I’m now 55. I still just want to wrap myself up in this music, in 2022. Just wanna cry it’s so good. Makes me feel like I’m alive. Music is the great healer.
55 also, in Dublin, Ireland. This transports me back to the 80s, the best decade for music by a distance & we got to live it. Big Country were always very underestimated. If we only knew then what we know now.............
What a great, joy-filled performance. It still makes me so sad that Stuart ultimately couldn’t find peace. A few years back, while touring Scotland, I asked my wife if I could make a little side exit and we drove to Dunfermline, walked around the town, the old churches, and then the Pittencrief Park. Once there, we made our way to a small side garden and reflecting pool where there stood a memorial bench for Stuart. We sat there and I cried like a baby, dichotomously sad yet grateful to Stuart and the band, for providing me with such escape, and inspiration over the course of my life.
bought The Crossing on vinyl in '83 when I was 16. Going on 55 now, & taking up the bass so I can jam with these videos. Just wanna dress like Tony again - what style & flair we had in the '80's
We were in Scotland in 2019, a return for me to the place I'd been stationed in the early '90's at the end of the Cold War. I too told my wife we needed to make a deliberate stop in Dunfermline, if for no other reason than to set foot in the town that birthed the man who gave so much to my musical life. And as a recovered alcoholic, his death only hit me that much harder. I'm so sorry he's gone, and I'm so grateful for Big Country...
@@vector_23 congrats, Greg. I’m in the club as well, 12/18/94. That’s why I still get so sad about Stu. There was another way out for him, but he just couldn’t grasp it.
I bought The Crossing when it was released I was 13 Over the years bands have come and gone I'm now 51 and Big Country are still one of the greatest bands I've ever heard
Stuff gets overlooked. The complexity of the music. The technical excellence of the playing. The loss of the great Stuart Adamson. Big Country were great a 4 piece as any 4 piece that ever played. Any of them.
Dude…I’m an an American 80s kid but never fully knew Big Country was this good until I watched this video. Stuart Anderson was a song-writing/pop-artist/rock-guitarist/Scottish beast….in whatever order you want to put those.
What a band..Stewartstown Co. Ordination of vocal and playing..tonys serious bass playing..understanding of harmony. .Bruce. feel and ability..mark's world class playing and some great writing .still have ur autograph..rest easy stewart.!.
I had the pleasure of seeing the best band of all times on three occasions in the eighties in Cork, Republic of Ireland. They were the best gigs I have ever been to. It makes me sad every time I see Stuart inspiring so many people but didn't understand how much he was loved. I hope the younger generations find these clips and see how a real gig should be. We love and miss you brother, Rip Stuart.
In my opinion, the most underrated band in the history of rock. Here in Sweden I think I never heard them on radio even though we have 2 rock-stations. In my collection of many 1000s of vinyls the album "Steeltown" is the record I listen to the most.
Ah things were so beautiful in 1986 - We were young and full of life - A great band from Scotland called Big Country were making fantastic music - The fans danced and jumped around as the band belted out those big rock Celtic anthems - Such happy memories - So sad Stuart is longer with us - He was a true star.
I saw Big Country at the Hollywood Palladium 4 months after this show, and the entire crowd danced exactly like shown in this clip. It was one of the most energetic and powerful shows I have ever attended. We were all covered in sweat from dancing and singing for 2 hours. Only $15 bucks for a ticket back then.
True story:- I won 2 tickets for this actual gig (Hexagon Reading 1986) in a competition that was run by The Daily Mirror. At the time I was 15 and ''loved'' Big Country so was overjoyed by this. My Dad said he would drive and we could go. Then the shitty Daily Mirror went and posted us the tickets two weeks 'after' Big Country's performance in Reading, I was really really disappointed. So I wrote a nice letter to the Editor of the DM and stated this. The DM wrote back to me and said it was a good gig that we had missed, they never even said sorry that they had posted the tickets 2 weeks late, but as compensation for their f**k up they sent 2 black and white photos of the gig to show me what I had missed. From that point on I never bought the Daily Mirror again and never will ............ ''shitty bastards''... hope you miss my 60p a day. ......... see ''still'' sore and ''still'' hurt even after all this time.
I won a pair of tickets too & received them with a congratulatory letter (Er, sorry!) but that's stupid that they didn't just send them when they first notified u! At least there's this footage to remind you - if that's a good thing! the best part of the gig for me was when they did a'scratch version' of Fields of Fire at the end. RIP Stuart
Here here, And Good On Ya, Absolutely Gutted For You. They Were Awesome, My All Time Favourite Band, Stuart So Missed, When He Died I Was So Pissed Off I Caught Shingles, Stay Safe.
I`m a late fan of Big Country, i liked a few singles during the 80`s probably a bit young to appreciate them in my early teens but i found them again a few years back and i`ve watched this concert many times, alongside reading stuarts deep meaningful and powerful lyrics and the sadness that surrounds his death i like so many of you probably wish you could have reached a hand out to him to give him some comfort and hope that he had given to us all., I hope you found peace stuart and thanks for the great music.
Big country deserved more recognition at the time due to their fusion of new wave rock, great song writing & technical musicianship! Superb & unique band!
I saw this tour at Sheffield City Hall in 1986; it was a fantastic night and I was blown away with how good and talented they were. More importantly you could tell they they really cared about the fans and we certainly got our moneys worth that night with around four encores! Superb!
Jonathan, I too was at that City Hall concert. It was actually my very first live concert and there was to be no better way to be introduced to live concerts than being there that night. Absolutely amazing stuff. If I remember rightly, it was postponed twice, due to illnesses in the band, but we got there in the end. The atmosphere was amazing and a night I will never forget. Unfortunately I only got to see them with Stuart about 5 times, including Sheffield, The NEC (the same year), Pentrich (Rock & Bike Custom Show 94), Derby Assembly Rooms and the Final Fling at Rock City. Always so emotional to listen to their music and see Stuart singing those great songs. Thank you and R.I.P Stuart. Your music will never be surpassed.
Mainly into soul reggae blues was at this concert came away mind blown thinking what have I just seen amazing brother in law had spare vip ticket 🎟 so tagged along thanks pal forever ❤ 👍
IMO Big Country are so unique they don’t have the typical “80’s Music” sound. And thanks for mentioning Icicle Works… haven’t listened to them for years. And with that, I’m off to my music app to search them up!
Watching videos of BC in their prime often brings me to tears, Adamson was so fucking talented and ahead of their time, I really wish he was still around
People also don't give The Seer enough credit as an album, the first 3 big country records are easily some of the most unsung influential records of the 80s.
Seen them at the Barrowlands many many times. I was sixteen when The Crossing came out and it hit a nerve. Loved Big Country. They were so tight and they made you feel like one big family. Miss him so much. He must have been in such pain and we can only hope he is at rest. Some days will stay a thousand years Some pass like the flash of a spark Who knows were all our days go. RIP William Stuart Adamson. Still hurts and it always will.
Stuart Adamson first was a genius songwriter incredible frontman for an incredible band powerful uplifting anthems I will listen to them forever RIP Stuart
My wife and I are on the final fling DVD , Stuart comes to the crowd at the end of Chance and I shake his hand . That moment will stay with me forever. Big Country...... best live gigs ever 👏👏
RIP dude. My mom went out the same way, so heartbreaking that such a talented and globally loved person would ever have to battle with that degree of depression. But this amazing music will live on forever, thanks for that Stewart.
Incredible performance, what a band! Had the privilege to see them in 1985 in Paradiso Amsterdam and I can say that the whole crowd (even behind the sound engineers!) was jumping up and down. Will never forget, rip Stuart...
Pure f n class. What am amazing guitarist , that voice is pure gold . He was one of a kind and no matter what they do.. Stuart Adamson was Big Country. The only band I have ever known that danced on stage singing their own songs and were more excited than the crowd. Years later you just listen to the songs and his pure magic on the guitar - he was ahead of his time and is sad he wasn't recognised the way he should have been. You see his charisma on stage and wonder how he could have ended up the way he did. RIP Stuey - you will never be forgotten .
What a voice - sounds better live than studio album - nothing fake just pure frickin talent - you don't get that these days !! Love how Stuey interacts with the crowd - and when he smiles at them - sadly missed . He was Pure class. Hate when this ends - could watch them for hours
@@CFarnwide One of the best bands ever Live , seen the original line up 4 times in N.Ireland and London, seen reformed BC probably another 4 times but nothing can top the sound of Stu, Mark, Tony and Bruce, every concert a great memory.
@@stephenkerrigan2813 sadly, I never had a chance to see a live show. Thank goodness these are available on UA-cam with so many channels dedicated to the band!
@@CFarnwide I agree. I was a teen during the 1980s and lived in South Florida... I don't think BC ever toured near me. I've always been sad that I never saw them during this era. The first three albums really spoke to me and are imprinted in my memories of those years forever...
For someone who is 18 and has no nostalgia towards big country after my dad showed me this band I have been addicted one of the best bands I've ever heard and that's an understatement
@@chrismeikle3442 your dad had great taste, look at the icicle works, the alarm, the mission, early simple minds, balaam and the angel, spear of destiny, echo and the buunymen.. and many other bands... great great times. I wish I could relive it again.
True. He also influenced the great Keith Levene when he (Stuart) played with the Skids. Yes, he is a pure genius. To me, genius isn't a word or concept I throw around much, it means original (although all artists and musicians are influenced by SOMEBODY) and able to pull it off. Keith Levene took some of Stuart's ideas and took them into the stratosphere.
I love Big Country and I like the early U2 stuff, especially til 1984. But what you tell here is a little bit strange for me. Both Bands create their guitar sounds in independance. Also the Simple Minds, by the way. In these time they all had the same producer: Steve Lillywhite. Maybe the same influence of guitar sounds, whatever... But I don't believe, that Stuarts guitar playing had a big influence of Edge's guitar sound! He have create his own and he's very experimental all the years and had big intentions from Brian Eno, for example. Stu have create his own sound, a trademark, one and only sounds like BIG COUNTRY! Greetings
@@Frengerxxx Yes, greetings to you! Fine words. To me, all these guys (Edge, Stuart, Keith Levene) are phenomenally creative musicians who have touched me on very deep emotional levels. I feel fortunate to even know about them.
Saw BC on Saturday, November 19, 1983, at the old Rainbow Music Hall (now a Walgreen's Drug Store) at the corner of Monaco and Evans Streets in Denver. Incredible show - they rocked. They are definitely a great group of guys. Hope to see them this fall in Europe. RIP Stuart
I was 16, living in Glasgow when the Crossing was released, following year I’d moved to cornwall and got to see them live at the old st.Austell coliseum, complete with red tartan shirt…..the best, most electrifying concert I’ve EVER seen, had to peel my sweat-soaked shirt off after….awesome!
REMEMBER WHEN GIGS WERE THIS EXCITING, NO CAMERA PHONES, JUST A GOOD TIME HAD BY ALL. MUSIC IS NOW SO DEAD, THANK GOD FOR NOSTALGIA. RIP STU, WE STILL MISS YOU.
Great set thanks for posting. Saw them twice at Newcastle Mayfair supported by the Wonderstuff in 1987 and the City Hall in 1989. I never get bored of their well crafted and passionate songs which bring back great memories of my youth.
The legend that is now stuart Adamson is so underrated in his musical ability but for me he was an absolute awsome songwriter and guitar player the guys up there with the best in the world and not just scotland. Just my opinion
@@stevedennis6733 Was lucky enough to have brief chat with him at small venue they were playing (he'd come out into bar to find Mark the drummer who I was also chatting to!) and what a lovely bloke he was.
Big Country projects pure emotion and unbridled enthusiasm like no other band, before or since. Their love of performing is so palpable, it blankets the audience. It's like they are as excited and thrilled to be there as everyone attending. They truly take it to the next level. Wish I loved my job as much as these guys love theirs! And if I was as good at mine as they are theirs, I'd never want for employment.
I was lucky enough to see Big Country 6 Times with Stuart Tony mark Bruce .but of all the Concerts i have taped Dvds of BC etc .id have giving anything to have been in that gig Respect to you 👍😔..
Holy Smokes-I never realized that Stuart Adamson was such a masterful guitarist! Took me 35 years to realize this fact because I was so caught up in the Van Halen style of guitar playing. I can appreciate this greatly now though. I even hear vocal influences that the Barenaked Ladies May have borrowed from.
Dude he's just sublime .. as is Bruce on rythem .. never over playing just hits perfectly every time .. a lot of music especially rock is what u leave out
IT was in 1986 - my friends took me to the show in Hannover/Germany without warning. A thousand British soldiers and a few German fans. Goosebumps when I think back to that day. The best concert ever!
I was a great Jam fan and Paul weller said that into the valley by the Skids was one of his all time favourite songs , so I brought the album and listened to the amazing guitar work by Stuart Adamson not only that every following song that the Skids produced featured Stuart's amazing guitar work which he brought with him to this amazing band Big Country. I'm sure that's why Paul picked them to support The Jam in their final shows at Wembley arena . I'm sure if Stuart was still alive Big Country would have still produced amazing songs like these 🙏
Here we are….. all the 50 somethings still hanging on and always will!! My sons do not know what it’s like to witness personally a force like Big Country!
This tour was stunning, City Hall Newcastle they did 3 false starts because of P.A. problems, Stuart even walked through the audience to listen from the desk and try and sort it. Long story short, they completed the gig and they were fantastic, but as you left the gig you got handed a ticket for a cancelled PIL gig which Big Country came and played for free. Even though I'd been gigging myself for 6 years then, U couldn't hear anything wrong with the original gig! I mentioned it to Stuart when we supported them in 90/91 and he said half of the P.A. had gone down. Hero
Fan-freaking-tastic! These guys were outstanding. Great musicians...I never realized Stuart was such a great guitar player. These guys were definitely underappreciated and played with such heart and passion...how do I know this? Look at the crowd and their reaction!
I was at this gig, it was my 1st live music experience and I was 16. I knew of Big Country but a new friend said would I like to go. So I looked about 12 at the time, so booked 2 half price tickets (he as 18) on the train from Bristol to Reading. (sorry BR) . It was the single most exilharating and life changing experience of my life. A lifetime's moshing has ensued!!! So here I am at 51, and I've seen a shed load (shed 7) of bands, absolutely loads, and I am still rocking at the front to Big Country. RIP Stuart, you are missed by us all. Sorry you weren't there Claire Ingram, I've met a lot of people at gigs !!
“I’m not expecting to grow flowers in the desert but I can live and breathe and see the sun in winter time.” I am shamed every time I hear that line. I wish I could do that.
If these guys had played a set at Live Aid, they'd have been huge, such an underrated and underplayed band on 80s radio, great LIVE band I had pleasure of see quite a few times, first band I ever saw LIVE. Stuart Adamson is sorely missed. Thanks for posting this, 🤘
I never could figure why record companies wanted to change the sound. Those soaring guitar parts with delay and the vocals give you goosebumps. Somewhere between The Clash and Jethro Tull it's hard to sit down when they come on. I never got to see them in the US in the 80s but wanted to.
I saw BC for the first time on this tour. Nine years later I was frontstage at a festival they played. During a guitar solo Stuart came to me and we gave a hug. I said “you’re still the best’ and he replied ‘thanks man’. I still miss him.
So unique - there is no band like this and their energy - WOW! What amazing live versions of Where the Rose is Sown, Inwards, Teacher, and Fields of Fire. These guys are having a blast out there. I would love to hear Close Action! I have to say this: As Incredibly awesome as The Crossing is...and it certainly is...there is something even more special for me on Steel Town. Songs like Flame of the West, East of Eden, Steel Town, Rose is Sown, Tall Ships, Girl with Grey Eyes, Rain Dance, Just a Shadow. Tony's bass in these songs is sweet as is Mark's drumming. The lyrics are amazing and of course the guitars are incredible as per usual - Thank you Stuart and Bruce! Thank you Big Country for making a wonderful little place in rock history and people's hearts.
I have a complicated relationship with Big Country. But who knew I'd be drunk at 6am on a Sunday morning during lockdown and they reveal the answer to everything.
How I wish I'd seen them in the early days. I managed to attend their last show but six, at Rock City in Nottingham - one of the most exciting events of my life.
I’m now 55. I still just want to wrap myself up in this music, in 2022. Just wanna cry it’s so good. Makes me feel like I’m alive. Music is the great healer.
Hi Merin, yes, you are absolutely right. And I am also 55. Cheers!
I could not agree more, believe it or not I was a crew member on the 1985 tour, wow what a superb live band, few better . And I toured with many,
im 60 nd this line up of this band will always be my fav band the music is just so amazing
55 also, in Dublin, Ireland. This transports me back to the 80s, the best decade for music by a distance & we got to live it. Big Country were always very underestimated. If we only knew then what we know now.............
Form is temporary, class is permanent.
What a great, joy-filled performance. It still makes me so sad that Stuart ultimately couldn’t find peace. A few years back, while touring Scotland, I asked my wife if I could make a little side exit and we drove to Dunfermline, walked around the town, the old churches, and then the Pittencrief Park. Once there, we made our way to a small side garden and reflecting pool where there stood a memorial bench for Stuart. We sat there and I cried like a baby, dichotomously sad yet grateful to Stuart and the band, for providing me with such escape, and inspiration over the course of my life.
bought The Crossing on vinyl in '83 when I was 16. Going on 55 now, & taking up the bass so I can jam with these videos. Just wanna dress like Tony again - what style & flair we had in the '80's
I had tickets for that TUBE show... I didn't fancy the queue.. She was hungry.. Girl or Band? GIRL! x
We were in Scotland in 2019, a return for me to the place I'd been stationed in the early '90's at the end of the Cold War. I too told my wife we needed to make a deliberate stop in Dunfermline, if for no other reason than to set foot in the town that birthed the man who gave so much to my musical life. And as a recovered alcoholic, his death only hit me that much harder. I'm so sorry he's gone, and I'm so grateful for Big Country...
@@vector_23 congrats, Greg. I’m in the club as well, 12/18/94. That’s why I still get so sad about Stu. There was another way out for him, but he just couldn’t grasp it.
Me too in 2019, a memory that will stay with me forever
He came and played upon the Land and filled our hearts with joy and tears. Then he left without a word but left his music proof-he loved us too.
I bought The Crossing when it was released
I was 13
Over the years bands have come and gone
I'm now 51 and Big Country are still one of the greatest bands I've ever heard
Right there with you..after the Police they were way bigger to me than U2 and Simple Minds..what a great time to be alive.
The Crossing is so good.
52 and still have my "The Seer" cassette. Beautiful band. Beautiful music
The Crossing is a masterpiece for sure!
I know it is kind of off topic but does anybody know of a good website to stream newly released series online?
was there that night - sheer joy
Stuff gets overlooked.
The complexity of the music.
The technical excellence of the playing.
The loss of the great Stuart Adamson.
Big Country were great a 4 piece as any 4 piece that ever played.
Any of them.
Indeed. Cheers.
Dude…I’m an an American 80s kid but never fully knew Big Country was this good until I watched this video. Stuart Anderson was a song-writing/pop-artist/rock-guitarist/Scottish beast….in whatever order you want to put those.
I was at this show. Bunked off school to go. Lost both my shoes
Haha excellent.
Nothing has ever brought such intensity and passion into my life as the music of Big Country.
IqbalHamid - I’m with you 👍
I hear you brother! since 1984!!
And it still does after 38 years ❤
What a band..Stewartstown Co. Ordination of vocal and playing..tonys serious bass playing..understanding of harmony. .Bruce. feel and ability..mark's world class playing and some great writing
.still have ur autograph..rest easy stewart.!.
Agreed
One of the best drummers ever!
There's more than a hint of Scottish Pipe Drumming in the mix..
Yep Mark was so good that lots of other of the big acts at the time hired him out as a session drummer. He was one of a kind.
You are spot on. For me it’s Copeland, Brzezicki, Collins, Peart, Bruford in that order, as far as my drumming influences.
I had the pleasure of seeing the best band of all times on three occasions in the eighties in Cork, Republic of Ireland. They were the best gigs I have ever been to. It makes me sad every time I see Stuart inspiring so many people but didn't understand how much he was loved. I hope the younger generations find these clips and see how a real gig should be. We love and miss you brother, Rip Stuart.
Proud to say I was at this Gig at the Hexagon Reading on this very day... I remember the floor bouncing under the weight.. wow !!
What city and country is this in?
Reading Town in the UK
In my opinion, the most underrated band in the history of rock. Here in Sweden I think I never heard them on radio even though we have 2 rock-stations. In my collection of many 1000s of vinyls the album "Steeltown" is the record I listen to the most.
Same steeltown is a masterpiece
A masterpiece.
what a band ....like a V12 aston Martin we'll never hear the likes again REST STUART ♥
Ah things were so beautiful in 1986 - We were young and full of life - A great band from Scotland called Big Country were making fantastic music - The fans danced and jumped around as the band belted out those big rock Celtic anthems - Such happy memories - So sad Stuart is longer with us - He was a true star.
Pure class. Stuart Adamson was an absolute genius and will forever be one of my all time favourites.
BC and a fellow Saints fan..good taste
I read somewhere Ralph Hasenhuttl would blast *In a Big Country* from the support vehicle on the gruelling early morning alpine runs last pre-season.
Was a shame...
I was born 1968 I've Heard some great guitar players but Stuart Adamson is my Number one don't care what Any 1 says
Saints & Big Country, what a class combo x
I saw Big Country at the Hollywood Palladium 4 months after this show, and the entire crowd danced exactly like shown in this clip. It was one of the most energetic and powerful shows I have ever attended. We were all covered in sweat from dancing and singing for 2 hours. Only $15 bucks for a ticket back then.
I saw them at the palace Hollywood on their first us tour in unforgettable
great band, great concert, thanks from the Czech Republic
True story:- I won 2 tickets for this actual gig (Hexagon Reading 1986) in a competition that was run by The Daily Mirror. At the time I was 15 and ''loved'' Big Country so was overjoyed by this. My Dad said he would drive and we could go. Then the shitty Daily Mirror went and posted us the tickets two weeks 'after' Big Country's performance in Reading, I was really really disappointed. So I wrote a nice letter to the Editor of the DM and stated this. The DM wrote back to me and said it was a good gig that we had missed, they never even said sorry that they had posted the tickets 2 weeks late, but as compensation for their f**k up they sent 2 black and white photos of the gig to show me what I had missed. From that point on I never bought the Daily Mirror again and never will ............ ''shitty bastards''... hope you miss my 60p a day. ......... see ''still'' sore and ''still'' hurt even after all this time.
Bloody hell
Shits. Red topped arse rag anyway
I won a pair of tickets too & received them with a congratulatory letter (Er, sorry!) but that's stupid that they didn't just send them when they first notified u! At least there's this footage to remind you - if that's a good thing! the best part of the gig for me was when they did a'scratch version' of Fields of Fire at the end. RIP Stuart
OUCH, I would hate them too, God bless Stuart Adamson
Here here, And Good On Ya, Absolutely Gutted For You. They Were Awesome, My All Time Favourite Band, Stuart So Missed, When He Died I Was So Pissed Off I Caught Shingles, Stay Safe.
I`m a late fan of Big Country, i liked a few singles during the 80`s probably a bit young to appreciate them in my early teens but i found them again a few years back and i`ve watched this concert many times, alongside reading stuarts deep meaningful and powerful lyrics and the sadness that surrounds his death i like so many of you probably wish you could have reached a hand out to him to give him some comfort and hope that he had given to us all., I hope you found peace stuart and thanks for the great music.
This is one of the greatest bands ever
I’ve seen U2 live. Have to say these’s are the best band I’ve ever seen live. Respect to my lorded friend..... f.i.p.....
These guys made U2 look like a garage band.
The most underrated bands, Their musicianship & writing is soo unique! Long live “Big Country”
Ranjan Aluwihare Underrated by who??
Big country deserved more recognition at the time due to their fusion of new wave rock, great song writing & technical musicianship! Superb & unique band!
I saw this tour at Sheffield City Hall in 1986; it was a fantastic night and I was blown away with how good and talented they were. More importantly you could tell they they really cared about the fans and we certainly got our moneys worth that night with around four encores! Superb!
Jonathan, I too was at that City Hall concert. It was actually my very first live concert and there was to be no better way to be introduced to live concerts than being there that night. Absolutely amazing stuff. If I remember rightly, it was postponed twice, due to illnesses in the band, but we got there in the end. The atmosphere was amazing and a night I will never forget. Unfortunately I only got to see them with Stuart about 5 times, including Sheffield, The NEC (the same year), Pentrich (Rock & Bike Custom Show 94), Derby Assembly Rooms and the Final Fling at Rock City. Always so emotional to listen to their music and see Stuart singing those great songs.
Thank you and R.I.P Stuart. Your music will never be surpassed.
Nice one.
What an era...Big country simple minds, the alarm, the mission the icicle works, u2 depeche mode loved the alternative 80,s
We were spoilt. Trying to explain to my kids that all music nowadays is nothing but shite.
Mainly into soul reggae blues was at this concert came away mind blown thinking what have I just seen amazing brother in law had spare vip ticket 🎟 so tagged along thanks pal forever ❤ 👍
@@waynecorner991 lucky you...Great times great bands, amongst a sea of crap in nightclubs etc loved all this scene
IMO Big Country are so unique they don’t have the typical “80’s Music” sound. And thanks for mentioning Icicle Works… haven’t listened to them for years. And with that, I’m off to my music app to search them up!
@@majudaem I always got a silly grin whenever I would hear Understanding Jane. Still do apparently 😂
Fist gig I ever went to was Big County in Leeds when I was 15, I’m 53 now and off to see them in Holmfirth in a few months, love em.
Watching videos of BC in their prime often brings me to tears, Adamson was so fucking talented and ahead of their time, I really wish he was still around
People also don't give The Seer enough credit as an album, the first 3 big country records are easily some of the most unsung
influential records of the 80s.
Seen them at the Barrowlands many many times. I was sixteen when The Crossing came out and it hit a nerve. Loved Big Country. They were so tight and they made you feel like one big family.
Miss him so much.
He must have been in such pain and we can only hope he is at rest.
Some days will stay a thousand years
Some pass like the flash of a spark
Who knows were all our days go.
RIP William Stuart Adamson.
Still hurts and it always will.
Stuart Adamson first was a genius songwriter incredible frontman for an incredible band powerful uplifting anthems I will listen to them forever RIP Stuart
My wife and I are on the final fling DVD , Stuart comes to the crowd at the end of Chance and I shake his hand . That moment will stay with me forever. Big Country...... best live gigs ever 👏👏
RIP dude. My mom went out the same way, so heartbreaking that such a talented and globally loved person would ever have to battle with that degree of depression. But this amazing music will live on forever, thanks for that Stewart.
I'm very, very sorry for your loss. May she forever rest in peace.
@@markmullen9919 respect 👏
God bless 💓
Depression is a daily battle. Some days are harder to overcome than others. If and when u have a good day it's a bonus xx
sorry arnie.....bell's will ring on remembrance day
Incredible performance, what a band! Had the privilege to see them in 1985 in Paradiso Amsterdam and I can say that the whole crowd (even behind the sound engineers!) was jumping up and down. Will never forget, rip Stuart...
Not a mobile phone in sight ….👍🏻 The days of great gigs ..😐
Pure f n class. What am amazing guitarist , that voice is pure gold . He was one of a kind and no matter what they do.. Stuart Adamson was Big Country. The only band I have ever known that danced on stage singing their own songs and were more excited than the crowd. Years later you just listen to the songs and his pure magic on the guitar - he was ahead of his time and is sad he wasn't recognised the way he should have been. You see his charisma on stage and wonder how he could have ended up the way he did. RIP Stuey - you will never be forgotten .
Nicely put. Stuart not only had staggering guitar skills, but also seemed to be a great guy with it. RIP.
Fantastic band with an incredibly talented frontman
What a voice - sounds better live than studio album - nothing fake just pure frickin talent - you don't get that these days !! Love how Stuey interacts with the crowd - and when he smiles at them - sadly missed . He was Pure class. Hate when this ends - could watch them for hours
They are on another level live! The albums, although great, sound sterile to me.
@@CFarnwide One of the best bands ever Live , seen the original line up 4 times in N.Ireland and London, seen reformed BC probably another 4 times but nothing can top the sound of Stu, Mark, Tony and Bruce, every concert a great memory.
@@stephenkerrigan2813 sadly, I never had a chance to see a live show. Thank goodness these are available on UA-cam with so many channels dedicated to the band!
@@CFarnwide I agree. I was a teen during the 1980s and lived in South Florida... I don't think BC ever toured near me. I've always been sad that I never saw them during this era. The first three albums really spoke to me and are imprinted in my memories of those years forever...
I love these guys and I don't care who knows it. It's not nostalgia, it's just a fact, an incredible band that should have taken the world by storm.
you are right
For someone who is 18 and has no nostalgia towards big country after my dad showed me this band I have been addicted one of the best bands I've ever heard and that's an understatement
@@chrismeikle3442 your dad had great taste, look at the icicle works, the alarm, the mission, early simple minds, balaam and the angel, spear of destiny, echo and the buunymen.. and many other bands... great great times. I wish I could relive it again.
@@majudaem so do I!
@@majudaem +1 Icicle Works 😎
The Adamson guitar that influenced the U2 sound. He started it, the rest followed. The legacy of this band is underrated for sure.
True. He also influenced the great Keith Levene when he (Stuart) played with the Skids. Yes, he is a pure genius. To me, genius isn't a word or concept I throw around much, it means original (although all artists and musicians are influenced by SOMEBODY) and able to pull it off. Keith Levene took some of Stuart's ideas and took them into the stratosphere.
I love Big Country and I like the early U2 stuff, especially til 1984.
But what you tell here is a little bit strange for me. Both Bands create their guitar sounds in independance. Also the Simple Minds, by the way.
In these time they all had the same producer: Steve Lillywhite. Maybe the same influence of guitar sounds, whatever...
But I don't believe, that Stuarts guitar playing had a big influence of Edge's guitar sound! He have create his own and he's very experimental all the years and had big intentions from Brian Eno, for example.
Stu have create his own sound, a trademark, one and only sounds like BIG COUNTRY!
Greetings
@@Frengerxxx Yes, greetings to you! Fine words. To me, all these guys (Edge, Stuart, Keith Levene) are phenomenally creative musicians who have touched me on very deep emotional levels. I feel fortunate to even know about them.
Big Country are a Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline, Fife, in 1981.
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin, formed in 1976.
@@DumfRen The Skids formed in '77, put a record out maybe 3 years before U2 got around to it.
I'd forgotten how good these guys were live.
Saw BC on Saturday, November 19, 1983, at the old Rainbow Music Hall (now a Walgreen's Drug Store) at the corner of Monaco and Evans Streets in Denver. Incredible show - they rocked. They are definitely a great group of guys.
Hope to see them this fall in Europe.
RIP Stuart
I was 16, living in Glasgow when the Crossing was released, following year I’d moved to cornwall and got to see them live at the old st.Austell coliseum, complete with red tartan shirt…..the best, most electrifying concert I’ve EVER seen, had to peel my sweat-soaked shirt off after….awesome!
What a great live act ...
My 1st ever gig at Folkestone leas cliff hall with my dad
What a talent. Given by God only, to strum and play that guitar...Stuart Adamson is right up there with the Claptons of this world. Magical.
REMEMBER WHEN GIGS WERE THIS EXCITING, NO CAMERA PHONES, JUST A GOOD TIME HAD BY ALL. MUSIC IS NOW SO DEAD, THANK GOD FOR NOSTALGIA. RIP STU, WE STILL MISS YOU.
Great set thanks for posting. Saw them twice at Newcastle Mayfair supported by the Wonderstuff in 1987 and the City Hall in 1989. I never get bored of their well crafted and passionate songs which bring back great memories of my youth.
Mark inspired me to play drums and I will be forever grateful❤️
Great gig. Did Adamson ever receive the proper recognition his talent was due?.......... I think not.
John Peel the dj called him the white Hendrix
No matter, we the fans always have.
@@jamesstuartjamieson650 Also Eric Clapton held Stuart highly. Stuart adamson and John mcgeoch were unbelievable guitarists.
The legend that is now stuart Adamson is so underrated in his musical ability but for me he was an absolute awsome songwriter and guitar player the guys up there with the best in the world and not just scotland. Just my opinion
Correct, James 👌😕
Best band live ever
Chance where did the feelings go
Every time I hear you stuart.. breaks my heart.....sleep well , love you always....
Never enough credit given to Bruce he was a great guitarist
Still is!
Yes, Bruce is a star player and full of humility.
@@stevedennis6733 Was lucky enough to have brief chat with him at small venue they were playing (he'd come out into bar to find Mark the drummer who I was also chatting to!) and what a lovely bloke he was.
Is there a better frontman? Guitar/singer/songwriter
Amazing 💔
This was the happiest time of my life - and it's been a pretty happy life so far - RIP Stuart - pure genius
one of the greatest bands ever >>>>>>>>> kind regards from the german capital BERLIN >>>>>>>>> alba gu brath
Big Country projects pure emotion and unbridled enthusiasm like no other band, before or since. Their love of performing is so palpable, it blankets the audience. It's like they are as excited and thrilled to be there as everyone attending. They truly take it to the next level. Wish I loved my job as much as these guys love theirs! And if I was as good at mine as they are theirs, I'd never want for employment.
One of the few bands I regret not seeing live.
Saw them at the Fox theater Atlanta in '84 - great energy in concert from beginning to end!
I was there. Nice to be a 16 year old yob. Exciting. Epic.
I was lucky enough to see Big Country 6 Times with Stuart Tony mark Bruce .but of all the Concerts i have taped Dvds of BC etc .id have giving anything to have been in that gig Respect to you 👍😔..
So much energy here a band in there prime.
Holy Smokes-I never realized that Stuart Adamson was such a masterful guitarist! Took me 35 years to realize this fact because I was so caught up in the Van Halen style of guitar playing. I can appreciate this greatly now though. I even hear vocal influences that the Barenaked Ladies May have borrowed from.
While playing music, it's not only speed that counts, pauses can do just as much, if not more.
Look up the Skids,- a punk band Stuart played with- you hear that melodic guitars amediatly
Dude he's just sublime .. as is Bruce on rythem .. never over playing just hits perfectly every time .. a lot of music especially rock is what u leave out
The Edge got his style of guitar playing from Stuart when he was in The Skids
@@johngonzalez624 totally agree. Listen to Paul Kossoff . Less is more.
The combination of lyrics and Adamson's vocals sear the soul.
That's why I don't like replacing the voice... 😕
This is the greatest group of the 80s they should have been a lot BIGGER 👍😘
I blame the management
IT was in 1986 - my friends took me to the show in Hannover/Germany without warning. A thousand British soldiers and a few German fans. Goosebumps when I think back to that day. The best concert ever!
Born in 78. Died at 20 something!?. I will take this band to the grave. SHOUT!!.
I was a great Jam fan and Paul weller said that into the valley by the Skids was one of his all time favourite songs , so I brought the album and listened to the amazing guitar work by Stuart Adamson not only that every following song that the Skids produced featured Stuart's amazing guitar work which he brought with him to this amazing band Big Country. I'm sure that's why Paul picked them to support The Jam in their final shows at Wembley arena . I'm sure if Stuart was still alive Big Country would have still produced amazing songs like these 🙏
This man was a legend
I was there, won tickets off the Daily Mirror, a good night.
Here we are….. all the 50 somethings still hanging on and always will!! My sons do not know what it’s like to witness personally a force like Big Country!
Ahh the memories come flooding back first caught them live at mcr uni just awesome RIP Stuart we miss you
Blessed for the time we had .
This tour was stunning, City Hall Newcastle they did 3 false starts because of P.A. problems, Stuart even walked through the audience to listen from the desk and try and sort it. Long story short, they completed the gig and they were fantastic, but as you left the gig you got handed a ticket for a cancelled PIL gig which Big Country came and played for free. Even though I'd been gigging myself for 6 years then, U couldn't hear anything wrong with the original gig!
I mentioned it to Stuart when we supported them in 90/91 and he said half of the P.A. had gone down. Hero
What was your band called ??
Amazing... what the hell has happened since 1995
Not much mate,just a load of shite nowadays
@@275simon not even the shite is as shite as it used to be ..... errrrrrr
Loudest band I’ve ever seen. Fucking tight as well.
I have no words. The respect is through the roof.
I absolutely love this band,seen them loads of times with my daughter...greatest live band in the world bar none...miss Stuart ..
Fan-freaking-tastic!
These guys were outstanding. Great musicians...I never realized Stuart was such a great guitar player. These guys were definitely underappreciated and played with such heart and passion...how do I know this? Look at the crowd and their reaction!
I was at this gig, it was my 1st live music experience and I was 16. I knew of Big Country but a new friend said would I like to go. So I looked about 12 at the time, so booked 2 half price tickets (he as 18) on the train from Bristol to Reading. (sorry BR) . It was the single most exilharating and life changing experience of my life. A lifetime's moshing has ensued!!! So here I am at 51, and I've seen a shed load (shed 7) of bands, absolutely loads, and I am still rocking at the front to Big Country. RIP Stuart, you are missed by us all. Sorry you weren't there Claire Ingram, I've met a lot of people at gigs !!
“I’m not expecting to grow flowers in the desert but I can live and breathe and see the sun in winter time.” I am shamed every time I hear that line. I wish I could do that.
Absolutely amazing and at the time I didn't realise how privileged I was to be there.Nothing has come close to that sound since.Stay Alive!!!
Imagine how much work they put into writing these songs, incredible......
RIP Stewart. This band is one of the best of all time. Tony Butler is a bass god
If these guys had played a set at Live Aid, they'd have been huge, such an underrated and underplayed band on 80s radio, great LIVE band I had pleasure of see quite a few times, first band I ever saw LIVE. Stuart Adamson is sorely missed. Thanks for posting this, 🤘
One of my all time favorite rock band!
I never could figure why record companies wanted to change the sound. Those soaring guitar parts with delay and the vocals give you goosebumps. Somewhere between The Clash and Jethro Tull it's hard to sit down when they come on. I never got to see them in the US in the 80s but wanted to.
Simply the best ,stuart Adamson greatly missed
Back when a sold out gig really was full to the brim , love this, love Big Country RIP Stuart.
What a great accidental find on UA-cam, fantastic band, was lucky to see them live in Stornoway town hall many moons ago, the whole place was jumping!
I saw BC for the first time on this tour. Nine years later I was frontstage at a festival they played. During a guitar solo Stuart came to me and we gave a hug. I said “you’re still the best’ and he replied ‘thanks man’. I still miss him.
If Stuart was alive today his message would be so powerful!!! Love you stu ❤️
Amazing group...
RYTHM SECTION
HOLY GOD!!!
So unique - there is no band like this and their energy - WOW! What amazing live versions of Where the Rose is Sown, Inwards, Teacher, and Fields of Fire. These guys are having a blast out there. I would love to hear Close Action!
I have to say this: As Incredibly awesome as The Crossing is...and it certainly is...there is something even more special for me on Steel Town. Songs like Flame of the West, East of Eden, Steel Town, Rose is Sown, Tall Ships, Girl with Grey Eyes, Rain Dance, Just a Shadow. Tony's bass in these songs is sweet as is Mark's drumming. The lyrics are amazing and of course the guitars are incredible as per usual - Thank you Stuart and Bruce! Thank you Big Country for making a wonderful little place in rock history and people's hearts.
Stuart Adamson you were a genius, why did you leave us, RIP Stuart.
I have a complicated relationship with Big Country. But who knew I'd be drunk at 6am on a Sunday morning during lockdown and they reveal the answer to everything.
They were one band that had truly honed their craft !
How I wish I'd seen them in the early days. I managed to attend their last show but six, at Rock City in Nottingham - one of the most exciting events of my life.
Stuart ONE IN A MULLION !!!
Not a phone in sight just people there for the music a true experience 🎸🎸🎸
What an absolute load of talent! Thank you for your music,Stuart.It still brings a tear to my eye.God bless you.
Stuart R D S Dublin What the???suicide do not understand still your biggest fan place flowers in your memory forever ....................R I P..