Superman songs

[Jean Louise Finch]

I've been thinking quite a lot about Christopher Reeve as of late, and was realising how many good songs are about Superman.

I can think of three exceptional ones:

1. Superman Song - Crash Test Dummies
2. Waitin' for a Superman - The Flaming Lips
3. Superman - R.E.M.

What other ones are out there? And are they all good but really melancholy?

[mac56]

1. I Wish I Could Fly Like Superman - The Kinks

Superman - The Brothers Four

[gmoney]

2. Kinks - Superman

"I wanna fly but I can't even swim..."

[Bluebear]

3. Sunshine Superman - Donovan

[EstimatedProphet]

4. Oh Superman-Laurie Anderson n/t

[skygazer]

5. (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman

by the Kinks

Great song.

Woke up this morning, started to sneeze
I had a cigarette and a cup of tea
I looked in the mirror what did I see
A nine stone weakling with knobbly knees
I did my knees bend press ups touch my toes
I had another sneeze and I blew my nose
I looked in the mirror at my pigeon chest
I had to put on my clothes because it made me depressed
Surely there must be a way
For me to change the shape I'm in
Dissatisfied is what I am
I want to be a better man

Superman Superman wish I could fly like Superman
Superman Superman I want to be like Superman
I want to be like Superman
Superman Superman wish I could fly like Superman

Woke up this morning, what did I see
A big black cloud hanging over me
I switched on the radio and nearly dropped dead
The news was so bad that I fell out of bed
There was a gas strike, oil strike, lorry strike, bread strike
Got to be a Superman to survive
Gas bills, rent bills, tax bills, phone bills
I'm such a wreck but I'm staying alive

Robbery, violence, insanity.]

Hey girl we've got to get out of this place
There's got to be something better than this
I need you, but I hate to see you this way
If I were Superman then we'd fly away
I'd really like to change the world
And save it from the mess it's in
I'm too weak, I'm so thin
I'd like to fly but I can't even swim

Superman Superman I want to fly like Superman
Superman Superman wish I could fly like Superman
Superman Superman wish I could fly like Superman
Superman Superman I want to be like Superman
Superman Superman I want to fly like Superman

[alvis]

6. That song on Scrubs

"I'm no Superman"

[amandae]

11. Is that the "it's not easy to be me" song?

:shrug:

[alvis]

13. Here are the lyrics

http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/scrubs/superman.htm

I think just this part is played:


No I can’t do this all on my own
No I know
That I'm no
Superman
I’m no superman
I’m no superman

[amandae]

14. Not the same one I was thinking of

Mac just posted the one I was thinking of ... by Five for Fighting.

:hi:

[gmoney]

7. Jimmy Olson's Blues (?) -- Spin Doctors

Pocket Full of Kryptonite?

Also, XTC has a song "That's Really Super, Supergirl" but as far as I know, Helen Slater is still with us.

[amandae]

10. I like the spin doctors ...

still listen to them :hi:

[BigMcLargehuge]

8. Superman by Five For Fighting

[nikatnyte]

9. Superman - Barbra Streisand

Shouldn't forget Babs -- it's a pretty good song!

[mac56]

12. "Superman (It's Not Easy)" - Five For Fighting

"Superman Lover" - Johnny (Guitar) Watson
"Superman Inside" - Eric Clapton
"Superman" - Bad Religion
"So Long Superman" - Firewater
"Ain't No Such Thing As Superman" - Gil Scott-Heron
"Superman" - Donna Fargo

[gmoney]

15. Klark Kent was Stewart Copeland's alter-ego

No Superman songs that I know of... Theme for Kinetic Ritual, the old theme from IRS's THE CUTTING EDGE. The best series EVER shown on MTV.

[qnr]

16. Black Superman

Black Superman-Muhammad Ali
Johnny Wakelin & The Kinshasa Band

This here's the story of Cassius Clay
Who changed his name to Muhammad Ali
He knows how to talk and he knows how to fight
And all the contenders were beat out of sight

Sing, Muhammad, Muhammad Ali
He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee
Mohammed, the black superman
Who calls to the other guy I'm Ali catch me if you can

Now all you fight fans, you've got to agree
There ain't no flies on Muhammad Ali
He fills the arena wherever he goes
And everyone gets what they paid for

Muhammad, was known to have said
You watch me shuffle and I'll jab off your head
He moves like the black superman
And calls to the other guy I'm Ali catch me if you can

He says I'm the greatest the worlds ever seen
The heavyweight champion who came back again
My face is so pretty you don't see a scar
Which proves I'm the king of the ring by far

Sing, Muhammad, Muhammad Ali
He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee
Mohammed, the black superman
Who calls to the other guy I'm Ali catch me if you can

Sing, Muhammad, Muhammad Ali
He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee
Muhammad, the black superman
Who calls to the other guy I'm Ali catch me if you can

I'm Ali catch me if you can



From: Ed Leskun <[email protected]>

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

17. superman by robyn hitchcock and the egyptians

Superman


(One two) What?... three four! 0

Superman, superman, crunchy little superman
Found you in a Corn Flakes box
Nourished you in privacy
Touched the parts you couldn't reach
You improved immediately 5
She's a squeaking head on a pleasure box
And the boys don't understand
It took the Holy Roman Empire
Just to get you by my side
And I'm gonna be more careful with you 10
Aren't I?

Superman, superman, let her settle gradually
On the fire extinguisher
You provided thoughtfully
In the river on a punt 15
Underneath the willow tree

She's a squeaking head on a pleasure box
And the boys don't understand
It took the Holy Roman Empire
Just to keep you satisfied 20
And I'm gonna be more careful with you
Obviously

You'd better believe it
You'd better believe it
You'd better believe it 25
You'd better believe it
You'd better believe it
You'd better believe it

[Aristus]

18. Anyone have the lyrics to the Five For Fighting version?

Anyone?

[Jean Louise Finch]

21. ta da!

I can’t stand to fly
I’m not that naive
I’m just out to find
The better part of me

I’m more than a bird...I’m more than a plane
More than some pretty face beside a train
It’s not easy to be me

Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
About a home I’ll never see

It may sound absurd...but don’t be naive
Even heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed...but won’t you concede
Even heroes have the right to dream
It’s not easy to be me

Up, up and away...away from me
It’s all right...you can all sleep sound tonight
I’m not crazy...or anything...

I can’t stand to fly
I’m not that naive
Men weren’t meant to ride
With clouds between their knees

I’m only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me
Inside of me
Inside me
Yeah, inside me
Inside of me

I’m only a man
In a funny red sheet
I’m only a man
Looking for a dream

I’m only a man
In a funny red sheet
And it’s not easy, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm...

Its not easy to be me

[starroute]

19. "You don't step on Superman's cape" (Jim Croce lyric)

Not exactly a whole song about Superman -- but it's what I've got running through my head now:

You don't step on Superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off the ol' Lone Ranger
You don't mess around with Jim

(What was the song? "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"? Something like that.)

[Nevernose]

20. I LOVE YOUR NAME

That has got to be my all time favorite book!

[Jean Louise Finch]

25. Thanks!

It's mine as well (perhaps obviously).

Everyone's been recognizing it; makes me smile a big smile. Know I'm in good company.

[Kat45]

22. Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down

Superman-related, I guess?

[Johnny 99]

23. Superman's Dead

Can't remember the name of the group - they also did a song called "Starseed" back in the late 1990's

[LDS Jock]

24. Eminem has a song called Superman n/t

[freestyle]

26. "Read My Mind" - love theme from the movie