Today, my head was in the clouds
My body may be scrubbing toilets, but my mind is... well, actually, it's composing a song parody about the Golden Age Hawkman. I guess that's equally pathetic, really. Maybe my spirit is doing something useful? I'll have to go check. Excuse me while I do that. In case you're interested this is as far as I got before I packed it in:
(sung to the tune of the Bangles' 'Walk Like an Egyptian')
Meet Carter Hall, he's a
ad-venturer-archaeol
ogist.
He's got these wings
(ohh yeah, wings)
they're feathered,
just like a bird's wings are.
fightin' crime in the 1940s
(ohh yeah, way back thennn) ... _ [pause]
Hawkman's an Egyptian.
He's lived before
he was a prince
in ancient E-gypt-ian days
He was cut down
but in america he was
born again
born again as a
rich caucas-----ian [awkward pause] [sheepishly, with a shrug]
that's reincarnation.
He wields a mace
'cause you know
it's hard to find
good Egyptian flails.
all his pals from the JSA
go, 'ohh yeah, well, you knowwww [pause]
Hawkman's an Egyptian. '
(Wow, when I write it out, it sounds really stupid, doesn't it? Then again, we're talking Hawkman here. Every time they 'fix' his continuity, they just add another layer of complicated. Geek that I am, I'm sure in a Moment of Clarity I'd be forced to admit that a guy wearing feathered wings and no shirt, who has mastered antigravity technology yet still uses a mace as a primary weapon... well, he's not going to make sense no matter what his backstory is. Being a reincarnated Egyptian *and* from another planet? forget it. ...On the other hand, if he was, like, an angel or something, and the antigravity bit was just a cover so he wouldn't be draw the wrong kind of attention? hmm. maybe.)
(sung to the tune of the Bangles' 'Walk Like an Egyptian')
Meet Carter Hall, he's a
ad-venturer-archaeol
ogist.
He's got these wings
(ohh yeah, wings)
they're feathered,
just like a bird's wings are.
fightin' crime in the 1940s
(ohh yeah, way back thennn) ... _ [pause]
Hawkman's an Egyptian.
He's lived before
he was a prince
in ancient E-gypt-ian days
He was cut down
but in america he was
born again
born again as a
rich caucas-----ian [awkward pause] [sheepishly, with a shrug]
that's reincarnation.
He wields a mace
'cause you know
it's hard to find
good Egyptian flails.
all his pals from the JSA
go, 'ohh yeah, well, you knowwww [pause]
Hawkman's an Egyptian. '
(Wow, when I write it out, it sounds really stupid, doesn't it? Then again, we're talking Hawkman here. Every time they 'fix' his continuity, they just add another layer of complicated. Geek that I am, I'm sure in a Moment of Clarity I'd be forced to admit that a guy wearing feathered wings and no shirt, who has mastered antigravity technology yet still uses a mace as a primary weapon... well, he's not going to make sense no matter what his backstory is. Being a reincarnated Egyptian *and* from another planet? forget it. ...On the other hand, if he was, like, an angel or something, and the antigravity bit was just a cover so he wouldn't be draw the wrong kind of attention? hmm. maybe.)