David Bowie - Heroes | REACTION

Here’s the video link • Heroes (2017 Remaster)

[@jamelakajamal]

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[@bertgetner9397]

Jamel, Its about the berlin wall, a political barrier between East and West Germany.

[@redarmysoja]

You haven't done a Bowie live version of a song yet. You need to do the live version of this song here kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4XdlJR7pduEm8U It's better

[@HandleTakenlol]

5 you said it right oh, it's about a boy and a girl in a messed up world. You're lucky to have one good day of love in your life

[@Ontir]

The song is better in German. Check out Helden, which was used in JoJo Rabbit.

[@jstube36]

@Jamel_AKA_Jamal. Too may in this world are separated by borders and walls. If I had my way. I would open all borders and bring down all walls that keep too many apart. It would be nice for things to change. Scorpions-Wind Of Change-kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5Pbh3WNlsh7r9U

[@ethelwulfmountbattenderoth2286]

When Bowie died, a little piece of me died. He was a beacon of strength for people that were a little different and maybe felt things too deeply.

[@TashOnTheRock]

Ethelwulf Mountbatten de Rothschild VIII I hear ya ! I am sure I went through a full morning stage . It was literally months. Woke every morning with his songs in my head . He help people like us figure out who we are. And told us it was ok to be different. 💕

[@helencoltart3483]

Best way I’ve ever heard it put!

[@chrisf.7980]

Fan since 1974, still crying!

[@kra147durham]

I still can't quite believe he's gone.

[@jangalvin4185]

He was indeed👌

[@Serai3]

"It was one of the most emotional performances I've ever done. I was in tears. They'd backed up the stage to the Wall itself so that the Wall was acting as our backdrop. We kind of heard that a few of the East Berliners might actually get the chance to hear the thing, but didn't realize in what numbers they would. And there were thousands on the other side that had come close to the Wall. So it was like a double concert where the Wall was the division. And we would hear them cheering and singing from the other side." -- David Bowie, on playing "Heroes" in Berlin before the fall of the Wall between East and West Germany.

[@nonMuggle]

Serai3 That is stunning. I can only imagine what it must have been like.

[@patriciafuenzalida2112]

💗💗💗

[@Lady_LC]

I literally welled up reading that. The song is so emotional, especially for those of us who remember the Berlin Wall and all it stood for. But knowing he did that for the fans on the other side is just so overwhelming, a beautiful legacy that Bowie left. How much more can I love this man? 💜

[@emmejayeh.5995]

Yes, and there was a riot in East Berlin between cops and the kids, because the cops were trying to keep them away from the wall and from hearing the song (and the rest of the concert, which was part of a larger outdoor rock festival that was happening).

[@marniethedyslexic6445]

Serai3 Thank you so much for sharing that I had never heard it. What a great memory to have. Makes me love Him even more.❤️😀✌️🌼Love and peace

[@PalemoonTwilight]

Losing David Bowie was a terrible loss for the world of music. He was a singularly talented individual who never failed to deliver. There are so many wonderful songs he did, it is really hard to pick a favorite. Thank you for listening to this one with us, Jamal. 🌙💜☮️

[@ueks69]

There are many brilliant musicians in the world, there will only ever be One thin white duke, Bowie was uniqe

[@gonzostrangelove6107]

"I Can't Give Everything Away" sounded so much--to me, at least--like a goodbye.

[@BufordT]

👨‍🎤👩‍🎤 David Bowie was so significant that even the rock and roll emoji was modeled after his Ziggy Stardust album cover.

[@bowiejones5769]

More like Aladdin Sane

[@lipby]

He was always changing. He never stopped--right up to his death.

[@mattmillah428]

Blackstar is amazing.

[@snakelite61]

One of his last songs, Where are We Now, carries the weight of all his years. The video is perfect.

[@mattmillah428]

@@snakelite61 I was always alarmed by the line on Girl Loves Me........... "Where the fuck did Monday go?" As he died on a a Sunday..... It always makes me think. Spooky shit.

[@Tat2Dragons]

Robert Slack Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Turn and face the strange Ch-ch-changes. 🙂

[@suffern63]

Very true,but did he ever really match the sublime magic of The Laughing Gnome?

[@lazerx1828]

Bowie has actually been credited as being one of the major forces that led to the destruction of the Berlin Wall, specifically from this concert: *In 1987, singer David Bowie played a concert in West Berlin, near the Reichstag. The performance was so loud, a massive crowd gathered on the East side of the nearby Berlin Wall to better hear his performance. He could hear the East Germans behind the Iron Curtain, singing along*

[@boogiedahomey]

It was a different David...David Hasselhoff...or so he claimed

[@ceevio_art]

So true. Following his death in January 2016, the German government thanked Bowie for "helping to bring down the Wall", saying "you are now among Heroes".

[@SpaceCattttt]

@@boogiedahomey Yeah. I mean, how would the people of East Berlin even know Bowie's lyrics? They didn't all have access to smuggled copies of albums.

[@FabiolaMacabre]

boogiedahomey omg 😂

[@AJ17_]

@@boogiedahomey Hasselhoff was there the night the wall actually came down and was performing on top of the wall. I remember watching it live on TV (I was in high school).

[@barryradun6356]

I am 77yo and listen to this song a lot. It holds deep meaning for me, reminding me that I can be a hero, even if only for one day. And we can all be heroes. Be a hero for one day at a time.

[@ExileOnDaytonStreet]

This song is such a great example of polyrhythm in rock/pop music. Every instrument is playing a different simple rhythm, and the whole is greater than the sum of all its parts.

[@themadcow71]

LIFE ON MARS - BOWIE (a must among all the Bowie treasures0

[@rbf7099]

YES, YES, YES, PLEASE 🙏🙏🙏

[@thisiszaphod]

Two things. 1 -There is a video of Life on Mars, with the ending of BBC's Life of Mars on KZbin somewhere - that ALWAYS makes me cry. timelovebrigade is the channel. 2 - The rendition that someone played at Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum also on KZbin on the organ when David died was also a beautiful tear-jerking tribute. The right song at the right time. bmxer4ever is the channel

[@soreneriksson3210]

Yes! And notice the phone ringing in the end.

[@whirligig29]

Yes pleeeeaaase!

[@JamesInDigital]

My absolute favorite Bowie track.

[@williambloomhuff3389]

I love it when Jamal says "did this guy do any modeling?" Jamal my brother if you only knew the half of it. He was one of the most influential artists of the 20th and the 21st centuries. He defined fashion/music trends decade after decade. You could spend the rest of your life digging into his catalog. I'm glad you got started.

[@neuralmute]

Bowie was the first man to ever appear on the cover of Vogue! He was *such* model material - those cheekbones! And he was in Zoolander, of course! ;D

[@Lafever1883]

@@neuralmute He also was one of the few singer's who could also act. He acted in so many movie's, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Labyrinth (of course), I loved his cameo in the first Zoolander move( had me rolling on the floor), and he was so perfectly cast as Tesla in Christopher Nolen's the Prestige. He was an artist in every sense of the word.

[@michellesmith7323]

@@Lafever1883 Man Who Fell To Earth does NOT get enough love

[@cimarronwm9329]

He also played the lead character in the play The Elephant Man without the layers of make up, just his physicality and got Dave reviews. He was amazing in the film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence a WW2 prisoner of war film.

[@gregharmon3797]

Mr Lawrence , he was great

[@garycrowe6921]

I’m 62 years young and David Bowie was a major influence in all my music remember buying his 45s as they came out in the early 70s he was just so special he changed my life and it’s so cool your playing his music keep it alive for the next generation keep on playing. Gary

[@katsujinkin60]

One of the most memorable performances of this song was the one he did at Madison Square Garden not long after 9/11. The whole audience was First Responders and their families. Their loses were still very fresh, and they needed to blow off some steam. Bowie was sitting on the floor of an empty stage playing a harmonium. It was as minimalist as you can get, and maybe because of that it was incredibly powerful. He was singing to a huge crowd of real heroes, and their reactions were priceless!

[@JStarStar00]

He's saying the world will tear them apart, but their love will last forever. The act of love makes you a hero.

[@HandleTakenlol]

Truth....💔

[@jeffdarden337]

Awesome

[@ShiningBlueCircle]

So true. I think we can trace this idea from George Orwell 1984 through Bowie’s “We are the dead” to “Heroes” - love as an act of resistance.

[@GirlofNicky]

Boy, we really need David now!!

[@ramonloeffen4381]

But only knowing the truth will set you free....

[@philging]

This was during the Cold War when the Soviet Iron Curtain separated the peoples of East and West Berlin.

[@GratefulLed]

jojo

[@EchoBravo370]

I remember hearing this song at the end of a movie in the 80's. It was about two junkies living in West Berlin. The movie was in German. I don't know for the life of me what it was now.

[@dano9008]

Yes, and he lived in Berlin for a time during this period (with Iggy Pop which led to his "Lust for Life " album).

[@caterinanasini1320]

@@EchoBravo370 Could it be 'Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo'?

[@SunnyBlue77]

@@EchoBravo370 Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo the movie also shows Bowie in a Live Concert scene, playing Statio to Station.

[@Stevies_Precog_Gym_n_Spa420]

I am a grown man and I have wept to this song in the hard times of my life. When loved ones passed, when I didn't know myself, when love turned cold and blew away. The thing about the title and topic of this tune is that heroes aren't real. Heroes live in myths. We're all just people and the world is a cruel and harsh shade of grey a lot of the time for many people. Good people do evil deeds constantly and this world can feel a relentless beating at times. And yet life and joy and connection can grow through thick stones in the middle of a desert storm, and the hopeless romantics within us can live in the memories and moments of love and joy, where the shame is always on the other side of the wall and you can authentically be you, chained to circumstance but free in the mind, doomed to burn but with unshakeable hope and pride. It's naive and yet fierce. The world may destroy you, but you can scream back in it's face and claw your way to your rightful place. The song is also a desperate howl of refusal to surrender ones humanity in the face of an uncaring world of war and hate and oppression and sadness.

[@morningstarghuleh1087]

David Bowie's mugshot has to be the most beautiful mugshot ever. He was extremely photogenic.

[@jomc7425]

It is beautiful.

[@GordianTot]

The day David passed away I listened to this song and I wept like I knew him. I don't remember who said it but they said it was like a whole color had gone out of the world. I felt that. So glad you are experiencing one of my all-time favorites. I hope you do Fashion or Blue Jean....or any of them really. A rare talent.

[@Loki1815]

Gordian (edit autocorrect)Tot: I don't remember the full quote but someone commented that his death was like a thread of life's tapestry had been unravelled! I gulped at that and had to catch my breath!

[@ugaladh]

I too felt such a loss. He was just always so unique, original, innovative and re-inventing himself all the time.

[@ijustneedmyself]

My brother had texted me the news and it was the first thing I read upon waking. Like you, I wept. Just a few years earlier I mentioned to my husband that the deaths of Lou Reed and David Bowie would hit me hard. They did. There are certain artists that just reach into your soul and stay there. I'm so grateful we have their music and that we can witness people enjoying it for the first time ❤️

[@mgalarama1529]

Someone also said something to the effect that 'imagine all the millions and millions of years of the earth's history, and you managed to exist here at the same time as David Bowie'. That did bring me some comfort in days after he passed when I felt completely destroyed.

[@omnibus4157]

I barely remember a time where I didn't know Bowie's work, even before I knew his name or what he looked like. When I learned who he was and of all his work as an 80s teenager, I was in awe. When I learned he'd died, the shock of it felt as if I'd had the wind knocked out of me.

[@neuralmute]

Welcome to one of the best songs ever! This stuff is why Bowie is a legend.

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

My opinion exactly- best song ever

[@DarylH56]

Of all the incredibly good Bowie tunes from across his career, "Heroes" is my favorite. There are many more, before and after this, that are also amazing but "Heroes" just has something about it for me. I've had the lp since it came out. I love the contributions of Robert Fripp on guitars and Brian Eno on synths etc. Those three musicians, Bowie, Fripp and Eno, influenced my tastes from then on.

[@junedecarlo3604]

Love love love this song❤️❤️❤️

[@soulbodyca9019]

@@DarylH56 Three musical geniuses !!!

[@elizabethbouma7644]

The line about “standing by the wall” is a reference to his producer Tone Visconti stealing a kiss underneath the Berlin Wall, where David Bowie spotted them. They were in Berlin cutting this album when they were spotted and put it in the song.

[@kookoothebirdgirl1]

He was struggling with the lyrics, and when Visconti walked back into the studio, Bowie was grinning like the cat who ate the canary. He then exclaimed “We’ve got our lyrics!”.

[@rustybearden1800]

This song is widely recognized and acknowledged as Bowie's single greatest and most significant work, arising during a time in his career as he was experiencing uncertainty, upheaval in his personal and private life and working in unfamiliar surroundings and circumstances to push himself into another breakthrough in his already legendary and unique career. I've been a lifelong Bowie fan and had the privilege and pleasure of experiencing his live shows more than 25 times (I've lost track, honestly) and this song, with few exceptions was always a part of his show. It always raised a knot of emotion and a tingle of sheer elation in me while hearing him pour his heart and soul into it. I NEVER get tired of hearing it. He is an astonishingly intense, sincere and remarkable talented artist, one of the GOAT! Absolutely wonderful that after all this time his music is still touching and moving people as it did me all of those years ago.

[@danielmarshall3102]

To really appreciate Bowie's great diversity for ROCK sound "Suffragette City", " Rebel Rebel".

[@texy213]

Ziggy Stardust and The Jean Jeanie too

[@bettygreenhansen]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX68mJKIlpmWqJo

[@ronnelson7828]

Early Bowie at his most heavy... "Cracked Actor" or "Panic in Detroit". For maximum weirdness try "Aladdin Sane".

[@imafgc]

Im pretty sure Suffragette city is my favourite Bowie song

[@dconaway2877]

I agree

[@AlltelJohnny12]

David Bowie- Modern Love. Thanks Jamel 🙏🏼

[@CatDadChris]

This song just blows my mind every time. I still can't believe how the three different melodies play at the same time, are distinctly different, yet work together to create this perfect piece of art.

[@NoelVento]

Bowie opened the Concert for New York just after 9/11/01. One of the songs was 'Heroes.' You gotta see it!!

[@wandersonoliveira263]

Fun facts: 1: Robert Fripp, King Crimson's guitarrist, plays in this song, but in a very unique way. He recorded three guitar tracks for this song having just a vague idea of how the song would actually sound. So he recorded them, one of them alongside Brian Eno, who plays synths with Bowie on the album, hoping one of the tracks would fit in the song. But in the end, the producer, Tony Visconti, merged the three tracks into one single sound. And that's the angelical guitar sound you hear throughout the entire song. 2: When Bowie is screaming his guts out by the second half of the song, the reverb effect in his voice is not a effect. Tony Visconti set three mics, one in Bowie's face, one in the middle of the recording room and one by the edge of it. The two distant mics would only record depending on the frequency and volume of Bowie's voice. The distance created that roomy reverb sound.

[@ceevio_art]

Wanderson, I hate to be a pedant (I obviously don't!), but the 'gated' mics were triggered by volume (loudness), not frequency (pitch), which is why he had to sing louder and louder to get them to activate. And the other crazy genius thing about it was, when he got loud enough to activate the second mic, the first one would automatically switch off, so, as he got louder and louder, the active microphone got further and further away. By the time he's screaming that final verse, the only mic that was working was something like 50 feet away. But, yeah, Eno and Visconti were artistic geniuses. Eno was the mad scientist and Visconti was the engineer that made it all into reality. Those 3 Berlin albums are still my favorite Bowie era.

[@wandersonoliveira263]

@@ceevio_art , I didn't find it pedant, thank you to add more on it. The more I know about this album, the more I love it, although i love Low a bit more. I said frequency because Bowie sings in a low register, even though he could pull off higher notes in lower volume. But it makes more sense now, since its volume relates with the song's dynamic. Hope I was a bit right about the guitar sound, at least.

[@davidkopec9442]

Real “gated” reverb. Fripp on the ebow is unreal.

[@ryanwaggoner6974]

@@ceevio_art god, I was hoping someone popped in here with an explanation of the micing on this song. It's absolutely insane/brilliant.

[@DarylH56]

@@wandersonoliveira263 It took me awhile to embrace "Low" back in the day, but what a fantastic record! Always Crashing In The Same Car, Sound and Vision and more. A fantastic listen for anyone who really wants to explore Bowie's breadth and depth.

[@dimitrasotirakoglou2553]

David Bowie was the definition of music talent ❤️🎵

[@markchester7132]

One of the truly greatest uplifting songs ever. He was taking a recording break outside near the Berlin Wall. He saw Tony Visconti and his lover being intimate with East Berlin guard towers very near. It’s all about love and hope conquering hatred. Bowie was the freaking MAN!

[@Morrisey35]

The most amazing fact about this song is that he had three mics when he was singing, one one foot away, one 20 and one 30 (i think, not sure about exact distances). The louder he got, the less the closer one would pic up. So in effect, he's screaming at the end of the song, and sounds so distant because the nearest mics are dropping out the louder he gets. It just fits the desperation of this song so perfectly.

[@thoronthol1175]

Morrisey35 Nice! I love hearing things like this.

[@lbow09]

I am loving this Bowie kick! Love me some Bowie! ❤️🤘🏻

[@erinrenman1479]

He never modeled, but he was gorgeous in his prime. I second whoever suggested you listen to Bowie's "Five Years"

[@TheKitai09]

I think he was absolutely beautiful as an older person. He really grew into himself. 🖤

[@wrldchamps04]

He had the qualities to do it.....

[@annesmith2259]

Five Years is a masterpiece ❤️

[@ShadyPinesMa79]

He honestly was beautiful his entire life.

[@MrDshack]

He was the muse of quite a few fashion photographers. Not a model, but definitely modelled.

[@TheToledoTrumpton]

This is one of those songs that you find something new to admire every time you hear it. Lyrics and singing usually come first, then you hear the guitar track, then the drumming and then you start picking out the subtle changes and how it builds to the end, giving you a real uplifting high, without you really understanding why. Truly one of the great tracks in music. Now unleashed on a new generation via "The Perks of being a Wallflower" movie.

[@iamreg1965]

3 microphones were used in what is termed "multi-latch vocal gating". One was 9 inches away and the other two 20 and 50 feet respectively. The unused microphones were switched out as the song progressed forcing Bowie to sing even louder thus achieving the heart rending almost shouting vocal at the end into the microphone 50 feet away. Genius.

[@midnightmike44]

The live version of this song with Queen at the "Tribute to Freddy' is simply stunning....goosebump city...

[@rileyandmike]

Yes!!!

[@tinacorbet4705]

the live version of this from 2003, his last big tour. he looked and sounded perfect. it on KZbin

[@jimsveta4417]

I still favour this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKS8oWynaLaBl7M How this versions builds.

[@tinacorbet4705]

found it, 2002 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKS8oWynaLaBl7M

[@tinacorbet4705]

@@jimsveta4417 LOL it's the same vid! lol both our favs

[@slamjackson2137]

Bowie loved the rock n roll of Lou Reed, you can really hear it here.

[@ceevio_art]

Bowie actually produced the album 'Transformer' for Lou, and you can hear his distinctive voice in the backing vocals on tracks like Satellite of Love. Its also Bowie playing the acoustic guitar on Walk on the Wild Side. Love Lou Reed!

[@gregcnz3301]

Slam Jackson Now that’s what we need - some Lou Reed!!

[@sukie584]

I love Lou/VU. I don’t know that his music/ lyrics outside of a few songs translates to the masses.

[@TheDsall]

So true !

[@brovold72]

And I really like it in spite of that.

[@jeffcohnphoto]

From Wikipedia (i just learned this too) Bowie's performance of "'Heroes'" on 6 June 1987, at the German Reichstag in West Berlin has been considered a catalyst to the later fall of the Berlin Wall.[2][3][4] Following his death in January 2016, the German government thanked Bowie for "helping to bring down the Wall", adding "you are now among Heroes".

[@ChrisHUTTON-zc4br]

I love this song. I use to play it up REAL LOUD!!! I only saw him live once here in OZ, I'll never forget it. RIP D. Bowie.

[@neilsmith9066]

This was all over after 9/11. Bowie sang it for the troops at the concert for heroes watch that version live its awesome!!!

[@Mirrorgirl492]

Not sure what you mean by 'all over after 9/11' I'm sure he performed it then, but it written and released LONG before 2001.

[@omarcapaso7156]

Mirrorgirl they meant that it was everywhere and people played it more after that time.

[@neilsmith9066]

Everytime they played videos of the Heroes the Police, Fire Department all the 1st responders they would play this song. It was chilling

[@Mirrorgirl492]

@@omarcapaso7156 thank you for explaining :-)

[@Mirrorgirl492]

@@neilsmith9066 thank you

[@julieharden2433]

Along with Starman, this is my favorite Bowie song. It makes me happy.

[@Matt-fv2qb]

When they put the vocals on this song Tony Visconti had Bowie in a large open room with multiple microphones at different distances from him. The microphones were "gated" so that as Bowie sang louder as the song progressed the closer microphones would shut down and only the distant ones would be recording. By the end of the song Bowie was singing as loud as he could at a microphone on the other side of the room. I think it's a really great effect.

[@mikeymckinnon5778]

Queen Bitch, Rebel Rebel, Oh You Pretty Things, Life On Mars, Young Americans. So many classics from Bowie.

[@scottp.5055]

Life on Mars and Ziggy Stardust are two of Bowie's best songs.

[@stanleyteriaca2184]

Prehaps he can't find it. Officially it is called "Life on Mars?". The question mark is important.

[@PinkyPuff69]

YES

[@scottp.5055]

@@stanleyteriaca2184 the "?? isn't required to find it.

[@lidlett9883]

Changes and suffer jet

[@metheus108]

Life on Mars was his response to them not using his version of lyrics (Even a Fool Learns to Love) for "My Way" which became a Frank Sinatra hit.

[@maynardofthejungle8031]

This song brings me to tears every time I hear it, one of the most important in my life. Bowie changed my outlook on life for the better

[@stephaniewhite5644]

I started listening to Bowie in the 1970s when I lived in L.A. I have always admired him and his music. He was such a genius! I was very sad when he passed away in Jan. of 2016. Thank you for keeping his music alive, he has a very wonderful music catalog.

[@glyngasson8450]

When Bowie did his vocals they set up about 5 microphones at 10 feet distances away from him the furthest away being 50 feet. So some mikes were only activated when he got louder, that's why the sound on his vocals changes throughout the song.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

two people really making this come alive Brian Eno who cowrote and Robert fripp on the guitar of King crimson. you also have to remember when this was wrote the famous Berlin Wall never came down so there was always that divide between people from East and West Berlin..

[@DanielGonzalezC]

This was the song that prompted me to look into the Ambient thing Eno pioneered.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

@@DanielGonzalezC yeah it's not for everybody but if you're into really like what would later become like 9 inch nails kind of stuff and things like that the definitely out there but experimentation of Brian was really cool..

[@KelJayP]

Thank you ) I love the all song and artist history I learn here! Anybody passing by the comments is missing out on a wealth of interesting background and a lot of laughs, ie the goof that said Pink Floyd's "Money" taught him how to play the cash register ~ still laughing about that one :oD

[@devaux1904]

Legend is that around 4ish time, he wrote the lyrics while watching two secret lovers working in the studio... and he’s writing about them kissing in the street.. which he saw.. and he nailed the peak vocals while no one was around.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

@@devaux1904 yes indeed and who would have thought you would have ever seen that historic moment when the wall literally came down... I never thought so in my lifetime.

[@rwxstudio7173]

Yep, the Wallflowers did a cover of this song Jamel

[@furiouss1]

The Peter Gabriel cover of Heroes is stellar.

[@PJ818]

Blondie also did a live cover of Heroes in 1980: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnylppiKm6ykn68

[@albertmurillo7522]

@Purple people Eater Don't forget about the movie the Replacements with Keanu Reeves

[@Rob-eo5ql]

Great cover

[@Trish0871]

Albert Murillo I just commented that. I wasn’t sure if anyone brought that up.

[@dport62]

Losing David Bowie in January 2016, and then Prince in April 2016 broke my heart. It was a double whammy of loss. I remember my eldest sitting with me, both of us were scanning our phones. The news about Prince popped up. I threw my phone down, started crying and said first Bowie, now Prince, I can't handle this. I had to walk out to my front porch and calm my dramatic self down.

[@martharunstheworld]

This is my favorite Bowie song. It speaks to all of us, how we, regular folks can be heroes, every day!!! I love him!

[@williamknell864]

Great song, groove, arrangement, just the whole sonic atmosphere. Everything just meshes so beautifully. The ache and longing in Bowie's vocal. This song is used to great effect at the end of the film, "Jojo Rabbit." Germany surrenders, and Jojo and the Jewish girl his mother had been sheltering leave the house, and dance in the street/. Chronologically unrealistic, but perfect none the less. Great choice, Jamel.

[@nickydenning6988]

Agree 100% - an unexpected but perfect match for the end of Jojo Rabbit ❤

[@lipby]

Also, you should do the Bing Crosby/David Bowie duet of "Little Drummer Boy." Seriously, it's nuts. And he didn't model, but he did act in a couple dozen movies.

[@TahoeNevada]

YES!

[@CHAUNCEY.GARDNER.]

I brougjt that up one and said talk about crossover

[@Brotha_Teresa]

Jareth the Goblin King! Speaking of the Goblin King, Jamel needs to check out “As the world falls down”.

[@TahoeNevada]

@Reischa Parker LOVE that movie!

[@lipby]

@Reischa Parker I would not recommend Bauhaus to Jamel!

[@dmblack56]

So many wonderful Bowie songs. “Sound & Vision” , “Life on Mars.”, “TVC 15”, “Modern Love”, “Fashion”

[@jakehudson7118]

Probably my all time favourite song, its such a powerful song with a fantastic vocal performance from David Bowie. Plus the production with Brian Eno makes this song sound timeless.

[@pauljansen1137]

Yes..finally..this is my favorite bowie song!

[@wolfman8449]

Song was brought back to life for a younger generation by the wallflowers. good times, great times, miss them

[@unclejesse6642]

This was recorded in Berlin, when the wall was up, you need to know that when you hear this. there is a German version which is really cool.

[@miketaylor6226]

Yes heard it wonderful

[@robinbeers6689]

I don't think he was ever a model but he did do some excellent acting. The movie, "The Hunger" with Cathrine DeNeuve and Susan Sarandon is a wonderfully creepy modern vampire movie.

[@Wilss]

David Bowie - 'Moonage Daydream' when you have the time :)

[@davidfisher8821]

Some of the greatest guitar work ever!

[@xxcelr8rs]

Live Movie version,

[@wandersonoliveira263]

This song is about a couple that each of the lovers live in a part of Germany, split by the Berlin Wall. Their love is so strong that they can pierce through the wall. Bowie lived in Berlin and made amazing albums there. I suggest Beauty And The Beast and Warszawa from this era of Bowie.

[@doubleducks814]

Bowie looked out the window and saw two of the band members kissing beside the Berlin wall and was inspired.

[@UniversalBlackRocker]

@@doubleducks814 Yeah it was Tony Visconti and Antonia Maass, who sung background on Beauty And The Beast on the same album, that Bowie saw kissing by the wall.

[@wandersonoliveira263]

@@doubleducks814 Yeah, I know. It was his producer, Tony Visconti, and one of the backing vocals. I think her name was Antonia, but I can't remember her last name.

[@wandersonoliveira263]

@@UniversalBlackRocker Yeah, that's it.

[@TK-fk4po]

I thought it was two gay men.

[@AR-fb2cz]

Growing up in Germany after the fall of the wall this song was almost like a anthem for a generation and a call to gather a new one, means a lot to us.

[@izzonj]

Opening ceremonies of 2012 Olympics in London, as the UK team entered the stadium, "Heroes" began playing and you could hear 100,000 people singing along. It was magic!

[@VampeyMK]

Just one of the most listened songs of my life. I can hear it always, for motivation, for jogging, for listening and adoring David again. One of the best songs for me.

[@MaddyN999]

He wrote this in Germany when he saw two young lovers meeting up at the wall. The live versions are really great. You need to listen to earlier songs: Rebel Rebel, Changes, TVC15 is a trip if you know what he’s talking about lol.

[@edw4664]

TVC15 is great!!!

[@TK-fk4po]

Two gay men. Forbidden love.

[@sexysadie2901]

@@TK-fk4po No

[@stevestrickland934]

Actually it was his long time prodcer making love next to the Berlin Wall. He saw them from the window of the studio. Part of the inspiration.

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

Steve Strickland yes the “boyfriend” was Tony Visconti.

[@kennethgilbertdds7249]

This song is such an incredible beacon of genius. Just a light from the distance calling you forward in disbelief.

[@lewistasso8866]

I remember when David sang this during Live Aid back in 1985. That was the battle cry of the historic event. I will always remember that.

[@TR4Ajim]

His performance of this at the World Trade Center tribute concert is amazing!

[@rodneykelley2917]

Bowie's song touches your heart and soul. Timeless!

[@stephenbarker1734]

Even though he's gone his work will go on for eternity, constantly gaining more and more fans, providing continuing to provide inspiration to future musicians, singers. He was a multi faceted person, a singer, writer, actor, artist, and philanthropist,

[@angelo9725]

Fashion, scream like a baby, changes and so many more Bowie was a legend in music and theater!

[@nlumby]

...you really need to go back to the start...'The Jean Genie' David Bowie + 'Rebel Rebel' ...also 'All the Young Dudes' Mott the Hooples (Bowie song)

[@HandleTakenlol]

Words!

[@lipby]

All the Young Dudes.

[@sherrytyrner8641]

Changes!! Need to do that Bowie song: Ch-ch-ch-Changes!!

[@snakelite61]

I'd forgotten about All the Young Dudes! Alexa is getting a request when this song ends.

[@Serai3]

It's "Jean Genie". You know - a pun.

[@roboj]

This is my favorite David Bowie song, hands down ("Blackstar" is #2). Everything about this song - the relentless drive of his incredible backing band of that era, Eno's swirling synth textures and sonic treatments, Fripp's incredible sustaining guitar feedback sounds, Tony Visconti's masterful engineering and production, and Bowie's absolutely incredible vocal and lyrics. The sound and singing just grabs you and never lets go. It's an incredible moment of collaboration and creation. Cheers!

[@chrys7174]

I had the privilege of seeing him more than once and every single time it was amazing. There will never be another like him. I have everything he ever made. Listening to Lazarus after he passed just stopped my heart

[@danielh115]

I've listened to David Bowie for so many year and I will continue to love his music for many more 💚💙

[@89smokey]

With one blue eye and one brown, it’s hard not to look at him and be fascinated by his appearance.

[@ceevio_art]

The different colored eyes was apparently an optical illusion. He had anisocoria - a condition where the pupils are different sized . This gives the illusion of different colors as one pupil is enlarged, but the eyes were actually the same color - although I agree they certainly look different colors to me.

[@89smokey]

Chris O’Leary I had no idea. Thanks for the correction.

[@lazerx1828]

Bowie was definitely a stylish dude, he was nicknamed "The Thin White Duke", he always dressed up when he performed at concerts. He moved to downtown New York in 1992, definitely a cool guy.

[@AZIZ18691]

I loved Bowie in every flavor he came in. This song makes me cry because he’s passed.

[@DanBlabbers]

At the crescendo of the song there were multiple microphone set up and the 2nd was further away with a gate to open record when a certain decibel was reached. It creates such a unique sound.

[@sr1285]

Ziggy, Life on Mars, Star Man just, why not.

[@kimodell101]

Felicity Oldman absolutely

[@laura-gt3zc]

Star Man, yes!

[@JoshuaJSain]

Station to station is a must. A deep cut but his masterpiece

[@justsomejusstsome8994]

TRUE.

[@jacmandora1]

My all time favourite Bowie track... Has such a haunting melody and a sadness to it, yet you can't help but feel happy too. Classic Bowie magic 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾

[@rardyprice7418]

There are a handful of songs that have the ability to tear me apart yet leave me more complete and whole once they are over. This is one of them. I see my life playing like a reel in my mind every time I listen to it, it destroys me as I think of the one's I have cherished yet lost as time has passed. then I'm hit with overwhelming joy as I realize how lucky and blessed I am to live and to have these cherished memories and experiences. It moves me to my damn soul every time.

[@wpollock1]

He is singing about the Berlin Wall and a relationship - Bowie recording three albums in Berlin. Think of this....who was making music like this in 1977? That would be NO ONE. Bowie has so many styles and re-inventions.

[@theccpisaparasite8813]

?? Lots of people were, Zappa, Alice Cooper Band, Tangerine Dream, it was a great time for music.

[@theodoreritola7641]

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT , But them 70s had a huge list of greatness

[@jeffmiller4832]

While you’re in the mid 70’s listen to Station to Station.

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

Jeff Miller Stay

[@DarylH56]

Station To Station...fueled by LA's intoxicant of choice, cousin cocaine. Eventually he and Iggy escaped the white powdery haze in favor of Berlin (leading to Bowie's Berlin Triolgy and Iggy Pop's The Idiot and Lust For Life) which proved to be a good career move for both of them.

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

DarylH56 Also Lou Reeed’s Berlin.

[@kurtstaeuble7998]

Producer Tony Visconti set up the microphones for the recording of Heroes in such a way that, as the song progressed, Bowie’s vocal would become more distant, hence the urgency in his voice as the song progressed. Sonically, the goal was to match the song’s key line, “Nothing will keep us together.” Now that’s artistry!

[@bobito8997]

The collaboration between Bowie and Brian Eno for this and the previous album Low was incredible. Two men whose musical ideas really enhanced one another.

[@binkle76]

I can't wait until you come across Rebel Rebel, Ziggy Stardust, Jean Genie, Suffragette City, and Modern Love. They're gonna blow your mind.

[@lordrathut]

Ooh, Cracked Actor and Diamond Dogs too

[@shaneclower]

Rock and Roll Suicide one of my favs

[@t.scipio7841]

You should dive into his alter ego "Ziggy Stardust" the whole album "spiders from mars" is a concept album... There is also a movie .. Bowie is amazing.

[@vasman132]

That is his most complete album. Top to bottom solid.

[@gilbertspader7974]

Ziggy played guitar !!!!!!!!

[@everetth-top4760]

Heroes is one of the most beautiful rock song ever made. It is one of the few songs that can make me weep a little.

[@maren_-]

for me, greatest song ever.! Written in the dark times, when we had the wall through Germany. Greetings from here....

[@jesselobo3213]

My favorite Bowie song (I love his catalog). This song's relevance in today's world where one voice can make a difference gives me hope for a brighter tomorrow.

[@danisemiller128]

This is my favorite Bowie song! All of them are great, but this one just hits me for some reason.

[@mgalarama1529]

I could not adore this song more. Goosebumps every. single. time. So glad you played this one!

[@christinawoolley6206]

Heros was made in Germany while the Berlin Wall was still in existence. Bowie wanted a big change after living in LA. They were recording but Bowie was still working on the song. During a break, one of the studio musicians met his girlfriend by the wall, Bowie could see them embracing through the window. Amazing what a talented artist can do with situations that appear in every day life! Oh, he also began a collaborative friendship with Brian Eno which is why the style is so different. He continued to grow and change throughout his life. I truly enjoy your program! 😽

[@timeintimeagain]

Mr. Jamel, You need to react to Mr. Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel” and “ The Jean Genie”!!

[@karenward267]

And TVC15, Red Sails

[@lordrathut]

Since there's Diamond Dogs and Aladdin Sane here, why not have Diamond Dogs (the song) and Cracked Actor too?

[@sygendron]

That song is one of the greatest love songs ever. I always get shivers down my spine when I hear it. And it is delicious.

[@shawnk7832]

Delicious! 😁

[@sygendron]

@@shawnk7832 Yes! Delicious!

[@isleJane]

Mr. David Bowie was and is my ultimate music artist. Loved him since I was a kid in the early 1970s. It is still difficult to listen to his music without getting emotionally happy and yes, sad... because he is no longer physically with us.

[@albertmurillo7522]

I loved the range of his voice in all of his songs

[@DiscoFang]

This was part of the soundtrack to the movie "Christiane F" from 1981 set in the social housing (slums) of South Berlin. A Bowie concert is part of the storyline and has some weird spliced together footage from different concerts. I saw the movie when I was 15yo mainly because of the promised Bowie soundtrack. Within the love and very gritty coming of age story of the main characters it basically said to me "drugs will ruin your life and your happiness". Good and accurate message similar to the one Jamel has told about his neighborhood growing up.

[@baerenonkel]

Actually the crowd scenes were part staged, partially shot at a Rush concert and Bowie shot on a New York soundstage miming to the Stage version of Station To Station, which itself was edited together from 2 shows in early 1978.

[@samanthadavis9409]

So perceptive... you’re reading these songs so well. Bowie was my Hero and seeing you discover him makes me so happy. Keep it up!

[@Paj1v]

One of the most beautiful rock anthems of all time. You made me sing brother Jamel, thank you!