I know that by now, just about everyone has heard about Lana Del Rey, but I haven't been blogging lately and really wanted to weigh in on her song "Videogames". I saw her on American Idol a couple of weeks ago and I have to say, there are not many moments where I am mesmerized, silent, and still. Actually, I constantly move around when Don and I are watching TV because I get very bored. I twitch and wiggle around a lot if it’s something that doesn’t require a lot of concentration. Anyway, I was completely still while she performed. I was slightly confused, which I like, and I was trying to figure her out. She's this beautiful girl with a haunting voice, and then she has these nasty, long, Elvira fingernails. The song is confusing too. It’s beautiful, but then out of nowhere it says "videogames". It totally throws you off. I have two theories about the lyrics....it's a very retro, romantic song. I think that girls want that old-school romance with a guy like the Great Gatsby, but instead, they get lumps that sit on the couch and play videogames because guys like Gatsby don’t exist anymore (or ever did, because he’s fictional, haha), or they are few and far between. The other theory is that she uses “videogames” as a metaphor for the games he plays with her, since she seems way more into him than he is with her.
I like when someone tries to be original, so even if you don’t like her or the song, you can at least appreciate the fact that she’s different. I get sick of the same old crap that gets pumped out over and over.
http://youtu.be/HO1OV5B_JDw
Here are the lyrics, if you are interested:
Swinging in the backyard
Pull up in your fast car whistling my name
Open up a beer and you take it over here
And play a video game
I'm in his favorite sun dress
Watching me get undressed, take that body downtown
I say you the bestest, lean in for a big kiss
Put his favorite perfume on, go play a video game
It's you, it's you, it's all for you
Everything I do, I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true? It's better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby, now you do
Singing in the old bars
Swinging with the old stars, living for the fame
Kissing in the blue dark
Playing pool and wild darts, video games
He holds me in his big arms
Drunk and I am seeing stars this is all I think of
Watching all our friends fall in and out of Old Paul's
This is my idea of fun playing video games
It's you, it's you, it's all for you
Everything I do I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true? It's better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby, now you do
(Now you do)
It's you, it's you, it's all for you
Everything I do I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true? It's better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby, now you do
Word of the Day:
pleach \pleech\ , verb:
1. To interweave branches or vines for a hedge or arbor.
2. To make or renew (a hedge, arbor, etc.) by such interweaving.
3. To braid (hair).
Pull up in your fast car whistling my name
Open up a beer and you take it over here
And play a video game
I'm in his favorite sun dress
Watching me get undressed, take that body downtown
I say you the bestest, lean in for a big kiss
Put his favorite perfume on, go play a video game
It's you, it's you, it's all for you
Everything I do, I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true? It's better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby, now you do
Singing in the old bars
Swinging with the old stars, living for the fame
Kissing in the blue dark
Playing pool and wild darts, video games
He holds me in his big arms
Drunk and I am seeing stars this is all I think of
Watching all our friends fall in and out of Old Paul's
This is my idea of fun playing video games
It's you, it's you, it's all for you
Everything I do I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true? It's better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby, now you do
(Now you do)
It's you, it's you, it's all for you
Everything I do I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true? It's better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby, now you do
Word of the Day:
pleach \pleech\ , verb:
1. To interweave branches or vines for a hedge or arbor.
2. To make or renew (a hedge, arbor, etc.) by such interweaving.
3. To braid (hair).
Robert got up very early, and went off to pleach the big hedge at the foot of the far pasture.
-- Mary Webb, Seven for a Secret
-- Mary Webb, Seven for a Secret
I might not be able to install plumbing fixtures or to pleach apple trees, but I know how to throw a good party.
-- Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree
-- Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree
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