March 16, 1998
98075
A while back on Compuserve I made up what I thought was an amusing little game. I must have been right, because I got more responses from this than for any other single thing I posted. I'm told that a version of it even made its way around USENET. The object is to come up with theme songs for characters; I began with the Legion of Superheroes. Herewith, the Songs of the Legion:
- Cosmic Boy You Gotta Have Heart
- Saturn Girl I Can't Get You Out of My Mind
- Live-Wire Electric Avenue
- Spark I Sing the Body Electric
- Leviathan Giant Steps
- Invisible Kid If You Could See Me Now
- Brainiac 5 The Demi Song ("The twelfth time I made it up the demi said to me: Go take up physics.")
- Matter-Eater Lad Eat It
- Triad Three Times a Lady (Thanks to Mike Skidmore)
- XS Life in the Fast Lane
- Kinetix Shake, Rattle, and Roll
- Chameleon Changes
- Ultra Boy Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo. ("He came a long, long way, to be with us today...With arms of steel like Hercules, feet as fleet as Mercury's. He'll fight for us, do right for us, he'll be a beacon light for us....go, go, Go, GO, GO! JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOE!")
- Shrinking Violet Everything About Her's Little and Cute
- Gates Boris the Spider
- Andromeda Brick House
- Valor You're Just Too Good To Be True
- Element Lad The Elements
- Star Boy Boy, You're Gonna Carry That Weight
- Sun Boy Here Comes the Sun
- Bouncing Boy Balloon Man
- Dream Girl Any Dream Will Do
- Sensor Girl I Can See For Miles
- Karate Kid Streetfighting Man
- Duplicate Boy Substitute
- Beast Boy The Shapes Between Us Turn Into Animals
- Gas Girl Love is Like Oxygen
- Life Lass To Life (L'Chaim)
- Evolvo Lad Ape-Man
- Stone Boy Turning To Stone
- Polar Boy Frosty the Snowman
- Night Girl The Night Time is the Right Time
- Fire Lad Burning Down the House
- Infectious Lass Infect Me With Your Love
- Porcupine Pete I've Got You Under My Skin
- R.J. Brande Hail to the Chief
- Rond Vidar I'm a Time Study Man
- Brainiac 4 Just a Mean Green Mother From Outer Space
There will be a prize for whoever can identify the artists associated with the greatest number of the above songs. You don't have to get the actual composer and lyricist--the group or show that it's associated with will do. In case of a tie, the earlier response will win. In other words, "Whoever gets there fustest with the mostest." Good luck!
Posted by joshua at March 16, 1998 12:00 AM