I always wanted to do this one ,..so I fixed up a midi and here it is!
Heroes by David Bowie or the Wall Flowers. Crank it up! Enjoy.

Johnny

very nice work Bulletman, loved it, great song, very nice mix all instruments jump out nice and great vox,....

real nice 5 star cover mate, the Guitar leads were awesome and you replicated the tone of orignal very nicely.

well done mate:thumb:

i agree with mark. nice work. i think you would do a great job on "one headlight" too

great cover john :thumb:

vox are excellent, guitars and backer spot on.

*****
regards,
jim.

What a great idea to cover this song !!!!!! Awesome !!!

MEGGAMEGGAMEGGAMEGGAMEGGAMEGGA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:yourock:

This a fantastic, edgey cover where you've gone for the Eno sound on the guitar with heavy vibrato... sounds great. Vocals are uncanny, I had forgotten you were singing it and thought it was Bowie at the start! You sing it really well! Great pipes. I actually dont like the Bowie almost starts yelling/crying at the end of the original.

Contructive comments: I think it would be worth going to the trouble of recording a live tamborine instead of that drum machine version over this. Its blocking out that Eno guitar second time round. Secondly, I would love to hear some backing vocals doing the "I remember" and "By the wall" to really bring out those parts.

Hope you dont take these comments in a bad way, cos I really, really like your version better than Bowies in many ways (afore mentioned yelling/crying). You sing it far more powerfully and I think the song desrves that.

I thought this was excellent Johnny, you definetly had Bowie's vibe to the vocals and i thought the bt sounded excellent from being a midi , the guitarwork sounded lovely aswell pretty much as i remember the original:)
Smashing job on this m8, 5 stars on a fantastic cover :rock: :rock:

Great work mate, not one of my favourite Bowie tracks, but enjoyed hearing it all the same as its been a while, and it sounds excellent, the vocals especially alot like the man himself, great work and 5 :thumb:

Awesome cover! Its the only track of Bowies i like and this was just ace. HEEAAVYY vibrato was standout and made the track yours along with excellent vox. BTW your pig is at it agin!:yourock: :yourock:

very nice work Bulletman, loved it, great song, very nice mix all instruments jump out nice and great vox,....

real nice 5 star cover mate, the Guitar leads were awesome and you replicated the tone of orignal very nicely.

well done mate:thumb:

Macman,..thanks bro! I really dig this tune.
:yourock:

i agree with mark. nice work. i think you would do a great job on "one headlight" too


Thank you very much.

great cover john :thumb:

vox are excellent, guitars and backer spot on.

*****
regards,
jim.

Thank for the kind words M8. Sonar still pisses me off!....:D

What a great idea to cover this song !!!!!! Awesome !!!

MEGGAMEGGAMEGGAMEGGAMEGGAMEGGA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:yourock:

Geordie! Thank you very much,..this is one of my favs of Bowies!:thumb:

This a fantastic, edgey cover where you've gone for the Eno sound on the guitar with heavy vibrato... sounds great. Vocals are uncanny, I had forgotten you were singing it and thought it was Bowie at the start! You sing it really well! Great pipes. I actually dont like the Bowie almost starts yelling/crying at the end of the original.

Contructive comments: I think it would be worth going to the trouble of recording a live tamborine instead of that drum machine version over this. Its blocking out that Eno guitar second time round. Secondly, I would love to hear some backing vocals doing the "I remember" and "By the wall" to really bring out those parts.

Hope you dont take these comments in a bad way, cos I really, really like your version better than Bowies in many ways (afore mentioned yelling/crying). You sing it far more powerfully and I think the song desrves that.


Well, thank you for all the kinds words M8. And you are right...I should have put in the background vox and I will do that. I was in rush mood,..LOL,.. having alot of projects going at once for friends here on GB. I will do a re-mix and post it again. There are some spots on the main vox track I want to change also. But,..WTF it was fun putting together and I appreciate the feedback. As for the midi and the tamborine,..couldn't change it and I wanted to believe me! It sounds to machine!...:D
Thanks again M8.

Johnny

I thought this was excellent Johnny, you definitely had Bowie's vibe to the vocals and i thought the bt sounded excellent from being a midi , the guitarwork sounded lovely aswell pretty much as i remember the original:)
Smashing job on this m8, 5 stars on a fantastic cover :rock: :rock:


Bahamut, thanks bro,..Means alot coming from you! I try M8.:o I use 2 Rhythm tracks on this one,..one in standard tuning and the other in Drop D. If you pan from left to right you can hear each guitar. It fattened it up some and I thought it was a good add in!
Thanks again my man!

Johnny

Great work mate, not one of my favourite Bowie tracks, but enjoyed hearing it all the same as its been a while, and it sounds excellent, the vocals especially alot like the man himself, great work and 5 :thumb:


Avalon,..Thank you so much! I'm glad ya like the tune even though it's not one of your favs.,..but I'm glad ya took a listen and said the nice words about my take on the tune!
:yourock:

Johnny

Awesome cover! Its the only track of Bowies i like and this was just ace. HEEAAVYY vibrato was standout and made the track yours along with excellent vox. BTW your pig is at it agin!:yourock: :yourock:

SP, thanks bro! I dig this tune! Yeah, I'm a very heavy vibrato guitar player. I shake those stings almost ever note I play even chords sometimes! I don't know if that's a good thing but it's just me I guess!!:lol:

Yeah, I know my pigs going off again. He's in his own world!! :thumb:

BTW. got your tracks in the software and gonna be playin with it on Friday sometime. I'll be off all next week (vacation yippeee),...and I can't wait to be sitting in front of my monitors recording and mixing this up for ya!
:yourock:
Johnny

Very cool! I have always liked this song and you did an great job covering it!:thumb:

Very cool! I have always liked this song and you did an great job covering it!:thumb:


Janelle! Thank you! One of my favs too! :hug:

Johnny

Hi Johnny! It's cool. Great job,mate. :thumb:

Hi Johnny! It's cool. Great job,mate. :thumb:


Thanks PF. Keep on rockin bro!!

Johnny

Hey Johnny, great job on this! You've got a real live feelin goin on here...very kick ass rendition my friend!

~kev

Hey Johnny, great job on this! You've got a real live feelin goin on here...very kick ass rendition my friend!

~kev

Hey Kev! Thanks man! Ya new around here? Never saw ya post before? Well,..if so welcome to GB my man!! This place rips!!
Thanks again for the cool words!
:yourock:
Johnny

I can hear both elements of Bowie and the Wallflowers. I like your upper register in the second half of the song. Very solid recording and a welcome song choice!!

I can hear both elements of Bowie and the Wallflowers. I like your upper register in the second half of the song. Very solid recording and a welcome song choice!!


Really? Thank you,..It means alot to me! This song is a very good tune and I'm glad I had an hour to lay it down,..with all the projects I have going at this point,..it was hard to have the time to do it!!:lol:
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Johnny

Cool man! Loved the vox and the guitars, very spacey, not so much the backer, but oh well, that´s life, LOL! I think I never have heard this song before, so I can´t say which is the difference between Dylan´s son take with the Wallflowers and Bowie´s, but wtf, ya sure kicked ass here! :woot:

Cool man! Loved the vox and the guitars, very spacey, not so much the backer, but oh well, that´s life, LOL! I think I never have heard this song before, so I can´t say which is the difference between Dylan´s son take with the Wallflowers and Bowie´s, but wtf, ya sure kicked ass here! :woot:

Dude my man! Thanks broski! I got that tune in the works,..coming to you soon!!

Johnny

The best part of the Godzilla movie was this song. Jacob and Co did a very good version and this is as good if not better (midi backing aside, because nothing beats real instrumentation :)). Vocals are very strong and the guitar playing is spot on. Really impressive cover!!

The best part of the Godzilla movie was this song. Jacob and Co did a very good version and this is as good if not better (midi backing aside, because nothing beats real instrumentation :)). Vocals are very strong and the guitar playing is spot on. Really impressive cover!!


Goport! Thanks bro! You da man!! Made my day!
Thanks again!

Johnny

I never heard the Bowie version, just the Wallflowers. So, i think it was a very cool cover, but i think this one would be more like the DB version instead the WFlowers. Great vocals!!

First off i would like to say i like this version so much better than the original..Although i do love Bowie very much,its the fact that you both gave this song a much more edgier vibe.It has almost a more darker and heavier thing going on,and i likes dat very much...Rock on fellows :yourock:

Wow! What can I possibly say that hasn't been said?? Spot on guitar, loved the sound, great vocals :yourock:

Wow! What can I possibly say that hasn't been said?? Spot on guitar, loved the sound, great vocals :yourock:
Thank you very much and thank you everyone for the great comps on this one. You guys rock!

Johnny

Ooh naughty! Next to Time and Cracked Actor this is probably me fave bowie track.
If me remembers rightly it was Robert Fripp who played guitar on the original. I remember seeing Bowie do this with Mick Ronson at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert.

Just for the record Mick used an E bow to get that sustained note throughout the song. Anyway this is an excellent cover mate. :thumb: :rock: