David Bowie Plaque Unveiled in Berlin

Berlin Mayor Michael Müller has unveiled the city’s memorial to David Bowie, the Associated Press reports. It is a plaque that commemorates the time Bowie lived in the city. It is located at the building where he lived from 1976 to 1978 with Iggy Pop. See the plaque below.

Around that time, Bowie recorded his iconic Berlin Trilogy of albums: Low (1977), “Heroes” (1977), and Lodger (1979). The former two were recorded in West Berlin, while Lodger was actually recorded in Switzerland. Bowie has said that “Heroes”’ title track, in particular, was inspired by watching his producer Tony Visconti kiss his girlfriend against the Berlin Wall. The plaque quotes the song, “We can be heroes, just for one day.”

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