍
UR SO LUCKYYYY OMG
This is not a film.......this is not a music video.......this is a master piece
This is a work of art, a masterpiece, whatever you believe or believe in, however you feel, art is supposed to make you uncomfortable make you think....each person who looks at a Painting sees something different, feels different feels, sometimes it makes you angry or cry.....art is interpretive, and that's the beauty of it...
There is no right or wrong it's not black and white, and so the magic of a true artist can be timeless like the Mona Lisa. Centuries later people still speculate and wonder, it's an enigma. Lana has so many sides, so many genres, and continues to intrigue and inspire. It's poetry, it's emotional, an artist must create, they don't need to be understood it just is.......Beautiful, terrifying, strange, fantasy, vision dreams, she gives motion to the words, sight to the invisible thoughts that flutter and tear through our minds.... yet rarely pass our lips for fear of being judged. What is normal? Is a dream reality, or our reality merely dreams? Thank you Lana for just letting it out, and not holding back. It doesn't define who we are, it just allows us to flow those energies and feelings through ~We don't have to agree, we don't have to understand, "life imitates art" yet art imitates life.
@@boonegrl1 you could not have said that in any better way!
Why do you think it's in my playlist called "Masterpieces"? 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Masterpiece is one word
I have read her book , I ve listened to all her 13 albums , realesed or not , I watched both of her short movies and I can certainly say that this woman is my absolutely everything
What is the other movie?
@@monnaak ride
13 albums? i’m confused as what’s considered an album cuz i’m pretty sure she really has only ever made 10 albums
@@nothingbutfleurs (I think she counts unreleaseds, eps and other versions as albums) 1. Sirens, 2. A.K.A 3. BTD 4. Paradise, 5.BTD TP Edition 6. UV, 7. Honeymoon, 8. L4L, 9. NFR, 10.Violet 11. Chemtrails 12. BB, idk which one is #.13
@@andrwsee i feel like born to die paradise edition doesn’t rly count and they said they read her book which i’m pretty sure they’re referring to violet, so i feel like that wouldn’t rly count as an album
Maturing is realizing now in 2023 that this is still ART.
This is what happens when you read tik tok comments too much. Literally what 💀
Amén
Exactly.
Facts
This video lives rent free on my mind. I keep coming back to this beautiful era of LDR, I hope she gives us a glimpse of this in the future.
I think Lana’s the only person who I can say with 100% certainty that I will stan forever
+ Harry Styles
That until she canceled her tour and went to Disneyland instead
laurie honestly that sounds like her but i still stan😌
Yazzz queen motherr
As a little monster I will always Stan Gaga but damn I do love Lana del Rey too
She has such a creative mind. She gives me a reason to be different because sometimes different is brilliant.
+KrazyKendra290 not sometimes, always :)
+KrazyKendra290 you are just emo
+ARNAULT HENLY is there something wrong with emo?
+ARNAULT HENLY what's wrong with you?
no. just no shes trying to hard to be latina. my people. she dressed up as a cultural figure in hispanic countries
When this video came out, I went to the restroom at school and watched the whole thing.
@jade gonzalez you stayed there for 37 minutes?
@@ayari8789 27, actually.
Ayari Orellana i’ve stayed in the restroom for over an hour skipping class lol
I’m guessing during a lunch break...
SAME
the way lana is singer, poet, actress, director, producer and godess is crazy
_"Heaven is my baby, Suicide's her father. Opulence is the end."_
_Shit, that's deep._
Høuston i read this right at the exact time she said tht what a coincidence
I don't understand :(
@@kamakshichaure454 I think it means she wants to go to heaven and for that she wouldhave to k1ll herself like the father produces the baby so with suicide u get heaven or smth like that I’m not sure and opulence idk maybe that why she ends it
@@laysvt1166 I thought you go to hell if you commit suicide because technically that would be murder
@@laysvt1166 by oppulance I think she means turning to a big Icon and a pop legend just like Marilyn after she commited suicide.
Me and my 2 best friends went to the premiere of this. Got there at 1230pm and our tickets (free) were for 9pm. We lived in Orange County so there was no way we were going home and coming back. We sat and waited in line for hours. Lana came around 6pm on a red carpet, I got so close to her I could touch her. My best friend gave her a note and Lana gave her a kiss on the cheek. When we finally got into the theater, Lana came out and made a cute little speech. She did this for every viewing. After the last show, she went outside and signed autographs. She truly is amazing and I love her so much!
IVE BEEN OBSESSED WITH LANA FOR OVER A YEAR AND JUST WATCHED THIS NOW. WHY????? AND HOW DOES THIS ONLY HAVE 7 MILLION VIEWS???? 😭😭😭
this short film is, by far, the most cinematically beautiful thing i have ever seen. worked at a movie theater for four years, watched hours and hours of music videos and film, nothing compares. only lana could present us with such a gorgeous masterpiece.
Simple
Agreed this is pure art
still the most beautiful thing ever done
ann brun - one
amen to that! 👏👏👏
Pacoooo! :')
vinspring 😙😙
yas!
This is honestly the most beautiful thing I've ever seen
Its stunning. She is a poet, as well as a musician.
It's a masterpiece
this is written by Allen Ginsberg...not by Lana. But she has given it a very good interpratation anyway! and i like her songs... but she is not a poet in that sense!!!
Gila A same
it's also Walt Whitman's "I Sing the Body Electric"
I honestly wish I could listen to Lana for the first time again
Me too. First time I really listened to one of her songs is young and beautiful. My soulmate was sleeping and I popped headphones in and played young and beautiful and I couldn't stop looking at my boyfriend while he slept and with the song playing it just hit my soul in a way I hadn't felt in A very long time. I lost my boyfriend to an unexpected over dose 3 years after that and I haven't been able to listen to that song without getting sick 😭
Blue jeans.
@@marinaart855 white shirt
jan sport is that you??
same. like the process of discovering her and being mesmerized and shocked someone could create such beautiful and fascinating music
2:38 - Body Electric
10:04 - Gods & Monsterd
20:35 - Bel Air
Add the monologues please 😭
6:30 I Sing the Body Electric by Walt Whitman
7:05 I Sing the Body Electric (continued)
14:46 Howl by Allen Ginsberg
17:10 Original text by Lana
17:58 Dear John… / America - Why I Love Her by John Mitchum, read by John Wayne
This woman knows every dream and hope I have ever had... She knows my deepest, darkest secrets and we've never even met.... I have never been so captured by a person like I am with Lana Del Rey... Her music isn't just amazing and it goes beyond therapy.... She speaks to something stuck so deep inside of me and I come alive... I feel so connected, wild and free, like I know myself.... every song... The way a human being was meant to feel.... I don't stop listening...
i feel you. i dont even know how to describe what her music, lyrics she herself means to me and you said the words that I've been looking for. that's exactly how i feel....
(i'm high and drunk so take these words seriously)
YESS ❤️
her imagery is so striking. lana really is an artist with a vision.
She's a legend.
Shes a goddess.
My god. This need to be a LONG movie. Three fuckin' perfect songs. And, my god... the final makes me so happy. I NEED MORE. I NEED A LONG MOVIE!
Brasileira
♥ Hue Hue Br Br
A senhora tem mais likes que Jesus, que é o melhor amigo da Lana. Fechou.
I end up in tears after watching this because i love her so much and her music has saved my life. Tell me im not the only one.
Your not the only one x
def not the only one
ur not the only one, her music gives me the motivation to keep going
you are not
Same her music is speaking to my soul idk how to explain i cant describe it ✨💫💖
i cried during the whole thing. this is the most beautiful masterpiece ever conceived
i think the message of the whole movie is...
to find peace within your sins
like how Born to Die is about finding peace within your sadness
and Ride was about finding true freedom within this 'free-not so free' life...
Alechandro but thats just my opinion
Alechandro No se ingles :(
Alechandro that's a beautiful way to see it.
*****
yeah, the way i perceive her stuffs is that she sees the beauty in every ugly things, every negativity, it's like she has come to an acceptance of the ugly truth, so then she appreciates things as they are, she's not trying to fix our ugly bits of the society/world, she accept and live it all instead, and that's probably why she claimed to not have any interest in feminism, but intergalactic stuff and perhaps other things that human do not actually have much knowledge of. she studied metaphysics afteral.
Lana is wonderful. The movie is fantastic. To find your soul in this mad world too hard.
I'm still wishing she made the short film with all the Paradise songs. This is ART!
the visuals, the outfits, the monologue, the message, the production... everything is perfect. lana del rey is perfect.
I'm not catolic, but I respect all religions and this was pure art, so I think I found my religion, it's actually Lana Del Rey.
Heathen! AHahah I am kidding.
Marina - Doo me too, btw i love your profile picture
Lana Del Rey is my religion
cause you're my religion, you're how im living
She's not catholic either.....this is pure art. She is a free soul in the exploration of self. She is one bad bitch!
something about Lana gives me chills... she doesnt even have to open her mouth! she has an old hollywood glamour that I find mesmerizing! could watch her for hours! the best thing to happen to the music industry in years!
AGREED.
Dear Brandon!!!! :) i'm so agree with ya!
Amen!
I was 14 when this came out. People didn't get it like they do now.
And I didn't realise at the time that I was witnessing music/art history being made. Her art is like fine wine.
I literally started jumping up and down when she unveiled her new album's title, "Ultra-Violence" before the premiere of Tropico. I don't care how long it takes, I'm just happy that she hasn't given up on the album. It doesn't matter if the whole thing is leaked, I'll still buy it ;-) We love you Lana, and Tropico is so amazing!
Both Ultraviolence and Tropico are masterpieces
And God said, let there be Lana.
yaaaaaaaas!!! 😂
JOHN said...let there be Lana
Amen!
and there was Lana. and God saw that she was perfect
Captain Banks AMEN
The most underrated thing I've ever come across
Alannah fitzpatrick I mean, it's got over 7m views :p
i've watched 4m of them
Alannah fitzpatrick
+Cristian Carvajal ???
Totally
This woman's existence alone is work of art. Her songwriting, her voice, her mind, her thoughts- everything is beyond any words. Love you till the end of time
Some poets called it the entrance to the underworld, but on some summer nights it could feel like paradise...
Paradise lost.
I love that Lana's songs and videos are artistic and unique. Bel Air is my favourite part.
2112mary U2 what minute is bel air?
The last one
Nah, Gods and monsters is waaayyy better
bel air is the most beautiful song
Ikr. Gods and Monsters is my favourite and the best imo.
underrated masterpiece
yes and beyonces lemonade is trash
hey, why we gotta compare and say "bla bla is trash, bla bla sucks". All artists are different, and I appreciate them all for their art! You should too!! :-) I doubt Lana would condone that thought :)
+Justin Verkerk Word
agree 😍
FACTS FACTS FACTS!!!!!
obsessed with this at 13, obsessed with this at 24
REAL
Lana, I've watched this short film plenty of times and it still gets me. I wish it is a normal film, even if it would be 3 hours long I would still watch it till the end and atleast 10 times. It is such a great story and film, and I really hope you make another (short) film in the future. Thanks for making such a beauty for us and for being such an inspiring person! Your music touches me, your film hits me and you as a person inspires me. Thank you for that!
Daphnaaa my god imagine if lana was in a movie
Only god knows how many times i watched this good lovely creation of his 💖
It's 2022, and I am again back to watch Tropico. Still watching it so frequently. It defo gives me shivers all over!
This is what Lana was addressing in her IG post. People don't even know about this and are fast to cancel her. Truly sad. One of my favourite piece of art I have ever seen.
why’d she have to bring another women into it tho?
She isn't the only women in this industry that got negative comments on doing what they love lol
That One I’m pretty sure it was the other way around????
@That One she didn't say that
they couldn't cancel her though
she is art. her thoughts are art. her music is art. her life is art.
She is art🖤
Lmao she’s ACTING like a Latina. So you should say Mexican culture is art
Exactly
And life imitates art
@@Therealsuzettebrenna ella en verdad no, primero que nada te estás refiriendo a una pequeña parte de todo el video y segundo entiendo a donde va tu punto pero está equivocado, Lana está interpretando un papel en donde la vida de estas personas se centra en la droga, sexo, robos, etc, podríamos llamarlo “barrio bajos” o el “underground”, donde la vida lamentablemente está rodeada de adicciones, esto y con estas mismas características existe en todas partes del mundo no solo en Latinoamérica, si vas a un barrio bajo de Londres te vas a encontrar con los mimos patrones de comportamiento y por qué no de vestimenta si a eso te referís. Este comentario me parece un poco generalizado ya que por esto te estás refiriendo a que sólo los latinos llevamos este tipo de vida con carencias y violencia cuando en realidad esto existe en todos los rincones del mundo.
En cuanto al momento donde están maquillados como calavereas es una alusion a que están muertos en vida por llevar esa vida llena de adicciones y problemas pero que también están disfrutando ya que es lo único que tienen, nadie esta portando ningún traje cultural ni refiriéndose a la cultura latinoamericana. Si bien coincido contigo 100% que la cultura latinoamericana es puro arte como todas las culturas tu punto haciendo referencia a Lana está errado. Espero que hayas entendido y ojalá que tengas un lindo día ❤️
From the visuals to the poetry, the music and Lana Del Rey’s angelic voice, every part is this short film is mysterious, beautiful, powerful art work.
Elvis is my daddy, Marilyn’s my mother,
Jesus is my bestest friend.
We don’t need nobody 'cause we got each other,
Or at least I pretend
We get down every Friday night
Dancin’ and grindin’ in the pale moonlight
Grand Ole Opry, we're feelin’ alright
Mary prays the rosary for my broken mind
(So don't worry about)
I sing the body electric
I sing the body electric, baby
I sing the body electric
I sing the body electric
Sing the body electric
Sing the body electric
I’m on fire, sing that body electric
Whitman is my daddy, Monaco’s my mother
Diamonds are my bestest friend
Heaven is my baby, suicide’s her father
Opulence is the end
We get down every Friday night
Dancin’ and grindin’ in the pale moonlight
Grand Ole Opry, we're feelin’ alright
Mary prays the rosary for my broken mind
(So don't worry about)
I sing the body electric
I sing the body electric, baby
I sing the body electric
I sing the body electric
Sing the body electric
Sing the body electric
I’m on fire, sing that body electric
My clothes still smell like you,
And all the photographs say, that we’re still young.
I pretend I’m not hurt,
I go about the world like I’m havin’ fun.
We get crazy every Friday night,
I drop it like it’s hot in the pale moonlight.
Grand Ole Opry, feelin' all right
Mary's swayin’ softly, to her heart's delight
I sing the body electric
I sing the body electric, baby
I sing the body electric
I sing the body electric
Sing the body electric
Sing the body electric
I’m on fire, sing that body electric
I sing the body electric, baby
I sing the body electric, baby
I sing the body electric, baby
[Dialogue]
In the land of Gods and Monsters
I was an Angel
Living in the garden of evil
Screwed up, scared, doing anything that I needed
Shining like a fiery beacon
You got that medicine I need
Fame, Liquor, Love give it to me slowly
Put your hands on my waist, do it softly
Me and God, we don't get along so now I sing
No one's gonna take my soul away
I'm living like Jim Morrison
Headed towards a fucked up holiday
Motel sprees sprees and I'm singing
'Fuck yeah give it to me this is heaven, what I truly
Want'
It's innocence lost
Innocence lost
In the land of Gods and Monsters
I was an Angel
Looking to get fucked hard
Like a groupie incognito posing as a real singer
Life imitates art
You got that medicine I need
Dope, shoot it up, straight to the heart please
I don't really wanna know what's good for me
God's dead, I said 'baby that's alright with me'
No one's gonna take my soul away
I'm living like Jim Morrison
Headed towards a fucked up holiday
Motel sprees sprees and I'm singing
'Fuck yeah give it to me this is heaven, what I truly
Want'
It's innocence lost
Innocence lost
When you talk it's like a movie and you're making me
Crazy
Cause life imitates art
If I get a little prettier can I be your baby?
You tell me, "life isn't that hard"
No one's gonna take my soul away
I'm living like Jim Morrison
Headed towards a fucked up holiday
Motel sprees sprees and I'm singing
'Fuck yeah give it to me this is heaven, what I truly
Want'
It's innocence lost
Innocence lost
[Dialogue]
Gargoyles standing at the front of your gate.
Trying to tell me to wait,
But I can’t wait to see you.
So I run like I'm mad to heaven's door.
I don't wanna be bad,
I won't cheat you no more.
Roses, Bel Air, take me there,
I've been waiting to meet you.
Palm trees in the light,
I can sleep late at night
Darling, I'm waiting to greet you,
Come to me, baby.
Spotlight, bad baby, you've got a flair
For the violentest kind of love anywhere out there
Mon amour, sweet child of mine,
You're divine.
Didn't anyone ever tell you
It's OK to shine?
Roses, Bel Air, take me there,
I've been waiting to meet you.
Palm trees in the light,
I can sleep late at night.
Darling, I'm waiting to greet you,
Come to me, baby.
Don't be afraid of me, don't be ashamed.
Walk in the way of my soft resurrection.
Idol of roses, iconic soul. I know your name.
Lead me to war with your brilliant direction.
Roses, Bel Air, take me there,
I've been waiting to meet you.
Palm trees in the light,
I can sleep late at night.
Darling, I'm waiting to greet you,
Come to me, baby
Roses, Bel Air, take me there
I've been waiting to meet you
Grenadine sunshine, can you fade inside of mine
Darling, I'm waiting to greet you
Come to me, baby......
this will played in cinemas all around the world after her death as her tribute...the day when she will become a legend...
and from how i've known Lana so far, she would likely prepared an after death record..like "release this record the same day as my funeral..."
Where's the Oscar?
[Intro: Storyteller]
And the spirit of John moved upon the face of the waters;
And John said "Let there be light" and there was light;
And John saw that it was good
[Interlude 1: Lana Del Rey]
Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us our sins
Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us our sins
Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us our sins
Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us for our sins
Creator of all forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us our sins
Dear John forgive us our sins
Thank you God
[Interlude 2: John Wayne, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe & Jesus]
I wanna tell you where you're at, you lose me in this campsite, and I'm gonna teach you how to be cowboys;
Now, if you wanna be tough cowboys I don't wanna hear ya' crying, I don't wanna hear ya' bellyaching, you gotta get on that horse and ride; (And I guess I'll never find you)
And don't be afraid, wear your boats up high, your pant low; (Sex is a part of nature, I go along with the nature)
with your head in a good way, (You're always on my mind, you're always on my mind)
And when you get on there don't be jerkin' on it, just ride nice and soft
You can do it; (Earth is missing, distant from us)
I believe in ya', ride with the wind, (Oh I must have you, or no one) (Forgive us, distant...)
don't complain and never say you're sorry, sorry is a sign of weakness, (Forgive us intense, please forgive those distant...)
I don't want you go back to your mama because I'll run you back out (And lead us not into temptation) (I want you to kiss me) (I love you)
You're a good kid, all you lil' cowboy will do a good job for me
make sure you do it children, 'cause I'll be watching you
(Life can change on a dime, sometimes you just have to gain) (Yeah baby, that's what it is, that is what is all about) (Amen)
Don't forget, I'll write to your mama (I don't lie)
[Body Electric]
(Noooo)
[Interlude 3: Lana Del Rey & Elvis Presley]
I sing the Body electric;
The armies of those I love engirt me, and I engirt them;
They will not let me off till I go with them, respond to them, (Man you've got to be crazy!)
And discorrupt them, and charge them full with the charge of the Soul
[Interlude 4: Lana Del Rey]
Womanhood, and all that is woman - and the man that comes from woman
The womb, the tits, nipples, breast-milk, tears, laughter, weeping, love-looks, love-perturbations and rising
The voice, articulation
Language
Whispering, shouting aloud
Food, drink, pulse, digestion, sweat, sleep
Walking, swimming, poise on the hips
Leaping, reclining, embracing, arm-curving and tightening
The continual changes of the flex of the mouth
And around the eyes
The skin, the sun-burnt shade, freckles, hair
The curious sympathy one feels, when feeling with the hand the naked meat of the body
The circling rivers, the breath, and breathing it in and out
The beauty of the waist, and thence of the hips, and thence downward toward the knees
The thin red jellies within you or within me - the bones and the marrow in the bones
The exquisite realization of health;
Oh I say, these are not the parts and poems of the Body only, but of the Soul
Oh I say now, these are the Soul!
[Gods and Monsters]
(Oh I must have you, or no one)
[Spoken 1: Lana Del Rey & Shaun Ross]
- "You know it's not always gonna be this way, right?"
- "Yeah.."
- "So just chill, alright?"
- "Mhmm"
- "Alright.."
- "Yeah."
(Just remember, I'm always there for ya')
[Dialog: Birthday Party w/ Strippers]
In honor of Jack's birthday tonight, I thought bring somebody here tonight that Jack can jack off to. (Laughs)
No, with seriousness, are you ready? Ladies...
(All the money, feel my temperature rising)
[Interlude 5: Lana Del Rey]
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked
Dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix
Angel-headed hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night
Who poverty and tatters and hollow-eyed and high sat up smoking in the supernatural darkness of cold-water flats floating across the tops of cities contemplating jazz
Who bared their brains to Heaven under the El and saw Mohammedan angels staggering on tenement roofs illuminated
Who passed through universities with radiant cool eyes hallucinating Arkansas and Blake-light tragedy among the scholars of war
Who were expelled from the academies for crazy & publishing obscene odes on the windows of the skull
Who cowered in unshaven rooms in underwear, burning their money in wastebaskets and listening to the Terror through the wall
Who got busted in their pubic beards returning through Laredo with a belt of marijuana for New York
Who ate fire in paint hotels or drank turpentine in Paradise Alley, death, or purgatoried their torsos night after night
With dreams, with drugs, with waking nightmares
[Robbery]
And so, from being created in his likeness, to being banished for wanting to be too much like him, we were cast out, and the garden of Eden transformed in to the garden of Evil
Los Angeles, The city of Angels, A land of Gods and Monsters, The in-between realm where only the choices made from your free will, will decide your souls final fate
Some poets called it the entrance to the Underworld, but on some summer nights, it could feel like Paradise, Paradise Lost
[Interlude 1 - Variation: Lana Del Rey]
Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us our sins
Master of the Universe, creator of all forgive us our sins
Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John
[Spoken 2: John Wayne]
You ask me why I love her? Well give me time, I'll explain
Have you ever seen a Kansas sunset or an Arizona rain?
Have you ever drifted on a bayou down Louisiana way?
Or watched a cold fog come drifting in over San Francisco Bay?
Have you heard a bobwhite calling in the Carolina pines
Or heard the bellow of a diesel at the Appalachia mines?
Does the call of Niagara thrill you when you hear her waters roar?
Or do you look with awe and wonder, Massachusetts shore
Brave new men who stepped on Plymounth's rock?
And do you think of them when you stroll along a New York City dock?
Have you seen a snowflake drifting in the Rockies, way up high?
Or seen the sun come blazing down from a bright Nevada sky?
Do you hail to the Columbia as she rushes to the sea
Or bow your head at Gettysburg at our struggle to be free?
You ask me why I love her? I've got a million reasons why:
It's my beautiful America, beneath God's wide, wide sky
[Bel Air]
[Instrumental Outro]
Thank you 🙏
thank you
I’m so obsessed with Lana that I’ve memorized many of her monologues. John Wayne’s monologue along with the background music makes my eyes tear
Fiona Goode The first are the poems ‘I Sing the Body Electric’ by Walt Whitman and ‘Howl’ by Allen Ginsberg, and then, of course, there’s the John Wayne monologue (co-written by John Mitchum).
How can a masterpiece like this have so few views in comparison to the masses of contrived rubbish that is churned out? This is pure poetry and art, beautiful, eye opening, real, authentic and honest, so I will never stop watching 💜
Age restriction
I feel the same way :'(
Age restriction
And the fact that nobody knows that tropico is a trio of music videos 😐
The irony of existence....beautiful art will always be trumped by popular trash.
Bcs it is long
She's the drug with no side effects
Hayden Bale a drug with a side effect of leading people astray
The side effect is that I dont finish homework
I always considered daddy issues as a viable side effects.
Hayden Bale besides heavy withdraw
Side effects may vary. Depression, hallucinations, daddy issues, obsessively watching sunrises, not finishing your homework, dancing in the rain, alcoholism, and melancholia may ensue. If you're easily moved, on medication, or severely depressed, Lana Del Rey may not be the artist for you. Ask your doctor first if Lana Del Rey fits your needs.
Lana neeeeds to do another short film but for, "Blue Banisters" it'd be iconic 🖤
I hope they'll be short movie like "ride" video on her mew album there's tunnel in the ocean blvd
She has done another film project like this, but it was for someone else Called "Poolside"
I need this
@@BillyHell01 doesn’t count also it wasn’t very good
Can you believe Lana invented art
I can And I do
lana invented everything
lana is god
YES I CAN and i WANT TO
And booty
A i
Is anyone going to talk about HOW CUTE Lana sounded at 14:03?? Ugh and that laugh aww>3 I loved this film and the music. Lana is crazy amazing
ArtJunkie and the oart where theyre about to kiss but didnt idk whyyy
This was filled with such grace and beauty it brought me to tears at its finish. Clearly only someone who knows the darkest struggles of the soul could create something that so efficiently and creatively embodies the equally euphoric and yet excruciating moments of true reflection on ones hedonistic rebellion. Such a beautiful work of art to share with the ones who feel its grasp the most. Thank you for this.
I feel you
1 minute in I’m crying. She’s so good, so ralented, I just love her so so much. I love you Lana. I’m only 15 and she has made the BIGGEST impact on my life that nobody will even know. Like it’s insane.
Bel Air is one of my favourite songs of all time. Sounds like paradise.
Does anyone know the specific place they filmed the last part of the film? Like the field?
ciel i want to go to that field and pretend i’m in a lana del rey music vid
Inzegan, Morocco
Adam Halouani really? It's kinda weird because in that part ''God'' talks about America😃
Mine too, it's a magic song ❤
ciel I drove by a field that looked just like it. It was near Fresno, CA. I’m probably wrong though
i love how she is not only the best singer eveeer but also an AMAZING actress who acts with such dedication. she is a huge inspiration for me, i adore her so much
This is so underrated but the ones that understand and appreciate the artistry of Lana know for sure this is a masterpiece. I will never forget this memory of myself waiting for this to be released back in 2013. I was just a teenager... Tropico is iconic. I’m so blessed to be living the same era as Lana Del Rey. I will always support her and her career. She is already a legend.
Lol I remember waiting too and freaking out when it was released. I always wish I could experience the moment of hearing Lana for the first time, again. There’s magic in her sound.
Living in LA at the time of this release and seeing how it took the city by storm was truly magical. Everyone was watching this video and listening to Lana. It was a movement and became a way of life. To this day gives me chills and brings me back to a time in my youth when i was wild and free, gave zero fucks. So grateful for this masterpiece and for this incredible artist that will always have a special place in my heart. A piece of modern day history
"And so, from being created in his likeness, to being banished for wanting to be too much like him, we were cast out, and the Garden of Eden transformed into the Garden of Evil.." Fuck is she under rated.
love this quote, tropico is amazing
James '96 rain
James '96 she's underrated cuz she didn't write it. She stole it. If it was the real person who wrote it and the real god like goddess lana Del Rey and not some woman who wants to be her, then the real her would b very famous right now. Open ur third eye.
That's not The person behind the music or the lyrics and there's most likely gonna b a big lawsuit over it
She's in trouble legally
02:30 body electric
10:00 gods and monsters
20:37 bel air
Franco Jesús THANK U
you spoiled it
i was waiting to find out what the last song was
Franco Jesús nahhh watch the whole videoi
She should've made something like this for honeymoon, it would've been iconic.
E.E.Rey i’ve been thinking about that for the whole time
Something with Honeymoon, Salvatore and The Blackest Day...epic!
I can’t believe this was 9 years ago 😭 this randomly popped in my head just now and had to watch it again.
I don't think people realize how genius this whole thing is
I watch this at least once every three months or so. It amazes me every time. Pure art.
This masterpiece better be in future history books
I HOPE SO
Lanita I love you, your art gives me goosebumps, you process my entire teenage stage, now I'm 18, I met you at 12 in my most depressive stage and your music really arrived, my daily pill to continue.
$You really came here to listen this old crap?? Better listen Gomunkul 6 he is trending now
Hey Regina, it's Eisha I'm 18, years old too.
Wanna connect?
I started listening to her when I was 12 too!! I’m 18 now, time goes flying by so quick. I still listen to her old and new music
The way euphoria is a whole ass clone of this film, strobe lights, violet and purple ambience, clubs, guns, gangsters and it js shot on film! Lana is really ahead of her time.
Honestly I’ve always felt they got some of the Euphoria vibes from Born to Die/Paradise era Lana. Like you said she was always so ahead of her time!
"Euphoria vibes" don´t compare lana´s work to that trash
@@mayjailersirens3340 bro her work was in “that trash”. Lmao😭
@@maisie2838 they had the audacity to only use it in the credits
@@khalilurtrahman frrrr it carried the series!!
"Heaven is a place on earth with you" it makes so much sense after seeing this movie
+Sam Raufer its also a line in the movie "Lolita"
+Christian Recinos yeah, but it makes sense now as in lanas art
Here to rewatch this masterpiece since everyone wanna be talking shit about my Queen
Same here
Sameeee
periodth
Same here
Omg samee hereee
We need another short film by Lana😢
@Fareed LANA DEL REY = TIMELESS
She has another one named poolside
@@jenniferg452 completely diff visuals tho :(
this made me cry. Lana is just a goddess and I feel so blessed to be born in the same era as her.
*Songs*
2:38 - Body Electric
9:58 - Gods and Monsters
19:55 -Bel Air
^w^
Lana is truly amazing and this is beautiful, like all of her other masterpieces
Damn ur beautiful...
It’s amazing how you can really follow the storyline
One of the most original and beautiful means of telling a story I've ever seen..
it truly is 👐
Matt Valenti i
She's perfect for that Priscilla Presley role.
I agree with you but they want a teenager because Priscilla was unhealthy young when she met elvis
@@bethmcmara6472 adults can play teenagers though
@@2004ale oh I know look at riverdale but my guess is that they want the part of Priscillas life from meeting Elvis to his death and that’s from like 14+ Lana doesn’t suit that age
@@bethmcmara6472 Hollywood legit gets people in their 20s to play teens all the time. & the actress they gave the role too is in her 20s.
Every time I feel uninspired, I come here and watch the whole thing from start to finish
the emotions the 3 songs take you through and the story behind it all is so powerful and beautiful i’ve been blessed to watch this
exactly omg
When “God And Monsters” came… 🔉🔉🔉🔉
A friend of mine LOVES Lana. Such a core fan, so I was like LET ME give her a try & see whats so special about her. Went from Summertime sadness to blue jeans to un released music. OMG I'm so hooked on her. She's like a drug, I CAN'T stop obsessing over her. Heard Black beauty before it was announced on Ultraviolence & got hooked on prom song / teenage wasteland/ gone wrong & dark paradise. But everytime I dig deeper to see more of her life story & other music, I LOVE her even more. I'm now a basic fan omg just heard Body Electric & I'm here to stay a Lana fan. Lizzy is pure perfection.
That's what happens to me too!!!!!!!!! I sooooooooooooooooooo want to meet her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Same it all started on when I heard summertime sadness
I loved every single part ,every single second of this piece of art .She is way too good for this wolrd!
Body Electric - 2:38
Gods And Monsters - 10:04
Bel Air - 20:38
Add the monologues please 😭
Innocence, corruption, redemption.... that's how I see it....
DAMN RIGHT
Innocence Lost!
Yes!!
intro: Storyteller]
And the spirit of John moved upon the face of the waters;
And John said "Let there be light" and there was light;
And John saw that it was good
[Interlude 1: Lana Del Rey]
Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us our sins
Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us our sins
Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us our sins
Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us for our sins
Creator of all forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us our sins
Dear John forgive us our sins
Thank you God
[Interlude 2: John Wayne, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe & Jesus]
I wanna tell you where you're at, you lose me in this campsite, and I'm gonna teach you how to be cowboys;
Now, if you wanna be tough cowboys I don't wanna hear ya' crying, I don't wanna hear ya' bellyaching, you gotta get on that horse and ride; (And I guess I'll never find you)
And don't be afraid, wear your boats up high, your pant low; (Sex is a part of nature, I go along with the nature)
with your head in a good way, (You're always on my mind, you're always on my mind)
And when you get on there don't be jerkin' on it, just ride nice and soft
You can do it; (Earth is missing, distant from us)
I believe in ya', ride with the wind, (Oh I must have you, or no one) (Forgive us, distant...)
don't complain and never say you're sorry, sorry is a sign of weakness, (Forgive us intense, please forgive those distant...)
I don't want you go back to your mama because I'll run you back out (And lead us not into temptation) (I want you to kiss me) (I love you)
You're a good kid, all you lil' cowboy will do a good job for me
make sure you do it children, 'cause I'll be watching you
(Life can change on a dime, sometimes you just have to gain) (Yeah baby, that's what it is, that is what is all about) (Amen)
Don't forget, I'll write to your mama (I don't lie)
[Body Electric]
(Noooo)
[Interlude 3: Lana Del Rey & Elvis Presley]
I sing the Body electric;
The armies of those I love engirt me, and I engirt them;
They will not let me off till I go with them, respond to them, (Man you've got to be crazy!)
And discorrupt them, and charge them full with the charge of the Soul
[Interlude 4: Lana Del Rey]
Womanhood, and all that is woman - and the man that comes from woman
The womb, the tits, nipples, breast-milk, tears, laughter, weeping, love-looks, love-perturbations and rising
The voice, articulation
Language
Whispering, shouting aloud
Food, drink, pulse, digestion, sweat, sleep
Walking, swimming, poise on the hips
Leaping, reclining, embracing, arm-curving and tightening
The continual changes of the flex of the mouth
And around the eyes
The skin, the sun-burnt shade, freckles, hair
The curious sympathy one feels, when feeling with the hand the naked meat of the body
The circling rivers, the breath, and breathing it in and out
The beauty of the waist, and thence of the hips, and thence downward toward the knees
The thin red jellies within you or within me - the bones and the marrow in the bones
The exquisite realization of health;
Oh I say, these are not the parts and poems of the Body only, but of the Soul
Oh I say now, these are the Soul!
[Gods and Monsters]
(Oh I must have you, or no one)
[Spoken 1: Lana Del Rey & Shaun Ross]
- "You know it's not always gonna be this way, right?"
- "Yeah.."
- "So just chill, alright?"
- "Mhmm"
- "Alright.."
- "Yeah."
(Just remember, I'm always there for ya')
[Dialog: Birthday Party w/ Strippers]
In honor of Jack's birthday tonight, I thought bring somebody here tonight that Jack can jack off to. (Laughs)
No, with seriousness, are you ready? Ladies...
(All the money, feel my temperature rising)
[Interlude 5: Lana Del Rey]
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked
Dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix
Angel-headed hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night
Who poverty and tatters and hollow-eyed and high sat up smoking in the supernatural darkness of cold-water flats floating across the tops of cities contemplating jazz
Who bared their brains to Heaven under the El and saw Mohammedan angels staggering on tenement roofs illuminated
Who passed through universities with radiant cool eyes hallucinating Arkansas and Blake-light tragedy among the scholars of war
Who were expelled from the academies for crazy & publishing obscene odes on the windows of the skull
Who cowered in unshaven rooms in underwear, burning their money in wastebaskets and listening to the Terror through the wall
Who got busted in their pubic beards returning through Laredo with a belt of marijuana for New York
Who ate fire in paint hotels or drank turpentine in Paradise Alley, death, or purgatoried their torsos night after night
With dreams, with drugs, with waking nightmares
[Robbery]
And so, from being created in his likeness, to being banished for wanting to be too much like him, we were cast out, and the garden of Eden transformed in to the garden of Evil
Los Angeles, The city of Angels, A land of Gods and Monsters, The in-between realm where only the choices made from your free will, will decide your souls final fate
Some poets called it the entrance to the Underworld, but on some summer nights, it could feel like Paradise, Paradise Lost
[Interlude 1 - Variation: Lana Del Rey]
Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John forgive us our sins
Master of the Universe, creator of all forgive us our sins
Dear John forgive us our sins, dear John
[Spoken 2: John Wayne]
You ask me why I love her? Well give me time, I'll explain
Have you ever seen a Kansas sunset or an Arizona rain?
Have you ever drifted on a bayou down Louisiana way?
Or watched a cold fog come drifting in over San Francisco Bay?
Have you heard a bobwhite calling in the Carolina pines
Or heard the bellow of a diesel at the Appalachia mines?
Does the call of Niagara thrill you when you hear her waters roar?
Or do you look with awe and wonder, Massachusetts shore
Brave new men who stepped on Plymounth's rock?
And do you think of them when you stroll along a New York City dock?
Have you seen a snowflake drifting in the Rockies, way up high?
Or seen the sun come blazing down from a bright Nevada sky?
Do you hail to the Columbia as she rushes to the sea
Or bow your head at Gettysburg at our struggle to be free?
You ask me why I love her? I've got a million reasons why:
It's my beautiful America, beneath God's wide, wide sky
[Bel Air]
[Instrumental Outro]
@ZEYNEP ACA thank you. Have a great day !
🤘
Thank you
Thank youuuu
the dedication
This deserves twice the views that despacito has
Exactlyyyyyyyyyyyy
Just twice?
Yes!!!!!!
It’s because not a lot of people understand good music 🤘🏼🔥
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It is literally one of Lana del Rey's most underrated works. It is the date that it is and I still believe it.
Ive been obsessed with lana for so long... and this is the first time i watched this video 😭😭😭 oh goddess lana forgive for i have sinned
Same
ME TOOO
Mood
Me too, right now.
Same, I feel bad for missing this masterpiece for so long...
I really hope Lana tries her hand in acting. I mean she's friends with James Franco right? I could definitely see her in a movie.
I would so love her to be in a movie!😍😩😕
She would be an amazing actress. She's so talented.
🎵Put her in a movie (It's an unreleased song by Lana)
+Ashley its actually called "Little Girls" and it appeared on lana's first album "Lana Del Ray A.K.A Lizzy Grant"
I'm a movie snob and I swear I would fucking decease if she decided to act! She's just awesome and we all know everything she does is perfection. I can see her being in a indie movie
How is it Lana was the very first one to come up and create a Idea for a short film for her album and now everyone is doing it but no one ever realizes that Lana was the first
vany19 true
ummmmm beatles yellow submarine? micheal jackson thriller? to name a couple
vany19 except she isn't the first. Beatles, Michael Jackson, Marilyn Manson, and Lady Gaga to name a few, have all done it before her.
Bleachella Swift no way bitch you have Taylor swift as your pic hahahaha
vany19 no she wasn't 30 sec to mars did it before her and so did black valid brides
I have to come back every year to this. It’s so beautiful and mesmerizing.
Lana is a talented writer. She enjoys film and writing for the love of writing. Poetry. Why do people have to makes some huge debate about satanism or Christianity. Why can't we just say it's lana's poetic words in film. Poetry doesn't always have to mean this huge things sometimes they are just beautiful words and phrases, thoughts strung together. People are sensitive now a days just take it as it is and move on with your life
so true
They're actually not her poems. Both belong to A. Whitman and Allen Ginsberg.
Ivie Lee that's correct, but you could really say the same thing about lana's ride video where all the poetry is her own.
***** Yeah I agree. She is great with her own words as well.
Ugh so many reason to love Lana, she is so talented and creative I don't care what anyone says this film is beautiful. I personally really enjoy the way Bel air was shot
Bel air is so heavenly and magical
This is so underrated. Should have way more views!!!
It's explicit. Underage can't view it.
+Zab Dag JAJAJAJAJAJAA PLEASEEEEEEEE u really think 13-17 don't watch some porn? Okkk
+carlos vargas they mean there's an actual restriction put on the video so people who's account's list them as under 18 can't view the video genius
So true
+Sheema Daniel ''jajaja'' is 'hahaha' in spanish
My boyfriend used to make me sad but Lana can turn every sadness into beauty. She makes me realise that I'm pretty when I cry.
beautiful
I am literally blown away and outstanded by this! This is amazing, she has one of the best minds of the 21st century!
When she bites the apple and Marilyn screams
I KNOW RIGHT
iconic
even this sentence gives me goosebumps lmfaoooo
And Elvis makes strange moves lol
@@ieh451 the best part