There are two songs called Man of Steel, one by Meatloaf from 2003 that I felt was too recent to fit with Araki’s usual classic rock names and also (despite the name) didn’t reflect the right vibes, and the other one is from 1984 by Hank Williams Jr., a Republican country singer who also wrote “If the South Woulda Won” and I’ll be damned if I let Stalin’s stand name refer to song by a reactionary. The other one I considered was Iron Maiden, which would fit with a stand that was some kind nuke-shaped lump of metal looking thing, but naming it after a whole band feels less artful than picking a fitting song, and it’s also one extra step away from the obvious reference.
Whereas Iron Man hits the joke, even if it’s maybe too blunt, and the lyrics halfway work - Stalin as the man who foresaw a disaster coming, tried to get the liberal nations to listen but they wouldn’t, so instead he had to turn the USSR into a crushing steel machine. Plus, Iron Man is on the same Sabbath album as the song I would pick for the stand of Lenin, 『Ｔｈｅ Ｗｉｚａｒｄ』. Like, check those lyrics, it’s too perfect.
And then Trotsky’s would be 『Ｐｌａｎｅｔ Ｃａｒａｖａｎ』 again from the same album and it would just be a sci-fi looking flying armored train.
You know, I thought about that but…
(too much reasoning for a throwaway jojoke)
There are two songs called Man of Steel, one by Meatloaf from 2003 that I felt was too recent to fit with Araki’s usual classic rock names and also (despite the name) didn’t reflect the right vibes, and the other one is from 1984 by Hank Williams Jr., a Republican country singer who also wrote “If the South Woulda Won” and I’ll be damned if I let Stalin’s stand name refer to song by a reactionary. The other one I considered was Iron Maiden, which would fit with a stand that was some kind nuke-shaped lump of metal looking thing, but naming it after a whole band feels less artful than picking a fitting song, and it’s also one extra step away from the obvious reference.
Whereas Iron Man hits the joke, even if it’s maybe too blunt, and the lyrics halfway work - Stalin as the man who foresaw a disaster coming, tried to get the liberal nations to listen but they wouldn’t, so instead he had to turn the USSR into a crushing steel machine. Plus, Iron Man is on the same Sabbath album as the song I would pick for the stand of Lenin, 『Ｔｈｅ Ｗｉｚａｒｄ』. Like, check those lyrics, it’s too perfect.
And then Trotsky’s would be 『Ｐｌａｎｅｔ Ｃａｒａｖａｎ』 again from the same album and it would just be a sci-fi looking flying armored train.
Oh it’s a song title thing.