He dedicated this song to the first responders on 9/11. I lost count of how many times I saw him live. He’s been my Hero since I discovered him in 1972
When he performed this for the first responders for the 9/11 concert it gave me chills! Peter Gabriel does a cover of this for the movie “Lone Survivor” about the SEAL team led by LT Michael Murphy. It’s slower and more melancholic. Played during the credits showing all the fallen heroes on that fateful day. God bless 🇺🇸
The Wall is the Berlin Wall, which is where he wrote this song in the late 70’s. The kiss is a clandestine kiss he witnessed between two members of his team who were having an affair. He saw them steal a kiss by the Wall and got the idea for the line in this song, which was mostly written at the time. I LOVE Bowie. He was the inspiration for so many of my own musical heroes. I introduced my 20 year old son to him a couple of months ago and he’s already building a vinyl collection of his albums. Bowie is amazing and timeless.
Bowie was of that generation (my generation) of musicians/creative geniuses of what many call the Golden Age of Rock. Look at the bands of the era such as Zeppelin, The Who, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath (arguably the godfathers of Heavy Metal), Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix and a bit later Van Halen etc. The list just goes on. Growing up in the 70's as a teenager in Los Angeles listening to FM Rock radio was amazing. Unfortunately, it's all gone. Corporate radio killed it.
Bowie was my first REN if that makes sense. Like REN Bowie was a musical Camilla. From Aladdin Sane, Ziggy Stardust to the thin white duke. What a talent. Sometimes I don’t need to understand what he is saying and just get lost in the rhythm and sounds Bowie produces 🥰
Bowie was not just a musical genius, but a good man too. When his friend Marc Bolan was killed in a car crash, there were issues with his Estate. His young baby son Roland was prevented from getting his inheritance. So, Bowie stepped up, and ensured Roland (and his mum Gloria) had enough money. He paid for Roland's education too, as the issues with his inheritance went on until Roland was late teens. Bowie had a conscience and a good heart.
BOWIE LIVED IN WEST GERMANY FROM 1975 - 1978.. HE WROTE THIS THERE.. THE KING OF COOL.... THE WALL IS THE BERLIN WALL .. HE WITNESSED A YOUNG COUPLE KISS BY THE WALL BEFORE IT CAME DOWN....
You have heard Bowie another time. He was singing with Queen (Freddie Mercury) on UNDER PRESSURE. He co-wrote it, and sang. You noted how different it sounded. This is why.
After Queen's epic set at Live Aid 85 the next act to follow was none other than the great David Bowie who opened with Heroes. The word is that Bowie said Fuck you to Freddie as they passed one another backstage, Queen having just stolen the show 😂 Love this story. No doubt Bowie killed it also. Cheers
I saw him live in 1983 on an open-air stage in northern Germany on a beautiful summer night. Unforgettable! The song was released in 1977. He also recorded the song with a German passage. Bowie lived in West Berlin from 1976 to 1978 and went cold turkey there. Iggy Pop also lived in Berlin at the time.
ohhhhhhhhhh I am so excited to see this ! I love this song and David Bowie and this live version !!!!! I believe this was live in Berlin and if I am wrong someone please correct me. "" 'Heroes ' " concerns two lovers, one from East Berlin and the other from the West. Under constant fear of death, they dream they are free, swimming with dolphins. "
In my city we had an electricity blackout lasted weeks. In the late 70s. When the workers went back and switched it on again every radio station snd TV channel here were playing this song for them. I hope Bowie heard about this. He must of known this song would be used for heroes. What a sensation he is. RIP.
Ziggy Stardust introduced me to Bowie in 1973. I was just finishing 5th grade. In my late 50's, he released Lazarus just before his death - amazing video. I followed his changes from my childhood and was never truly disappointed.
There is no one like Bowie. One of the few true musical geniuses. He influenced almost 60 years of music. Then you look at the people he wrote songs for and the people he jamned with, iggy pop, queen, trent reznor, the rolling stones, david gilmor, john lennon, bing crosby, cher, annie lennox the list goes on and on and on and on. A true undeniable legend, even those who dont like bowie will whole heartedly agree.
Love Bowie and this song !❤ The beautiful bass guitarist is Gail Ann Dorsey was with David Bowie for nine years. She was his lead vocalist and dueted on some of his songs.
'Heroes'” was written and recorded in the summer of 1977 in West Berlin's Hansa Studios, which overlooked the Berlin Wall and its watchtowers. Bowie had decamped to the city from LA after cocaine addiction and a failing marriage had nearly destroyed him.
Generally it's about two lovers beating the adversary surroundings (here the divided Berlin in 1977). Love is bigger than politics, basically. This was the anthem of all Berliners back in the early 1980s, east and west. The swimming dolphins refer to a folk song where two children of two Kings (a princess and prince) have to swim through a river to get to each other (and they die).
I freaking love Bowie.. I wanted to be Sarah and Dance with the GoblinKing so bad when I was like 6... Lol... Also... The Big Push did this song & used homemade for the video cause... (Planned C Word) Awesome video...
This was Bowie at his very best, in front of a live audience. The word 'genius' is often bandied about for some artists but never was a more appropriate word used to describe anyone. We all miss him so much and his incredible catalogue of iconic music, which so many other artists made their names on. Bowies wrote the singbook to many generations of people's lives, and may God rest his dear sweet soul. 🙋♂ 💔
@lynnhamps7052 Apart from being the biggest star in the universe..and musical genius...he was a huge advocate for human rights, there is a great interview he did with MTV where he turns the tables on the interviewer and wanted to know why there weren't more black artists being represented..he also employed a lot of black musicians well before it was the norm for white artists to do so. The song is about the Berlin Wall. I feel honoured to have walked on the earth at the same time as this wonderful man..let alone been in the same room twice when I saw him live! 😁✌🇬🇧💖💖💖
David Bowie is my musical hero. He opened his 1983 serious moonlight tour in Milton Keynes with this song. I still get goosebumps and a lump in my throat whenever I hear this. The man was epic.
David Bowie was a product from avant-garde theatre and mime to commedia dell'arte, so not only did his personality change into alter egos over the decades, but his persona also underwent major complexities. He was also an artist whose works have been sold at auction in the millions; he was also a writer and married to Somali-American model Iman
Thank you ❤ Now you really really should react to The Big Push - Heroes. It's such a great cover version - and a great video!! Much love from Berlin - without a wall by now 😊
I saw Bowie on his "Glass Spider" Tour . The show was choreographed by Toni Basil (of "Oh Mickey your so fine" fame) and featured Peter Frampton . The show was beautiful and fun and a little strange , just the way you would want a David Bowie concert to be. Years later I heard David say it was probably his least favorite tour. There is a Live video of the tour concert floating around YT.
I saw that at Maine Road in Manchester but was more interested in seeing Alison Moyet and Terence Trent d'Arby. Also saw him hiding behind a curtain on stage with Iggy Pop, on keyboard, l think..😅
Bowie’s career goes back to the 60’s. In the 60’s he performed under the alter ego Ziggy Stardust. You should watch his film Moonlight Daydream to get a taste of his career
The great Bowie! I was first introduced to him in the late 80s, when he acted as the Gobblin King in the movie "Labyrinth" - beside puppets of Jim Henson. Watch the "Magic Dance" movie sequence of him perfoming the song. Very well done, but scared me as a kid! :)
I'd love to see your reaction to the album version, it's a GOAT-level classic! Another great live performance of Bowie's is with Tina Turner on his song "Tonight" during her 80's UK tour! As for your Bonnie and Clyde interpretation, that's the same vibe I've been getting in the past 30-odd years of this being my favorite song of all time. Literally, this one is my top fave, and I love LOTS of music!
For what it's worth, my take on this song. As others have said, the song relates to an incident along the Berlin Wall. Bowie observed a couple apparently meeting in secret and sharing a kiss. Perhaps innocent enough today but back in 1970's Berlin, fratenising between East and West was a dangerous thing to do. The East German Stasi operated a enormous system of informants. Encouraging them to inform on friends, family and colleagues. Thus the kiss was an act of defiance against an evil totalitarian regime. This is not hyperboley. This theme was revisited by Bowie in his later album The Next Day in the song 'You Feel So Lonely You Could Die' in which a man realises his partner is an informant and has destroyed others lives. Bowie often wrote his songs in metaphor, leaving the listener to interpret the song. Always innovative and always pushing the boundaries. One of the greatest artists ever. I must admit, Ren reminds me of Bowie. A different artist for sure, but innovative, talented and unafraid to explore many genres. The Bowie rabbit hole is far deeper than Ren's but this is to be expected given the decades of music he produced. I hope Ren is equally profligate.
You have spoken the truth! Bowie was there, he lived there, in the middle of the Cold War with all those informers and spies swirling arond him. The story might have been fictional, but the world he is talking about was not fictional. People died trying to cross the border just a stone's throw away from him. He crossed that border many times as well, legally, but still it was a risk to go literally into ennemy teritory.
'thrown off or thrown back by these lyrics' ha! - that's what EVERY Bowie fan experienced multiple times even after multiple listenings... well done! keep going...
david came out with just a small portable keyboard , sat on the floor cross legged and began to play for the first responders at the 9/11 concert- he then went into Heroes. The crowd went wild. What other artist would ever have the GUTS to start off a concert in this way. Bowie, you were a legend.
That is also my understanding. If I recall correctly, it was something like the concert being played close to the wall in order to let people from East Germany also hear/attend it.
@@kurtkish6970 Thanks - I suspect I got something wrong when I originally read about it. The song, written while Bowie was living in Berlin, has been, rightly or wrongly, associated (at least by some) with the fall of the Berlin Wall. There is a rather good article published in the Guardian on 6 November 2014, which, amongst other things, looks at the 1987 Concert for Berlin, on the second night of which Bowie sang "Heroes" (after sending his best wishes, in German, to East Berliners, who lined the wall in order to hear the concert). On the third night, when Genesis was playing, the East Berlin police cracked down on the crowds at the wall. Many eyewitnesses claimed that the violence of the crackdown changed the mood towards the State - as people were just there to hear music, not as any political statement. Another article in Vox (Jan 11 2016) is also interesting on the subject - amongst many other things, it says that on Bowie's death, the German Foreign Minister tweeted something that credited Bowie (and his subtle political message) with helping to bring down the wall. In the end, however, as the article says, there was a heck of a lot more involved with bringing down that wall than a song by David Bowie or a concert in 1987 for that matter.
This live performance is one of my favorites on UA-cam. Just great energy and feel good performance. The song itself is great, and was an important part of the film, the Perks of Being a Wallflower, which I highly recommend as a movie.
David Bowie on Heroes, “I always said it was a couple of lovers by the Wall that prompted the idea for Heroes,” Bowie told Classic Rock in 2015, explaining its meaning. “Actually, it was [Bowie producer] Tony Visconti and his girlfriend. Tony was married at the time, so I couldn’t talk about it. But I can now say that the lovers were Tony and a German girl [Antonia Maass] that he’d met while we were in Berlin. I think possibly his marriage was in the last few months. And it was very touching because I could see that Tony was very much in love with this girl, and it was that relationship which sort of motivated the song.” “I’ll never forget that,” he recalled. “It was one of the most emotional performances I’ve ever done. I was in tears. They’d backed up the stage to the Wall itself so that it was acting as our backdrop. We kind of heard that a few of the East Berliners might actually get the chance to hear the thing, but we didn’t realise in what numbers they would. "And there were thousands on the other side that had come close to the wall. So it was like a double concert, where the Wall was the division. And we would hear them cheering and singing along from the other side. God, even now I get choked up. It was breaking my heart. I’d never done anything like that in my life. And I guess I never will again. www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-the-song-heroes-by-david-bowie
Bowie was also a part of a band called Bauhaus in the early 1980's, check out a song he did with them. Bela Lugosi's Dead. Talk about range, you don't know the half of it. Man was an icon.
He came to town in '74 with his dancers and city street stage and his cherry picker which stalled when it was out over the audience. One of a kind. RIP
It was about a couple kissing on the Same side (West) of the wall. They were both from Bowie’s enterage. 1977 (the recording- not this particular concert).
He was always taking risks and evolving. Just an FYI, he was married to the Somali-American,super model, actress, and entrepreneur for 24 years up to his death. She has spoken about their life and love in a recent interview.
This dude has a lot of range😁......This dude IS one of the GOAT,s......He was known throw the decades, the Rock Chamaleon.....this dude IS one of the Biggest SuperStars in Music History........this dude is the Myth, the ICON known as David Bowie😎
I highly recommend you check out his song "Young Americans" It's my favorite Bowie song and has a reference to the Beatles' "A Day in a Life" because the he collaborated with Lennon on other song off the "Young Americans" album
Bowie and Ren are tied for First Place in my heart… in my photo is the lady standing next to David… she is great Gail Ann Dorsey… The Big Push does a fantastic cover of a Heroes you must check out… done during Covid with fans all around the world… BP you would love it… 💜☮️💜
I see you must like Thin Lizzy ? Have you heard the sweet sound they did called Rosalina. MR David Bowie.. mmmhmmm. We had the pleasure of him at our Isle of Wight Festival..What a show that was.. love how he just writes a line of words through the day and BAM 💥 there’s his next hit..❤❤. Stardust!! Ziggy that is.. Rebal Rebal ..God that man is dearly missed.❤❤
in 1978 Bowie played Lang Park [football stadium] in Brisbane Australia. Couldn't get tickets but had friends who lived on Hale Street [was not the huge road it is now] and we sat, drinking in the dark listening to Bowie as if we were in crowd crush and paid big for tickets - heaven to be where we were. He featured the Heroes album from the year before. Unfortunately we could hear it so clearly but so could all the surrounding suburbs - there were noise complaints. Bowie was fined $500 under The Noise Abatement Act 🤣
DECADES LATER,it became the Official Anthem of Great Britain when we hosted The 20112 Summer Olympics and we got our largest-ever Medals Standing by finishing 3rd in the World:) David Bowie: Absolute legend. Born in Brixton, London just 2 miles from me, and both our families moved 10 miles out to the edge of South East London and Kent. He went to Art School with Peter Frampton and Peter's Father taught them:)
@@MrChristbait They did hold it in 2012 'tis true but I am a Time Traveller and can, exclusively, inform you that in 20112, we will hold it again.......
Bowie is a legend, an icon. He was my hero in my late school years. This was one of my favorite songs and it still is. Bowie had some kind of life crises and a serious drug problem when he decided to go to Berlin for a few years. In this divided city, he found new inspiration and spent some creative years. He later wrote a very melancholic song about these years, "Where are we now". I think he knew he was going to die when he wrote this. RIP, Mr David Bowie.. Thank you so much for your reaction ❤
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He dedicated this song to the first responders on 9/11. I lost count of how many times I saw him live. He’s been my Hero since I discovered him in 1972
When he performed this for the first responders for the 9/11 concert it gave me chills!
Peter Gabriel does a cover of this for the movie “Lone Survivor” about the SEAL team led by LT Michael Murphy. It’s slower and more melancholic. Played during the credits showing all the fallen heroes on that fateful day. God bless 🇺🇸
Bowie on that stage is the ultimate cool a man can achieve!
I was always in awe of this man!! 😮😮
couldn't have put it better.
Love this. My sentaments also.
Nah, Steve McQueen sitting on a motorbike is the ultimate cool 😎
@@clew5687 Debbie Downer!! 😂😂
The Wall is the Berlin Wall, which is where he wrote this song in the late 70’s. The kiss is a clandestine kiss he witnessed between two members of his team who were having an affair. He saw them steal a kiss by the Wall and got the idea for the line in this song, which was mostly written at the time. I LOVE Bowie. He was the inspiration for so many of my own musical heroes. I introduced my 20 year old son to him a couple of months ago and he’s already building a vinyl collection of his albums. Bowie is amazing and timeless.
Yep this is the story. He was recording in berlin and saw this couple kiss, this was before the wall came down
He was my hero. Him and Mick Ronson. I spent long hours queuing for tickets, outside Hammersmith Odeon and The Rainbow. Good memories.
Great reply. ...once u understand the meaning of this song...then u realise just y it is one of the greatest songs written...IMHO...
Bowie was of that generation (my generation) of musicians/creative geniuses of what many call the Golden Age of Rock. Look at the bands of the era such as Zeppelin, The Who, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath (arguably the godfathers of Heavy Metal), Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix and a bit later Van Halen etc. The list just goes on. Growing up in the 70's as a teenager in Los Angeles listening to FM Rock radio was amazing. Unfortunately, it's all gone. Corporate radio killed it.
Bowie was my first REN if that makes sense. Like REN Bowie was a musical Camilla. From Aladdin Sane, Ziggy Stardust to the thin white duke. What a talent. Sometimes I don’t need to understand what he is saying and just get lost in the rhythm and sounds Bowie produces 🥰
Bowie was not just a musical genius, but a good man too. When his friend Marc Bolan was killed in a car crash, there were issues with his Estate. His young baby son Roland was prevented from getting his inheritance. So, Bowie stepped up, and ensured Roland (and his mum Gloria) had enough money. He paid for Roland's education too, as the issues with his inheritance went on until Roland was late teens. Bowie had a conscience and a good heart.
Bowie is a musical chameleon, a big rabbit hole of different styles
Bowie was a straight up legit musical genius. There is so much music in his catalog it might take years for you to get through it.
His music sounds as fresh and innovative today as the day it was released.
David Bowie is one of the coolest men that ever lived and hes such a down to earth dude too .
BOWIE LIVED IN WEST GERMANY FROM 1975 - 1978.. HE WROTE THIS THERE.. THE KING OF COOL.... THE WALL IS THE BERLIN WALL .. HE WITNESSED A YOUNG COUPLE KISS BY THE WALL BEFORE IT CAME DOWN....
Bowie is incredible. I miss him so much ❤
Can you imagine what this performance must have meant to a Berliner? Bowie much missed ❤🇬🇧
Can you imagine what it would be like to be there and he casually says… we’re gonna do the low album….. ? I’d have wet myself
You have heard Bowie another time. He was singing with Queen (Freddie Mercury) on UNDER PRESSURE. He co-wrote it, and sang. You noted how different it sounded. This is why.
After Queen's epic set at Live Aid 85 the next act to follow was none other than the great David Bowie who opened with Heroes. The word is that Bowie said Fuck you to Freddie as they passed one another backstage, Queen having just stolen the show 😂 Love this story. No doubt Bowie killed it also. Cheers
I saw him live in 1983 on an open-air stage in northern Germany on a beautiful summer night. Unforgettable! The song was released in 1977. He also recorded the song with a German passage. Bowie lived in West Berlin from 1976 to 1978 and went cold turkey there. Iggy Pop also lived in Berlin at the time.
RIP Mister David Bowie we miss you fort ever 🤔💔🙏
Bowie is a rabbit hole you'll never get out of 😂❤. Keep up the great work
More of a labyrinth 😊😊😊
Bowie just oozes coolness…
Bowie is one of the all time greats !!!!!!!
Song was inspired by Bowie seeing a couple kiss by the Berlin Wall back in the late 70s when he was working on a trilogy of albums.
I believe it was his producer
The only musician I truly regret not seeing in concert. RIP dear sir. ❤
David Bowie was bigger than life!! ❤❤❤
Bowie is a legend! Loved your reaction BP!❤️🔥✌🏻🫶🏻
Was the coolest man on the planet ❤
ohhhhhhhhhh I am so excited to see this ! I love this song and David Bowie and this live version !!!!! I believe this was live in Berlin and if I am wrong someone please correct me. "" 'Heroes ' " concerns two lovers, one from East Berlin and the other from the West. Under constant fear of death, they dream they are free, swimming with dolphins. "
How amazing is that band 🙌🏻
Bowie, so effortless this is one of my favourite songs by him.
I saw David Bowie live back in the 80s and he sounds just as good live as he does in his recording. And the big push covers it as well.
Used to come home from school lie on my bed listening and chilling to this song. I loved it, at 62 still has the same impact for me.
My three fav Bowie songs are Rebel Rebel, Sorrow and The Laughing Gnome. Yes I am just that old. 😂😂😂
Hahaha Hehehe..
I remember The Laughing Gnome. I think I was 9-10 at the time, so I loved it 😂
Saw Bowie live in 86 ....made me cry❤
Bowie and Mick Jagger doing Dancing in the Street is a fun one to do. Again, Bowie is sooooo cool in that video.
In my city we had an electricity blackout lasted weeks. In the late 70s. When the workers went back and switched it on again every radio station snd TV channel here were playing this song for them.
I hope Bowie heard about this. He must of known this song would be used for heroes.
What a sensation he is. RIP.
Ziggy Stardust introduced me to Bowie in 1973. I was just finishing 5th grade. In my late 50's, he released Lazarus just before his death - amazing video. I followed his changes from my childhood and was never truly disappointed.
The berlin wall separated lovers, family, friends etc.......
His performance of this in live aid is so great!✌️❤️
There is no one like Bowie.
One of the few true musical geniuses.
He influenced almost 60 years of music.
Then you look at the people he wrote songs for and the people he jamned with, iggy pop, queen, trent reznor, the rolling stones, david gilmor, john lennon, bing crosby, cher, annie lennox the list goes on and on and on and on.
A true undeniable legend, even those who dont like bowie will whole heartedly agree.
Love Bowie and this song !❤ The beautiful bass guitarist is Gail Ann Dorsey was with David Bowie for nine years. She was his lead vocalist and dueted on some of his songs.
I always thought it was Skin from Skunk Anansie 😮
Gail Ann also played one two albums with Tears for Fears. Check them out!
'Heroes'” was written and recorded in the summer of 1977 in West Berlin's Hansa Studios, which overlooked the Berlin Wall and its watchtowers. Bowie had decamped to the city from LA after cocaine addiction and a failing marriage had nearly destroyed him.
Bowie was a musical God!
Generally it's about two lovers beating the adversary surroundings (here the divided Berlin in 1977). Love is bigger than politics, basically. This was the anthem of all Berliners back in the early 1980s, east and west. The swimming dolphins refer to a folk song where two children of two Kings (a princess and prince) have to swim through a river to get to each other (and they die).
NOBODY SOUNDS LIKE BOWIE!!! SO miss HIM!! SO MANY great tunes, over the years!! ENJOY, BP!!! RIP, DAVID BOWIE!!
David Bowie’s music is awesome 👏🏻.
I freaking love Bowie.. I wanted to be Sarah and Dance with the GoblinKing so bad when I was like 6... Lol...
Also... The Big Push did this song & used homemade for the video cause... (Planned C Word) Awesome video...
I also wanted to dance with the GoblinKing when I was a little girl.
This was Bowie at his very best, in front of a live audience. The word 'genius' is often bandied about for some artists but never was a more appropriate word used to describe anyone. We all miss him so much and his incredible catalogue of iconic music, which so many other artists made their names on. Bowies wrote the singbook to many generations of people's lives, and may God rest his dear sweet soul. 🙋♂ 💔
@lynnhamps7052
Apart from being the biggest star in the universe..and musical genius...he was a huge advocate for human rights, there is a great interview he did with MTV where he turns the tables on the interviewer and wanted to know why there weren't more black artists being represented..he also employed a lot of black musicians well before it was the norm for white artists to do so.
The song is about the Berlin Wall.
I feel honoured to have walked on the earth at the same time as this wonderful man..let alone been in the same room twice when I saw him live! 😁✌🇬🇧💖💖💖
David Bowie is my musical hero. He opened his 1983 serious moonlight tour in Milton Keynes with this song. I still get goosebumps and a lump in my throat whenever I hear this. The man was epic.
David Bowie was a product from avant-garde theatre and mime to commedia dell'arte, so not only did his personality change into alter egos over the decades, but his persona also underwent major complexities. He was also an artist whose works have been sold at auction in the millions; he was also a writer and married to Somali-American model Iman
Thank you ❤ Now you really really should react to The Big Push - Heroes. It's such a great cover version - and a great video!!
Much love from Berlin - without a wall by now 😊
I saw Bowie on his "Glass Spider" Tour . The show was choreographed by Toni Basil (of "Oh Mickey your so fine" fame) and featured Peter Frampton . The show was beautiful and fun and a little strange , just the way you would want a David Bowie concert to be. Years later I heard David say it was probably his least favorite tour. There is a Live video of the tour concert floating around YT.
Alison Moye and Terrence Trent D'arby were warm ups. I regret not trying to get closer to the stage. Still...I got to see him live.
Yes I saw him on that tour, loved it! Then again on his last tour to Australia
I saw that at Maine Road in Manchester but was more interested in seeing Alison Moyet and Terence Trent d'Arby. Also saw him hiding behind a curtain on stage with Iggy Pop, on keyboard, l think..😅
@@carolinejohnson22 That was the where I saw it. So far away I couldn't see the curtains never mind Bowie hiding.ha
Side note The Big Push does a kick ass cover of this song !
EPIC LIVE PERFORMANCE!
Bowie is one of the greatest of all time!
Bowie’s career goes back to the 60’s. In the 60’s he performed under the alter ego Ziggy Stardust. You should watch his film Moonlight Daydream to get a taste of his career
The great Bowie! I was first introduced to him in the late 80s, when he acted as the Gobblin King in the movie "Labyrinth" - beside puppets of Jim Henson. Watch the "Magic Dance" movie sequence of him perfoming the song. Very well done, but scared me as a kid! :)
It's about a couple on either side of the Berlin Wall.
I love he had you singing along before it was over. BOWIE ALWAYS touched the listeners soul.
I'd love to see your reaction to the album version, it's a GOAT-level classic! Another great live performance of Bowie's is with Tina Turner on his song "Tonight" during her 80's UK tour! As for your Bonnie and Clyde interpretation, that's the same vibe I've been getting in the past 30-odd years of this being my favorite song of all time. Literally, this one is my top fave, and I love LOTS of music!
For what it's worth, my take on this song. As others have said, the song relates to an incident along the Berlin Wall. Bowie observed a couple apparently meeting in secret and sharing a kiss. Perhaps innocent enough today but back in 1970's Berlin, fratenising between East and West was a dangerous thing to do. The East German Stasi operated a enormous system of informants. Encouraging them to inform on friends, family and colleagues.
Thus the kiss was an act of defiance against an evil totalitarian regime. This is not hyperboley.
This theme was revisited by Bowie in his later album The Next Day in the song 'You Feel So Lonely You Could Die' in which a man realises his partner is an informant and has destroyed others lives.
Bowie often wrote his songs in metaphor, leaving the listener to interpret the song. Always innovative and always pushing the boundaries. One of the greatest artists ever.
I must admit, Ren reminds me of Bowie. A different artist for sure, but innovative, talented and unafraid to explore many genres. The Bowie rabbit hole is far deeper than Ren's but this is to be expected given the decades of music he produced. I hope Ren is equally profligate.
You have spoken the truth! Bowie was there, he lived there, in the middle of the Cold War with all those informers and spies swirling arond him. The story might have been fictional, but the world he is talking about was not fictional. People died trying to cross the border just a stone's throw away from him. He crossed that border many times as well, legally, but still it was a risk to go literally into ennemy teritory.
A true legend gone to soon😢
'thrown off or thrown back by these lyrics' ha! - that's what EVERY Bowie fan experienced multiple times even after multiple listenings... well done! keep going...
Growing up he was a hero
Love, love this song !!!
Love Bowie ,last saw him st Milton Keynes bowl goodness knows how long ago 😅 he was my wallpaper in my youth ❤
Cha-cha-cha- cha-changes! Love me some Bowie ❤
david came out with just a small portable keyboard , sat on the floor cross legged and began to play for the first responders at the 9/11 concert- he then went into Heroes. The crowd went wild. What other artist would ever have the GUTS to start off a concert in this way. Bowie, you were a legend.
I think this song had something to do with the Berlin Wall coming down.
That is also my understanding. If I recall correctly, it was something like the concert being played close to the wall in order to let people from East Germany also hear/attend it.
Nope- this song was released in 1977!
It was about a couple kissing by the Berlin Wall well over a decade before it came down.
@@kurtkish6970 thx. I knew the wall had something to do with it, but wasn't 100% sure. Bowie/70s should have clued me in that the wall was still up.
@@kurtkish6970 Thanks - I suspect I got something wrong when I originally read about it. The song, written while Bowie was living in Berlin, has been, rightly or wrongly, associated (at least by some) with the fall of the Berlin Wall. There is a rather good article published in the Guardian on 6 November 2014, which, amongst other things, looks at the 1987 Concert for Berlin, on the second night of which Bowie sang "Heroes" (after sending his best wishes, in German, to East Berliners, who lined the wall in order to hear the concert). On the third night, when Genesis was playing, the East Berlin police cracked down on the crowds at the wall. Many eyewitnesses claimed that the violence of the crackdown changed the mood towards the State - as people were just there to hear music, not as any political statement. Another article in Vox (Jan 11 2016) is also interesting on the subject - amongst many other things, it says that on Bowie's death, the German Foreign Minister tweeted something that credited Bowie (and his subtle political message) with helping to bring down the wall. In the end, however, as the article says, there was a heck of a lot more involved with bringing down that wall than a song by David Bowie or a concert in 1987 for that matter.
This live performance is one of my favorites on UA-cam. Just great energy and feel good performance. The song itself is great, and was an important part of the film, the Perks of Being a Wallflower, which I highly recommend as a movie.
Check out Bowie’s CAT PEOPLE theme song, “Putting Out Fires (With Gasoline)”.
Bowie was such an icon.
He's dearly missed by so many; an amazing artist & songwriter.
RIP Bowie where ever You are ✌️💚
David Bowie was the first concert I ever went to back in the '70's. He was fantastic. Check out Jean Genie by him. You'll love the lyrics. lol
Just realised he has a perfect keening voice.
David Bowie on Heroes, “I always said it was a couple of lovers by the Wall that prompted the idea for Heroes,” Bowie told Classic Rock in 2015, explaining its meaning. “Actually, it was [Bowie producer] Tony Visconti and his girlfriend. Tony was married at the time, so I couldn’t talk about it. But I can now say that the lovers were Tony and a German girl [Antonia Maass] that he’d met while we were in Berlin. I think possibly his marriage was in the last few months. And it was very touching because I could see that Tony was very much in love with this girl, and it was that relationship which sort of motivated the song.” “I’ll never forget that,” he recalled. “It was one of the most emotional performances I’ve ever done. I was in tears. They’d backed up the stage to the Wall itself so that it was acting as our backdrop. We kind of heard that a few of the East Berliners might actually get the chance to hear the thing, but we didn’t realise in what numbers they would. "And there were thousands on the other side that had come close to the wall. So it was like a double concert, where the Wall was the division. And we would hear them cheering and singing along from the other side. God, even now I get choked up. It was breaking my heart. I’d never done anything like that in my life. And I guess I never will again. www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-the-song-heroes-by-david-bowie
Thank you that's an amazing bit of information. I wish I could see that whole concert.
David Bowie, aka The Thin White Duke 😊
Bowie was also a part of a band called Bauhaus in the early 1980's, check out a song he did with them. Bela Lugosi's Dead. Talk about range, you don't know the half of it.
Man was an icon.
He came to town in '74 with his dancers and city street stage and his cherry picker which stalled when it was out over the audience. One of a kind. RIP
Thanks for doing this one, I know the song but never seen him perform it ❤
*BP* one short video of Bowie you might enjoy is him saying the Lord's Prayer on stage in honor of his fallen friend, Freddie Mercury. Gave me chills.
Life on Mars is one of my favourite Bowie songs
Thank you for your lovely reaction, watch him perform this at the Live Aid concert from 1985 at Wembley. It's absolutely stunning.
It was about a couple kissing on the Same side (West) of the wall. They were both from Bowie’s enterage. 1977 (the recording- not this particular concert).
I love this song and this performance, thank you.
He was always taking risks and evolving. Just an FYI, he was married to the Somali-American,super model, actress, and entrepreneur for 24 years up to his death. She has spoken about their life and love in a recent interview.
Forgot to add her name-- Iman
one of the best concerts i've seen, and i've seen my share 💚💚💚💚
It’s NEVER a mistake to listen to and watch Bowie live ❤❤
This dude has a lot of range😁......This dude IS one of the GOAT,s......He was known throw the decades, the Rock Chamaleon.....this dude IS one of the Biggest SuperStars in Music History........this dude is the Myth, the ICON known as David Bowie😎
Bowie dropped Heroes in October 1977
I highly recommend you check out his song "Young Americans" It's my favorite Bowie song and has a reference to the Beatles' "A Day in a Life" because the he collaborated with Lennon on other song off the "Young Americans" album
Tripping. Thats what Bowie does to us all.
That's the thing about Bowie.All his music is interesting and makes u think .You're definitely not tripping
Bowie and Ren are tied for First Place in my heart… in my photo is the lady standing next to David… she is great Gail Ann Dorsey… The Big Push does a fantastic cover of a Heroes you must check out… done during Covid with fans all around the world… BP you would love it… 💜☮️💜
I see you must like Thin Lizzy ? Have you heard the sweet sound they did called Rosalina.
MR David Bowie.. mmmhmmm. We had the pleasure of him at our Isle of Wight Festival..What a show that was.. love how he just writes a line of words through the day and BAM 💥 there’s his next hit..❤❤. Stardust!! Ziggy that is.. Rebal Rebal ..God that man is dearly missed.❤❤
What an absolute LEGEND ! X
This rules.
And lets give flowers to the fantastic
Gail Ann Dorsey powering the baseline
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Sterling Campbell crushing those dans!
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Bowie is a legend 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Love David Bowie great reaction!
in 1978 Bowie played Lang Park [football stadium] in Brisbane Australia. Couldn't get tickets but had friends who lived on Hale Street [was not the huge road it is now] and we sat, drinking in the dark listening to Bowie as if we were in crowd crush and paid big for tickets - heaven to be where we were. He featured the Heroes album from the year before. Unfortunately we could hear it so clearly but so could all the surrounding suburbs - there were noise complaints. Bowie was fined $500 under The Noise Abatement Act 🤣
Have you reacted to The Big Push's version of Heroes yet? I couldn't find it in your playlist
Aside from being perhaps the coolest man ever, he’s also always seemed like such a genuinely likable guy.
The wall he was talking about was the fall of the Berlin Wall....."when the guns shot above our heads...and the shame was on the other side...."
DECADES LATER,it became the Official Anthem of Great Britain when we hosted The 20112 Summer Olympics and we got our largest-ever Medals Standing by finishing 3rd in the World:)
David Bowie: Absolute legend. Born in Brixton, London just 2 miles from me, and both our families moved 10 miles out to the edge of South East London and Kent.
He went to Art School with Peter Frampton and Peter's Father taught them:)
It was 2012!🏴
@@MrChristbait They did hold it in 2012 'tis true but I am a Time Traveller and can, exclusively, inform you that in 20112, we will hold it again.......
I heard the song was about a couple separated by the Berlin wall.
Bowie is a legend, an icon. He was my hero in my late school years. This was one of my favorite songs and it still is. Bowie had some kind of life crises and a serious drug problem when he decided to go to Berlin for a few years. In this divided city, he found new inspiration and spent some creative years. He later wrote a very melancholic song about these years, "Where are we now". I think he knew he was going to die when he wrote this. RIP, Mr David Bowie.. Thank you so much for your reaction ❤