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Super Hero Songs

Porn Star Justice

19:43 / 08.10.03

Can anyone shed some light on the title, or song titles from this
album? A friend of mine is searching for it. It was a favorite of
his, and he wants to get it for his son:

> This reminds me of a record I had as a kid. It was a bunch of songs
> about Superheroes like The Phantom, Flash Gordon, etc. I only
> remember the Flash Gordon song. It was a surf tune...
>
> Here he comes
> Flash Gordon
> All the girls love Flash Gordon
> but there's no time for love
> and no time for courtin'
> 'cause Flash Gordon's got more important things to do
>
> Flash had a ray gun
> not an every day gun
> space was Flash's thing
>
> That's all I remember. I've been looking for this record for years.
> I doubt
> I'll ever find it.
>
> ck

FinderWolf

19:45 / 08.10.03

Damn, that's some funny stuff! Pretty much the same level as "BIIG trouble with a capital B, a super-colossal calamity" or the Metamorpho song. Hope you find it, never heard of this one.

"Not an every day gun" - bwwahaaahahahhahaaaha!!!!

Haus of Mystery

19:55 / 08.10.03

On a similar note, Ghostface Killa's 'Supreme Clientel' album features a strange Iron Man theme song (and plenty of sound snippets). Song goes:
'Tony Stark, will make you feel(?),
He's the cool exec, with a heart of steel,
As Iron Man with jet's aflame...'

and I can't remember the rest. Is this from a TV show, or one of those records. Anyone know? Anyhow someone should compile all these weird-ass super songs on to one CD. And send me a copy.

Porn Star Justice

20:04 / 08.10.03

Oh yeah, that the theme to the 1966 "Iron Man" cartoon, that starred John Vernon, aka Animal House's Dean Wormer, as the voice of Tony Stark.

Marvel Superheroes: Iron Man aired as part of the Marvel Superheroes show. The series was a half-hour long and featured five different Marvel comic characters in their own cartoons - Captain America, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, The Mighty Thor, and Sub-Mariner. The show was Produced by Grantray-Lawrence Animation and it premiered in syndication in 1966.

You can download the song here:

http://www.angelfire.com/comics/iron_man/themes.htm

Jack Fear

20:10 / 08.10.03

You can listen to a ton of these TV theme songs at Comic Book Resources. These are mostly RealAudio files, though, not MP3s.

Sexy Legendary

10:59 / 09.10.03

always loved the captain america theme:

"when captain america throws his mighty shield,
all those who chose to oppose his shield must yield..."

the internal rhyming scheme would suggest that West Side Story's Steven sondheim played a part in the creation of such a dynamic lyric.

rizla mission

13:28 / 09.10.03

I'm the proud owner of an LP called "Geoff Love and his Orchestra play.. THEMES FOR SUPERHEROES!"

Sadly it really sucks. Just lame instrumental easy listening versions of various movie / TV themes. It takes a special kind of genius to screw up the 'Spiderman' theme.

The best thing about it is the sleevenotes, by one 'Roger St.Pierre';
"Music plays a major role in creating the pedestals on which these superheroes stand in their unassailable majesty. Each hero needs his own signiture tune, music which, in itself, can build an atmospehere, a magical aura, to frame his deeds of daring-do!" and so on for about five hundred words.

Surely it's the Wonder Woman theme which has the most immediate kitsch immortality for it's "in her satin tights / fighting for our rights!" or however it goes.