Songs That Changed Music: David Bowie - Heroes
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David Bowie is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential songwriters of the 20th century. His innovative work is highly acclaimed by critics, fellow musicians, and his vast audience.
Following his “Thin White Duke” era of the mid-70s, David Bowie was ready to put the drug-fueled Los Angeles lifestyle behind him. He took up sanctuary in Berlin in the latter part of 1976, where he’d end up making a trio of albums called the “Berlin Trilogy.” Even though all three albums were tied to the city where he took up residence, Heroes was the only one recorded solely in Berlin.
Berlin was a creatively charged place in the ‘70s when Bowie began living there. He quickly took an interest in the German music scene, which included bands like Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, Cluster, Harmonia, and Neu!.
Bowie met renowned musician Brian Eno in 1976, and the two began work on the first of three albums from the Berlin period. Tony Visconti handled the production, and Low was released in January 1977. The album is grounded in art rock and experimental rock, and features Bowie’s very first explorations of electronic and ambient styles, thanks to Eno’s influence.
Again sharing co-production with Visconti and songwriting with Eno, Bowie began work on Heroes (album) in the summer of 1977. This album incorporated more pop and rock elements than Low, partly due to King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp’s involvement.
“Heroes” was recorded at Berlin’s Hansa Studio 2, nicknamed “Hansa by the Wall” for its proximity to the structure that divided East and West Berlin. Hansa was a former concert hall used as a ballroom by Gestapo officers during World War II. The hall was eventually converted into a recording studio in 1974, initially regarded for its incredible acoustics, and now for a rich history of amazing albums made there.
Bowie’s vocals for the track were recorded after the session musicians had finished their parts and left Berlin. The day they overdubbed vocals, Bowie suggested to Visconti that they take an afternoon break. He hadn’t written any lyrics yet, and was feeling tense as the time to deliver drew near.
That’s when Bowie looked out the window at Hansa and saw Visconti with his lover, instantly inspiring the lyrics to the song. By the time Visconti returned, Bowie was finished and ready to record. The entire process from writing lyrics to recording final background vocals was completed in about 5 hours.
Even though the title track was initially unsuccessful as a single, “Heroes” became one of Bowie’s best-known and most acclaimed hits. It routinely makes “all-time” lists as one of the greatest pieces he ever recorded.
Surely its power and legacy is undeniable. Bowie’s performance of “Heroes” on June 6, 1987 in West Berlin was considered a catalyst to the later fall of the Berlin Wall.
Upon his death in January 2016, the German government thanked Bowie for “helping to bring down the Wall,” adding “you are now among Heroes.”
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What other songs do you think changed music?
Purple Rain - a hymn
Love that extreme vocal delay,
love that guitar solo
and cello and strings at the end.
Furthermore Zappa:
Cheepnis, Son of Orange County and More trouble every day on Roxy and elsewhere - this three songs are kinda one unit - a Zappa Rock opera
Basically any Prince song. I don't know why he isn't mentioned as often as he should be in the CZcams producer community. I hear his influence basically all the time today.
@@ragismrotzrochen5776 yep and a master in the studio so i was told a one man band in him self love that.
Warren i am guessing your in my head lol top stuff yet again this is why i come here top guy all the best Nash :)
Would love to see some Michael Jackson!
One of the most powerful vocals in rock. Not loud. Not bassy. Not heavy. Just incredibly driven and heartfelt.
Agreed! Thanks ever so much
I think what he was attempting he perfected later.
That sort of low scream was really experimented with in Its No Game Part 1 and went on to use that same ridiculous vocal technique, seamlessly in pop tracks like Loving The Alien and Blue Jean (and so many other places)
I've honestly always thought that he sounded like Abe Simpson.
Bowie himself always wanted to be a better singer. There's an interview somewhere where he's asked what he really wanted for his art.
I'm no expert, but as far as I can tell, this is a top notch, first class documentary on an amazing piece of art from an incredible place in time by an immortal artist. Superlatives fail me!
Hi William! Wow, thank you!
Indeed
@@Erudotic wow! Thanks ever so much!
I could not phrase it any better.
Yea it’s very good, for sure.
"You can't buy a pedal to make that sound, that's done by two very smart people"
Too right mate, too right.
Yes, indeed!
But then, there's the Roland GR55
That whole Visconti interview is AMAZING. This piece seems to get just a little hung up on the mysterious allure of Fripp-o-tronics, whereas in the Visconti vid he's very clear about the Heroes guitar drone being a collaborative result of Fripp's feedback mastery fed into Eno's synthesizer for added manipulation before making it onto tape.
@@willhouse Toni Visconti was one of those people that really surprised me. I thought he was just a good member of a great band but he was so much more. Same with Mick Ronson. I thought he was just the guitarist for the spiders but he was a producer too.
One of the best songs ever Imo.
AGREED.
Agreed 100% Arne!
so important in so many different ways to different people
🎯+1😍
@@jomomma4993 absolutely
I still haven't quite come to terms with the fact that Bowie isn't around anymore, he'd always been there all my life. But his presence is still felt even 5 years after his passing, what a great man he was.
IKR
Hi Nuno, agreed, David Bowie's death was such a huge loss for the world!
Same. At least thanks to his vast back catalogue, he will live on forever
i cry at least once a week over the fact that he’s gone
@@sgc25 Yeah, I couldn't listen to Space Oddity without shedding a tear, (let alone sing it) for a few months after!
I love it when Visconti says "That's done by two very smart people." Truer words were never spoken.
Agreed 109%’
Heroes is perhaps my favorite Bowie song. That Robert Fripp sustained note along with Bowie's rich vocals on the verses does it for me. There is an emotional charge to this song as well. It just puts me in a certain state. There is so much to say about this song, it's undeniably great. Thanks for another superb video.
Thanks ever so much!!
I have a story with this song.
When I was born, my uncle came to pick me and my mother up from the hospital. And on his way over to the hospital, he was listening to a college radio here in Slovenia and when we got in the car the first song I ever heard was "Heroes". My uncle told me this story on my 18th birthday and how he always hoped for me to turn out a little bit like the lyrics. That I could even be a hero just for one day.
I am not one that enjoys hyperbole but I do think this may be greatest, most emotionally charged rock 'n roll songs ever recorded.
Not only was Heroes one of my favorite albums ever, but it introduced me to Robert Fripp and Brian Eno.
I'm hugely influenced as a guitarist by Bowie's work, as well as King Crimson and Roxy Music and I'm not sure when or how I would've stumbled upon them or many other fantastic artists without Bowie's legendary musical casting abilities.
Well said! Such amazing talents on this album!
You can feel the anguish and divisiveness of Berlin through this song. The hugeness of this song literally influenced the actual history of Berlin. That's true and powerful art.
Wow! So well said!!
Can't believe this is free to watch! What a joy :) thanks!
Thanks ever so much Henry!!
My biggest memory of this song is a somber one........I probably heard it at some earlier date??, but on Jan 28th 1986, the day the space shuttle Challenger blew up....it left a big impact on me.
After watching the news all day, I turned on KLOS and the dj(Michael Benner) was talking about what happened. He then made a special dedication to all the astronauts who were lost that day.....he played Heroes.
Hi John, yes, truly terrible day. Thanks ever so much for sharing your memories
Hey John where did the Challenger astronauts go for their holiday that year - all over Florida!!! I heard that joke in an English pub the following day.
The movie Christiane F (Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo) , really helped immortalizing this song, and also the album Heros and Low.
Agreed! Thanks ever so much
Bummer, I wanted to write that myself :)
So cool you mentioned the 1987 concert in Berlin, it was part of a 3 day event called the Concert for Berlin. Seeing that concert is still one of the highlights of my life. Truly a magical evening. There were about 70,000 people there, and he had every single one of them in the palm of his hand. A gifted musician and will always be sadly missed.
For me this is the best video in this series so far. Thanks so much Warren.
Wow! I wish I had been there! I went to Berlin before the fall of the wall and I have very string memories of it! Incredible atmosphere
When you put Bowie, Fripp and Visconti in a room together - history will be made. The song stands the test of time. It transcends generations and trends, a universal salute to the wonder of human beings.
Agreed! Dreamteam!
I remember Bowie performing this song in NY for the charity event for the twin towers firefighters. Goosebumps.
Amazing
I...I wish you could swim...like dolphins...like dolphins can swim.
Greatest fucking song ever recorded.
Patrick Dylan Indeed. Very true.
@Craig, was that performance recorded? If yes is there a YT video of it?
I remember first seeing and hearing 'Heroe's on the Australian music show "Countdown" as a pre-teenager in 1977. It blew me away then and 45 years later it still continues to amaze me.
Wow! Thanks ever so much for sharing
Hot tip: If you're visiting Hansa studios, there's a great and very inexpensive Indonesian restaurant around the corner called Mabuhay!
Thanks ever so much! I have been there to Hansa, but didn't get to go the Restaurant but we ordered it in!! It was amazing!
@@Producelikeapro Berlin is a great city! I actually tried to find Hansa the first time I was there but walked straight by it. It wasn't until my most recent trip that I saw Bowie's picture out front and put 2 and 2 together!
@@j.s.m.5351 Yes, Mabuhay! One of the cooks there is a friend of mine. I just found this amazing channel today... so funny read this comment!
We could be heroes, just for Mabuhay!
I heard this song the first time in "Wir kinder of Bahnhof Zoo/ Christiane F." It overwhelmed me and is one of my fav songs I always come back to.
Agreed Dimitri! Thanks ever so much
Bowie also did work in that film too, as an actor and also as someone who did the soundtrack album
The thing that really gets me about this song is that microphone spacing, to capture the depth of the song as it went on. That was ingenious
Yes, that's pretty amazing isn't it!
It's even an Eventide plug-in.
@@jeffblack5024 interesting
So critics panned the song when it was released but over time it went on to become legendary. This is a lesson that you should always trust your instincts and create art that feels right to you, and ignore what everyone around you thinks.
Very well said!
This song is so beyond phenomenal. It's the kind of song that you listen to and it burrows deep in your head, playing non-stop for days, and you don't mind one bit. Bowie truly was a space oddity and a hero, there are simply not large enough superlatives and adjectives to describe how larger than life, ethereal, and sublime Bowie and his music is.
A day in the life (Beatles) - Harvest (Neil Young - whole album) - Your song (Elton John) - Dream on (Aerosmith) - Jeremie (Pearl Jam) - Espiritu Libre (Ray Baretto) - Bombtrack (Rage against the machine) - Father and son (Cat Stevens) - Sound of silence (Simon and Garfunkel)...
It's all for today, there's so many good songs out there...
Agreed 100% Eric!
Thanks Warren, back in the day “when people played from the start to the finish ” 👍
Haha yes, indeed!
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One the greatest songs ever written period!
Bowie is like watching a musical art form. Facinating. Art in motion.
HEROES was a great work. David Bowie completely changed my ideas and taste in music. For me it was the Ziggy Stardust album. Almost every track is killer! Tracks like Star Man or Rock and Roll Suicide, Suffragette City were probably my faves, but Soul Love, Five Years, It Ain't Easy... these were amazing too. He had a great bunch of musicians and great production, or at least it seems so to me. We lost an amazing, incredibly prolific, and diverse artist when he left, and I truly felt the sting since his music was part of my life since a teenager. Thanks for a nice history of David during this period. I learned a lot in your presentation (he lived with a guy from Tangerine Dream!!) and enjoyed it start to finish. It was a great and interesting time in music and entertainment and pop culture in general. Thanks Warren.
Thanks ever so much! I’m also a huge Bowie fan!
Thank you so much, Warren, for paying tribute to this masterpiece! Bowie was a visionary artist who had the wisdom of choosing hugely talented collaborators.
Thanks ever so much Daniel!!
Fripp's contribution set the mood, made the song.
Absolutely
I’m a senior in high school. A few months ago, I was driving down a small-town road on a cold sunny day, listening to the song “Bad” by U2. I suddenly felt what could have been merge with what could be. Every missed opportunity and left turn and regret and agony over the disappointment of youth kind of danced with the astonishing revelation that everything might be not just okay, but maybe even perfect in the future; even if only for an incredibly short amount of time.
Just for a few seconds, everything seemed clear. I wanted to play a song, at that moment, that accurately represented that feeling, but I did not know of one. Now I do.
Bad is my favorite U2 song and Heros my favorite Bowie song (prefer live in Berlin 2002) Your future awaits
@@laughteraddict1003 Two of the greatest songs ever made in terms of emotional power... Wide Awake in America (Live) is my favorite v of “Bad”.
I started a Spotify playlist from other songs featured in this series called "absolute classics" and when it came time to put Bowie's "Let's dance" in it, I couldn't help but also feature Heroes -- one of my favorite songs of his.
It is great to now see this song being featured here!
Wow! Leonardo thanks ever so much!
Can’t believe my favorite song for years and still is, it is in this video
That's amazing!
One of the greatest Concerts I witnessed was Bowies "Sound and Vision" tour.. I remember it, like it was yesterday..
Wow! That’s amazing!! Sounds like an incredible experience
I still think to that was the best concert I ever went to. Brilliant. 'Life on Mars?' was so good live. Although, he never played 'Sound & Vision', oddly.
@@MrFandango123 Very Artistic from Start to Finish...The dancing to the Clear Screens with projected symbolism of the music being played
How about the Earthling tour , saw him share the bill with No Doubt and Bush where he mimicked Gwen Stefani to get on Gavin Rossdale’s nerves
@@Reprodestruxion I didn't catch that one, just Sound and Vision
Thanks, Warren! Bowie was SUCH a brilliant songwriter and artist. Thankfully we still have the recordings. Thank you and RIP, David. ❤
Agreed 100%!! A truly inspriational artist!
Hearing the history behind these classic tracks is absolutely fascinating. Still can't quite believe Bowie is gone, there will never be another artist quite like him. Thanks for putting this video together Warren!
Agreed, so sad he is no longer with us, taken far too soon.
My favorite Bowie song. My favorite album is Lets Dance with Stevie Ray Vaughn on lead guitar. Two legends
All marvellous and agreed!
Everything about this song is amazing, I never get bored of it and I’ll never get bored of Bowie. ✌️☺️
Tidbit worth mentioning in case some aren't aware; when tracks were 'bounced down' on tape, they couldn't be edited any further, ie, if you bounced a piano part, drums group, and backing vocals, (then recorded over their respective original stems) you couldn't change the individual levels of those instruments, only the entire channel/stem and could only tweak the EQ of the entire channel, it was mostly set it stone, so you'd better get the bounce right cause you can't change it without re-recording all the parts and bouncing them down again.
Absolutely! Agreed 100%! Once you committed it was done!
Almost every Bowie album brings something anew, a refresh, a non-stagnant element, a different direction, often viewed as a new trend, although few artists ever tried to copy Bowie or achieve their success by following Bowie's model, if he had one. The Heroes album is no different and doesn't disappoint those who look to Bowie for new creative endeavor. To me the album Heroes is completely different from Low, it is not an evolution, and so is Lodger (a very underrated album imo). No matter how much "non-commercial" an artist claims to be, great albums have really great hit singles to help the push into the market place, people actually listening (I mean, don't we all pretend that there are Led Zeppelin singles? Radio and streaming stations certainly do) and the song "Heroes" was, at the time, the perfect hit single for Bowie. To me it was instant radio success from the start and his album tour started almost immediately after the album release. For the "Mega Star" that David Bowie was, his record sales (world wide, he always struggled in the US) were comparatively low.
Many documentaries have been done on this song and album. They usually have long drawn out interviews with Tony Visconti and Brian Eno and, at length, try to report on Bowie's state of mind, his reclusive life style moving to Berlin and room mating with Iggy Pop and so on. This, short-ish, report takes a different approach and focuses on the precise location of the recording, it's close proximation to the Berlin Wall, the studio and how it all effected the song.
Great work, I like your videos and thank you for this one.
It's also a great choice for ""songs that changed music"", when Heroes released it sounded different from anything else.
Thanks ever so much Paul! I really appreciate it!
One of Bowie's best songs by far. It's to me a love song..the freedom of anticipation even just for one day..but that day to last a lifetime
Thanks ever so much for sharing
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. I found it from the movie "the perks of being a wallflower" and it paints the song as this mysterious song that represents freedom and love.
One of my faves too. Its criminal it didnt chart at the time. This song, and Bowie himself was in another movie from 1981 called "Christiane F". A German film about a teenage girl who gets hooked on heroin and turns to prostitution. The girl is obsessed with Bowie and goes to see him perform in a club. Bowie sings Heroes.
Thanks ever so much Noah! Great comment
@@tubester4567 yes, it made it to number 24 in the UK but is currently Bowie’s most streamed song! He was always ahead of his time!
@@Producelikeapro Right. The other issue is there was so much good music released at the time, some good music just got buried.
In 1977 Saturday Night Fever was a phenomenon , the Bee Gees and the disco era heyday took everyone's attention. So many great songs and bands missed out on number 1 from a bad release date, and under-promotion.
I really enjoy this series. I'm learning a lot.
Thanks ever so much
When I visited Berlin I stopped by Hansa studios and took my picture next to the big Bowie picture.... loved Heroes
Yes, incredible! I did the same of course! Haha
There wasn’t a Bowie pic when I visited there back in 2005
Tony Visconti: [embraces his lover]
David Bowie [seeing them]: "I wish I could swim..."
Ah, but WAS his 'lover' female or male? ;oP
@@DMSProduktions It was Antonia Maas, a backing singer.
@@eggandscorpion Dodged a BULLET there!
Bowie Visconti and Eno plus Flo/Eddie in this video...Fripp ahhhhh that guitar line...wow the VU was again there in heart.
So many of his songs changed music, its a great artist to hear all his discography
Hi Jessica, thanks ever so much!
I’ve been waiting for this video since this series was announced
Thanks ever so much!
@@Producelikeapro heroes is such a beloved album and the Berlin trilogy is a nice way to end the bowies 70s career and move onto the 80s
@@sirkingword5764 agreed 100%!
The instrumental music on this album is a mind-blowing. Sense of Doubt is incredible....Bowie was the master of seting up recording situations and working off them, always getting something good.
I have seen other break downs of one of my favorite songs (Heroes) Tony's as you reference is a superb one. I was happy that you brought Carlos playing into this discourse. I was never aware of his particular contribution to the song, only knew he was in the mix. Eno's contribution is huge and he shares co writing on this and many more of the Berlin trilogy era songs. Jamie's break down and playing of the guitar parts is wonderful.
Cheers
Thanks ever so much for the great compliment!
One of the greatest songs ever, and the emotional push in his voice has brought me to tears of pure joy more than any other song I've ever heard. This is genius on a level that will never be matched again. David Bowie makes me happy to be alive, and listening to Bowie music is eargasm beyond and forever
that ebow part just killed me...know i need one...thanks
Haha I hear you
Besides "Absolute Beginners" and "When the Wind blows", the song "Heroes" is one of my favorites under Bowies songs. Thank you for bringing this up. And yes, "Heroes" changed music, perhaps the song changed the world.
Thanks ever so much Henning!
You couldn’t have given me a greater joy!
Low and Heroes are the best albums ever made by anyone (imo).
I proposed and married on the song Heroes. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
His vocal in this is insane.
Such a talent.
Aphex twin set his vocal to Phillip glass' interpretation of the song and it bizarre and compelling .
That vocal track is so crazy when it's heard on its own.
Agreed! Bowie was one of a kind!
"Heroes" was the only one recorded solely in Berlin
But Low is still my favourite album of all time
Yes, indeed! Both masterpieces
The sound track of my life.
Mine too!
It's amazing how small and unimpressive each part sounds on it's own, and how they all come together in that huge wall (pardon the pun) of sound in the track.
Quite a classic from an iconic artist! Always appreciate the work!
Thanks ever so much
@@Producelikeapro Cheers!
I was watching the analysis of the guitar solo at the same time that my daughter was practicing Shostakovich's Spring Waltz on the violin in the other room, and the main A/F#/B motif overlapped perfectly!
That sounds wonderful!!
Thank you Jamie!!!
Jamie Rocks!
thank you for all your precious documentaries
Thanks ever so much
This is one of my favorite songs ever. So much forward energy.
Thanks ever so much
Just WOW!!! The song of the songs from one of the best & most inspiring musicians ever! Thank you Warren for the fantastic insight!
Thanks ever so much Ady!
My all time favourite song, by far!
I remember an interview in which he was describing how they hit upon the idea of the 2 additional gates that would trigger the mics when his voice hit a certain level. It wasn't until years later that I truly appreciated the power of his voice, along with the "oomph" that those extra mics gave to his "I!", then "YOU!". It still gives me chills.
Thank you for this, Warren! Phenomenal episode! 🙏🏻
My favourite song of his, and I love so many of them.
This has great personal meaning and I find it greatly uplifting.
I do love this series you do, excellent work!
You really do pick the best tracks for it!
Ha, didn't expect fo see Flo and Eddie interviewing Bowie!
I know! Crazy!
Flo and Eddie get a lot of respect from top musicians. They are that good.
Could not hit the Like button fast enough. I had a feeling that this one would eventually make it to the series, and it did not disappoint. Thanks Warren!
Jamie is my favorite special guest!
Thanks ever so much!
Thanks Jason!! Hopefully more guest appearances to come 😊🎸
I've been waiting for this! Thanks Warren!
Thanks ever so much
I was waiting for this one, Warren! Great job by Jamie Humphries illustrating & explaining the Fripp & Alomar parts [haven't seen an eBow in a while!]. Flo & Eddie interviewing Bowie in 1977 was quite something as well. And Tony Visconti's 3-mic setup w/ the 2 gated distant mics
was genius born from necessity. According to him, there was only 1 free track left for the lead vocal so he couldn't comp it later from either multiple performances or from assigning each mic to a separate track. Fortunately, with Bowie's excellent mic technique & control, Visconti got exactly what they needed in the one performance onto the one track.
And let's not minimize Eno's use of the VCS3 synth on the track. The synth & guitar textures washing against each other throughout made for a texture that still sounds fresh. Between HEROES & DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, there'd better be a VCS3 in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
As for the German government's acknowledgment of the role Bowie, the song & the Berlin trilogy played in the wall coming down: who says music can't be a catalyst for change?
The first single i ever bought. Great music.
One my all time favorite songs, thanks Warren, very good work!
The story is as incredible as the song - you couldn’t make this stuff up. Thank you Warren, very nicely done (story telling is in deed one more of your many gifts!)
I love the songs that changed music. Fantastic. I learn so much from them. Thank You Warren!
Thanks Edward! My pleasure!
I miss Mr. Bowie 😪❤
Me too!
Goodness! Me too!! So much
One of my heroes! Thanks, Sir Warren. Well done!
Thank you kindly!
Just started watching this series man. Ansolutely feckin' love it. Thanks!
Thanks ever so much
What a great video! I was hoping for something like that ever since you had that video of your visit to Hansa Studios. And can I just say: Jamies guitar tone - I just love it!
Thanks Warren, I literally played the single in headphones on repeat over & over & over as a kid! Really special, amazing & magical song! And I never knew that Bass Drum fact, genius!
Thanks ever so much!
Thanks for making such a great documentary - it's probably my all time favourite song, so I loved getting all this info about it
Thanks ever so much Gordon!
That quote at the end from the German government made my eyes well up. RIP
Mine too! Could you tell I was almost in tears
Brilliant. Thanks for this. All time favourite song xx
One of mine too!
Where do you start even trying to pull apart and analyze real classics without the inherent lurking danger of destroying its actual mystique and charm? How is it even possible to do so and yet actually enhance your appreciation and respect for the artist and the track in question? for "Heroes" you may look no further than the consummate professional, Warren Huart.
The 1977 track "Heroes" is EXACTLY what it is, appearing as it were, to have been with us forever.
With the now incredible established sound format and power word lyrics that Bowie had created, culminating in that years work, it was for many fans the ultimate "I have arrived" moment for the star, who had endlessly experimented in various character formats and been much of a cult character for the greater part of that decade.
This fascinating and most detailed examination of the track, incorporating its merits and contributions are also peppered skillfully with interesting origin details, including lesser-known talking heads, original photos of the time and production that really is second to none, replete with the excellent narration by Warren Huart of the popular "Produce Like a Pro" CZcams channel, this is as original as and definitive as it gets, Fascinationoids, ENJOY!
Wow! Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate that wonderful endorsement
These videos give me LIFE man!! Thank you!
Wow! Thanks! Glad you like them!
I’ve been obsessed with this song, especially since seeing Moonage Daydream. That live performance with Adrian Belew channeling Fripp’s performance has led me on an exploration of the various live interpretations of Heroes. Belew seemed to take it to ecstatic levels. Seems that could an interesting video exploring how different players bring that sonic texture to life.
TOP awesome video! the guitar analysis..total GOLD!
Hi Dave! Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you, Warren. It is amazing how some songs sound substandard on the first listen, but over time, the greatness of the song shine through. "Heros" was so ahead of its time, it had to take years for the rest of the world's ear to catch up.
Hi Birnie! Couldn't agree more! Years ahead of it's time!!
always a pleasure to watch your videos. And such a great song, deeply connected with emotions and memories. And the guitar part has been analyzed very well. Thanks so much!
Stunning video, that almost moved me to tears Mr. Huart. Thank you so much for doing this.
Wow! Thanks ever so much Eric!
Yep I shed a tear. Very moving video.
You keep rolling out the classics! This was a great song, and with one of my favorite guitarists, Robert Fripp.
Thanks ever so much! Yes, I’m a huge Robert Fripp fan!!
Sir, you were reading my mind. Bowie's Berlin Period is my favorite part of his career. "Low" is my favorite Bowie album. Granted, Bowie went there as a way to get out of L.A. and try to get clean from a nasty cocaine habit, IIRC. Also mind bending that the album "Heroes" was recorded at Hansa Studio-100 yards or so from The Berlin Wall.
The Berlin Period showed how Bowie was ahead of the curve, as usual, and the great artistic chameleon/explorer that he was. From Major Tom to Ziggy Stardust to Thin White Duke to Berlin Bowie to Ashes To Ashes to "Let's Dance." All came from the same man.
Bowie also had the ability to bring in so many great artists as backing members. Luther Vandross as a young backing vocalist on "Young Americans." Robert Fripp as lead guitar on "Heroes." Nile Rodgers to produce and Stevie Ray Vaughan to play on "Let's Dance."
Bowie was one of a kind.
Agreed 100%! Thanks ever so much for the amazing comment!
Wonderful series Warren. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
Talked like a pro. It’s great, as an amateur muso, to get the lowdown from such an erudite, experienced and knowledgeable industry insider. Truly educational and truly entertaining. Top man for sharing.
One of the greatest of songs and albums- TVC 15, also brilliant
love it Warren... bought tears to my eyes _bless you and David
Thanks ever so much!
Great work and tribute! Love the soundscapes of these records! 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it Tim!