Martha Wainwright & Adrian Belew - Heroes (RocKwiz)

Martha Wainwright & Adrian Belew - Heroes (RocKwiz)

[@TelecasterLPGTop]

These two exhibit the joy that one experiences when you've learned your chops and can just wing it without a thought for the technique because it's become second nature.

[@christinewrench1225]

Just a fantastic cover of a fabulous song. Big shout out for Adrian and Martha and of course the Rockwiz Orkestra!!!!

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

I'm honestly a ll choked up, watching and listening. Well done. I've always love the way Belew can wail with such emotion and Martha's voice and attitude just make it even better.

[@timothyredden5757]

Love it. Thankyou. X

[@cheezmistr]

Best musician that ever came out of Kentucky! Thats for damm sure!

[@jameswcollett]

Props to +Michael Johnson wrote below, "With the sustain, the guitar is just one long twisty note." One long twisty note. Belew sounds like the original vocal at times (thus managing to channel both Robert Fripp and David Bowie) and Martha gives a new vocal nuance that the song allows.

[@kimshanna]

Love this and have listened to it dozens of times over the years. It just hit me though that if you close your eyes and imagine Dolly Parton singing it, it absolutely fits!

[@aprilglaspieable]

With the sustain, the guit is just one long twisty note. Brilliant. And Martha is way cuter than her brother.

[@heathermarie7436]

my bf loves adrian belew and came across this song and now it is our song! this is one of the most amazing songs i have ever heard! martha is amazing! she's so cute. when i first saw this the chemistry between them seemed so intense that i wondered if they are married!

[@Iamwilson91]

love martha's voice :) and such a amazing song

[@mickthevan]

On seeing this version of the song I sought out, the previously unknown to me, Martha Wainwright. I was a fan of her father's and now I am fan of hers

[@deanosslewis]

Doesnt get much better than that! And live to boot.

[@bjreynolds24]

Thanks youngdot, love rw ..

[@coloursrainbow242]

*HEROES- Bowie- Blast back- Beautiful Duet- Grand!*

[@mick1964222]

amazing duet , fantastic voives there so in2 this song, mikles guiter work is brilliant & marthe doing that swivelle is pure & so hot

[@vonrankeu]

One of the best eps ever.

[@kerriesciberras4658]

Wow! Great cover!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@spello8191]

This is what I’m taking about

[@ultra6611]

just wonderful!

[@jasonchater897]

Gives justice and then some to Bowie - one of my favourite tracks of all time

[@c.glebbeek2583]

Lovely Martha!

[@thequirkel]

love that song

[@richarddennis1290]

That was so cool

[@jeffd1964]

MW you rock....

[@baird55aus]

Yes Rockwiz is on SBS.

[@chrisb1953]

These 2 do justice to my favourite Bowie song - and Martha is much more sexy than DB! ........Martha please return to RW soon!

[@TeamsterPhil]

Knowledge trumps luck -- you are the one who is quite mistaken. Robert Fripp flew to Berlin to record his guitar parts for the "Heroes" album. The album was produced by Brian Eno - who had by then collaborated with Fripp on several projects. Belew didn't come into the scene until after this was recorded - and it was Bowie that introduced Belew to Fripp, resulting in the neo-King Crimson of the 1980s.

[@davidburne9477]

That’s correct, Fripp played the original parts having flown over from New York, recording the parts for a number of songs without actually hearing them Apparently he worked from the charts and simply played what he thought would be right. Amazing genius, as any King Crimson fan knows. Adrian uses a sustainer pickup electronic unit to produce the ringing, chiming sustain. Live, Fripp had to mark the stage so he knew where to stand relative to his amp, to get the G C and D notes to hover on the edge of feedback.

[@oscarbear1043]

Adrian and Martha made this number their own.

[@kinseymilkbone]

An honorable cover

[@purplerockguy]

Nice, thanks for posting.

[@gerdabaumunk5685]

GGGGGGGeeeeennniiiiialllllllll

[@stevemeredith9022]

Why was this show ever dropped ??

[@SleepyBoBos]

What a top show (Rockwiz) for little old ABC

[@rajivmurkejee7498]

er SBS

[@SleepyBoBos]

@@rajivmurkejee7498 I stand corrected :). Thank you for taking the time to read my comment

[@lisashawe]

Martha. An original artist and isn't that what it's about Lisa💝💝💝💝💝

[@Psycroptopsy]

Belew the whammy twang king!!

[@spiderbass65]

@JohFredersen Hahahaha! I wonder if that's what Bowie said when Belew was touring with him......

[@ld68]

Funny moment at 1:24. Great clip.

[@fungifago]

It was in fact Fripp. Belew went on that tour with Bowie thou.

[@YouAreNumberSeven]

@fabiusII Adrian played on the original track by David Bowie. Better luck next time.

[@SleepyBoBos]

All I know is it was a 3 letter anagram for a station that didn't have much funding :-)

[@venderstrat]

Lots of gain/ volume not too loud.

[@gedglass9475]

who is adrian belew? sorry for my ignorance.

[@oriolllorca4295]

the best

[@Michael-bz9gg]

Check him out in Frank Zappa's band..............

[@paulgilmore8004]

He was bowies lead guitarist in 78 on the isolar and stage tour in Australia, he was brilliant

[@bellambini]

SBS?

[@grahamtaylor3093]

In Australia it means ‘The best’🇦🇺

[@SKOJCV]

Martha sounds/looks great and the guitar tone is the shit.

[@kieransuttin-ryan3619]

I find this song is a good as David b ,I not a fan of David b

[@dickhead5964]

Martha Wainwright, way out of her depth here. 'Heroes' was never meant to be sung with a cartoon voice Absolutely dreadful performance . . . which gets worse the more you listen to it. Sterling guitar-work from Adrian Belew though, (who has actually performed this song on-stage with David Bowie, by the way)