# I Sing of Super Powers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841 "2018-05-09T03:06:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841/1 "2018-05-09T03:06:25Z")
I was listening to the Temptations [Can’t Get Next to You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA-bspSRCXE) and realized, damn, those guys are **POWERFUL.** > [@](#): > > I can turn the gray sky blue > I can make it rain, whenever I want it to, oh > I can build a castle from a single grain of sand > I can make a ship sail, on dry land, tell 'em yeah There are two more stanzas like this. Altogether, the song has a list of powers fit for a deity. The Who were content with Superman’s telescopic vision > [@](#): > > The Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal are mine to see on clear days While the Carpenters lived in a world of Disney animation > [@](#): > > Why do birds suddenly appear/Every time you are near? I can think of a few more songs like this. What do you have? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841/2 "2018-05-09T03:12:31Z")
Freddie Mercury, as per Queen’s “[Don’t Stop Me Now](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM)”: > [@](#): > > I’m a shooting star leaping through the sky > Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity > [@](#): > > I’m burning through the sky, yeah > Two hundred degrees > That’s why they call me Mister Fahrenheit > I’m traveling at the speed of light > [@](#): > > Yeah, I’m a rocket ship on my way to Mars So, he’s like the Human Torch (of the Fantastic Four), but capable of space travel, and lightspeed flight, as well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841/3 "2018-05-09T03:40:43Z")
Superpower conferred upon the listener: On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever You Are My Sunshine Fly Me to the Moon ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841/4 "2018-05-09T03:57:14Z")
Johnny Rivers and Willie Dixon boasted of many abilities: “Heal the sick, raise the dead Make the little girls talk outta their head”. (Seventh Son) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841/5 "2018-05-09T04:03:52Z")
R.E.M. was [much more straightforward](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8XrTG3D9ys) about it: > [@](#): > > I am, I am, I am Superman > And I can do anything ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841/6 "2018-05-09T04:07:43Z")
“I am woman, hear me roar” ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841/7 "2018-05-09T04:16:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, I stand up next to a mountain > And I chop it down with the edge of my hand > Well, I stand up next to a mountain > Chop it down with the edge of my hand > Well, I pick up all the pieces and make an island > Might even raise just a little sand - Jimi Hendrix, _Voodoo Child_ ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841/8 "2018-05-09T04:22:30Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > “I am woman, hear me roar” Roaring is a superpower? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841/9 "2018-05-09T04:26:57Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > Roaring is a superpower? 🙂 It’s mine!😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841/10 "2018-05-09T10:09:37Z")
In the same vein, Carly Simon says there’s a guy who — when he’s not with some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend — is _where he should be all the time_. That’s maybe not a superpower; but it’s maybe better than a superpower. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841/11 "2018-05-09T11:55:14Z")
White Zombie’s _More Human than Human_ is essentially a list of Rob Zombie’s super powers. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841/12 "2018-05-09T12:07:08Z")
Dr. Dre’s “Keep their Heads Ringin’” Most of the super-power-est lyrics are NSFW, but here’s a SFW sample: > [@](#): > > But I ain’t no politician, no competition > Sending all opposition to see a mortician > I’m up front, never in the backdrop > Step on stage and get faded just like a flat-top > Your rhyme sounds like you bought 'em at Stop 'n Go > Dre came to wax you, so just call me Mop 'n Glow > Many tried to, but just can’t rock with > I’m 6’1", 225, of pure chocolate > Your chances of jacking me are slim, G > 'Cause I rock from summer until Santa comes down the chimney ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841/13 "2018-05-09T12:08:12Z")
Harry Chapin, “Shooting Star” > [@](#): > > He was the sun, burning bright and brittle. > She was the moon, shining back his light a little. > He was a shooting star . . . ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841/14 "2018-05-09T13:16:47Z")
The Phantom of the Opera: Sing once again with me Our strange duet My power over you grows stronger yet And though you turn from me to glance behind The Phantom of the Opera is there Inside your mind. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841/15 "2018-05-09T13:28:43Z")
Donovan Leitch’s “Sunshine Superman”: _Superman or Green Lantern ain’t got a-nothin’ on me I can make like a turtle and dive for your pearls in the sea_ ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841/16 "2018-05-09T13:37:59Z")
Oh, and pretty much all of Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk”. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841/17 "2018-05-09T13:41:25Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Donovan Leitch’s “Sunshine Superman”: > > _Superman or Green Lantern ain’t got a-nothin’ on me > I can make like a turtle and dive for your pearls in the sea_ He has super pussy eating powers? 😉 I came into to cite **Voodoo Chile** , but **Colibri** already did that. Gotta go with **The Who’s I Can See for Miles** - he has magic in his eyes. (and, to me, REM’s Superman is a complete clone of this Who song. Like they listened to it and said “hey, let’s write our version of that!” Not that that is a bad thing - its a great song.) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841/18 "2018-05-09T13:42:37Z")
_The deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plans a meat pinball_. If that ain’t a super power, what is? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841/19 "2018-05-09T13:50:59Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > _The deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plans a meat pinball_. > > If that ain’t a super power, what is? Now THAT is a typo I can get behind!! I agree, being able to play “Meat Pinball” would indeed be a superpower. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841/20 "2018-05-09T14:43:54Z")
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