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Going deep for a great tune from The Color and The Shape. Named after an old friend of Dave Grohl.  He says it’s got about 15 different ideas in it,…

3. “My Hero” - ‘The Colour And The Shape’ (1997)

Fans have interpreted this song to be about Kurt Cobain, but Dave Grohl has never verified that. In the Foo Fighters’ performance on ‘VH1 Storytellers,’ Grohl said that it was inspired by the seemingly normal characters in ‘80s films like ‘Valley Girl.’ Yet another rumor is that the song is about Pete Stahl, the singer of Scream, a DC-area hardcore band that Grohl played in prior to joining Nirvana (the band’s guitarist Franz Stahl was briefly a member of the Foo Fighters). But a recurring theme with Grohl’s best songs is that, regardless of what they were written about, they’re vague enough that you can apply them to your life, and it’s probably one of the many reasons why the band has been so popular for so long.

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Going deep for a great tune from The Color and The Shape. Named after an old friend of Dave Grohl.  He says it's got about 15 different ideas in it, so the lyrics are a little all over the place, but man is it a great song!