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Monday, November 14, 2005
Canadian Music History Moment
I was walking on the street last week and found some photos lying on the sidewalk. These were no mere personal photos, but the record of an important moment in Canadian Music History ...
Hit Song in Winnipeg 1991
Ben Darvill and Brad Roberts of Crash Test Dummies were discussing lyrics.
DARVILL: It just doesn't make any sense.
ROBERTS: Superman never made any money?
DARVILL: He wasn't just some sad sack.
ROBERTS: He was!
DARVILL: He worked at The Daily Planet. The Daily Planet is basically the New York Times. He's a reporter at the paper of record. He's good friends with the star reporter, Lois Lane. If you worked at the New York Times and were good friends with the star reporter who looked like Veronica Lodge and the two of you had some ongoing sexual tension, would you complain?
ROBERTS: It's not about me, it's about Superman.
DARVILL: Would you complain, would you complain? Huh?
ROBERTS: It's context. This guy has all of these powers, but he chooses a simple life instead of becoming ruler of the planet.
DARVILL: If he wants the simple life, why didn't he become a janitor? You say that he never made any money ... he's probably not making a CEO-sized wad, but working at the Times you'd pull in a pretty decent salary.
ROBERTS: That's not the point.
DARVILL: It is the point. Your song makes him sound like Mother Freakin' Theresa, but he's not. He hasn't sacrificed comfort. It's a good life.
ROBERT: But he could have had more.
DARVILL: We could all have more. There's no trick to making money if that's all you want to do. You could have more, I could have more.
 They leave the bar.
FANS: We love you, Cowboy Junkies!
ROBERTS: Crash Test Dummies, you dopes!
FANS: YAY!
DARVILL: And then this bit about him forgetting Krypton. He was just a baby, he didn't even remember Krypton except for the Marlon Brando holograms.
ROBERTS: I'm pointing out that he's alone. Being Superman is lonely.
DARVILL: Why have you mentioned Tarzan so much?
ROBERTS: He's the contrast ...
DARVILL: He's not even a superhero. He's freakin' Tarzan. You can't compare Superman to Tarzan. It's apples and oranges. Why don't you compare him to Batman?
ROBERTS: Batman?
DARVILL: Batman is sort of Superman's opposite. He doesn't have any powers and his true identity, Bruce Wayne, is a freakin' gazillionaire.
ROBERTS: Uhhh ...
DARVILL: I'll tell you what's not going to make any money ... this song. It's not going to make a dime. Here, I came up with some lyrics of my own. It asks, "What if Jesus was Superman?"
ROBERTS: What?
DARVILL: Just shut up and sing it.
 Epilogue:
Superman's Song was a hit in the summer of 1991. [ left ] Brad Roberts and Ellen Reid celebrate the success of the single.
Other Moments in Canadian History:
Mutant Bear Attack in Upper Canada
The Biomechanical Insectoid Dionne Quintuplets
Trudeau's Long Walk in the Snow
Emily Carr vs. The Group of Seven Mutoid Dwarfs
Also, for music history videos, check out Yacht Rock at Channel 101.
2:04 PM
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