It's not only a good song, but it also came out at the right time. Picture it, it's 2002, 9/11 still burned in recent memory but people are hyped for this new big super hero movie production, it's Spider-Man! It's set in New York! The preview teaser even featured the now gone Twin Towers! It's looking amazing, it's got amazing CGI (for the time), it's got famous actors in it! This is the kind of shit people needed to help bounce back, this is also the era where these movies have a song attached to them, so what would work for this uplifting view of America? Ironically in comes Chad Kroeger, a Canadian known for being the lead of hated band Nickelback but here he's teaming up with Josey Scott of Saliva, guitarist Tyler Connolly from Theory, and drummers Matt Cameron (Soundgarden) and Jeremy Taggart (Our Lady Peace).
And how does this go? Right away the video is like BAM, We're on the rooftops in Manhattan! We're splicing in well synced clips from the movie and promo material, we've got this nice building rock track accompanied by that backing orchestra lifting this track way beyond what it should even be! And the lyrics, this isn't some sloppy love note or jokey reference song, NO! The lyrics are about being your own damn Hero, don't wait for it! Hold on to the wings of those Eagles! The bridge come in with "Now that the world isn't ending, it's love that I'm sending to you" and that ending, "AND THEY'RE WATCHING US!", that zoom into Willem Dafoe's Norman Osborn as his minds turning to Green Goblin before focusing on Tobey's Spider-Man swinging around the city before finally matching up with the fading outro and showing him carrying MJ away.
This track is elevated due to the subtle notes of "Fuck you" and being American, coming out barely six months into 2002 and being way better than it had any right to be.
And how does this go? Right away the video is like BAM, We're on the rooftops in Manhattan! We're splicing in well synced clips from the movie and promo material, we've got this nice building rock track accompanied by that backing orchestra lifting this track way beyond what it should even be! And the lyrics, this isn't some sloppy love note or jokey reference song, NO! The lyrics are about being your own damn Hero, don't wait for it! Hold on to the wings of those Eagles! The bridge come in with "Now that the world isn't ending, it's love that I'm sending to you" and that ending, "AND THEY'RE WATCHING US!", that zoom into Willem Dafoe's Norman Osborn as his minds turning to Green Goblin before focusing on Tobey's Spider-Man swinging around the city before finally matching up with the fading outro and showing him carrying MJ away.
This track is elevated due to the subtle notes of "Fuck you" and being American, coming out barely six months into 2002 and being way better than it had any right to be.
