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Songs about Heroes or Heroines
Just trying to think up a new song topic, so maybe try this one. Think of songs about your heros or heroines. Songs may have hero in the title or lyrics (those are easy), but others may be inferred by something a person has done, or be in reference to a particular person. Be creative!
So here are my first picks to get started -
Holding Out for a Hero - Bonnie Tyler
Candle in the Wind - Elton John (in reference to Marilyn Monroe and later Lady Diana)
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That was such a great movie & song. Too bad they didn't use the tune in the movie. Anyway I thought maybe you would enjoy a video with both.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBCeUZUbxEU&ab_channel=TreasureIsland
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"Daniel" * Elton John
Big Brother back from Vietnam.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jxLzGzl9kA&ab_channel=EthanJ
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Cruel War - Peter, Paul, & Mary
Hero and heroine, but the song is mostly about the heroine who dresses as a soldier to go into battle with the one that she loves.
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"A Scottish Soldier" * Andy Stewart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sAitY3y9mY&ab_channel=IanMaclean
This the original version, used to hear this on my transistor radio when I was a kid. Made me feel like going to battle. Just like when watching them old Errol Flynn movies. Boy did things change when I got to my late teens in 67'.
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Green Fields of France (No Man's Land) - aka Willie McBride
Written by Scottish singer / songwriter Eric Bogle and performed by just about every Irish singer or group on the planet. It is a tribute to the fallen soldiers of WWI. Bogle also said it was written in response to anti-Irish sentiment in the UK during the 70's, and generally, an anti war song.
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"Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" * Paula Cole
montage of cowboy "Hero's"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTOfkaoBW3w&ab_channel=MarkPitta
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Emotional Rescue - Rolling Stones
I will be your knight in shining armor
Coming to your emotional rescue
Well, he thinks he's a hero!
The damsel doesn't appear too interested in being rescued, however.
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My Dad: Paul Petersen (the very definition of schmaltz).
To: The Leader of the Band
by Dan Fogelberg (RIP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDByv7HoAyg&list=PLNbnp1hfr9BhWXHxTN4ipY5rJyMtNWNpk&index=2
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He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother: Hollies, Neil Diamond, others.
After reading MaVolta’s excellent Bridge Over Troubled Water post, I was struck by a similar theme in He Ain’t Heavy: the quiet, everyday heroism of people who help and support their fellow humans, motivated by love and not by a desire for recognition or praise.
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Teen Angel: Mark Dinning (that fateful night the car was stalled upon the railroad tracks, I pulled you out and we were saved [but you went running back]).
His heroism was genuine, although its effects were not long-lived, due to her decision to return to the car to retrieve his high school ring, a ring that could easily have been replaced.
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Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
Funky Claude was running in and out
Pulling kids out the ground
Reference to Claude Nobs who saved a number of kids from the fire at Montreux Casino, 1971. He was the founder and organizer of the Montreux Jazz Festival, but he had also served as a volunteer firefighter!
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