![]() And there were thousands on the other side that had come close to the wall. We kind of heard that a few of the East Berliners might actually get the chance to hear the thing, but we didn't realize in what numbers they would. They'd backed up the stage to the wall itself so that the wall was acting as our backdrop. It was one of the most emotional performances I've ever done. Regarding the later performance, Bowie said in his Performing Songwriter interview: "I'll never forget that. I think possibly the marriage was in the last few months, and it was very touching because I could see that Tony was very much in love with this girl, and it was that relationship which sort of motivated the song."īowie played this at Live Aid from Wembley Stadium, England in 1985, and also at the Berlin Wall in 1987. I did ask his permission if I could say that. But I can now say that the lovers were Tony and a German girl that he'd met whilst we were in Berlin. And I could never say who it was (laughs). Actually, it was Tony Visconti and his girlfriend. I always said it was a couple of lovers by the Berlin Wall that prompted the idea. Bowie didn't mention Visconti's role in inspiring this song until 2003, when he told Performing Songwriter magazine: "I'm allowed to talk about it now. Bowie, who was living in Berlin at the time, was inspired by an affair between his producer Tony Visconti and backup singer Antonia Maass, who would kiss "by the wall" in front of Bowie as he looked out of the Hansa Studio window. This song tells the story of a German couple who are so determined to be together that they meet every day under a gun turret on The Berlin Wall. ![]()
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