Not at all common anymore, Big Bad John (which was No.1 the day I was Born), John Henry, Joe Hill, Sacco & Vanzetti. The most recent one I can think of is Camouflage by Stan Ridgeway.
Not at all common anymore, Big Bad John (which was No.1 the day I was Born), John Henry, Joe Hill, Sacco & Vanzetti. The most recent one I can think of is Camouflage by Stan Ridgeway.
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-- Aristotle
Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
“A Man Who Does Not Read Has No Appreciable Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read” - Mark Twain
^ good one!
Did that chart? Good song though.
Billy Don't Be a Hero
Tony Banks - Hero for an Hour (charts? CHARTS? We doan need no steeenkin CHARTS!)
Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out for a Hero
Metallica - Hero of the Day
-=Will you stand by me against the cold night, or are you afraid of the ice?=-
A couple from Oz:
John Paul Young - Yesterday's Hero
1927 - Compulsory Hero
and I'm surprised no one yet mentioned David Bowie!
Okaaay, I had hoped for songs named after heores, as in the examples I providednot just songs with the word "hero" in the title
O Superman
and, not chart songs, but anyway:
One For The Vine.
Biko.
Good one! And that reminds me of "Nelson Mandela" by Special AKAOriginally Posted by Halmyre
Great man, dreadful song.
+1...
Five For Fighting - "It's Not Easy" is all about Superman.
Queen - Flash (as in Gordon)
Superman - The Kinks
-=Will you stand by me against the cold night, or are you afraid of the ice?=-
Alas, the single did not.
The album, however:
Album Excitable Boy
Year Chart Position
1978 Billboard Pop Albums 8
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1978 "Werewolves of London" Billboard Pop Singles 21
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-- Aristotle
Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
“A Man Who Does Not Read Has No Appreciable Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read” - Mark Twain
"The Knife" - Genesis
the entire Power and the Glory album - Gentle Giant
Jesus Christ Superstar
Many songs by Jim Croce ("Bad Bad Leroy Brown," "You Don't Mess Around with Jim," "Rapid Roy (that Stock Car Boy)," etc.
Cobra handling and cocaine use are a bad mix.
did bob Dylan's "In the Garden' chart?
From 2001
"Normal is just the average of extremes" - Gary Lessor
The ballad of billy jack
The Ice Cream Lady Wet her drawers........To see you in the Passion Playyyy eeee - I. Anderson
"It's kind of like deciding not to date a beautiful blonde anymore because she farted." - Top Cat
I was expecting to be kinda meh, but it made my nips stiffen - Jerjo
(Zamran) "that fucking thing man . . . it sits there on my wall like a broken clock " - Helix
Social Media is the "Toilet" of the Internet - Lady Gaga
Sgt Barry Sadler - the Ballad of the Green Berets
"Theme from Shaft," by Isaac Hayes
"Man who Shot Liberty Valance," by Gene Pitney
Cobra handling and cocaine use are a bad mix.
Or "Hurricane"?
Ballad of Jayne (Mansfield)- L.A. Guns
'The smell of strange colours are heard everywhere'- Threshold
Dschinghis Khan - Dschinghis Khan (Genghis Khan)
Elton John has done several songs about heroes and heroines, though I can only think of one (Candle in the Wind, original and remake) that was a successful charting single. Others include Cage the Songbird, The Ballad of Danny Bailey, and, most recently, Oscar Wilde Gets Out.
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And who can forget this little ditty.
Do not suffer through the game of chance that plays....always doors to lock away your dreams (To Be Over)
Wasn't that one kind of the inspiration for Camouflage by Stan Ridgeway?
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