Always on the look out for Legion related media, I stumbled across another song today that isn't just the use of a Legionnaire's name (like Paula Cole's Saturn Girl) but a song actually about a Legionnaire (like The Wedding of Bouncing Boy that I posted a while back). Today I bring you Saturn Girl by Misinformed Manzerick.

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The lyrics:

SATURN GIRL
Can you read my mind
Do you know what’s going through my head
I think that you could, I?m convinced that you can
Every move I make, you counter, I fled
I am the prisoner of the girl from Titan
When I look at you, you know exactly what I’m thinking
Imra Ardeen, please leave me be
Garth Ranzz, Rokk Krin, It feels like I’m sinking
There’s nothing that Saturn Girl’s mind cannot see
Your pink outfit taunts me, the globe on your chest
Your long blond hair is burning my eyes
Send out your pulse waves, you know you?re the best
You are the girls all us villains despise
And I am one of them, but my power is weak
I possess the capability to do flips and fly
I have super-hearing, but not super-strength
And I have been known to shoot flames out my eye
But I’m no match for you and your legion of heroes
Oh, Imra Ardeen, please leave me be
Chameleon, Element Lad, they are all zeroes
I can beat them, but Saturn Girl can beat me
What’s inside your utility belt
I like your headquarters, could you give me a tour?
My powers aren’t special, I’m no Ultra Boy
And I’m from the twentieth century, do you find me a bore?
When I look at you, you know exactly what I’m thinking…

Here's the whole story from the band's blog:

The song “Saturn Girl” was Misinformed Manzerick’s first venture into the world of copyright infringement (one of many) as Jarvis and crew decided to make a longform video based on characters from the DC comic, “The Legion of Super-Heroes.” Excited over the success of their first video, M&M decided to take it one step further. “It was so cool seeing ourselves on TV like that,” said Jarvis. “I mean, I’ve seen myself on video before, because my sister has, like, a video camera and stuff, and we taped a vacation we took together and that was neat and all, but seeing an ACTUAL video was killer. So, we decided to go even further, and because of that, the song grew.” Filmed during the making of “Redman and Skunk,” “Misinformed Manzerick vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes” portrayed the song in question and spun a whole web of legal troubles for the band.

“Look,” said Jarvis, “I thought it would look cool for us to be in costume and stuff like that. I always wanted to wear a Lightning Lad outfit or run around in tights and sh-t, pretending to shoot electricity out of my fingers, so we picked our favorite comic book and went from there. I’m from Tahlequah, Oklahoma!! Nobody told me there were LAWS against this sh-t!!”

The band borrowed money from SCUM records to make the video and went full out, building sets on the cheap and investing heavily on costumes and special effects. “I had some redneck cousins that needed the work, so we paid ‘em to build the sets and then I made my mom sew all the costumes and we filmed this awesome little story. I got my girlfriend, the one with the new boobs, to play Saturn Girl. The problem with videos nowadays is that it’s all about image and sh-t. The best videos, like ‘November Rain’ and ‘Just a Gigolo’, all had stories!! It kept the viewer interested. I’ve got acne scars and Hector’s a fat ass!! Do you really think we can hold people’s interest just on IMAGE? Then again, that Blues Traveler guy is a real chunk and Bob Dylan ain’t exactly pretty, so I guess we can…”

The band barely made it out of the starting blocks, for no sooner had they edited the video than TIME/Warner, the parent company of DC comics, sued the band for copyright infringement. “The lawyers for SCUM didn’t even bother putting up a fight.” said Victor. “When you go up against big corporations like that, well, let’s just say that sometimes people get hurt…”

“Look,” says Jarvis, “I know the truth. They threatened Hector. It’s true!! They threatened to kick Hector out of the country because he’s Mexican. They said, ‘We know that certain members of your band are here illegally and we have very powerful friends who can rid us of problems like you!! That’s what those big corporations do!!!”

Needless to say, the band never released the video, but the song did see the light of day.

Although SCUM quickly settled out of court and the video was destroyed (”They wouldn’t even allow us to publish pictures from the damn thing,” said Jarvis), TIME/Warner also wanted the song to be destroyed. “We were scared to lose the song,” said Jarvis.

“That’s bullsh-t!!” says Gonzalez. “I was never scared to lose that song!! I hate that song!! Mike just likes the song because he wrote it about that girl that he got breast implants for!! That’s all!! Look, I was embarassed to be in the video, I was embarassed to shave my head and wear horns for the video, I was embarassed to record that Flock of Seagulls sounding song, and I’m embarassed right now to talk about how embarassed I am about the song!! I hate that that dreck is considered one of our hits!! It’s embarassing!!”

A little known fact is that the video starred a young Matt Damon as Lightning Lad, but Damon was later cut from the song due to time constraints. “Matt who?” said Jarvis, when asked about the actor, “He was in that video? I was pretty strung out around that time, so I really couldn’t tell you.”

Delbert McClure had absolutely nothing to do with either the song or the video. “He was visiting his ‘cousins’ when we recorded the song,” said Jarvis. “Then, he was drunk when we did the video and he kept saying that everyone would be able to see his package if he wore tights and that he found that embarassing, which was weird, because he used to streak all the time.”