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pot
> Teenager of the Year <
Iceland
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 Posted - 09/01/2022 : 14:27:36
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Just the title (nothing to do with the song) but I'm going for Bird Dream Of Olympus Mons
That's basically a micro-poem embedded within the title of a song
How can a bird dream of an exctinct volcano on a planet it doesn't even know exists?
Or maybe they do. Maybe birds came from Mars?
Billions of years ago when Mars was a thriving planet it was inhabited by Pterodactyls and other dinosaur birds, only before they got here they had retractable exoskeletons that allowed them to enter a cocooned, hibernatory stasis while they flew through space between planets
We have made the error of assuming that birds can only fly in gaseous, plantery atmospheres
When the sun explodes into a gas giant in Billions of years time again they will probably fuck off back to Mars again for a while, before eyeing up some Jovian moons I guess - maybe that's what this bird in the song is dreaming about?
Maybe Olympus Mons is like Bird Mecca or something
What is your favourite Pixies song title and have you ever invented a completely insane reality in your head around it? |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6214 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2022 : 22:38:14
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In the arms of ms Mark of Cain
comes close
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BF: Mag ik Engels spreken? |
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Sprite
* Dog in the Sand *
1334 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2022 : 23:16:22
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Would have to agree with Bird Dream. I only found out what Olympus Mons actually was years later (1991 was pre-internet of course). As for others I do like the minimalism of I Bleed.
The only bit of Bagboy I really like is when he goes 'Dead things that you licked. That'd make a good song title. |
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sdon
= Cult of Ray =
France
786 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2022 : 00:11:32
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Trompe Le Monde of course
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"Aristophanes! (gong sounds)"
"Fucking up my devotion!"
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3147 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2022 : 00:37:40
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Wave of mutilation is a hilarious pun of a title, even before you know the story
I like Banks of the Drain too, did that change into something else? Has a sad and creepy feel to it with just a few words |
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Brank_Flack
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1017 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2022 : 07:18:50
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3147 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2022 : 10:15:12
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| If we open it up to FBF albums, I gotta say reading through the titles of the songs on TOTY the first time was a joy in and of itself. What a ride! |
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pot
> Teenager of the Year <
Iceland
3910 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2022 : 11:47:20
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| The topic is now open to all FBF songs and non-FBF Pixies songs |
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The Maharal
= Cult of Ray =
996 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2022 : 04:03:33
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| I'm Not Dead (I'm In Pittsburgh) has always been a favourite title of mine, though maybe the credit should go to Reid P more than Black. |
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Troubles A Foot
= Cult of Ray =
USA
955 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2022 : 16:33:00
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Favorite Pixies title:
Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons
Other audacious/cool ones: Monkey Gone To Heaven, Gouge Away, Oh My Golly!
Favorite Frank solo title:
Places Named After Numbers
Other audacious/cool ones: Pray A Little Faster, San Antonio, Tx, When They Come To Murder Me
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picpic
* Dog in the Sand *
Belgium
1874 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2022 : 08:02:40
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Dancing the Manta Ray
I love most BF/FB UFO songs, but this one has the best title.
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3147 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2022 : 08:15:13
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quote:
Originally posted by picpic
Dancing the Manta Ray
I love most BF/FB UFO songs, but this one has the best title.
Good one!
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Bedbug
> Teenager of the Year <
3147 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2022 : 08:15:48
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quote:
Originally posted by Bedbug
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Originally posted by picpic
Dancing the Manta Ray
I love most BF/FB UFO songs, but this one has the best title.
Good one!
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"Service Unavailable"
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6214 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2022 : 08:44:29
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Palace of the Brine
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BF: Mag ik Engels spreken? |
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Stevio10
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1118 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2022 : 12:21:45
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quote:
Originally posted by pot
Just the title (nothing to do with the song) but I'm going for Bird Dream Of Olympus Mons
That's basically a micro-poem embedded within the title of a song
How can a bird dream of an exctinct volcano on a planet it doesn't even know exists?
Or maybe they do. Maybe birds came from Mars?
Billions of years ago when Mars was a thriving planet it was inhabited by Pterodactyls and other dinosaur birds, only before they got here they had retractable exoskeletons that allowed them to enter a cocooned, hibernatory stasis while they flew through space between planets
We have made the error of assuming that birds can only fly in gaseous, plantery atmospheres
When the sun explodes into a gas giant in Billions of years time again they will probably fuck off back to Mars again for a while, before eyeing up some Jovian moons I guess - maybe that's what this bird in the song is dreaming about?
Maybe Olympus Mons is like Bird Mecca or something
What is your favourite Pixies song title and have you ever invented a completely insane reality in your head around it?
Apparently there is a geological formation on Mars that resembles a parrot. In the same vein as the face on Mars. Called Parrotopia, info on it here; http://parrotopia.org/The-Anomaly-Hunters-Roundtable-Study.php
Im on the fence but it's interesting!
Sorry to digress, great thread and all great titles. I like the title 'All My Ghosts' - presumably we would literally only have one ghost (presuming they exist), having many ghosts sort of plays on the reincarnation and past lives theory. Or figuratively speaking taking a walk down memory lane and seeing places and people of your past. |
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McDutchie
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
268 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2022 : 05:08:43
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two reelers
* Dog in the Sand *
Austria
1036 Posts |
Posted - 09/16/2022 : 10:51:14
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Planet of Sound
Build High
Letter to Memphis
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All very factual, dry, descriptive, and short - but somehow representing a certain imaginative power... or so
I joined the cult of Souled American / 'cause they are a damn' fine band |
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Best Pixies Song Title? (Just the song title)
