Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1993
Nobody's Hero
Buy Nobody's Hero now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
"'Nobody's Hero'" is a song by Canadian progressive rock band Rush, released as the third single from their 1993 album 'Counterparts'. The first verse deals with the AIDS-related death of a gay man named Ellis Booth, a friend of Neil Peart when Peart lived in London. After the chorus, the second verse speaks of a girl who was murdered in Peart's hometown, Port Dalhousie and was the daughter of a family friend, as remembered by Peart in 'Far and Wide: Bring That Horizon to Me!' The girl is rumoured to have been Kristen French, one of Paul Bernardo's victims.
It inspired the title for the paper 'Nobody's Hero: On Equal Protection, Homosexuality, and National Security' published in The George Washington Law Review.
Track listing
Personnel
*Geddy Lee Bass, lead vocals
*Alex Lifeson Acoustic & electric guitars
*Neil Peart Drums, percussion
*John Webster - Keyboards
with
*Michael Kamen String arrangements & conducting
See also
*List of Rush songs
References
Category:1993 songs
Category:1994 singles
Category:1990s ballads
Category:Rush (band) songs
Category:Rock ballads
Category:LGBT-related songs
Category:Songs based on real people
Category:Songs written by Neil Peart
Category:Songs written by Geddy Lee
Category:Songs written by Alex Lifeson
Category:Song recordings produced by Peter Collins (record producer)
Buy Nobody's Hero now from Amazon
<-- Return to songs from 1993