Lana's lower, more melancholic vocals trigger an instinctive reaction of sadness in me. It doesn't even matter what words she's singing. The soul is all in her voice.

@katherinehaynes2983

3 жыл бұрын

That’s exactly why I love her. The soul is there.

@thestarwitch444

3 жыл бұрын

same , moonstone, same

@ct-uc9ws

Жыл бұрын

me too it’s so dark

@mercyydaddyy6173

Жыл бұрын

Pawn shop blues😢

@sailoraphie

Жыл бұрын

Exact same thing with me.

"we're ugly but we have music" sum up my whole life

@costantina1170

6 жыл бұрын

you know it gurl😂😂

@thalassafischer5211

6 жыл бұрын

Leonard Cohen wrote it about Janis Joplin

@Europa2099

5 жыл бұрын

"we're ugly but most of our family was killed by the Americans in WW2" sum up my life

@shadypenguinX

5 жыл бұрын

Thalassa Fischer he just called her ugly oh well.

@christinash2235

5 жыл бұрын

Janis Joplin said it. She was a plain woman. But beautiful. I don't know, I think she was fine but she wasn't Hollywood.

This masterpiece was released 9 years and it’s still not on spotify.

@juanadarmme

2 жыл бұрын

Came here 'cause I couldn't find it on spoty :(

@markunf1

2 жыл бұрын

IKR!!! 😢

@ananyasarkar2818

2 жыл бұрын

Probably because the original Leonard Cohen version is already there and isn't a cover by a racist, white supremacist.

@shapedheart3549

2 жыл бұрын

Fr

@claracampos45

2 жыл бұрын

Yep 🥲

"I don't even think of you... that often" - I didn't know this sentence could touch so deep in my heart and mean so much to me.

@coscinaippogrifo

2 ай бұрын

True... Leonard Cohen was a true genius... RIP

For me this is Lana at her best. No remixes, no big instrumental, no big backgrownd voices and choirs...just her. So simple and beautiful. Her, her voice, a microphone, a guitar and those sad eyes. I'm a huge fan of Leonard Cohen and I could feel every word of this cover. This is beautiful. I'd love her to release more songs like this, like Yayo...just her voice. Her unique voice. So simple, so beautiful.

@Addych

8 жыл бұрын

Abs

@Kingdomplains

8 жыл бұрын

I couldn't have said it better

@andreaharthorn4327

8 жыл бұрын

PalmurcioWorld I agree. And this reminds me so much of her May Jailer days. I wish she would officially release this and her old, simple, music for sale!

@JeffCae

8 жыл бұрын

PalmurcioWorld I loved you comment!

@PalmurcioWorld

8 жыл бұрын

***** I've just did it and I really liked it. I didn't know about that song, thank you very much! Lana has a very special and personal voice, that's the kind of songs I like of her, where I can hear her.

the ending is as abrupt as the endings of the essays i write at 3 in the morning due that same day

@manicpixiedreamdango

8 жыл бұрын

OH, THE ACCURACY

@nattjett88

8 жыл бұрын

+Natassja Casillas let me love this comment.

@ysabelcastro2816

8 жыл бұрын

ahaha TRUE

@PrettyPatriciia

8 жыл бұрын

+Natassja Casillas Actually doing so as I type.... lol

@chloep4500

8 жыл бұрын

+Natassja Casillas Looool litterally this was so perfectly timed. Currently trying to finish up my own, it's around midnight here and I'm becoming more blunt by the minute

“that’s all, I don’t think of you that often” like if you felt that

@adenaquintana2189

4 жыл бұрын

Same! Thought it was just me lol

@Beebeebee111

4 жыл бұрын

thom roe that line always hits me

@littlesister2609

4 жыл бұрын

That shit was like the thorn of a rose

@MintyMindedThinks

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think he meant it, his syllable count was off in that particular verse. He (Lenord Cohen) was (and still is) a master songwriter. I think he put that little bit extra in on purpose. The way we tell ourselves lost loves don’t haunt us. Or maybe he did mean it, but it’s hard to imagine such a heart-felt songwriter didn’t have big feelings about such a true and beautiful soul.

@eddyalvarez8351

3 жыл бұрын

It touched all my vital organs.

The one word to describe her music: home. It’s home to me.

@scottcharney1091

3 жыл бұрын

In this case, the song is Leonard Cohen's, and she handles it very well.

@patrickcrowley4682

3 жыл бұрын

Same.

@destheg4553

2 жыл бұрын

she’s home

@MM.1111

2 жыл бұрын

It’s so comfortable

@billieeilish9359

2 жыл бұрын

Lana del rey apartment🤍

Lana pick the right song. Leonard must be happy up there.

@vtecpreludevtec

7 жыл бұрын

Agun Wiriadisasra rip🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿☮☮☮

@michaelbroderick3606

7 жыл бұрын

Agun Wiriadisasra he was alive when this was released

@Toriv-dq3dt

6 жыл бұрын

Agun Wiriadisasra I hope so

@devillanaxx6949

5 жыл бұрын

he can still be happy

@ubendransj6566

4 жыл бұрын

Who is Leonard?????

We are ugly but we have the music

@MisterSwaginator

9 жыл бұрын

ozifest123 It's a lyric from this song lol

@LaMuffin-il7ei

9 жыл бұрын

Wow, I read this in the exact same moment she was singing it ._. Anyway, love that line

@weile4u

9 жыл бұрын

nono, this is perfect singing, the ideal song for Lana, no-one could do this better!

@IceCreamAndCake92

9 жыл бұрын

Rudolf Weiler except leonard cohen who fucking wrote it

@weile4u

9 жыл бұрын

... but couldn't sing it so well!

This song is genuinely just so sad. Its about feeling something more after something seen as a one night stand, but there was a sophistication and mystery behind it. That’s why the ending is so abrupt. Its like when Leonard wrote it, he had to end it there before crying.

@azrael4771

Жыл бұрын

Also it was written about janis joplin

@bradleycampbell5178

Жыл бұрын

The song is actually about Janis Joplin 😁

@memememe9543

Жыл бұрын

It isnt really about feeling something more though? The last line is literally “I dont even think of you that often”.

@ihatemickiegee

Жыл бұрын

@@memememe9543 well, he was speaking about a place in time. you can go by maybe not thinking of someone every day or all the time, but when thinking of that time or place, they are the brightest star in that flash of memory and it’s extremely intense. but at the same time, following the other lyrics, it almost sounds like it was an ironic line. like “oh, i love you, but don’t worry i give up, don’t feel bad about walking away” . either way it’s powerful (imo)

@alyssr

9 ай бұрын

its kind of ironic, isnt it? @@memememe9543

been a leonard cohen fan longer than lana's been alive, i can't even begin to tell you how perfect this cover is. hits the mark.

@seanbryant-smith5662

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't have put it better myself. Succinct !!!

@dgmisal1979

Жыл бұрын

Ditto... been listening for decades but this joins Rufus Wainwrights cover of Hallelujah as the best of the best...

we are ugly, but we have Lana's music

@sonyafarida2283

4 жыл бұрын

ugly faces good tastes

@l.adodg3r70

4 жыл бұрын

Amen🤣

@l.adodg3r70

4 жыл бұрын

@@sonyafarida2283 EXACTLY🤣

@WaboMotiki

4 жыл бұрын

hahaha... yes

@wolfieafo

4 жыл бұрын

@@WaboMotiki lmao

This song makes me feel better about being ugly

@evanzeis8632

6 жыл бұрын

Barry Celtic we don’t have “the music” but at least we have people like Lana who do lol

@shavonne4831

4 жыл бұрын

LMAO! I hope you’re joking tho...

@constantinogonzalez4156

4 жыл бұрын

You’re not ugly. I can take you out on a date if you want and prove to you that nobody is ugly, people can love a brain better than a body.

@smhmyhead666

4 жыл бұрын

But you ain't ugly 🤔🤔 You're beautiful

@alyssr

4 жыл бұрын

smh my head you are a good person

Lana is for sure one the artists that gonna be remembered forever.

the amount of times i’ve cried to this song has to be unhealthy

@maurasilva9924

3 жыл бұрын

same sister

@zm2732

2 жыл бұрын

SAME GIRL, SAME ❤️

@Wodsen

8 ай бұрын

saaaaame

@justjess5469

5 ай бұрын

Yuht.

The way Lana pronounces the word "baby" in her songs is probably the most important reason I love her...

@benjaminscribner2466

5 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one. totally slays me

*sigh* If only Lana's version of this was on Spotify.

@tashkash430

8 жыл бұрын

its on Soundcloud tho

@vic7623

8 жыл бұрын

tash palvin Thanks so much! :D

@Kai-lv6lu

8 жыл бұрын

oh my God same, why do you do this Spotify WHYY

@josephbalon9968

7 жыл бұрын

Vic I feel you

@Alleyway_Jack

6 жыл бұрын

Yes! I was looking for it on Spotify too 😞

Leonard Cohen being sung by a woman with the beauty spoken about in his work is a pure bliss. The man, I consider the epitome of genuine masculinity, his words coming out of the mouth of the woman with the suave voice that will forever make me feel ageless in all the right places, its golden. I wish Lana would sing more of his songs. I wonder if there's more out there.

@savvyrealtor

Жыл бұрын

I wish she would too. Such an incredible cover.

@babyvanillas

Жыл бұрын

you worded this so perfectly

@Vitordiangelosubsbr

5 ай бұрын

Are you Brazilian?

One thing I love about Lana was she's comfortable covering a man song even though some lyrics are obviously for male singer, she never changes a thing to fit the lyrics to her gender.

@seanbryant-smith5662

2 жыл бұрын

Frog Prince. I'm with you here. Not surprisingly Lana has a sixth sense in how she operates. Try finding Stevie Nicks singing crashing into you. Explicit male song yet she did it anyway. Happy days!

@frog_prince3505

2 жыл бұрын

@@seanbryant-smith5662 thank you for mentioning that song, I just listened to it and I love it at first listen. Thank you

@seanbryant-smith5662

2 жыл бұрын

@@frog_prince3505 Great stuff ! U took the time & found something new. Don't stop exploring. It's addictive for me since I started taking the time . Good times roll.

@shadesofcool6510

2 жыл бұрын

You mean 'sex'

in the middle of the night watching this video in a dark room with headfones on.... guys I'm experiencing heavens!!!!

@TheDigga77

8 жыл бұрын

I'm doing the same. 😊

@papillonnoir1110

7 жыл бұрын

Same

@palbuga94

7 жыл бұрын

It's always the best way to enjoy good music!

@yolito69ful

7 жыл бұрын

literally me rn... couldn't be happier

@MrAdrianoCBB

7 жыл бұрын

Definitely you were! I'm having this same feeling at this moment. Heaven really exists! ;-}

she looks so beautiful from 00:00 to 03:39

@aliciahudgins1133

8 жыл бұрын

OMG

@TheSuperWolfGuyGAMING

8 жыл бұрын

ikrrr

@peachfuzz7329

8 жыл бұрын

omg sammee

@mardina.o8437

7 жыл бұрын

i love ur name it gives me life like this song an her

@kepicat

7 жыл бұрын

i'm starting to find you again

“For the ones like us oppressed by the figures of beauty”

I’m so glad I listened to Lana Del Rey constantly at 15

This is the type of song that you turn your music up loud, lay down and watch the blue, starry sky to while thinking about everything that matters and begin to shed that one unexpected tear and realize how far you've come and slowly close your eyes..starts to drift into the mind..

@reginarodriguez2210

9 жыл бұрын

Wow this is deep I want to cry now

@00AssassinOfkings000

9 жыл бұрын

Thts what i was doing before i saw this comment :,(

@AirForceKrissy

9 жыл бұрын

00AssassinOfkings000 sorry to hear that

@mariechavez8967

8 жыл бұрын

Yesss same like you could almost just drift away into sleep and forget about everything...

@VictorGolobovante

8 жыл бұрын

this is a truly beautiful description of Lana's music.

When she sang this last night in Charlotte I cried... She sounded like an angel.

@kmw3355

9 жыл бұрын

I was there too! She sounded perfect

@nickkthepolice

9 жыл бұрын

Dude i was there too! Damn, small world. This was truly amazing

@carabrooke8754

9 жыл бұрын

I was there! it was perfect!!!!

@ZimbabWiiProductions

9 жыл бұрын

Rami Kuseybi I wanted to cry at that concert :') she was ethereal

@Gaymer78

9 жыл бұрын

Rami Kuseybi i was there too!!!!!!!!!! omfg it was amazing

i was suicidal once like alone in a bathroom ready to go. This song was on repeat, smoehting about this melody made me pull out of. I am a drifter not some hotel trash. Some distant memory, i am a story teller. I spread love. Its about the moments we make. This song in particular struck a cord, is very important to me. I can sing/play both versions. I really think without this on repeat in the shower i dunno. I was scary. thank you for being Lana. We need you now more then ever. I would love this on vinyl. I wanna spin it now.

@scythetrill4683

4 жыл бұрын

Thank God you’re still here. Your story touched me

@Benji-op4xi

4 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you’re still here 💓

@Huszelll

4 жыл бұрын

Morras mecas

@achilloryenrfr_2710

4 жыл бұрын

Lots of love over you 😜

@MsWhitegirl16

3 жыл бұрын

Music can save a soul ❤️

Leonard Cohen wrote this song about Janis Joplin.

@savannahjones4195

3 жыл бұрын

Really? :,) damn that’s sweet I hope that’s true

@warioinpersona

3 жыл бұрын

Right.. and Lana sung this song for Amy Winehouse 💔

@juliarocha4637

3 жыл бұрын

@@warioinpersona wait... really?

@troyjacobsson9609

3 жыл бұрын

@@warioinpersona I hope not

@sherryj738

3 жыл бұрын

Leonard Cohen....fantastico

For three years I have avoided this song for unknown reasons and this is the first time I am listening to it. Why have I chosen to deprive myself of such beauty for so long?

@beatriznovaes2262

7 жыл бұрын

Omg, same! I did cause I always cried when hearing this. But I should've know that the problem wasn't the song, but myself lol So beautiful! God.

@oliveranderson7264

6 жыл бұрын

So, so relatable .

@audreycabrera4562

6 жыл бұрын

Omg same I didnt hear it till now

@felixyavala2416

6 жыл бұрын

Mackenzie Smith yessss

@GAVINWEST-ly8sl

5 жыл бұрын

I did the same thing😂

So Amazing. She said Leonard Cohen was one of the only people that spoke her language! RIP L. C.

@vtecpreludevtec

7 жыл бұрын

Brian Burtis hi from NZ 17 11 16,my name s leonard rip LEONARD.

@stormystormiest

5 жыл бұрын

Immortal 1 so much beauty, Leonard Cohen poetry, Lana her voice.

I think Lana is the only artist I listen to who can’t make a bad song. Like I can listen to anything she sings cause her voice is so soothing and calms me and I love her lyrics and the spin she puts on covers.

@r.e.m2251

Жыл бұрын

Right! Like she can fart on a microphone and I’ll still listen 2 it.

@pranjal6593

9 ай бұрын

It's originally written and sung by cohen...

@aliceerell1075

9 ай бұрын

​@@pranjal6593read the end of the comment again, they know its a cover

@r3dr3drose

Ай бұрын

@@pranjal6593 Ok illiterate

“I need you, I don’t need you” I don’t know why I love this part so much. She’s so talented 😭

@robbydelrey

2 жыл бұрын

Right

I still can't believe this is a cover! Lana owned it like it was her very own story.

@lorenapagoto2055

8 жыл бұрын

I actually thought she wrote it OMG

@MrTheBritish

7 жыл бұрын

Smh

@h0tNcOlduviTacaRot

7 жыл бұрын

a cover from who?

@jewel2318

7 жыл бұрын

+eli ps this song is originally by Leonard Cohen. It was written for Janis Joplin

@h0tNcOlduviTacaRot

7 жыл бұрын

thank you!!

This is so beautiful, this, Pawn Shop Blues, Blue Velvet, the original version of Yayo, Black Beauty and Old Money will always be my favorites - they haunt me, and they define an era of my life that was memorable, to say the least. Oh, and the entire May Jailer album.

@buoyana6534

8 жыл бұрын

I love how every May Jailer song has the same notes and style but different lyrics, it's exactly what I needed.

@yourgirlriver111

8 жыл бұрын

When you say the original Yayo, do you mean the A.K.A Lizzy grant version or may jailers?

@ik6360

8 жыл бұрын

What do you mean by original version

@HaidukeNT

7 жыл бұрын

*That moment when someone doesn't mention Leonard Cohen as the original songwriter and singer*

@sunshineyrainbows13

7 жыл бұрын

Adolphe Meuporg Oh I know he's the original! And he's amazing, of course. c: I was just saying I appreciate Lana's version too.

the fact that she made this cover is so cool.. and she sang it so purely :3 Imagine the two of them singing together, how beautiful would it have been...

This song is the pure definition of melancholy

@Mrakra.j80

Жыл бұрын

could you tell me which album it belongs to or if it's a single song Thank you

@inesmell31

Жыл бұрын

@@Mrakra.j80 it's a cover and it's single

@Mrakra.j80

Жыл бұрын

@@inesmell31 - OK

"And clenching your fist for the ones like us who are oppressed by the figures of beauty" I love this part!

@danieldrainville5012

8 жыл бұрын

+Vany Murphyne Thank Leonard Cohen.

@Vera-wg7np

8 жыл бұрын

+Vany Murphyne Me too

@annagodia

8 жыл бұрын

+Vany Murphyne we are ugly but we have the music!

This is my favorite cover in the entire world

@andrewmatteson414

9 жыл бұрын

ITS A COVER! I thought she wrote it omg

@MrJoris0123

9 жыл бұрын

It is indeed ! I love it too , waaw

@381P

7 жыл бұрын

fu Cake you should hear goodbye kiss it's covered by her

who's here during coronavirus? everyone stay safe

@6464gerardo

3 жыл бұрын

♥️

@margoheisinger5312

3 жыл бұрын

💚🖤

@gavinkearns1219

3 жыл бұрын

❤️

@ellarose6624

3 жыл бұрын

WinterClover out here crying in the club lmao

@ellarose6624

3 жыл бұрын

By the club I mean my room

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel You were talking so brave and so sweet Giving me head on the unmade bed While the limousines wait in the street But those were the reasons and that was New York We were running for the money and the flesh And that was called love for the workers in zone Probably still is for those of them left Ah, but you got away, didn't you, baby? You just turned your back on the crowd You got away, I never once heard you say I need you, I don't need you I need you, I don't need you And all of that jiving around I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel You were famous, your heart was a legend You told me, again, you preferred handsome men But for me you would make an exception And clenching your fist for the ones like us Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty You fixed yourself You said, "Well, never mind We are ugly, but we have the music" Oh, but you got away, didn't you, baby? You just turned your back on the crowd And you got away, I never once heard you say I need you, I don't need you I need you, I don't need ya And all of that jiving around I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best I can't keep track of each fallen robin I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel That's all, I don't even think of you that often

Can we just have an album by Lana with a guitar... RIP

@EmBennet99

7 жыл бұрын

Sirens under her "May Jailer" pseudonym

@sufjanstevenstethered5937

7 жыл бұрын

agreed,, check out her album called sirens. and also her ep called young like me

@brennagustitus2091

7 жыл бұрын

Andrew Traynor Sirens

@sulimanmohammed.9159

5 жыл бұрын

After year, you got what you wished.

@merlinaUVT

4 жыл бұрын

Suliman Mohammed. I came just to say this exact thing. We are fully blessed

I want this song to play at my funeral

@breelee700

8 жыл бұрын

same

@Bcast1997

7 жыл бұрын

I too want a song about janis joplin giving Leonard Cohen head in the chelsea hotel to be played at my funeral

@slimturnpike

7 жыл бұрын

+Maynor Castillo fo shizz

@relaxolotl788

7 жыл бұрын

ikr

@Bunnylikerabbit

7 жыл бұрын

This is a happy song...

Just got back here after watching Lana sang along with Adam Cohen at Jones Beach on IG

@skodwardee

4 жыл бұрын

Uhhh you mean Adam Cohen

@normanultraviolence6465

4 жыл бұрын

Skodwarde He/she means at Jones Beach. It’s where her concert was

@josephmurrell2979

4 жыл бұрын

I was there tooo 💕💕

@laurennyambura9174

3 жыл бұрын

I was there! It was amazing live!

@delaneydelrey

3 жыл бұрын

Norman Ultraviolence yes

It’s 2069 and you’re binge watching Lana del rey’s videos after her passing. You realized how good life was for you and feel thankful you were alive at the same time as her. Life is good.

@adamwojkowski4936

3 жыл бұрын

No no I refuse her death 💖

@bluewescott4631

3 жыл бұрын

if anyone is immortal it's her

@patrickcrowley4682

3 жыл бұрын

I do NOT claim the negative energy from this comment. How DARE you bring the idea of death and Lana into the same sentence!?!? Lana FOREVER!!!

@ladygaga5728

3 жыл бұрын

so sad that 4/20 2069 is her death day :(

@Eduardoo2001

3 жыл бұрын

no cause god is inmortal

She should just make an acoustic album, songs like this. Don't get me wrong, I love all her other songs. But something about her, just her raw voice and the guitar... It's just something magical.

@waifangel1117

2 жыл бұрын

her last two albums!

@yamanisalemeluna4836

Жыл бұрын

Agree

@jenniferg452

Жыл бұрын

A lot of her early lizzy grant eps have that style of music. I have a playlist with those songs on it along with my other favorite unreleased songs of hers if u wanna check it out :) under my channel “Jennifer G” playlist named “Best Unreleased Lana”

Wow she really is like a modern day, female, version of Johnny Cash. Her dark but glamorous soul, her lyrical depths, and the hard life behind it.

@ZarinaaMalik

8 жыл бұрын

it's not her song

@shawnamurphy8058

8 жыл бұрын

Zarina Yakubjanova Oh I figured. I've heard the song before. But some of her others I meant.

@generic_ornament

8 жыл бұрын

This is Leonard Cohen originally. :) Anyone who likes this style should check out his other stuff.

@karlacruz7098

8 жыл бұрын

She does remind me of Johnny Cash. I love the sadness in her voice.

@samanthaestrella3058

8 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

Any nostalgic souls listening in 2020?

@ellacbillon

3 жыл бұрын

Present.

@thisisbelladonna

3 жыл бұрын

btch I'm here

@casscitymusic

3 жыл бұрын

Just a few days left..then our Queen will own 2021 💜💕💕💕

@be.549

3 жыл бұрын

Wait til you get old enough that something 7 years old isn't nostalgic because it feels like last year 🙃

@danyel7089

3 жыл бұрын

in 2021 too :')

Lana's way of delivering her emotion and disclosing her heart to the public using music is what truly makes her a great story teller.

This song, a cigarette and a cup of coffee.

@withlovefalseortrue9839

5 жыл бұрын

Yes

@cuauhtemocmorisco3493

4 жыл бұрын

Whenever I feel down I find myself at the local park with a can of beers, a pack of ciggaretes, and music that reminds me of how my childhood and teen life was. I'm not addicted to drugs but sometimes you just gotta learn to let go of the things that are holding you down.

@justadolphin8932

4 жыл бұрын

and shortness of breath

@andro99991

4 жыл бұрын

This song, a cigar and a glass of malt.

@buriedyoux7393

4 жыл бұрын

Beer and smokes.

Leonard was a master poet, and Lana knew that. He was making music till he passed, and had a long life. May he rest in peace.

@oxyjenn23

6 жыл бұрын

This song was written by Leonard Cohen, and I blush to tell you the real story of it. It involves Janis Joplin and elevators and broken promises. I want to say Lana pulled it off

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel You were talking so brave and so sweet Giving me head on the unmade bed While the limousines wait in the street Those were the reasons and that was New York We were running for the money and the flesh And that was called love for the workers in song Probably still is for those of them left Ah, but you got away, didn't you baby You just turned your back on the crowd You got away, I never once heard you say I need you, I don't need you I need you, I don't need you And all of that jiving around I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel You were famous, your heart was a legend You told me again you preferred handsome men But for me you would make an exception And clenching your fist for the ones like us Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty You fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind, We are ugly but we have the music." Ah, but you got away, didn't you baby You just turned your back on the crowd And you got away, I never once heard you say I need you, I don't need you I need you, I don't need you And all of that jiving around I don't mean to suggest that I love you the best I can't keep track of each fallen robin I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel That's all, I don't even think of you that often

RIP Janis Joplin ; L.Cohen dedicated this song for her

Written on the back of a napkin, Chelsea Hotel No. 2 is Cohen's description of a sexual encounter with Janis Joplin. "I used to bump into her in the elevator, about three in the morning," he once told an audience in Paris. "She wasn't looking for me. I think she was looking for Kris Kristofferson, somebody taller than me. I was looking for Brigitte Bardot. Anyway, we fell into each other's arms, through some process of elimination." His depiction of their tryst is unflattering ("You told me again, you preferred handsome men / But for me you would make an exception"), but that makes it perfect fodder for Lana Del Rey, whose languid vocals drawl over the song's seedier details. (From the BBC)

@mallikajoshi98

4 жыл бұрын

I do not like the part where the song is called 'fodder' due to its 'seedy' details. I know it sounds silly, but I have been following Lana for a long time and I feel like she would cover this song not because of the seedy sexy details. The crux of the poetry is love and sex and emotions and losing contact. And not to mention, the poetry is gorgeous. It is so well written! There are a million 'seedy' (GOD I HATE THE WORD, its like slyly suggesting the blowjob described in the first para). In short, I think she appreciates the poetry for its nonchalance towards the romance, its details about the individuals and their preferences, lost love (which is a very common theme in Lana's own music), and several other beautiful details in the song. I think BBC is reductive, that's all.

@Anastasia1993116

4 жыл бұрын

He actually sadi he deeply regretted having been so indiscreet and graphic . He said he never liked the kiss and tell approach and to name drop women he had been intimate with . He said he was deeply sorry and apologized to her memory for that . I respected him for that . Although the lyrics are perfect that part kinda made me cringe and I am glad he thought the same .

@kimmerepic2006

3 жыл бұрын

perfect fodder. f*** of this was amazing an freaking perfect. i dont cry for anything. this made me weep like a child.

Lana Del Rey is undoubtedly the most important musician in the mainstream music scene right now. She is teaching the masses to appreciate true music. And for that I have infinite respect for her.

@robertabizarro4465

8 жыл бұрын

yeah

@HSLPedro

8 жыл бұрын

+Luca Pelo the only mainstream voice I really love , and I listen to megadeth , metallica and that kind of stuff , that dont have nothing to do with lana , but she is trully awesome

@ivanmorale444

8 жыл бұрын

Pedro Stock

@ivanmorale444

8 жыл бұрын

Pedro Stock

@BH-wh4yz

6 жыл бұрын

She'd be even more respectable if she credited the person this song actually belongs to instead of letting most of her followers believe that it's hers. But it's whatever.

insane how lanas sound has changed so much over the years yet stayed so the same

Why tf is this not on Spotify?

@tropico8399

4 жыл бұрын

because the original is better

@Kayla-zb3bg

3 жыл бұрын

its not her song, its a cover :)

@titanfreezen1009

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kayla-zb3bg people post covers on spotify, she probably didn't get the rights for it tho

@dreamingaboutheroin7962

3 жыл бұрын

@@tropico8399 said no one ever

@krishna-dp1hd

3 жыл бұрын

tropico delusional

This is the best cover ever. She got a golden soul that you can hear from her voice! I always cry when she sings 'We are ugly but we have the music'

@kiraandergrant1997

7 жыл бұрын

Check out Janis Joplin. This song is about her. And I'd say the title of greatest cover imo belongs to her "Ball and Chain", version posted on youtube by RockWithBlues if I remember correctly

@MmmKayHuuNay

7 жыл бұрын

Black Beauty that part always makes me laugh

@aleqz680

6 жыл бұрын

Kira Andergrant I didn't know it was about Janis... Thank you so much!

@samanthamay6714

3 жыл бұрын

Rufus Wainwright did a beautiful live cover of this too, he captures the spirit of it as well. Also gorgeous, Antony and The Johnsons cover of If It Be Your Will (also Leonard Cohen, it was a tribute show some years back). Antony's voice is.... otherworldly.

@scottcharney1091

3 жыл бұрын

@@aleqz680 Yeah, Cohen wished that he hadn't told the world that it was about an encounter with Joplin, but it does of course make the song even more interesting, when you think about it.

I keep thinking that she's holding beer

@mariapiamontemitro1187

7 жыл бұрын

saaaame

@justmetravellingalone2188

7 жыл бұрын

me too

@lenna1520

7 жыл бұрын

I think it would be right if she was holding a beer hahaha sorry for my english

@user-io1fs5eo3s

7 жыл бұрын

White Sand omg i thought it was beer and i was like drink or put it down:(

@paintingwithblood3079

6 жыл бұрын

Oh isn’t she?

just saw this live at the hollywood bowl last night and i’m still not over it, it was so beautiful live.i love u lana!

I love this cover. "You told me again you preferred handsome men But for me you would make an exception"- Whether she's singing about a man or a woman, somebody is moving up or down the Kinsey Scale.

@ludw1111g

7 ай бұрын

its not her song, its leonard cohen‘s. But yes, i love that line too!

"I remember you well in the Tipton Hotel"

@kitashoe9784

7 жыл бұрын

lmaooo 😂😂

@stormdrooper8732

7 жыл бұрын

Said every sweet life of Zack and Cody fan 😂😂

@hospitalcakewalk

7 жыл бұрын

Lol, the Chelsea is well known as the murder hotel. Tons of serial killers lived there and people have died mysteriously there. It's so bad the hotel has had to change it's name multiple times XD Funny!!

@KazimJafar

7 жыл бұрын

No singing in my lobby!

@sean480

7 жыл бұрын

+Kazim Jafar OMFG IM CRYING 😂😂😂

I was prepared to hate this, but Lana sang Cohen's song admirably.

@bluejay3009

8 жыл бұрын

Beauty ofc

@christinash2235

5 жыл бұрын

This is hands down the best cover I've ever heard outside of Thurston Moore doing the Carpenters Superstar.

@bubbles-1020

5 жыл бұрын

I know exactly what you mean! I too am pleasantly surprised.

Damn it's been 6 years since the last time I've heard this song, I'm honestly glad I stumbled across this once again. thanks lana for the great music

As a music lover and someone who sings a lot (not good tho), I always listen to a lot of music but when I start playing Lana there's no way i will change it to something. I consider Lana as a music genre.

@toughtitties7426

3 жыл бұрын

True , her music is a whole genre. People can imitate the style but can never come close to it !

@katianna7306

3 жыл бұрын

True she is so unique

@seanbryant-smith5662

3 жыл бұрын

Black Coffee. I listen to huge amounts of music. See Lana as unique. Captivating and stand out from mainstream. Love your take on Lana. Succinct !! Genre of her own. Yep very cool.

It breaks my heart to know Lana has lost a love of hers. And its strange because what she feels for her role models, that she thinks those few are the only ones who can speak to her and understand her, is what exactly I feel towards Lana. I never really knew him, but any role model of Lana's is a friend of mine, because those who she looked up to is what shaped her, and I absolutely love her. Rest In Peace Leonard Cohen. 11.11.2016. Thank you for inspiring so many. Lana loves you and so do others beyond measure.

@aabelmendoza

7 жыл бұрын

Animal finatic this is beautiful.

@kaseylynn2133

7 жыл бұрын

Animal finatic I feel the exact same way. I can't stop listening to this, knowing that she found a soul like hers and I have a found a soul like mine within her.

@renovatio9373

7 жыл бұрын

Kasey Lynn

@---gi4sr

7 жыл бұрын

don't make me cry now

@s_c_p_v

5 жыл бұрын

Leonard wrote this about Janis Joplin, who’s also a role model for Lana. That’s why she picked this song I guess. Because it’s related to two of her idols.

I thought the microphone was a beer...

@3tienne10p4

8 жыл бұрын

HAHAH

@esmeraldanava292

8 жыл бұрын

2016 And i use to think same lol

@michall.5023

8 жыл бұрын

+Etienne Lopa AAAAAAAAAA HAHAHA

@wolf4lifeaj30

8 жыл бұрын

same

@evyyates8492

8 жыл бұрын

Lol, same

This was Lana at her best. She's the queen of haunting, sultry ballads.

this song not being on spotify is my villain origin story

I am so sad Leonard died... May he rest in peace and I give him thanks for this song. When I saw her live, this song made me loose it.

Underrated. She is full of such beauty and essence, in her personality, appearance and music.

For those of you who don’t know Lana sang this as a cover (even tho is amazing) and it’s of Leonard Cohens Chelsea hotel No2 and it’s written about his encounter with Janis Joplin aka one of the best rock and roll singers and she died at the age of 27 and was a huge people’s advocate because she herself had always been picked on & that’s why the song is about being ugly but her still being beautiful in a way Bc she was so hurt and they both were hurt as people

Her beauty is unreal.

@planet0fbeauty

Жыл бұрын

​@HSHSBHSSHSHHSHSHHSHS Who TF doesn't?

RIP Leonard Cohen :(

@fulgenzio89

7 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/qKh-m5KOpsfemJs.html

@nailaamin9681

7 жыл бұрын

you've got to be kidding me now wtf

@360flipmaster

7 жыл бұрын

He did the original version of this. RIP :(

@arielamejeiras8677

7 жыл бұрын

You He wrote the bloody thing! Plus many other amazing songs.

@nailaamin9681

7 жыл бұрын

ohmygod you're right yes! thank you for correcting me so nicely, i should've been gentler about it.

okay who's cutting onions

@tropico8399

4 жыл бұрын

not onions just my wrist

@yeedith_510

3 жыл бұрын

I see I'm not the only killjoy who likes Lana :)

@bigbitch584

3 жыл бұрын

tropico ERM

@st7rlette

3 жыл бұрын

Not me

@daniaalchaudhry9195

3 жыл бұрын

@@tropico8399 HUH

I’m never going to outgrow her poetry it’s true art to me and I love it.

@fisherj06

2 жыл бұрын

I know this is a cover I’m just talking about her

I wish she would sing more Cohen songs...

@lolamoonlight8194

Жыл бұрын

I would die for a cover of Suzanne

Her voice. Damn.

hauntingly beautiful.. Leonard would be proud. it's refreshing to hear a female pop vocalist who isn't trying to impress with vocal range or vocal control -- we unwaveringly believe her when she sings this, and that's what makes it such an amazing performance

@binboda

8 жыл бұрын

+jmilesweb97 I'm honestly so happy that she exists

Lana Del Rey is one of few pop artists today who can get away with singing a Leonard Cohen song, and she does so wonderfully. This song was obvioisly written about a man's love, or infatuation, of a woman. Yet she pulls it off great.

Hardly had anyone but Lana reached the emotion of the genious L. Cohen's song. Still touches after almost a decade

Rip Leonard Cohen ❤️ never forgotten 🙌🏻

Lana simply has a majestic voice, she doesn't even need instrumental background. This is true talent. It is rare and strange to hear or see. Powerful.

this is her best cover ever PERIODTT

@giovanni4068

2 жыл бұрын

Agree

this is the most incredible cover i have ever heard

"we're ugly but we have the music" 😢

The last bit of this song makes me cry, "I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best, I can't keep track of each fallen robin. I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel, that's all, I don't even think of you that often."

@VinylScratchie

10 жыл бұрын

It has so much more meaning now that my true love had other plans.

@juanestebanloaiza1356

10 жыл бұрын

Sam Ampora Let's cry together ToT buaaa buaaa buaaa *snif

@VinylScratchie

10 жыл бұрын

I haven't stopped crying since he broke up with me. He got away and he is just a fallen robin to me now. I love him still. I really do.

@juanestebanloaiza1356

9 жыл бұрын

Oh darling don't worry, every heartbreak is lonely since his or her couple got away but you have to understand that the world doesn't ends. You're beautiful and I guess that you're smart. Don't waste time. Smile. Eat a coockie. And get over it ;)

@iamjaguarpaw.thisismyfores4516

9 жыл бұрын

I am sorry for your pain.... Who loves you less than you need Is not one whom you need 'Though it may not seem so right now.

It doesn't feel real that this came out 10 years ago, I love you Lana.

This is the most romantic thing I’ve ever heard

WHY THE HELLLLL ISNT THIS ON ITUNES???????,,,,???,,,,!!!!!!???????!!???,,??!?!!!!????????!!!!???????????????????!!!!!!!

@nestorguerra2946

3 жыл бұрын

bc this is just a cover but the original version is also amazing darling

@kayla9874

3 жыл бұрын

I just had to come back here cause it’s STILL not on iTunes

I was in a very dark place of my life when I started listening to Lana. This song in particular brings me soooo much good and comfortable memories. Thank you Lana. Just Thank you.

2020 is ending soon and this song perfectly incapsulates the “end-of-year” melancholy we all feel right now.

This is the first time I see a 25 million listens and the "watched minutes" graph so stable, from start to finish. People can't drop listening to this song.

I love Leonard Cohen. I really like Lana Del Rey. I'm very happy here.

This is why Juliard has a class dedicated to her. She has her own Lana Del Ray class for her sound and how she changed the industry. ❤

Honestly this and so much of Lana’s unreleased stuff needs to be officially released. The fans want it, it’s amazing stuff and at this point surely it’s just free money for her right? Never gonna happen but we can hope.

@jazzsolocup3291

3 жыл бұрын

It’s sad because Lana can’t release them, she could be sued if she makes money off them. Unfortunately these leaks are all we will have of these gems 😔

"I never once heard you say I need you...I don't need you." 😢 I can relate too much.

@dulcenflores

9 жыл бұрын

Same

@TheJazz3698

9 жыл бұрын

:( The heartbreak is real

"That's all, I don't even think of you that often." Cold

@123thof

6 жыл бұрын

It's extremely ironic, though in that the song proves he has remembered her in detail.

almost 11 yrs later and her beauty and voice are timeless

I love how Lana recorded this song. Her voice is amazing and suits the music. I love it and a great compliment to Leonard Cohen. Classy version of Lana's.

I remember you well, in the mermaid motel.