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Title: Lana Post by: D Cunningham on January 26, 2015, 01:54:05 PM Leave it to BW to throw one fascinating idea out there. He would revisit "Lana" !
Any thoughts? I wonder if he means that he would give it a proper middle eight. The melody is so lovely. And his vocal...wow. Did a certain female singer recently cause Brian to recall the old tune? Anybody think Lana might be the generative material for Lindsey Buckingham's "Bwana"? Title: Re: Lana Post by: Mr. Cohen on January 26, 2015, 02:36:46 PM (http://media.nola.com/tpphotos/photo/2012/04/-761ffd71266193ca.JPG)
"I said just cheese on my pizza." Title: Re: Lana Post by: Shady on January 26, 2015, 02:43:13 PM Did a certain female singer recently cause Brian to recall the old tune? Ha, maybe that's the case. Lana Del Ray is a stunning woman, Brian was probably taken with her and went straight to the piano playing "Lana" ;D Title: Re: Lana Post by: LeeDempsey on January 26, 2015, 02:43:32 PM Hey Don ol' buddy!
It's always bothered me that the solo in "Lana" is in the middle of a "heroic stanza" (ABCB) rhyming verse: I'll show, I'll show you another world All lined with silver and gold (Solo) Don't dear please don't, don't be afraid It's heaven I've been told The solo should be after the quatrain. I wonder if that's what he would fix? Lee Title: Re: Lana Post by: D Cunningham on January 26, 2015, 03:07:43 PM Great to see you, Lee. Or at least to see your key strokes...
yeah...that end rhyme does seem to get lost. BTW, is this an example of lyrics totally by Brian? I wonder if he was thinking of some Hawaiian legend. Title: Re: Lana Post by: Mikie on January 26, 2015, 04:06:19 PM Mr. Cunningham. May I call you "Don"?
I just can't understand why Brian said that. He was asked which song would he finish, and I assumed that the questioner asked him which song that's still in the can or in demo form that he would finish. Or maybe he did mean which already-released song that he wished he had back to finish it because he felt it was unfinished. I think Brian mighta just pulled "Lana" out of his........hat. Why would "Lana" need to be finished? Did it need an extra verse or more instruments in the backing track or more vocals or more of everything to make it a fuller sounding song? By the way, you referenced Lindsay Buckingham. He produced a great version of Farmer's Daughter to have the FM ladies sing. He didn't touch it - just had them sing it acapella. Farmer's Daughter has no more of a sparse production effort than Lana or Noble Surfer or Finder's Keepers. I mean, you can take any one of those songs on the very early albums and spice them up or "finish" them. But.......less is more sometimes, you know Don? What's your take on a musical level as far as the verse, chorus, melody of the song? Do you think Lana would be better if it was [somehow] "finished"? I'd say no more than any others in the BB catalog. Title: Re: Lana Post by: Ninten on January 26, 2015, 04:37:49 PM Mr. Cunningham. May I call you "Don"? I just can't understand why Brian said that. He was asked which song would he finish, and I assumed that the questioner asked him which song that's still in the can or in demo form that he would finish. Maybe he did mean which already-released song that he wished he had back to finish it because he felt it was unfinished. I think Brian mighta just pulled "Lana" out of his........hat. Why would "Lana" need to be finished? Did it need an extra verse or more instruments in the backing track or more vocals or more of everything to make it a fuller sounding song? By the way, you referenced Lindsay Buckingham. He produced a great version of Farmer's Daughter to have the FM ladies sing. He didn't touch it - just had them sing it acapella. Farmer's Daughter has no more of a sparse production effort than Lana or Noble Surfer or Finder's Keepers. I mean, you can take any one of those songs on the very early albums and spice them up or "finish" them. But.......less is more sometimes, you know Don? What's your take on a musical level as far as the verse, chorus, melody of the song? Do you think Lana would be better if it was [somehow] "finished"? I'd say no more than any others in the BB catalog. Yeah, I had meant something that never made it past the demo/early stages or recording (and I listed 3 examples of unfinished BB tunes I wish we had complete versions of, or that he could finish them as he did with BWPS). Maybe he does consider Lana unfinished though, as some have suggested. :-\ Either way, I don't mind - I'm just happy he answered my question at all! ;D. And the thought of him redoing a song like Lana with his current voice is intriguing anyway - I'd definitely love to hear it! Still hoping for a release of Adult/Child and the Paley Sessions more than anything save another reunion, by the way - too bad we couldn't get him to talk about those! Title: Re: Lana Post by: slickman9696 on January 26, 2015, 06:35:55 PM That's my wife's name. I would love it!!
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