Ben Rector - Heroes (Official Video)
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- Watch the official music video for Ben Rector's song, "Heroes."
New album ‘The Joy Of Music’ is out now. Listen here: smarturl.it/TheJoyOfMusic
Catch Ben and Joy on tour this summer! See all dates at: smarturl.it/TheJoyOfMusicLive
Directed by Ben Kadie
Produced by Maggie Phillips and Jason Phillips
Cinematographer: Sten Olson
Choreographer: Dana Wilson
Production Designer: Jamie Weiss
Production Company: Electric Flower Studios
Music produced by John Fields and Ben Rector
Mixed by Tom Lord-Alge
Lyrics:
I miss when I had superpowers
My imagination was my friend and it ran wild and free
I could waste a couple hours
Without a worry in the world staring at stars out on my trampoline, yeah
I miss when Andy McAuthur was the fastest kid there was
and kid there was ever gonna be
Ken Griffey Jr. was a giant before parents got divorced
and I learned that there was gravity
I miss my old heroes
I had to give them all away
I miss my old heroes yeah yeah
God I wish they could’ve stayed
Cause it turns out that the hardest part of growing up's not getting old
It's learning how the real world goes
I miss my old
I miss my old
I miss my Bible study leader
Had all the answers for living in the big bad world
Don’t know if he still talks to Jesus
But his wife's remarried now and I think he sells garage doors
I miss when I thought chasing dreams was
Holy magic behind curtains in a sacred place
Before it was managers and lawyers
Who colored up and cashed them out
For vacation homes in coastal states
I miss my old heroes
I had to give them all away
I miss my old heroes yeah yeah
God I wish they could’ve stayed
Cause it turns out that the hardest part of growing up’s not getting old
It's learning how the real world goes
I miss my old
I miss my old
I miss my old heroes
I miss my old heroes
I miss back when the world was small and we had all the answers
I miss how it was when we were young
I miss back before I understood all the ways that life would break your heart
Before I knew that's what they called growing up
I miss my old heroes
I had to give them all away
I miss my old heroes yeah yeah
God I wish they could’ve stayed
Cause it turns out that the hardest part of growing up’s not just getting old
It's learning how the real world goes
I miss my old
I miss my old
I miss my old heroes
I miss my old heroes
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This turned out great. Thanks for letting me be your Bass Player in this video.
Thank you for playing! This was the first of Ben’s songs I heard, having just found his music yesterday, and what you and he made is incredible.
@@takashiross8553 We had so much fun!
You're amazing!
This piece was great!
Keep going! 👍💯
Great job!!
You did great!
Does anyone else cry for no reason when they listen to Ben's songs? Or is it just me.
Yes definitely me
Somehow he makes us reminisce about the imperfect old world which we sadly yearn for as we see the new world crumble around us
I cry for a very good reason… all I can think about is my 7 year old son, who is about to turn 30 this year. He was 7 when his dad and I divorced because his dad left me for a much younger woman and turned my son’s whole world upside down and out of my 4 children, it seemed to affect him the most, even to this day he has struggled in various ways because of it. He is doing fine now, but it has been hard as a mom to watch and to wonder what the trajectory of his life would have been, if his dad and I had stayed together, if more families stayed together and made things work for the sake of their children; and I mean really make things work, not faking it. I was truly willing to forgive and patch things up, at the time. Not saying I was an innocent and perfect party, by any means. It’s never that simple. It never is. 😌
Choked up now.
Yep
Almost 70 years old and just found Ben, and his musical style and lyric tempo. Lucky me, thanks Ben.
Most underrated Musician and songwriter…period. This should have 100M views. Such a great song.
Sounds like every Christian song
I think it will… eventually. Someone super-famous will stumble upon Ben Rector one day & promote him because that someone loves his music. Then someone famous (maybe the same person, maybe a friend) will put his music in a movie soundtrack and that movie will become super popular… and next thing you know, millions of views on all these videos!
@@HRHDMKYT the convoluted way you imagine this song could get a lot of views kinda proves my point.
Carter I get what you mean since CCM more or less copped the sound of ACM but I love this lol
Couldn’t agree more!
That french horn part though. Beautiful little detail.
I think the best song on the album.
It’s incredible how this video is shot in one take, then slowmo and then getting back to tempo, that’s some artistry on its own.
I agree‼️
Right!? As a film maker I have no idea how they did that.
Crazy indeed! Maybe they played the track in the background in variable tempos every time and that they played along with?
@@Wonka195 It would have to be a motion control rig to do that.. I dont think it is. It looks like the tempo changes are built in so they'd add 4-8bars relative to the slomo section depending on the frame rate that they slow down to
@@homegrownshow you're spot on! (from the vid's director)
Literally just said to my boys the other day "I miss when we used to sing that "old friends" song by that skinny dude on the piano"....
Universe - "I got you, check this new jam out by that same dude"...
Me - (wipes tear)... snnnfftttt... Thanks, fam...
HhHhahahaaha
This video SERIOUSLY NEEDS MORE VIEWS!! I LOVE this song and is so worth it!! great job Mr Ben Rector!!!!
My mind literally can’t compute how they planned for the speed ramping in what appears to be a one take gimbal shot. Mad props to the whole production
I'm 41 and this whole album just really hit hard as I came to the realization that I am getting older and life doesn't last forever.
What I find captivating about this song is the lyrics get more somber as it plays out; it’s well written. While listening, it’s hard not to reminisce about one’s own adolescence and transition to adulthood. All of our childhood heroes eventually fade away - lost to old age or the snares of the world. This song captures the reality we all experience in slowly losing our innocence. No one can escape it.
I wish I had heard this when it came out. It reminds me so much of my son who I lost February 6th this year.
Awesome! I miss my dad and his parents, my grandparents.
I just love Ben’s writing ability to make you look at the beauty of life but in the realist way. If that makes sense. Like a reminiscing nostalgia
Ugh I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. Lyrically, Ben paints a magically wonderful picture and it takes me down this nostalgic memory lane.
Ben - you tap into the world we lived in and the world we are in. Keep doing it. You are an inspiration!!
As a videographer this is so wonderfully done. Such a great marrying of creativity, talent, and lyrical beauty.
I'm a tugboat captain, and I agree.
I'm really digging the overall direction from Ben in this album. I've followed him from the Duke days...consistent, solid songwriting. It's been a joy
That was amazing. The slow motion in time with the lyrics blew my brain wide open.
Now, come to Phoenix...we need you.
Exactly!!!
How the heck does this Channel only have 111K subscribers.... I mean seriously... One of the few artists I feel has stayed true to his music and doesn't care about getting massive. Just makes music because he loves to.
MAD PROPS to the whole production crew here!! especially the collaboration between the the cinematographers and people who edited together the track they probably used while filming! the slow-mo/tempo M A G I C that's happening here is INCREDIBLE!! Heroes is my fav track on the album, too, so I just all around loved this.
everything about Ben's music is so good... I MEAN EVERYTHING!
Such a fantastic song - perfect song for a highway drive with windows down! I think I know the man in the red outfit. Love my uncle Brad! Congrats on a successful song.
Xo
That’s awesome!! I agree!!
Wow I didn’t expect for this to make me cry!
I barely connect to songs but when I do, it’s Ben Rector 😭
the slow mo part is amazing.
Agreed😆🙌
i still dont get how this only has 18K views..... should be at million or so ....
My favorite video and song combination on the album
I just turned 37 yesterday and this song resonates so much. I’m married to an amazing woman and have 3 wonderful kids, but the hardest part is feeling stagnant in life and facing the real world.
Wish I could be the Real Hero that my young kids see with their innocent eyes, but one day they’ll find out I’m just a flawed man, trying to give them a better life.
David Wilcox calls it “the big boring middle in this long book of life”…don’t give up, Dad…you’re guiding someone else through rough waters and even the little things matter that you teach.
Gees, this is Life, words I've asked a many times, where are the heroes I remember, gone life in the system removes the imagination of your youth. They call it growing up.
You're the greatest song writer of our time! Thank you, Ben!!
facts^
Ben, you never cease to outdo yourself! Can’t wait to see you in NYC
Brilliant YET AGAIN! Found out at work a couple weeks ago that all my bosses love you and have loved you for years! Totally brought us together in a new way! Told them about Sunday after the video launched and now it’s become a staple between us all. We work at Chick-FIL-A. 🙏❤️❤️❤️
Fav song on the album right now, thank you.
Man, the excitement and opneness sound of this song combined with cinematography and choreographed slow motion back to regular tempo is awesome.
An alt title for this project could have been the Happiest Sad Album. He’s playing with tension in the lyrics and music and humour of this album, and it really works.
The album is objectively the worst he has ever made. One good song does not an interesting/dynamic LP make.
Ben's songs and music are more than nostalgic, they're iconic in a way, God has blessed this man to be a blessing to the world 🌎💖. Listening to Ben's songs bring me happiness, it has a good old fashioned kind of feel good quality about it. Thank you my Heavenly Father for Ben's gift and music 🎵🎶🎹🌈. ✝️🕊️👼🏾🌎😎🕯️🎈🦋🇺🇸🦅☺️
what is this stuff running out of my eyes?
One of my favs from the new album! Excited to see ya in Minneapolis this week Ben!
The hardest part of growing up, was not getting old.
another great song ben! I just have to say... (having been a (rather poor) bible study leader myself for quite a few years), the point of being a bible study leader isn't to have a "perfect" Christian life. (if there even is such a "perfect" life). The point is to encourage each other to be faithful despite all the challenges and ups and downs that will inevitably come. I'm still finding that out for myself. Anyway, the fact that you remember what your bible study leader said all these years later shows that what he did in faith will bear fruit eventually!
God bless. Really enjoying your music, Ben.
Totally agreed and love this message. We are all sinners and not perfect but doesn't mean the Christian message isn't true
Timeless.
How is it that during the chorus and bridge they are all in slow motion yet his lips are back in sync and the drums too!!
Hats off to the video director
This is the best song on the album
An extremely low bar, but yes
This album has had a lot of great videos but I think this one is my favorite. 🔥
When the drums kick in, WHAT A BANGER!! I love how they dressed up, I wonder how the band members felt!
As the old hero guitarist in this what I can tell you is it great fun all around. I only wish they would've let me keep the costume!
I love this song! Thanks for the awesome music video!
Love it!
This man is one of the best songwriters of our generation !!!!
I miss back when the world was small,
And we had all the answers..
I miss how it was was when we were young
I miss back before I understood all the ways
That life would break your heart ♥️
The production alone here deserves an award, all on its own.. Somehow this is definitely in the times we live in now, but so ahead of our time; at the same time. Forever glad I heard Ben’s music🤞🏼😍
Man that chorus groove sits so well
Oh man! That really got the waterworks going for me, such a beautiful appreciation of living life to the fullest at every age, even rocking out in spandex at my grandparents age!
No entiendo cómo esta canción no tienen 100m de vistas. Una obra de arte!
Drummer was on point! Didn't miss a beat. Great vid. Again, the lyrics cut deep.
I love this so much. Hero! These truth songs are giving me so much hope to keep going. The crescendo of your beautiful music is amazing. The words of truth and life lived ! I’m a smiling hero! Thank you for being so amazing.
Yep - I do too! When life was smaller and people were closer. Exceptional song writing ! ! ! ! Ty.
Went to my old Jr high pastor's funeral today, this song hits hard today :(
This is my favorite song off the new record ❤️
You are now apart of my playlist. Thank you for your music!
The lighting on this video, the camera and performance... uuuhhh it's so perfect!
This song is soooo underrated. 280k?!! Should’ve been #1
In the tour performances, the 2:34 guitar solo was a taste of the Top Gun theme - kinda wish it was in the recorded version haha
Such a great song and love the concept of the video. A fantastic album
This is such a good song! Love it! Can't wait to see you in Indy here in a few weeks!
Absolutely, positively… incredible. So emotional. Genius.
Remember when music had emotion and great songwriting? Ben does......
There will for always be heroes among your angels...
Always... True friends, by your side... Here, there and beyond a place called once upon a time in everywhere...
Sending love and only love...
Waiting on a beautiful Little Langley Larney Lady Angel...
Beauty... Beauty and more
so much love in this song, I cried a lot.
Bravo, Ben! Love it!
So much Phil Collins in this song and drum beat. And amazing thoughts on life lyrically.
Ben rector can nail a music video! Best one since Drive which was hilarious.
One Word Masterpiece.
does anyone else totally hear Toontrack EZdrummer as the drums for this song?
Definitely. The snare has that signature “balloon pop” sound haha 😂
No words to describe this story.
beautiful
OOOH, been waiting for this one.
It's seldom that a song hits the "aah, yes" spot as hard as this one
I LOVE THIS VIDEO!!! So glad it's now available not just with the short film!
Love that your dad played the drums.
BEEEEEEEN I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!! SOOO STOKED FOR YOU TO COME TO SANDY UT
What a great song. So glad I decided to ignore the silly optics upon first glance to find how well the images related to the lyrics. Ben has found a new fan!
Great song
Ben rector is such an amazing human,his music is ao awesome,never heard a bad song from Ben all gems. 🙏
best songwriter , cheers from BR
The best song writer EVER!!! ❤️
He make music for the soul. It's deep and wonderful.
it took me... WAAAAYYYY to long to get it. the OLD heroes... they're behind you; in your band 😁
Deep 🥺
Same
WOWWWWWWWWWW, CONGRATS SINCE BRAZIL!
Thumbnail certainly got my attention😜🙌
Hey Ben, best concert i've been to (Toyota Musica Center).
This is such a feel good song☺️
This is a very nice song. I like it a lot.
This song is amazing! I love the lyrics, the deeper meaning, the video production - I love it all!
I heard this on Amazon. I was streaming Matt Kearney and other artists like him. I stopped to ask Alexa, who is the artist? I absolutely love your music 🎶 ❤ I have played this song over and over. I am going to call my local Christian station to ask to put him on the play list!!!!!
Amo todo el álbum, gran trabajo Ben .❤
Your lyrics!!!😭😭😭
💙💙💙
In the target parking lot about to get vitamins for my children thinking about real this is. 💖