# Rock Songs Which Mention Comic Book Super Heroes... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2002, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692 "2002-05-01T17:27:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692/21 "2002-05-01T20:43:09Z")
Don’t forget “Superman Can’t Walk” by Good Charlotte And there’s a (new) song I hear that has the line as pasrt of it’s chorus: _Bring it on out for the world to see, Be an X-Men to the tenth degree_ ---
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692/22 "2002-05-01T21:27:42Z")
There is of course the Tori Amos song where she mentions the Sandman. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692/23 "2002-05-02T00:03:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Legomancer \* > **"Braniac’s Daughter" Dukes of Stratosphear** And don’t forget “Sgt. Rock” by the Duke’s alter-ego, XTC. ---
**Author:** ![TheeGrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheeGrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheeGrumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692/24 "2002-05-02T01:01:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by minty green \* > It’s a cover of the Black Sabbath classic, of course… the song is only loosely–very loosely–inspired by the superhero, although the name certainly comes from the comic. The lyrics are more about a misanthropic robot monster than an “altruistic and electrically transistored super hero.” One thing has bothered me, though. Black Sabbath’s Iron Man wears “heavy boots of lead.” Wouldn’t the dissimilar metals cause corrosion around his ankles?? ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692/25 "2002-05-02T01:10:09Z")
Sadly, I’ve heard that song mentioned by Bouv, and if I remember right, the DJs on the song are called the X-ecutioners or something with an X in it. I think that’s what they mean by the X-Men reference. Audiobottle ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692/26 "2002-05-02T03:07:04Z")
Herbie Mann’s “SuperMann.” Not exactly rock, but it was this longtime jazz/funk flautist’s attempt to go pop. Herbie Mann had been around since the 1960s, the cat who first turned the flute into a jazz instrument, probably the inspiration for Ian Anderson, and he was also a pioneer of jazz/funk fusion, contemporaneous with Miles Davis and _Bitches Brew_. That he tried in 1979 to get a hit “disco” single with “SuperMann” was kind of a sad comedown for him. Donovan sang in “Sunshine Superman”: _Superman and Green Lantern, they got Nothing on me_ Only song I ever heard that mentions Green Lantern. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692/27 "2002-05-02T03:18:36Z")
Two more “Supermans”… “Waitin’ for a Superman” by The Flaming Lips and “Superman is Dead” by Our Lady Peace ---
**Author:** ![Neil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/839c29/32.png) [@Neil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neil)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692/28 "2002-05-02T03:25:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheeGrumpy \* > \*\* > > The lyrics are more about a misanthropic robot monster than an “altruistic and electrically transistored super hero.” > > One thing has bothered me, though. Black Sabbath’s Iron Man wears “heavy boots of lead.” Wouldn’t the dissimilar metals cause corrosion around his ankles?? \*\* Well, why did you think he was so pissed? I mean, he travels time for the future of mankind, but was turned to steel in the great magnetic field, and the government won’t even issue him some standard military boots of some sort? And then you add in the attitude of the civilian population, one member of which has been quoted, saying “We’ll just pass him there. Why should we even care?” ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692/29 "2002-05-02T04:09:23Z")
Don’t forget the **Spider-Man: Rock Reflections of a Super Hero** album. I found it at Border’s last year, and it’s surprisingly catchy for a 25 year-old album existing solely to sell a character. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Maximino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@Mighty\_Maximino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Maximino)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692/30 "2002-05-02T04:16:55Z")
The band **Pain** has a song called “One-Legged Girl” (it’s on the _Midgets With Guns_ CD) with a verse that goes, in part: > [@](#): > > If I could run fast > As fast as the Flash can > Or be as cool as Ash in > Army of Darkness It also mentions being “stronger than the Thing”, but I guess that’s a movie character. ---
**Author:** ![Degrassi\_High\_Dropout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Degrassi\_High\_Dropout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Degrassi_High_Dropout)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692/31 "2002-05-02T06:16:26Z")
Weezer’s “In the Garage” has the line “I’ve got Kitty Pride, and Nightcrawler too, waiting there for me yes I do” I believe he’s talking about action figures he had as a kid ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692/32 "2002-05-02T06:27:13Z")
“Superman and Green Lantern ain’t got a-nothing on me” From **Sunshine Superman** by Donovan. I’m surprised the thread went this far without this song being being mentioned. Okay, so it’s a folk song more or less. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692/33 "2002-05-02T10:06:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by capacitor \* > \*\*“Superman and Green Lantern ain’t got a-nothing on me” From Sunshine Superman by Donovan. I’m surprised the thread went this far without this song being being mentioned. Okay, so it’s a folk song more or less. \*\* Hmm, **Jomo Mojo** thought the same thing. Six posts above yours. In 1975, Johnny Wakelin & the Kinshasa Band got to #21 on the U.S Hot 100 with **Black Superman - “Muhammad Ali”**. In 1989, Prince went to #1 with **Batdance**. ---
**Author:** ![Shortie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Shortie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shortie)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692/34 "2002-05-02T12:18:45Z")
Queen - Bicycle Race mentions Superman as well. I’m thinking he gets the most mentions. ---
**Author:** ![MachV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@MachV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachV)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692/35 "2002-05-02T13:51:09Z")
Eminem’s “My Name Is” _Clothes rip like the Incredible Hulk I spit when I talk, f_\*\* anything that walks\* King T in Dre’s “Some LA Ni\*\*az” _Comin straight outta compton with a loose cannon Smoke big green, call it Bruce Banner_ ---
**Author:** ![downbylaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@downbylaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/downbylaw)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692/36 "2002-05-02T14:05:49Z")
the x-ecutioners used to be the x-men until a copywrite infringement lawsuit reared its ugly head. and the thing is a fantastic 4 character, the big orange craggy guy that looks like ernest borgnine. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692/37 "2002-05-02T16:14:59Z")
mighty maximino: > [@](#): > > It also mentions being “stronger than the Thing”, but I guess that’s a movie character. No, he is a comic book character as well - a member of Marvel Comics’ Fantastic Four. Chaim Mattis Keller ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Maximino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@Mighty\_Maximino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Maximino)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692/38 "2002-05-02T16:56:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cmkeller \* > **No, he is a comic book character as well - a member of Marvel Comics’ Fantastic Four.** Well, in that case, count him! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692/39 "2002-05-02T21:20:33Z")
> [@](#): > > On “Wings at the Speed of Sound,” Paul McCartney had a song called “Magneto and Titanium Man.” Granted, thosewere Marvel comic super VILLAINS, not super heroes. No, it was off _Venus and Mars_–and it was the b-side of the “Venus and Mars” single. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692/40 "2002-05-02T21:34:07Z")
Hi, **capacitor** and **Jomo Mojo**. “Sunshine Superman.” Sixth post from the top. And this [misheard lyrics](http://www.amiright.com/misheard/artist/donovan.shtml) page has the line “Super mellow Green Lantern ain’t got nothing on me” which has a fine 60s ring to it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-which-mention-comic-book-super-heroes/106692.md?page=3)