🎶 Mixtape Monday: Superman 🎶

Welcome to Mixtape Monday once again! Last week’s playlist was for one of the DC Universe’s brightest stars, Starfire:

Starfire Playlist
  • “Planet Claire”, by The B-52’s
  • “Girl U Want”, by Devo
  • “Starfire”, by Spencer Maro
  • “Girls Just Want To Have Fun”, by Cyndi Lauper
  • “Punk Rock Princess”, by Something Corporate
  • “Starfire”, by DragonForce
  • “Bright”, by Echosmith
  • “Starfire 500”, by Amyl and the Sniffers
  • “Call Me a Symbol”, by Jinjer
  • “Whenever You Need Somebody”, by Rick Astley
  • “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”, by Wham!
  • “Black Fire”, by Dragonforce
  • “Starlight”, by Electric Light Orchestra
  • “Let’s Light It up (AJ Lee)”, by WWE Music Group
  • “Stars in the Night (Paige)”, by WWE Music Group
  • “Fire for You”, by Cannons
  • “Total Eclipse of the Heart”, by Bonnie Tyler
  • “Firestarter”, by The Prodigy
  • “Starrider”, by Foreigner
  • “Clarity”, by Zedd
  • “Claudia Lewis”, by M83
  • “Cosmic Castaway”, by Electrasy
  • “Pretty Girls”, by Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea
  • “Born This Way”, by Lady Gaga
  • “Starlight”, by Muse
  • “Love, Reign O’er Me”, by Pearl Jam
  • “Just Like Fire”, by Pink
  • “Try Everything”, by Shakira
  • " New Star in the Sky (Chanson pour Solal)", by Air
  • “Lucky Star”, by Madonna

This Week’s Theme: Superman

Since today is Independence Day in the United States, now is the perfect time to create a playlist for one of the greatest defenders of the American way himself, Superman! What songs do you think he would take full advantage of his super hearing to enjoy? Share your songs with us, below!

Due to the high volume of submissions and the limited number of hours in a day, we’ll be selecting two songs from each member, but feel free to share as many as you like!


:headphones: Curious what Mixtape Monday is? :headphones:
Every week, we’ll post the title of our latest Mixtape, and you post tracks of your choice in the comments below! We’ll follow up next Mixtape Monday with the list of tunes, two from each user, collected from the week before. And if our “What’s the Last Song You Heard?” thread is any indication, you all have superb taste in tunes!

For our hardcore music lovers, we suggest joining Inky’s Mixtape Mob , a group created to bring all music lovers together in one place. Joining Inky’s Mixtape Mob will make sure you get notified of every playlist update, as well as offer you a custom flair and title to show off your maestro-dom!

While lyrics must abide to Forum Guidelines , the songs can be anything, of any genre, as long as it meets each week’s theme!

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Happy 4th of July @Green.Lantern, I love Superman, so many music and songs I could pick, since I’m limited to two picks, here’s the obvious pick. :grinning:

:superman:

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Those are great picks! You can share as many as you like, but only the first two will be added to the playlist. :slight_smile:

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My favorite song about Superman–R.E.M’s cover of The Clique’s “Superman.”

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Not sure if I’ve shared these in past playlists…

“Superman”, by Blindside

“Kryptonite”, by 3 Doors Down

and then here’s a “b-side” for this week:

“Kansas”, by The Devil Wears Prada

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For the Clark Kent half:

For Sups:

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And just because he wasn’t born on this planet doesn’t mean a thing because he is…

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Given Superman is pure of heart and all that jazz, I think this fits:

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As much as I love John Williams and as iconic as his original movie theme is, this will always be the ultimate Superman theme for me :superman:

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(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman - The Kinks

Sunshine Superman - Donovan

Two of my favorite Superman songs.

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Pretty self-explanatory picks…lol.

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Between these two songs, there are only two lyrics. But they both make me think of Supes. Happy Mixtape Monday, everyone!

“Uuuuup in the air!”

“Sun! Sun! Sun! Sun!”

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Here’s one I envision Lois singing about him:

One more for Supes himself; I’m not sure why it reminds me of him (asides from the title) but it does:

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Superman before he was Superman…

Bit of an odd one, but the sentiments are there.

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The way the world is today we need a hero to save us…

…and so we cry out for a savior.

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Welcome!

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I have this whole thing where I believe The Guided By Voices Album- Under the Bushes, Under the Stars is lowkey about Silver Age Superman.

Superboy:

Superman:

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