Just been diagnosed with cancer and this video is the only thing that has made me smile in the last 2 weeks . Seen them 6 times the best live band ever !
This, 110%. Steeltown in particular is HIS album -- he drives the entire thing, from the very first note to the very last. I was lucky enough to have a nice long chat with him at an event a couple of years ago, and a nicer more humble man you could never wish to meet. He adored Stuart and still feels the pain of losing him.
To this day, the greatest band ever and if you never pogo'd in the crowd to classics like Fields of Fire, then you never got to experience the intensity of it all, saw them 15 times live and they were as brilliant every time. RIP Stuart.
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+Tricky Tredder You lucky man. I found BC like 7 years ago and have all their records and DVD's. And of course I have to agree with you :) Thank god we have these DVD's! Me and my friends have Big Country night every year in Christmas time in memory of Stuart.
+Cava Queen BC were my first gig also, way back in 83 in the Apollo in Glasgow. 5 of us travelled to the gig in an a clapped out orange Austin Allegro. Oh happy days!!!!!!!!
Trevor Abbo brilliant comment buddy. I saw the about the same amount of times. First time in Brum 82 I think! I am watching this video with tears in my eyes. A truly incredible band, and fans!
Saw them in 1983 in Hammersmith Odeon, they were fantastic, done an encore of this with The Drummer Mark B did a drumming solo for 3 /4 minutes to the Fields of Fire lasting 9/10 minutes. All was shouts of More,More,More all over the Odeon. Best Concert I ever saw. Stuart Adamson R.I.P., you were the Best.
Music from the heart ! First time I saw Stuart Adamson was at the Loch Lomond festival in 1979 when he was playing with the Skids. The Skids blew every band off the stage that day including The Stranglers who are another of my fave bands. Next time I seen Stuart Adamson was at the Reading Rock festival in 1983 and The Stranglers were headlining again. Yeah, Big Country blew them off the stage as well. Coldplay ? Scouting For Girls ? The Wombats ? F*ck off this is real music !
The debut album is one of those rare achievements of being so strong you play it through every time you put it on the turntable then realize you know every word to every song. A fantastic band!
There is no other band with that sound, then or now, nor that energy. Many are good live or entertaining but Big Country are great! The Crossing has to be one of the best albumns from start to finish. And even better live!
"The Flying Keo" (Cyprus) Still a great band live in 2019, Still get the sell-out audiences (admittedly a bit older)---`Bouncing` !! RIP Stuart Adamson.
Absolutely fucking bad ass. I'm about to run outside and start high-fiving my fuken neighbors!!!!!!!!!!! This has been a New Year's Eve classic for me for years...
As a Glaswegian I saw them live in the old st. Austell coliseum in carlyon bay.....without doubt the most energetic, exhilarating, sweaty, draining and life affirming concert I’ve ever been to in my 54 years.....amazing band!
Don't complicate things with long words or essays just know that these guys were one of the best fricken bands ever......... That is all..... Bless you Stuart Adamson, your missed bro ....
no band i had seen of have seen since had that ability to make the room just expode with joyous energy. Stuart grew into that front man role and had a connection with the audience i have rarely seen. phil lynott and bruce springstten are the only ones i can think of that had that kind of connection. that is pretty good comapny to keep
I was 14 and my first girlfriend got me into this she was beutiful but she was more beutiful for leaving me with this music in my soul. i still love her and i love big country.
Ahh that's lovely. Do you have her phone number ? When I was 14 my GF at the time got me hooked on wanking me off whilst wearing a glove (her not me). I can't remember her name.
This song is so Great it makes me emotional... 0 dislikes and there should never, ever be... Good GOD, was this band one of the greatest that there ever was..... Gives me the chills when I hear it... It is that good, moves a grown man to tears....
the tempo, the beat and the bagpipe sound that stuart got is what i always loved about big country. mark came to a gig i was doing once as his brother steve was playing bass for us at the time, and i got to have a chat with him. r.i.p stuart not forgotten.
New Years Eve 83/84. Shown on BBC2 if memory serves correctly. I was hooked ever since. Was lucky enough to see them live 11 times from 86 to 99. RIP Stuart.
I saw them live in 1986 NYC. I had and HAVE every album. Had them all on vinyl first but Big Country on cd was later than other bands as the conversion to cd started in the late 80's. They are so overlooked and underrated. The craftsmanship of the music and writing are just top notch. RIP Stu.
+Ledyard Pritchard i agree sad that so many talent was overlooked. live they were on of the best band at their time. i saw them in germany it was mind blowing.
Seen them twice. First time at knebworth supporting what turned out to be the last concert Queen did. Saw them again at Birmingham. Amazing band. rip Stuart
Amazing live band, saw them with 140,000 at Knebworth and !000 at Porthcawl, same energy at both shows, not many bands can do that, RIP Stuart you will always remembered.
merci.fantastique big country.toujours la même émotion 20 ans plus tard.vu en concert à Paris mais le public de Glasgow est fantastique,incroyable.vive la france vive l'écosse.merci encore.j'en pleure presque...
Loved this band since 1983 and loved Stuart in the Skids. I to was lucky enough to see them numerous times too at The Barras, Ingliston, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Livingston where I met Tony, Bruce and Stuart after the show. Sadly I never saw Mark but got autographs from the others and my photo taken with Stuart. I have it in a frame in my living room. Great days, I miss them so much. Brilliant live band and top guys. 🏴
This brings back memories of my youth! Big Country deserved more recognition for their great sound. Lyrically and musically superior to 99.9% of the bands currently dominating music
You were so fortunate. Never seen a performance that was this great... Stuart definitely not forgotten... His Music will Live on forever in me, that's for sure..
They tried it on bagpipes, possibly in Canada , its a long time ago. The story was on T.V. possibly the Tube. The result was apparently terrible. Stuart was a genuinely nice guy, as I'm sure all of Big Country are. Saw them on the Fall tour, was this from there? The best gig ever, our little town Fleetwood was added last minuet on a sell out tour. They gave us a pound back on realising how poor Fleetwood was, £5:50 down to £4:50. Big Country did this, not the promoter. Seriously good people. Superb Band.
Had this on cassette in my first car in 1986 at age 17. Bought it myself hahaha was one of the first. Loved them due to the guitars kinda sounding like bagpipes.
They tried it on bagpipes, possibly in Canada , its a long time ago. The story was on T.V. possibly the Tube. The result was apparently terrible. Stuart was a genuinely nice guy, as I'm sure all of Big Country are. Saw them on the Fall tour, best gig ever, our little town Fleetwood was added last minuet on a sell out tour. They gave us a pound back on realising how poor Fleetwood was, £5:50 down to £4:50. Big Country did this, not the promoter. Seriously good people.
