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
