“And the shame, was on the other side”
The new issue of Classic Rock magazine (#217) has a double-page article on the creation and recording of “Heroes”, in their regular The Stories Behind The Songs feature.
The piece is peppered with archive Bowie interview segments and here he recalls the day he performed “Heroes” live at the Platz der Republik Festival on June 6th, 1987, in front of the Reichstag in Berlin, right across from the studio where the song was conceived.
“I will never forget that. It was one of the most emotional performances I’ve ever done. I was in tears. They backed up the stage to the wall itself so that it was acting as a backdrop. We kind of heard that a few of the East Berliners might actually get the chance to hear the thing, but we didn’t realise 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 concept, where the wall was the division. And we would hear them cheering and singing along from the other side. God, even now I get choked up. It was breaking my heart. I’ve never done anything like that in my life. And I guess I never will again.”
Read the full thing in the current issue of Classic Rock.
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