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DAVID BOWIE ‘HEROES’ - THE POWERFUL & EVOCATIVE FINAL SONG IN THE SERIES FINALE OF NETFLIX’S STRANGER THINGS ‘HEROES’ IS AVAILABLE TO STREAM NOW ON PARLOPHONE: https://bowie.lnk.to/Heroes (See Linktree) WATCH THE HD REMASTERED 'HEROES' VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXgkuM2NhYI New Year’s Day saw the broadcast on Netflix of the final episode of the phenomenally successful and critically lauded Stranger Things. Ten years in the making, the final song of the entire series is ‘Heroes’ by David Bowie, one of music’s boldest innovators and most enduring visionaries. After the final scene of Series 5 Episode 8 plays, the show doesn’t jump to its typical credits sequence. Instead, it rolls into a nostalgic animated end-credits segment and lets Bowie’s “Heroes” play all the way through. The decision to end the show with the iconic track was suggested by actor Joe Keery, who plays Steve Harrington on the show and records music under the name Djo. Speaking to Netflix Tudum, the show’s co-creator Ross Duffer says, “Once Joe said that, we immediately knew that was the right song to end the show on because it is, in some ways, an anthem for Stranger Things. To use the original Bowie version just felt right and fitting for the conclusion.” Initially released in September 1977, ‘Heroes’ is the title track of the second instalment of Bowie’s hugely influential ‘Berlin Trilogy’ of albums produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti and featuring Brian Eno. Recorded at Hansa Studios in West Berlin, which was situated only 150 metres away from the Berlin Wall and co-written with Eno, the song references the East German soldiers that could be seen from the studio’s control room and a love affair between a couple kissing in the shadow of the Wall. The song, which has become an iconic anthem, was recorded by Bowie in English, German and French and has been covered by artists such as Oasis, Prince, Coldplay, Yungblud, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, Smashing Pumpkins, Depeche Mode, Blondie, Neil Finn, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Bon Jovi, Motorhead, Miley Cyrus, Aurora, Moby, David Byrne & St Vincent and The Wallflowers, who took it into the US top 10. (Continued in comments)

A STAR IS BORN ON TOP OF THE POPS “Hey, that’s far out so you heard him too?” 53 years ago this week, Starman started its slow descent from the UK singles chart from its peak of #10. After a long countdown following its release on Friday 28 April 1972, the record lifted off when Bowie and The Spiders’ performance on the BBC’s Top Of The Pops was aired on Thursday 6th July, 1972. This broadcast was ranked as the greatest BBC music performance of all time in the UK’s The Guardian newspaper in 2022. Alexis Petridis recalled the seismic effect of that moment in this snippet from their feature... + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + The most famous three and a half minutes of music television in British history isn’t so much about the performance itself as its impact on viewers. No matter how weird and alien you felt, you couldn’t have been as weird and alien as David Bowie and his bandmates looked: the cavalry was here for you. The point where Bowie camply throws his arm around Mick Ronson gathered headlines at the time, but its apex comes 30 seconds later. Umpteen viewers have testified to the life-changing, he’s-talking-to-me effect of the moment when Bowie points down the camera as he sings the line “I had to phone someone so I picked on you”: Lord Kitchener for weirdos, successfully recruiting an army of suburban misfits. + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + Indeed, a life-changing moment for all involved. Things would never be quite the same again for viewers and performers alike. Watch the full performance now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOKWF3IHu0I (Linktree in bio) #BowieStarman50 #StarmanOnTOTP

BOWIE EXITS THE 70s IN THE UK WITH KENNY EVERETT “Can you hear me, Major Tom?” 45 years ago today, David Bowie’s re-recording of Space Oddity was broadcast on the Will Kenny Everett Make It To 1980? Show. You'll be familiar with this broadcast (Shot 18 September 1979 | Broadcast 31 December 1979), but this Nacho Videos edit bears repeating. The original footage was directed for the show by Bowie’s video director of the time, David Mallet, the action takes place in a high-ceilinged padded cell and an exploding kitchen with an unflappable nurse. Speaking to Angus MacKinnon in the NME in 1980, Bowie said: “That came about because (David) Mallet wanted me to do something for his show and he wanted Space Oddity. I agreed as long as I could do it again without all its trappings and do it strictly with three instruments. Having played it with just an acoustic guitar onstage early on, I was always surprised as how powerful it was just as a song, without all the strings and synthesizers. In fact the video side of it was secondary; I really wanted to do it as a three-piece song.” Both scenes were recreated for the May 1980 filming of Ashes To Ashes, the continuity experts among you will notice the very obvious differences. So, ten years after it was originally a hit, Major Tom also had the last word of the 70s for Bowie. Another 45 years on and the impact of this version is still as powerful. Read Nacho's notes with more detail regarding the recording of both the sound and vision, along with the complete video, here: https://youtu.be/63qvJoQLumw?si=n23LAL1FoJyS-Y-b (Linktree in bio) FOOTNOTE: In the US Bowie appeared on Dick Clark's Salute to the Seventies TV broadcast. Bowie mimed to an edit of the 1969 Space Oddity recording. Stills from this show were utilised for the sleeve of the 1980 Alabama Song 45. Sadly, a decent quality version of this broadcast has yet to surface. You can find it on YouTube, but hopefully Nacho will get his hands on a higher quality version to work his magic on. #SpaceOddity55 #SpaceOddityKennyEverett #NachoBowie #NachosVideos

SPACE ODDITY 45 RELEASED 55 YEARS AGO TODAY “And the stars look very different today...” To mark the 55th anniversary of the release of the Space Oddity single, we thought that this post would bear repeating. Five years ago, In celebration of both Space Oddity’s 50th anniversary and the release of the Tony Visconti's 2019 Mix of both the Space Oddity album and single, Nacho's Videos gave us another exclusive. Nacho synced the new full-length mix to the original Hits A GoGo broadcast live from Zurich on 3rd November, 1969. The show had a haunted house theme for the recent Halloween celebrations, which explains the moody lighting and dry ice. Watch the complete video, here: https://youtu.be/PbNsWll5ufw?si=vm_p3B_CkP9JKr7b (Linktree in bio) #SpaceOddity55 #SpaceOddity2019TVmix #NachoBowie

DAVID BOWIE ‘HEROES’ - THE POWERFUL & EVOCATIVE FINAL SONG IN THE SERIES FINALE OF NETFLIX’S STRANGER THINGS ‘HEROES’ IS AVAILABLE TO STREAM NOW ON PARLOPHONE: https://bowie.lnk.to/Heroes (See Linktree) WATCH THE HD REMASTERED 'HEROES' VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXgkuM2NhYI New Year’s Day saw the broadcast on Netflix of the final episode of the phenomenally successful and critically lauded Stranger Things. Ten years in the making, the final song of the entire series is ‘Heroes’ by David Bowie, one of music’s boldest innovators and most enduring visionaries. After the final scene of Series 5 Episode 8 plays, the show doesn’t jump to its typical credits sequence. Instead, it rolls into a nostalgic animated end-credits segment and lets Bowie’s “Heroes” play all the way through. The decision to end the show with the iconic track was suggested by actor Joe Keery, who plays Steve Harrington on the show and records music under the name Djo. Speaking to Netflix Tudum, the show’s co-creator Ross Duffer says, “Once Joe said that, we immediately knew that was the right song to end the show on because it is, in some ways, an anthem for Stranger Things. To use the original Bowie version just felt right and fitting for the conclusion.” Initially released in September 1977, ‘Heroes’ is the title track of the second instalment of Bowie’s hugely influential ‘Berlin Trilogy’ of albums produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti and featuring Brian Eno. Recorded at Hansa Studios in West Berlin, which was situated only 150 metres away from the Berlin Wall and co-written with Eno, the song references the East German soldiers that could be seen from the studio’s control room and a love affair between a couple kissing in the shadow of the Wall. The song, which has become an iconic anthem, was recorded by Bowie in English, German and French and has been covered by artists such as Oasis, Prince, Coldplay, Yungblud, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, Smashing Pumpkins, Depeche Mode, Blondie, Neil Finn, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Bon Jovi, Motorhead, Miley Cyrus, Aurora, Moby, David Byrne & St Vincent and The Wallflowers, who took it into the US top 10. (Continued in comments)

A STAR IS BORN ON TOP OF THE POPS “Hey, that’s far out so you heard him too?” 53 years ago this week, Starman started its slow descent from the UK singles chart from its peak of #10. After a long countdown following its release on Friday 28 April 1972, the record lifted off when Bowie and The Spiders’ performance on the BBC’s Top Of The Pops was aired on Thursday 6th July, 1972. This broadcast was ranked as the greatest BBC music performance of all time in the UK’s The Guardian newspaper in 2022. Alexis Petridis recalled the seismic effect of that moment in this snippet from their feature... + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + The most famous three and a half minutes of music television in British history isn’t so much about the performance itself as its impact on viewers. No matter how weird and alien you felt, you couldn’t have been as weird and alien as David Bowie and his bandmates looked: the cavalry was here for you. The point where Bowie camply throws his arm around Mick Ronson gathered headlines at the time, but its apex comes 30 seconds later. Umpteen viewers have testified to the life-changing, he’s-talking-to-me effect of the moment when Bowie points down the camera as he sings the line “I had to phone someone so I picked on you”: Lord Kitchener for weirdos, successfully recruiting an army of suburban misfits. + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + Indeed, a life-changing moment for all involved. Things would never be quite the same again for viewers and performers alike. Watch the full performance now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOKWF3IHu0I (Linktree in bio) #BowieStarman50 #StarmanOnTOTP

BOWIE EXITS THE 70s IN THE UK WITH KENNY EVERETT “Can you hear me, Major Tom?” 45 years ago today, David Bowie’s re-recording of Space Oddity was broadcast on the Will Kenny Everett Make It To 1980? Show. You'll be familiar with this broadcast (Shot 18 September 1979 | Broadcast 31 December 1979), but this Nacho Videos edit bears repeating. The original footage was directed for the show by Bowie’s video director of the time, David Mallet, the action takes place in a high-ceilinged padded cell and an exploding kitchen with an unflappable nurse. Speaking to Angus MacKinnon in the NME in 1980, Bowie said: “That came about because (David) Mallet wanted me to do something for his show and he wanted Space Oddity. I agreed as long as I could do it again without all its trappings and do it strictly with three instruments. Having played it with just an acoustic guitar onstage early on, I was always surprised as how powerful it was just as a song, without all the strings and synthesizers. In fact the video side of it was secondary; I really wanted to do it as a three-piece song.” Both scenes were recreated for the May 1980 filming of Ashes To Ashes, the continuity experts among you will notice the very obvious differences. So, ten years after it was originally a hit, Major Tom also had the last word of the 70s for Bowie. Another 45 years on and the impact of this version is still as powerful. Read Nacho's notes with more detail regarding the recording of both the sound and vision, along with the complete video, here: https://youtu.be/63qvJoQLumw?si=n23LAL1FoJyS-Y-b (Linktree in bio) FOOTNOTE: In the US Bowie appeared on Dick Clark's Salute to the Seventies TV broadcast. Bowie mimed to an edit of the 1969 Space Oddity recording. Stills from this show were utilised for the sleeve of the 1980 Alabama Song 45. Sadly, a decent quality version of this broadcast has yet to surface. You can find it on YouTube, but hopefully Nacho will get his hands on a higher quality version to work his magic on. #SpaceOddity55 #SpaceOddityKennyEverett #NachoBowie #NachosVideos

SPACE ODDITY 45 RELEASED 55 YEARS AGO TODAY “And the stars look very different today...” To mark the 55th anniversary of the release of the Space Oddity single, we thought that this post would bear repeating. Five years ago, In celebration of both Space Oddity’s 50th anniversary and the release of the Tony Visconti's 2019 Mix of both the Space Oddity album and single, Nacho's Videos gave us another exclusive. Nacho synced the new full-length mix to the original Hits A GoGo broadcast live from Zurich on 3rd November, 1969. The show had a haunted house theme for the recent Halloween celebrations, which explains the moody lighting and dry ice. Watch the complete video, here: https://youtu.be/PbNsWll5ufw?si=vm_p3B_CkP9JKr7b (Linktree in bio) #SpaceOddity55 #SpaceOddity2019TVmix #NachoBowie