Peter Gabriel sings "Heroes" at Berlin Wall ceremony
- 10 years ago
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STORY: Peter Gabriel sings David Bowie's "Heroes" at the ceremony in Berlin marking the 25th anniversary of the wall coming down.
"Heroes," which is something of a Wall anthem -- was recorded by David Bowie in a studio near the barrier in then-West Berlin.
The Berlin Wall appears in the lyrics of the single "Heroes" which was recorded near the Gropius Bau at the studio known then as "Hansa Studio by the Wall" - it was so close that East German sentries could see right into the windows from their watchtower.
In the song, about two lovers, Bowie sings: "I can remember/Standing, by the wall/And the guns shot above our heads/And we kissed, as though nothing could fall".
STORY: Peter Gabriel sings David Bowie's "Heroes" at the ceremony in Berlin marking the 25th anniversary of the wall coming down.
"Heroes," which is something of a Wall anthem -- was recorded by David Bowie in a studio near the barrier in then-West Berlin.
The Berlin Wall appears in the lyrics of the single "Heroes" which was recorded near the Gropius Bau at the studio known then as "Hansa Studio by the Wall" - it was so close that East German sentries could see right into the windows from their watchtower.
In the song, about two lovers, Bowie sings: "I can remember/Standing, by the wall/And the guns shot above our heads/And we kissed, as though nothing could fall".