I was reading Action Comics #398 (March 1971) this morning, in which Clark Kent covers the Seaside Folk-Rock Festival and I thought it might be fun to cite some lyrics from rock songs as written by the "hep" writers of '60s and '70s era comic book writers. "The Pied Piper of Steel" (written by Leo Dorfman) has several.
First, from an unidentified band:
Pin-up baby, you blow my mind
Pin-up baby, gonna leave you behind!
Next, from the Astronauts":
Do you dig that moon-rock, man?
Do you dig-a-that rock?
Come on, Cats, join in!
Do you dig-a-that rock?
[audience]
Yes, we dig-a-that rock!
Dig-a, dig-a, dig-a...
Dig-a, dig-a, dig-a...
From another unidentified band:
You're a screwball, lame brain, idiot child
But your kisses drive me wild!
From the Bucketheads:
Soak up the moonshine!
Drink up the sunshine!
Drink it up, baby... drink, drink, drink...
Drink it up, baby... drink, drink, drink...
Finally, from the group Satan's Angels:
'Bye, 'bye, baby... you're poison-mean!
Bye, 'bye, baby... gonna break up this scene!
Break it up! Tear it down! Wipe t out!
Can you think of any others?
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There was a Supergirl story where she met a rock band that dressed as the JLA. Their special bit was a girl who dressed and sang as Supergirl.... During that time, with all eyes on the singing faux Supergirl, the band would rob the venue. I recall that fake Supergirl sang:
You're super baby
Come fly with me....
Uh.... Okay, Get Smart was a TV show, but it was pretty cartoony. The episode that featured the" hottest rock 'n' roll group in the country," the Sacred Cows, who hypnotized people while singing great lyrics like:
Thrill! Thrill! Thrill!
Kill! Kill! Kill!
Make a scene!
Knock off the Dean!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Bump off a square!
That's what it's about!
Hate is in! Love is out!
Showcase #59 features "The Flips"...
Other lyrics include...
I'm a wild goofy footer on a big green wall--!*
With my baby on my bike I'm as happy as a bee!
Sing me a song of the wild surf -- yeah! yeah!
Then they begin to sing songs as they commit crimes...
There was a little town,
It had a little bank...
Yeah -- yeah -- yaaaah!
And we're gonna crack it,
Like a ten-ton tank!
Yeah -- yeah!
...and while they're fighting the Teen Titans...
Along came Wonder Girl
But my baton did a twirl!
Wham -- Bam -- Alikazaam
She landed right on her curl!
Now out of my gee-tar
Come sounds that really go-go-go...
But, baby, that's the sound
That'll get us the dough!
Ridin' a green wave
That's really okay...
But surfin' on moolah
Is better, hey - yeah!
Thought you had me,
With the loot in the bag...
But boys, don't forget
To zig when I zag!
I steer with my feet
While I make with the beat...
And pick up my baby
On the seat -- neat!
Sorry Kid Flash--
Got to dash!
Yeah, yeah!
Jack and Jill went up the hill
Yeah, yeah!
And Kid Flash fell down and broke his crown
Boo-hoo!
They tried to stop my hot board
With its load of loot--
But I just surfed 'em down--
Rooty-toot-toot!
Aqualad came on like a killer whale...
But now he's left -- draggin' his tail!
Yeah, yeah!
We're just a babe, a board, and a bike
And money is what we really like
*For the hopelessly unhip, he's singing about surfing here.
From Adventure Comics #290 (November 1961), the story "The Invasion of the Bizarro World", in which Bizarro World is invaded by creatures of living Blue Kryptonite.
A Bizarro cheerleader squad cheers on the invaders:
Rackety-zackety
Let's give a cheer!
Nice-nice invaders
Us GLAD you am here!
YAA-AAA, MONSTERS!!!
Hooray, hooray
Them am destroying us NOW!
Yippety-zippety-dippety
WOW!!
YAAA-AAA, MONSTERS!!!
The invasion story ends with a musical number from Bizarro Cool Cat Combo, led by Bizarro-Hipster No. 1, who sings with Weep-and-wail Bizarro-Lois:
Oh, them blue, blue-ee-oo monsters
Wriggled to the attack!
Their crazy, cool, cool radiation
KNOCKED US FLAT!
But us loves it...
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Us LOVES it...
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Just go-go -- GO!!
BLUE, BLUE -- TRUE BLUE
MAH-UN-STERS!
SQUEEDLEEYAH...VOOM!!
Thanks to a post on Comics Archaeology for drawing my attention to this!
RICK JONES:
In Captain Marvel #18, Rick Jones drops in to the "Where It's At" café. The house band is playing: "Wanna be her man... Anyway I can... Make her understan'." Rick borrows a guitar, sits in with the band and sings...
You say the wnd blows free...
But it's just cold to me...
I'm stone...!
And there's a road out there...
but it don't lead nowhere...
I'm alone...!
There must be somewhere I can make a stand...
Somewhere to go...
Some over-rainbow land...
And if you'll stay by me...
Why then, we both can be...
All alone...!
Note: He also plays guitar but does not sing in Captain Marvel #22.
Disclaimer: That is not Rick Jones in the cover of Sub-Mariner #18, nor does he sing.