After years of recording in relative seclusion in the hills of Los Angeles, Ariel Pink (the first non-Animal Collective member on the Paw Tracks roster) made his official Paw Tracks debut with The Doldrums. Recording at home with a guitar, bass, keyboard, and 8-track (the drum sounds were created with his mouth).
Ariel Pink blends Lite FM and warped lo-fi pop into something by turns beautiful and confusing. Some may find his personal yet detached approach highly addictive, while others may be instantly turned off by the obvious lo-fi production and the vocal drumtracks.
In the summer of 2003, Pink passed a CD-R on to New York based band Animal Collective after being introduced by mutual friend Jimi Hey (of All Night Radio and Beachwood Sparks) at one of their shows. Unbeknownst to Pink, Animal Collective had recently started their own record label, Paw Tracks, and several weeks later they contacted him expressing an interest in releasing his music. Pink became the first musician on the label aside from the members of Animal Collective. The next year, the label reissued The Doldrums, an album which had been originally recorded in 1999. Since then, Paw Tracks (now co-owned by Carpark Records) has released two other reissues of Pink's previous recordings, Worn Copy and House Arrest.
Pink has gradually caught the attention of media sources around the United States as well as internationally. As most of his albums are self-made, many of them have never been heard by fans. Almost all of Pink's albums which have been commercially released come from his yet-unfinished "Haunted Graffiti" series and are thus the best known.
Pink's tours have generally been met with much negativity, primarily because his music was never intended to be performed live for commercial audiences. As he explained to LA Weekly:
“People boo me everywhere...They don't even hide their contempt. I'm used to it now...Hey, I'm giving audiences the real thing...For better or worse, I'm out there, and those are the circumstances. People don't like it when it seems like you don't know what's happening, or I'm getting bummed out with certain aspects and I can't hide it. I think people feel that pain and just think it's bad.”
Initially playing shows alone with pre-recorded music, Pink has since employed the efforts of keyboardist Kenny Gilmore, bassist Tim Koh (White Magic), drummer Jimi Hey, and guitarist Cole M. Greif-Neill (Ethnik Klensr) as Haunted Graffiti. However, even with a backing band unfamiliar audiences are generally hostile towards the unrehearsed nature of the live compositions.
In July, the band embarked on Pink's "Thanks Mom, I'm Dead" tour.
One genre that may interestingly define Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti is one known as Hauntology.
16 Only In My Dreams
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Lyrics
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Just dream a little dream about a girl so real
When she don't call up no more, well
Never give up, you gotta believe it
If only in my dreams (only in my dreams)
If only in my dreams she'll be right there next to me
And if I could say, if only in my dreams
In the world there's no other girl luckier
You don't have to explain it
('Cause you're the one who's in love)
and we'll have so much fun
On the beach, on the ocean of my dreams
Even only in my dreams
If at first you don't succeed at love
Just dream a little dream about a girl so real
And when she don't call up no more, well
Don't ever give up, yeah you gotta believe it
If only in my dreams she'll be right there next to me
(Only in my dreams) Only in my dreams
And if I could say, if only in my dreams,
You're the luckiest girl
In the world there's no other girl luckier
You don't have to explain it
('Cause you're the one who's in love)
and we'll have so much fun
On the beach, on the ocean in my dreams
Yeah, only in my dreams
And if I could see
That you'll be real with me
And we'll have so much fun
And it's just begun
If only in my dreams (you're the luckiest girl)
In the world there's no other more luckier
You don't have to explain it
('Cause you're the one who's in love)
And we'll have so much fun
If only in my dreams
The lyrics of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti's song "16 Only In My Dreams" is about a young man who has been unsuccessful in love but is still not giving up on the idea of finding love. He dreams of a girl who is so real to him that she is with him everywhere he goes, even when she is not actually there. He believes in his dreams, and for him, the girl exists solely in his imagination. He understands that he may never find true love but has hope that he will be able to dream of being with the girl he desires.
The chorus repeats the phrase "If only in my dreams" to emphasize that the girl he is thinking of is not real and exists only in his dreams. He is also hoping that the girl he is dreaming of is "the luckiest girl in the world" because she is with him in his dreams. Even though the girl is not real, he believes they can still have fun together on the beach and in the ocean, even if it's only in his dreams.
The song highlights the idea of a young man who is dreamy and perhaps naive about love. He is not giving up on finding true love and continues to believe in his dreams, even when they seem impossible.
Line by Line Meaning
If at first you don't succeed at love
If your first attempts to find love don't work out,
Just dream a little dream about a girl so real
Imagine the perfect girl who seems real in your dreams,
When she don't call up no more, well
When she stops calling you,
Never give up, you gotta believe it
Don't lose hope, keep believing that you can find love,
If only in my dreams (only in my dreams)
Even if it can only happen in your dreams,
If only in my dreams she'll be right there next to me
Imagine the perfect girl right next to you in your dreams,
And if I could say, if only in my dreams
If I could speak to her in my dreams,
You're the luckiest girl
You are the most fortunate girl in the world,
In the world there's no other girl luckier
No other girl is luckier in the world,
You don't have to explain it
There's no need to explain why you are so lucky,
('Cause you're the one who's in love)
(Because you are the one who is in love with her),
and we'll have so much fun
We will have a great time together,
On the beach, on the ocean of my dreams
We will enjoy each other's company on the perfect beach and ocean in my dreams,
Even only in my dreams
Even if it only happens in my dreams,
And if I could see
If only I could see her in real life,
That you'll be real with me
And if she becomes a reality for me,
And we'll have so much fun
We will have an amazing time together,
And it's just begun
Our journey together is just beginning,
If only in my dreams (you're the luckiest girl)
Even if it can only happen in my dreams, you are still the luckiest girl,
In the world there's no other more luckier
There is no other girl who is more fortunate than you in the world,
And we'll have so much fun
We will have a lot of fun together,
If only in my dreams
Even if it only happens in my dreams.
Lyrics © A SIDE MUSIC LLC D/B/A MODERN WORKS MUSIC PUBLISHING, Peermusic Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: ARIEL ROSENBERG, JOE KENNEDY, KENNETH GILMORE, TIM KOH
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@cockfella6754
Ariel Pink Dating Simulator.
@tepez6645
what a player
@sphynia-cat8250
I'm. This comment I'm screaming xD god. Ghghhhgg i
@Wizard_of_Bong
only in my dreams </3
@bubbyberry
hes a woman abuser
@lizhall2436
@@bubbyberry , you're NOT judge and jury! He's been " accused," but nothing has been proven!
@Sheaiskl
Nothing will change this song being a straight up classic
@uncletrilly3566
A classic for people who like things that suck.
@Sheaiskl
@@uncletrilly3566 wrong
@IllusionSector
Nothing like what, if you wouldn't mind expanding?