Some of my favorite contemporary music jams thru the years have been the great story songs. The rock and roll genre has definitely had it’s share.
Have you ever fantasized about being a star when you were a kid and pictured yourself on stage behind the mic or with your fave instrument? Then you will most definitely love this classic from Foreigner. Juke Box Hero talks about a kid who can’t afford a ticket to the concert and has to stand outside the stadium listening to his favorite band.
It doesn’t end there though. His imagination leads to positive action (and you wonder why I like the song?) when he buys a used axe and actually becomes good enough to take center stage himself.
Here are the lyrics. Print them out and see if you can take yourself back and jam with the band on the YouTube link. Oh yeah…rock on dude!
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Juke Box Hero by Foreigner
Standing in the rain, with his head hung low
Couldn’t get a ticket, it was a sold out show
Heard the roar of the crowd, he could picture the scene
Put his ear to the wall, then like a distant scream
He heard one guitar, just blew him away
He saw stars in his eyes, and the very next day
Bought a beat up six string, in a secondhand store
Didn’t know how to play it, but he knew for sure
That one guitar, felt good in his hands
Didn’t take long, to understand
Just one guitar, slung way down low
Was one way ticket, only one way to go
So he started rockin
Ain’t never gonna stop
Gotta keep on rockin
Someday hes gonna make it to the top
And be a juke box hero, got stars in his eyes
He’s a juke box hero
He took one guitar, juke box hero, stars in his eyes
Juke box hero, he’ll come alive tonight
In a town without a name, in a heavy downpour
Thought he passed his own shadow, by the backstage door
Like a trip through the past, to that day in the rain
And that one guitar made his whole life change
Now he needs to keep rockin
He just cant stop
Gotta keep on rockin
That boy has got to stay on top
And be a juke box hero, got stars in his eyes
He’s a juke box hero, got stars in his eyes
Yeah, juke box hero, got stars in his eyes
With that one guitar he’ll come alive
Come alive tonight
Yeah, he’s gotta keep rockin
He just can’t stop
Gotta keep on rockin
That boy has got to stay on top
And be a juke box hero, got stars in his eyes
He’s a juke box hero, got stars in his eyes
Just one guitar, put stars in his eyes
Hes just a juke box hero, aah aah aah
Juke box hero, juke box hero, he’s got stars in his eyes
Stars in his eyes
