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I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can beat them just for one day
We can be heroes just for one day
And you, you can be mean
And I, I'll drink all the time
'Cause we're lovers, and that is a fact
Yes we're lovers, and that is that
Though nothing will keep us together
We could steal time just for one day
We can be heroes forever and ever
What'd you say?
I, I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
We can beat them forever and ever
Oh we can be heroes just for one day
I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can be heroes just for one day
We can be us just for one day
I, 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 forever and ever
Then we could be heroes just for one day
We can be heroes
We can be heroes
We can be heroes
Just for one day
We can be heroes
We're nothing and nothing will help us
Maybe we're lying, then you better not stay
But we could be safer just for one day
Oh-oh-oh-ohh
Oh-oh-oh-ohh
Just for one day
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Oct 01, 2011 - 06:04 I really do not like this song, but prefer this version over the studio. |
| Huey (Netherlands) | Posted: May 28, 2011 - 09:30 oilydwarf wrote: Great version, not necessarily better than the original but great none-the-less Agree, made me stop what I was doing and look this up. 8. |
| linzie | Posted: Feb 22, 2011 - 18:53 Terrific version... |
| enalary (Europe) | Posted: Nov 20, 2010 - 09:55 +1 ! |
| musicology | Posted: Nov 20, 2010 - 09:52 11 |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Sep 18, 2010 - 01:05 Cool! |
| Akaiila (London, UK) | Posted: Jul 16, 2010 - 02:22 Love Bowie, love the song... want to love this, but somehow no, just can't. Just feels a little self-indulgent to me and lacks the drive and uplift of the original. |
| oilydwarf | Posted: Jun 14, 2010 - 05:18 Great version, not necessarily better than the original but great none-the-less |
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: May 13, 2010 - 11:28 sandpebble wrote: I was unaware .... Thanks  from Wiki: >>>Mick Ronson died of liver cancer on 29 April 1993 at the age of 46. In his memory, the Mick Ronson Memorial Stage was constructed in Queens Gardens in his hometown of Hull. There is also a street named after him on Bilton Grange Estate, not far from where he lived. |
| danmcminn (L'viv, Ukraine) | Posted: May 13, 2010 - 11:10 Some songs go straight to the heart. This one, apparently, goes straight to the colon. I get a weird mental picture of David Bowie as a snake charmer, with some guy lying on the ground in front of him, and the guy's lower intestine swaying out of his stomach to the music. FrankMc wrote: Wondering what that comment means. I guess if ET had been a bit stopped up, this would be a good thing. musicology wrote:natalita wrote: hahaha EssexTex wrote: This makes my bowels move... saw this performance in 1996 and almost wet myself.
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| sandpebble (near Paradise) | Posted: May 13, 2010 - 11:09 treatment_bound wrote: Unfortunately, Mick checked out before the '96 Bridge School concerts. I was unaware .... Thanks |
| RobMartin (DC) | Posted: May 13, 2010 - 11:07 steeler wrote: Definitely different. But I find something lost in this version — the whiff of stridency in the original, for instance. This sounds melancholy. Beaten. Still good, though. Agree! Certainly I'm still enjoying this, but I much prefer his original version too. |
| tapatia1072 | Posted: May 13, 2010 - 11:05 Wow - I didn't think Bowie could make this song any better, and then I hear this. Love it! |
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: May 13, 2010 - 11:05 sandpebble wrote: Great version! I hope that's Mick Ronson Unfortunately, Mick checked out before the '96 Bridge School concerts. |
| hippiechick (topsy turvy land) | Posted: May 13, 2010 - 11:05 Bleh |
| sandpebble (near Paradise) | Posted: May 13, 2010 - 11:04 Great version! I hope that's Mick Ronson |
| musicology | Posted: Apr 11, 2010 - 16:36 saw this performance in 1996 and almost wet myself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW65rFN22io |
| losthiker (Moya) | Posted: Mar 11, 2010 - 01:41 (image not available) RP irony, nice. |
| musickat (Lake of the Ozarks) | Posted: Feb 07, 2010 - 13:16 I have never heard this before. I try to hear everything the man has done. He's the BEST!! |
| maybelle (Indianapolis) | Posted: Dec 06, 2009 - 17:53 I'm not a David Bowie fan but I like this. |
| musicology | Posted: Dec 06, 2009 - 17:50 ronniegirl wrote: I thought this was his version at the Concert for New York in 2001. Gave me chills. i think it was neil young's bridge school benefit concert in 1999 or so. |
| musicology | Posted: Dec 06, 2009 - 17:48 it's a shame, really, that i can't rate this one an 11...absolute perfection. |
| FrankMc | Posted: Nov 05, 2009 - 08:36 Wondering what that comment means. I guess if ET had been a bit stopped up, this would be a good thing. natalita wrote: hahaha EssexTex wrote: This makes my bowels move... |
| iscoot4peace | Posted: Nov 05, 2009 - 08:36 I love every version I have ever heard of this fine song. This one is really strong. 8 |
| natalita (Philadelphia, PA) | Posted: Nov 05, 2009 - 08:35 hahaha EssexTex wrote: This makes my bowels move... |
| EssexTex (Gitche Gumee) | Posted: Nov 05, 2009 - 08:33 This makes my bowels move...someone plug old Dave in he's running flat. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Oct 04, 2009 - 20:42 David Bowie - "Heroes" Live: |
| WayUpNorth (Down on the Farm) | Posted: Sep 03, 2009 - 07:09 Oscar_the_Grouch wrote: works astonishingly well in a spare acoustic arrangement all hail the thin white duke     |
| steeler (Perched on the precipice of the cauldron of truth) | Posted: Sep 03, 2009 - 07:09 Definitely different. But I find something lost in this version — the whiff of stridency in the original, for instance. This sounds melancholy. Beaten. Still good, though. |
| giramundo | Posted: Aug 02, 2009 - 18:24 Maravilhoso |
| abulaabula | Posted: Aug 02, 2009 - 18:24 you mean Queen Bowie,,,,all hail Queen Bowie laramieu wrote: Queen AND Bowie |
| laramieu (the plains) | Posted: Apr 29, 2009 - 12:46 smdeeg wrote: (Under) Pressure? Isn't that a Queen song?  Queen AND Bowie |
| goto | Posted: Mar 29, 2009 - 00:11 smdeeg wrote: (Under) Pressure? Isn't that a Queen song? smdeeg wrote: (Sotto) Pressione? non è che una canzone regina? |
| smdeeg (SillyCone Valley) | Posted: Mar 29, 2009 - 00:08 goldberry wrote: (snip) Maybe his best after Pressure. (Under) Pressure? Isn't that a Queen song? |
| Oscar_the_Grouch (In my trash can) | Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 11:38 works astonishingly well in a spare acoustic arrangement all hail the thin white duke |
| lmic (Sacramento, CA) | Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 11:38 Now this is a reinvention of a classic that can really justify its existence. Love the freshness, brings it alive for me again. |
| arsenault (long beach cali US and A) | Posted: Jan 24, 2009 - 21:20 greatest song in the history of music... there i said it.. over the top...who me.?.. i even like the german version 'helden' this version is a little understated unlike the original.. nice to hear tho... |
| STEVIE1 (United Kingdom) | Posted: Jan 04, 2009 - 08:52 When this song was first released I wasn't that keen, but it has grown on me over the years and this version is fantastic. |
| qwertz | Posted: Dec 24, 2008 - 06:51 bpkengor wrote: I must be a pop culture junkie. I listen to this song and I'm taken to the last scene of The Replacements with Keanu Reeves, even those this is a different version. Heh, it's Moulin Rouge with me. |
| DrLex (Belgium) | Posted: Dec 24, 2008 - 06:48 Xeric wrote: Fine version of one of my very favorite songs. ... of one of my favourite artists. |
| meadowwoods (Southwestern Wisconsin) | Posted: Dec 24, 2008 - 06:47 BillnDollarBaby wrote: Totally, bloody brilliant. Love this song... love this version.yes, it's a great version! |
| (former member) (Halloween Town) | Posted: Nov 22, 2008 - 16:39 Totally, bloody brilliant. Love this song... love this version. |
| Limpopoking (Limpopo) | Posted: Sep 20, 2008 - 12:01 Brilliant!... never heard this version before. |
| Xeric (Up on the Roof) | Posted: Jun 17, 2008 - 18:22 Fine version of one of my very favorite songs. |
| goldberry (Somewhere between Seattle and Vegas) | Posted: Jun 17, 2008 - 18:19 I hear Bowie, and I can't help but think Labrynth, tights and a crotch stuffed with socks. Kick ass song still. Maybe his best after Pressure. |
| bpkengor (York, Maine, USA) | Posted: Apr 15, 2008 - 19:53 I must be a pop culture junkie. I listen to this song and I'm taken to the last scene of The Replacements with Keanu Reeves, even those this is a different version. |
| snowcat (Cold, Frozen Minnesota) | Posted: Mar 15, 2008 - 08:05 Very nice version. |
| chconger (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) | Posted: Mar 15, 2008 - 08:05 excellent vrsion. reminds me of a bad relationship unfortunatly. please dont play it again. |
| Monster (Shittown Kentucky) | Posted: Jan 12, 2008 - 09:43 As I read the negative comments below on a song that would move decent,intelligent creatures with chills or even tears of understanding, I almost feel sorry for those whom have posted as their soul must have been bartered at a time long before. |
| ronniegirl (Middle of New Jersey) | Posted: Jan 12, 2008 - 09:37 I thought this was his version at the Concert for New York in 2001. Gave me chills. |