On September 23rd it will be a 40 full years since David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ landed.
‘Heroes’ was of course written by Bowie and Brian Eno, produced by Tony Visconti and was originally recorded in English, French and German (all of which feature on the A New Career In A New Town (1977 – 1982)’ boxset out on 29th September). Recorded during Bowie’s legendary Berlin period, the track tells the story of two lovers, one from East and one from West Berlin, and was inspired by the sight of Visconti embracing his girlfriend by the Berlin Wall.
Hear what KLAX had to say about their reworking of Bowie’s track here