Love David Bowie...

I'm satisfaith

If Marc Bolan was alive today he would still be the coolest man around,making great music and fashion icon! RIP Marc and David ❤️🌸

Magique musiciens en avance sur leur temps Merci pour ces moments de bonheur

Seems this track gets a lot of scorn from Bowie "purists" It's one of the few I took to on Hours on release and I still like it to this day. Don't care if it's meant to be a parody or a comedy style song in terms of the lyrics. I think it sounds great.

Don't think many people know that Marc Bolan actually played guitar on this version of Heroes

Starman David Bowie The definitive biography by Paul Trynka p.187

I remember ever album after was compared to this one. Even when modern love blew up they said it was popular but did not live up to the impact of scary monsters. This album, midnight oil 10,9,8, London calling, so much goodness in such a short time.

Ballot ❤

DB was referring to Zionist Apartheid Israel's evil criminal behaviour in the occupied Palestinian territories.

I remember as a kid buying a plastic sleeve to protect this album cover,which was a big deal to me. Scary Monsters was so special.

Ahh, those clips that I think are from "Wir Kinder von Bahnhof Zoo/Christiane F." In retrospect, that movie may well have saved my life as I was on the verge of doing some really stupid shit.

G.E.N.I.U.S. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Bolan. Then Bowie. .. Gosh i remember seeing this live. Marc Was Dreadful at Miming. .Remember him with fondness.....🎉🎉🎉🎉

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When you hear that opening G chord of Ziggy Stardust, the entire world knows what song it is! What an amazing tribute to an amazing guitarist! ❤

When you hear Ronson in solo you understand how much he acually meant to David Bowie Musical.

Bowie was my all time hero from 1972 onwards..( I was 12) Herbie flowers, absolutely loved his personality and edgy take on life, fantastic musician ..

2:31 blackstar

Put a bullet in my brain and it makes all the papers was in reference to his friend John Lennons assassination.

I'm a lifelong experienced session bass player and I'm always amazed by how lovely his parts are on Space Oddity. Herbie was really a talented musician.

The glory days. Fascinating.

Fantastic in every way,must be every thing you have ever wanted to be ❤

What strikes me is the thought that he was asked to do a session play bass on this track of a guy he hadn't met before...David Bowie..a song he knew not much about..just play bass..and the song was born and grew up to be an iconic entity on it's own. Maybe great songs are all like that :create their own signature...not attached to anyone or anything!

Faroutman!

Steve Summers, guitarist for Lip Service: "I was guitarist in the band and at the point of doing the show, we’d been together a couple of years, although with different line-ups. At the time of the show, the band was Mick Hayes on bass, Brian Tan-Brown on vocals, Simon Conway on Drums and myself on guitar. Lasted about 5 years in total. Brian and I carried on writing and made some demos, but these didn’t amount to much. Unfortunately, I’ve lost touch with him now. He was a really great singe, and talented writer. Mick and I are still good friends, and he has never stopped playing, and eventually becoming lead singer with Raider, and latterly Randy and the Rockets. Norman lives in Hawaii and is still playing as far as I know. I’m currently fronting the Steve Summers Band, playing Blues-Rock and original material, doing local gigs. For the show, lots of ego trips going on, and as the only non-famous band on the show, I think we felt a bit overwhelmed. I did at least. Bowie was great, if a little aloof, Generation X - with Billy Idol - who were being touted as the next big thing - were very full of themselves, speaking to no-one. The Rods got very angry because of union restrictions - they weren’t actually allowed to perform and smashed up one of the changing rooms in protest. The reason they weren’t allowed to perform was because David and Marc wanted to have a jam - the one you see on the show - and the recording of the show was already running late. The Rods piece that was broadcast was actually filmed later in London and added to the show before transmission (the show was filmed in Manchester at the old Granada studios). There are reports that Bowie’s security cleared the studio before Marc & David could perform with Marc’s management getting rather irate over it. Tempers were certainly strained over the ‘jobsworth’ attitude of the unions, but certainly we were all there to witness the ‘historic’ jam. Possibly the last time Marc played live… most of the stuff on the show was mimed, apart from the Bowie/ Bolan jam and Generation X… not sure how they swung that. You can see on the jam that it ended prematurely after someone ‘pulled the plug’. Not the way rock-stars of their ilk are usually treated. Both guys were pretty pissed off in the bar later, although they took the time to talk to us. Marc was especially nice. At the time, you weren’t actually allowed to mime to your record and had to re-record it in the Granada studios. This was a real pain since we’d spent ages recording the single. I later found out that trick was to go into the studio and record it then at the last minute, switch the master to the one already recorded. I’m sure this is what Bowie did with Heroes since it sounds very much like the record, including Robert Fripp from King Krimson on guitar, and he was nowhere to be seen at the show. Bowie did sing it live though, and very good it was too! So the version we mime to on the show was the one we’d recorded in the previous 2 days in the Manchester studio. Still, I was quite happy with it. The show was great fun to record, I talked to Marc a lot. He liked my guitar (a Les Paul Black Beauty) and when I asked him about his original 1958 Les Paul that he was famous for, he told me he’d had it stolen, and had sent his roadie out to get 20 new ones and he’d pick the one that felt closest to his old one. The guitarist from Gen X played one of Marc’s guitars I think, since their gear was held up en-route. Marc was complimentary about the song and the guitar solo in it. I knew he lived in Barnes, which is very close to where I worked at the time in Mortlake, and he invited me round to jam with him and Brian May (of Queen) who also lived nearby. Very exciting, but of course it never happened after he tragically died shortly after the show was recorded. Marc treated us all very well. He was utterly charming, and it was a great pleasure to meet him. He was very natural, we just talked like a couple of guitarists about songs, song writing, guitars and so on. He was really chuffed to have David on the show since they were old mates from before either of them had ‘made it’. After the show, we all went to the bar. I did chat to Marc a bit and he was still livid that the plug had been pulled on his jam with Bowie. David was there too of course, and he and Marc went into a bit of a huddle then left fairly shortly after a quick drink with those who were there. Marc did thank us for doing the show, wished us luck and said he’d be in touch with me. I don’t recall the Rods or Generation X being in the bar, but they were all very stand off-ish anyway, very into their own thing. At that time Marc had been on a health kick and lost lots of weight. Some say he was looking too thin and gaunt. Others say he was still taking stuff. He was really on the ball I’d say, sharp and witty, so no sign of drugs or booze. Of course, he was quite small and rather thin anyway, and he certainly looked it that day. I remember his hair looked a bit rough - not the glorious cork-screw mane of old - but then again, maybe it had always been like that. He seemed high energy and full of beans to be honest, but if he’d been dieting, that would account for the hair looking a bit iffy. It was a great experience that I’ll never forget. I was absolutely gutted when I heard on the radio a few weeks later that he’d died. Couldn’t really believe it, especially since it looked like I might get a chance to hang out with him. A great loss to all fans, and to me at the time, it also felt a bit personal. All the memories come flooding back whenever I hear his stuff, but especially Deborah, since he performed that on the show we were on. The show itself is a fantastic memory and it was great to see it finally released on DVD a couple of years ago. I had an old VHS recording of the show that was hardly watchable anymore. A great record of a great period of my life.

Is that possible? David misses the point as he sings into the microphone? or /maybe / it's a videotape error /in Heroes/?

Starman David Bowie The definitive biography by Paul Trynka p.120

From Bowie's best Album.

Hope they are both jamming up there!

RIP Herbie Flowers.

マーク・ボラン以外普通のオッサンバンド😂ボウイは雰囲気出しまくりコンセプトにブレない😆ボランはグルーヴの威力で音楽のチカラを盲信してる印象。ボランはミュージシャンでボウイはパファーマンスアーティスト。どちらも魅力ある時代の寵児ですよね😊

I love both of these artists, but the video and music are off . Hopefully there is a better version

Tfrom the best album of Bowie ❤

Everything he did………..👏👏👏

This aired 12 days after he died in a car accident. I’m surprised they aired it so soon.

❤❤love marc

Literal David Bowie Incantation

It’s brilliant. Thank you uploading it with great photos!

Only 2 days before his death

Is Marc really playing on 'Heroes'!?

I think the title is a reference to Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, with Black Country origins. It has a heavy sound to it.

Ronson made that Album great Welcome to the Club.

we have a delorean

I’ve got agret respect for Marc Bolan and David Bowie - both great artists and very talent too! - john coolman

Can't believe this was just 5 days before he passed away... What beautiful footage of 2 Legends both now Jamming up in the Great Gig <3

Is this version available on a CD anywhere?

Saw him play this live in Memphis along time ago.

Two icons

so cool ! Thanks