Songs that mention Comic Book stuff

[MutantKeys]

Eminem - Superman

[howardhallis]

"...and Dr. Strange is always changing size"

Pink Floyd "Cymbaline"

[OrangeNemesis]

I guess superman is the comic book character song of choice....

[MutantKeys]

Yeah and there is another eminem song that he talks about christopher reeves and close to the end he says he is going to kick spidermans azz next

[testinadical-migration]

Greatest comic book song: "I Am The Law" (Judge Dredd) by Anthrax. No hippie cr@p here!

[skybolt]

"Land of Confussion" by Genesis where Phil Collins sings "Oh Superman where are you now, when everything's gone wrong somehow".

[chrisco37]

Wu Tang Clan - that song were method man says `swingin through ya town like ya neighborhood spider man`

 

Lots of comic book references in Wu Tang songs and in the solo stuff.

[Gemma]

Meat Beat Manifesto - I Am Electro

"I am Electro - My Brain is bigger than yours"

[Karma23]

Bungalo Bill - The Beatles

"So Captain Marvel zapped them right between the eyes."

[sborock]

Not really a song, but the Long Ryders had an CD named "Two Fisted Tales"

[iggy]

Sunshine Superman-Donovan "Superman and Green Lantern ain't got nothing on me"

 

Husker Du also covered this song. I like both versions.

[toro]

And when you can think of anymore then check out this site.

 

http://www.urbangeek.net/supersongs/index.html

[seanfingh]

 

Superfriends by the All-Mighty Senators from Washington D.C. Check them out if you can; they are wicked live.

[OrangeNemesis]

http://www.myspace.com/funkdoobiest1

 

for those that wanna hear the superhoe song....good underground hip hop from the mid 90s.

[Duffman_Comics]

Thick As Brick - Jethro Tull

 

"So come on you childhood heroes

Won't you rise up from the pages

Of your comic books, your super crooks

And show us all the way

We'll have Superman for President and Robin save the day"

 

Ages since I've heard it but the gist of the lyrics I'm pretty sure is right.

[SharpComics.com]

"Pocket full of Kryptonite"- Spin Doctors

"Superman"- Sister Hazel

"Banditos"- the Refreshments (mentions Capt. Jean-Luc Picard of Star Trek, I know it started out on tv, BUT, it DID spawn a comic book series

[Lantern]

Sidekick by Rancid

 

Government agency said be afraid of me,

i shut your doors down it won't phase me

Wolverine came through left the agent for dead,

opened up the doors back up everyone was fed

[iggy]

& the #1 Comic Book Related Song of all time (so obvious yet not yet mentioned)... drumroll please... you guessed it: Black Sabbath... Iron Man!

 

[HarrisonJohn]

"Sex Talk" by T'Pau

"like spider-man i'm climbing the walls..."

[Sharkey]

And eminem also did "Business" which has a Batman and Robin theme in the song and video as well as the bass beats are based on the old Batman TV show theme song.

 

Link to Lyrics and Song

 

And his song "Without Me" from the same CD also had superhero references.

 

 

Yeah and there is another eminem song that he talks about christopher reeves and close to the end he says he is going to kick spidermans azz next