Songs about Heroes or Heroines

[MaVolta]

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)

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Popular" * Nada Surf Band

Hi-Skool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAFuD-S-e_E&ab_channel=nadasurf

[1968Hoya46]

You Gotta Be A Football Hero (To Get Along With The Beautiful Girls): Ben Bernie (written 1933).

[MaVolta]

You've Got A Friend - Carole King / James Taylor

[ripvanwinkle96]

" Oh No Not Susan" * ELO

Royale rejecting Royalty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXXIRCTUv4M&ab_channel=tedblight

[cm9889168]

"Heroes and Villains"  by The Beach Boys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptxwWt2JeGQ

[1968Hoya46]

Mama Didn't Lie: Jan Bradley (Mother knows best).

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Major Tom" * Peter Schilling

Armegeddon 87' - saves the world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cr04_goBGk&ab_channel=LoBoToMia1987

[1968Hoya46]

Old Rivers: Walter Brennan (a young boy's hero).

[ripvanwinkle96]

"The Sun King" * Beatles

abbey road

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bNMxWGHlTI&ab_channel=TheBeatles-Topic

[1968Hoya46]

Oh My Pa-Pa: Eddie Fisher

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Her Royal Majesty" * James Darren

The king of fools singing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRnpsZpCuzY&ab_channel=finetunesEasyListening

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Nikki Hoki" * P.J. Proby

Mother of Polk Salad Annie?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa6Fj5N48ZE

[cm9889168]

"Billy Don't Be a Hero"

     by Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqfIKqW2ZPo

[schuhplattler]

"Hang on the Bell Nellie" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLunov9FVfc

[TheGent2U]

The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead - originally XTC, covered by The Crash Test Dummies, with Ellen Reid on lead vocals. https://youtu.be/nLt60MUv7AU

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Dear God" * XTC

God is dead.” - Nietzsche  “Nietzsche is dead.” - God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p554R-Jq43A

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Father Of Mine" * Everclear

Deserted boy grows up to be a better Father than his.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkcbxjWG9Mc

[TheGent2U]

@ripvanwinkle96 Great add. Um....you do realize this reminds me of a protest song/ See you there.

[ripvanwinkle96]

"Who Put The Bomp" * Barry Mann

He made my baby fall in love with me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2npNkOtdZk

[cm9889168]

"Abraham, Martin, and John"

             by Dion

"...I just looked around and he's gone."  RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5hFMy4pTrs

[ripvanwinkle96]

"UnEasy Rider"  Charlie Daniels Band

To some he had guts, to others a dang fool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoVL1Zs6WTw&t=77s

[TheGent2U]

@ripvanwinkle96: Charlie rewrote "Uneasy Rider": "Uneasy Rider 88" https://youtu.be/AHJZRZlmMe4

[cm9889168]

"Big Bad John"  by Jimmy Dean

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnnHprUGKF0

[MaVolta]

Two songs from Mark Knopfler -

Piper to the End (Knopfler's uncle Freddie was a piper who died in WWI)

Rememberance Day  (same as our Veteran's Day / Armistice Day in the UK to remember the fallen soldiers of WWI)

[ripvanwinkle96]

"The Tin Man" * America

Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man That he didn't, didn't already have.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI5HjciMODc

[TheGent2U]

@ripvanwinkle96: Nice Add. The members of America were all Air Force Brats. They went to USAF Central High School in Bushey, Hertfordshire, UK. Class of 1970. A friend of mine was two years behind them at the same school. She remembers watching them sit in the school's grassy areas, playing their guitars.

[ripvanwinkle96]

That must have been a real nice deployment, I would've loved it. I was in USAF 67-71, Lackland, Texas, Travis afb, SF. Calif,  Thailand. You know I came across this article and I think this guy was a real hero, check it out see what you think.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Thompson_Jr.&fbclid=IwAR2wJVPH4jmxrs19Md5cfio7t0ayEW...

[MaVolta]

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@ripvanwinkle96 wrote:

 You know I came across this article and I think this guy was a real hero, check it out see what you think.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Thompson_Jr.&fbclid=IwAR2wJVPH4jmxrs19Md5cfio7t0ayEW...

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OMG, I remember hearing about him, and that he testified before Congress! I didn't recognize the name, but I do remember the story. I'm pretty sure he was mentioned in the Ken Burns documentary about the Viet Nam War because it talked about the soldiers that were trying to rescue civilians and stop the slaughter that was occuring. Truly a hero!

[cm9889168]

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@ripvanwinkle96 wrote:

That must have been a real nice deployment, I would've loved it. I was in USAF 67-71, Lackland, Texas, Travis afb, SF. Calif,  Thailand. You know I came across this article and I think this guy was a real hero, check it out see what you think.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Thompson_Jr.&fbclid=IwAR2wJVPH4jmxrs19Md5cfio7t0ayEW...

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Amen ripvanwinkle. What a beautiful story of a real hero, RIP Major Thompson.  No man hath greater love...Here's the song written for him I listened to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbcgIn63ibo

[TheGent2U]

@ripvanwinkle96 BIG TIME HERO! Hugh Clowers Thompson Jr. deserves to be much better known. Wow!