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May 30, 2006

Waitin' For A Superman Soundtrack

Next month Superman returns with a new movie, Superman Returns, starring Brandon Routh. I don't know who that is either!

The folks at Rhino are so excited they've gotten a bunch of indie bands to record Superman-y songs for a new comp.

Various Artists Sound Of Superman
1. The Academy Is. "Superman" (The Clique/R.E.M. cover)
2. Plain White T's "It's So Easy" (original)
3. The Sun "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" (The Kinks cover)
4. Motion City Soundtrack "The Worst Part." (original)
5. The Films "Sunshine Superman" (Donovan cover)
6. Maxeen "Save Me" (original)
7. Paramore "My Hero" (Foo Fighters cover)
8. American Hi-Fi "The Rescue" (original)
9. The Spill Canvas "Saved" (original)
10. Jack's Mannequin "Meet Me At My Window" (original)
11. Nightmare Of You "Waitin' For A Superman" (The Flaming Lips cover)
12. The Receiving End Of Sirens "Superman" (Stereophonics cover)
13. Royal "Brainiac's Daughter" (Dukes of Stratosphear cover)
14. Sara Routh "You're Never Gone" (original)

Yeah, looks like mostly garbage, but I'll listen to anyone cover a song from Soft Bulletin. Stream here: Windows Media | Real (NoY's track is 34:45 in.)

Okay Warner Brothers ... I will see your Superman movie only if Kate Bosworth's eyes are two different colors. I find it charmingly distracting.

Posted at 12:36 PM




14 Comments

Don't forget Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor. And apparently Parker Posey is in it as well, hopefully not reprising her role from "Blade 3"!

Posted by: Devin at 05/30/06 1:38 PM | Reply
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Covering a Stereophonics song puts you on the lowest rung of the musical ladder. Yep, even lower than American Hi-Fi.

Posted by: Paul at 05/30/06 1:59 PM | Reply
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Nobody wanted to cover Goldfinger's "Superman"? That's my favorite Superman-y song ever! How about Straw's "Weird Superman"? No residuals for Margot Kidder?

Posted by: Greg at 05/30/06 2:33 PM | Reply
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So is the artist performing the last track related to the guy playing Superman? Whatever breaks you can get, I guess.

Posted by: RYAN at 05/30/06 3:12 PM | Reply
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I like the Films, but doing a cover isnt helping them any. They shouldve kept the originals. Boo.

Posted by: liv at 05/30/06 3:44 PM | Reply
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Sara is Brandon's sister.

Posted by: Kate at 05/30/06 4:08 PM | Reply
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am i bad person for kinda liking that flaming lips cover???

Posted by: j bones at 05/30/06 5:04 PM | Reply
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this sucks

Posted by: jimm at 05/30/06 7:15 PM | Reply
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no crash test dummies...shame

Posted by: plow at 05/30/06 9:40 PM | Reply
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Anybody got an Mp3 of the Motion City track?

Posted by: Hugs at 05/31/06 10:05 AM | Reply
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i like the iron & wine cover of that song.
mmmmslideguitaryeah

Posted by: changa at 05/31/06 12:30 PM | Reply
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Hate to say it but I don't mind The Academy Is

http://www.musictimes.com.au

Posted by: Music Times at 06/01/06 5:15 AM | Reply
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I generally hate this band, but Crashtest Dummies' superman song is better than most of these choices.

Posted by: anon at 06/03/06 9:57 AM | Reply
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This has all those song lyrics.

Posted by: song lyrics at 10/22/07 5:44 PM | Reply
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