Like Jakob Dylan, Ziggy Marley, James McCartney, Jeff Buckley, and Sean and Julian Lennon, Iglesias Jnr has strived to escape the imposing shadow of his father. If twenty odd million solo album sales isn't a concrete statement of independence then I don't know what is. Okay, so he's had to face up to obvious questions about their relationship but surely the pouting Spaniard has paid enough dues to be considered a star in his own right now?
'Hero' would have been consigned to the metaphorical gutter overflowing with excruciatingly painful ballads had it not been adopted as an anthem of grief, peace, and hope in the post September 11 world.
Even the most sceptical amongst us can appreciate the sentiments now attached to the song by the American public especially. Cynical marketing or pure coincidence, 'Hero' has come to mean more than the singer or who his father is.
