Holding Out for a Hero – 1986

A dal eredete Jim Steinman, Bad for Good c�m� lemez�n hallhat� Start Rawing Love c�m� dal refr�nj�re alapul. A Steinman �ltal �rt szerzem�ny, nem hozta meg a v�rt sikert. Ez�rt Jim k�s�bb kor�bbi dal�b�l, Dean Pichford seg�ts�g�vel egy k�zel 6 perces, disco sl�gert k�sz�tett az egykoron m�g csak refr�nk�nt felcsend�l� dallamokb�l. �rdekess�g, hogy a Start Rawing Love sz�vege k�s�bb Meat Loaf album�ra �t�rt, Lost Boys and Golden Girls c�m� dalra �p�l, �gy Steinman saj�t kev�sb� sikeres dal�b�l k�sz�tett k�t vil�gsl�gert. A Holding Out for a Hero el�sz�r 1984-ben jelent meg hivatalosan. A zen�t �s a sz�veget term�szetesen Jim Steinman �rta, aki a Footloose c�m� filmhez �rta a dalt �s csak maxi kislemezen jelent meg, majd k�s�bb Bonnie Tyler v�logat�slemez�n. Nagylemezre csak 1986-ban a Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire-re ker�lt fel. Az Egyes�lt �llamokban kilencszeres platinalemezt vehetett �t a Footloose Soundtrack-�rt. A dal hatalmas sikert aratott, a Brit toplist�n hetekig vezette a 2. helyet, �s t�bb filmben is felcsend�lt m�r, mint p�ld�ul a Bandit�k, a R�vidz�rlat 2. vagy �ppen a Shrek 2. A videoklipet a Grand Kanyonn�l forgatt�k �s szint�n ott, David Copperfielddel is k�sz�tettek egy verzi�t, amikor Bonnie-�rt rep�l t�r�k�l�sben David. A dal sikere az eltelt �vek sor�n sem apadt el. Nem csak filmekben kedvelt bet�tdal, hanem tehets�gkutat� show-m�sorokban is el�szeretettel adj�k el�. A magyar Megaszt�rban k�t sz�ri�ban is �nekelt�k. Egyszer Hoffmann M�nika, majd k�s�bb Bencsik Tamara. Bonnie Tyler elengedhetetlen dala a koncertjein. 2004-es Simply Believe c�m� lemez�n a modern zenei st�lusnak megfelel�en lett �tdolgozva, �gy 2004-ig az 1984-es, hivatalos verzi�t adta el�. Majd 2004 �s 2007 k�z�tt a fel�j�tott verzi�t. �jabban pedig, az eredeti verzi�t �nekli ism�telten. Jim Steinman k�s�bb a V�mp�rok B�lja c�m� musical zen�j�nek meg�r�s�n�l is felhaszn�lta a dal alapritmus�t, de az csak az amerikai Broadway-n bemutatott el�ad�sban hallhat� az egyik jelenetben. Az Eur�pai sz�npadi v�ltozatokban nem szerepel.

Szerz�: Jim Steinman Album: Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire Hossz: 5’50” (1986 Album Version) 4’40” (Radio Edit) 6’27” (Dance Version) 3’56” (2004 version)

Holding Out For A Hero

Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and turn and dream
of what I need

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life

Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night

Up where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I would swear that there's someone somewhere
Watching me

Through the wind and the chill and the rain
And the storm and the flood
I can feel his approach
Like the fire in my blood

Like the fire in my blood

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