When I first heard Video Games, almost a year ago, it was an instant head over heels love. Then as more and more media hype started up, I become somewhat disillusioned with Lana. Not that I was the backlash necessarily, but I was a little judgemental for the lizzy grant to lana del rey transformation. But after the album dropped, I figured, what's the big deal? I mean, lots of artists transform themselves, and even if her songs (on the album) are redundant sounding at times, they are catchy tunes. Her coo-ing and purrs solidified her persona, the gangsta nancy sinatra, for me. Then there was the SNL debactal, which was hard to watch, and supposedly was the reason she postponed her tour... So I guess I figured I wouldn't be hearing too much from Lana in the near future.
That brings me to what I found yesterday, a leaked track, Never Let You Go. And that brought back that love of her easy, lounge, 60's influenced hipster rock. Maybe it's the guitar track that reminds me of All the Young Dudes, or the easy soft strings, or maybe even the lyric, "I could be your Nancy, You could be my Sid" But I just can't get enough of this track! Enjoy!
* if you are the artist of this song and wish for it to be removed please contact me.
Time to get down and hispanic! Just in case you missed it, last SNL was a pretty awesome, I'm not emBEARassed to admit I'm a huge JLo fan, so this SNL seemsed extra awesome!
One of the best skits was the station Telemundo covering the winter olympics. I am always a fan of poking fun at hispanics, and this nailed it! Not to mention, since I am dating a cute Canadian which is really just a Mexican with a sweater. Watch below... (and take note of Hector's too cool member's online jacket... gotta get me one!)
this skit also got me remembering ?Que Hora Es? one of the best pokes at the ol' hispanic telenuevo and that ridiculous spanish class we all took in 4th grade. I can't tell you how many times I've zoned out and think about just rattling on about pollo or the bibliotheque... you know, so I sound legit...
