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by jcynix 1365 days ago
Very nice! I instantly recognized the tune but from a completely different event, namely

https://youtu.be/wkF9w86XXKU

That's the cover by band London Grammar and TIL about the original one. Didn't know about the movie which now is on my todo list, thanks.

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I remember Alt-J performing a cover of "A Real Hero", another song from the Drive soundtrack, at Glastonbury festival years ago. The film and soundtrack were really cool.
Incidentally, that song was written with Chesley Sullenberger in mind, the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549, which he glide-landed in the Hudson River.

That guy is a real hero, and apparently a real human bean.

I love this cover by Natalie McCool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtpAVTPJaJQ