General Music Chat

My heroes are the men that take care
of their families, they might get drunk
and loud, and run around on there old
ladies, but they alwaays take care of
them. Their families know they will always
be there, with a roof over their head for
them, and a meal and words of encouragement.

this might be a form of schizophrenia,
let's see here;
they drink till they're incoherent, emotionally unstable, violent & full of rage.
they cheat on their wives, so completely untrustworthy.
but somehow you managed to translate this behavior into a care taking personalty that's a family man.
like everyone in the house can't see through their tortured hypocrisy, he spends most of his days above the the earth being mocked and hated by the very people he's abusing, which of course are the people closest to him.



you know that's a pretty irrational thought, unless of course you are the person in description, then it kinda makes sense in a perverted sort of way.

it's not fair to the most worshipful rock star in my opinion .. the psychological damage it causes to their hypothalamus and pineal gland from being the object of admiration is unfair it ruins many rock stars lives with them turning to drugs, whores, and drink trying to drown out their deep unexplained sorrow..

I'm real careful with the word "hero." From one of my own tunes:

"I amounted to very little.
The people I thought were cool were just as dumb as me.
Dreams of making money and being a hero...
It all added up to zero."

I don't have rock star "heroes" but there are those I'm especially fond of: Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) and Kelly Johnson (RIP) of GirlsSchool. They are /were very good players and song writers, had their problems, lived rough lives and sutck it out.

I respect that and look to themfor inspiration more than I would with some strutting rock god regurgitating tired lyrical cliches with out disturbing his bouffant hairdo.

I have many flaws so I am interested in people who are also flawed and rose above it. In the end it's about perseverance. is that heroism? Nope - that's hard work!

To consider somebody a 'hero,' is to identify that person with a moment in time when they did something very special, at great risk to themselves. There was a man at the Twin Towers called Rick Rescorla who certainly merited the title, "Hero." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rescorla

It's not an art thing.

Talbot

I'm real careful with the word "hero." From one of my own tunes:

"I amounted to very little.
The people I thought were cool were just as dumb as me.
Dreams of making money and being a hero...
It all added up to zero."

I don't have rock star "heroes" but there are those I'm especially fond of: Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) and Kelly Johnson (RIP) of GirlsSchool. They are /were very good players and song writers, had their problems, lived rough lives and sutck it out.

I respect that and look to themfor inspiration more than I would with some strutting rock god regurgitating tired lyrical cliches with out disturbing his bouffant hairdo.

I have many flaws so I am interested in people who are also flawed and rose above it. In the end it's about perseverance. is that heroism? Nope - that's hard work!

To consider somebody a 'hero,' is to identify that person with a moment in time when they did something very special, at great risk to themselves. There was a man at the Twin Towers called Rick Rescorla who certainly merited the title, "Hero." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rescorla

It's not an art thing.

Talbot

Thanks for the link about Rick Rescorla! His memory should live on!

The guy that saved three people because he donated his organs after he was killed in an accident? Hero. The daughter that lifted the car off from her dad when it fell on him? Hero. But can rock stars (or sports or movie stars) be heroes? Yes, if they give their fans a reason to live. There are a lot of folks who claim that if it weren't for a particular artist they might have killed themselves.

You forgot to mention the "Hero" sandwich. It truly should be included in your definition of hero. After all, it may "save" you from mealtime hunger.

http://youtu.be/Pg2np37JNEg

I worship only God.

I need no heros.
Though I can appreciate an individual whom strives to live in truth.
As difficult as that can be.

A working class hero is something to be

Like Sans, I see the act of the Creator dying for His creation as the only real hero and everything fades quickly by comparison.

When I was a child a "hero" was someone who risked life for a sound purpose, or went way beyond the call of military/civilian behavior to help or save someone.

The word has morphed over the decades. I must agree with Slacker, though. People who died on 9/11 are not heroes by any definition I am aware of, save for those who risked their lives to help others.

There seems to be a continuance of "touchy - feely" from the MSM to water down everything and turn things into mush for the masses.