#heroes david bowie

[aurorabyler]

SHAWN LEVY ALWAYS COMES THROUGH FOR BYLER NATION….. OH EPS 5 AND 6 ABOUT TO MAKE HISTORY!!!!!

[ziggyplayedguitar96]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID BOWIE

[your-stranger-halfblood-things]

What a sad ending it would be if we go the whole season five without Heroes

[oncamelliastreet]

what song do you think should play for the byler kiss 🫢

heroes by david bowie, obviously

[thesoundofthequiet]

HEROES PERFECTLY DESCRIBES STRANGER THINGS, THE MARAUDERS, AND TPOBAW!!!

[taurus-spacecraft]

And this thing is lest than a year old and its one of my best ever works omg

Like why is it so good

I have to remake this!!!

Also another take on it from like idk this month

[elextric-eye]

Berlin, Bowie, Brian Eno.

1977.

[addsspotify]

song of the day: september 12th

Heroes

[aurorabyler]

the significance of heroes by david bowie to stranger things + byler (finn wolfhard interview)

byler nation. i just found an interview clip of finn that i’ve literally been looking for since season 4 dropped. i remembered watching it but i couldn’t find the video afterwards and i also haven’t seen many people talking about it, so here it is:

transcript (finn wolfhard): “this is my life in songs. a song that reminds me of stranger things — heroes by david bowie. there’s a cover in the first season, but i remember when we were first shooting the first season shawn levy (one of our directors and executive producers) cut together a sizzle reel and put it to heroes, and that was kind of the first glimpse we got into the show. and it really just kind of blew me away and also made that song so important as well to me.”

if any of you are familiar with the way heroes is used in stranger things as well as some of the theories surrounding the specific lyrics that are selected and placed over scenes (especially related to byler) this is quite significant. it’s also significant that it was in fact shawn levy who put together the sizzle reel with heroes — he is known in the byler community to kind of be a byler champion, if you will.

he has directed some of the most significant byler scenes in the whole show — finding will’s fake body in the quarry in season one (WHICH HAS HEROES PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND), the rain fight in season 3, the byler scenes in dear billy (including the legendary “i didn’t say it — you didn’t have to” scene) among others.

furthermore, heroes is established as a theme/musical motif that is very explicitly related to byler in season one of the show, as the first time it plays mike literally breaks down at the sight of will’s fake body and bikes all the way home. the specific lyrics that play when he goes to hug karen in that same scene are (quite notoriously):

and the guns, shot above our heads

and we kissed, as though nothing could fall

and the shame, the shame was on the other side

it’s interesting that finn notes the song as being one that specifically reminds him of stranger things and that seems to (based on not only shawn but the fact that heroes has been used TWICE in the show over NEAR PARALLEL byler scenes) to have a very big role in the show.

anyways. what i'm saying is that leading up to season five, a lot of people are kind of expecting that the pattern of using heroes will be completed -- they used the cover in seasons 1 and 3, and it only really makes sense to kind of complete that in season 5 as the song has been used as a throughline for a very specific storyline for what will have been the almost ten years since season 1 came out.

lastly i just want to say that i am not implying finn speaking about a song that has personal meaning to him is somehow solely connected to byler. my main interest in this is the shawn levy bit and just the general significance of the song to the show, which has been spoken about in lots of theories ever since the show came out in 2016.

i'll link here some posts about byler theories related to heroes that might give you some more context to its significance:

[ziggythemoonman]

💫BOWIE 💫

[your-stranger-halfblood-things]

"We can be heroes," Will whispered, putting his hand softly on the ground next to Mike's head, "just for one day..."

He tried to muffle his sobs, but Mike's lifeless body only filled him with more tears.

Little did he know that in the Upside Down, Mike had his hand on Will's shoulder, trying to tell him that he was there. "And nothing, nothing will keep us apart," Mike tried to communicate.

And Will swore he heard Mike's voice singing the rest of the song.

[ziggyplayedguitar96]

Forgot to post this yesterday but better late than never am I right. My favorite track is “Heroes,” what’s yours?

[saint-bia]

Ahaha oops. I really thought high school would be a fresh start but it only took 4 days for shit to hit the fan again

[justmy-account]

okay, so, now i’m pretty convinced that Heroes will play in s5(we thought they’ll play, but this just confirms it, ig)(and if anyone already pointed out this, then… idk, i just haven’t heard abt it yet)

Heroes played in s1…s3… so it would fit into pattern. Also, all s1, s3 and s5 have 8 episodes(well, at least s5 should have)

in s3 Heroes played in the last episode, in s1 somewhere in episode 4(aka in the middle), so in s5 it could play at the beginning of the season?

I don’t think that byler is gonna happen that soon, but it just fits this pattern, idk

[bargainoriley]

Hello, my dear <3

For the music ask, if I'm not too late with it: 18, 25 and 28

You’re not too late! For question 18 (a song from the year I was born), I have to go with The Pretender by Foo Fighters. I love the foo fighters (especially since I grew up with them because my mom is a huge fan), and this is one of their best songs, and also, it was coincidentally released the year I was born in!

For question 25 (a song from an artist that is no longer living), I have to go with Heroes by David Bowie. I could’ve picked a band, but the question specifically asks for an ARTIST (singular), that is no longer living, so I have to go with David Bowie, because I adore his music so much. Especially Heroes hits hard for me because it is about the former Berlin Wall in Germany, and I am German myself, so the song feels more powerful to me! I also just love love love how the song (and the album) sounds and it just has that timeless feel, which I really like!

For question 28 (a song by an artist with a voice you love) I have to go with Spread Your Wings by Queen. This is arguably one of Freddie’s best vocal performances on a Queen song ever because he just shows off all his best qualities as a vocalist, not to mention how powerful his voice sounds here! He really sings with conviction as if he was telling a story and whenever I listen to this song I am astounded at how good he sings here. He sings a great melody with sublime vocal distortion/raspiness and sings with a lot of emotion as well! I can’t help but sing along to this song every time!

[victorianpauline]