You know what contemporary superhero comics are sorely lacking in?
Duck-themed vengeance.
If the Spectre had been feeling especially vicious that day, he could have opted to inflict today's b-side offering upon his victims instead...
Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots - Disco Duck (Part II) (the b-side of 1976's "Disco Duck" 7") - Because an instrumental version of a novelty song predicated on a sub-par Donald Duck impersonation makes perfect sense. Then again, we are talking about the 1970's; I doubt anyone looked up from their gold-plated coke spoons or custom-made bongs long enough to notice the absurdity of it all.
...and because one waterfowl-related musical travesty deserves another, I might as well lob this rotten egg into the ring, too:
Thomas Dolby, George Clinton & Other Folks Who Really Should Have Known Better - Howard the Duck (from the Howard the Duck OST, 1986) - There are certain cinematic stinkers from the past -- Xanadu, for instance -- that have improved with the passage of time. Howard the Duck is not one of them.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
too fowl for words
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"Continued on 5th page following"? What, was there a four-page advertisement from the Duck Council stapled in the middle of that comic?
The Duck Council had money to burn back then. (Also, DC seemed hellbent on shifting its oversized collector's edition reprints.)
That's a nice bit of Spectrian irony since the duck had earlier ordered the murder of Jim Corrigan in the previous issue.
I love that HtD song! To this day I can sing along and it's got the only rap I can sing along with and I was incredibly drunk when I saw that movie. He truly was a funky little feather bearing water fowl!
Now, do you have access to the male remake of And Then He Kissed Me? I've never been able to replace my copy...
Xanadu was my favourite movie when I was 12 - I still know all the words to all the songs. Has it really improved? It was almost perfect back then...
What was his crime that resulted in his ingestion by a duck?
I loved Xanadu as a kid. I would run around the house singing the title song... I was a weird little kid.
As Dr. K pointed out, the duck ordered the hit that re-killed Jim Corrigan, forcing him to again take up the Spectre's mantle.
Ducks are like that sometimes.
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