Another Iron Man song? Why not? I devoted weeks and weeks to Road Runner songs. I can certainly celebrate Iron Man 3 for one more Tuesday. After all, it’s a big hit movie! This time it’s a folk-y kind of cover of the classic tune. It’s like reading comics at a Renaissance Fair.

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Iron Man – Men-An-Tol

They said that Iron Man 3 would be a blockbuster and it did not disappoint. Fortunately, I have plenty of Iron Man recordings to tie in with the movie. Notice I said the word “recordings” and not “songs”? That’s because our piece of vinyl goodness for this Tuesday is a spoken-word recording, The Story of Iron Man! If you have the comic book you can read along. If not, try to imagine the pictures by simply using your own brain.

And just in case you feel cheated because you were expecting a comics-tune today, I’m also giving you another cover version of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” as played by the UCLA Marching Band. March along!

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 The Story of Iron Man

Iron Man – UCLA Bruin Marching Band

You don’t know how tempted I was to share another Road Runner song with you loyal I.T.C.H.-ers – but I think I’ve proved my point: There are a heckuva lot of Road Runner songs! Now it’s time to move on to new business. Iron Man! With Iron Man 3 in theaters now, it’s time to celebrate ol’ Shell Head himself. Will this be another month-long celebration? I’ll know better after I see the movie tonight. For now, here’s a hard rockin’ cover of the classic song.

Click the link below and rock out!

Iron Man – Electric Eel Shock

I believe this is Week 6 of Road Runner Month, and incredible as it may be, we have another Road Runner record to rock your world! It’s all part of our ongoing attempt to prove that there are more songs about Road Runner than about any other cartoon character. If anyone knows of an animated character with more songs, let us know here at I.T.C.H. headquarters and we’ll post a retraction.

The Ventures are today’s featured act and quite apropos, at that. I think they have recorded more comics- and cartoon-related songs than any other group (as I noted back on August 29th, 2008). How fitting that they had a Road Runner song!

Click the link below and hear for yourself.

Roadrunner – The Ventures

Oh yes! This is the fifth week of Road Runner Month and we’re not done yet. In an attempt to prove that there are more songs about Road Runner than about any other cartoon character, we’re presenting one song a week for an entire month (which at this point is looking like six or seven weeks). What a month!

This Tuesday we have one for the detractors and disbelievers – those I.T.C.H. readers who allege we’re cheating and sneaking in songs about road runners and not The Road Runner. Listen closely and you’ll hear lyrics than can only be about our friend Beep Beep and his antagonist Mr. Wile E. Coyote.

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Roadrunner – Boris the Sprinkler

We’re in our fourth week of Road Runner Month and we’re not stopping. We’re not even slowing down! Here at I.T.C.H. HQ we’re out to prove that there are more songs about Road Runner than about any other cartoon character. Already this month we’ve heard three. And these aren’t just different records, but completely different songs.

This Tuesday’s tune comes to us courtesy of The Royal Guardsmen. That’s right, the same group of guys who gave us a whole bunch of songs about Snoopy. (Probably another record-holder, but Snoopy is more of a comic strip character than a cartoon character.) This is a cartoony cover version of Bo Diddley’s “Road Runner” which we shared way back in 2008. 

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Road Runner – The Royal Guardsmen

Road Runner month continues with another song about that fast-moving, coyote-dodging desert bird. We’ve received comments here at I.T.C.H. HQ suggesting that these songs are not actually about the Road Runner but just a generic road runner. Au contraire, my fine feathered friend! Even though this song appears to be about a car (and there was a car called a Road Runner), the “beep beep” in the lyrics gives it away. The way I look at it, even songs about the Road Runner automobile are actually about the Road Runner cartoon character, since the car was closely related to the ‘toon. The connection between cars and Road Runner is obvious.

Click the link below and listen to this week’s Road Runner song.

Road Runner – Buddy Wayne

The response to last Tuesday’s Road Runner song was so overwhelming – we’re doing it again! In fact, I’m thinking of officially making this Road Runner Month, if for no other reason than there seem to be more songs about that speedy little bird than about any other cartoon character. (Anyhow, May will probably be Iron Man Month, so we might as well get Road Runner out of the way while we can.)

As with last week, we have a record about the Road Runner, but it’s a completely different song than before. Don’t believe me? Listen to this week’s and last week’s and compare. See? Why would I lie?

Click the link below and listen to Junior Walker and the All-Stars.

(I’m A…) Road Runner – Junior Walker & the All-Stars

For years – decades even! – the Warner Brothers have been stating quite publicly that phrase the Road Runner says is “beep beep.” The proper title of the comic book is even Beep Beep The Road Runner. Wait. Is that supposed to be his first name? Beep Beep? And his last name is Road Runner? (I’ve heard that Smokey The Bear’s middle name is “The.” True or just rumor?) But when I, D. J. David B., watch a Road Runner cartoon, the noise that speedy little bird makes sounds more like “meeb meep” to my talented ears. I don’t hear a B sound at all. It sounds like an M the way he says it. Am I crazy?

Regardless, I have an exciting new discovery to share! Based on my research, Mr. B. B. Road Runner has more songs about him than any other animated cartoon character. I’m not counting Batman, because all of those records are versions of the same song. No, there are whole a bunch of different songs called “Road Runner,” including this one by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers. (Should be “the Cartoon Lovers” if you ask me.) Can anyone prove me wrong? If so, please keep it to yourself.

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Roadrunner – Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers

Recently I have been accused of “phoning it in.” Of not trying hard enough. People say I’m just hacking out another post in order to meet a Tuesday deadline.

Here’s the Hawkman theme!

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Hawkman theme – John Gart