SONG #36: Foo Fighters - My Hero

Inducted March 4, 2015

The Foo Fighters are a band that I am drawn to whenever they put out new music, but I loved their late "90s" era music the best. Another song that I loved that will be close to making it in the HOF is "Learn to Fly". This song, though, is hands down the best...

The thumping drum beat hooked me from the very beginning. Coincidentally, like the last song, Dave Grohl doesn't start singing until about 35 seconds in. The build up before the vocals is fantastic. This song was another song I started listening to in college (even though it was released when I was in high school). I remember loving the music video, and the song really resonated with me. I am drawn in by the concept of Heroes (You'll see later on that I inducted Hero by David Crosby into the HOF) - specifically ordinary, every day heroes. "There Goes my hero, Watch him as he goes..." is a pretty simplistic phrase, but it certainly invokes feelings I would have when I watched my heroes on tv [Michael Jordan, Rob Deer (yes, I know... look him up), and Mario Lemieux] - and my heroes at home (My Dad)  and being so in awe of them. I definitely get "the feels" listening to this song.

While I can't piece together any memories of this song other than just sitting in my dorm room listening to this song and watching the video, it certainly has woven through many parts of my adult life.

Foo Fighters - My Hero