Our second volume of comic book heroes-related songs features some old favorites (Batman, Superman, etc.) as well as a few newbies (Krazy Kat, Red Ryder, a.o).
Musically, this collection goes all over the place, from early jazz (Frank Trumbauer and his Orchestra) to disco (Spinach Power!) to industrial dance (Trentemøller).
Where to start?
The older pre-war ones - Barney Google, Krazy Kat, and Little Orphan Annie - get jazzed up by Billy Jones and Ernest Hare, Frank Trumbauer and his Orchestra, and Coon-Sanders Orchestra.
Superman is celebrated hilariously by Freddie "Schnickelfritz" Fisher And His Orchestra, but later gets a more rocking tribute by The Kinks.
Wayne ‘Pompadour’ Cochran comes up with a 2nd song about Little Orphan Annie, but this time, it's more poppy.
Cowboy hero Red Ryder gets a countryfied thumbs-up by Murray Kellum.
Novelty band The Capes & Masks pay respect to (the made-up hero) The Incredible Shoztam by way of a pretty cool instrumental.
Musically, this collection goes all over the place, from early jazz (Frank Trumbauer and his Orchestra) to disco (Spinach Power!) to industrial dance (Trentemøller).
Where to start?
The older pre-war ones - Barney Google, Krazy Kat, and Little Orphan Annie - get jazzed up by Billy Jones and Ernest Hare, Frank Trumbauer and his Orchestra, and Coon-Sanders Orchestra.
Superman is celebrated hilariously by Freddie "Schnickelfritz" Fisher And His Orchestra, but later gets a more rocking tribute by The Kinks.
Wayne ‘Pompadour’ Cochran comes up with a 2nd song about Little Orphan Annie, but this time, it's more poppy.
Cowboy hero Red Ryder gets a countryfied thumbs-up by Murray Kellum.
Novelty band The Capes & Masks pay respect to (the made-up hero) The Incredible Shoztam by way of a pretty cool instrumental.
LaVern Baker sings his praises in “Batman To The Rescue”, but The Sun Ra Arkestra have a very different purpose in mind…
Gotham City gets the movie theme treatment courtesy of Out Of Order.
Poor old Popeye gets discofied by a strange Japanese band called Spinach Power, I'm not making this up!
Country Joe and the Fish go political but mention Superman and related heroes as well.
Jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi weaves his magic around Charlie Brown and Snoopy.
The biggest hit here is by Queen; their soundtrack theme for Flash Gordon is still epic.
My personal favorite band, Sparks came up with a jerky new wave style song about Mickey Mouse way back in 1982.
“That’s Really Super, Supergirl” sings XTC, a truly super marvelous song.
Who knew that Deborah Harry was a fan of reading comics?!
The Screaming Blue Messiahs travel to Mega City 1, looking for Judge Dredd, I presume…
Another soundtrack favorite here is The B.C.‐52’s “(Meet) The Flintstones” single.
Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits featured a cool Spiderman tune by the Ramones.
Man or Astro‐Man? released an e.p. titled The Sounds of Tomorrow in 1996 with resulted in our longest song title here: “The Powerful Fully-Transisitorized Dick Tracy Two-Way Wrist Radio.”
In contrast, The Mekons just named their Dan Dare song “Dan Dare,” which works fine too.
Completely new to me was Grandpa Griffith’s musical story about Aquaman, a nice surprise.
Never released during the early 1960s but obviously recorded sometime during those years was Johnny MacRae’s “Betty Boop”, perhaps because it was such an obvious rewrite of The Hollywood Argyles’ “Alley Oop” (featured on Volume 1)…
Trentemøller takes us to the dance floor with his track about Silver Surfer and Ghost Rider.
Kirby Krackle comes up with a geeky tale about Green Lantern, clever!
Our last tribute is about my favorite hero, Corto Maltese, in the form of a ballad sung by Kristina & Alexandre Stanké.
Jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi weaves his magic around Charlie Brown and Snoopy.
The biggest hit here is by Queen; their soundtrack theme for Flash Gordon is still epic.
My personal favorite band, Sparks came up with a jerky new wave style song about Mickey Mouse way back in 1982.
“That’s Really Super, Supergirl” sings XTC, a truly super marvelous song.
Who knew that Deborah Harry was a fan of reading comics?!
The Screaming Blue Messiahs travel to Mega City 1, looking for Judge Dredd, I presume…
Another soundtrack favorite here is The B.C.‐52’s “(Meet) The Flintstones” single.
Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits featured a cool Spiderman tune by the Ramones.
Man or Astro‐Man? released an e.p. titled The Sounds of Tomorrow in 1996 with resulted in our longest song title here: “The Powerful Fully-Transisitorized Dick Tracy Two-Way Wrist Radio.”
In contrast, The Mekons just named their Dan Dare song “Dan Dare,” which works fine too.
Completely new to me was Grandpa Griffith’s musical story about Aquaman, a nice surprise.
Never released during the early 1960s but obviously recorded sometime during those years was Johnny MacRae’s “Betty Boop”, perhaps because it was such an obvious rewrite of The Hollywood Argyles’ “Alley Oop” (featured on Volume 1)…
Trentemøller takes us to the dance floor with his track about Silver Surfer and Ghost Rider.
Kirby Krackle comes up with a geeky tale about Green Lantern, clever!
Our last tribute is about my favorite hero, Corto Maltese, in the form of a ballad sung by Kristina & Alexandre Stanké.
Enjoy!
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