Song #34 On My MP3 Player - Bird Dream of The Olympus Mons by the Pixies

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'Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons' is the ninth track on the Pixies' 1991 album titled Trompe le Monde. This is a song about a bird that dreams of flying to the Olympus Mons, a volcano on Mars that is three times the size of Mt. Everest.

Trompe le Monde is a personal favorite. I first heard the album in 1992 when someone was playing 'Planet of Sound'. I had to know more about that band and grabbed a copy of Trompe le Monde. 'Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons' is a great song, and I wish I could say something really interesting about this song, but it is Friday and I'm thinking about the weekend. Just listen to the song.


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Gouge Away by The Pixies

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Last night, I was at the grocery store, and I saw someone wearing a 'Death To The Pixies' t-shirt. It was nice to see a fellow Pixies fan. I wanted to say, "Awesome shirt", but I chickened out and went on my way to the checkout lane.

I first heard The Pixies twenty years ago because my good friend, Ryan Dellwood, was fed up with my unabashed love of 70s classic rock. He stopped by my house one evening with a box of tapes, and one of them as 'Doolittle' by The Pixies. 'You have to hear this song', demanded Dellwood, and it was 'Gouge Away'. I was immediately hooked, and I purchased 'Doolittle' on CD a few weeks later. To this day it remains one of my favorite albums of all time.