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However, the '60s spawned incredible team-ups involving bands and mainstream comics. Some of the biggest, girl-mesmerizing bands were nerds, and if they weren't singing about guys like Batman and Spider-Man, they were creating original superheroes through song. Today we have a playlist of both (no soundtracks or theme songs, though; that's a bit too easy).
9) "I Can See for Miles," The Who
Widely regarded as a superhero song, The Who's rambling "I Can See for Miles" comes off as a play on Superman's telescopic vision, among other awesome powers. At the center, Roger Daltrey's unnamed superhero can see far, far away, admiring the world's wonders and lamenting about a girl with mixed emotions. Hey... look... up in the sky. It's a torch song about Lois Lane.
8) "Superlungs (My Supergirl)," Donovan
If Wikipedia and nerd-dom hold truth, Donovan's Kinks-y love song "Superlung (My Supergirl)" is a direct reference to Kara Zor-El and all her allure. While the lyrics hardly point to her superpowers (and yes, her superlungs), we can take this as Donovan comparing his bird to the superhero, a girl who also "ain't quite grown up yet but her credence's real good."
7) "Johnny Thunder," The Kinks
Hailing from the folk-rock myths of The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, "Johnny Thunder" mediates on a pastoral superhero, taking cues from the Flash by way of Aquaman and half-resembling the Johnny Thunder of DC Comics. This Johnny Thunder lives on water and feeds on lightning, and, if the album is any indication, he likely knows "Monica" and the "Phenomenal Cat," too.
6) "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill," The Beatles
Captain Marvel makes a brief cameo (one line) in "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill," a folksy tale about an American and his mom's jungle adventure. It's not clear to which Captain Marvel the Beatles is referring (DC or Marvel), but at least Lennon, who knew of Captain Marvel, avoided the Shazam! misnomer. It's possible that he was referring to neither superhero, though (it's complicated).
5) "Can't Get Next to You," The Temptations
(Note: Yeah, this is a 1970 video, but possibly the best version next to the original, which was released in 1969 via Motown. Translation: I can't find a proper YouTube vid for the original.) Topping charts like Superman in 1969, this funk-nasty soul number finds the foursome crooning as a gang of superhumans who resemble the Justice League and the X-Men. One guy "can make the seasons change, just by waving my hand," while another "can buy anything that money can buy," and another "can live forever if I so desired." But alas, these heroes, as they admit, lack the power of love. Where's Scott Pilgrim when you need him?
4) "Sunshine Superman," Donovan
From this breezy tune by Scotland's Bob Dylan, we can infer that Donovan's affinity for LSD and beaches make him a being superior to Superman and Green Lantern. And if we had to infer which superhero he's portraying ("I can make like a turtle and dive for your pearls in the sea"), we'd say Aquaman. Hmm. Maybe this is a bad trip.
3) "Joker's Wild," The Ventures
The Ventures was one of many bands that covered the 1960s Batman theme song, but, unlike the rest of the fold, it has the best companion piece in "Joker's Wild," a tribute to the Clown Prince of (campy) Crime. Clocking in at 2:22, its surf-rock bent sizzles with circular, reverb-soaked guitars that riff on the side of evil, accented by key changes, haunting wails and Cesar Romero's maniacal laughter. If Joker were burning Orange County, this would be a perfect soundtrack.
2) "Batman to the Rescue," LaVern Baker
Burning up in 1966, LaVern Baker's R&B gives us a twist-and-shout spin on Batman's campy adventures. If you ask us, this is an underrated take on the Caped Crusader. While the lyrics are pithy, it's an upbeat song and fitting for the era, when Bats was fighting good, clean crime. In short, "Batman to the Rescue" seems like a theme song swept under the Bat-rug by accident.
1) "Nobody Loves the Hulk," The Traits
Giving the Incredible Hulk some well-deserved credit, The Traits' paint-it-black garage punk illuminates a sad story about Dr. Bruce Banner's radiation accident and subsequent transformation into a menace. This band is not to be confused with Roy Head and the Traits. Hailing from New York State, the quartet saw little success, but if it deserves some notoriety, it's worth mentioning that it is in fact the first garage-y jam centered on the Hulk, plus it had rights from Marvel.
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Sadly, half of these songs aren't about being a superhero at all. Just because a line says "i can see for miles" or the name "supergirl" or that "superman and green lantern ain't got nothin on me" it doesn't make the subject or the character in the song a superhero. It's a metaphor. A third of the lyrics from the 60s are about love, a third are about rebellion, and the other third are just words that sounded trippy together (mostly only when you were tripping BTW). This list insults everyone reading it.
sadly not from the 60's but from 1972 i give you the marvel world of icaruswww.youtube.com/watch?v=zGUhu9...
The Marvel World Of Icarus was a concept work based around the Marvel Comics stable of superheroes. It came out in 1972, but, according to legend, was immediately withdrawn due to a dispute between record label Pye and Marvel Comics.track list1. Prologue 2. Spiderman 3. Fantastic Four 4. Hulk 5. Madame Masque 6. Conan The Barbarian 7. Iron Man 8. Thor 9. Black Panther 10. Man Without Fear 11. Silver Surfer 12. Things Thing 13. Captain America
its well worth a listen you can find on plenty of free music blogs
If only we were in the 70s we'd have whole bands named after super heroes.
CAPTAIN BEYOND! (best band name ever)
Grant Morrison actually put Sunshine Superman into a comic. I think it was Animal Man.
frank gorshin did a song about the riddler. i don't know if it was made in the 60s, but i love it regardless.
only 3 of those are about superheros.. worst call for an article ever. Some big interpretation used for Bungalow bill and sunshine superman. The Captain Marvel reference could have been switched for Macho Idiot.. reaching here guy.
Agreed. Bungalow Bill makes no sense, the Who song is obviously talking about a guy who knows his girlfriend was cheating on him while away. Sunshine Superman counts at least, he also mentions Green Lantern in the song.
Where was 'Captain America' by Jimmy Buffett? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... And I also totally thought of 'Magneto & Titanium Man' by Wings as well when I saw the post, I think it's a great song that kinda successfully captured the wacky nature of later Silver Age comics before comics became all about tits, rape and social degradation, I guess :D ...
The Who did a cover of the Batman theme that was great fun.
Too bad The Dukes of Stratosphear weren't actually from the 60s, because "Brainiac's Daughter" is the best superhero themed pop song since "That's Really Super, Supergirl"
Superlungs is about a teenager that can hold her breath for great lengths while smoking out. Not about Kara.
does anyone else find it strange that Nic Cage's face seems to be painted up as a skull in the shots he is. I find it hard to believe that they did this for special effects. It's more likely that Cage showed up to start filming and he had done it himself, and the directors were to scared to say anything to him
If you want to do a more up-to-to-date version, I was thinking H!gh Vltg3 (yeah, strange spelling...) from the Linkin Park Reanimations album- the orginal was by Linkin Park, but I don't know who remixed it... Anyway, it features this little pile of gems for lyrics:
"Who's the man, demanding you hand over your Land RoverThe man's bolder than the Pharoahe when he jams you glance overI am visclorosous, the most ferociousWhen I spy my third eye, it's extremely high voltageThat's why I need ruby quartz glasses, 'Cause when I glance there's a chanceThat I might blast the massesSubliminals transmitted through pianoIntegrated in flow, calculated to nanoI use skills when I need pleas sees the rhyme I hear when I bleed as I proceed through timeI walk through walls and the inanimate obstaclesBy inducing the reduction of cells and moleculesI bring the knowledge the you swallow a state that's a hologramI botch your head, fatten your lip like collagenThe telepath deliver verses with no postagePharoahe Monch, Mike Shinoda, we are high voltage."
Dude, that's X-Men AND the Terminator. Possibly more. I love that song...
And? You don't like Linkin Park, do you? :D Or is it my lack of musical knowledge showing again? (Is it rock? Is it rap? Is it a bird? Is it a plane?)
Did "Seventh Son" come out in the 50s or 60s? That song is so super-hero-influenced I based a character off it.
interesting picks espically since the nobody loves the hulk has appeared on another topless robot list of super hero songs to see it on this list and number one. plus the ventures actully honoring the joker in song interesting list.
Great list. I think I read something in an old Marvel letters page about the "Nobody Loves the Hulk" lp, written by Stan Lee.
My favorite song about a superhero is "Ghost Rider", by Henry Rollins.
That song was originally performed by Suicide in 1977, Rollins Band just covered it for The Crow movie soundtrack. But I think the Rollins Band version is superior, mainly because it's Henry muthafuckin' Rollins, bitches!!!
It's a pity that Mucky Pup wasn't around in the 60's, because their Batman is the single greatest superhero song ever written.
"Batman to the Rescue" is a bit of a cheat (by Baker herself) as it is little more than her song "Jim Dandy" in which she replaces every use of "Jim Dandy" with "Batman".
For the love of all that is good, somebody tell me where I can get a nice quality audio version of Nobody Loves The Hulk!
This is easily one of the most obscure, super nerdy daily lists I have ever seen.
I'm also currently humming "Nobody Loves the Hulk" which blows my mind that somebody would make a song about the Emerald Giant back then.
Personally, my favorite song about a superhero of all time, is Powerman 5000's "Supervillian".
That LaVern Baker song is even more rubbish when you take into account that it's nothing more than a slightly more up-tempo remake of her previous "Jim Dandy" with Batman-centric lyrics. It's nothing more than a lazy cash-in on the '60's Batman fad.
Then again, Baker had no shame when it came to milking the "Jim Dandy" tit dry. She also did a sequel song, "Jim Dandy Got Married," that again uses basically the same tune, only with different lyrics. I guess not everything can be as good as "Voodoo Voodoo."
I was a little surprised "Magneto and Titanium Man" wasn't on this list, but then again this is a list about superheroes. Also I think it came out in the 80's.
Plus it was kinda shit.
"Iron Man" should be too. Oh wait, that's 1970. And not really about Iron Man. But it still influenced metal a lot.
Kinda shit? Also it was early '70s- one of the first songs that popped into my mind, too.
"Iron Man" by Black Sabbath was also early '70s.
The Iron Man song isn't about the superhero though. It's about a time traveler that tries to warn humanity about the apocalypse but ends up causing it himself.
Paranoid was a hit for Sabbath in the UK and got a lot of airplay when it was released a single in the US.
Guess it depends on the film-maker; "Iron Man" (the song) had little/nothing to do with "Iron Man" (the comic-book character). The group (Black Sabbath) never scored a pop "hit".
The Kinks, The Who and The Jam all had Top-40 hits; they all performed the "Batman Theme"... didn't need to use it in the movies. Unless the movie featured Adam West, Burt Ward, and Catwoman.
Of course they really didn't have any choice. Could you imagine a blockbuster Iron Man film NOT using it?
Fair enough about Iron Man; didn't stop them from using it in the Soundtrack 30 years later, though.
