Songs I'd Forgotten Existed, Let Alone Loved (An Occasional Series): Special "How Do You Say 'Up, Up and Away!' in Yiddish?" Edition

From 1979, please enjoy The Kinks and their infectious ode to superhero jealousy "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman."

I bring this up because a) I hadn't heard the song in years, and was delighted to find that it holds up nicely.

More importantly, however, it's because b) I'm really looking forward to seeing the Superman movie reboot this weekend.

I mean, not only is David Corenswet, the actor playing Supes, the first Jewish guy in the role ever (somewhere in heaven, the character's Jewish creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster are smiling) but James Gunn, the film's director, conceived it specifically as an immigrant assimilation story.

Which it fucking is and always was.

Plus -- they finally gave Kal-El a furry friend, i.e. Krypto the Superdog. 😎

Seriously -- I am not even remotely a fan of most contemporary comic book flicks, but this one?

Well, it's gonna piss off all the right people and in the immortal words of Paul Westerberg -- can't hardly wait. 😎😎