tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post5933795902983433810..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: You’ll Know Who I Am by the Songs that I SingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-74633772472906672132023-03-16T07:19:47.422-05:002023-03-16T07:19:47.422-05:00I believe it’s Batman 224 where we learn Dick gray...I believe it’s Batman 224 where we learn Dick grayson can fingerpick a 12 string, the issue where Dick rescues a kid and befriends himAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-76289554299790844792010-05-28T14:21:53.128-05:002010-05-28T14:21:53.128-05:00Doesn't everyone think of John Denver when fac...Doesn't everyone think of John Denver when faced with the Dick Grayson character?<br /><br />Cheers!<br /><br />Steven G. Willis<br /><a href="http://www.xowcomics.com/" rel="nofollow">XOWComics.com</a>nyrdyvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14160524980681398010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-26960486785241220352010-05-25T22:57:31.762-05:002010-05-25T22:57:31.762-05:00Yes, Dick plays guitar at Donna Troy’s wedding. Th...Yes, Dick plays guitar at Donna Troy’s wedding. That was the first time I remember seeing him pick up a musical instrument.<br /><br />That issue was dated in early 1985, and <i>Crisis on Infinite Earths</i> started a couple of months later.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-18668279118466176972010-05-25T21:56:30.750-05:002010-05-25T21:56:30.750-05:00Doesn't Dick play guitar at Donna's weddin...Doesn't Dick play guitar at Donna's wedding? Is that post-crisis?<br /><br />I fully believe that he still plays various instruments, especially the accordion, and sings. I wish somebody would let him and Alfred chill out with some performing one night. Damian would probably comment on how this must be how "the help" amuse themselves backstairs or something. (Though I fear a moment later he would reveal he was a classical pianist, given his track record.)<br /><br />I agree that "Today" had a very different meaning in 1966. Of course Dick would be handy with a folksong throughout that whole period.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-4168934151261032842010-05-24T19:41:37.344-05:002010-05-24T19:41:37.344-05:00Or Dick and the current Squire enjoying a bagpipe ...Or Dick and the current Squire enjoying a bagpipe duet.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-12086489232226652732010-05-24T18:32:11.507-05:002010-05-24T18:32:11.507-05:00Nah, too obvious, let's see the accordion out ...Nah, too obvious, let's see the accordion out on a table somewhere! :)<br /><br />Or possibly a flugelhorn, just for the heck of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-55023713701157903152010-05-24T13:42:11.445-05:002010-05-24T13:42:11.445-05:00Reminds me of that old "horror" line fro...Reminds me of that old "horror" line from a famous, Chicago-based movie in the '80s: "We got both kinds of music here, country and western".<br /><br />Cheers!<br /><br />Steven G. Willis<br /><a href="http://www.xowcomics.com/" rel="nofollow">XOWComics.com</a>nyrdyvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14160524980681398010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-57783958970161088782010-05-23T22:05:48.106-05:002010-05-23T22:05:48.106-05:00I think that’s Wally’s hand on the White Zombie ca...I think that’s Wally’s hand on the <a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/pikakao/pic/0003es3a/g225" rel="nofollow">White Zombie cassette</a>, but on the next page Dick asks about putting a soundtrack into his suit, so point taken. <br /><br />I agree that it wouldn’t be too much to ask to see a guitar on a stand in Dick’s room sometime.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-21262667520248679282010-05-23T21:28:45.202-05:002010-05-23T21:28:45.202-05:00Dick's interest in music remains alive and wel...Dick's interest in music remains alive and well, although style fluctuates wildly from writer to writer.<br /><br />Dini has him missing a jazz guitar performance (sheesh, Dini, you are OLD) to rescue Damian recently. Further back, in Flash plus Nightwing, Dick puts a White Zombie cassette into the taper deck in the car.<br /><br />I'd love to see a guitar leaning up against the wall in his room though. <br /><br />/taterpietaterpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11678456457309288693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-85585002600656026312010-05-23T19:10:59.264-05:002010-05-23T19:10:59.264-05:00All the examples of Dick Grayson singing and playi...All the examples of Dick Grayson singing and playing music that I can think of now date from before <i>Crisis on Infinite Earths</i>. So I don’t know if those hobbies have remained part of his character. I like to think they have.<br /><br />(Of course, I’m blocking my memory of <i>Batman: Fortunate Son</i> as a long exploration of Robin and music. I’m trying to fill my mind with thoughts of the Mad Mod episodes of <i>Teen Titans</i> instead.) <br /><br />I think the song choice here is steered by DC’s attempts to be relevant to kids in 1966. “Kids like folk music, right? That Peter, Paul & Mary stuff. Especially when they’re on a high-school campout, right?“ And, to be fair, Dick is answering a request from a teacher to play something, so he might have chosen the song with that audience in mind. <br /><br />Nowadays he might choose Lady Gaga. Oh, wait, that was <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxDlC7YV5is" rel="nofollow">a different Greyson</a>.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-68969868217925198702010-05-23T16:23:43.018-05:002010-05-23T16:23:43.018-05:00He should probably have stuck to the accordion.
...He should probably have stuck to the accordion. <br /><br />Not the sort of song I imagine Dick being a fan of. Though at least he's not singing it in the Batcave as the implications would be... disturbing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-56970717780675568742010-05-23T09:06:09.196-05:002010-05-23T09:06:09.196-05:00I never knew Dick sang this!
I wish they'd pl...I never knew Dick sang this!<br /><br />I wish they'd play up Dick's musical talents a bit more nowadays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com