No mystery when I discovered this song. I was in my car and it came on the radio and I was blown away. I could hardly believe it, the raw power of the singing, the infectiousness of the music, and how quickly it made want to help that woman waiting for Superman. I wanted to drive around the blocks and see if I could finder her waiting. I made sure that I remembered the name of this song, I had to have it!
In my previous offering, I said that musical artists hate having people ask them what their song is about. Chris Gaughtry is not like that, he likes to talk about his songs and in this case he mentioned that his fans knew that he had an obsession with comic books (but he felt that Batman was cheesy).
Growing up, I was not allowed to read comic books. I am sure my parents had their reasons, but I never was quite sure what they were. I can guess they didn't want me to read trash, but as I was already reading the books on their bookshelves, I don't think I needed an extra push to read good books. Finally my mother decided that it would be okay for me to receive a prescription to a Walt Disney comic, and the one she chose was Scooge McDuck and his nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. I think that one was wholesome, wasn't going to ruin my good character. I liked it. I liked having something come to me in the mail. The ducks' adventures were funny and cute. And one of the nephews had my middle name, Dewey.
Despite the fact that I had parents who were strict and held all of us to a high standard, there was more freedom in my day than kids have now. I think it was due to that strictness that made it so that I was granted that freedom. I was able to go all over the place in town on my bicycle, by myself, or with friends. My parents didn't have to take me everywhere unless it was far way. When it was time for me to go get a haircut, my mother would put some money in my pocket and say "Time to go get your haircut, and I looked in the paper and saw there is good movie playing in the theater next door, why don't you go see it?" Those were good Saturday mornings. And the barber shop had stacks of the "forbidden" comic books, which I confessed I would read until it was my turn in the barber chair. While I liked them all, hands down my favorite was Superman. Nowadays, it seems that there are countless super heroes and I certainly haven't kept with all of them. Superman was always good enough for me and the Superman movies were really good.
This song, Waiting For Superman, should be a call for duty for any heroic man. There are needs around every corner. And a woman wanting a man, there is something sacred in that. Their yearning has a magnetic power. But I don't want them to have to wait too long. Based on the video version of this song, I think what Doughtry is saying is that sometimes the women don't recognize Superman when he comes. He didn't look like what they had been thinking of. I guess they need to turn on their own x-ray vision in order to see him. Look carefully, and you will see that cape flapping.
20. Song name: Waiting For Superman
Band: Doughtry
Singer: Chris Daughtry
Song writers: Sam Hollander, Martin Jackson, Chris Doughtry
3 comments:
Hi Tom!
I thought I ‘d like to answer some of your concerns of our covid-19 situation here in Sweden.
First, thank you for your thoughts of us. There is a misunderstanding that we do not have any restrictions, we put them on ourselves. The government is somewhat mild in their orders and call them “recommendations” which means that it is actually an order, and we obey. I think we have become a politic weapon abroad (U.K, U.S and Spain) because of that.
The recommendations are: public transports only for important personnel, enter in the back of the bus. 6 feet distance in stores, restaurants and public buildings. No visits at elderly care homes. No gathering with more than 50 people and that is interpreted as “meet only our family – no other”. Please exercise outdoor. Avoid vacation trips out of your municipality area. Work at home if possible, and the ordinary recommendation (washing, coughing, etc.) is on repeat on TV and one-side ads in newspaper.
The problem is a high death rate. That is due to poor information in foreign language, so Somalians in Stockholm took a fierce hit. There was also some indolent leaders of elderly homes that forced/allowed co-workers to work without protection (that is my opinion, not proved officially). The proof of that is that there is a little community that took hash precaution and had no death (so far) in elderly people in that community.
But there are more un-employed (30 000) than this time last year, there is more business going down (200 % in restaurants) than this time last year. The government is pouring out money to help the economics. Funny though, the right wing is now screaming for government help, but who is screaming about high taxes when the greed is on? Not the socialists, but the right wing!
I wonder if the Nobel Prize has something to do with Swedish trust in science and the representatives of health departments, and how we obey the logic of politicians’ recommendations - just my own thoughts.
The critics (there is always a more-or-less-fascist wing that criticize) meets a tsunami of counter-critic in social media with a sarcastic “there has never been so many epidemiologists, that has no employment, and done so little for so few”.
Hug in a 6-feet distance!
Hi Tom!
I thought I ‘d like to answer some of your concerns of our covid-19 situation here in Sweden.
First, thank you for your thoughts of us. There is a misunderstanding that we do not have any restrictions, we put them on ourselves. The government is somewhat mild in their orders and call them “recommendations” which means that it is actually an order, and we obey. I think we have become a politic weapon abroad (U.K, U.S and Spain) because of that.
The recommendations are: public transports only for important personnel, enter in the back of the bus. 6 feet distance in stores, restaurants and public buildings. No visits at elderly care homes. No gathering with more than 50 people and that is interpreted as “meet only our family – no other”. Please exercise outdoor. Avoid vacation trips out of your municipality area. Work at home if possible, and the ordinary recommendation (washing, coughing, etc.) is on repeat on TV and one-side ads in newspaper.
The problem is a high death rate. That is due to poor information in foreign language, so Somalians in Stockholm took a fierce hit. There was also some indolent leaders of elderly homes that forced/allowed co-workers to work without protection (that is my opinion, not proved officially). The proof of that is that there is a little community that took hash precaution and had no death (so far) in elderly people in that community.
But there are more un-employed (30 000) than this time last year, there is more business going down (200 % in restaurants) than this time last year. The government is pouring out money to help the economics. Funny though, the right wing is now screaming for government help, but who is screaming about high taxes when the greed is on? Not the socialists, but the right wing!
I wonder if the Nobel Prize has something to do with Swedish trust in science and the representatives of health departments, and how we obey the logic of politicians’ recommendations - just my own thoughts.
The critics (there is always a more-or-less-fascist wing that criticize) meets a tsunami of counter-critic in social media with a sarcastic “there has never been so many epidemiologists, that has no employment, and done so little for so few”.
Hug in a 6-feet distance!
Thank you, Hazze for that comprehensive answer! I am glad that you and your family are all well, and I hope that is true for all the people I have met over there! I am concerned about the Somalis you mentioned who had a language barrier to the instructions. You probable don't have a lot of Somalis in Umea, but maybe you do. I realize that communication like that is a problem all over the world. I don't know how many languages there are in Los Angeles for example, scores of them. But even for myself, speaking English, of course, I wondered how I could have known what was required or recommended if I weren't on the Internet so much. I know several people who don't watch ANY media, so I guess they got it all via word of mouth. But even for me, there were some things I hadn't picked up on, such as when wearing masks became MANDATORY and apparently there is a curfew (meaning not being out and about after a certain time in the day)? I am not even sure about that curfew, but I have no reason to be out and about during the dark hours anyway. I didn't start wearing a mask (I hate it) until a few days ago. I didn't even know where to get one...for the longest time, there weren't any available or whatever was available was supposed to be for medical personnel only. Fortunately a friend of mine has several and so she gave some, more than one. I discovered that they weren't letting anybody into the grocery store if you didn't have on a mask. Now the roadside sales people who used to sell fruits are now selling masks! I'm not sure why they aren't being arrested (which I would not want to happen)...maybe it is considered that what they are doing is "essential". In a way, it is, based on the rules, here. Regarding people getting sick that I know, there were only two of them, and while they complained of having a pretty bad flu, they did recover after a few days. You mentioned restaurants being closed, that to me is one the major problems during this in that the restaurant business is so hard to make a go of. So many around here had gone out of business long before we ever heard of this virus. I feel like the minute some of the ones that I really like open, I will go there...but will they actually EVER open? I bring this up, because I hope Restaurant Victor opens up! Of course, that is an ancient and venerable place, so they are probably okay. Fingers crossed. I will always remember the incredibly good dinner we had there, oh so long ago! I know that the world's very best restaurant is in Stockholm (above the Opera House, I believe) but I think Umea's Cafe Victor is way up there! All my love goes to all of you over there in Sweden, and I anxiously wait for the good news all over the world!
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