Before we start today, Charity Chic asks, "Will one [of your Superman songs] be Chris Mills' cover of The Flaming Lips?"
It wasn't going to be, CC... until I heard it...
Chris Mills - Waiting For Superman
Lovely.
Superman used to represent "Truth, Justice, and the American Way"... but many are questioning whether that's still relevant, and the press have put that point to the new movie's director, James Gunn, a man who has clashed with Donald Trump in the past.
“I mean, Superman is the story of America,” Gunn says. “An immigrant that came from other places and populated the country, but for me it is mostly a story that says basic human kindness is a value and is something we have lost.”
Which made me think of this...
Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson - Ain't No Such Thing As Superman
Superman has also been called a "strange visitor from another planet", that planet being, of course, Krypton. I couldn't find any songs named after Kal El's home planet, but there were quite a few that mention its most famous (and deadly) mineral...
Eminem seems particularly obsessed with Kryptonite, dropping it into a bunch of his lyrics.
When Superman arrives on Earth as a baby, he crashlands in a small Kansas town...
And it's not until many years later that he arrives in the big City...
Sufjan Stevens - The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
Going by James Gunn's logic though, it doesn't matter where Superman comes from, or where he lives now...
Suzi Quatro - Official Suburban Superman
It could be anywhere!
The Chats - Southport Superman
No: where he's from doesn't matter. At his best, Superman is an example to us all. To be better people. I'm not even a big Superman fan - I much prefer Spidey or Bats. But when he's done right, I still appreciate the moral to his story.
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Be A Superman
It's National Chris Mills Day!
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