Breaking down David Bowie's 'Heroes' - Track-by-track

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2016/01/24 13:27:48 (permalink)

Breaking down David Bowie's 'Heroes' - Track-by-track

Great video with Tony Visconti going over the tracks of "Heroes"
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03g18sx?ns_mchannel=social&
 
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    Re: Breaking down David Bowie's 'Heroes' - Track-by-track 2016/01/24 14:16:34 (permalink)
    Watched that this afternoon, really interesting.

     
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    Re: Breaking down David Bowie's 'Heroes' - Track-by-track 2016/01/24 14:59:53 (permalink)
    This is a must watch. Hard to believe what can come from a 2 chord riff.

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    Re: Breaking down David Bowie's 'Heroes' - Track-by-track 2016/01/24 15:12:30 (permalink)
    bowie had great vision...
     
    visconti helped him put it into tangible means
     
     
    i don't like everything bowie ever did..
     
    but there are things he did, that are some of my favorite musical moments
     
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    Re: Breaking down David Bowie's 'Heroes' - Track-by-track 2016/01/24 20:29:49 (permalink)
    I loved this video. Thanks much for posting it!

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    Re: Breaking down David Bowie's 'Heroes' - Track-by-track 2016/01/25 12:32:46 (permalink)
    I love this video, i could watch this stuff all day.
     
    I saw an interview with Bowie once, where he said the musical side of the song originated with him ripping off The Velvet Undreground's "I'm Waiting For The Man."

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    Re: Breaking down David Bowie's 'Heroes' - Track-by-track 2016/01/26 00:34:25 (permalink)
    Thanks for that, although I've researched this track extensively for various courses...I learn't some new stuff.  I think all budding audio engineers and producers should research this sort of stuff...it would go a long way to solving the boring music that we have today.  Nice one Mr.B.
     
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    Re: Breaking down David Bowie's 'Heroes' - Track-by-track 2016/01/26 00:39:01 (permalink)
    I agree it was interesting too but there was a glaring problem. The main output from that mixer should have been pumped straight onto that video soundtrack and mixed with Tony's mic rather than just relying on a room mic to pick up the audio from the main speakers.
     
    Audio engineers need to be a slave to high fidelity at all times! Good that you hear it at the end but it would have been nice to hear the stuff along the way better.

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    Re: Breaking down David Bowie's 'Heroes' - Track-by-track 2016/01/27 00:03:53 (permalink)
    Thanks for the link.

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    Re: Breaking down David Bowie's 'Heroes' - Track-by-track 2016/01/27 03:19:40 (permalink)
    Spot on Jeff Evans! I was thinking the same thing as I listened to the video through my AKG 240Ks....it would have been nice to hear the isolated tracks with pristine clarity....
     
    Great video though...very informative. I wish these types of shows were available when I started out in music....

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    Re: Breaking down David Bowie's 'Heroes' - Track-by-track 2016/01/29 10:53:00 (permalink)
    Jeez, I stay away for a few days and almost missed this gem. Thank you, Mike!
     


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    Re: Breaking down David Bowie's 'Heroes' - Track-by-track 2016/01/29 16:59:38 (permalink)
    Great one, thanks for the link!

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