Hi Ho Sky Raider Lining

Inspirations behind popular songs, part XVIII: Hi Ho Silver Lining

While wandering around a recent City of Villains mission, our intrepid duo were beset by Sky Raiders, a paramilitary cabal formed by people who’ve seen The Rocketeer rather too many times. Among their number are be-jetpacked Wing Raiders, and Porters, so named because they can teleport around the place (and not because they carry luggage around. They get quite touchy about that, I asked one to take my bags to my room, and he shot me with a submachine gun.) This makes them a bit mobile, and in the absence of someone like a Dominator with a group immobilise power (or a hammer to nail the buggers feet to the floor) they run, swoop and teleport all over the place when you’re trying to punch them in the face with the POWER of DARKNESS. M’colleague was moved to comment at one juncture “they’re everywhere!”, at which point the three Porters in our vicinity promptly vanished and the Wing Raider flew off, leading me to rejoin “… and nowhere, baby.” And that’s when it hit me, Scott English and Larry Weiss, writers of the nether popular Hi Ho Silver Lining, were clearly fighting Sky Raiders at the time:

You’re everywhere and nowhere baby, that’s where you’re at
(The aforementioned Porters appearing and disappearing)
Running down a bumpy hillside, in your hippy hat
(A reference to the standard Sky Raider headgear. Far out, man.)
Flying across the country, and getting fat
(The Wing Raiders must get a bit portly, the lazy sods, flying everywhere on their jetpacks instead of walking)
Saying everything is groovy, when your tires are flat
(English and Weiss must’ve been playing characters with the Caltrops power)

And it’s hi ho silver lining,
(Silver being the prevalent colour of Skiffs and Jump Bots)
No matter where you go now baby
I see your sun is shining
(The “sun” being the targeting reticule that remains fixed on Porters, allowing you to keep track of them when they teleport away)
But I won’t make a fuss, though it’s obvious
(But don’t tell the mobs, they think they’ve lost your aggro)

Flies are in your pea soup baby, they’re waving at me
(Well that’s obviously… erm…)
Anything you want is yours now, only nothing’s for free
Lies are gonna get you someday, just wait and see
So open up your beach umbrella, while you’re watching TV

OK, my bad. Hi Ho Silver Lining isn’t about Sky Raiders at all, the authors were probably just off their tits on acid.