Super Hero Songs (Part One)

Is he strong? Listen, Bud!, He’s got radioactive blood

In these posts I’ll explore some music that deals with our comic book heroes. I’ll list some of my favorites about superheroes who arrive in the nick of time and save the day. Some of these are about our Marvel and DC idols while others about some less well-known heroes. There are songs about Superman, Spiderman, the Hulk, Iron Man, Magneto, Titanium Man, Flash Gordon, Batman and Robin, the Greatest American Hero, Dragonfly, and many more.

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Morbius

The third film in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU).

“Morbius” is a superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane. The movie is directed by Daniel Espinosa and stars Jared Leto in the lead role of Dr. Michael Morbius, a biochemist who suffers from a rare blood disease and attempts to cure himself using experimental treatments that transform him into a living vampire. The film also features Adria Arjona, Matt Smith, and Jared Harris in supporting roles.

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My Favorite Albums – Venus and Mars – Wings

Tell me, what’s that man movin’ cross the stage?
It looks a lot like the one used by Jimmy Page

Venus and Mars was the 4th studio album by Wings and the 6th for Paul McCartney after the break-up of The Beatles in 1970. The album was released May 27, 1975, and was the follow-up to Band on the Run. It was released on Capitol Records and was the springboard to a year-long worldwide tour for the band.

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2022 – A Look at 100 Years Ago

What was happening 100 years ago this year?

We made it, through another year of the Covid pandemic, worsening at the end of 2021 with the Omicron variant. But it’s 2022. I never thought, as a child, that we would ever make it this far. I thought this would be a good time to look back 100 years to 1922.

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