"In 1977, the year Bowie recorded Heroes, the second of his three Berlin albums, East German border guards shot and killed 18-year-old Dietmar Schwietzer as he tried to flee west across the wall; a few months later, 22-year-old Henri Weise drowned trying to cross the Spree River. Heroes was haunted by the Cold War themes of fear and isolation that hung over the city. Its still-famous title track tells a story of two lovers who meet at the wall and try, hopelessly, to find a way to be together."
-Max Fisher, Vox Magazine
In 1987, Bowie returned to Berlin to perform at a three day festival held outdoors at the Reichstag. Bowie sang only one song, the title track from Heroes. He began by kneeling on the floor, bound with a thick rope. After being freed from his bonds, he stood and sang the iconic verse:
I can remember (I remember) Standing, by the wall (by the wall) And the guns, shot above our heads (over our heads) And we kissed, as though nothing could fall (nothing could fall) And the shame, was on the other side Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever Then we could be Heroes, just for one day
Two years later, on November 9th, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell
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