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  • Lana Del Rey - Chelsea Hotel No 2 (Official Music Video)
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    Lana Del Rey - Chelsea Hotel No 2 (Lyrics)
    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 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 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
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Komentáře • 11K

  • @deadbird1229
    @deadbird1229 Před 6 lety +3613

    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.

  • @xuanthonguyen2418
    @xuanthonguyen2418 Před 8 lety +3846

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

    • @costantina1170
      @costantina1170 Před 6 lety +7

      you know it gurl😂😂

    • @thalassafischer5211
      @thalassafischer5211 Před 6 lety +40

      Leonard Cohen wrote it about Janis Joplin

    • @Europa2099
      @Europa2099 Před 5 lety +11

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

    • @shadypenguinX
      @shadypenguinX Před 5 lety +1

      Thalassa Fischer he just called her ugly oh well.

    • @christinash2235
      @christinash2235 Před 5 lety +14

      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.

  • @kimmy2631
    @kimmy2631 Před 2 lety +4644

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

  • @edermartins7180
    @edermartins7180 Před 3 lety +520

    "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.

  • @PalmurcioWorld
    @PalmurcioWorld Před 9 lety +6857

    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
      @Addych Před 9 lety +1

      Abs

    • @Kingdomplains
      @Kingdomplains Před 8 lety +13

      I couldn't have said it better

    • @andreaharthorn4327
      @andreaharthorn4327 Před 8 lety +38

      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
      @JeffCae Před 8 lety

      PalmurcioWorld I loved you comment!

    • @PalmurcioWorld
      @PalmurcioWorld Před 8 lety +9

      ***** 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.

  • @endlesummer_
    @endlesummer_ Před 9 lety +3483

    We are ugly but we have the music

    • @MisterSwaginator
      @MisterSwaginator Před 9 lety +38

      ozifest123 It's a lyric from this song lol

    • @LaMuffin-il7ei
      @LaMuffin-il7ei Před 9 lety +26

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

    • @weile4u
      @weile4u Před 9 lety +10

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

    • @IceCreamAndCake92
      @IceCreamAndCake92 Před 9 lety +19

      Rudolf Weiler except leonard cohen who fucking wrote it

    • @weile4u
      @weile4u Před 9 lety +2

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

  • @herpiss
    @herpiss Před 3 lety +1907

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

  • @vc5803
    @vc5803 Před 5 lety +882

    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
      @seanbryant-smith5662 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @dgmisal1979
      @dgmisal1979 Před rokem +20

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

  • @nattyfknsmokes
    @nattyfknsmokes Před 8 lety +2437

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

    • @manicpixiedreamdango
      @manicpixiedreamdango Před 8 lety +64

      OH, THE ACCURACY

    • @nattjett88
      @nattjett88 Před 8 lety +19

      +Natassja Casillas let me love this comment.

    • @ysabelcastro2816
      @ysabelcastro2816 Před 8 lety +1

      ahaha TRUE

    • @PrettyPatriciia
      @PrettyPatriciia Před 8 lety +10

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

    • @chloep4500
      @chloep4500 Před 8 lety +19

      +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

  • @kimberlysashel
    @kimberlysashel Před 7 lety +1865

    This song makes me feel better about being ugly

    • @evanzeis8632
      @evanzeis8632 Před 6 lety +28

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

    • @shavonne4831
      @shavonne4831 Před 4 lety +3

      LMAO!
      I hope you’re joking tho...

    • @constantinogonzalez4156
      @constantinogonzalez4156 Před 4 lety +34

      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
      @smhmyhead666 Před 4 lety +7

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

    • @alyssr
      @alyssr Před 4 lety +4

      smh my head you are a good person

  • @bish8256
    @bish8256 Před 6 lety +874

    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
      @azrael4771 Před rokem +17

      Also it was written about janis joplin

    • @bradleycampbell5178
      @bradleycampbell5178 Před rokem +10

      The song is actually about Janis Joplin 😁

    • @memememe9543
      @memememe9543 Před rokem +8

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

    • @ihatemickiegee
      @ihatemickiegee Před rokem +13

      @@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
      @alyssr Před 9 měsíci

      its kind of ironic, isnt it? @@memememe9543

  • @jasminas4121
    @jasminas4121 Před 4 lety +715

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

  • @agunsux
    @agunsux Před 7 lety +2683

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

  • @sunshineyrainbows13
    @sunshineyrainbows13 Před 8 lety +1665

    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
      @buoyana6534 Před 8 lety +19

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

    • @yourgirlriver111
      @yourgirlriver111 Před 8 lety +8

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

    • @ik6360
      @ik6360 Před 8 lety

      What do you mean by original version

    • @HaidukeNT
      @HaidukeNT Před 8 lety +32

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

    • @sunshineyrainbows13
      @sunshineyrainbows13 Před 8 lety +9

      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.

  • @wolfieafo
    @wolfieafo Před 8 měsíci +206

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

  • @fromfuturespast
    @fromfuturespast Před 4 lety +5350

    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.

  • @monsterfreak8818
    @monsterfreak8818 Před 7 lety +5179

    we are ugly, but we have Lana's music

  • @AyyRamiK
    @AyyRamiK Před 9 lety +1228

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

    • @kmw3355
      @kmw3355 Před 9 lety +14

      I was there too! She sounded perfect

    • @nickkthepolice
      @nickkthepolice Před 9 lety +12

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

    • @carabrooke8754
      @carabrooke8754 Před 9 lety +8

      I was there! it was perfect!!!!

    • @ZimbabWiiProductions
      @ZimbabWiiProductions Před 9 lety +8

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

    • @Gaymer78
      @Gaymer78 Před 9 lety +3

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

  • @thomroe
    @thomroe Před 4 lety +2948

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

    • @adenaquintana2189
      @adenaquintana2189 Před 4 lety +8

      Same! Thought it was just me lol

    • @Beebeebee111
      @Beebeebee111 Před 4 lety +15

      thom roe that line always hits me

    • @littlesister2609
      @littlesister2609 Před 4 lety +21

      That shit was like the thorn of a rose

    • @MintyMindedThinks
      @MintyMindedThinks Před 3 lety +37

      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
      @eddyalvarez8351 Před 3 lety +10

      It touched all my vital organs.

  • @moximoz7374
    @moximoz7374 Před 4 lety +203

    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.

  • @mzsmith7342
    @mzsmith7342 Před 7 lety +1393

    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?

  • @666TeenageWhore
    @666TeenageWhore Před 8 lety +208

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

  • @vanessasanha528
    @vanessasanha528 Před 3 lety +307

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

  • @Fierra2000
    @Fierra2000 Před 2 lety +111

    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
      @r.e.m2251 Před rokem +3

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

    • @pranjal6593
      @pranjal6593 Před 10 měsíci +2

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

    • @aliceerell1075
      @aliceerell1075 Před 9 měsíci +1

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

    • @r3dr3drose
      @r3dr3drose Před 2 měsíci

      @@pranjal6593 Ok illiterate

  • @AirForceKrissy
    @AirForceKrissy Před 9 lety +571

    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..

  • @brianburtis7262
    @brianburtis7262 Před 7 lety +403

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

    • @vtecpreludevtec
      @vtecpreludevtec Před 7 lety +3

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

    • @stormystormiest
      @stormystormiest Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @LAdreamingxo
    @LAdreamingxo Před 3 lety +177

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

  • @Lala-wh1cl
    @Lala-wh1cl Před 5 lety +94

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

  • @aleqz680
    @aleqz680 Před 7 lety +817

    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
      @kiraandergrant1997 Před 7 lety +18

      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
      @MmmKayHuuNay Před 7 lety +1

      Black Beauty that part always makes me laugh

    • @aleqz680
      @aleqz680 Před 6 lety +1

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

    • @samanthamay6714
      @samanthamay6714 Před 3 lety

      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
      @scottcharney1091 Před 3 lety +1

      @@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.

  • @MarinaAndTheDevil
    @MarinaAndTheDevil Před 8 lety +4666

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

  • @shanemac5366
    @shanemac5366 Před 3 lety +397

    Leonard Cohen wrote this song about Janis Joplin.

  • @lojupitermoon
    @lojupitermoon Před 4 lety +615

    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

  • @surnersingh8399
    @surnersingh8399 Před 8 lety +1426

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

    • @TheDigga77
      @TheDigga77 Před 8 lety +6

      I'm doing the same. 😊

    • @papillonnoir1110
      @papillonnoir1110 Před 8 lety +1

      Same

    • @palbuga94
      @palbuga94 Před 8 lety +8

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

    • @yolito69ful
      @yolito69ful Před 8 lety +3

      literally me rn... couldn't be happier

    • @MrAdrianoCBB
      @MrAdrianoCBB Před 8 lety +4

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

  • @vic7623
    @vic7623 Před 8 lety +477

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

  • @jamesclark6949
    @jamesclark6949 Před 2 lety +54

    This song is the pure definition of melancholy

    • @Mrakra.j80
      @Mrakra.j80 Před rokem

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

    • @inesmell31
      @inesmell31 Před rokem

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

    • @Mrakra.j80
      @Mrakra.j80 Před rokem

      @@inesmell31 - OK

  • @frog_prince3505
    @frog_prince3505 Před 3 lety +625

    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
      @seanbryant-smith5662 Před 2 lety +18

      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
      @frog_prince3505 Před 2 lety +3

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

    • @seanbryant-smith5662
      @seanbryant-smith5662 Před 2 lety +5

      @@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
      @shadesofcool6510 Před 2 lety +1

      You mean 'sex'

  • @VanyDelGrant
    @VanyDelGrant Před 8 lety +359

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

  • @tezwill3338
    @tezwill3338 Před 8 lety +504

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

  •  Před 3 měsíci +3

    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.

  • @blake1272
    @blake1272 Před rokem +10

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

  • @lucapelo8303
    @lucapelo8303 Před 8 lety +824

    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
      @robertabizarro4465 Před 8 lety +1

      yeah

    • @HSLPedro
      @HSLPedro Před 8 lety +2

      +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
      @ivanmorale444 Před 8 lety

      Pedro Stock

    • @ivanmorale444
      @ivanmorale444 Před 8 lety +2

      Pedro Stock

    • @BH-wh4yz
      @BH-wh4yz Před 6 lety +3

      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.

  • @lwalker1998
    @lwalker1998 Před 9 lety +210

    This is my favorite cover in the entire world

    • @andrewmatteson414
      @andrewmatteson414 Před 9 lety +15

      ITS A COVER! I thought she wrote it omg

    • @MrJoris0123
      @MrJoris0123 Před 9 lety +5

      It is indeed ! I love it too , waaw

    • @381P
      @381P Před 7 lety

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

  • @cloeg.6531
    @cloeg.6531 Před 3 lety +46

    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...

  • @nathrouxinol
    @nathrouxinol Před 4 lety +218

    Any nostalgic souls listening in 2020?

    • @ellacbillon
      @ellacbillon Před 3 lety +2

      Present.

    • @thisisbelladonna
      @thisisbelladonna Před 3 lety +1

      btch I'm here

    • @casscitymusic
      @casscitymusic Před 3 lety

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

    • @be.549
      @be.549 Před 3 lety

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

    • @danyel7089
      @danyel7089 Před 3 lety +4

      in 2021 too :')

  • @andrew01016
    @andrew01016 Před 7 lety +635

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

  • @KKBTSIMAGINES
    @KKBTSIMAGINES Před 7 lety +257

    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
      @waifangel1117 Před 2 lety +34

      her last two albums!

    • @yamanisalemeluna4836
      @yamanisalemeluna4836 Před 2 lety +3

      Agree

    • @jenniferg452
      @jenniferg452 Před rokem +3

      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”

  • @missdaytonaxx
    @missdaytonaxx Před rokem +28

    Her beauty is unreal.

  • @squarerootofsav
    @squarerootofsav Před 4 lety +18

    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!

  • @geraldgreyvenstein7387
    @geraldgreyvenstein7387 Před 8 lety +2159

    I want this song to play at my funeral

  • @OfficialPrettyLittleLiars
    @OfficialPrettyLittleLiars Před 7 lety +3178

    RIP Leonard Cohen :(

    • @fulgenzio89
      @fulgenzio89 Před 7 lety +13

      czcams.com/video/vtJ90Uvdxh8/video.html

    • @nailaamin9681
      @nailaamin9681 Před 7 lety +148

      you've got to be kidding me now wtf

    • @360flipmaster
      @360flipmaster Před 7 lety +87

      He did the original version of this. RIP :(

    • @arielamejeiras8677
      @arielamejeiras8677 Před 7 lety +76

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

    • @nailaamin9681
      @nailaamin9681 Před 7 lety +48

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

  • @akshaykundu9999
    @akshaykundu9999 Před 5 lety +84

    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

  • @fisherj06
    @fisherj06 Před 2 lety +57

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

    • @fisherj06
      @fisherj06 Před 2 lety +15

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

  • @jmilesweb97
    @jmilesweb97 Před 8 lety +190

    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
      @binboda Před 8 lety +4

      +jmilesweb97 I'm honestly so happy that she exists

  • @rainabaileyyy
    @rainabaileyyy Před 7 lety +94

    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
      @oxyjenn23 Před 6 lety

      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

  • @lesterberame7715
    @lesterberame7715 Před 4 lety +15

    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.

  • @sayonshintha9398
    @sayonshintha9398 Před 8 měsíci +4

    ⏯️ Everytime when I heard the song, I do miss Sid and Nancy 🪦 Dear, Father & mother of the punk 🕊️ R.I.P. 🥀♥️

  • @quixoticaenigma
    @quixoticaenigma Před 7 lety +1707

    This song, a cigarette and a cup of coffee.

    • @withlovefalseortrue9839
      @withlovefalseortrue9839 Před 5 lety +4

      Yes

    • @cuauhtemocmorisco3493
      @cuauhtemocmorisco3493 Před 5 lety +27

      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
      @justadolphin8932 Před 5 lety +7

      and shortness of breath

    • @andro99991
      @andro99991 Před 4 lety +13

      This song, a cigar and a glass of malt.

    • @buriedyoux7393
      @buriedyoux7393 Před 4 lety +2

      Beer and smokes.

  • @shawnamurphy8058
    @shawnamurphy8058 Před 8 lety +920

    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
      @ZarinaaMalik Před 8 lety +10

      it's not her song

    • @shawnamurphy8058
      @shawnamurphy8058 Před 8 lety +6

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

    • @generic_ornament
      @generic_ornament Před 8 lety +15

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

    • @karlacruz7098
      @karlacruz7098 Před 8 lety +25

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

    • @samanthaestrella3058
      @samanthaestrella3058 Před 8 lety

      Agreed.

  • @emdiuenlaia
    @emdiuenlaia Před 2 měsíci +9

    this song not being on spotify is my villain origin story

  • @josephrios7220
    @josephrios7220 Před 3 lety +44

    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

  • @Yara-ht5oy
    @Yara-ht5oy Před 7 lety +57

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

  • @animalfinatic9366
    @animalfinatic9366 Před 7 lety +278

    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
      @aabelmendoza Před 7 lety +3

      Animal finatic this is beautiful.

    • @kaseylynn2133
      @kaseylynn2133 Před 7 lety +6

      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
      @renovatio9373 Před 7 lety

      Kasey Lynn

    • @---gi4sr
      @---gi4sr Před 7 lety +7

      don't make me cry now

    • @s_c_p_v
      @s_c_p_v Před 6 lety +6

      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.

  • @enrriquechinchilla936
    @enrriquechinchilla936 Před 3 lety +348

    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
      @adamwojkowski4936 Před 3 lety +99

      No no I refuse her death 💖

    • @bluewescott4631
      @bluewescott4631 Před 3 lety +75

      if anyone is immortal it's her

    • @patrickcrowley4682
      @patrickcrowley4682 Před 3 lety +94

      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
      @ladygaga5728 Před 3 lety +12

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

    • @Eduardoo2001
      @Eduardoo2001 Před 3 lety +16

      no cause god is inmortal

  • @massimovinogradov2146
    @massimovinogradov2146 Před rokem +8

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

  • @TheJazz3698
    @TheJazz3698 Před 9 lety +66

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

  • @IJuanDs
    @IJuanDs Před 7 lety +126

    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.

  • @animaten
    @animaten Před 4 lety +326

    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
      @toughtitties7426 Před 3 lety +15

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

    • @katianna7306
      @katianna7306 Před 3 lety +10

      True she is so unique

    • @seanbryant-smith5662
      @seanbryant-smith5662 Před 3 lety +5

      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.

  • @pandoraxgrant
    @pandoraxgrant Před 5 měsíci +3

    almost 11 yrs later and her beauty and voice are timeless

  • @SharpWalkers
    @SharpWalkers Před 10 lety +139

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

  • @davidadams2395
    @davidadams2395 Před 8 lety +257

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

    • @bluejay3009
      @bluejay3009 Před 8 lety +4

      Beauty ofc

    • @christinash2235
      @christinash2235 Před 5 lety +1

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

    • @bubbles-1020
      @bubbles-1020 Před 5 lety

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

  • @neoshajohnson1033
    @neoshajohnson1033 Před rokem +2

    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. ❤

  • @turtureacatalin4429
    @turtureacatalin4429 Před rokem +3

    This is one of the most beautiful songs ever. Lana's voice is like an angel.

  • @emliily
    @emliily Před 8 lety +29

    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.

  • @VinylScratchie
    @VinylScratchie Před 10 lety +91

    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
      @VinylScratchie Před 10 lety

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

    • @juanestebanloaiza1356
      @juanestebanloaiza1356 Před 10 lety

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

    • @VinylScratchie
      @VinylScratchie Před 10 lety +3

      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
      @juanestebanloaiza1356 Před 10 lety +4

      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
      @iamjaguarpaw.thisismyfores4516 Před 9 lety +2

      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.

  • @tayllorsatarah
    @tayllorsatarah Před měsícem +3

    I would give anything for Lana’s famous low register vocals juxtaposed which her iconic high register vocals. I hate that she was bullied out of doing what made her such a legend.

  • @rnlspurlock
    @rnlspurlock Před 2 lety +32

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

  • @RobertoLeao-1-1
    @RobertoLeao-1-1 Před 7 lety +539

    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
      @mallikajoshi98 Před 4 lety +28

      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
      @Anastasia1993116 Před 4 lety +17

      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
      @kimmerepic2006 Před 3 lety

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

  • @Jas12318
    @Jas12318 Před 7 lety +347

    okay who's cutting onions

  • @patrickcrowley4682
    @patrickcrowley4682 Před 3 lety +8

    One of her more iconic looks. Just flawless.

  • @user-mn7rw3cg9t
    @user-mn7rw3cg9t Před 10 měsíci +3

    I feel so much emotion in the way lana sings this. It’s like being entranced.

  • @february6
    @february6 Před 8 lety +446

    Her voice. Damn.

  • @ep3917
    @ep3917 Před 6 lety +63

    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.

  • @delaneydelrey
    @delaneydelrey Před 4 lety +210

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

  • @wanda13maximoff
    @wanda13maximoff Před 5 lety +33

    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
      @ludw1111g Před 8 měsíci +2

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

  • @sean480
    @sean480 Před 8 lety +2456

    "I remember you well in the Tipton Hotel"

    • @kitashoe9784
      @kitashoe9784 Před 8 lety +9

      lmaooo 😂😂

    • @stormdrooper8732
      @stormdrooper8732 Před 8 lety +76

      Said every sweet life of Zack and Cody fan 😂😂

    • @hospitalcakewalk
      @hospitalcakewalk Před 7 lety +31

      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
      @KazimJafar Před 7 lety +90

      No singing in my lobby!

    • @sean480
      @sean480 Před 7 lety +5

      +Kazim Jafar OMFG IM CRYING 😂😂😂

  • @carrieldr8834
    @carrieldr8834 Před 8 lety +47

    This went so deep into my soul my heart is actually aching... I adore you Lana

  • @MultiCaroline93
    @MultiCaroline93 Před 2 lety +3

    The most beautiful voice I ever heard.. So touching.. I have tears in my eyes..

  • @mayjailer682
    @mayjailer682 Před 2 lety +2

    God, what a beautiful, beautiful song. Lana has a talent to evoke and sing with such emotion you can't help but miss the person she's singing abt from the Chelsea Hotel. The emotion in "I need you, I don't need you." Wow, she is so talented.

  • @wrk_in.progress7524
    @wrk_in.progress7524 Před 7 lety +99

    Rip Leonard Cohen ❤️ never forgotten 🙌🏻

  • @salthart57
    @salthart57 Před 9 lety +21

    One of the best covers I ever heard of Leonard Cohen's opus. Lana sings it with a level of soul that has to be beyond her years, and yet there's no way you can fake that. Absolutely spot on! I'm sure Leonard smiled when he heard this rendition.

  • @jeffamunoz
    @jeffamunoz Před 4 měsíci +3

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

  • @alicestocklistockli8394
    @alicestocklistockli8394 Před 4 lety +16

    This is the most romantic thing I’ve ever heard

  • @dakotaflores56
    @dakotaflores56 Před 7 lety +44

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

    • @123thof
      @123thof Před 6 lety +25

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

  • @boreddan
    @boreddan Před 8 lety +2365

    I keep thinking that she's holding beer

  • @seanbryant-smith5662
    @seanbryant-smith5662 Před 3 lety +33

    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.

  • @zontzooit2415
    @zontzooit2415 Před rokem +6

    I love how her music now sounds like this

    • @anthonyx8216
      @anthonyx8216 Před rokem

      No it doesn't her new music's awful

    • @zontzooit2415
      @zontzooit2415 Před rokem +7

      @@anthonyx8216 this is just a phase you’ll grow out of it when you mature and grow up don’t worry…. (Unless you never mature)

    • @zontzooit2415
      @zontzooit2415 Před rokem +5

      @@anthonyx8216 no but tbh idk how to respond to you about this other than you need to expand your taste and mature up a little in order to enjoy her new music. It didn’t click for me at first but I for sure never thought it was awful. And yeah it does sound like this. It’s softer and slower and calmer in comparison to the collage of sounds she made back then. But I’m just saying she got nominated grow AOTY and a lot of praise from critics that once hated her for a reason on Nfr + her newer albums especially her recent one as well. Grow up and maybe you’ll get it

  • @noraanderson367
    @noraanderson367 Před 9 lety +509

    i am cry

    • @Wootyfication
      @Wootyfication Před 9 lety +38

      ***** Hellow Cry, Im Smile

    • @RDietetian
      @RDietetian Před 9 lety +19

      Wootyfication bitch, don't make fun of other individuals english who clearly aren't native to the language. Oh, it's Hello* and I'm*, you dimwit. Fix your life before critiquing others.

    • @noraanderson367
      @noraanderson367 Před 9 lety +27

      FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT ^^^

    • @rosiedozen92
      @rosiedozen92 Před 8 lety +6

      ***** Where is the grammar police?

    • @NilahLach
      @NilahLach Před 8 lety +1

      +BB HMM actually she didn't write this song. It's a cover.

  • @rebeccamaria3683
    @rebeccamaria3683 Před 7 lety +82

    "we're ugly but we have the music" 😢

  • @MarkPetrowsky
    @MarkPetrowsky Před 3 lety +25

    this is the most incredible cover i have ever heard

  • @victoriapotter6873
    @victoriapotter6873 Před 4 lety +3

    this song never fails to give me full body chills. Her music has saved me time and time again. She is an angel, and I don't know where I would be without her or her music.