Rappers React To David Bowie "Heroes"!!!

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  • @hrothgar64
    @hrothgar64 Před 2 lety +135

    Bowie's final album, Black Star, was released 2 days before he died. It is an astonishing listen. A brilliant album, with the lyrics reflecting on his life and his battle with the cancer that killed him. Listen to the title track or Lazarus. The video's are a difficult watch.

    • @rebellibrarian
      @rebellibrarian Před 2 lety +6

      Thank you! I came in to make sure someone recommended Black Star. Bowie was creating magic his entire life. 💓

    • @gaymetalfont
      @gaymetalfont Před 2 lety +2

      @@rebellibrarian It’s a masterpiece.

    • @re9246
      @re9246 Před rokem +2

      Lazarus hits me in the feels every time

    • @user-dq5xx9hi4q
      @user-dq5xx9hi4q Před 3 měsíci

      The Lazarus video makes me cry every time. Cancer ate him alive ( and my best friend too as well and almost did likewise to me in 2010)

  • @glyngasson8450
    @glyngasson8450 Před 2 lety +131

    The dilated pupil came from an accident when he was a child, one of his best friends George Underwood punched Bowie in a fight over a girl and badly damaged it. They remained good friends up to Bowie's death and Underwood even did art work for some of Bowie's album covers

    • @montyhux9757
      @montyhux9757 Před 2 lety +6

      I was looking for this comment! Has nothing to do with the photo, guys! Bowie just has two different sized pupils!

    • @surfrunnerd8457
      @surfrunnerd8457 Před 2 lety

      @@montyhux9757 he supposedly had a glass eye according to a story I read years ago from an injury from falling into the corner of a coffee table as a child

    • @BowieRulez
      @BowieRulez Před 3 měsíci

      @@surfrunnerd8457that is absolutely not true. He got punched in the eye. The guy who hit him was wearing a ring. It caused him to have a permanently dilated pupil. No glass eye.

    • @surfrunnerd8457
      @surfrunnerd8457 Před 3 měsíci

      @@BowieRulez well, the article I'd read in a music magazine years ago then was untrue.

    • @ostrichman
      @ostrichman Před 2 měsíci

      @@surfrunnerd8457 very untrue. His mate did it.

  • @mariachattaway2955
    @mariachattaway2955 Před 2 lety +122

    Heroes is about lovers from either sides of the Berlin Wall. His eye condition is a result of a school fight . Also , although his voice is very recognisable, all his songs are so different from each other. All of them worth listening to, to fully appreciate his talent.

    • @durv13
      @durv13 Před 2 lety

      pencil in the eye will do that to yu lol .

    • @miki03soimu
      @miki03soimu Před 2 lety +3

      @@durv13 It wasn't a pencil though... It was a punch in the eye, but somehow the other boy managed to scratch his eye and it got infected. He had to stay in the hospital for months and the doctors did four surgeries or so to save his eye. The iris (which is a muscle) remained paralyzed in an open position and that is why his pupil was always dilated. He could still see something with that eye, but how much, I don't know. Probably just enough to walk around and not hit anything (see his Halloween Jack character with the eye patch over the good eye).

    • @durv13
      @durv13 Před 2 lety

      @@miki03soimu yu right , he only lost depth perception from it .

    • @naporaeric5926
      @naporaeric5926 Před 2 lety +1

      It's a song about alcoholism ! That was a trap...

    • @durv13
      @durv13 Před 2 lety

      @@naporaeric5926 nah .

  • @Reani71
    @Reani71 Před 2 lety +101

    I'm Afraid of Americans was a collab with Trent Reznor, not Marilyn Manson. He's in the video as well.
    'Heroes' is from 1977 and all in all probably his signature song, it was written in Berlin in a studio next to the Berlin wall and he was inspired by a couple he spotted when he looked out of the studio window, they stood next to the wall and kissed. He wondered why they would meet there next to a watchtower instead of some nicer place and so he got the idea for the song. That's at least the official version that you can find on the internet. The incredible guitar on this track is played by Robert Fripp, the frontman and guitar player of the prog rock band King Crimson.
    To me Bowie is the GOAT, great to see that you reacted to him. Please do more.
    And you noticed his eyes on the cover. He got two different-coloured eyes due to a condition called anisocoria. His left pupil was permanently dilated so that's not an effect that they thought of for the cover, but due to how he looked for real.
    The pose he's doing on the cover is inspired by a painting by Erich Heckels called 'Roquairol'.

    • @loudnoises213
      @loudnoises213 Před 2 lety +6

      " David Bowie and Marilyn Manson have two different coloured eyes.. coincidently so do huskies... the government doesn't want you know this but David Bowie and Marilyn Manson are huskies.."
      - Harland Williams at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, Quebec. 1995

    • @jangles1839
      @jangles1839 Před 2 lety +2

      @@loudnoises213 🤣🤣🤣

    • @jangles1839
      @jangles1839 Před 2 lety +2

      @@loudnoises213 my Husky also has 2 different colored eyes!

    • @GaryRPeters
      @GaryRPeters Před 2 lety +4

      the couple he saw kissing included producer Tony Visconti.

    • @arconeagain
      @arconeagain Před 2 lety +2

      I was very lucky to see Bowie performance it in Australia. I love the song.

  • @glyngasson8450
    @glyngasson8450 Před 2 lety +60

    I saw an documentary about this song. They had a Mike directly in front of Bowie, around 10 feet away and about 20 feet away. That's why the sound of the vocal changes when he starts singing loudly. All 3 mikes are picking up his vocals as opposed to only 1 when he sings quietly

    • @guym2222
      @guym2222 Před rokem +4

      Gated, like drums can be (Phil Collins In the air tonight...)).

    • @jackal59
      @jackal59 Před rokem +1

      Part of Bowie's genius was in choosing collaborators. Tony Visconti was one of the most key.

  • @imonlyhumanafterallspinningguy

    The second half always gives me chills. So much emotion in that voice.

  • @Joshualuv13
    @Joshualuv13 Před rokem +12

    I've been listening to that voice for 45 years plus and still can't get enough of it .

  • @matthewrandom4523
    @matthewrandom4523 Před rokem +13

    Describing the meeting of two lovers among the shades of the Berlin wall, this song is a song for eternity! R.I.P. David! Adoration from Germany.

  • @vpreggie
    @vpreggie Před 2 lety +43

    One of the greatest songs ever written or performed. A true masterpiece. I tear up every time I hear “…and the guards shot above our heads…”. That line captures what we all felt when we were younger - puppy love, invincibility and an optimistic outlook on our lives.
    And David Bowie’s eye was permanently damaged in a fight with a friend. It contributed to his unique look and persona.

    • @ihriel918
      @ihriel918 Před 2 lety +2

      He also had heterochromia, so each eye was a different colour :)

    • @kubarybczynski661
      @kubarybczynski661 Před 2 lety +2

      @@ihriel918 it's not true. he had one pupil larger than the other.

    • @ihriel918
      @ihriel918 Před 2 lety +1

      @@kubarybczynski661 I could have sworn I read somewhere he had both. And to be fair, almost every picture of him makes it appear so. But I do see now that I was mistaken, oops. Either way, he was amazing and his eyes are very striking.

    • @vpreggie
      @vpreggie Před 2 lety

      Bowie was a genius, and he had a real sense of intrigue about him. He was tall, thin, edgy, dangerous, “other-worldly”;
      “Now Ziggy really sang, screwed up eyes and screwed down hairdo
      Like some cat from Japan, he could lick 'em by smiling
      He could leave 'em to hang
      'Came on so loaded man, well hung and snow white tan.”
      His injured eye contributed to this aura. He was more than human to borrow a Rob Zombie phrase, and his immense talent was further enhanced by his surprising good nature when he interacted with his fans. The guy was literally one of a kind, the likes of which this Earth might not see for generations.

    • @heathcornbeef
      @heathcornbeef Před 2 lety +1

      I'm still coming to terms with the loss of Bowie/Joe Strummer/Chris Cornell/ Pete Shelly. who ever is taking these RARE GEMS FROM US . STOP IT AND GIVE THEM FUCKING BACK

  • @joshritz7067
    @joshritz7067 Před 2 lety +52

    It's so weird. I will never understand my reaction to the news of his passing. I was never a big fan but I enjoyed his music and loved his personality. When I got the news he died, I felt like Obi-wan when Alderaan was blown up. A tremendous talent and human being. Motorhead did an amazing cover of this

    • @scottbrewer9676
      @scottbrewer9676 Před 2 lety +5

      One of my favorite memes since his passing goes something like "I'm not saying the world has gone to hell since David Bowie passed, but....(gestures all around)." Feels right to me. Or wrong. If you know what I mean.

    • @somekindoflatindude9497
      @somekindoflatindude9497 Před 2 lety +4

      Bro i felt exactly the same as you did, and in fact i still do, but now im more of a fan of him than i was before, and thats something i regret

    • @evansutcliffe1099
      @evansutcliffe1099 Před 2 lety +3

      @@somekindoflatindude9497 same exact feeling, always knew about him, heard some of his more popular songs and never delved deeper. when he passed it was a gut punch because after discovering his other music and impact on music it did hit hard, big fan now, wish i was a fan from the start

    • @sarahzentexas
      @sarahzentexas Před 2 lety +1

      Same, Josh. I mean, I knew a lot of his stuff and liked all of it, but I was never a superfan. When he died though-it seemed impossible. Like he was never ever going to share time with him. And I don’t understand my reaction, either 🤷🏼‍♀️

    • @Comrade_mommy
      @Comrade_mommy Před 2 lety +1

      I think he was my first love. I saw Labyrinth when I was little and fell head of heels in love with him as the Goblin King. I couldn’t understand why Sarah didn’t just marry him and make him promise to quit turning babies into goblins, as like I guess a prenup. Child logic. But my heart hurt in a way it had never hurt before. But I didn’t get over it and would occasionally talk about how I had a crush on him. My friends thought I was nuts bc he was kinda old by then. My ex step dad was a fan of music from the 60’s and 70’s and and bought me the Ziggy Stardust album and I loved it too. I used to watch any movie he was in too. I’m not the type to fall for actors, bc I realized from a young age that it was the character they played that stirred my heart, not the actor himself. But with David Bowie it was different, he felt different. I remember reading an article where Iman said after a decade of marriage he still made her heart race. Dude made one of the most beautiful women in the world adore him. And every person I heard talk about him, including ex’s, talked about what a wonderful person he was. When he died I’d mostly gotten over my childhood crush, tho he had this special place in my heart bc he was the first one to make me feel that painful feeling you get in your chest when you long for someone. So I was sad but not destroyed the way I’d have been when I was young. More like a bittersweet feeling that any amazing person had passed who never knew me but had a profound impact on my childhood.

  • @amc7185
    @amc7185 Před 8 měsíci +6

    It is Robert Fripp’s whistling and wailing “woo-ooo-woo woo-ooo-ooo-ooo” guitar that makes this song the sonic masterpiece that it is. In my opinion, it’s the greatest song in Rock/Pop history.

  • @PowderedToastMan420
    @PowderedToastMan420 Před 2 lety +22

    Love seeing you guys react to an old school Artist. Bowie (RIP) was so ahead of his time. One of the most influential artist. ✌

  • @retropian
    @retropian Před 2 lety +18

    Cool reaction. This is one of the all time greatest tracks of the ‘70’s. It’s amazing it still sounds so fresh 45 years later. That’s a testament to Bowie’s long lasting influence on generations of musicians and songwriters. Regarding his eyes, he got punched in the eye by his lifelong friend George Underwood over a girl when they were teens. He nearly lost sight in it and was left with a permanently dilated pupil giving him a unique odd eyed appearance, as if he wasn’t already striking. The two boys made up and remained friends until Bowie’s death. He did say George actually did him a huge favor.

  • @BongEyedBastard
    @BongEyedBastard Před 2 lety +25

    One of the best gigs I ever went to was Glastonbury in 1999ish when Bowie closed the festival on a hot and balmy Sunday night. That performance was sublime. An incredible musician and songwriter.

    • @DiZastur
      @DiZastur Před rokem +1

      1999ish hahahahaha, wish my aging memory was that tight

  • @TheBlackQueen
    @TheBlackQueen Před 2 lety +21

    Ground Control is actually called Space Oddity and many name that to be his greatest work, and it was his first hit! His first album was very much a flop, possibly his worst album. It was a Folk Pop record with novelty-like songs. His second album, later renamed Space Oddity, was suddenly much more mature and artistic. Space Oddity was the crown jewel of that album and, given that it was released around the same time as the moon landing, it became an international hit!

  • @JosefK
    @JosefK Před 2 lety +10

    '' We can be Heroes '' that is the great teaching of this song, we can all be Heroes not only with great actions but with small daily actions like that young couple that inspired David, the two of them alone kissing on the Wall that divided Berlin in two and that maintained tension in many countries.

  • @richlisola1
    @richlisola1 Před 2 lety +5

    I like your thoughts on the song’s meaning! I think Bowie was referring to lovers split by the border in Berlin amidst the Cold War, but the point of music is that it speaks to us all differently.
    I like what you guys came up with!

  • @wildhog4251
    @wildhog4251 Před 2 lety +15

    This song would fit "The Boys" sooo well! As credits music or something like that. I've never heard this song before, thank you for introducing me to David Bowie. 👍

  • @jacobvozzo2934
    @jacobvozzo2934 Před 2 lety +18

    Life on Mars is lyrically amazing

  • @mendyrckz76
    @mendyrckz76 Před 2 lety +9

    🦋 David Bowie & Freddie Mercury's Under Pressure. That Is A Performance Worth A Watch One Day As Well. Great Reaction Guys Looking Forward To See What Tomorrow Brings Us All.
    The Bowie Song you Both was wondering the name of is ''Space Oddity''😉

  • @PowderedToastMan420
    @PowderedToastMan420 Před 2 lety +16

    There is tons of great music that came out in the late 70's & 80's to REACT to.
    Depeche Mode, U2, Talking Heads, Oingo Boingo, Prince, The Cure, Ministry, Iggy Pop, Bauhaus, Devo, The Ramones, The Cult, Michael Jackson, P.I.L., English Beat, Billy Idol, Blondie, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Front 242, B-52's, Madonna, and The Ramones to name a few.
    I'd enjoy watching the TRASH TALKERS taking a stroll down memory lane. 🤞

  • @infernalsymphonytv2928
    @infernalsymphonytv2928 Před 2 lety +6

    Bowie was making killer albums even in the 2000s and even into the 2010s. His final ALBUM, Blackstar, was his last work of genius. He recorded it in secret whilst incredibly sick from terminal liver cancer, but kept both the album and his illness secret from the world. His producer afterwards described it as his last gift to the fans.
    The album contained numerous hints towards the truth of the matter, without giving it away. In fact the last song on the album is called 'I Can't Give Everything Away'. And a Black Star could refer to the solar system (which he was always associated with with songs like 'The Man That Fell To Earth' and 'Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars' but is also a type of cancer lesion.
    The singles include the 10 minute progressive jazz single 'Blackstar' and 'Lazarus' which references the character in the Bible who has to sacrifice his life for the good of humanity.
    Two days after the album came out, he passed away. He is the only artist I know of that turned his own oncoming death into performance art and ended a career that was continually defined by pushing boundaries, artistic expression, constant reinvention and true, true iconicism. Definitely check out the title track I would love a reaction to it and all his weird genius.

  • @1baldbastard
    @1baldbastard Před 2 lety +9

    The song starts so soft... but the passion at the end is undeniable

  • @vickihawn6782
    @vickihawn6782 Před 2 lety +7

    Such a great song! Brings me back to my younger years listening to my moms music. She was mainly 80s but she listened to some 70s too. She loves bowie. And his passing was a great loss to many of us

  • @MySnottyattaC
    @MySnottyattaC Před 2 lety +7

    Thanks guys!
    He was an amazing artist - one of the very best.
    Descansa en paz ✌️

  • @ModehcepeD101
    @ModehcepeD101 Před 2 lety +5

    Depeche Mode did an awesome cover of this song to honor him after he passed. This song is what actually brought the band together as Dave Gahan sang it when he auditioned to be in the band.

  • @lawrenceschabell5740
    @lawrenceschabell5740 Před 2 lety +5

    One of the most creative musicians that you will ever listen too. RIP David.

  • @vidarsmestad9143
    @vidarsmestad9143 Před 2 lety +14

    Allrite, now do Ashes To Ashes by Bowie.

  • @MikeGraceJediDad
    @MikeGraceJediDad Před 2 lety +4

    Ding Ding
    New Patreon member!
    Woot!

    • @Hollywood6IX
      @Hollywood6IX  Před 2 lety +3

      Welcome my friend, thank you so much for your support

    • @MikeGraceJediDad
      @MikeGraceJediDad Před 2 lety +1

      @@Hollywood6IX you guys earned it. It's a ball watching you. Plus I am to old and weird music what Smokey is to wrestling, so I'm about to roll up my sleeves and whip out some WILD requests that are sure to delight.

  • @manhattanmike6959
    @manhattanmike6959 Před 2 lety +7

    Space oddity is the name of the song, ground control to major Tom

  • @Shammrock62
    @Shammrock62 Před 2 lety +3

    David Bowie also sings a duet with bing with Bing Crosby
    Little drummer boy
    Best Christmas Carol ever

  • @Tenchen
    @Tenchen Před 2 lety +10

    We can be heros just for one day.

  • @PowderedToastMan420
    @PowderedToastMan420 Před 2 lety +9

    David Bowie loved STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN's guitar playing.
    Check out SRV. GREATEST GUITARIST EVER. 🤞💯🔥

    • @rickcain4736
      @rickcain4736 Před 2 lety +1

      SRV played guitar on Let's Dance album

  • @ericmcdonough8193
    @ericmcdonough8193 Před 2 lety +6

    I believe he had anisocoria which was caused over a fight over a girl in grade school. Was punched in the eye which resulted in the condition - had different sized pupils and different colored iris', one brown and one sky blue

  • @GangGreen80
    @GangGreen80 Před 2 lety +6

    My favorite bowie song. I remember being a kid when the replacements came out and this song played at the end. I was hooked

  • @mercedogre
    @mercedogre Před 2 lety +5

    Space Oddity was the Major Tom song

  • @BongEyedBastard
    @BongEyedBastard Před 2 lety +4

    Gorgeous gorgeous uplifting wonderful and beautiful song.

  • @etessier87
    @etessier87 Před 2 lety +7

    SMOKE-apedia (like wikipedia) 👍 👌 😎☠

  • @michaelcarlos8686
    @michaelcarlos8686 Před rokem +2

    The great thing about music is whatever Bowie is singing we can all put our own life into it for meaning.

  • @jc2004x
    @jc2004x Před 2 lety +6

    Great song. there was a cover in the 90s (The Wallflowers)
    also, check out Liberate by Disturbed.
    I'm Persistant!
    I'm afraid of american was Bowie with Trent Reznor. Not Marilyn Manson.

  • @manhattanmike6959
    @manhattanmike6959 Před 2 lety +5

    Also he co stared in the movie labyrinth

  • @robinlowe2329
    @robinlowe2329 Před 11 měsíci +2

    The studio where this was recorded was literally next to the Berlin Wall. The song's basis was Bowie watching his producer, Tony Visconti (who was married at the time) making out with another woman outside the studio and relating that the act of love was greater than the politics at the time (And the guns shot above our heads - and we kissed as though nothing would fall) That makes you a hero, if only for one day.

  • @mercedogre
    @mercedogre Před 2 lety +17

    Bowie's "China Girl" is a good song too

  • @jaumepiquebernaus1853
    @jaumepiquebernaus1853 Před rokem +1

    Great reaction. Honest as allways. I'm 62 i'm Bowie fan since i was teenager.
    If you want to travel back in time on a rainy or boring day, look for Bowie's concert in Hammersmith in 1973, the day he broke up with the spiders from Mars. The quality is not very good but it is an iconic live and a true Rock jewel. It's gonna blow your minds.
    Keep on rocking
    Greetings from Barcelona

  • @paigeanne1325
    @paigeanne1325 Před 2 lety +1

    This song played at the end of The Perks Of Being a Wallflower and the last words In the movie were “ and in this moment I swear….we are infinite” ❤️❤️Makes me wanna go to another reality and be powerful and have a purpose😭quite literally to be a hero even for one day and impact myself and others to have a more bright outlook on life and even life after we’re gone….this song evokes those feelings and wants in me🥺

  • @traherne6726
    @traherne6726 Před 2 lety

    Really enjoyed your reaction guys.

  • @Timoeltejano
    @Timoeltejano Před 2 lety +1

    This song gets me every time. He performed it with Neil Young at the Bridge School Benefit concert, which I got to see live and words cannot describe the emotion that came over the crowd.
    The tears were real and everyone felt it.

  • @TheBlackQueen
    @TheBlackQueen Před 2 lety +2

    David Bowie's left eye was actually permanently dilated due to a young fight in the 1960s over a girl between him and someone who would later become a lifelong friend. He punched David straight in the eye and it caused something called Anisocoria where the pupil cannot revert it's dilation.

  • @veevamm3642
    @veevamm3642 Před 2 lety +4

    His last CD was EPIC! Black Star....... You should listen to this.
    Also he was in TIN MACHINE. GREAT band!

    • @couplakooks
      @couplakooks Před 2 lety +3

      Ah, the elusive Tin Machine fan club! Good to meet you.

    • @veevamm3642
      @veevamm3642 Před 2 lety +1

      @@couplakooks Tin Machine is an awesomely talented and entertaining band! NICE to meet you too!

  • @RastaSaiyaman
    @RastaSaiyaman Před 2 lety +2

    There's a very funny anecdote about this song.
    - When Bowie, Producer Tony Visconti and sound sculpturist extraordinaire Brian Eno were recording the song, they figured they needed some "Hairy chested rock n roll guitar playing" and so they enlisted King Crimson guitarist and sound sculpturist extraordinaire in his own right Robert Fripp to come over and do his thing.
    Anybody familiar with Robert Fripp will tell you that he's not your normal typical guitar player. For example he's tone deaf and has no sense of melody. For this song he figured the right thing to do was to give it a howling siren in the back ground. He accomplished this by having his amplifier on "Prepare-thyselves" volume levels so his guitar started to howl in a perfect G-note and he would walk a few steps so the howling would go up a tone into an A-note. He overdubbed that three or four times and that's what you hear on the song.
    Come the tour rehearsals, Fripp couldn't be booked, Luckily, Eno knew just the guy who could take Fripp's place: Frank Zappa guitarist Adrian Belew. Now anybody familiar with Belew will tell you that he's an even bigger freak than Fripp and during the rehearsals of this song both Bowie and Eno couldn't stop laughing. When Belew asked them to let him in on the joke, they told him about how Fripp had recorded three or four tracks and that they found it hilarious how Belew was playing that "Impossible guitar part" all by himself.

  • @barnacanbull
    @barnacanbull Před 2 lety +2

    dope video 🔥

  • @davidbrantley6425
    @davidbrantley6425 Před 2 lety +1

    I don't know what hurts more,to lose them early ,forever young ,or have them be with us for decades only to lose them & face our mortality as well

  • @flossyangel1
    @flossyangel1 Před 2 lety +2

    Love this song by David Bowie also love Hollywood Vampires tribute version of this song and I legit had this song on repeat when i first heard this song.

  • @kristaspecht
    @kristaspecht Před 2 lety +1

    I don't think I've heard this one...very kool. Thanks guys!❤

  • @DavidDArcy1975
    @DavidDArcy1975 Před 2 lety +1

    my first gig was as a 12yr old in 1987 - it was Bowie in Slane Castle... changed my life R.I.P. David Respect & Peace

  • @richpeltier9519
    @richpeltier9519 Před 2 lety +2

    This is more than just a great Bowie track.
    Producer Brian Eno is a pioneer of experimental music and epic level producer.
    The droning guitar is from Robert Fripp, whose name is synonymous with the band King Crimson.
    This song is the product of a collaboration between 3 legendary music geniuses and a handful of incredible studio musicians.
    Rich the Ancient Metal Beast

  • @jmhaces
    @jmhaces Před 2 lety +1

    He wrote this song about two lovers living in opposite sides of the Berlin Wall during the Cold War. When he died, the German Foreign Office official government twitter account tweeted "Good-bye, David Bowie. You are now among #Heroes. Thank you for helping to bring down the #wall."

  • @palantir135
    @palantir135 Před 2 lety +1

    Bowie, the chameleon of music. He reinvented himself again and again. Always on top.

  • @johnwaga3702
    @johnwaga3702 Před 2 lety +1

    David Bowie had a condition called anisocoria which was caused by a simple fight over a girl when a close friend ended up punching Bowie directly in the left eye, scratching the iris. He was taken to the hospital and eventually had two different eye surgeries. But for the rest of his life, the pupil remained dilated to give him his signature look.

  • @jenbyrne1683
    @jenbyrne1683 Před 2 lety +2

    I love this song by David, i also love the Peter Gabriel version

  • @morrisgautreau6704
    @morrisgautreau6704 Před 2 lety +1

    Just the idea of you two wearing TOOL shirts while listening to this amazing artist, is somehow symbolic of our love for great music! It's a tribute to all the wonderful music that inspires us, moves us and makes our lives better! 🤘🏻👨🏻‍🦲👍🏻

  • @annewoodard6803
    @annewoodard6803 Před 2 lety +2

    I’m here for one of the best songs ever written! 😁❤️

  • @petersokol1603
    @petersokol1603 Před 2 lety +1

    Guys…..Brian Eno’s Baby’s on Fire besides being a fucking incredible song….Fripps solo….is so hands down blistering and iconic….it’s legendary…..what Empires are built on😊

  • @mattiefee
    @mattiefee Před 2 lety +1

    David Bowie has such a deep catalog and cultural significance. He started back in the late sixties, was the inventor of Glam Rock and dropped his last album in 2016 right around the time he died. He also check out the song Black Star from his last album. Esoteric mystical and crazy instrumental.

  • @zach1010
    @zach1010 Před 2 lety +1

    Perfectly fit into the movie "the perks of being a wallflower " as well

  • @tonyfleck3029
    @tonyfleck3029 Před rokem

    Great Song , good reaction Guys!
    Different coloured pupils has always been the sign of being a Wizard!!!
    And Defo was!!!...
    X

  • @TerryLightfoot
    @TerryLightfoot Před 8 měsíci

    Recorded in Berlin, they could see the Berlin Wall from the studio. The story imagined lovers separated by the Berlin Wall.
    "The guards shot above our heads".
    Reading the lyrics explains a lot.

  • @leonline3424
    @leonline3424 Před 2 lety

    You good lads need more Bowie content on your channel !!

  • @seano2112
    @seano2112 Před 2 lety

    You need to see this live - awesome

  • @therosabella67
    @therosabella67 Před 3 měsíci

    Smokey you’re right. David Bowie and Freddy Mercury were singing as a duet on Under pressure

  • @peekaboosue
    @peekaboosue Před 2 lety +1

    Very beautiful song..i didn't even know that David Bowie sang it..I only know of it because of Apocalyptica (ft. Till Lindemann) They did a cover of this song very beautiful cover and dedication to David Bowie...great reaction..thank you...

  • @Baldwin-iv445
    @Baldwin-iv445 Před 6 měsíci

    Undoubtedly his greatest song.

  • @anthonymartin6838
    @anthonymartin6838 Před 2 lety

    Wicked. I luv you guys

  • @loudnoises213
    @loudnoises213 Před 2 lety +1

    legend! there was also a decent cover by the Wallflowers, it was used on the Godzilla movie with Matthew Broderick. That was my first experience, had no idea it was a cover until my dad spoke up.
    keep on rockin in the free world.
    Devildriver - The Mountain
    Unearth - Endless

  • @metaphoria3
    @metaphoria3 Před 2 lety +1

    Somebody redid this song and it was in a commercial and it was really good

  • @panarchpete5637
    @panarchpete5637 Před 2 lety +1

    Love you guys…. LoveDavid Bowie… you should check out the band “King Crimson” , the song “21st Century Schizoid Man”… Heavy guitar …The guitarist is Robert Fripp, same one playing lead in Heroes…

  • @scottlefaivre6889
    @scottlefaivre6889 Před 2 lety +1

    David Bowie did a song with Maynard James Keenan as well guys he should all check it out at some point in time love your stuff as usual trash talker for life

  • @mary-katehynes9137
    @mary-katehynes9137 Před 2 lety

    This song just reminds me of home. Just reminds me of Manchester, Liverpool, Cheshire, London, Birmingham, the Lake District, cornwall and more. The same effect happens with any oasis song.
    It’s insane how a song can me you feel at home.

  • @wildhog4251
    @wildhog4251 Před 2 lety +1

    Here's a fun fact for you, my fellow Trash Talkers, I hope it wasn't mentioned already: David Bowie did a song with Maynard. It's called "Bring me the Disco King" and as you may expect it's dope af.

    • @wildhog4251
      @wildhog4251 Před 2 lety

      All right, I've just read it wasn't a collab, only a remix with Maynard's vocals. Still minblowing.

  • @nancymjohnson
    @nancymjohnson Před rokem

    Space Oddity is the song you’re thinking of. I was fortunate enough to see him several times.

  • @anthonymartin6838
    @anthonymartin6838 Před 2 lety

    Wow...straight away . There's a cool youtube clip of Tony Visconti talkin bout how they recorded this song. It's fucking epic.

  • @BM-gv2vi
    @BM-gv2vi Před 2 lety +1

    I remember listening to David Bowie with my grandmother a lot growing up and I remember the last few days of him on earth and his album black star came out which is a masterpiece of modern day music idc what anybody says.

  • @jessica5497
    @jessica5497 Před 2 lety

    He's talking about the Berlin wall! So the first guy was almost spot on!!!

  • @BowieRulez
    @BowieRulez Před 3 měsíci

    David Bowie had one eye that had a permanently dilated pupil because of a fight he got into as a teenager with his friend. They were fighting over a girl and got punched in the eye.
    The song was written when he was living in West Berlin in the late 70’s and he used to see this couple outside near the Berlin Wall. This was back before the fall of the Berlin Wall.

  • @dazmac4692
    @dazmac4692 Před 2 lety

    My main memories of this song was from the movie Christiane F...set in Berlin, that movie will blow your mindz....Luv u guys

  • @christinebainbridge2354
    @christinebainbridge2354 Před 2 lety +1

    Bowie had one permanently dilated pupil due to an injury. It gave him an otherworldly look.

  • @dragonballbw3
    @dragonballbw3 Před 2 lety +1

    For me, the definitive version of this song was from the "Concert for New York" (9/11 tribute/relief). He dedicates the song to the men an women of NYFD and "his local ladder" specifically.

    • @cobbycaputo3332
      @cobbycaputo3332 Před 2 lety +1

      Incredible performance and audience reaction. For some reason it has disappeared from CZcams.

  • @paulpeart8895
    @paulpeart8895 Před 2 lety

    A genius at work

  • @IAmInfinitus208
    @IAmInfinitus208 Před 2 lety

    Also featuring Robert Fripp of King Crimson as the guitarist with the long sustained notes! It's interesting to note that because of Fripp's collaboration with producer Brian Eno, that he would also meet Adrian Belew, another guitarist sent in to help Bowie, and Belew came straight off of Frank Zappa (his auditions are very demanding of perfection). Belew would soon become the new vocalist for King Crimson after their previous album, Red, to start the new wave era with their new bassist/Chapman stick player, Tony Levin, called Discipline.
    Another important thing to note is that Belew and Fripp would also be featured on another production by Eno that was also inspired Bowie's work and would also inspire the latter, the band known as Talking Heads, on Fear of Music. Belew would come back as a session guitarist on the next album, Remain in Light and would emulate lead front man's unusual singing, David Bryne, for some of the songs of King Crimson throughout the 80's.
    I strongly recommend King Crimson and Talking Heads when you get the chance if you're up for it!

  • @tompahlgooglesucks
    @tompahlgooglesucks Před 2 lety +1

    There is an iconic live version you got to check it out

  • @derekcurrent6353
    @derekcurrent6353 Před 2 lety +1

    Need to check out Bowie’s little talked about side project Tin Machine.

  • @DiZastur
    @DiZastur Před rokem

    oh, someone got to that 8 months ago, lol...I saw David Bowie in Vancouver on the Sound and Vision tour in 199...ish...I was so ripped I can't even remember, but I had bought 3 cassette tapes of vintage Bowie the contents of which would blow your fucking mind...certainly did mine.

  • @stevechevy3382
    @stevechevy3382 Před 2 lety

    Nice reaction. Post modern Jukebox did a fantastic version of this song. Highly recommended

  • @edb6690
    @edb6690 Před 2 lety

    Loved his early to mid 70's for the Ziggy Stardust days. Rebel Rebel, Panic in Detroit, Sufragette City, Jean Genie, Watch That Man, Diamond Dogs, Starman, Rock n Roll Suicide, Ziggy Stardust. These are just up 1974.

  • @dhlee9496
    @dhlee9496 Před 2 lety +2

    Please react to Bowir’s “The Next Day” released in 2013. Sick video too

  • @lordgarth7635
    @lordgarth7635 Před 2 lety +1

    He has different pupils after a fight as a teenager with his best friend, but it massively added to his look. If you like Under Pressure which he wrote and sung with Queen why not listen to the fan's version on CZcams (please not the official version) where he mixes Queen and Bowie together. Great stuff. Heroes is great live in his Live in Berlin concert. Rebel Rebel (when he's got an eye patch in a studio) is great too as is Life on Mars ;)

  • @jorel80
    @jorel80 Před 2 lety

    "We can be heroes" is the anthem of the underdog, the outsiders, and the ignored. Hes saying we've got each other in spite of all the bullshit this world throws, and we will have our moment to stand up to it all with grace. "We can be heroes, just for one day..."

  • @mojo76
    @mojo76 Před 2 lety

    Good stuff as usual guys, you should try out some Portishead if you haven't already.

  • @vityazhoroshozashedshy

    In the beginning David Bowie started singing his songs himself since no other invited singers couldn't do it the way he visioned the song. The rest is the history.

  • @kimreed4468
    @kimreed4468 Před rokem

    Bowie's guitarists...
    Mick Ronson.
    Carlos Alomar.
    Earl Slick.
    All Rock legends.
    Bowie discovered Luther VanDross as his vocal arranger for Young Americans. Bowie was also good friends with Iggy Pop out of Detroit. Bowie covered Iggys song China Girl to produce cash royalties for Iggy when he was broke.
    The Berlin years.
    I know a little music.
    Years working Detroit radio.