Dreams That We Once Had

Panda Bear “Last Night at the Jetty”

What is Panda Bear singing about here? Let me paraphrase: Did we have a good time? I think I had a good time but maybe we didn’t? Didn’t we want to enjoy ourselves? Maybe we did? How can we deny that maybe we had a good time? Etc, etc. If you look at a transcription of the lyrics, it seems like a very bad translation from another language. That said, I like how this slippery, confused emotion is expressed in this sweet, earnest, boyish melody within this icy, pretty arrangement. I love the way this track is just shy of feeling entirely graceful, as if there’s some slightly mechanical glitch keeping this from perfection.

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