You can tell he's trying to have a good time and brush off whatever he was feeling. And his voice never suffered. Not here, nor on Black Star. What a performer. I miss him dearly
@@hornplayerchrisfrom what I understand the pancreatic cancer was the last 18 months of his life. But the concert here was the night he collapsed right afterwards from a heart blockage, I believe. I think I read that he was cold and borrowed a sweatshirt (one of the symptoms), and he sort of rubs his chest every now and then in this song (don’t know if that’s a typical movement for him or if it was related to feeling pressure or pain). And despite all of that, his voice remains absolutely incredible here. 💜
Unreal to just think he was having a heart attack at this very moment, and kept on going. So many things have changed in the music industry... What a talent we have lost. R.I.P. Hero.
Yes David underwent heart surgery immediately after this concert. Complaining of chest pains, he was rushed to the hospital. His last concert. Hero’s, what an extraordinary performance. This song demands a high level of performance and David did not disappoint!
Meg Dunphy One time I was getting ready to do a gig with my guitarist boyfriend. And just moments before we started to rehearse for a soundcheck he started having heart palpitations that he almost had the same incident happen to him onstage. Luckily I took him backstage to lay down and rest for a while before he was well enough to perform onstage. Like Bowie, my boyfriend was also a trooper. Still this video is painful to watch yet David is a strong trooper even though he looks unwell onstage.
WOW. An INCREDIBLE performance of Heroes made all the more incredible by the fact that he was having a heart attack throughout the concert. Heroes was the last song of the set, followed by three encores, the last song being Ziggy Stardust. After they left the stage, David collapsed and was rushed to the hospital. He was misdiagnosed and given muscle relaxants, which he was not happy to take because he'd been clean and sober for many years by that point and the effect of the medication reminded him of being high. Two days before this gig, he played a gig in Prague, where it was unbearably hot in the venue. He was a few songs into the set and while performing the song Reality, he stopped singing and turned to Gail Ann Dorsey with a stricken look on his. He'd been sweating profusely and looked terrible. He was helped off the stage and the band played a couple more songs. He came back on stage and sang a few more songs, but couldn't go any further and the show was cut short. As soon as they got backstage he collapsed again, was rushed to a hospital and misdiagnosed, the doctorsnot finding that he had a heart attack. It wasn't until after this show that his actual condition became known. That he survived those two shows is nothing short of remarkable. Here in this video, especially toward the beginning, you can see he's not looking well. He looks exhausted and stressed; he seems preoccupied. As the song builds in intensity, he meets the moment and fully delivers the song. But to think that he could have literally died at either of those concerts or at any time during that two day stretch, it's mind boggling. Here it is, May 25, 2021and it's been five years, four and a half months since he passed - and it's still hard to believe he's not with us anymore; it still saddens me. David Bowie was the greatest songwriter of the rock era. Look at the sheer quantity of GREAT albums he created - Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Station to Station, Low, Heroes, Scary Monsters, Buddha of Suburbia, Outside and Blackstar. That's TEN albums that are at a 9.5 - 10/10 level. And then there's Diamond Dogs, Let's Dance, Earthling, Heathen, Reality and The Next Day - all really good albums, not to mention Space Oddity (AKA David Bowie), The Man Who Sold the World (now called Metrobolist), Pin Ups, Lodger, Black Tie White Noise, Hours and Young Americans. Even Tonight and Never Let Me Down had some good songs, as did the 1967 Deram record label album David Bowie. That's 26 albums of which about 23 are good to really good to excellent to classic. What other artist or band has THAT MANY great albums and songs under their belt?
I agree with everything you write. Bowie was a genius with no equal within pop music. He was also extremely brave and the way he handled both his heart attack snd his final disease and death should be an inspiration to everyone.
The greatest ARTIST of all time! He even made his hair art! He wore like 10,000 different hair cuts! And looked fabulous in all of them! And what a body of work the man made! Nobody has worked harder than David! I have loved him for more than 50 years. I saw him with his red hair on Midnight Special, and that was it for me hook line sinker! Saw him live at the Chicago Amphitheater. Even joined his fan club. I am so glad I can watch videos of him and his music. What a loss.
He said he is freezing his Butt off, take the Hoodie and go on. On that Day we did not realize how bad he was, an absolute exceptional artist. May he Rest in Peace :(
Hard to watch this last performance of Heroes knowing that He had to sense something was wrong in his body as he boarded that stage and gave what I thought was his best performance almost as if he knew it would be his last. He truly gave it all he had and it showed. All I can say is that voice oh that amazing God given voice....so powerful it could take down some buildings so distinctive that blindfolded you would always know it is Bowie. We’ve never had a voice so full of range, velvety smooth deepest baritone and falsetto at times fully amplified, no mic needed!! I think he under valued it but I will always miss it. No one could compare...Great loss indeed😪 thank god for the memories that will live on thru the generations to come🥰..God’s speed DB✝️🌸✝️
REST IN PEACE MAJOR TOM, WE,LL MEET AGAIN WHEN IT'S OUR TURN TO TRAVEL THE STARS WITH YOU, GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN. PEACE AND LOVE TO YOU ALL MY FRIEND'S. 🙏✌️😎🏴
I recently found this and it was "mind blown". I had never put it together before. A message posted on the German Foreign Office's official Twitter account when David Bowie passed read: “Good-bye, David Bowie. You are now among #Heroes. Thank you for helping to bring down the #wall." Wow!!
The second time I have started to watch this ~ and I can’t; even now. I just hear his voice and have to stop the video. It took me 3 years of denial, not being able to watch or listen to him, before I could cope with watching a live performance again. From the age of 12 he was my one hero. 🖤
I get it. People who aren't fans won't get it...but it hurts me to watch this, and every day, I STILL feel heartbroken. He was like a family member to me. But David wouldn't want us to be sad. He'd want us to be happy and live life to the full and be kind, so that's what I try to do. 🫂🙏🥰
He retired from doing full concerts after that. He did nothing (musically at least) for 10 years. He had a good retirement before he made his last 2 albums.
The message is clear as a bell. We can all be heroes. Maybe even not for 1 day, but by 1 kind gesture, we are still heroes of the moment. So, tomorrow, give some spare change. Smile at someone, and sincerely, wish them a good day. Be grateful that you have water to brush your teeth. It's really easy to be a hero- just for one day, everyday.
Somebody come wipe my tears and slap this goofy grin from my face. I can’t move. I have goosebumps in layers. So special. How lucky we are to have shared a planet with this dude. Thanks David.
the last time ever for this epic and unrivaled anthem, the greatest song ever written. this is one of the best versions/perfomances he did. so powerful and at the same time poignant as if he somehow knew that this would be the last time ever. brings tears to my eyes everytime I watch this, especially since yesterday ...:(
That's the problem with heart symptoms - it's not as cut and dry as the movies make it out to be. Mine was an odd pressure. Not painful - just weird. There was no pain in my left arm and really no pain anywhere. Just pressure building somewhere in my torso. But you take it easy for a few minutes and it goes away. So, no problem right? I got mine checked out on a Saturday afternoon expecting to be sent home. Two days later I got quintuple bypass surgery. Yeah - it sucked. But better than the alternative. David Bowie - like me - was extraordinarily lucky. Many don't get the warning shots. We got 12 more years with him after this show.
+Mike Hunt ...supposedly...after the song "Ziggy Stardust" he finished the concert and was taken to hospital....this was the last concert of Bowie except some guest appearance...
He started feeling chest pains during the show. Someone on here posted a clip from Ashes to Ashes where David is grabbing his arm and looks uncomfortable. Gail Ann Dorsey confirmed he collapsed after leaving the stage. David that night showed what a true professional he was performing with chest pains, giving fans one last performance
love his untypical scrubby hairdo on this performance...greatest musician of all time...unbelievable that he´s having a heartattack on this evening...he´s looking greater and more healthy than ever...
You can notice that the skin around his mouth is turning more blue-ish as he sings "heroes". This phenomenon is the sign of severe heart failure: at this point David's heart struggles to pump blood and send it back to oxygenate his body. No surprise he suffered a heart attack minutes after! But a "normal" individual would have felt dizzy and really weak on his legs, provided this massive heart malfunction, David could easily have fainted or at least left the stage to lie down : how did he manage to perform his song until the end?!? This guy is definitely incredible!!!
+Dan Da Man Knows that because my older daughter was born with a critical heart condition and since day one (welcome to our world blue baby girl). I have been taught by doctors how to check constantly (discreetly though) the color of her lips . if it turns blue, we race to the ER. Dayly watch + speedy mummy+ skilled surgeons = my daughter is in his happy forteen now. I will never stop watching I can't help it now it is like a second nature and when I saw this video, it was so clear to me what was happening to David. I have witnessed this phenomenon so many timed (top many times).
+Dan Da Man Knows that because my older daughter was born with a critical heart condition and since day one (welcome to our world blue baby girl). I have been taught by doctors how to check constantly (discreetly though) the color of her lips . if it turns blue, we race to the ER. Dayly watch + speedy mummy+ skilled surgeons = my daughter is in his happy forteen now. I will never stop watching I can't help it now it is like a second nature and when I saw this video, it was so clear to me what was happening to David. I have witnessed this phenomenon so many timed (top many times).
+Riia DeJaneiro Thanks for your comment Riaa, you will read the "why I dared" to comment this video" in the very "polite" answer I just sent to "smarty" Dan Da Man ...
Oh David, Heaven just couldn't wait for you.. I miss you deeply...but I know that you're safe and sound now. You can get some rest and we can just look up at the stars, and always think of you.
hard to believe how ill he was ere! i didnt realise till watching THE LAST5 YEARS last night on bbc2 💓he still looks so good n sounds great ,but now i see how tired he was feeling bless him WHAT AN ABSOLUTE TRUE LEGEND no one like him on earth.
Dá um aperto no coração. Saber que daí, ele foi direto para o Hospital pois teve um leve infarto. Entregou entretenimento as pessoas, enquanto suportava, sozinho, sensações e medos em relação à sua saúde. Bravo! Vontade de ter te conhecido pessoalmente!
+Juan José Gázquez What do you mean by "the last ever performance of Heroe's"? This was filmed 12 years ago, in 2004 at the Hurricane Festival in Scheessel, Germany. I'm sure he sang Heroe's after 2004......
I have three points that I would like to address: 1. David Bowie is wearing the hottest pants during this show. I don't know how, but I think this outfit is now my favorite Bowie outfit. Dem thighs. 2. If I were a performer, I would most definitely be wearing outfits like this all the time. Screw fancy dresses and suits, give me a freakin' sweatshirt. 3. This song and this performance is so.. strong. It's a simple song, he's practically just talking, but goddamn. Gives me chills. It's absolutely wonderful. (Also, thanks to reading comments, I realize he wasn't fully up to par. He still looks damn hot, and I would still wear this outfit. David Bowie is my favorite.)
He was always beautiful. i loved him since i first set eyes on him at about fourteen years old. the diamond dogs album cover in my kid brother's room. I would go in his room and sit on the floor, just staring at this vision on the album cover. Then years later i would lie with headphones on in the evening, lost in his amazing music. Love forever, RIP my darling David Bowie.
@@terryduffield5860 I posted this 9 years ago and you decide now to give me shit? Stfu lol. I was clearly in a phase of obsession and had minimal insight to what was really going on, as I mentioned. I was a foolish dumbass who was infatuated, great work for pointing that out 9 years late
My God!!!!! I cry!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He was not well at this very moment! My heart aches!!!!!! You live forever in my heart! I will love you forever, my beautiful man!!!!!!!!! TEARS
my 2 favorite songs in the world are bowies heroes and springsteens tunnel of love. bowie was about a lot more than his brillant music. never had the privlidge to see bowie in concert.
we are heroes....but only with you David.........unforgettable times i shared with you and your songs... Even when you stood standing near to me at the edge of my life..... You took me away from the edge...
Have tears in my eyes while seeing that, even after all the years. It was such a great concert. The greatest privilege I could imagine when talking about concerts and one of the best experiences. Great memories and thank you for sharing that!!
The tears will never stop - both mine and the entire world's Thank you for this neulevel This track not only indelibly changed the path along which popular music's development proceeded, profoundly influencing (not my words) the pantheon of musicians at the time, and that followed. More importantly. it also showed the world what could have, and should have been - I was there when the wall went down, and this still feels it's heralding anthem and my tears obscure the screen as I type this
I was looking up some video clips of Heroes when this video popped up. I saw this was from Hurricane Festival. I didn't know this was his last full performance before he retired. Minus his performance, he sounded like nothing was wrong. Who would had thought a few songs later he would collapse backstage. I just don't know how the doctors didn't see this. Do want to say this. Its amazing how Alan Rickman, Glenn Frey(well if it wasn't for him and the Eagles being honored for the Kennedy Center Honors award, we probably wouldn't had know he was sick and how serious it was until he died) and David kept their illness a secret. I applaud them and their family because I know it had to be hard to keep that a secret. RIP David.
THIS is an original rendition of an extrodenary Professional, doing what HE KNEW may have been his last song..,.. to the MAX, emotionally and to please all of his many fans worldwide. THANK YOU IF YOU CAN SOMEHOW HEAR MY THANKS FOR YOUR MUSIC AND THIS ICONIC SONG!!!!!!!!
DAVID BOWIE, YOU WILL-LIVE, IN MY HEART 💝, FOR THE REST, OF MY LIFE. I WAS, IN TOTAL SHOCK, WHEN I 👂, ABOUT YOUR DEATH. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, YOU WERE 😷, WITH CANCER. I HAVE, AND WILL ALWAYS LOVE ❤️ YOU, DAVID BOWIE, AND I WILL ALWAYS, BE ONE, OF YOUR BIGGEST FANS, EVER. REST IN PEACE,✌️ DAVID, YOU WILL ALWAYS, BE A HERO, TO ME. GOD BLESS YOU, BABY DAVID BOWIE, I LOVE ❤️, YOU ALWAYS, AND FOREVERMORE. YOU ARE THE BEST.
I think it is safe to say, we all love and miss him dearly. He lived a hard life, but you never will see that, he truly loved all his fans and his fans loved him. Rest is Peace.
I know, this performance is painfully sad to watch. You can tell he does not look well in this live performance. He could barely keep it together yet he is in fine voice.
+Jennifer Felan I agree!From what I've read about that whole tour,he was sick at the concert before this one and his condition was misdiagnosed as a pinched nerve in his shoulder,but,after he collaspsed at this concert the doctors realized he had a blocked artery in his heart!He was lucky he didn't die then!
+Donna Rega me too Donna i have cried for weeks and i cant stop watching his interviews. he was an amazingly beautiful talented man that was full of contradictions but who somehow made all of us fit into place. i miss him dearly and im only glad that i lived through his music and life in my own lifetime. i feel privileged and very lucky.
He certainly did not look well here. Around his mouth was purple. Definately a sign of heart trouble. I miss him so much. Hard to believe he's not around anymore. RIP Starman xxxx
He and will always b able to draw u in 'feel like ur part of the song, making u smile,cry laugh,ur lungs feel full and also ur heart,then ur back in the room,nothing can take that away,so he will always live on in his music,love to his wife and two children to whom that have to live with out their loved one,oh hard that must be,David Bowie is a legand!x
Thanks so much for posting, it's terribly sad and heartbreaking to watch this, knowing what happened, but it just shows what a strength and determination make up this beautiful and creative genius, there's only one David Bowie and no one can ever replace him. Brilliant, powerful and poignant performance, forever and always the best.
I just watched 4 or 5 live versions of this.this is the best one (the best live recordings always include plenty of the roar of the applause at the end, like this)
My first David Bowie concert was Ziggy Stardust in 1972. My last was the Reality tour in Denver, CO. What an incredible artist & performer! I did 2 tribute portraits after his death. The sadness remains...I'll bet he is entertaining the angels on high. RIP David Jones
You can tell he's trying to have a good time and brush off whatever he was feeling. And his voice never suffered. Not here, nor on Black Star. What a performer. I miss him dearly
We all do .But I'm sure he's up there with Major Thom and a and the spyders from mars .
Aren't yiou?
You're right. His voice changed, but it never got worse (well, apart from the period where he took coke, that also killed George Harrison's voice)
❤️🌺🦋🇦🇺just for one day I breathe what may be knowing I heard Mr. Bowie. From him I will take that last breath with love.🥰🇦🇺
This is 2004, did he have cancer that far back?
@@hornplayerchrisfrom what I understand the pancreatic cancer was the last 18 months of his life. But the concert here was the night he collapsed right afterwards from a heart blockage, I believe. I think I read that he was cold and borrowed a sweatshirt (one of the symptoms), and he sort of rubs his chest every now and then in this song (don’t know if that’s a typical movement for him or if it was related to feeling pressure or pain). And despite all of that, his voice remains absolutely incredible here. 💜
Unreal to just think he was having a heart attack at this very moment, and kept on going. So many things have changed in the music industry...
What a talent we have lost. R.I.P. Hero.
it's cute how his team looks at him time-to-time because of it and on 1:53 he shows that everything's okay
love him
One of best ever
@@Ivan-ze7oz but it wasn't ok. 😢
they rushed him with helicopter to Hamburg for emergency open heart surgery
The coolest dude to ever walk the earth.
Yes David underwent heart surgery immediately after this concert. Complaining of chest pains, he was rushed to the hospital. His last concert. Hero’s, what an extraordinary performance. This song demands a high level of performance and David did not disappoint!
The best David Bowie
Grandè 🙏❤
😢
He is such a trooper. imagine having a heart attack and continue singing. he didn't want to disappoint his audience.
Meg Dunphy One time I was getting ready to do a gig with my guitarist boyfriend. And just moments before we started to rehearse for a soundcheck he started having heart palpitations that he almost had the same incident happen to him onstage. Luckily I took him backstage to lay down and rest for a while before he was well enough to perform onstage. Like Bowie, my boyfriend was also a trooper. Still this video is painful to watch yet David is a strong trooper even though he looks unwell onstage.
I'm 64 yrs old and his music has and always will be a part of my life, I really miss him
Me too.
Ele morreu?
WOW. An INCREDIBLE performance of Heroes made all the more incredible by the fact that he was having a heart attack throughout the concert. Heroes was the last song of the set, followed by three encores, the last song being Ziggy Stardust. After they left the stage, David collapsed and was rushed to the hospital. He was misdiagnosed and given muscle relaxants, which he was not happy to take because he'd been clean and sober for many years by that point and the effect of the medication reminded him of being high. Two days before this gig, he played a gig in Prague, where it was unbearably hot in the venue. He was a few songs into the set and while performing the song Reality, he stopped singing and turned to Gail Ann Dorsey with a stricken look on his. He'd been sweating profusely and looked terrible. He was helped off the stage and the band played a couple more songs. He came back on stage and sang a few more songs, but couldn't go any further and the show was cut short. As soon as they got backstage he collapsed again, was rushed to a hospital and misdiagnosed, the doctorsnot finding that he had a heart attack. It wasn't until after this show that his actual condition became known. That he survived those two shows is nothing short of remarkable.
Here in this video, especially toward the beginning, you can see he's not looking well. He looks exhausted and stressed; he seems preoccupied. As the song builds in intensity, he meets the moment and fully delivers the song. But to think that he could have literally died at either of those concerts or at any time during that two day stretch, it's mind boggling.
Here it is, May 25, 2021and it's been five years, four and a half months since he passed - and it's still hard to believe he's not with us anymore; it still saddens me. David Bowie was the greatest songwriter of the rock era. Look at the sheer quantity of GREAT albums he created - Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Station to Station, Low, Heroes, Scary Monsters, Buddha of Suburbia, Outside and Blackstar. That's TEN albums that are at a 9.5 - 10/10 level. And then there's Diamond Dogs, Let's Dance, Earthling, Heathen, Reality and The Next Day - all really good albums, not to mention Space Oddity (AKA David Bowie), The Man Who Sold the World (now called Metrobolist), Pin Ups, Lodger, Black Tie White Noise, Hours and Young Americans. Even Tonight and Never Let Me Down had some good songs, as did the 1967 Deram record label album David Bowie. That's 26 albums of which about 23 are good to really good to excellent to classic. What other artist or band has THAT MANY great albums and songs under their belt?
I agree with everything you write. Bowie was a genius with no equal within pop music. He was also extremely brave and the way he handled both his heart attack snd his final disease and death should be an inspiration to everyone.
The greatest ARTIST of all time! He even made his hair art! He wore like 10,000 different hair cuts! And looked fabulous in all of them! And what a body of work the man made! Nobody has worked harder than David! I have loved him for more than 50 years. I saw him with his red hair on Midnight Special, and that was it for me hook line sinker! Saw him live at the Chicago Amphitheater. Even joined his fan club. I am so glad I can watch videos of him and his music. What a loss.
No that's GOD holding him up✝️🕊️✝️
amen brother!!!
Eloquently stated. ❤
He said he is freezing his Butt off, take the Hoodie and go on. On that Day we did not realize how bad he was, an absolute exceptional artist. May he Rest in Peace :(
That's rock and roll class. Only David.Bowie. RIP
One of the best Bowie Tracks..can listen to Heroes all day long....The Legend lives forever
You got that right!
@@ogrebattle22763 Me as well. I still listen to it daily. Cannot get over his passing. He is bigger than life to me. So incredible.
Fuck yeah... 'for ever and ever'
Yes indeed i Love him
Like me..almost all times
I was there and it was amazing. He went into the local Hospital after that. The Show at the Hurricane in Germany was his last time to be on Stage.
Hard to watch this last performance of Heroes knowing that He had to sense something was wrong in his body as he boarded that stage and gave what I thought was his best performance almost as if he knew it would be his last. He truly gave it all he had and it showed. All I can say is that voice oh that amazing God given voice....so powerful it could take down some buildings so distinctive that blindfolded you would always know it is Bowie. We’ve never had a voice so full of range, velvety smooth deepest baritone and falsetto at times fully amplified, no mic needed!! I think he under valued it but I will always miss it. No one could compare...Great loss indeed😪 thank god for the memories that will live on thru the generations to come🥰..God’s speed DB✝️🌸✝️
absolutely amazing
Absolutely spot on and very well said.
What a beautiful comment. X
I couldn't have put it better myself. ❤️
He certainly was a hero for more than one day. RIP
Perry Baker, Indeed he is my Hero forever and ever. Love Bowie Forever.
Bowies presence onstage is outstanding and there will never be an artist like him again.
He owned that stage.🇬🇧🌠🎼
REST IN PEACE MAJOR TOM, WE,LL MEET AGAIN WHEN IT'S OUR TURN TO TRAVEL THE STARS WITH YOU, GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN. PEACE AND LOVE TO YOU ALL MY FRIEND'S. 🙏✌️😎🏴
You can feel all the emotion he puts into this song!
It’s palpable.
I recently found this and it was "mind blown". I had never put it together before. A message posted on the German Foreign Office's official Twitter account when David Bowie passed read: “Good-bye, David Bowie. You are now among #Heroes. Thank you for helping to bring down the #wall." Wow!!
Sooo raw. Brilliant. Am 70 grew up with Bowie.
The second time I have started to watch this ~ and I can’t; even now. I just hear his voice and have to stop the video.
It took me 3 years of denial, not being able to watch or listen to him, before I could cope with watching a live performance again.
From the age of 12 he was my one hero. 🖤
Ti capisco. Ho tutt'ora lo stesso problema nell'ascolto di Blackstar
@@davidkiedis5412 I bought Black Star when it was released and It’s still in the plastic wrap. I cant bring myself to listen to it.
I get it.
People who aren't fans won't get it...but it hurts me to watch this, and every day, I STILL feel heartbroken.
He was like a family member to me.
But David wouldn't want us to be sad.
He'd want us to be happy and live life to the full and be kind, so that's what I try to do.
🫂🙏🥰
Спочивай з миром, любий Девід. Справжня зірка, яка сама себе зробила. Ти і є той самий Hero.
I had the great honour to been there.Unreal...he looked pale and said he was freezin.I said to my friend next me that I've a bad feelin
The greatest regret in my life is never watch him live. David Bowie is my lifetime heroes!
And he rocked another 12 years after this, will miss you starman!
He retired from doing full concerts after that. He did nothing (musically at least) for 10 years. He had a good retirement before he made his last 2 albums.
@@dexterdog717 you mean “hiatus”?
The message is clear as a bell. We can all be heroes. Maybe even not for 1 day, but by 1 kind gesture, we are still heroes of the moment. So, tomorrow, give some spare change. Smile at someone, and sincerely, wish them a good day. Be grateful that you have water to brush your teeth. It's really easy to be a hero- just for one day, everyday.
Blacque Jacque Shellacque = great comment
What a kind soul you are. Much love.
thank you
...BE the difference 😇❤️
Amen! Very Well Said!
Somebody come wipe my tears and slap this goofy grin from my face. I can’t move. I have goosebumps in layers. So special. How lucky we are to have shared a planet with this dude. Thanks David.
When I zoomed in in was so painful to look at his face while he was suffering. Dear god please take care of him 🙏
the last time ever for this epic and unrivaled anthem, the greatest song ever written. this is one of the best versions/perfomances he did. so powerful and at the same time poignant as if he somehow knew that this would be the last time ever. brings tears to my eyes everytime I watch this, especially since yesterday ...:(
That's the problem with heart symptoms - it's not as cut and dry as the movies make it out to be. Mine was an odd pressure. Not painful - just weird. There was no pain in my left arm and really no pain anywhere. Just pressure building somewhere in my torso. But you take it easy for a few minutes and it goes away. So, no problem right? I got mine checked out on a Saturday afternoon expecting to be sent home. Two days later I got quintuple bypass surgery. Yeah - it sucked. But better than the alternative. David Bowie - like me - was extraordinarily lucky. Many don't get the warning shots. We got 12 more years with him after this show.
Well if this was the gig where he was rushed to hospital straight afterwards (??) -he certainly held nothing back. In fine voice!
+Mike Hunt ...supposedly...after the song "Ziggy Stardust" he finished the concert and was taken to hospital....this was the last concert of Bowie except some guest appearance...
He started feeling chest pains during the show. Someone on here posted a clip from Ashes to Ashes where David is grabbing his arm and looks uncomfortable. Gail Ann Dorsey confirmed he collapsed after leaving the stage. David that night showed what a true professional he was performing with chest pains, giving fans one last performance
@William White ju
STOiC Artist 💪🙏😇
absolutely incredible voice; thank god we still have him here on earth to enjoy his great music and that voice...gives me chills...
+vicman01550 Not anymore... R.I.P. David.
+vicman01550 Yes true.....
In our hearts and ears. In our being.
love his untypical scrubby hairdo on this performance...greatest musician of all time...unbelievable that he´s having a heartattack on this evening...he´s looking greater and more healthy than ever...
Cause we are lovers and that is that
It's intensely painful to watch this. He almost died.
But he didn't, so I guess this makes it all the more powerful.
yes indeed, really painful you're right :-(. to paige"something": are you idiotic or brainless? or both?
or blond? That way it makes "three points I would like to address" God damned!!!!!
+veritaseros ... "He almost died" What?
Heart attack. Severe but I can't tell if "he almost died"...
The Dusky Faery Thanks, I was totally unaware of that
You can notice that the skin around his mouth is turning more blue-ish as he sings "heroes". This phenomenon is the sign of severe heart failure: at this point David's heart struggles to pump blood and send it back to oxygenate his body. No surprise he suffered a heart attack minutes after! But a "normal" individual would have felt dizzy and really weak on his legs, provided this massive heart malfunction, David could easily have fainted or at least left the stage to lie down : how did he manage to perform his song until the end?!? This guy is definitely incredible!!!
+The Dusky Faery And you know this because your a doctor? LOLZ
..knows that because of the facts and one can see. It's no offence rather than really amazing he pulled throug.
+Dan Da Man Knows that because my older daughter was born with a critical heart condition and since day one (welcome to our world blue baby girl). I have been taught by doctors how to check constantly (discreetly though) the color of her lips . if it turns blue, we race to the ER. Dayly watch + speedy mummy+ skilled surgeons = my daughter is in his happy forteen now. I will never stop watching I can't help it now it is like a second nature and when I saw this video, it was so clear to me what was happening to David. I have witnessed this phenomenon so many timed (top many times).
+Dan Da Man Knows that because my older daughter was born with a critical heart condition and since day one (welcome to our world blue baby girl). I have been taught by doctors how to check constantly (discreetly though) the color of her lips . if it turns blue, we race to the ER. Dayly watch + speedy mummy+ skilled surgeons = my daughter is in his happy forteen now. I will never stop watching I can't help it now it is like a second nature and when I saw this video, it was so clear to me what was happening to David. I have witnessed this phenomenon so many timed (top many times).
+Riia DeJaneiro Thanks for your comment Riaa, you will read the "why I dared" to comment this video" in the very "polite" answer I just sent to "smarty" Dan Da Man
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oh my GOD!!! that VOICE!!!
He was the best thing ever happened in my days as an eye opener to the world. Is this your favorite song?
David Bowie is one of the FEWEST REAL ARTISTS still ALIVE! He gives me chills by his art-music
+Rodrigo Nascimento not any more
Oh David, Heaven just couldn't wait for you..
I miss you deeply...but I know that you're safe and sound now. You can get some rest and we can just look up at the stars, and always think of you.
What sweet words.
David, sweet David, you have been, and always will be, a Hero to so many people. Heaven is yours forever more.
hard to believe how ill he was ere! i didnt realise till watching THE LAST5 YEARS last night on bbc2 💓he still looks so good n sounds great ,but now i see how tired he was feeling bless him WHAT AN ABSOLUTE TRUE LEGEND no one like him on earth.
legend David bowie forever!!
Beautiful
Dá um aperto no coração. Saber que daí, ele foi direto para o Hospital pois teve um leve infarto. Entregou entretenimento as pessoas, enquanto suportava, sozinho, sensações e medos em relação à sua saúde. Bravo! Vontade de ter te conhecido pessoalmente!
Sim a última música que ele cantou ao vivo foi Heroes essa mesmo depois ele foi para o hospital
The last ever performance of "Heroes". And what a performance it was. We will miss you, David.
+Juan José Gázquez What do you mean by "the last ever performance of Heroe's"? This was filmed 12 years ago, in 2004 at the Hurricane Festival in Scheessel, Germany. I'm sure he sang Heroe's after 2004......
This was his last concert ever. In 2005 and 2006 he performed only a handful of songs in brief apparitions. He never sang Heroes again.
+Juan José Gázquez Thanks my friend - I stand corrected. I never would have guessed....
A True Legend - There’s only 1 David Bowie 👌👍😇
probably my favorite of his "heroes" performances.
It’s addicting listening to these song, unfortunately, artists today have no inspiration and no talent for music. What’s your favorite Bowie song?
NUNCA le había visto cantar con tanto orgullo, sentimiento y : tan agusto...
Dear David, Thank You!
R.I.P. Mr.David Bowie thanks for the Great Music years, we don`t forget you. You Lives for ever!!!!
Whenever I watch this video, I can’t stop tears... I miss you 😢
Suzan 2019SP’ im here listen
me too
Best ever version of the song. More poignant given what happened at this show.
Ive thought this is the best ever as well.
true heroes never die
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I have three points that I would like to address:
1. David Bowie is wearing the hottest pants during this show. I don't know how, but I think this outfit is now my favorite Bowie outfit. Dem thighs.
2. If I were a performer, I would most definitely be wearing outfits like this all the time. Screw fancy dresses and suits, give me a freakin' sweatshirt.
3. This song and this performance is so.. strong. It's a simple song, he's practically just talking, but goddamn. Gives me chills. It's absolutely wonderful.
(Also, thanks to reading comments, I realize he wasn't fully up to par. He still looks damn hot, and I would still wear this outfit. David Bowie is my favorite.)
He was always beautiful. i loved him
since i first set eyes on him at about fourteen years old. the diamond dogs album cover in my kid brother's room. I would go in his room and sit on the floor, just staring at this vision on the album cover. Then years later i would lie with headphones on in the evening, lost in his amazing music. Love forever, RIP my darling David Bowie.
He’s dying and you’re most impressed with his clothes.
@@terryduffield5860 I posted this 9 years ago and you decide now to give me shit? Stfu lol. I was clearly in a phase of obsession and had minimal insight to what was really going on, as I mentioned. I was a foolish dumbass who was infatuated, great work for pointing that out 9 years late
Un grande Bowie genio y figura una verdadera leyenda de la música se le echa de menos y mucho 💪🇪🇦
This was the most amazing performance. My heart breaks that he was probably in pain
My God!!!!! I cry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He was not well at this very moment!
My heart aches!!!!!!
You live forever in my heart! I will love you forever, my beautiful man!!!!!!!!! TEARS
It's from 2004, not 2014.
@@dragoneer59 he collapsed just after this concert, having suffered a massive heart attack
He'll be givin them one hell of a concert up there...I'll join em one day...until then.....rock on..
Bowie always had amazing musicians around him.
Versione diversa ma sempre bella senza dubbio la mia preferita di David lui era bravissimo Rip😢😢😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Excellent version !!!!! Thank you very much Bowie !!
my 2 favorite songs in the world are bowies heroes and springsteens tunnel of love. bowie was about a lot more than his brillant music. never had the privlidge to see bowie in concert.
what an Heroes!!! always magnificent David Bowie!
+tiziana callari Indeed!!!
we are heroes....but only with you David.........unforgettable times i shared with you and your songs... Even when you stood standing near to me at the edge of my life..... You took me away from the edge...
ISTO é um Tema Eterno...Bowie Eternizou Heroes Como só Alguém Como Bowie.... Clássico do Rock and Roll....Forever 👏🏻
RIP David....we miss you..a lot
David Bowie,such a good songs to make us joyful...and jolly..from the past..
puts so much emotion to the song. . . beautiful
David Bowie will always be my hero!
Have tears in my eyes while seeing that, even after all the years. It was such a great concert. The greatest privilege I could imagine when talking about concerts and one of the best experiences. Great memories and thank you for sharing that!!
I think it was his last performance of the song. Great as usual !
..... such a powerful interpretation.
Real raw emotion here in David's voice
He’s literally dying. RIP King
💥I saw David Bowie in 1978. Philly.. 13 yrs old, this song gave me chills. I was blown away..🙁
I also mourned David Bowie 💗
I haven't listened to Heroes since Jan 10, 2016. I always cried. Well. I am again. Beautiful performance.
The tears will never stop - both mine and the entire world's
Thank you for this neulevel
This track not only indelibly changed the path along which popular music's development proceeded, profoundly influencing (not my words) the pantheon of musicians at the time, and that followed. More importantly. it also showed the world what could have, and should have been - I was there when the wall went down, and this still feels it's heralding anthem
and my tears obscure the screen as I type this
This is the last gig he ever did. To be honest, I don't find at ease in watching this, knowing that after the show he underwent a heart surgery
we´re gettin´ older, one by one,
all the best to you mr. bowie
and thank you so much
I was looking up some video clips of Heroes when this video popped up. I saw this was from Hurricane Festival. I didn't know this was his last full performance before he retired. Minus his performance, he sounded like nothing was wrong. Who would had thought a few songs later he would collapse backstage. I just don't know how the doctors didn't see this.
Do want to say this. Its amazing how Alan Rickman, Glenn Frey(well if it wasn't for him and the Eagles being honored for the Kennedy Center Honors award, we probably wouldn't had know he was sick and how serious it was until he died) and David kept their illness a secret. I applaud them and their family because I know it had to be hard to keep that a secret.
RIP David.
Eight years later & I still miss him dearly. R.I.P.
THIS is an original rendition of an extrodenary Professional, doing what HE KNEW may have been his last song..,.. to the MAX, emotionally and to please all of his many fans worldwide. THANK YOU IF YOU CAN SOMEHOW HEAR MY THANKS FOR YOUR MUSIC AND THIS ICONIC SONG!!!!!!!!
DAVID BOWIE, YOU WILL-LIVE, IN MY HEART 💝, FOR THE REST, OF MY LIFE. I WAS, IN TOTAL SHOCK, WHEN I 👂, ABOUT YOUR DEATH. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, YOU WERE 😷, WITH CANCER. I HAVE, AND WILL ALWAYS LOVE ❤️ YOU, DAVID BOWIE, AND I WILL ALWAYS, BE ONE, OF YOUR BIGGEST FANS, EVER. REST IN PEACE,✌️ DAVID, YOU WILL ALWAYS, BE A HERO, TO ME. GOD BLESS YOU, BABY DAVID BOWIE, I LOVE ❤️, YOU ALWAYS, AND FOREVERMORE. YOU ARE THE BEST.
I think it is safe to say, we all love and miss him dearly. He lived a hard life, but you never will see that, he truly loved all his fans and his fans loved him. Rest is Peace.
Cada versión es mejor!!
Quite simply the coolest guy ever...and boy could he sing as well...so glad I saw him live...Alan from London
Love love love ❤️Will miss him forever
All the words seem to be floating away somewhere to say how much inspiring energy his singing brings...
Wow! great performance. RIP Bowie ))
He sounds great...but looks unwell...I can't help it...I'm always crying since he died.
I know, this performance is painfully sad to watch. You can tell he does not look well in this live performance. He could barely keep it together yet he is in fine voice.
+Jennifer Felan I agree!From what I've read about that whole tour,he was sick at the concert before this one and his condition was misdiagnosed as a pinched nerve in his shoulder,but,after he collaspsed at this concert the doctors realized he had a blocked artery in his heart!He was lucky he didn't die then!
+Julie Evans He is very lucky he didn't die but he actually had to quit touring after that incident happened.
Yeah,he had to quit touring,but,at least he got to spend more time with his family!
+Donna Rega
me too Donna i have cried for weeks and i cant stop watching his interviews. he was an amazingly beautiful talented man that was full of contradictions but who somehow made all of us fit into place. i miss him dearly and im only glad that i lived through his music and life in my own lifetime. i feel privileged and very lucky.
He certainly did not look well here. Around his mouth was purple. Definately a sign of heart trouble. I miss him so much. Hard to believe he's not around anymore. RIP Starman xxxx
never seen this video before, but i think,he looks like a people at you and me in real life
the lighting is blue..lol.
Leggenda e professionalità insieme....love Bowie
excellent footage!...great performance, per usual!!!...
He and will always b able to draw u in 'feel like ur part of the song, making u smile,cry laugh,ur lungs feel full and also ur heart,then ur back in the room,nothing can take that away,so he will always live on in his music,love to his wife and two children to whom that have to live with out their loved one,oh hard that must be,David Bowie is a legand!x
Listening to the man everyday in my workshop. 👏
Thank you so much for uploading this !!!!!!!!
He was even better Live.. Only just fully appreciateing him.
Thanks so much for posting, it's terribly sad and heartbreaking to watch this, knowing what happened, but it just shows what a strength and determination make up this beautiful and creative genius, there's only one David Bowie and no one can ever replace him. Brilliant, powerful and poignant performance, forever and always the best.
You will remain the greatest!!! R.I.P.
Für mich der Größte ever......❤ich liebe dich David auf ewig 💘
He has so much grace.
I just watched 4 or 5 live versions of this.this is the best one (the best live recordings always include plenty of the roar of the applause at the end, like this)
Heroes. Classic song ,the best of Bowie.
My first David Bowie concert was Ziggy Stardust in 1972. My last was the Reality tour in Denver, CO. What an incredible artist & performer! I did 2 tribute portraits after his death. The sadness remains...I'll bet he is entertaining the angels on high. RIP David Jones
never , ever forget...
He was probably the best thing to ever happened in my days, he was an eye opener to the world. Is this your favorite song?
David! God of music at all! i have you in all my prayers.. like you do.. Chris
Man what a performance. He probably figured, if this is it, I'm going out with a bang.
A True Music Legend......Brilliance.
Absolute legend!!!!