About this episode
The wondrous story of an all-time classic song from the 70s that everyone knows by heart. But the crazy thing is…it was never actually a hit… It’s Heroes by David Bowie. Our story starts in West Berlin in 1977. Two anonymous lovers met in secrecy in front of the Berlin Wall. Above them, armed soldiers in a guard tower scour the scene. What was their secret? Well, legendary artist David Bowie witnessed this and wrote Heroes about this secret… a secret he would keep for decades... in the process of recording his legendary vocal Bowie used a microphone trick that we’ll talk about that conveyed the emotion and magic. Bowie would also say that Heroes was a bitch to sing. He always had to plan out his setlist just right to get the vocal right. The result is a song for the ages NEXT on the Professor of Rock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .