David Bowie - Heroes

[vazmo14850]

i have a 12" vinyl promo copy of this...my prized record!

[vazmo14850]

i agree...low is absolute balls out Genius!!!

[montereypopfestiva67]

One of the most beautiful songs ever written

[tanpiltanpil]

Bowie's best album.

[124norge124]

whats the synthesisers voice? 

[SKOTP69]

MASTERPIECE!

[meilfreak1]

I'm inspired by David Bowie, and I love his songs

[splinter360]

Seriously man. Hes right up there with The Beatles...without people like Bowie music would not have gotten this far (although to be honest music these days is quite shit)

[agnessmash]

my alltime fav song!! so powerful.

[walredhead]

his best song

[fazzie12345]

the last 2 verses make me proud to be gay!

[TheFirstJedi]

that bass line is sick!

[sazerac1]

He outdid Sinatra"s "My Way" with his "Life on Mars" and outdid the Beatles "Hey Jude" with "Heroes"

[IAmTheMan217]

@sazerac1 im sorry but nothing out does Hey Jude

[nirvanawg]

The synthesizer sound effect used in this song is what makes it amazing.

[Oberwoot]

changes or rebel rebel arguably better

[Yosh997]

@Oberwoot or just different

[zacatecas2002]

This is Bowie's best song and nothing else is even close.

[kipperfeast]

@zacatecas2002 Ha! "Fame" blows it away.

[chubbykitty29]

jacob dylan and the wallflowers did a cover of this on the godzilla movie soundtrack

[UnsereLuftwaffe]

I don't think anyone here on this video cares about that.

[ekul85]

lmao!!!

[pinheadsen]

and it was shit!

[tinsane73]

Someone did a cover of this song, anyone know who it was?

[panera88]

Today's the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall DB is referring to in this song!!

[LamboGallardoSL]

This song is at the end of the movie 'The Cove' it's a movie about killing dolphins in Japan. It's a very serious issue and we all shoul know something about killing dolphins, mercury in fishmeat and the provacy of that all. You have to see that movie.

[IamDayoldHate]

Dolphins are gay Lambo the Japanese are doing us a favor.

[drummerhere]

I have this album cover as a poster, it is my favorite!

[KuanYin2424]

WOW..amazing huh?

David Bowie is a genius.!!!!!!

seriously.a brilliant man!!!!!!!!!

[cannibaljuice]

What a song

[Autonomy87]

This is the greatest love song of all time. David Bowie, while recording this album in the Studio By The Wall in Berlin watched 2 lovers meet by The Berlin Wall to kiss. It inspired him to write this song. The fact that 2 lovers, 1 from East Berlin, and the other from West would risk their own lives in the name of love is amazing.

[Tablemaker59]

Autonomy87 - your story is romantic but if you ever saw the Berlin wall before 1989, you know that this is pure fiction. The only way to get near the wall, was in West. And nobody from East was allowed to go to West. As simple as that!

[coronerchic]

I read that in a biography of Bowie.

[MrLukestardust]

excellent song. I hate when they shorten a great song like this.

[theendofconfusion]

One of his best.

[GekiRinTouja]

Woo simpsons Montage FTW!!!!!

[eatmorenachos]

I love this song.

On the album Heroes he started with the line about "I, I will be king" yet in other versions I started with the dolphins stanza, I've also heard versions where he starts off with the "you can be mean" line. Anyone have any insight on this?

Been a Bowie fan for a long time and I always wondered.

[nesplayer94]

I'm not sure about the "you can be mean" line. I believe he used that during his Serious Moonlight Tour in 1983. Also, the single version of this song starts cuts the first stanza off and goes directly to the third stanza. This version is the full 6:00 album version from his "Heroes" album in 1977

[thomrook10]

I would have thought the dolphins stanza start was the radio edit because six minutes would be too long, while three and a half minutes is about standard. There are many songs which I have the full album version but get bits cut out for the radio.

[mus1cat]

One good example of song editing for radio is Yes' Roundabout originally around 7 or so minutes.

Funny but I think Hey Jude might be the only long song that was never cut for top 40. If so, well, we are talking about The Beatles. Another song on top 40 radio that, I think, was never cut was McArthur Park.

Stairway to Heaven was never cut too but it was a staple of FM radio, so that doesn't count.

[Ami806]

I think you may be thinking of the film Moulin Rouge... There is a medley of a bunch of different love songs in it. The words are different though. In the film is "you, you will be mean."

[walbianco]

@eatmorenachos the single version (the old 45 rpm) started with I wish you can swim and ends before "we're nothing etc.". No wonder that it wasn't a big hit...the short version is complete nonsense. THIS is the original and BEST version of this WONDERFUL song

[Babaziba]

@eatmorenachos I bought this album the day it came out and fell for this song. When the single came out I was so bummed that they edited it to cut the first two verses, they set up the whole song. Since the single was popular, I suppose that's why David usually did the "single" version live. Would much rather have heard the song as is (actually could have done without the "dolphins" verse rather than the first, made no sense to me).

[eatmorenachos]

@Babaziba ,

Thank you! I'd wondered about that for a long time. It was always one of my favorite songs but it seems strange not to hear it in the original (and better) form.

[redqueensghost]

@eatmorenachos yeh, he has been singing this song for so many years he just forgets or likes a change like Lemmy with Ace of Spades

[sedlmayr]

@eatmorenachos there is a german version of this too. Bowie sings german the third line (i dont remember exactly). This version i mentioned is on the album "Christiane F." a soundtrack from "Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof ZOO" film.

[ClassicRockSovereign]

Call me crazy, but I'd say a lot of David Bowie's later stuff sounds a lot like the Velvet Underground.

[argentofan123]

No, I feel you, actually.

I was listening, and an inner riff sounds a little like I'm Waiting for My Man.

[pinheadsen]

The Berlin era was heavily inspired by Kraftwerk. Side 2 on LOW for instance.

[blackaggie]

Sounds like they used a theremin

[joh3]

Really? I only hear Fripps filtered Les Paul fingering and Eno's synth additions. The Theremin really has no action signature and as such is an instrument that is totally unique. I am, of course, referring to hands on instrument action. The theremin is not touched at all. But please point to the sound you heard. Let me know.

[KaleidoscopeKidd]

I love that picture of him.

[JesusCristo2002]

I'm somwhat new to David Bowie; however I've heard the majority of "Aladdin Sane", "Ziggy Stardust" and "Low" (in it's entirety). Truthfully I don't know what to think of Bowie, but I did love "Low".

[samfrosty2k8]

on the back of the vinyl record case it says recorded by david bowie in berlin by the wall

so in the song the mention of it is refering to the berlin wall because one of his band members went to meet his lover and bowie saw them kissing by the wall under a gun turet

[SeifervsQuistis]

David Bowie+Robert Fripp+Brian Eno=Me knocked out on the ground with cartoon stars spinning around my head... :-)

[bartleby2007]

I concur.

[MegaBear1990]

This is the song that made me a bowie fan its 10/10

[iggyziggy]

brill video

[paddy9i99]

The German version is excellent, he puts so much passion into the bridge section.

Heroes was a pure German product, pure Berlin in fact. The studio looked out onto the wall. Naturally to sing in German gives it lots of atmosphere.

[zigCARNIVOROUS]

thanx for the tip, paddy! do u like 7 yrs in tibet mandarin version (this zig thinks it = killer)

[paddy9i99]

I haven't heard 7 years in tibet Mandarin, are you being serious?!

[bartleby2007]

don't be dissin' low and lodger.

eno fripp phil collins and pete townsend amongst others made these three albums along with scary monsters amongst his best.

i still like his early goofy folk stuff best though like the laughing gnome.

[paddy9i99]

Bollocks.

'Heroes' is a great record, the only album of the trilogy, recorded, mixd and engineered in Berlin. Low wasn't and Lodger was just plain shit.

[nesplayer94]

I agree is an absolutely excellent record. The instrumentals are more interesting than those on "Low". I think that "Low" achieved more on an artistic level so from that perspective it is probably the best. But after listening to the entire 'Berlin Trilogy' over again I think I had more fun listening to "Heroes" it is a great record indeed.

[paddy9i99]

I have stood in the room in which the song was recorded, Studio 2 at Hansa.

Great feelings, great memories, great music.

Thanks for the video man.

This was a fascinating period in the artistic life of David Bowie.

[retrodude01]

Classic song, simply brilliant!

[gus4u2c]

Besides being very romantic, this song also ROCKS.

[APPLE6314]

Great bowie song classic!!!

[Seifer267]

The thing about Heroes is that it is more Poppy and more accesible to the masses. And that is why I give it my regards as Bowies best album. It is not that it is this eclectic mess of thigns and odd recording techniques.

It took the sounds developed and misused on Low and propelled them to a straight ahead, jaunty, poppy, rock and roll, groove.

Rather than the Art Rock minimalistic mess that was side two of Low.

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[Albeleo]

The description of this video is absolutely spot on. I could not agree with nesplayer94 more. Low is a life-changing record to the right people, and Heroes is a great album, but nothing like Low. But the title track, "Heroes"....my god. It is literally my favorite song ever. If it ever comes on, I turn it up, and everybody shuts up, and everybody feels good. Incredible song...absolutely incredible.

[sa65cn1]

Robert Fripp, Brian Eno, Bowie.... simply the best, an all time favorite

[eliotness4]

absolutely sublime, some of the best vocals put to any song

[TheCosmicFluke]

kills me that most people only know the truncated version of this....

the first three songs; beauty and the beast, joe the lion, heroes...perfection.

the rest of the lp...ehh...but those songs were among the best bowie ever.

beautiful

[Nekhben1]

I like Moss Gardens. I like the whole album in fact, but Moss Gardens is a really beautiful, atmospheric track. But then, I spose that's because aswell as loving Bowie, I love Brian Eno.

[nesplayer94]

That is my favorite instrumental on the entire album, it's absolutely incredible. It really gives off a calming atmosphere, haunting almost. It's tracks like that which make Bowie's 'Berlin Trilogy' my favorite among his other work.

[doubleder]

@Nekhben1 Can't agree more! Moss Garden is beyond words! I absolutely love that song!

[Salineddi]

@Nekhben1 Brian Eno and Bowie. What a magnificent musical marriage!

[nesplayer94]

I agree the single version doesn't give you the same kind of impact the album version does. As for the rest of the album being ehh... it's still fantastic isn't it? =D

[MyPepsiCola]

good song!

[GriefTourist]

Godlike song, end of.

[metrosfan]

Didn't even know about this original version for a long time but that serves me right for not searching for any non-spiders from mars bowie

[picklejuicepj]

This song's pedigree is legendary. Produced by Brian Eno, and guitar work by Robert Fripp... Oh, my god... Pure musical bliss. I love this album!!! :)

[JiggersGenius]

Produced by Tony Visconti, Bowie was helped by Brian Eno. That is a common misconception Although Eno's presence is felt in the song, it isn't him who produced it.

[OxygenePanic]

Christiane F. Wir kinder wom bahnhof zoo.. havent seen that? Whatch it!!! 10 times!! its old but, well to good to miss!, ofcource depends of which childhood you come from maybe...

[midlifecrisis1968]

The album version is the BEST.... we can beat the just for one day!

[Ekulssorc]

Absolutely brilliant. The Wallflowers also do a really good version of this song in my opinion :)

[bresmith]

I think the Walflowers version strips it of it's originality, makes it bland imho.

[fleamarket3000]

it sucks ass

[BazzTheBoss]

i heard this song again in the movie 'christiane f'

it fits perfectly

[xpurity666]

It almost sounds 90's ish or even from today, crazy.

and when he says 'heros' it sounds like 'hey joe' from jimi hendrix for like 2 seconds:)

[crocodilewerewolf]

Words cannot express how amazing this song is... it almost brings tears to my eyes...amazing

[OxygenePanic]

Kultur

[keith25658]

thank you very much for have posted the long version!!

[stev1963hit]

How the f--k did he go from this kind of majesty to Modern Love in just 5+ years....i wonder if he regrets it now!

[PompadourSamurai]

The money in his account says otherwise!

[bobbyiscool1992]

The full 6-minute version rules over the shortened single. Personally, I think shortening THIS song is uncool.

[cheapy2006]

i don't know why this version is so hard to come by, most versions are the three minut versions that start on the third verse of this-nothing about "i'll drink all the time"

heard the german version for the first time y'day-very strange

[cockaleekieman]

Thanks for posting my hero.Have you heard the english german version it's my fave.

[nesplayer94]

yes I have and it is a very good version