Talk:My Hero (song)

Is this song related to the tv show of the same name? Darrik2 20:33, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Reverting

Why does everyone keep reverting my addition to this article? I clearly cited it; at the beginning of the live performance, track 5, Dave Grohl clearly states that the song is a reworking of "Mama, I'm Coming Home." If necessary, I'll post the MP3 online so you can hear him say it yourselves. I'm going to go ahead and revert 68.4.159.101's revert. --Evil Eccentric 00:27, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

DURR...it isnt specific enough, he could be joking, change from it is, to on this album dave says this. 08:56, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

For the record, it's a joke. He starts noodling on the guitar and says, "Wait a minute, isn't that 'Mama I'm Coming Home' or something like that?" He wasn't even sure that was the right song. He then starts mimicking Ozzy singing "Mama I'm Coming Home", then jokes that he ripped off Ozzy "because it was such a big hit".

Later in the set (which was a half-hour performance), right after the band goofed around on Eddie Money's "Baby Hold On to Me" and Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven", Grohl references it again. "This is how we make records. We sit around and play Eddie Money songs, and rip them off. And then we sit around and play Ozzy songs, and we rip them off. And you guys don't even notice!"

Anyway, the added reference failed WP:RS - it wasn't mentioned in the liner notes (as the inserted ref claimed). The statement is not in record and isn't confirmable (per WP:V). -- ChrisB 01:57, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

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Song Meaning

"That's my way of saying that when I was young, I didn't have big rock heroes, I didn't want to grow up and be some big sporting hero. My heroes were ordinary people and the people that I have a lot of respect for are just solid everyday people - people you can rely on."

This is the quote that keeps popping up. I can't source it. If somebody else can, that'd be awesome.

If you google search the quote, it comes up with the website with a bunch of quotes from Grohl (supposedly) about every song. KMils 17:52, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

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