Peter Parker

If I ran a game store I would play the song Peter Parker by the great Luke Ski.

While Sony Pictures was producing the movie Spider-Man, the great Luke Ski was producing the song Peter Parker. Spider-Man was released in theaters on May 3, 2002 and was the biggest movie of the year. Peter Parker was first played on the Dr. Demento Show on May 5, 2002 and was the show's most requested song of the year.

Peter Parker is a parody of Run-D.M.C.'s Peter Piper performed by Luke Ski and Devo Spice. It's a hip-hop song that nostalgically samples the theme song to the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon series. The song broadly tells the tale of Peter Parker's life and the villains he faces. It also outlines a number of other Marvel superheroes but ranks Spider-Man above them for greatness. It's a fun song for the lyrics Luke Ski wrote and the song he parodies, but his sampling really make the song what it is. Rather than going on about Sam Raimi's movie, Luke Ski looked to an early version of Spider-Man. This gives the song a longer shelf life and makes it accessible to a generation familiar with that version of the web head - even the first time you hear it you will know some of the lyrics. Peter Parker was released on the great Luke Ski’s 2002 album, Uber Geek.

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Peter Parker lyrics

Now Peter Parker popped pictures for J.J.'s rag
In a radioactive science lab
When along came a spider who bit, now he
Is web slingin' and swingin' through N.Y.C.
Now Spider-Man he was so cocky
And all he wanted was to buzz T.V.
But after Uncle's murder it made him see
With great power comes responsibility
And now criminals all around the town
Will turn tails and scatter when they hear this sound:

Web shot
Web, web, web shot
Web, web, web shot
Namely your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man
Spider-Man, Spider-Man
Does whatever a spider can
Spider-Man, Spider-Man
Does whatever a spider can

Now Peter Parker's an embarker known as Spider-Man
But Norman Osborne's gotten darker in his corporate plan
After he took a serum, wild delirium
Out to kill Spidey and everyone near 'em
On his glider throwin' bombs, Green Goblin, he be illin'
So with timin' Spidey's climbin', stoppin' crime and all the villains
Scorpion, Hobgoblin, Kingpin, Rhino
Venom, Carnage, Doctor Ock, and Electro
With Aunt May, Mary Jane, yeah he'd like to meet her
Get the girl, save the world, and his name is Peter

Spider-Man, Spider-Man
Does whatever a spider can
Spins a web, any size
Catches thieves just like flies
Look out
Here comes the Spider-Man

It goes a one, two, three, hit it
Spidey's like the X-Men as I was told
Mutant powers and such, he's brave and bold
Like Xavier, who's the savior of the babes like Rogue
Her and Storm will make you warm while they both stay in vogue
And there's Jean Grey, to see her play will make you say
God damn that Stan Lee made my day
Cyclops' vision is beamin', Magneto is schemin'
Yeah he's dreamin' of reamin', Toad's a little demon
Logan "Wolverine's" powers will heal all his wounds
When he fights with claws against Sabretooth
Now Reed can stretch for a mile or more
He's the mister of the Fantastic Four
With Invisible Sue and a Thing that's orange
Just don't get scorched by the Human Torch
Get Banner mad and you'll shout "egad"
He's the big green Hulk whose temper is bad
He's the big green Hulk in your neighborhood
Hulk SMASH something SMASH, he SMASH something GOOD

There it is

Spider-Man, Spider-Man
Swinging through your town like your neighborhood Spider-Man
Does whatever a spider can
Why is my Spider-Sense tingling all of a sudden?
Spins a web, any size
Swinging through your town like your neighborhood Spider-Man
Catches thieves just like flies
Lookout
Here comes the Spider-Man

When Cap-
When Cap-
When Captain America has adventures
He calls upon The Avengers
Iron Man's armor and with Thor's hammer
Soon Victor Von Doom is in the slammer
Silver Surfer's all shiny
Daredevil's cool but he can't see
Do they compare? None of them can
To your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man
Huh

Hey Devo, let's break it down
Spider-Man
Yeah, Spider-Man
Uh-huh, spinning webs from here to Japan
C'mon, see him there, swingin' higher
Homeboy looks like Tobey Macguire
Look out
The Spider House Rules
Here comes the Spider-Man
Bone Saw is ready, oh yeah

Life is a great big bang up
Whenever there's a hang up
You'll find the Spider man