Talk:O Superman

"Prophetic"

I've removed the reference to the lyrics appearing "prophetic". She mentions planes in a song in 1981, and then at some point within the next 20 years or so, something happens that involves planes. That's a pretty weak case for being "prophetic". --Bonalaw 09:45, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

"Some Critics Question"?

I'm curious why the statement about Iran-Contra needs to be stated as opinion rather than fact. Iran contra was not something that happened in 1981 so the statement is false. The quote from Anderson has a cite, so I'm surpised "Citation needed" has been added. Please let me know how the prior statement could be construed as POV. --Myke Cuthbert 22:07, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Since no one responded to this question, I have removed the "wiggle-statement." --Myke Cuthbert 02:50, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I didn't even notice this paragraph had been added until just now. I'm going to do you one better; if I can't find confirmation that Laurie actually made this statement (the Australian magazine could have misquoted her, or paraphrased her) I might remove the entire paragraph, unless someone can cite perhaps an audio interview or another magazine in which she made the erroneous claim. 23skidoo 13:47, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

"song from 1981"

Laurie was performing this song long before 1981, point and case, the "Word of Mouth" recording put out on Crown Point Press and some other private recordings going around from before then. Loscha

If we can nail down a date, let's change it accordingly. We know Laurie was doing songs from "America on the Move" (aka United States) as early as 1978 (ref. The Nova Convention). 23skidoo 02:21, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Why do the lyrics need to be pinned down to a specific event? The song is so obviously about the US as "Superman" in the Nietzschian sense. If you must have an event however, what about the Vietnam war, which finished just three years earlier, in 1975? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.143.63.86 (talk) 07:40, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Introduction to the British public

Whilst is may be true that this was done by John Peel on his late night Radio 1 show, I specifically remember hearing it on Noel Edmonds' Sunday morning radio show, at the time the most listened-to radio show in the UK, when the track was played at full length. There was no introduction but after it finished, the DJ announced the name of the artist and track slowly and deliberately, three times. I suspect it was this event that propelled the track into the charts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aldermanhogg (talk • contribs) 04:17, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

I absolutely agree, the song was a hit because of Noel Edmonds; indeed I went out and bought the single after hearing it on the programme. John Peel played a vast amount of obscure music on his programme, the vast percentage of which never became hits. I have no idea whether he played 'O Superman' first, but his playing of it was not in any direct way responsible for it being a hit 203.114.139.60 09:16, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Is this the longest song ever squeezed onto a 7" record?

8:21 is at least 90 seconds longer than any other 7", 45rpm record in my collection.