Q: Does MGMT's "Kids" remind you of beer bongs and regular bongs and bonfires and yr halcyon collegiate days?

(And you can tell I'm speaking to The Kids now, because of how I say "yr" where people my age would say "thine." And when I say "The Kids," I of course mean anyone at least 18 months younger than me.)

A: Dear The Kids,

On Monday, I posted a video possibly made by Wesleyan students, or possibly just blogged about by Wesleyan students, hard to know. The backing song to the video was very catchy, but I'd never heard it before. I did a bit of Internet detectiving, and I discovered it to be "Kids" by a Brooklyn band, MGMT, the pride of Cantora Records.

The clown shoe-lookin' muhfuckers of MGMT.

Apparently this song's pretty popular with you, the future of America, perhaps because it's about you; says a commenter on its (totally inaccurate but whatever) SongMeanings lyrics page, "Why wasn't this an enormous hit? This was one of everyone's favorite 3 AM dance party songs freshman year in college." Curious, since I've never heard of it or them, and I'm the coolest cat in all the land.

Anyway, here's the song. If I were dancing high on peyote at 3AM, this would totally do the trick.

MGMT
Kids
Time to Pretend [EP], 2005

Oddly enough, MGMT is touring with Of Montreal and Grand Buffet, two of the only bands I've blogged in recent months. So perhaps MGMT + T.A.M.S.Y. is a match made in heaven 4RL.

(P.S.: If you're a member of MGMT, please say hello. I like the cut of your jib. Also please tell me what your song means, so I can tell The Kids who were asking about it. Unless you're like David Lynch or the Young Michael Stipe and you're disgusted by the very question, which is fine also. Also please don't sue me. In return I promise never to call you synth-pop.)

(P.P.S.: If you're the Josh or Sabrina who made that Dear New Girl or Whatever Your Name Is video, I'd love to know you are. I like the cut of your jib also.)