What is "birdbrain"

birdbrain \bird"brain`\ n. 1. a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought.

Syn: addle-head, loon.

n. Someone who is not very smart or clever.

n. a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought [syn: addle-head, addlehead, loon]

Birdbrain is the second album by Buffalo Tom, released in 1990. Dinosaur Jr mastermind J Mascis once again assisted with production, alongside Sean Slade. Buffalo Tom singer/guitarist Bill Janovitz said that Mascis' influence probably accented the band's edgier side.

The CD version includes a cover of The Psychedelic Furs' " Heaven" as well as a live acoustic version of "Reason Why", a song from Buffalo Tom's self-titled debut album.

A birdbrain refers to a stupid person. Often it refers to a person with a short attention span.

Birdbrain or bird brain may also refer to:

• The brain of a bird, see also bird intelligence

• Birdbrain (album), an album by Buffalo Tom
• Bird-Brains, a 2009 album by Tune-Yards
• Bird Brain (album), a 2009 album by Detroit techno artist Claude von Stroke.
• Birdbrain (band), a Boston grunge band
• "Bird Brain", both a song and a member of the Orange County comedy punk band The Radioactive Chicken Heads

• Birdbrain, a fictional character; one of the Monster Pretenders, a subgroup of the Transformers
• Bird-Brain, a fictional character in Marvel Comics; one of the Ani-Mates, creatures created by an insane geneticist named the Ani-Mator
• The Birdbrains, a fictional heavy-metal band consisting puppet birds that appeared once on a Spongebob_Squarepants episode mainly "Party Pooper Pants".

• A device by Marian Breland Bailey in which a trained pigeon appeared to outsmart people
• Birdbrain (novel), a novel by Johanna Sinisalo

Birdbrain was a Boston, MA post-grunge band that was founded by neighborhood friends in 1992 and dissolved in 1997. They had some success with their song " Youth of America" appearing in the hit film Scream (Wes Craven) as well as a contribution to The Last Supper” soundtrack with a cover of Paul McCartney’s "Jet".They were formed by guitarist/singer/songwriter Joey Ammo and drummer Mike Benway and signed to TVT Records in 1995. With two CD albums and two soundtrack contributions they broke up in 1997.