We can be Heroes, forever and ever…
To mark the forthcoming 25th ceremony of the BRIT Awards, BRITs 25 with MasterCard, the UK record companies’ trade association, the BPI and BBC Radio 2 have launched a search to find the public’s favourite British song released since the BRITs began in 1977.
A shortlist of twenty five song titles has been posted on both the BRITs 25 site and the BBC Radio2 site, and the song David Bowie is represented by is the 1977 classic, “Heroes”. The shortlist of 25 songs, has been nominated by a special panel made up of members of the music industry and media. All the singles must have been performed by a British act since 1977.
The top five will then be announced at the BRIT Awards Nomination Launch on 10 January 2005 at the Park Lane Hotel in London. To decide upon the BRITs 25 – best song, listeners to Radio 2’s Ken Bruce show will be able to hear the top five between Monday 17 January and Friday 21 January (9.30am-12.00 midday). The voting will open via web, text and telephone from 21 January to 30 January.
BowieNetters can help get “Heroes” in to that top five by voting online now. Click on the image above to get the BRITs 25 voting page. You have to register before you can take part in the vote, but it’s quick and easy and would be a great little birthday present for David if we managed to make our collective BowieNet holler heard.
Also on the Radio 2 site is the Sold On Song Top 100 songs of all time, in which you can find three of David’s better-known tunes in, Space Oddity, Life On Mars? and aforementioned “Heroes”.
Speaking of three Bowie tunes being voted into a chart of all-time greats…read on!
