David Bowie Heroes - Live front of the Reichstag in Berlin 1987

[@fannyzschau5030]

I was standing in the front row of that concert and still get goosepimpels. I was with thousand fans on the Westberliner side, while as many Eastberliners partied that weekend on the other side. And we all felt, that no wall would divide us forever. But it took another two years. The fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989 ended a fifty year East-West conflict

[@catbyte0679]

I'd like to think that he was the spark that lit the match to the fire that tore down that wall. I remember it, too.

[@fariasrv]

That must have been an incredible experience...

[@Jay92925]

This comment made me feel slightly emotional and I don’t know why

[@fannyzschau5030]

@@Jay92925 Maybe because it was a very emotional concert and also a turning point of history which you could feel.... www.dw.com/en/87-concert-was-a-genesis-of-east-german-rebellion/a-2663850

[@Jay92925]

@@fannyzschau5030 may I ask what your experience was like when the wall came down and you could feel both Germanies on the path towards reunification? That must have been quite an amazing time after nearly half a century?

[@superchaserbr]

A message posted on the German Foreign Office's official Twitter account, reads: “Good-bye, David Bowie. You are now among #Heroes. Thank you for helping to bring down the #wall.11 Jan 2016

[@seriousbusiness2293]

This song at that exact moment at that exact place is one of the most powerful symbols of union ever. Im from Berlin and my musik teacher used to be a teen in east Berlin. She told the class that she stood on the other side of the Wall where all this western Media was forbidden during this concert. The placement of the concert was no accident, easterners gathering as close to the wall as they could before the Stasi cleared the streets again (some joining the jive). But before that happened Bowie truly was singing for both sides of the wall and everyone was a hero just for one day. The lyrics basically double line for line as a huge Mittelfinger to the East/West division.

[@glennbradshaw3565]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@lindamorgan2678]

Yes wonderful story I understand he had huge speakers up and facing east for the poor communist people to hear.. just for them. When I Hear this song I also hear Pres Reagan " TAKE DOWN THAT WALL" RIP David Bowie and thank you for the great memories of my youth also

[@ThomasWolf70]

Bei diesem Konzert vor dem Reichstag, unmittelbar an der Sektorengrenze von West-Berlin zu Ost-Berlin, war ich im Alter von 17 Jahren zu Pfingsten 1987 dabei. Heute bin ich 54 Jahre alt und bin nach wie vor ein glühender Bowie-Fan. David Bowie war einer der größten Pop- und Rockmusiker, die es jemals gegeben hat. Während dieses Konzerts, das von Ost-Berlin aus zu hören war, wurden Berliner Zuhörer jenseits der Mauer von der Ost-Berliner Volkspolizei brutal malträtiert, nur weil sie Bowies Musik hören wollten.

[@gabrieldepallens9914]

This was one of the greatest moment of music of all time.

[@capnothedeep1078]

I was a young soldier serving in Berlin and managed to go to all 3 days - it was amazing. I remember that Mattheus Rust has recently landed in Red Square and we had tee shirts made to wear and we got interviewed on German TV. As the evenings drew in I remember many families lighting Chinese lanterns with messages attached and watching them float from West Berlin, over the wall and into East. It still brings a tear to my eye today to think back to then. I never imagined the wall would come down in my lifetime - but being there for those three days when the city was united by it's division, I knew that one day it would. I went back a few years after the wall had come down - and walked through the Brandenburg Gate for the first time and cried. Berlin in just the best city I've ever lived in, or visited - simple as that ❤

[@markgoldstein6230]

I was there, three nights Eurythmics, Bowie and Genesis...will never forget.

[@spmoran4703]

What a line up .

[@jpfdiv]

Music is extremely powerful

[@VVeltanschauung187]

it's the highest and most penetrable form of art

[@utapiekarski7852]

I was there and it has been an unforgettable weekend with wonderful artists performing. David Bowie has written that song years before when he lived in Berlin.

[@aleksrock]

Is it true that there were speakers facing East Germany? Tell a little about how the event went.

[@zoltanvaradi1850]

Aleks Martins the stage was right behind the Reichstag on the “Platz der Republik”, so I think the speakers didn’t faced East-Berlin. But the stage was so close to the wall they could hear the beats and the lyrics clearly.

[@aleksrock]

​@@zoltanvaradi1850 awesome

[@TiborWeigand]

@@aleksrock www.afar.com/magazine/a-guide-to-remembering-david-bowie-in-berlin

[@gilbertknight1488]

@@zoltanvaradi1850 hajrá magyarország

[@RuohongZhao]

it is year 2023, and we need him we need this song more and more.

[@elkabong6429]

Too bad there is only the one wide shot, and no close ups of him during this great moment! Thanks for sharing this!

[@thecheeselord5943]

Some brief closeups exist I think. It's just a shame that there isn't any complete footage of the berlin concert available (publicly at least). Edit: Just some closeups from a similar looking Montreal concert exist, so that's the closest we'll ever get.

[@thiesjens3480]

Hey danke für das Hochladen, habe von der anderen Seite halbwegs mit erlebt

[@peterpokrou6143]

I was all 3 days,🤟🤟🤟🤟 i saw Bowie 2 times

[@berndgruner8510]

Danke. Für. Deinen..Song. Danke. David...Danke

[@geraldwaller4856]

War beim Konzert dabei , vermisse dich .♥️

[@MichaTheLight]

Thanks David for your contribution in uniting my ppl. Thanks

[@Rhonals2011]

You are now among heroes!

[@HuckyKentucky]

I'am also standing there! 🗣️Ist was absolutly great ‼️🎸🎶

[@jamescadger3302]

Love this song it is a fantastic song sadly missed I just wish we can get him back 😂

[@spmoran4703]

Me too.

[@windyhead7960]

Ok, I'm crying now

[@olivierbocquet9906]

The repression against the people after the 3 days was so strong that it started to make collapse the infamous wall, and the song became an anthem for the berliners when they reunited two years later.

[@tucoramirez6058]

When I was first in Berlin the Reichstag was still shot to pieces. Great to see the joint back!

[@maane28]

Feb 2022, Hoping for the PEACE.

[@ProNorden]

GREAT closing to #JoJoRabbit ..#Bowie's #Helden ..anthemic piece that, along with #WindsOfChange, represents the #Reunification of Germany, and tbe end of the ColdWar. ✌

[@דוידגורכוהל]

בלי נשים בעולם לא היו יוצרים מוזיקה מעולה !! אין כמו אימא בעולם!!!!!!!.

[@pattycassiani1352]

Sempre magnifica questa canzone...love Bowie forever

[@percynavarro2442]

Gracias amigo

[@信彦-d9x]

映像の世紀を見たけど 歴史的なコンサートだったんだね。

[@sheilascanlon4928]

Our hero rule the universe spectacular human.

[@faviolemos1954]

de los tiempos de los encendedores en reciltales!!! buenos tiempos donde los mirabamos y no por una pantalla

[@kaibronson1152]

I have been there 😍

[@ランラン-p7y]

ボウイ、最高😃⤴⤴

[@alessiozara5616]

The legend

[@Shiroya_Rumika]

I hope for the Unity of the Korean Peninsula

[@SilenceCanMock]

저도 그렇습니다.

[@111222333daniel]

In a democratic state with no dictators

[@joeldelcroix3030]

Fantastique. Berlin /Paris.

[@CarstenWeise]

Wow, glad something from this concert shows up. I was there, but the Glass Spider tour is not my favorite Bowie concert. Too big.

[@1015Elvis]

Yay it’s back.

[@SarahBABINOT]

Se souvenir et ne pas oublier!

[@gemmavalentine8073]

Brilliant, thank you 👍👍👍

[@kayakesq]

Rock and roll freed the society block more than Reagan who takes credit

[@amalebowskye]

Yes sir❤️

[@jbo7886]

actually Reagan had a great deal to do with it. To deny that, truly lacks understanding of the big picture. sorry.

[@theohorvath5803]

@@jbo7886 Reagan was also one of, if not the worst president the US ever had so yeah.

[@JR7noir]

Reagan killed the USSR USSR years later ☠☠☠

[@biggusdickus1689]

@@jbo7886 Wasn't the Soviet Union already collapsing on its own though? I don't know much about that era but it seems like there likely would have been some sort of reform regardless.

[@pietajanssenvanelst2167]

And the wall turn down!!!! Heroes!

[@madden8021]

It was loud enough to catch east berliners to list on in and sing along.

[@johndaugherty7465]

"Nur der verdient sich Freiheit wie das Leben Der täglich sie erobern muß." - WvG

[@crimesforkibble6912]

Is anyone sure that's actually David Bowie and not just a smudge on the lens

[@hairglowingkyle4572]

Even though World War 2 ended 42 years on this day, this feels like its ending credits. The old world of tyranny and the suffering of people, finally ending in true freedom, with the celebration of the heroes who sacrificed for those years on end.

[@jippjones]

What is the name of the film playing in the background?

[@DavidBowieFan1990]

It’s not a movie. He filmed it himself.

[@lindamorgan2678]

Just old footage piece when the wall went up

[@rickyred001]

Immense

[@ああ-c4r9g]

「この現場に居た」っていうコメントが多くて、これはまだ歴史上の出来事にもなってない、ついこの前起きた事なんやなって

[@ikiwies0]

🕊️

[@Evolutionistz]

💫

[@alvaro8450]

dave from tha block in da hood

[@frcm]

Hey les gens

[@ΓιωργοςΤσατσαρης-ζ5κ]

Cfistiane f 1980

[@JUSTSANDRUDEMANNSTORM]

scyn

[@case_of_insanity3135]

今日がその日

[@은경유-g6b]

이제 우리 차례다 korea

[@ほんまりょうや-t1j]

Please don't look away from Gaza.

[@lunafringe10]

There is no Reichstag anymore 😂.

[@swagkachu3784]

There is

[@lindamorgan2678]

Wrong !

[@JR7noir]

The original building is still there. Other name: Bundestag

[@garypudup2109]

and the likes of AOC and the Squad have totally forgotten what socialism brings...

[@garypudup2109]

@@worri8926 Really ? OK assume I know nothing...let's go with Marx, the author of communism, and Lenin, the Implementer of Soviet Socialism, they both believed that socialism was the first step on the path to communism. But what would they, or George Orwell, know about such things? I'm confident "Worri" knows more about these things than the people who established them. And let's not confuse progressives with socialists. AOC claims to be a socialist, or do you know better than her on that too? As Lenin said, "The goal of socialism is communism." www.brainyquote.com/quotes/vladimir_lenin_136421 Darn Lenin and Stalin and their silly weaponizing of socialism...

[@garypudup2109]

@@worri8926 Democratic socialism? Hahaha. Please name one successful socialist country? Past or present. PS, you may want to check your facts, neither Sweden nor NZ are socialist countries...oh wait...I get it now...you're one of those kooks who have confused the Nordic economic model with socialism. Sweden gave up on socialism decades ago and NZ has never been a socialist economy. You would do well to do your homework, then find the nitwit who told you such lies and take them to task for misleading you. Really do your own thinking. And you may want to to do some further research on the difference between a socialist state and a welfare state.

[@garypudup2109]

@@worri8926 I can see your confusion. AOC and her ilk have conflated Western liberal nations that have welfare programs with Socialism. Socialism has a definition, it is the central control of the means of production and the distribution of wealth. Neither Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the UK or any of the Nordic countries have such systems. And Communism is nothing more than Socialism without private property. Clearly “The Squad” identify as Socialists and so be it. That they don’t know the difference between Socialism and Western liberalism is on them and telling of their ignorance. She is not entitled to make up definitions to fit her arguments. If she wants to make up her meanings for known political and economic systems she has to be prepared to for people to call-out her lack of knowledge. In this respect she is only the flip side of the same coin Trump is on. They both make up their own facts. Sadly, she has dragged many good people down her rabbit hole who haven’t bothered to simply do a little homework much less actually major in political science. Let us have a conversation on the merits of a Canadian style USPHC ( which is not socialized medicine, nor even Federal, it is Provincial), or more funding for schools and economic safety nets, of which I favor; but let’s be clear they have nothing to do with Socialism. A state can be Socialist with none of these programs. Be careful falling in love with politicians, they will only break your heart when you discover they don’t know what their talking about, be it AOC or Trump.

[@garypudup2109]

PS: briefly, apparently one doesn't know the difference between Social Democrats and Democratic Socialists.

[@niagaracedar3331]

And the GOP forgets the division that fascism creates.