No more Heroes

[zak1]

In the song No More Heroes by The Stranglers who are all the Heroes mentioned,and why is Sancho Panza (a charachter from Don Quioti(I think I might have spelt that wrong)mentioned?

[barney1966]

FROM SONGFACTS


This was written by bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel and guitarist Hugh Cornwell, who wrote most of The Stranglers' material. Said Cornwell: "It was a John bass line and I wrote the lyric and melody."

The song mourns the loss of strong figures in culture and mentions people that Hugh Cornwell had great admiration for: communist leader Leon Trotsky, comedian Lenny Bruce, art forger Elmyr de Hory and Don Quixote side kick Sancho Panza.

Cornwell: "When No More Heroes came out, we refused to sign autographs because we were saying, "Don't have heroes. Be your own hero." The people in No More Heroes are anti-heroes really."