Second 'Song of the Week'

Diet Mountain Dew (Album version) - Lana Del Rey

(Original post with audio is here)

A belated second song of the week, alongside Beck’s remix of Feist’s ‘How Come You Never Go There’.

Initially I was only fascinated by the media buzz surrounding Lana Del Rey (I posted about her SNL performance here) rather than paying much attention to the artist herself. And then I listened to Born to Die and it changed my mind (along with the minds of every other music blogger/reviewer, it seems.)

Some tracks get a bit tiresome, yes - I don’t have much time for Carmen or Million Dollar Man, but I wouldn’t say I dislike them. My enjoyment of this album reminds me of my obsession with Florence’s Ceremonials a few months ago, in that every week seems to present a new favourite song I’d previously overlooked.

Which brings me to Diet Mountain Dew. This was the track which seemed to be most heavily criticised, but those critics mustn’t have listened long enough for the hook at the start of each verse (Let’s take Jesus off the dashboard/Got enough on his mind), which makes for several repeats.

My favourite thing about this one is that it veers between her catchier tracks, like National Anthem, and the deeper feel of Born to Die and Radio. See what you think.