Classic super villains you plain dislike

[Slam_Bradley]

And someone else mentioned "House of the Rising Sun". I recently learned that that song can be sung to the tune of "Amazing Grace", and vice-versa. An even weirder pair of songs that can be interchanged: "Good King Wenceslas" and "Lullaby of Broadway".

As can "The Great Speckled Bird" and "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels."

[The Confessor]

^^ ...and "Angie" by the Rolling Stones and "Hotel California" by the Eagles.

Actually, there's loads of songs you can do this kind of thing with. With only 12 notes in the western scale and only a certain number of chords that sound good together in a given key, repitition is unavoidable.

[The Confessor]

I've always assumed the reference was to the Fawcett hero, though given the existence of Marvelman I have no idea what sort of presence that character would've had in the UK when Lennon was a kid.

It was the Fawcett Captain Marvel that Lennon was referencing. Lennon, and plenty of other UK kids in the 1950s, read the original Captian Marvel's adventures in B&W reprints. My Dad read 'em too...for what it's worth.

In answer to you're other question, "The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill" was written in Rishikesh in India sometime between mid-February and early April 1968, while The Beatles were studying Transcendental Meditation. So, the Marvel version of Captain Marvel would've only barely been published at that time, I believe I'm right in saying.

According to this site: http://www.lysergia.com/LamaWorkshop...sychedelia.htm , that song was recorded on my 9th birthday but not released until much later. The Byrds recorded "Eight Miles High" three days later.

That site is correct, but the "Eight Miles High" single (which was actually a re-recording committed to tape on January 24th and 25th, 1966, and not the original December 22nd, 1965 take) became "the psychedelic shot heard around the world" -- to steal Domenic Priorie's phrase -- in terms of igniting the psychedelic craze in pop music. Apart from the fact that The Byrds' song sounds much trippier than "Sunshine Superman", the delay in the release of Donovan's single unfortunately diluted its impact somewhat. The release of "Eight Miles High" also spawned the term "raga rock" to describe its blend of eastern and western influences, by the way.

Check out the Wikipedia article for "Eight Miles High". I wrote the lion's share of it and it was recently classed as a "Good Article".

[Jay Dogg]

Cary Bates, I hate hate hate for coming up with a lame-o excuse for a villain like "Big Sir." I'm not much better pleased with Giffen et al for reviving him.

I almost cried (of laughter) reading that. After all of the much superior villains who tried to destroy the Flash over the years...a guy named Big Sir came along, disfigured Barry's face and forced him to get plastic surgery.

[DebkoX]

Lex Luthor, SO CRAP.

[Bad Wolf]

It's a tough call with Billy--in some versions, Wisdom of Solomon notwithstanding, Billy seems to still be a kid in a big body (especially when females are involved)

I think that started with the deMatteis/Giffen "comedy" Justice League (and its followups.) Same with Mary Marvel being ridiculously naive and innocent. I have some World's Finest Comics from the 70s with them and they're not like that at all.

[Ed Love]

I think that started with the deMatteis/Giffen "comedy" Justice League (and its followups.) Same with Mary Marvel being ridiculously naive and innocent. I have some World's Finest Comics from the 70s with them and they're not like that at all.

It's there in the 40's as well as the original poster said, when Cap had to interact with females that were obviously interested or coming on to him. There, you'd think the aspect of Solomon ironically failed him. The difference between then and the modern age was that those were about the only times that Captain Marvel reacted as if he was a boy in a man's body. Now, it's often obvious in everything he does and with everyone he interacts.

[Reptisaurus!]

As can "The Great Speckled Bird" and "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels."

Seattle band the Squirrels did a whole album of sound-a-likes: Christmas Carol lyrics to the tune of Classic Rock songs.
Joy to the World to the tune of War Pigs, Rudolph to Fleetwood Mac's Rhiannon (The "Wouldn't You Love to Love Her" song), Smoke on the Housetop, etc...