< Heroes > 是David Bowie另一首傳唱金曲,很多人初次聆聽應是電影《The Perks of Being a Wallflower》( 香港譯《少年自讀日記》),片中主角三人一起開車兜風,妙麗起身長開雙臂,搭配著< Heroes >穿越隧道,那美麗的鏡頭不輸舒淇女神在《千禧漫波》的經典片頭。
這首歌在歷史上有更大的意義:間接推倒了柏林圍牆。
時間回到70年代,那時候正值冷戰時期,David Bowie與好友 a.k.a 龐克教父 Iggy Pop 一起搬到了柏林,在那期間發行了三張專輯,其中一張就是《Heroes》。專輯同名曲靈感來自製作人 Tony Visconti 與女友的愛情故事,戀人不管任何困難,就算連柏林圍牆也阻礙不了他們,就是要永遠在一起。
這三張專輯號稱「柏林三部曲」,錄音室就在圍牆旁。1987年,David Bowie 選在圍牆旁邊的德國國會廣場舉辦《Heroes》的露天演場會。想當然爾,音量絕對不是圍牆可以隔絕的,東德的居民當然聽到了< Heroes >,而且當時 David Bowie 讓西德的電台自由放送《Heroes》,圍牆隔絕不了音量,也更不可能隔絕電磁波。
David Bowie其實做得很明顯了,兩年後,柏林圍牆倒下,東西德統一。2016 年 David Bowie 過世,德國外交部發表聲明感謝 David Bowie 為推倒圍牆的付出。同年八月,柏林市豎立 David Bowie 紀念碑,並在碑上引用 < Heroes > 歌詞 :「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 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-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, just for one day