V
V
Guest
Sehr inspirierend, auch wenn wahrscheinlich in den heutigen Gesellschaften so nicht mehr möglich.
"Recorded at Hansa Tonstudio in what was then West Berlin, "Heroes" reflected the zeitgeist of the Cold War, symbolised by the divided city. Co-producer Tony Visconti considered it "one of my last great adventures in making albums. The studio was about 500 yards [460 metres] from the Berlin Wall. Red Guards would look into our control-room window with powerful binoculars."[7] Earlier in 1977, Kraftwerk had name-checked Bowie on the title track of Trans-Europe Express, and he again paid tribute to his Krautrock influences: the title is a nod to the track "Hero" on the album Neu! '75 by the German band Neu! – whose guitarist Michael Rother had originally been approached to play on the album[8] – while "V-2 Schneider" is inspired by and named after Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider.[9] The cover photo by Masayoshi Sukita was inspired by German artist Erich Heckel's Roquairol.[10]
Brian Eno instigated Robert Fripp's involvement by telephoning him in New York and inviting him to play guitar on the album. Fripp had considered himself retired from music but said, "Well, I don’t know because I haven’t played for three years, but if you’re prepared to take a risk, then so am I."[11] Upon arriving at the studio from New York, and suffering from jet lag, Fripp recorded a guitar part for the track "Beauty and the Beast": this first take was used in the song's final mix.[11]" (Wikipedia)